Gene Baro Papers 1945-1982 1950-1965

Bowen, Robert O., 1920-2003

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Professor, author, poet, and editor. Held faculty positions at several universities including the University of Alabama, Montana State University, University of Washington, University of Santa Clara, University of Dallas, and Alaska Methodist University. Author of several novels and works of non-fiction, and edited several journals, including the Dallas Review and the Alaska Review . Served in the United States Navy and was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. From ...

Baro, Gene

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Born Eugene Baroff, in 1924 in New York City, to Benjamin and Zissell Baroff. Graduated with a B.A. from the University of Florida (1947), he remained at the University for approximately ten years as a graduate student, instructor, and curator of the University Library's Creative Writing Collection. During this period, he became close friends with the novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and lived in her home at Cross Creek from 1952 until he left Florida. He began calling himself Gene...

Miller, Clyde, 1925-

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Baskin, Norton S.

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Carleton, William G. (William Graves), 1901-1982

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Historian and political scientist. From the description of Correspondence files, 1928-1982. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 23477190 William Graves Carleton, Professor of History and Political Science, is remembered as one of the University of Florida's most colorful lecturers and productive scholars. Known affectionately to his students as "Wild Bill", Carleton was a dynamic speaker in the classroom and widely sought for speaking engagements. As a ...

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) In 1931, Scribner published two of Rawlings' short stories, Jacob's ladder and Cracker chidlins, both describing poor, backcountry Florida. Some of Rawlings' neighbors were angered by wh...