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Agrarian Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0021
Abstract

This collection of 3 Hollinger boxes (1.26 linear feet) contains reel to reel audio tapes and transcripts (original and photocopies) of the proceedings of the Agrarian Reunion at the Southern Literary Festival which took place at the University of Dallas in Texas on April 19, 20, 21 1968. Participants in the Reunion were Agrarians Andrew Lytle, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren.

Dates: 1968

Cleanth Brooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0054
Abstract

This small collection (.21 linear feet ) includes correspondence between Cleanth Brooks and a number of Vanderbilt University faculty about the Fugitive Poets Reunion at Vanderbilt in 1956, the Literary Symposia in 1958 and 1964, and other literary and academic matters. There are also newspaper clippings and articles and several photographs taken by Merrill Moore at the 1956 Fugitive Poets Reunion at Vanderbilt.

Dates: 1938 - 1977

Karl and Jill Brussel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0832
Dates: multiple

Nash Buckingham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0965
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence (1963-1967), clippings (1910s), and the short story "Uncle Willis, Skimpy, and the Cotton Bale" by Nash Buckingham (1900).

Dates: 1900 - 1967

Ben Lucien Burman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0063
Abstract

The Ben Lucien Burman Papers consist of xeroxed material relating to three of his books: Blow a Wild Bugle for Catfish Bend, Look Down That Winding River, and The Sign of the Praying Tiger. Included are carbon typescripts, holograph copies, worksheets, first drafts, galley proofs and an incomplete synopsis.

Dates: Undated

John Cope Caldwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0066
Abstract

The John Cope Caldwell Papers, 1943-1969, consist of the travel diaries, correspondence, news reports and articles, book drafts, contracts, and photographs of author and United States government official John Cope Caldwell, 1913-.

Dates: 1943 - 1969

Thomas Henry Carter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0074
Abstract

The Papers in this collection reflect the various aspects of the brief but vigorous career of Thomas Carter as editor, critic, poet and teacher.

Dates: 1950 - 1962

Brainard Bartwell Cheney and Frances Neel Cheney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0004
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Brainard Bartwell Cheney and Frances Neel Cheney. Major topics of interest include multiple versions of Brainard Cheney’s novels, the Pine Barrens and Rivers of Southeastern Georgia, materials relating to the Cheney’s friendships with many of the Fugitive/Agrarian writers, Brainard Cheney’s interest in Catholicism, Tennessee Politics in the late 1940’s and 1950’s, race relations and civil rights, Library Science and reference services.

Dates: 1841 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s

Christine Sadler Coe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0084
Abstract This collection consists of a wealth of material relating to Christine Sadler Coe’s life long career in journalism and to that of her husband, Richard Coe, who was the longtime theater critic for The Washington Post. The papers are comprised of seven series which document her life as well as the mid-century events and crises of America and the world. A leader in the field of journalism, her papers follow her career trajectory and experiences as a female...
Dates: 1902 - 1981

Ann Jennalie Cook Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0649
Dates: multiple

Mozelle Adams Core Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0728
Scope and Content: This .21 linear foot collection consists mostly of papers written by Mozelle Adams Core while she was a student of Donald Davidson. The papers include reports, analysis of major works as well as many short stories. Some papers are typed while others are hand written. Many of these papers also include handwritten comments from Donald Davidson. Also, this collection includes a letter written by Davidson to the Vanderbilt University Press urging them to consider publishing students which he...
Dates: 1942-1946

Alfred Leland Crabb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0089
Abstract

This collection contains Alfred Leland Crabb’s works and correspondences from 1910 to 1970. The first part covers correspondences with faculty, friends and publishing companies from 1925 to 1970. Crabb mainly worked with the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company and the Johnson Publishing Company.

Dates: 1910 - 1970

Cumberland Poetry Review Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0611
Dates: multiple

Curtze-Stiftung Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0096

Donald Davidson Early Poems Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0698
Abstract

This small collection of 11 typescript poems with some holograph notes by Donald Davidson dating from 1916. These poems were never published in the Fugitive or in any other collection. They were written just as Davidson was joining members of what was to be the Nashville Fugitive poet group in discussions of poetry, philosophy, literature, and political ideas, and so are an important addition to an understanding of his early work.

Dates: 1916; 1971-1978

Donald Davidson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0002
Abstract

The Donald Davidson Papers, 1906-1968, consist of the correspondence, research files, and writings of poet Donald Davidson, 1893-1968.

Dates: 1906 - 1968

Donald Davie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0101
Abstract

The papers of author, educator, poet, and critic Donald Davie consist of his writings, published and unpublished, printed and in draft form, both manuscripts and typescripts, literary correspondence, personal and biographical data, materials pertaining to his academic career and other professional activities, works of his associates and colleagues, and writings by other twentieth century poets and authors, some of them Davie’s students.

Dates: 1942 - 1995

Richard M. Dohrmann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0707
Dates: multiple

Robert Drake Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0117
Dates: 1953 - 1998

Robert Young Drake, Jr. Estate Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0118
Dates: 1953 - 2001

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