Robert W. Watson manuscripts, bulk 1948-1980.
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Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965
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Randall Jarrell (6 May 1914 – 14 October 1965), the noted American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist, was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University where he studied under Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, and John Crowe Ransom, edited the student humor magazine, captained the tennis team, received a Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Jarrell served as a teaching instructor at Kenyon College, Gambier, ...
Watson, Robert, 1925-
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Robert Watson was born in Passaic, N.J. in 1925, and educated at Williams College and Johns Hopkins University where he earned his Doctorate in 1955. Faculty member in the English Department at UNCG from 1953-1987. Awards and honors include: American Scholar Poetry Prize (1959); National Endowment of the Arts Fellow (1974-1975); American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Award (1977). Watson was the main architect of UNCG's Creative Writing Program, considered one of the best in the na...
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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....
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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...
