Louis Decimus Rubin papers, 1929-1992.

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Louis Decimus Rubin papers, 1929-1992.

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Correspondence with poets, novelists, critics, colleagues, friends, family, and students, including John Barth, Cleanth Brooks, Allen Tate, Howard Nemerov, Lee Smith, and C. Vann Woodward; correspondence with or about various publishers, universities, books, boats, and periodicals; and material concerning Rubin's involvement with the American Studies Association, the Modern Library Association, and the Society for the Study of Southern Literature. There are also items relating to "A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Southern Literature" and "A History of Southern Literature"; drafts of Rubin's writing, including "The Golden Weather," "Thomas Wolfe: The Weather of His Youth," "Surfaces of a Diamond," "The Edge of the Swamp," and copies of poetic, journalistic, and essay productions; items relating to Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; materials about youth and college baseball; drafts of writings by others, including Clyde Edgerton, Howard Nemerov, Sylvia Wilkinson, and Lee Smith; and miscellaneous material. There is also material relating to the 1956 Fugitives Reunion in Nashville. Note that Series 1.1.1. Selected author correspondence is cataloged separately according to correspondents' last names (3899 Series 1.1.1 A-C; 3899 Series 1.1.1 D-H; 3899 Series 1.1.1 I-N; 3899 Series 1.1.1 O-T; 3899 Series 1.1.1 V-W).

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm)

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Inc., is a publishing house incorporated in 1982 by University of North Carolina English professor Louis Rubin, Jr., and Shannon Ravenel, a St. Louis fiction editor who had been one of Rubin's creative writing students. The new company's purpose has been to publish non-fiction and literary fiction of unpublished young writers. By 1993, Algonquin had published 178 books. In 1989, Algonquin was acquired by the Workman Publishing Company of New York City. Algonquin r...

Society for the Study of Southern Literature

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The Society for the Study of Southern Literature (SSSL) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 to further scholarship on the writings and writers of the American South. From the description of Society for the Study of Southern Literature records, 1968-[ongoing] [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 44479351 The Society for the Study of Southern Literature (SSSL) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 and devoted to scholarship on writings and writers of th...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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American studies association

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Academic association organized in 1951 to encourage the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. From the description of American Studies Association records, 1946-2005 (bulk 1965-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070285 ...

Modern language association of America

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Rubin, Louis D., Jr. (Louis Decimus), 1923-2013

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Papers of Louis Decimus Rubin, Jr., of Chapel Hill, N.C., educator, literary critic, scholar, novelist, journalist, editor, and publisher. Rubin was professor of English at Hollins College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and founder of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. From the description of Louis Decimus Rubin papers, 1945- (Series 1.1.1 D-H) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 31069813 From the description of Louis Decimus Rubin papers, 1945- WorldCat reco...

Tate, Allen, 1899-1979

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator. From the description of Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652060 From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Clarke County, Kentucky, in 1899. He atte...

Barth, John Simmons

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Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999.

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of C. Vann Woodward : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419190 C. Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas, on November 13, 1908. He received his Ph.B. from Emory University in 1930; his M.A. from Columbia University in 1932; and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1937. He began his professional career as an assistant professor of history at the Univer...

Nemerov, Howard

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Howard Nemerov was an American educator and author, most widely known for his poetry. His verse could be poignant, philosophical, or witty, and was awarded numerous honors including a Pulitzer Prize. A long-time professor at Washington University in St. Louis, he also published memorable prose, and contributed editorial work or commentary for numerous publications. From the description of Howard Nemerov letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1963 Sept. 5. (Pennsylvania State University Librarie...

Smith, Lee, 1944-....

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A popular author of novels and short stories, Lee Smith earned a B.A. in English from Hollins College in 1967. Immediately after college she worked as a reporter for the Richmond News Leader and the Tuscaloosa News. Smith was an English teacher at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, 1971-1975, and at the Carolina Friends School in North Carolina, 1975-1977. She taught creative writing at Duke University in 1977 and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978-1981. From 1979 to 1980 sh...

Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994

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American scholar and writer; professor of English at Louisiana State University and Yale University. From the description of Cleanth Brooks letter, 1984 Dec. 21. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243464696 Louisiana State University English professor, and co-founder of Southern Review, a literary journal. From the description of Cleanth Brooks oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244443354 Cleant...

Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-

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Clyde Edgerton is a writer and educator of Durham County, N.C. From the description of Clyde Edgerton papers, 1918-2004. WorldCat record id: 33082391 Clyde Edgerton was born in 1944 in Bethesda, N.C., a small community in east Durham County. He was an Air Force pilot, 1966-1971, serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, 1970-1971. Following the war, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning masters and Ph.D. degrees in English ...

Fugitives (Group)

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Wilkinson, Sylvia, 1940-

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Sylvia Wilkinson was born in Durham, N.C. in 1940. She graduated from the Woman's College (UNCG) in 1962, received her master's degree from Hollins College and attended Stanford University. She has taught at various institutions and has received a number of literary awards including the Sir Walter Raleigh Award twice--in 1968 for A killing frost, and again in 1978 for Shadow of the mountain. From the description of Moss on the north side : a novel / by Sylvia Wilkinson. 1964-1965. (U...