Roy William Cowden papers 1924-1960

University of Michigan. Dept. of English Language and Literature.

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For background of this unit, please consult the history found in the Department of English Language and Literature Records finding aid. From the guide to the Dept. of English Language and Literature (University of Michigan), Publications, 1930-2002, 1971-2002, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) ...

University of Michigan. Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes.

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Cowden, Roy William.

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Roy W. Cowden was born in 1883 at Fredonia, N.Y. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1908 and a master's degree from Harvard University in 1909. He joined the U-M faculty in 1909 as an instructor in English, and was advanced to the rank of full professor in 1935. He was best known as director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program in Creative Writing at the U-M, a post he held from 1934 until the time of his retirement in 1952. He died September 1961. ...