John A. Rice collection of papers, 1712-2004.

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John A. Rice collection of papers, 1712-2004.

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Includes the literary remains and personal papers of John A. Rice. Subjects include Black Mountain College, Rice's academic life, his writing career, correspondence, and his family. Also included are more than 200 pages of manuscript notes toward a memoir of the founding and early years of Black Mountain College, unpublished short stories, and the typescript for I Came Out of the Eighteenth Century.

12 linear feet (8 archival boxes)

Appalachian State University, ASU

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SNAC Resource ID: 6815943

Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Rice, John Andrew, 1888-

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In 1933 John A. Rice founded the Black Mountain College in Black Mountain, N.C. in 1933. He left Black Mountain College in 1939. From 1943 to 1957 he was self-employed as a writer. He wrote the autobiographical I Came out of the 18th Century, Local Color, and various short stories. From the description of John A. Rice collection of papers, 1712-2004. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 123895293 ...

Rollins college Winter Park, Fla.

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Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)

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Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by a group of nonconformist faculty and students from Rollins College in Florida. Headed by John Andrew Rice, they established their experimental college and community near Black Mountain, NC. Artists and writers from all over the country were attracted to Black Mountain and the college became a nurturing ground for some of the best talents of the twentieth century. Among its faculty and students were Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning...