Roma Stewart Goodwin Blackburn papers, 1942-1985.

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Roma Stewart Goodwin Blackburn papers, 1942-1985.

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Primarily correspondence between Roma Blackburn and literary personages, including former students of her husband, William Maxwell Blackburn, professor at Duke University. Also includes poem by Rose Styron, clippings about the poet Elizabeth Bishop, and a program from Bishop's memorial service. One volume, HEART AND HOME: A MEMOIR, was written by Mrs. Blackburn. Correspondence includes: letters and postcards from Elizabeth Bishop discussing travels, intellectual life, and literary interests; letters from William Styron discussing fund-raising in memory of Professor William Blackburn for the Duke University Capital Campaign for the Arts and Sciences; letters from Alice Methfessel, close friend of Elizabeth Bishop; and letters from Professor Blackburn's former students Sean Devereaux, Guy Davenport, and Josephine Humphreys Hutcheson. The addition to the collection (218 items, dated 1942-1985) includes letters to Blackburn from Reynolds Price and Wallace Fowlie and others regarding invitations, travel plans, news, and condolences; material related to the William Blackburn Fund; correspondence from Blackburn's summers in Magog; a story by Max Steele; 23 manuscript pages of Blackburn's autobiography; copies of tributes to William Blackburn from William Styron and Max Steele, and statistics on the number of students he taught. There are also photographs (61 black-and-white prints, 4 color prints, 1 color slide, and 2 black-and-white negatives) of Tennessee Williams, Fred Chappell, William Styron, Sean Devereaux, Wallace Fowlie, and William Blackburn, as well as other Blackburn family members. An unidentified audiocassette tape is included. (01-036)

264 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7343487

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Blackburn, Roma.

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Styron, William, 1925-2006

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American novelist William Styron was born in Virginia and graduated from Duke. After serving in World War II, he worked as an editor while writing his first novel. His work has been both controversial and timely; his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner, explored the theme of slavery, and benefitted from being released during the racially-charged 1960s, and his American Book Award-winning novel, Sophie's Choice, examined a World War II concentration camp survivor. His styl...

Methfessel, Alice, 1943-2009

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Davenport, Guy

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American author. From the description of The bicycle rider [manuscript], galley proof, 1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647820340 From the description of Papers of Guy Davenport [manuscript], 1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821125 From the description of The Mimes of Herondas [manuscript], 1981. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647818418 From the description of Papers : of Guy Davenport, 1961-1979 [manu...

Devereaux, Sean.

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Duke University

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Blackburn, William, 1899-1972

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Author, editor, and professor of English and literary composition at Duke University from 1926 until 1969. From the description of William Blackburn papers, 1859-1985 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 557485521 William Blackburn was an author, editor, and professor of English and literary composition at Duke University from 1926 until 1969. Born in 1899 to missionaries in Persia, Blackburn spent his childhood in Seneca, South Carolina, ...

Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

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Poet Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had an often difficult childhood in Canada and New England. She wrote poetry in her youth, and developed as a writer at Vassar, where her friends included Mary McCarthy and Marianne Moore. In 1946 she published a book of poetry titled North and South, and travelled to Brazil, where she remained for fifteen years. Her 1956 book of poetry, A Cold Spring, won the Pulitzer Prize; her verse was noted for precision and balance. She also p...

Blackburn, Roma Stewart Goodwin.

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Lawyer, poet, and writer originally from Prince Edward Island, Canada. From the description of Roma Stewart Goodwin Blackburn papers, 1942-1985. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604655 ...

Styron, Rose.

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Humphreys, Josephine N.

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Author residing on Sullivan's Island (Charleston Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1946, 1960-1993 (bulk 1983-1987). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46345001 From the description of Papers, 1960-2000 (bulk 1983-1987). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 79756747 Novelist, of South Carolina. From the description of Rich in love autographed promotional poster [picture] ; [1987]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat re...