Papers, 1942-1979.

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Papers, 1942-1979.

Correspondence with contributors to the periodical Accent about their mss., literary criticism, directing and producing plays, writers conferences, career and personal news, Ford Foundation, and Kerker Quinn. Correspondents include James F. Powers and Eudora Welty.

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University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

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American author. From the description of Typed letter signed : Jackson, Miss., to Charles Ryskamp, Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875021 The short story writer and novelist Eudora Alice Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Miss. In 1946 she published Delta wedding, her first novel. Her novel The optimist's daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. She was a lecturer and writer-in-residence at numerous colleges....

Shattuck, Charles Harlen 1910-

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Professor of English, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1942-1979. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28422091 ...

Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917-1999

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James Farl Powers was a writer and novelist. One of his earliest stories, The Valiant Woman, received the O. Henry Award in 1947 while his first novel won 1963's National Book Award. Wheat that Springeth Green, Powers' fifth and final published work, was nominated for the National Book Award as well. Powers' religious upbringing and education provided him with subject matter that was the basis for several of his works: the interaction of clergy and the secular world. Born in central Illinois to ...

Quinn, Kerker

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Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...