Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2010 and undated.

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Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2010 and undated.

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The fully processed portion of the Fred Chappell Papers spans the dates 1960-1997, with the bulk being dated after 1970. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Chappell and other authors; printed material (primarily serials containing stories, poems, and articles by Chappell but also clippings); legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; and other material. Documents relate to Chappell's personal life and career, both as a student and writer at Duke University, where he studied under well-known creative writing teacher William Blackburn, and as a writer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G). The collection documents the entire length and breadth of Chappell's multifaceted career. Beginning with the years just after he completed his undergraduate studies at Duke and began his first novel at the urging of Hiram Haydn, an editor to whom Blackburn had introduced him, the letters, manuscripts, and notebooks provide insight into Chappell's developing literary career, his academic activities at UNC-G, and his growing involvement with a large network of writers, including a number of his former students. Many prominent American authors, especially Southern ones, are represented in the collection. Among the most frequent correspondents are Kelly Cherry, Grace DiSanto, George Garrett, Marianne Gingher, Dana Gioia, Donald Hall, Heather Ross Miller, Robert Morgan, Eve Shelnutt, and Dabney Stuart. Notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, and printed material document the development of Chappell's career across all the genres in which he writes. Addition (93-102) (1000 items; 3.0 linear feet; 1992-1993) has been incorporated into the fully processed portion of the collection. The remaining two boxes consist primarily of incoming correspondence. A small portion of this includes enclosures and attachments, some of which are writings by other authors. Addition (98-299) (1694 items; 14 linear feet; 1989-1998, bulk 1997-1998) comprises correspondence received by Chappell. It also includes several folders of outgoing correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, nineteen books, awards, miscellaneous printed materials, and one audio cassette and video cassette. Addition (99-272) (7200 items; 12 linear feet; ca. 1978-1999) comprises correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, photographs, clippings, awards, one videocassette, and other items. Addition (00-272) (5425 items; 13.7 linear feet; 1989-2000) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; thirty-three books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes two compact disks and four videocassettes. Addition (01-145) (4344 items, 7.70 linear feet; dated 2000-2001 and n.d.) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; 33 books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes 2 compact disks and 4 videocassettes. Addition (02-171) (4895 items, 8.9 lin. ft.; dated 1944-2002 and n.d., bulk 1995-2002) consists primarily of incoming correspondence (1995-2002). Also includes Chappell's outgoing correspondence (1999-2002); drafts of his writing; newspaper and journal articles and reviews by and about Chappell; his Duke University diplomas (1961; 1964); the North Carolina Award in Literature (1980); 13 black-and-white and 3 color photographs; 7 audio cassettes; 1 audio CD; and 1 Betamax and 3 VHS videocassettes. The audio and videocassettes include recordings of Chappell with George Garrett, as well as of Chappell reading. Addition (03-089) (2150 items, 5.9 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2003 and n.d.) consists mainly of Chappell's personal and professional correspondence, 2002-2003. Also includes handwritten journals (including poetry journals), article drafts, and lectures; clippings and printed material; manuscripts; and framed awards. Addition (04-127) (3165 items, 6.0 lin. ft; dated 2003-2004 and n.d.) consists mainly of Chappell's personal and professional correspondence (2003-2004). Also includes notebooks and loose papers containing drafts of poems and other writings by Chappell; clippings and other printed materials; and writings by other authors. Addition (06-024) (4942 items, 9.6 lin. ft.; dated 1978-2004 and undated) comprised chiefly of personal correspondence; drafts of unidentified writings by Chappell; notebooks; a plaque, Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award, 2004; a signed print, "Birthday Poems," by David R. Slavitt; and clippings. This accession is closed to researchers. Addition (06-071) (970 items, 9.8 lin. ft.; dated 1987-2006 and undated) comprises primarily correspondence (2005-2006), as well as notes, clippings, manuscripts for review, Chappell's draft poems, books, serial issues, one VHS videocassette, awards, posters, and ads. This accession is closed to researchers. Addition (07-121) (4875 items, 8.8 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2007) contains correspondence, drafts, books, and serials. The majority of the correspondence consists of review copies of books and drafts by other authors and requests for blurbs or reviews by Chappell. This accession has not been processed. Addition (08-096) (3375 items; 4.5 lin. ft.; bulk dated 2007-2008) includes notebooks, drafts, and manuscripts of essays, stories, poetry, and speeches; correspondence; and some printed materials. Also includes some electronic media (floppy disks of Chappell drafts), which have been removed and copied to Duke's electronic server. This accession has not been processed. Addition (08-321) (1 item; .2 lin. ft.; dated about 1990) consists of Chappell's annotated proof copy of the SELECTED POEMS OF WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS. Addition (09-144) (3600 items; 4.8 lin. ft.; dated 2005-2009) includes correspondence, writings, manuscripts by other authors, and some printed materials. Also includes some electronic media (floppy disks of Chappell drafts). Addition (10-106) (4000 items; 5.4 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2010 and no date) includes correspondence, writings by other authors, and essays, prose, poetry, and other drafts by Chappell. Also includes some electronic media (some CDs sent to Chappell by fellow authors). Addition (10-223) (2625 items; 3.5 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2010) includes incoming and outgoing correspondence; writings by other authors; clippings; published works; and prose and poetry drafts by Chappell. Also includes correspondence regarding the Caldwell medal, awarded to Chappell by the North Carolina Humanities Council in 2010.

102,625 items (141.4 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964838

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Duke University. Department of English

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Patton, Frances Gray

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DiSanto, Grace

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Gingher, Marianne

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Cherry, Kelly

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Wilbur, Richard, 1921-....

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Fellowship of Southern Writers

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Shelnutt, Eve, 1943-

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Gioia, Dana

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American poet, literary critic, and translator. From the description of Ephemera, 1984-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445555 From the description of Offprints and periodical appearances, 1981-2007. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 191726515 Dana Gioia (1950- ) is an American poet and critic. He was born in Los Angeles, California to Michael and Dorothy Gioia. Gioia received a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University in 1973 and a Master ...

Miller, Heather Ross, 1939-....

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Blackburn, William, 1899-1972

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Author, editor, and professor of English and literary composition at Duke University from 1926 until 1969. From the description of William Blackburn papers, 1859-1985 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 557485521 William Blackburn was an author, editor, and professor of English and literary composition at Duke University from 1926 until 1969. Born in 1899 to missionaries in Persia, Blackburn spent his childhood in Seneca, South Carolina, ...

Chappell, Fred, 1936-....

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Author and professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. From the description of Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2010 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465036 From the description of Fred Chappell Papers, 1944-2003 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122569745 Fred Chappell is a poet and an author who has won numerous awards for his writings, including the Rockefeller Foundation Grant;...

Garrett, George, 1929-2008

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George Garrett (1929-2008) was a novelist and poet who taught at Hollins University and the University of Virginia. He also worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and was poet laureate for Virginia from 2002-2006. From the guide to the Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) American author. From the description of The girl in the black raincoat [manuscript], 1966....

Stuart, Dabney, 1937-....

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Faculty member in the English department at Washington and Lee University, 1965-2002, and well-known poet and author. From the description of Papers, 1989-2009 (bulk 2000-2009). (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 567359402 Faculty member in the English department at Washington and Lee University, 1965-2002, and author. From the description of Papers, 1992-2003. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 193989062 ...

Hall, Donald, 1928-....

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Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973

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Author, editor, and publisher. From the description of Papers, 1942-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605120 Between 1970 and 1972 Dr. Hiram Haydn of the University of Pennsylvania conducted a class on the creative writing process, i.e. the needs of the individual writer, the specific writing environment, and the problems encountered during the writing process. In order to obtain information Dr. Haydn sent questionnaires to various writers, some well-known, and others U...

Morgan, Robert, 1944-....

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Robert Morgan, poet, received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967, and began teaching creative writing at Cornell University in 1971. From the description of Robert Morgan papers, 1967-1979 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26507134 North Carolina poet Robert Morgan was born in Hendersonville, N.C., in 1944 and grew up on the family farm in Zirconia. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1965), where h...