Authors, American -- Southern States -- Biography -- Sources

 Subject

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Agrarian Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0021
Abstract

The Agrarian Reunion Collection, 1968, contains audio tapes and transcripts of the proceedings of the Agrarian Reunion at the Southern Literary Festival. Participants included Andrew Lytle, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren.

Dates: 1968
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

Lamar Alexander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0734
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of former Governor of Tennessee, Secretary of Education, and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander. Currently, only the material predating Alexander's tenure as Senator (pre-2002) is available for research use. Please contact Special Collections with access inquiries related to Senate materials.

Dates: 1939 - 2021
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

O. B. Emerson Collection (William Faulkner)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0131
Abstract

The O. B. Emerson Collection, 1922-1990, consists of material that literary scholar O. B. Emerson, 1921-1990, collected about author William Faulkner, 1897-1962.

Dates: 1922 - 1990
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

The Fugitive Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0693
Scope and Content Note This small collection (2.33 linear feet) consists of the recordings and transcripts of the proceedings of the sessions of the Fugitive Poets Reunion held in Nashville, Tennessee and at Vanderbilt University on May 3, 4, 5 in 1956. The recordings were originally made on reel to reel tape, and have been transferred to audio cassettes and in 2010 to compact disc format. The 26 reel to reel tapes, audio cassettes and compact discs are included here. The transcriptions are bound in...
Dates: 1956
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives

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