Fugitives (Group)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: The Fugitives compose a group meeting fortnightly in Nashville, Tenn., for the purpose of reading and discussing poetry).

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Malcolm Weaver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0495
Dates: 1940s - 1960s
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Richard Malcolm Weaver Papers

Who Speaks for the Negro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0667
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Who Speaks for the Negro Collection

Jesse Ely Wills Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0001
Abstract

This collection contains literary correspondence, poems, and manuscripts of poet and businessman Jesse Ely Wills.

Dates: 1915 - 1977
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Jesse Ely Wills Papers

Matthew Wills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0751
Abstract

This collection contains around 20 items by or about Fugitive poet Ridley Wills, dating from 1919 to 1957.

Dates: 1919 - 1957
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Matthew Wills Collection

William Ridley Wills II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0510
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / William Ridley Wills II Papers

Stuart Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0533
Abstract

The .63 linear feet collection (2 boxes) contains correspondence between Robert Penn Warren and George Core, as well as correspondence between Robert Penn Warren and Stuart Wright. There is also correspondence from Eleanor Clark to Stuart Wright. Many of the letters refer to the publishing of books, but many are personal in nature. Some of the letters are typed and some handwritten.

Dates: 1896 - 1988
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Stuart Wright Collection

Thomas Daniel Young Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0538
Scope and Contents The largest part of the collection consists of Xerox copies and page proofs of Dr. Young’s books: The Literary Correspondence of Donald Davidson and Allen Tate (1974); The New Criticism and After (1977); and Gentleman in a Dustcoat (1976). This section also contains the longhand copy of Dr. Young’s Gentleman in a Dustcoat: A Biography of John Crowe...
Dates: 1970s
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Thomas Daniel Young Collection

 

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