Dorothy Stafford Memorabilia Collection 1966-1993

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Dorothy Stafford Memorabilia Collection 1966-1993

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This collection of memorabilia includes news clippings, certificates, awards, flyers, press releases, programs, and letters that document the career of Dorothy Stafford's husband and poet, William Stafford.

.3 cubic feet; 1 box

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373991

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Stafford, Dorothy

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In 1944 Dorothy Hope Frantz married the poet and pacifist William Stafford. After short stints in California, Kansas, and Iowa, the Staffords settled in Lake Oswego, Oregon. William Stafford secured a position as a professor of English at Lewis & Clark College, while Dorothy taught elementary school children in the Lake Oswego School District. Together the Staffords raised four children. In 1963 William Stafford won the National Book Award for his poetry collection, Traveling Th...

Stafford, William, 1914-1993

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American poet and teacher. Poet Laureate of Oregon, 1975- From the description of Letter and poems, [1974?]. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24944651 William Stafford (1914-1993) was one of the most prolific and important American poets of the last half of the twentieth century. Among his many credentials, Stafford served as consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress, and received the National Book Award for his poetry collection Trave...