Jambalaya program records, 1975-1980.

New Orleans public library

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In 1976 the New Orleans Public Library received a $330,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a series of lectures, discussions, exhibits, and other activities examining the culture and history of New Orleans. The original grant proposal was written in consultation with an Advisory Committee which served the Library for five years. The program was named Jambalaya and from 1977 through 1980 it presented 194 events featuring 284 speakers, panel...

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

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Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. His father, Cornelius, a salesman who was largely absent had a bad relationship with Tennessee, the second of his three children. Consequently, Tennessee was raised predominantly by his mother, Edwina, and maternal grandparents. His often strained and disturbed family life became the fodder for many of his plays. After moving to New Orleans in his late 20s, and adopting the name Tenn...

Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008

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Jonathan Williams is a poet, publisher, and photographer. He was educated at St. Albans School, Princeton University, and Black Mountain College, and also studied art and design at the Institute of Design in Chicago. His published books of poetry include An Ear in Bartram's Tree (1969), Blues and Roots/Rue and Bluets (1971), The Loco Logodaedalus in Situ (1972), and Elite/Elate Poems (1979), and his published books of photography include Portrait Photographs (1979) and A Palpable Elysium: Photog...

Duffy, John, 1915-

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Slatkin, Leonard.

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Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994

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American scholar and writer; professor of English at Louisiana State University and Yale University. From the description of Cleanth Brooks letter, 1984 Dec. 21. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243464696 Louisiana State University English professor, and co-founder of Southern Review, a literary journal. From the description of Cleanth Brooks oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244443354 Cleant...

Ambrose, Stephen E.

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Feibleman, Peter S., 1930-....

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American actor, novelist, and playwright. From the description of Peter Feibleman collection, 1976-1995. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70926377 ...

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...

Grau, Shirley Ann

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American writer, Shirley Ann Grau, was born July 8, 1929 in New Orleans, La., to Adolph Eugene and Katherine Onions Grau. She is a recipient of the Pulitzer prize (1965) and former creative writing teacher at University of New Orleans (1966-1967). From the description of Shirley Ann Grau letter, 1966 Dec. 28. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 317620150 ...

Moore, Charles Willard, 1925-1993

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Architect; Los Angeles, Calif. Died Dec. 16, 1993. From the description of Charles Willard Moore interview, 1984 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179338 Charles Willard Moore, Architect; Los Angeles, Calif. Died Dec. 16, 1993. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Willard Moore, 1984 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395847 Charles Willard Moore, renowned architect, writer of numerous articles and books, and teach...

Hackney, Sheldon, 1933-2013

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Corrington, John William.

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John W. Corrington was born in 1932 in Ohio, but moved to Shreveport, Louisiana while still a young boy. He attended a Jesuit High school where he was expelled for "the wrong attitude." In 1956, he graduated from Centenary College who now gives an award in his name for literary excellence. In 1960 he received a M.A. from Rice and also accepted a teaching position at Louisiana State University. Corrington then went on to Sussex England to work on his PhD in Philosophy at the Universi...