John Erskine Hankins papers, 1923-1994.

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John Erskine Hankins papers, 1923-1994.

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Consisting of creative and scholarly writings, correspondence, biographical information, and photographs; letters discuss European travels, membership in professional organizations MLA (Modern Language Association) and AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and reminiscences with fellow USC alumni re his memoir of student life entitled "South Carolina Memories"; including letter, 17 June 1933, from Bernard Baruch, re Hankins' request that Baruch endow a building at USC. Letter of recommendation, 16 May 1969, to Pres. Richard M. Nixon proposing that Donald S. Russell be considered for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination; other persons mentioned include Katherine Metzel (Mrs. Eugene V.) Debs, widow of the founder of the American Socialist Party, with whom Hankins lived while in Indiana; Olin D. Johnston, U.S. Senator and Governor of South Carolina, who was Hankins' classmate at University of South Carolina; and Robert Penn Warren, who attended Yale with Hankins. Also including Hankins' poems, one-act plays, reminiscences of experiences as a student at University of South Carolina (Carolina Memories & Notes, 1920-1926, 1979) and Yale (Yale Memoirs, 1926-1929, 22 Apr. 1980) and research articles re Milton, Shakespeare, and other literary figures. Also including transcripts from Hankins's radio talks on poetry at University of Kansas; copies of lectures; unpublished work of fiction, 1929, "What Shall We Do?," in the form of a proposal for ending the Great Depression; and audio cassette (T77) of Hankins singing original songs and verse.

ca. 132 items (1 box) + 1 sound cassette.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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