James Still Papers 1940-2001.

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James Still Papers 1940-2001.

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These are correspondence, typescript poetry and prose, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting various aspects of the life and work of Kentucky author James Still during the period 1940-1984. There are typescripts of sixteen short stories and approximately fifty poems. Among these are Wolfpen Poems (1986); Appalachian Spring (1974); Another Times; and his Vanderbilt University master's thesis. Correspondents include Alfred Perrin, Elizabeth Watts, and Loyal Jones.

2.4 linear ft. (6 mss boxes)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Still, James, 1906-2001

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James Still, a native of Alabama and resident of rural Knott County, 1932-2001, published stories and poems in the Atlantic Monthly, Yale Review, American Mercury, and the Saturday Evening Post among others. His best known work, the novel River of Earth, was published in 1940 and reprinted by the University Press of Kentucky in 1978. His works are generally considered to be both accurate and artful depictions of life in southeastern Kentucky during the 1920's and 1930's. From the des...