Frederic Ives Carpenter papers, 1923-1984, n.d.

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Frederic Ives Carpenter papers, 1923-1984, n.d.

Chiefly letters received from literary scholars, historians and writers. Principal correspondents include: Van Wyck Brooks, Bernard DeVoto, William Everson, Henry Alonzo Myers, Eugene O'Neill, George Rippey Stewart, Laurens Van der Post and Hyatt H. Waggoner. Collection also contains reprints and photocopies of articles by Carpenter; misc. notes and photocopies of various annotations in books from his library; selected annotated volumes from his library; typescript copy of his doctoral dissertation, "Emerson's use of translations from the oriental (University of Chicago, 1929), containing some holograph annotations); misc. clippings.

5 boxes (2.1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6757404

UC Berkeley Libraries

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De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955

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Carpenter, Frederic Ives, 1903-1991

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Literary scholar and author. Authority on Eugene O'Neill, Robinson Jeffers, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Education: B.A. (1924) and M.A. (1927), Harvard University; Ph. D. (1929), University of Chicago. Taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Resigned his teaching position at Berkeley in 1953 over the loyalty oath controversy. Born February 1, 1903. Died March 16, 1991. From the description of Frederic Ives Carpenter papers, 19...

Myers, Henry Alonzo, 1906-1955

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Stewart, George R., 1895-1980

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American writer, professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of George Rippey Stewart papers, 1914-1984. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84641753 From the description of George Rippey Stewart papers : additions, 1750-1985. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653238 Biographical Information George Rippey Stewart, writer and ...

Waggoner, Hyatt Howe

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Van der Post, Laurens

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Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

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A biographical timeline is provided in the Eugene O'Neill Papers (YCAL MSS 123). From the guide to the Eugene O'Neill collection, 1912-1993, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) American playwright. From the description of Papers, 1913-1986, 1913-1950 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490040 From the description of Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1915-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810476 From the de...

Everson, William, 1912-1994

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American poet, printer, and activist. Everson was a conscientious objector during the later years of World War II, and was associated with Kenneth Rexroth and his circle in San Francisco in the late 1940s. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1949, joined the Catholic Workers Movement, and eventually entered the Dominican Religious Order in 1950, taking the name Brother Antoninus. Everson was associated with the San Francisco Renaissance of the late 1950s. He left the Dominican order in 1971. ...