Ward Allison Dorrance Papers, 1935-1974

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Ward Allison Dorrance Papers, 1935-1974

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Ward Allison Dorrance (1904-) was a writer and teacher of Jefferson City, Mo., and Washington, D.C. He taught at the University of Missouri, 1926-1953, and Georgetown University, 1958-1974. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence of Dorrance. Correspondents include writers Caroline Gordon (103 letters), Donald Davidson (17), Allen Tate (19), John Donald Wade (2), Andrew Lytle (11), Flannery O'Connor (12), Eudora Welty (3), and Erskine Caldwell (1). The letters discuss Dorrance's works and offer critiques of his writings. Some letters, especially those from Gordon and O'Connor, concern the writers' own personal affairs and family life.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Dorrance, Ward Allison, 1904-1996

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Ward Allison Dorrance (1904-) was a writer and teacher of Jefferson City, Mo., and Washington, D.C. He taught at the University of Missouri, 1926-1953, and Georgetown University, 1958-1974. From the guide to the Ward Allison Dorrance Papers, 1935-1974, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Ward Allison Dorrance was a writer and teacher of Jefferson City, Mo., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Ward Allis...