Sally Buckner papers, 1963-2004.

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Sally Buckner papers, 1963-2004.

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Correspondence, materials relating to Buckner's editorial work, writings, materials documenting teaching and other literary activities, and other items. Correspondence is primarily with writers--among them Betty Adcock, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ruth Moose, Sam Ragan, and Shelby Stephenson--but there are also letters from editors, educators, friends, and political figures. Editorial files relate to the anthologies "Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry" (1995) and "Our Words, Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina" (1999). Also included are published and unpublished writings; teaching materials relating to creative writing courses for college, high school, and middle school students; materials documenting her work with the North Carolina Poetry Society, the International Poetry Festival, and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame; photographs of Buckner and her family; and other items.

About 8000 items (10.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 8033565

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Adcock, Betty

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Betts, Doris

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Doris June Waugh Betts was a white North Carolina author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was born 4 June 1932 in Statesville, N.C., and graduated from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, N.C. Betts married Lowry Matthews Betts (1930-2007) in 1952 and with him had three children: Doris LewEllyn, David Lowry, and Erskine Moore. Betts began her writing career as a newspaper reporter. She firs...

Buckner, Sally

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Sally Buckner was born in Statesville, N.C., in 1931. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. She taught at every level from kindergarten through graduate school, retiring after 28 years on the faculty at Peace College, Raleigh, N.C., in 1998. She published fiction and poetry in a number of journals and anthologies, and also edited poetry anthologies. From the description of Sally Buckner papers, 1963-2004. WorldCat record id: 70581910 Sall...

Chappell, Fred, 1936-....

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Author and professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. From the description of Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2010 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465036 From the description of Fred Chappell Papers, 1944-2003 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122569745 Fred Chappell is a poet and an author who has won numerous awards for his writings, including the Rockefeller Foundation Grant;...

North Carolina Poetry Society

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The North Carolina Poetry Society was organized in Charlotte, N.C., in 1932, with goals of fostering the study, writing, and publication of poetry; offering North Carolina poets a chance to meet; and developing a public taste for the reading and appreciation of poetry. Gastonia poet and editor Zoe Kincaid Brockman was the first president. From the description of North Carolina Poetry Society records, 1932-2003. WorldCat record id: 25724861 The North Carolina Poetry Society (...

Stephenson, Shelly, 1938-

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Peace College (Raleigh, N.C.)

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Buckner family.

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Moose, Ruth

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Ruth Moose (1938- ), North Carolina writer; reference librarian at Pfeiffer College, 1988-1996; and, since 1996, teacher of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ruth Moose worked as a free-lance writer, including a stint at the "Charlotte Observer," for which she was a regular columnist, and as poetry editor for the "Uwharrie Review" and "The Arts Journal." In addition to numerous articles, poems, and stories that have appeared in magazine...

Ragan, Sam, 1915-1996

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Samuel Talmadge Ragan (1915-1996) was managing and executive editor of the "News and Observer" (Raleigh, N.C.), 1948-1969; editor and publisher of "The Pilot" (Southern Pines, N.C.), 1969-1996; award-winning poet; writing teacher; and supporter of the arts in North Carolina. Ragan served as the first secretary of the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History from 1972 to 1973. In 1982, he was named Poet Laureate of the state of North Carolina by Governor James B. Hunt. He was also c...

International Poetry Festival

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