Kenneth Burke letters to William H. Rueckert, 1959-1987.

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Kenneth Burke letters to William H. Rueckert, 1959-1987.

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The collection predominantly includes letters written by Kenneth Burke to William H. Rueckert from 1959 to 1987. Friend, mentor, and colleague, Burke wrote to Rueckert, a knowledgeable Burke scholar, in Burke's late productive period when Burke was developing and extending his earlier thought. Included in the collection are approximately 238 letters, notes, or postcards written by Burke to Rueckert and his first wife Betty Ehlers. In his letters Burke wrote about his personal and intellectual life and often included a poem. The collection also contains about twenty-two letters, notes, or postcards from Elizabeth Batterham Burke to Rueckert and his wife. Seven letters from Rueckert appear in the collection. In addition, a vignette written by Rueckert in 1968 offers an impressionistic glimpse of Burke lecturing at the Brockport, New York, International Philosophy Year conference and visiting his friend James Sibley Watson at Watson's home in Rochester, New York. Additional miscellaneous items appear in the collection: a few reprints, statements, newspaper accounts, and speeches, as well as a publicity card, certificate photocopy, search printout, and correspondence table. A few copies or original correspondence also are included: letters, notes, or card from translator Erica Freiberg; critic and editor of The Nation, Robert Hatch; Northwestern University professor Leland Griffin; editor of The Nation, Carey McWilliams; poet Howard Nemerov; New York University English professor Gordon Norton Ray; University of Connecticut English professor Milton R. ("Mickey") Stern; and French literary critic Christian Susini.

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Stern, Milton R.

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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980

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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He completed his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1927. From 1927-1938, McWilliams was an attorney at the law firm Black, Hammack in Los Angeles. In 1938, he was appointed as Chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing of the State of California, a position he kept until 1942. During the period from 1945-1955, he began his long association with The Nation, becoming successively contribut...