Literature

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This collection contains papers related to author and educator Jesse Stuart dating from 1937-1987, mostly consisting of correspondence to and from Stuart and inscribed items. Part of this collection contains correspondence between Stuart and and fellow educator and collector, James C. Mitchell.

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The Walter Sullivan Papers consist of correspondence, writings, lectures, photographs, reel-to-reel tapes, and various documents of professor and writer Walter Laurence Sullivan, 1924-2006.

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This small collection (.21linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and Mark Van Doren and his wife Mrs. Dorothy Van Doren and other correspondence that concerns Mark Van Doren. There are also poems by Tate, Christmas cards, photographs, and various other items that relate to their friendship over many years. Other correspondence can be found in Mark Van Doren’s papers at Columbia University.

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This small collection (.21 linear feet) includes personal correspondence between Allen Tate and family members Benjamin E. Tate, Sr., Benjamin E. Tate, Jr. (Chuck), and Louise Fleishman Tate. There are also letters to J. Edgar Simmons and others, and incoming letters from Mark Van Doren, William S. Knickerbocker, and others making a total of 39 letters. The collection also includes the Chronology and Resume of Allen Tate, typescripts of two poems and several articles by Tate.

Scope and Content Note These papers concern the publication of a Symposium on T.S. Eliot edited by Allen Tate and published as a Seymour Lawrence Book by Delacorte Press in 1966 with the title T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work: A Critical Evaluation by 26 Distinguished Writers. After the death of Eliot on January 4, 1965 Allen Tate brought together these twenty- six essays in reminiscence and tribute to Eliot and his contribution to twentieth century literature. The book...

Abstract The papers of Peter Taylor (1917-1994) were collected by bibliographer Stuart Wright and purchased by Vanderbilt University in 1988. A native of Tennessee and a former Vanderbilt student, Taylor is acknowledged as a master of the short story form and won several major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his 1986 novel A Summons To Memphis. Taylor attended Vanderbilt as an undergraduate in the late 1930s. He was also a student of John Crowe...

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This collection contains six essays that represent the final research projects from six undergraduate students enrolled in Honors 181: "The Theory and Practice of Inter-American Literature", Spring 2002.

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This collection contains research and book reviews by Frances Newman Thomson about Southern authors.

Scope and Content Note In this small collection (.21 linear feet) is the personal correspondence between William Meredith and Robert Penn Warren, his wife Eleanor Clark and his daughter Rosanna Warren for the years 1962-1980. Also included : an album of over 80 manuscript pages of poems by R.P.W.; a folder of invitation cards to Meredith from the Warrens; and a folder of several miscellaneous materials including R.P. Warren’s letter to the Editor of the New York Times dated May 24,...

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This collection contains 4 letters from 1948-1949 and 1976, approximately 75 photographs, and Robert Penn Warren's Phi Beta Kappa Certificate from Vanderbilt.

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This collection contains a letter dated November 23, 1984 from Robert Penn Warren to E. Lowell Robbins about a manuscript by Robbins.

Scope and Contents The Richard M. Weaver Papers include original manuscript materials, correspondence and printed materials deposited by three donors. Mrs. Polly Weaver Beaton, sister of Richard M. Weaver, deposited the greater part of the original manuscript material as well as such items as course notes and some undergraduate materials. Mr. Louis H.T. Dehmlow deposited his personal indexed collection of articles, speeches, drafts, and letters, while the third deposit, containing both printed material and...

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The Jesse Ely Wills Papers, 1915-1977, contains the literary correspondence, poems, and manuscripts of poet and businessman Jesse Ely Wills, 1899-1977.