Literature
Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:
Agrarian Reunion Collection
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.
Cleanth Brooks Papers
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.
Karl and Jill Brussel Collection
The Karl and Jill Brussell Collection, 1813-1995, consists of books largely related to Romantic poet William Blake, 1757-1827, and copper plate engravings of Blake's illustrations for the Book of Job, c. 1825.
Nash Buckingham Collection
The Nash Buckingham Collection contains correspondence (1963-1967), clippings (1910s), and the short story "Uncle Willis, Skimpy, and the Cotton Bale" by Nash Buckingham (1900).
Ben Lucien Burman Papers
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.
John Cope Caldwell Papers
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, 1913-1984.
Thomas Henry Carter Papers
The Papers in this collection reflect the various aspects of the brief but vigorous career of Thomas Carter as editor, critic, poet and teacher.
Brainard Bartwell Cheney and Frances Neel Cheney Papers
Christine Sadler Coe Papers
The Christine Sadler Coe Papers, 1902-1981, consist of articles, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and other documents of writer, journalist, and editor Christine Sadler Coe, 1902-1983.
Ann Jennalie Cook Papers
Mozelle Adams Core Collection
Alfred Leland Crabb Papers
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.
Cumberland Poetry Review Records
The Cumberland Poetry Review Records, 1979-2004, consist of the records of the Cumberland Poetry Review, a bi-annual poetry magazine published in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1981 and 2004.
Donald Davidson Early Poems Collection
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.
Donald Davidson Papers
The Donald Davidson Papers, 1906-1968, consist of the correspondence, research files, and writings of poet Donald Davidson, 1893-1968.
Donald Davie Papers
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.
Richard M. Dohrmann Papers
Robert Drake Papers
Robert Young Drake, Jr. Estate Papers
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