Thomas Kirby oral history interview, 1982.

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Thomas Kirby oral history interview, 1982.

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Interview concerns Thomas Kirby's education in the 1930s, his work at the LSU English Department from 1935 to 1973, and his colleagues in the department. Topics include Kirby's predecessor, rivalry between certain professors, Huey Long's effect on LSU, and the demise of the Southern Review. Individuals mentioned in interview include: Nathaniel M. Caffee, Albert G. Reed, William A. "Cork" Read, Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren, Arlin Turner, Bosley Woolf, John Oliver, John Uhler, Earl Bradsher, Phoebe Beale, Lizzy Carter McVoy, Harris Downey, Marguerite Hays, Mary Roundtree, Annie T. Bell, and Robert Lowell.

1 sound cassette (1 hour);Transcript (27 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7122284

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Kirby, Thomas Austin.

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Fiser, Jack (John Walter), 1918-1999

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