Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, 1905-1990s and undated.

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Gohdes, Clarence, 1901-1997. Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, 1905-1990s and undated.

Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, 1905-1990s and undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19562413

Collection consists of research materials, correspondence, writings, clippings and other printed materials, and a few photographs, mainly from the latter half of Gohdes's career. The earliest date (1811) refers to reproductions of original materials used in his research. Correspondence with other American Literature teachers and authors, combined with other materials relating to Gohdes's institutional and organizational affiliations, in particular with Duke University, the Modern Language Association (MLA), and AMERICAN LITERATURE, comprise the most substantive aspects of this collection. They provide insight into the bureaucratic and institutional exigencies of American literary scholarship in the mid-twentieth century. Major authors and scholars of the time wrote to Gohdes, and include Alexander Blackburn, Oscar Cargill, Lewis Chase, Robert Elias, Norman Foerster, Arthur Rubin, Arthur Quinn, and Upton Sinclair. Original manuscripts by Gohdes, inscribed reprints of writings by his colleagues, and materials relating to many major British and American literary figures, make up the rest of the collection. There is substantial material on Edgar Allen Poe. The collection also includes papers documenting his research and writing for his last book project, a cultural and horticultural history of the muscadine grape entitled SCUPPERNONG, NORTH CAROLINA'S GRAPE AND ITS WINES.

4650 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library