William Peirce Randel papers, 1852-1986.

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William Peirce Randel papers, 1852-1986.

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Correspondence, addresses, proofs, drafts and reprints of articles, reviews, and photographs, all concerning William Peirce Randel's work on Edward Eggleston, a Methodist circuit rider who turned agnostic and then became president of the American Historical Association. The papers in this collection relate to Randel's research and writings on Eggleston and include correspondence with Eggleston family members, research libraries, Twayne Publishers, King's Cross Publishers, his adviser Ralph L. Rusk, and with others who were doing or had done research on Eggleston. Included are Randel's 1945 dissertation, drafts of his 1963 Edward Eggleston: Hoosier Realist, two volumes of Scribner's Monthly Magazine for 1878, which contain the serialized story Roxy by Eggleston; an inventory of the Eggleston collection at Cornell University; and 23 photographs of Eggleston, his home, and locations where he was active. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University.

735 items (1.2 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7343477

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography (Duke University)

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Randel, William Peirce, 1909-....

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Historian and professor of English, University of Maine. From the description of William Peirce Randel papers, 1852-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604636 William Peirce Randel, a professor of English at the University of Maine, was born on January 7, 1909, in New York City, the son of William A. and Mabel Peirce Randel. He received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University, a master's from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Columbia. He ta...

Cansler, Ronald L. (Robert Lee), 1947-

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Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902

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A native of Vevay, Ind., Eggleston was a Methodist preacher (1857-1866), a journalist, and beginning in 1871, a novelist. In the 1880s and 1890s he turned to history as a writing topic, and served as president of the American Historical Association. From the description of Papers, 1884-1912. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27970058 American author and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lake George, to the editor...

Paine, Stephen C.

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