Elmer N. and Margaret M. Modlin Papers (#4977) 1987, 1996

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Elmer N. and Margaret M. Modlin Papers (#4977) 1987, 1996

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Elmer Nelson Modlin (1925- ), poet and actor, was born in Belhaven, N.C.; attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; and lived in Los Angeles, Calif., and Madrid, Spain. Artist Margaret Marley Modlin (1927-1998), also a native of North Carolina, exhibited paintings and drawings in California, New York, Italy, and Spain. The Modlins were married in 1949. The collection contains two manuscripts by Margaret M. Modlin and two by Elmer N. Modlin. One manuscript by Margaret Modlin, is a somewhat autobiographical story of a painter who received little assistance or encouragement from her family, neighbors, or government, and who thus sought a new beginning in another country. The other manuscript by Margaret Modlin, discusses the Modlins' relationship with Miller. One manuscript by Elmer Modlin, entitled is dated February 1996 and contains poems, many on Christian religious themes, written 1977-1996. The other manuscript, is an account of Modlin's experiences as the first American ashore at Nagasaki, Japan, after the atomic bomb was dropped there in 1945 ending World War II. There are also three photographs relating to Modlin's Nagasaki experiences. In Silence and Exile, Portaits of Henry Miller, A Poem in My Pocket, Nagasaki and I,

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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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Modlin, Elmer N. (Elmer Nelson), 1925-

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Poet and actor Elmer Nelson Modlin was born on 25 January 1925 in Belhaven, N.C., the son of Queenie Mae Martin and Elmer Nelson Modlin (b. 1904). He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1942-1943 and 1946-1950. Margaret Marley Modlin (1927-1998) was born on 5 January 1927 in North Carolina. She attended Peace College in Raleigh, N.C., 1944-1946; received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1948; studied at the Los Angles County Art Ins...

Modlin, Elmer N. (Elmer Nelson), 1925-

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Poet and actor Elmer Nelson Modlin was born on 25 January 1925 in Belhaven, N.C., the son of Queenie Mae Martin and Elmer Nelson Modlin (b. 1904). He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1942-1943 and 1946-1950. Margaret Marley Modlin (1927-1998) was born on 5 January 1927 in North Carolina. She attended Peace College in Raleigh, N.C., 1944-1946; received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1948; studied at the Los Angles County Art Ins...

Margaret M. Modlin

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Modlin, Margaret M. (Margaret Marley), 1927-1998

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Poet and actor Elmer Nelson Modlin was born on 25 January 1925 in Belhaven, N.C., the son of Queenie Mae Martin and Elmer Nelson Modlin (b. 1904). He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1942-1943 and 1946-1950. Margaret Marley Modlin (1927-1998) was born on 5 January 1927 in North Carolina. She attended Peace College in Raleigh, N.C., 1944-1946; received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1948; studied at the Los Angles County Art Ins...