Richard Scowcroft papers, 1939-2000.

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Brooks, Paul, 1909-1998

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Paul Brooks (1909–1998) was a nature writer, book editor, and environmentalist. Born in New York City, Paul Brooks received in 1931 his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he was the editor of the Harvard Lampoon. Soon after graduation, he became an employee at the publishing company Houghton Mifflin in Boston and remained with the company for 40 years. He was editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin's General Book Department from 1943 until his retirement in 1969. He wrote Two Park S...

Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was one of the most brilliant practitioners of the art of the short story. Her literary reputation rests on the stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on her best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962). Born Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890, she was the fourth of Harrison and Mary Alice Porter's five children. When her mother died in March 1892, her father moved the four surviving children from his farm in the central Texas community ...

Cheever, John

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John Cheever was an American novelist and short-story writer. From the description of John Cheever collection of papers, 1942-1982. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164222 From the guide to the John Cheever collection of papers, 1942-1982, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) John Cheever (1912-1982) was an American writer. From the description of John Cheever journals, ...

Turow, Scott

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Lawyer. A.B. Amherst, 1970; J.D. Harvard Law, 1978. With Office of U.S. Attorney, Chicago, Ill., 1978- . From the description of Manuscript of One L /Scott Frederic Turow, 1976-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 122563929 ...

Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

Stanford University. English Dept.

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De Santillana, Dorothy.

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Mann, Erika, 1905-1969

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De Voto, Avis MacVicar, 1904-1989

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DeVoto was an editor, specializing in cookbooks, for Alfred A. Knopf, 1956-1958. Prior to that, she had handled the correspondence of her husband, Bernard A. DeVoto (1897-1955) author, editor, historian, and literary critic. She was also House Secretary in Lowell House at Harvard and worked in the dean's office at Radcliffe. The DeVotos had two sons. From the description of Papers, 1952-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006572 De Voto was an edit...

Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Bontly, Thomas, 1939-

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American author; b. Thomas John Bontly. From the description of Thomas J. Bontly collection, 1958-1966. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70971138 ...

Geismar, Maxwell David, 1909-

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Epithet: writer on American literature British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000097 ...

Jones, Richard, 1926 July 25-

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Olsen, Tillie

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Vicki Lerner Bergman is Tillie Olsen's youngest sister. From the description of Letters to Vicki Bergman : photocopies, 1960-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448506 Twentieth century Texas author. From the description of Tillie Olsen collection. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 22581533 American writer, born in 1912 and died in 2007. From the description of Tillie Olsen papers, 1930-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Howe, Helen, 1927-

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West, Jessamyn, 1968-....

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Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977

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The complex and diverse prose of Anaïs Nin mirrors her life. She published nonfiction, journals, short stories, novels, and erotica, and worked as a model, a dancer, and a psychoanalyst. Most of her prose was influenced by surrealism, and features an experimental style and psychological themes. The publication of her diaries, begun at the age of eleven as an open letter to her departed father, brought her fame and made her a sought-after lecturer. Her artistic prose, colorful life, and relation...

Morrison, Theodore, 1901-1988

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Morrison graduated from Harvard in 1923 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Theodore Morrison, 1940-1951 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973137 ...

L'Heureux, John.

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Scowcroft, Richard

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Richard Scowcroft joined the faculty of the Department of English at Stanford in 1947; he was appointed professor in 1957 and retired in 1979. He served as associate director and then director of the Creative Writing Program and was chair of the English department from 1976 to 1978. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Utah and then traveled for two years before pursuing graduate work at Harvard. He was a teaching fellow there from 1942-46, earned his Ph.D. in 1946, and was a Brigg...

Bauer, Todd M.

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Volkening, Henry T.

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Henry T. Volkening was a literary agent and co-founder of Russell and Volkening, Inc., a literary agency of New York City, N.Y. From the description of Henry T. Volkening papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1929-1940. WorldCat record id: 676809982 ...

Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977

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Author, editor, and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bruce Bliven, 1953-1968. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148793561 Editor of the New Republic, writer, and lecturer. From the description of Bruce Bliven papers, 1906-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571477 Editor of the New Republic, writer, and lecturer. Bliven, born 27 July 1889, received his b.a. in English from Stanford University in 1911. He died 6 May 1977...

Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993.

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Recorded in Stegner's home. From the description of Interview by John Milton : cassette audio tape, June 20, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398049 Robert Pepper taught in the English Department at San Jose State University. From the description of Typed letter signed to Robert D. Pepper, 1982 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83291245 Mormon school teacher and author. From the description of Letter, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Stanford University. Creative Writing Program

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Lewis, Janet, 1899-1998

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American writer of many genres, including novels, short stories, poetry and librettos. Many of her friends and correspondents were at one time students or colleagues of Yvor Winters. From the description of Janet Lewis papers, 1964-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122639569 Biographical Note : Yvor Winters Yvor Winters was born in Chicago on October 17, 1900, the son of a stockbroker. As a very young child he moved we...

Carnochan, W. B.

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Biography Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1953, A.M. 1957, and Ph.D. 1960), W. B. Carnochan joined the English faculty at Stanford University in 1960. He chaired the English department from 1971-73 and has served the University as dean of graduate studies and vice-provost, 1975-80, and director of the Stanford Humanities Center, 1985-1991. A scholar of the eighteenth century, his published books include Gibbon's Solitude: The...