Arthur G. Powell papers, 1920-1952.

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Arthur G. Powell papers, 1920-1952.

The collection consists of the papers of Arthur Gray Powell from 1933-1951. The papers include correspondence, notes, clippings, articles, manuscripts, and photographs. Materials relate to his autobiography, I Can Go Home Again (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1943). Included are a letter, forward, and corrected typescripts of chapters 1-22 of the draft originally entitled "Lady Godiva and Her Horse"; 19 legal pads of notes; correspondence; reviews, and an interview typescript related to I Can Go Home Again. Also included are writings and speeches by Arthur Gray Powell, miscellaneous notes, Wallace Stevens materials, general correspondence, photographs, documents related to Powell's death, and other collected memorabilia.

1.5 linear ft. : (3 boxes)

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Kline, Raymond M., 1929-

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Slaton, John M.

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Kilpatrick, William Heard

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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955

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Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the Hartford insurance company in Connecticut. From the guide to the Wallace Stevens collection, 1921-1966, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Wallace Stevens was an American essayist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Wallace Stevens collection of papers, 19...