Abstract

This collection contains the papers of John Seigenthaler, journalist, writer, and longtime editor of The Tennessean. Seigenthaler was a prominent advocate for First Amendment rights and founded the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. Seigenthaler also worked for Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and was a longtime friend of the Kennedy family.

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...