Box 3

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 1 Result:

Outgoing Correspondence

 File — Box: 3
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The papers of David McDowell, editor, were acquired by Special Collections in 1983. The collection, consisting mostly of incoming correspondence, covers a period of 1939-1980. While attending St. Andrew's in Sewanee, Vanderbilt, and Kenyon College, McDowell became acquainted with many of the laureates of Southern literature whose letters can be found in this collection. David McDowell strengthened these ties when he served as an editor for several of the writers at Random House and...
Dates: 1939 - 1980
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / David McDowell Papers

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