Kim Townsend Papers 1985-1998

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Kim Townsend Papers 1985-1998

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Professor of English at Amherst College, 1970-2008. Collection consist of research materials for his two major publications: , a 1987 biography of the American author, and , a 1998 book discussing the development of gender roles and norms in the post-Civil War US. Sherwood Anderson Manhood at Harvard

3 records storage boxes; (3 linear ft.)

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321581

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