Robert Bechtold Heilman papers, 1907-2001.

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Robert Bechtold Heilman papers, 1907-2001.

Correspondence, speeches and writings, lecture notes, minutes, committee files, photographs, newsletters, books, posters, programs, reports, and awards, 1907-2001 (bulk, 1928-1997). Consists chiefly of personal correspondence as well as letters from his years as chairman of the University of Washington Dept. of English. Also included are records relating to his activities in Phi Beta Kappa. Correspondents include Theodore Roethke, Sewannee Review editor George Core, Eric Voegelin, Cleanth Brooks, Norton Girault, Solomon Katz, Glenn Leggett, Robert Penn Warren, Kenneth Burke, John Sisk, Allen Tate, and William Carlos Williams. There is also a large amount of correspondence between Heilman and his family, especially his son Champlin B. "Pete" Heilman.

18.75 cubic ft. (19 boxes and 2 vertical files)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7752113

University of Washington. Libraries

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Core, George, 1939-

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George Core, born in 1939, is an American historian, literary critic, and editor, best known as the editor of The Sewanee Review, 1973 to 2016. He succeeded Andrew Lytle who had succeeded Allen Tate as editor of The Sewanee Review. Previously he taught history at Sewanee University and served as an editor of the University of Georgia Press. Core has written or edited a number of books, primarily relating to the literature of the American South, including Southern Fiction Today, The Southern Trad...

University of Washington. Dept. of English.

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Girault, Norton.

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Heilman, Champlin B.

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Heilman, Robert Bechtold, 1906-2004

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Alumnus, Class of 1927. From the description of [Articles, book reviews, etc.]. 1982- (Lafayette College). WorldCat record id: 38186567 The late Robert B. Heilman served as chairman of the English department at the University of Washington for twenty-three years. His many books include studies of Shakespeare, dramatic forms, and American and British prose fiction. University of Georgia Press http://www.ugapress.uga.edu (Retrieved January 28, 2009) From the descri...

Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985

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German-American philosopher and political scientist. From the description of Eric Voegelin papers, 1907-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870173 Biographical Note 1901, January 3 Born, Cologne, Germany 1910 Family relocated to Vienna, Austria 1922 ...

Burke, Kenneth

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Kenneth Burke was an American literary critic and philosopher of language. From the description of Kenneth Burke letters to Stanley Weintraub, 1971-1984. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 768251269 From the description of Towards looking back [manuscript], 1976. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 768131282 From the description of An Eye-poem for the ear [manuscript] / Kenneth Burke. (Pennsylvania State Univers...

Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994

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American scholar and writer; professor of English at Louisiana State University and Yale University. From the description of Cleanth Brooks letter, 1984 Dec. 21. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243464696 Louisiana State University English professor, and co-founder of Southern Review, a literary journal. From the description of Cleanth Brooks oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244443354 Cleant...

Sisk, John P., 1914-

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Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963

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Educator, poet. From the description of Correspondence, with University of Michigan officials, 1962. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370061 Theodore Roethke won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his volume of verse "The Waking." He was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1908 and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1929. He taught at Lafayette University, Penn State, Bennington College and finally at the University of Washington. His books include "...

University of Washington. University Archives

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Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963

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This collection covers the years of William Carlos Williams's medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, a year of service at a New York City hospital, a semester of medical study in Leipzig, and the period when he was setting up his medical practice and courting his future wife, Florence Herman, in his home town of Rutherford, N.J. During this time, his younger brother Edgar went from engineering and architectural studies at M.I.T. to further study of architecture at the American Academ...

Phi beta kappa

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Collegiate scholastic honor society founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. From the description of Phi Beta Kappa records, 1776-2006 (bulk 1900-2000). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983375 The national Phi Beta Kappa Society, America's oldest and most prestigious honor society, was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Membership in the national society is a significant achievement, which honors excellen...

Leggett, Glenn H., 1918-2003

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Retired president of Grinnell College and former professor of English. From the description of Glenn H. Leggett writings, 1958-1996. (Oglesby Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 36895555 ...

Katz, Solomon, 1909-

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Professor, University of Washington. From the description of Solomon Katz papers, 1975-1985. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934754 University of Washington history professor and administrator, and Seattle civic leader. Solomon Katz (1909-1989) was educated at Cornell University, and taught Roman, Byzantine, and medieval history at the University of Washington beginning in 1936. During WWII he served in U.S. Army Air Force Intelli...

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...

Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...