Papers, 1940-1975.

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Papers, 1940-1975.

Includes correspondence, financial material, files, legal material, literary productions, newsclippings, photographs, printed material, scrapbook material, and memorabilia pertaining to Godwin's career as a political and religious essayist, minister, farmer, and his ordeals as a mental patient. Collection bulks with published and unpublished literary productions by Gene Godwin, including diaries, articles on religious and moral values, and political manifestos.

35,756 leaves

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Baylor University.

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Porch Press

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Godwin, Gene, 1928-1975

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Essayist, minister, farmer. Born in 1928. Resided in Hereford, Lubbock, and Amarillo, Texas. Attended Baylor University and Union Theological Seminary but did not complete his Th. D. Served briefly as a minister in New Orleans, Louisiana, then returned to West Texas to farm. Operated a small publishing house, the Porch Press. Underwent extensive psychiatric treatment for many years and committed suicide in 1975. From the description of Papers, 1940-1975. (Texas Tech University). Worl...

Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)

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