Papers of John Moffitt, 1916-1974.

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Papers of John Moffitt, 1916-1974.

Original manuscripts and variants of all of the author's poems, with a chronological listing of them; correspondence with publishers; clipppings of his published poems; copyright agreements; reviews of his poetry and of his book A new charter for monasticism; and correspondence about, and the galley proof of, his latest book, Escape of the leopard. Correspondents include John Ciardi, Russell Kirk, Charlotte E. Kohler, Rex Todhunter Stout, and Allen John Orley Tate.

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Stout, Rex, 1886-1975

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Rex Stout was an American author best known for his detective fiction. He was born December 1, 1886 in Noblesville, Indiana, the sixth of nine children. In 1887 his parents, John and Lucetta Stout, bought a forty-acre farm south of Topeka, Kansas, where Stout grew up. As a young man, Stout tried several trades, including bookkeeping (with a stint in the Navy as a bookkeeper on Theodore Roosevelt's yacht), ushering at an opera house in Topeka, studying law, and working as a cigar store clerk....

Kohler, Charlotte E., 1908-

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia and Editor of the Virginia Quaterly Review. From the description of Oral history interview of Charlotte Kohler by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], June 14, 1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920362 ...

Moffitt, John, 1929-2008

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Author, editor, and poet, b. 1908 in Harrisburg, Pa.; member of contemporary Indian monastic order for 25 years, later converted to Catholicism; poetry and copy editor for America Magazine; author of numerous books and articles on religion and monasticism; d. 1987. From the description of Papers of John Moffitt, 1916-1974. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55771568 From the description of Papers of John Moffitt, 1978-1980, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat ...

Ciardi, John, 1916-1986

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American poet and critic. Winner of Avery and Jule Hopwood Award in poetry, 1939. Professor of English at Harvard, 1946-48, and Rutgers, 1953-61. From the description of Letter, 1980 Feb. 4, Key West, Fla., to Henry F. Pommer, Ripon, Wis. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364896 Poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist. Full name: John Anthony Ciardi. From the description of John Ciardi papers, 1910-1997 (bulk 1960-1985). (Unknown). W...

Tate, Allen, 1899-1979

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator. From the description of Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652060 From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Clarke County, Kentucky, in 1899. He atte...

Kirk, Russell

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