Donald E. Stanford papers, 1933-1985.

Davie, Donald, 1922-1995

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Donald Davie, a poet, literary critic, and teacher, was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire, England on 17 July 1922. His service in the Royal Navy during World War II, which sent him to Russia, sparked an interest in Russian literature; he later wrote his doctoral dissertation and other works on that subject, including Slavic Excursions: Essays on Russian and Polish Literature . Davie married Doreen John in 1945; they later had three children. He received his bachelor's degree in 1947 and his doctora...

Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent), 1911-1985

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American modernist poet. From the description of Envoi : signed typescript, [19--] / jvc. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18347466 James Vincent Cunningham was born in Maryland in 1911, and was educated at Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1945. He has taught at Stanford, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Virginia. He was Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago from 1946 until 1952 an...

Hates, Ann.

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Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968

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Merlin was a Hollywood writer, story editor, producer, director, and literary critic. From the description of Letters to Milton S. Merlin, 1930-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872436 Poet and professor of English, Winters joined the faculty of Stanford in 1928; he became a full professor in 1949. From the description of Yvor Winters papers, 1943-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129506 American writer and literary critic. From t...

Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985

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German-American philosopher and political scientist. From the description of Eric Voegelin papers, 1907-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870173 Biographical Note 1901, January 3 Born, Cologne, Germany 1910 Family relocated to Vienna, Austria 1922 ...

Stanford, Donald E. (Donald Elwin), 1913-1998

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American poet and former editor of Southern Review. From the description of Donald E. Stanford papers, 1933-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510483 Donald E. Stanford (1913-1998) received his B.A. from Stanford University (1933), M.A. from Harvard University (1934), and Ph. D. from Stanford University (1953). He came to LSU in 1949 where he taught literature and helped revive and co-edit The Southern Review. From the description of Donald Stanford oral his...

Peterson, Douglas L.

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Bowers, Edgar

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Edgar Bowers (1924-2000), poet, was born in Rome, Georgia. He studied at the University of North Carolina and completed graduate studies at Stanford University. Bowers taught English at the University of California Santa Barbara for most of his career. He is the author of five collections of poetry: Collected Poems, For Louis Pasteur: Selected Poems, Living Together, The Astronomers, and The Form of Loss. He died in San Francisco on February 4, 2000. From the description of Edgar Bow...

Lewis, Janet, 1899-1998

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American writer of many genres, including novels, short stories, poetry and librettos. Many of her friends and correspondents were at one time students or colleagues of Yvor Winters. From the description of Janet Lewis papers, 1964-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122639569 Biographical Note : Yvor Winters Yvor Winters was born in Chicago on October 17, 1900, the son of a stockbroker. As a very young child he moved we...

Fuller, Roy, 1912-1991

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Roy (Broadbent) Fuller (1912-1991), the poet, was born in Failsworth, Lancashire, educated at Blackpool High School, and later qualified as a solicitor. He joined the Woolwich Equitable Building Society in 1938 and became one of its directors in 1969. He was legal adviser to and vice-president of the Building Societies Association, and at one time a governor of the BBC. His lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry (1968-1973) were published under the titles Owls and artificers (London, 1971) and P...

Lavin, Mary, 1912-1996

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Irish author, farmer, and teacher; b. in the U.S.; d. 1996. From the description of Mary Lavin collection, 1935-1976. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968403 Mary Lavin, author of exquisitely told short stories, was born in East Walpole, Massachusetts on June 11, 1912. When she was ten, her parents moved to Ireland. She was educated at Loreto Convent, Stephen's Green, Dublin, and the National University of Ireland at Dublin, where her M.A. thesis on Jane Austen won...

Fraser, John, 1931-

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John A. Fraser was a botanist who collected in Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_307_pid_EACP304 ...

Fields, Kenneth

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Davis, Catherine

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Epithet: widow of Dr D D Davis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0001f5 ...

Daryush, Elizabeth Bridges

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Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978

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Epithet: writer and editor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002ef Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Matthew Josephson and his wife, Hannah Geffen Josephson. From the description of Letters, 1930-1975, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155870543 Writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Matthew Josephson and Robert Wohl...

Stanford, Anna

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Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989

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American editor and writer. From the description of Letter to Matthew Bruccoli [manuscript], 1975 December 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812058 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810601 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1936-1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874698 Malcolm Cowley was an influential liter...

Gibbs, Barbara A. Manning, 1929-

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Pitter, Ruth, 1897-1992

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Poet. From the description of Papers of Ruth Pitter, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 76960556 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000349 Ruth Pitter was a British poet and artist. She began writing poetry at an early age, and published numerous volumes, to the delight of her small but loyal following. Her style was traditional, and she was easily overlooked by the pu...

Guérard, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1914-

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Guérard is an emeritus professor of English at Stanford University and a novelist. From the description of Research materials on John Hawkes, 1959-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866725 From the description of Research Materials on Lya de Putti and Lois Moran, 1923-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510610 Albert Joseph Guérard is Professor Emeritus of English at Stanford University, and a novelist. From the description of Albert J. Guéra...

Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003

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Kathleen Raine was born in London, her father was a schoolmaster, and the family strict Methodists. She was sent to stay with an aunt in rural Northumberland for the duration of World War I, an idyllic childhood period she later recalled in 'Farewell Happy Fields' (1973). She was educated at Ilford County High School and came to Girton as an Exhibitioner to read Natural Sciences then Moral Sciences 1926-29. While she was at Cambridge she began writing poetry and also made long-term friendships w...

Gunn, Thom

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Thom Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, in 1929. His first book of poems, "Fighting Terms," was published in 1954, and Gunn was awarded a creative writing fellowship at Stanford University in the same year. From 1958 to 1966 and 1973 to 1990 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He received numerous awards during his life, most notably the MacArthur Fellowship for lifetime achievement in poetry in 1993. Gunn passed away in San Francisco, California, in 2004. Fr...

Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

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Poet Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had an often difficult childhood in Canada and New England. She wrote poetry in her youth, and developed as a writer at Vassar, where her friends included Mary McCarthy and Marianne Moore. In 1946 she published a book of poetry titled North and South, and travelled to Brazil, where she remained for fifteen years. Her 1956 book of poetry, A Cold Spring, won the Pulitzer Prize; her verse was noted for precision and balance. She also p...

Davis, Dick

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Pinkerton, Helen

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American poet. From the description of Poems on works of art : typescript, 1984-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560569 ...

Trimpi, Wesley

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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972

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Poet, acting editor of The Dial magazine, 1925-1929. Born Marianne Craig Moore. From the description of Book manuscripts, 1935-1967. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122417395 From the description of Albums, [ca. 1905-1936]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524976 From the description of Family correspondence, 1848-1972, bulk 1905-1972. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540617 From the desc...

Gordon, Caroline, 1895-1981

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Not certain if the author is Caroline Gordon, 1895-1981. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Richard M. Ludwig?], 1969 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856877 Caroline Ferguson Gordon, born October 6, 1895, grew up on a farm in Kentucky. In 1925 she married Allen Tate, a poet and literary critic who led the charge of the Southern Agrarian literary movement. Together they pursued their careers in writing, forging close bonds with legendary ...

Tate, Alen, 1899-

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Middlebrook, Diane Wood, 1939-2007

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Diane Wood Middlebrook was a longtime English professor at Stanford University. In 2002 she left Stanford as Professor Emerita to focus on her writing. She was the author of Anne Sexton, A Biography; Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton; and Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, a Marriage; among other works. From the description of Suits me : the double life of Billy Tipton : research and production records, 1897-1998 (inclusive), 1989-1998 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46509...

Holt, Achilles.

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Oliver, Raymond, 1936-

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Spencer, Theodore, 1902-1949

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Spencer earned his Harvard PhD in 1928. From the description of Death in Elizabethan drama : a study in convention and opinion. 1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075635 Spencer was a professor of English at Harvard University. From the description of Papers concerning Nosce teipsum, 1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612760083 Theodore Spencer was an American poet, essayist, playwright, and short story writer. Fro...

Borrks, Cleanth, 1906-

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Barth, R.L. (Robert L.)

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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-....

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As the winner of the National Book Award for her 1970 novel Them and the recipient of four O. Henry awards and numerous other literary prizes, Joyce Carol Oates is among the most distinguished writers in the United States. In her considerable body of work, she has created an array of male and female protagonists from a diversity of regional, economic, and occupational backgrounds. In the four decades since her first book, the short-story collection By the North Gate, appeared to critical acclaim...

Ramsey, Henry C.

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Peterson, Margaret S

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2nd Lieutenant Margaret Peterson enrolled in the American Red Cross Nursing Service in 1942. In October she passed her examinations at Fort Douglas and was sworn into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on 30 October 1942. Peterson was first assigned to duty at Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham City, Utah. In April 1943, she was transferred to the 104th Evacuation Hospital. Peterson arrived in England on 12 March 1944, and landed on Omaha Beach on 12 July 1944. While staging in England, the 104th Evacu...

Steele, Timothy

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Blackmur, R. P. (Richard P.), 1904-1965

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American literary critic, author, and professor of English at Princeton University from 1951. From the description of Manuscripts. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122529910 Blackmur was an American literary critic and poet. From the description of Poems, 1921-1964. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505745 From the guide to the R. P. (Richard P.) Blackmur poems, 1921-1964., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...

Stafford, Clayton D. (Clayton Douglas), 1965-

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American poet, friend of Yvor Winters, Janet Lewis, Howard Baker, and Henry Ramsey. From the description of Clayton Stafford papers, 1911-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546347 ...

Baker, Howard, 1905-1990

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Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996

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Eleanor Clark (1913-1996), author of novels and non-fiction works, as well as short fiction, essays, poems, and plays. Novels include Bitter Box (1946), Baldur's Gate (1970), Gloria Mundi (1979), and Camping Out (1986). Non-fiction works include the travel narratives Rome and a Villa (1952), Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964), and Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara (1985), and the memoir Eyes, Etc. (1977). From the description of Eleanor Clark papers, 1876-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Sherry, Pearl Andelson

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Campbell, Kathleen (Foster Campbell)

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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...

Wilmer, Clive, 1945-....

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Epithet: freelance writer and lecturer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x000358 ...

Gullans, Charles B.

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Charles Bennett Gullans (1929-1993), poet and professor of English and creative writing. From the description of Charles B. Gullans papers, 1955-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85031576 Charles Bennett Gullans was born May 5, 1929 in Minneapolis, MN; BA (1948) and MA (1951), Univ. of Minnesota; Ph. D, Stanford, 1956; asst. professor of English, Univ. of Washington, 1955-61; taught English and creative writing at UCLA from 1961 until his death; founded Symposium Press in...

Saroyan, William, 1908-1981

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Frances Ring was Editor at WESTWAYS in Los Angeles. From the description of Letters (and manuscripts and photos) to Frances Ring, 1970-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863419 Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the description of Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938. (Unknown). Wor...

Cassity, Turner

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Turner Cassity (1929-2009 ), poet and librarian at Emory University, was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and graduated from Millsaps College. From the description of Turner Cassity papers, 1948-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863230 ...

Fitzgerald, Robert David 1902-....

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Poet and essayist. Publications include To meet the sun (1929), Moonlight acre (1938), Heemskerk Shoals (1949), Between two tides (1952), The wind at your door (1959), Forty years poems (1965). From the description of Correspondence and photographs [manuscript]. 1922-1987. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225786629 Poet. From the description of Robert D. FitzGerald manuscript collection. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 220383191 ...

Powell, Grosvenor, 1932-

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