Manuscripts from its files [manuscript] 1937-1951.

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Manuscripts from its files [manuscript] 1937-1951.

Including general correspondence, and that regarding the Department of English, fellowships, the Association of American Universities, the Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools, and the Princeton and William and Mary curriculums. Also some of James Southall Wilson's correspondence with John Ward Ostram and Edmund S. Wilson regarding Edgar Allan Poe.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Ostram, John Ward,

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Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools

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Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963

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Professor of English, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of James Southall Wilson, [manuscript], 1931-1942. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809599 American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charlottesville, Va., to Stark Young, 1934 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872999 University of Virginia English professor. From the description of Papers of James Southall...

University of Virginia. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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Dean of the Graduate School, 1937-1941. From the description of Correspondence of James Southall Wilson [manuscript] 1937-1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647964037 ...

Princeton.

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Association of American Universities

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The Association of American Universities was founded in 1900 by the fourteen American universities that then offered the Ph. D. degree. The purpose of the association was to attempt to standardize higher education. At various stages in its history the AAU has concentrated on accrediting universities, sponsoring research, and representing the interests of research universities to the federal government. From the description of Association of American Universities records, 1900-1982. (...

Wilson, Edmund S.,

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William and Mary.

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