Richard Rhodes papers, 1938-2011

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Richard Rhodes papers, 1938-2011

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Richard Rhodes, born in Kansas City, Kansas, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose many books and articles reflect his wide ranging subject interests. In these papers are manuscripts of his writings, copies of his many published works, related correspondence, and the author's extensive research files, containing more than one hundred audio tapes of interviews which he conducted.

85.70 linear ft. (86 boxes), 8 oversize boxes

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Richard Lee Rhodes was born on July 4, 1937 at Kansas City, Kansas--the youngest of three sons born to Arthur and Georgia Collier Rhodes. Following his mother's suicide in 1938 and his father's subsequent remarriage, Rhodes and his brother Stanley suffered severe childhood abuse, which culminated in their admittance to the Andrew Drumm Institute for orphaned boys at Independence, Missouri. In 1959, Rhodes graduated cum laude from Yale University, earning a bachelor's degree in histo...