Records of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1965-

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Records of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1965-

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The Records of the Iowa Writers' Workshop consist of twelve series. Series I, Student Coursework, consists of photocopies of students' works arranged by semester and class section within each semester. It is the largest series in the collection, dating from Fall 1965 to the present. Note that a few of the semesters are filed out of chronological sequence. Series II, Award Competitions, consists of writing entries from individuals vying for scholarships and other awards. Series III, Students and Alumni, consists of files containing correspondence, applications, and other material, arranged alphabetically by name of individual. Restricted access. Series IV, Faculty, is arranged alphabetically by name of individual. Restricted access. Series V, Director's Files, consists of correspondence and other material created and received by the Office of the Director. Restricted access. Series VI, Administrative Files. Restricted access. Series VII, Accepted; Not Coming. Restricted access. Series VIII, Rejected Applicants' Evaluation Sheets. Restricted access. Series IX, Applicants' Letters of Recommendation. Restricted access. Series X, Ephemera, includes posters and other printed matter, dating from 1982 to present. Series XI, Stephen Wilbers Project, consists of correspondence and interview notes prepared by an alumnus of the Workshop who prepared a history of the program in 1980. Series XII, Jean Wylder Project, consists of survey responses obtained from numerous alumni during the early 1970s as part of a history project. The responses are arranged by era of attendance/graduation.

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University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Leggett, John, 1917-....

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John Leggett was born November 11, 1917, in New York, N.Y. to Bleecker Noel and Dorothy (Mahar) Leggett. Leggett attended Andover, received an A.B. from Yale University in 1942, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945. He married Mary Lee Fahnestock in 1948, with whom he had three children. They divorced in 1986, and Leggett married Edwina Bennington of San Francisco. Leggett was an editor and publicity director for Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston from ...

Engle, Paul, 1908-1991

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Paul Engle was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 12, 1908. Engle attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where he graduated cum laude in 1931, emphasizing English literature, American history and languages. In 1932, Paul Engle received his M.A. from the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1933, Paul Engle received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He sailed for England, enrolled in Merton College at Oxford University, and began studies under the poet Edmund Blunden. He was awarded a second M...

Starbuck, George, 1931-

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Poet and college professor; b. George Edwin Beiswanger. From the description of Papers of George Starbuck, 1966-1971. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233108945 From the description of Papers, 1966-1971. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28412030 Starbuck was an American poet, editor at Houghton Mifflin, and professor at Boston University. From the description of Poems, 1957-1964. (Harvard University). WorldCat record...

Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005

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Frank Conroy was born in 1936. He graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He taught at George Mason University, M.I.T., and Brandeis University before becoming director of the Writers' Workshop. In addition to the two works inventoried here, he has also published a collection of stories, Midair (1985) and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper's, Partisan Review, and elsewhere. From the description of Frank Conroy manuscripts. (University of Iowa Libraries). W...

Iowa Writers' Workshop

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The Iowa Writers' Workshop, or Program in Creative Writing, in the University of Iowa Dept. of English, grew out of earlier informal literary interest and the university's acceptance of creative work in the arts. The name Writers' Workshop was first used in the 1939 university catalog. Successive directors have been Wilbur L. Schramm, Paul Engle, George Starbuck, John Leggett, and Frank Conroy. From the description of Records of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1965-[ongoing]. (University...