Shelby Stephenson Papers, 1965-2016

Collection Number: 04653

Collection Title: Shelby Stephenson Papers, 1965-2016

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Size	217 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 139,000 items)
Abstract	The collection of white poet and professor of literature and creative writing, Shelby Stevenson (1938-) includes personal and professional correspondence; files relating to Pembroke Magazine, North Carolina arts organizations, and Stephenson's academic career; and many writings by Stephenson, both poetry and prose. Included is correspondence with local, national, and international poets, novelists, editors, and publishers, including A. R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, Norman Macleod, Guy Owen, and Paul Green. There is also some correspondence with friends and relatives. Pembroke Magazine materials include correspondence with contributors and issue files. Also included are files relating to North Carolina arts organizations with which Stephenson was involved, including the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the North Carolina Writers Network, the North Carolina Poetry Society, and the Friends of Weymouth. There is also some material relating to Stephenson's academic career, especially at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University). Included are teaching materials and other items. Stephenson's writings include many drafts of poems, manuscripts of several books of poetry, and essays and book reviews. There are also biographical materials and bibliographies of Stephenson's writings and audio recordings of talks, lectures, panels, and interviews by Stephenson and others.
Creator	Stephenson, Shelby, 1938-
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: Boxes 99-102 and 107 are CLOSED pending screening for materials related to evaluation of students.; Additions from June 2015 and April 2016 are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.; Media removed from box 203 of the Addition of March 2017 is closed pending curatorial review.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Shelby Stephenson Papers #4653, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Shelby Stephenson of Benson, N.C., in March 1993 (Acc. 93048), with subsequent additions, June 1994-January 2009, 2017 (Acc. 103043), July 2013 (Acc. 101844), and November 2016 (Acc. 102708); from Joy Acey in August 2001 (Acc. 99022) and September 2016 (Acc. 102646); and from Sanford J. Smoller in July 2016 (Acc. 102617) and March 2018 (Acc. 103333).

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Processed by: Christopher Ryland, Kristin Olson, Rebecca Hollingsworth, Janna Sayle, Linda Sellars, Lynn Holdzkom, Michelle Mascaro, Emily O'Neill, Dawne E. Howard, Kathryn Roth, October 2001, 2004-2005, December 2006, 2007

Encoded by: Jackie Dean, 1998

Updated by: Gergana Abernathy, July 2016; Amy Morgan and Nancy Kaiser, March 2017; Lydia Neuroth and Laura Smith, March 2018; Anne Wells and Melanie Meents, June 2019; Dawne Howard Lucas, December 2021

Additions since January 1994 have not been integrated into the original deposit; researchers are encouraged to review description for all additions for pertinent materials.

Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

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Shelby Stephenson (1938-) is a poet; professor of literature and creative writing at Campbell College (now University), Buies Creek, N.C., 1974-1978, and at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University) after 1978; and editor of Pembroke Magazine beginning in 1979.

Shelby Stephenson was born 14 June 1938, near Benson, N.C. The youngest of four children, he lived in a three-room shanty on the 62-acre family farm until 1951, when the family built a ranch house on the property. The Stephensons lived off the farm, where they hunted, fished, and raised livestock.

As a child, Stephenson learned to play the guitar and to appreciate and write poetry. He was graduated from Cleveland High School in 1956 and was named the most outstanding student of his class. The following fall, Stephenson began working his way through the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he cleaned tables in the dining hall. While in college, Stephenson also worked at as janitor and disc jockey at WMPM radio in Smithfield. After graduation from UNC in 1960, Stephenson worked at WTVD-TV in Durham, N.C. At the same time, Stephenson began studying at the UNC Law School, but quit after two and a half years, leaving one semester short of graduation.

Stephenson then worked for American Telephone & Telegraph for a year and a half. In April 1965, he entered graduate school in English at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1966, he married Linda Letchworth Wilson, and, in 1968, he was admitted to the doctoral program in English at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Stephenson received his Ph.D. in May 1974 with a dissertation on law in the novels of William Faulkner. In 1974, Stephenson became chairman of the English Department at Campbell College in Buies Creek, N.C. In 1978, he left for a position at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University), Pembroke, N.C., where he has edited Pembroke Magazine since 1979.

Stephenson began to publish his own poetry in spring 1973, gaining a reputation as one of the finest poets of eastern North Carolina. His first book, Middle Creek Poems (1979) was the co-winner of the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Memorial Award. Other books include Carolina Shout! (1985); Finch's Mash (1990); The Persimmon Tree Carol (1990); Plankhouse (1993), a poetic documentary with photographs by Roger Manley; and Poor People (1998). He and his wife have also recorded a CD called Tribute to Hank Williams.

Stephenson lived in Southern Pines, N.C., from August 1978 to March 1996, when he moved to his birthplace near Benson.

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The collection includes personal and professional correspondence of Shelby Stephenson; files relating to Pembroke Magazine, North Carolina arts organizations, and Stephenson's academic career studying and teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University); and many writings by Stephenson, both poetry and prose. Included is correspondence with local, national, and international poets, novelists, editors, and publishers, including A. R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, Guy Owen, and Paul Green. There is also some correspondence with friends and relatives. Files relating to Pembroke Magazine include material on each issue since Stephenson began to edit the magazine in 1979. Items include manuscripts of literary pieces included in the issues, correspondence with readers of the magazine, correspondence with subscribers to the magazine, and organizational notes about the issues. Financial information about each issue is also included.

Included in the writings are manuscripts of individual poems as well as manuscripts for books of poems, and Stephenson's critical essays and book reviews. There are also two boxes of material containing rejection letters from literary contests and journals and one box of index cards documenting successes and failures of Stephenson's literary submissions.

Note that additions received after January 1994 have not been integrated into the original deposit. These additions include audio recordings of talks, lectures, panels, and interviews by Stephenson and others, including Lenard D. Moore, Erskine Cadwell, Mark Sofier, Mary Jarrell, and Sister Bernetta Quinn.

Contents list

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1. Correspondence and Related Items, ca. 1970-1993.
2. Pembroke Magazine, ca. 1968-1993.
2.1. Issue Files and Related Items, ca. 1970-1992.
2.2 Submissions and Related Correspondence, ca. 1968-1993.
2.3. Other Pembroke Magazine Material, ca. 1968-1993.
3. Arts Organizations, ca. 1975-1992.
4. Academic and Related Files, ca. 1975-1992.
5. Writings, ca. 1965-1992.
5.1. Poetry, ca. 1965-1992.
5.1.1. Poetry Notebooks, ca. 1968-1984.
5.1.2. Sets of Poems, ca. 1974-1992.
5.1.3. Loose Poems, ca. 1968-1990.
5.2. Essays and Book Reviews, ca. 1966-1992.
5.3. Other Writings and Related Material, ca. 1970-1993.
6. Other Material, ca. 1973-1987.
Additions after January 1994
Addition of June 1994 (Acc. 94077), 1960-1994.
Addition of October 1994 (Acc. 94152), 1990s.
Addition of August 1995 (Acc. 95110), 1990s.
Addition of January 1996 (Acc. 96004), 1990s.
Addition of March 1997 (Acc. 97036), 1977-1997.
Addition of November 1997 (Acc. 97158), 1995-1997.
Additions of June 1998 (Acc. 98139) and December 1998 (Acc. 98259), 1986-1998.
Addition of November 1999 (Acc. 98510), 1996-1999.
Addition of August 2001 and September 2016, 1997, 1999.
Addition of December 2000 (Acc. 98813), 1990s-2000.
Additions of November 2001-January 2005 (Acc. 99122, 99317, 99481, 99814, 99977), 1972-2005.
1. Correspondence and Related Items, ca. 1978, 1990s-2004.
2. Pembroke Magazine, ca. 1980-2004.
2.1. Issue Files and Related Items, ca. 1980-2004.
2.2. Submissions and Related Correspondence, ca. 2000-2004.
2.3. Other Pembroke Magazine Material, ca. 1980-2004.
3. Arts Organizations and Events, ca. 2000-2004 .
4. Academic and Related Files, ca. 2000-2005 .
5. Writings, ca. 1984-2004.
5.1. Poetry, ca. 1994-2004.
5.1.1. Poetry Notebooks, ca. 2000-2004.
5.1.2. Sets of Poems, ca. 1994-2004.
5.1.3. Loose Poems, ca. 2000-2004.
5.2. Essays and Book Reviews, ca. 2000-2004.
5.3. Other Writings and Related Material, ca. 1984-2004.
6. Other Material, ca. 1972-2004.
Addition of November 2003 (Acc. 99670), 2000-2003.
Addition of November 2005 (Acc. 100268), 2000-2005.
Addition of November 2006 (Acc. 100531), circa 2005-2006.
Addition of December 2007 (Acc. 100846), 2006-2007.
Addition of January 2009 (Acc. 101055), 2007-2008.
Addition of July 2013 (Acc. 101844): Papers and Audio Recordings, circa 1979-2013.
Addition of July 2016 (Acc. 102617): Letters to Sanford J. Smoller, 2004-2009.
Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102708), 1960s-2013 (bulk 2012-2013)
Addition of March 2017 (Acc. 103043): Correspondence and Draft Materials, 2015-2016.
Addition of March 2018 (Acc. 103333): Correspondence, 1979-2014

Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence and Related Items, ca. 1970-1993.

About 5,600 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.

Correspondence and other items arranged by correspondent. Included are letters and, in some cases, writings by the correspondents and/or essays by Stephenson about their work. In a few cases, letters to Stephenson about particular correspondents also appear.

There is substantial correspondence with A. R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, Norman Macleod, Guy Owen, and others. With Ammons, Stephenson discussed Ammons's poetry, Stephenson's poetry, Stephenson's reviews of Ammons's books, interviews with Ammons, the Ammons issue of Pembroke Magazine (#18), book awards, and topics of personal interest. With Chappell, Stephenson discussed his own poetry and Chappell's views about academia and poetry in general, with specific references to individual poets. There is also discussion of opera, bluegrass, and jazz. Correspondence with Macleod chiefly concerns Pembroke Magazine and Macleod's health. A few drafts of Macleod's poetry are included.

While most of the correspondence is with people connected in some formal way with creative writing or academia, there is also some correspondence with family members and others. Topics discussed are poetry, Pembroke Magazine, and Stephenson's personal and professional life. Greeting cards, wedding announcements, and get-well letters are also included.

Folder 1	Abbott, Anthony [Tony]
Folder 2	Adcock, Betty
Folder 3	Aldrich, Myrl
Folder 4	Allen, Gilbert
Folder 5-9 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9	Ammons, A. R.
Folder 10	Anderson, Wendell
Folder 11	Anders, Shirley
Folder 12	Baca, Jimmy Santiago
Folder 13	Baddour, Margaret Boothe
Folder 14	Baird, Ansie
Folder 15	Balazs, Mary
Folder 16-17 Folder 16 Folder 17	Ball, Richard
Folder 18	Bartlett, Elizabeth
Folder 19	Barnes, Katherine Russell
Folder 20	Bathanti, Joseph
Folder 21-22 Folder 21 Folder 22	Bayes, Ron
Folder 23	Bayman, Tricia
Folder 24	Bayzun, Barbara
Folder 25	Beasley, Sherry
Folder 26	Bell, Mae Woods
Folder 27	Berry, Wendell
Folder 28	Betts, Doris
Folder 29	Blair, John F.
Folder 30	Brannen, Jonathan
Folder 31	Bridges, Elinor
Folder 32	Brobst, Richard
Folder 33	Brodsky, Louis Daniel
Folder 34	Bruce, George
Folder 35	Buckner, Sally
Folder 36	Bugeja, Michael
Folder 37	Butters, Avery J.
Folder 38	Byer, Kay (Kathyrn)
Folder 39	Caldwell, Erskine
Folder 40	Campbell, Mary Belle
Folder 41	Campbell, Nicholas
Folder 42	Caris, Jane
Folder 43	Carrier, Constance
Folder 44	Carruth, Hayden
Folder 45	Carter, Jared (Jeb)
Folder 46-50 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50	Chappell, Fred
Folder 51	Chace, Joel
Folder 52	Chitwood, Michael
Folder 53	Chorlton, David
Folder 54	Christmas, Frank
Folder 55	Clark family
Folder 56	Clark, LaVerne Harrell
Folder 57	Coleman, Mary Ann
Folder 58	Collins, Bob
Folder 59	Cooper, John
Folder 60	Cooperman, Robert
Folder 61	Copeland, Helen
Folder 62	Corey, Stephen
Folder 63	Corrie, Dan
Folder 64	Corwin, Phillip
Folder 65	Crews, Judson
Folder 66	Cummings, J. M.
Folder 67	Dalmas, Victor
Folder 68	Daniel, Hall J., III
Folder 69	Deagon, Ann
Folder 70	Denham, Robert (Bob)
Folder 71	DeVaney, Edward
Folder 72	Dezarn, Mary
Folder 73	Diamond, Bernard
Folder 74-75 Folder 74 Folder 75	Dickey, James
Folder 76	DiGirolamo, John
Folder 77	DiSanto, Grace
Folder 78	Doar, Harriet
Folder 79	Doreski, Bill
Folder 80	Doyle, James
Folder 81	Durgin, Eunice King
Folder 82	Eason, Wayne
Folder 83	Eaton, Charles Edward
Folder 84	Edgerton, Calvin
Folder 85-86 Folder 85 Folder 86	Edgerton, Clyde
Folder 87	Eisiminger, Skip
Folder 88	Engell, John
Folder 89	Engstrom, Dale and Lena
Folder 90	Ervin, Sam
Folder 91	Ewing, Patricia
Folder 92	Faircloth, Lauch
Folder 93	Farmer, Rod
Folder 94	Farrell, Mary Ann
Folder 95	Faucher, Real
Folder 96	Fishman, Charles
Folder 97	Flinn, Eugene
Folder 98	Fosso, Doyle
Folder 99	Freeman, Grace
Folder 100	Fried, Philip
Folder 101	Funge, Robert
Folder 102	Funk, Allison
Folder 103	Furuta, Soichi
Folder 104	Galvin, Brendan
Folder 105	Gearhart, Jean B.
Folder 106	Gibbs, Kathryn Lee
Folder 107	Gibson, Grace
Folder 108	Gilbert, Marie
Folder 109	Gilbo, Anna-Carolyn
Folder 110	Gill, Evalyn
Folder 111	Gill, Glenda
Folder 112	Givens, Bettye
Folder 113	Glen, Emilie
Folder 114	Goodenough, Judith B.
Folder 115	Grace, Eugene V.
Folder 116	Grassi, Carolyn
Folder 117-120 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120	Green, Paul
Folder 121	Greene, Jonathan
Folder 122	Grey, Lucinda
Folder 123	Grey, Robert [Southern Poetry Review]
Folder 124	Grimsley, Linda
Folder 125	Guest, Barbara
Folder 126	Gurkin, Kathryn
Folder 127	Hammond, Karla
Folder 128	Harmon, William (Bill)
Folder 129	Hart, Bobby Sidna
Folder 130	Hawkins, Anna Wooten
Folder 131	Hay, Richard F.
Folder 132	Hedin, Robert
Folder 133	Henning, Dianna
Folder 134	Herman, Grace
Folder 135	Heynen, Jim
Folder 136	Hoeveler, Kim and Kris
Folder 137-138 Folder 137 Folder 138	Hogan, Judy
Folder 139	Horne, J. Phillip
Folder 140	Hotvedt, Kris
Folder 141	Howell, Patricia [Goldwayne Writer's Guild]
Folder 142	Hoyle, Bernadette
Folder 143	Hughes, Gladys
Folder 144	Humes, Harry
Folder 145	Hutchinson, Earl R.
Folder 146	Inman, Will
Folder 147	Johnston, Lee
Folder 148	Johnston-Hale, Ellen
Folder 149	Jones, H. G.
Folder 150	Jones, Jean
Folder 151	Jones, Paul
Folder 152	Jones, Richard
Folder 153	Joyner, William (Bill)
Folder 154	Kenedy, Robert C.
Folder 155	Kenedy, Robert and Monique
Folder 156	Key, Bruce R.
Folder 157	Kimball, Sue
Folder 158	King, Marie L.
Folder 159	Kitajima, Fujisato
Folder 160	Kolin, Philip C.
Folder 161	Kremen, Barbara
Folder 162	Kretz, Tom
Folder 163	Kroll, Ernest
Folder 164	Larson, Kris
Folder 165	Lautermilch, Steve
Folder 166	Leffler, Merrill
Folder 167	Logue, Christopher
Folder 168	Long, Julian
Folder 169	Lucas, Marie B.
Folder 170	Lynskey, Edward
Folder 171	MacGavern, Louise
Folder 172-176 Folder 172 Folder 173 Folder 174 Folder 175 Folder 176	Macleod, Norman
Folder 177	Maginnes, Al
Folder 178	Malone, Paul Scott
Folder 179	Mariposa
Folder 180	Maron, Margaret
Folder 181	Martin, Mike
Folder 182	McDonald, Agnes
Folder 183	McDonald, Walter
Folder 184	McFee, Michael
Folder 185	McLamb, Teresa
Folder 186	McQuilkin, Rennie
Folder 187	Medley, Mary Louise
Folder 188	Miles, S. P.
Folder 189	Miller, Heather Ross
Folder 190	Miller, Jim Wayne
Folder 191	Mitchell, Joseph
Folder 192	Mize, Ray
Folder 193	Moody, Shirley
Folder 194	Moore, Lenard
Folder 195	Moose, Ruth
Folder 196	Morgan, Frederick
Folder 197-198 Folder 197 Folder 198	Morgan, Jean
Folder 199	Morgan, Robert
Folder 200	Moser, Norman
Folder 201	Murphy, Rich
Folder 202	Myles, Naomi
Folder 203	Nepo, Mark
Folder 204	Newman, Paul Baker
Folder 205	Nick, Vanya
Folder 206	Nischan, Gerda
Folder 207	Nixon, Sallie
Folder 208	Olmstead, Sara King
Folder 209	Oppenheimer, Joel
Folder 210-212 Folder 210 Folder 211 Folder 212	Owen, Guy
Folder 213	Owens, Scott
Folder 214	Page, Carolyn and Roy Zarucchi
Folder 215	Passera, Bill
Folder 216	Pauli, Kenneth
Folder 217	Perchik, Simon
Folder 218	Petreman, David A.
Folder 219	Piephoff, Bruce
Folder 220	Pollak, Felix
Folder 221	Powell, Russell
Folder 222	Powell, William
Folder 223	Press, John
Folder 224	Price, Reynolds
Folder 225-226 Folder 225 Folder 226	Quinn, Sister Bernetta
Folder 227	Raffa, Joseph
Folder 228	Ragan, Sam
Folder 229	Ralph, James Walker
Folder 230	Ramsey, Paul
Folder 231	Reeves, Campbell (Cam)
Folder 232	Reiter, Tom
Folder 233	Rice, Taryn
Folder 234	Rideout, Walter
Folder 235	Rigsbee, David
Folder 236	Rivers, J. W.
Folder 237	Robbins, Martin
Folder 238	Roberts, Claire
Folder 239	Roberts, Terry
Folder 240	Robison, Shelba
Folder 241	Ross, Aden
Folder 242	Rubio, Gwyn Ellen Hyman
Folder 243	Russell, Norman H.
Folder 244	Sadler, Jeff
Folder 245	Salerno, Salvatore
Folder 246	Sanborn, John and Jean
Folder 247	Sargent, Robert
Folder 248	Schneider, Duane
Folder 249	Schorb, E. M.
Folder 250	Schreiber, Laurie
Folder 251	Segrest, Mab
Folder 252	Semken, Frederick
Folder 253	Shami, Janset Berkok
Folder 254	Sheehan, Thomas
Folder 255	Sher, Steven
Folder 256	Silverthorne, Marty
Folder 257	Simmons, James
Folder 258	Smith, Dave
Folder 259	Smith, Rod
Folder 260	Smith, Stephen
Folder 261	Smoller, Sanford
Folder 262	Snotherly, Mary Carleton
Folder 263	Soifer, Mark
Folder 264	Soo Ko, Chang
Folder 265	Spanel, Amy
Folder 266	Spearman, Walter
Folder 267	Stein, Deborah
Folder 268	Stem, Thad
Folder 269-271 Folder 269 Folder 270 Folder 271	Stephenson family
Folder 272	Stevens, Mike
Folder 273	Stoloff, Carolyn
Folder 274	Stuart, Nancy Lane
Folder 275	Sutton, Dorothy
Folder 276	Taylor, Peter
Folder 277	Thomas, Esther
Folder 278	Thomas, Hazel Foster
Folder 279	Thomas, Kate
Folder 280	Empty folder
Folder 281	Thompson, Linda
Folder 282	Tillinghast, Richard
Folder 283	Tompkins, Leslie
Folder 284	Tong-gyu, Hwang
Folder 285-287 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287	Toole, William B.
Folder 288	Torbert, Eugene
Folder 289	Townsend, John
Folder 290	Trudel, Robert
Folder 291	Tunstall, Catherine Stuart
Folder 292	Wald, Alan
Folder 293	Walters, Thomas
Folder 294	Wardlaw, Jack
Folder 295	Warren, Marsha White
Folder 296	Warren, Robert Penn
Folder 297	Welsh, Andrew
Folder 298	Weslowski, Dieter
Folder 299	Whitehead, J. W.
Folder 300	Wicker, Tom
Folder 301	Williams, Anne Kinlaw
Folder 302-303 Folder 302 Folder 303	Williams, Polly
Folder 304	Wilson, Robert Letchworth
Folder 305	Wright, Charles
Folder 306	Zimmer, Paul
Folder 307	Miscellaneous correspondence: letters to S. S.
Folder 308	Miscellaneous correspondence: letters to S. S. from unidentified individuals]
Folder 309	Miscellaneous correspondence [letters from S. S.]
Folder 310	Miscellaneous correspondence [letters from S. S. to unidentified individuals]

Expand/collapse Series 2. Pembroke Magazine, ca. 1968-1993.

About 10,200 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Issue Files and Related Items, ca. 1970-1992.

About 6,600 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: by issue.

Files for each issue of the annual Pembroke Magazine since Stephenson assumed the editorship in 1979, plus some material from previous issues.

Folders typically contain materials generated in the process of putting an issue together. Material tangential to particular issues--grant applications, financial items, reader correspondence--appears as "Other Material" in the issue's final folder. folders marked "Layout/Design/Editing" include materials that relate to the organization of the issues--contributors' lists, internal memos, etc. folders marked "Original Manuscripts" submissions as received; folders marked "Typeset Manuscripts" contain galleys and proofs of those manuscripts along with corrections and printer's directions.

Folder 311A	Issues 2-10
Folder 311B	Issue 11
Folder 311C-314B	Issue 12
Folder 315-320B	Issue 13
Folder 321-322B	Issue 14
Folder 323-325B	Issue 15
Folder 326-329B	Issue 16
Folder 330-334B	Issue 17
Folder 335-340A	Issue 18
Folder 341-344B	Issue 19
Folder 345-353B	Issue 20
Folder 354-358B	Issue 21
Folder 359-363B	Issue 22
Folder 364-368B	Issue 23
Folder 369	Issue 24
Folder 270-372 Folder 270 Folder 271 Folder 272 Folder 273 Folder 274 Folder 275 Folder 276 Folder 277 Folder 278 Folder 279 Folder 280 Folder 281 Folder 282 Folder 283 Folder 284 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290 Folder 291 Folder 292 Folder 293 Folder 294 Folder 295 Folder 296 Folder 297 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300 Folder 301 Folder 302 Folder 303 Folder 304 Folder 305 Folder 306 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310 Folder 311 Folder 312 Folder 313 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322 Folder 323 Folder 324 Folder 325 Folder 326 Folder 327 Folder 328 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331 Folder 332 Folder 333 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337 Folder 338 Folder 339 Folder 340 Folder 341 Folder 342 Folder 343 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346 Folder 347 Folder 348 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372	Issue 25

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2 Submissions and Related Correspondence, ca. 1968-1993.

About 3,400 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: alphabetical by submittor.

Submissions to Pembroke Magazine and correspondence relating to those submissions. Included are manuscripts of poems and works of short fiction. Included are submissions and related correspondence from other authors not represented in Series 1.

Folder 373-374 Folder 373 Folder 374	A
Folder 375-378 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377 Folder 378	B
Folder 379-381 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381	C
Folder 382-383 Folder 382 Folder 383	D
Folder 384	E
Folder 385-386 Folder 385 Folder 386	F
Folder 387-388 Folder 387 Folder 388	G
Folder 389-391 Folder 389 Folder 390 Folder 391	H
Folder 392	I
Folder 393-394 Folder 393 Folder 394	J
Folder 395-397 Folder 395 Folder 396 Folder 397	K
Folder 398-400 Folder 398 Folder 399 Folder 400	L
Folder 401-405 Folder 401 Folder 402 Folder 403 Folder 404 Folder 405	M
Folder 406	N
Folder 407	O
Folder 408-410 Folder 408 Folder 409 Folder 410	P
Folder 411-417 Folder 411 Folder 412 Folder 413 Folder 414 Folder 415 Folder 416 Folder 417	R
Folder 418-424 Folder 418 Folder 419 Folder 420 Folder 421 Folder 422 Folder 423 Folder 424	S
Folder 425-426 Folder 425 Folder 426	T
Folder 427	U-V
Folder 428-431 Folder 428 Folder 429 Folder 430 Folder 431	W
Folder 432	Y-Z
Folder 433	Unidentified

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Other Pembroke Magazine Material, ca. 1968-1993.

About 200 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Folder 434	Business
Folder 435-437 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437	Budget
Folder 438	Correspondence: Advertising
Folder 439	Correspondence: Contributors
Folder 440	Correspondence: Internal
Folder 441	Correspondence: Miscellaneous
Folder 442	Correspondence: Subscriber

Expand/collapse Series 3. Arts Organizations, ca. 1975-1992.

About 3,600 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: alphabetical by organization.

Materials relating to North Carolina arts organizations of which Stephenson was a member or from which Pembroke Magazine received funding. Organizations substantively represented are the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the North Carolina Writers' Network, the North Carolina Poetry Society, and the Friends of Weymouth. Items include memos, letters and notes, grant information, and materials relating to specific arts events.

Folder 443	Alternate Roots
Folder 444	Appalachian Writers Workshop, August 1987
Folder 445	Arts Council of Moore County
Folder 446-448 Folder 446 Folder 447 Folder 448	Associated Writing Programs
Folder 449	Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines
Folder 450	Eudora Welty Writers Symposium
Folder 451-459 Folder 451 Folder 452 Folder 453 Folder 454 Folder 455 Folder 456 Folder 457 Folder 458 Folder 459	Friends of Weymouth, 1970-1993
Folder 460	Lincoln County Arts Council, 1992
Folder 461	Mary Livermore Library, Friends of the Library
Folder 462	Miscellaneous arts events
Folder 463	Miscellaneous organizations
Folder 464	Modern Language Association
Folder 465	National Endowment for the Arts
Folder 466-474 Folder 466 Folder 467 Folder 468 Folder 469 Folder 470 Folder 471 Folder 472 Folder 473 Folder 474	North Carolina Arts Council
Folder 475	North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Folder 476	North Carolina Folklore Society
Folder 477-494 Folder 477 Folder 478 Folder 479 Folder 480 Folder 481 Folder 482 Folder 483 Folder 484 Folder 485 Folder 486 Folder 487 Folder 488 Folder 489 Folder 490 Folder 491 Folder 492 Folder 493 Folder 494	North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 1980-1992
Folder 493-494 Folder 493 Folder 494	North Carolina People
Folder 495-504 Folder 495 Folder 496 Folder 497 Folder 498 Folder 499 Folder 500 Folder 501 Folder 502 Folder 503 Folder 504	North Carolina Poetry Society, 1972-1993
Folder 505	North Carolina Poverty Project and North Carolina Writer, 1987-1990
Folder 506	North Carolina Scholastic Press Association, 1983
Folder 507	North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, 1992
Folder 508-511 Folder 508 Folder 509 Folder 510 Folder 511	North Carolina Writers' Conference, 1978-1991
Folder 512-514 Folder 512 Folder 513 Folder 514	North Carolina Writers Network, 1986-1993
Folder 515	North Carolina Writing Project, 1985-1986
Folder 516-518 Folder 516 Folder 517 Folder 518	North Carolina-Virginia College English Association, 1975-1992
Folder 519-523 Folder 519 Folder 520 Folder 521 Folder 522 Folder 523	Paul Green Foundation, 1986-1992
Folder 524	Philological Association of the Carolinas
Folder 525	Playwrights' Fund of North Carolina
Folder 526	Poetry contests [Stephenson as judge]
Folder 527	Poetry Society of America
Folder 528	Robeson County Arts Council
Folder 529-530 Folder 529 Folder 530	Southern Writers Lecture Series, 1984-1986
Folder 531	Southern Writers Symposium, 1988, 1991
Folder 532	Thomas Wolfe Society, 1986-1992
Folder 533	Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
Folder 534	Works in Progress
Folder 535-537 Folder 535 Folder 536 Folder 537	Writing Workshops for People over 57, 1988-1989
Folder 538-539	Writing workshops, symposia, conferences
Folder 540	Zoe Kincaid Brockman Book Award

Expand/collapse Series 4. Academic and Related Files, ca. 1975-1992.

About 2,600 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Files relating to academic institutions with which Stephenson was associated, especially the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University). Included are teaching materials and items relating to institutional self-study, classes taken, classes taught, degrees earned, student evaluations, employment, and guitar classes Stephenson took at Sandhills Community College. Other institutions included are the North Carolina Governor's School, where Stephenson was a teacher, and South Johnston High School, where he was a member of the evaluation committee, 1981-1982.

Folder 541	Campbell College, 1974-1978
Folder 542	East Carolina University
Folder 543-544 Folder 543 Folder 544	Governor's School of North Carolina, 1990-1991
Folder 545	Louisburg College, 1986
Folder 546	Methodist College
Folder 547	North Carolina State University
Folder 548-556A	University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University)
Folder 556B	Professional job-seeking
Folder 557	Richmond Technical Institute
Folder 558-559 Folder 558 Folder 559	South Johnston High School, 1981-1982
Folder 560	Sandhills Community College
Folder 561	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Folder 562-564 Folder 562 Folder 563 Folder 564	University of Pittsburgh, 1965-1968
Folder 565	University of South Carolina
Folder 566-575 Folder 566 Folder 567 Folder 568 Folder 569 Folder 570 Folder 571 Folder 572 Folder 573 Folder 574 Folder 575	University of Wisconsin, 1968-1974

Expand/collapse Series 5. Writings, ca. 1965-1992.

About 25,200 items.

See also additions after January 1994..

Handwritten and typed writings by Stephenson, including writing his Ph.D. dissertation, notebooks, poems, critical essays, book reviews, and bibliographies of his published works.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Poetry, ca. 1965-1992.

About 19,200 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1.1. Poetry Notebooks, ca. 1968-1984.

About 8,000 items.

See also additions after January 1994..

Materials removed from binders and tipped in materials. Following the notebooks that were numbered by Stephenson are six previously unnumbered and untitled notebooks now labeled "A" through "F," containing handwritten drafts of poems. Following these notebooks are five folders of material labeled "Culls" by Stephenson. These contain rough drafts of poems.

Folder 576	Book 1
Folder 577	Book 2
Folder 578	Book 3
Folder 579	Book 4
Folder 580	Book 5
Folder 581	Book 6
Folder 582	Book 7
Folder 583	Book 8
Folder 584	Book 9
Folder 585	Book 10
Folder 586	Book 11
Folder 587	Book 12
Folder 588	Book 13
Folder 589	Book 14
Folder 590	Book 15
Folder 591	Book 16
Folder 592	Book 18
Folder 593	Book 19
Folder 594	Book 20
Folder 595	Book 21
Folder 596	Book 22
Folder 597	Book 23
Folder 598	Book 24
Folder 599	Book 25
Folder 600	Book 26
Folder 601	Book 27
Folder 602	Book 28
Folder 603	Book 29
Folder 604	Book 30
Folder 605	Book 31
Folder 606	Book 32
Folder 607	Book 33
Folder 608	Book 34
Folder 609	Book 35
Folder 610	Book 36
Folder 611	Book 37
Folder 612	Book 38
Folder 613	Book 39
Folder 614-616	Book 40
Folder 617	Book 41
Folder 618	Book A
Folder 619	Book B
Folder 620	Book C
Folder 621-622 Folder 621 Folder 622	Book D
Folder 623	Book E
Folder 624	Book F
Folder 625-629 Folder 625 Folder 626 Folder 627 Folder 628 Folder 629	Culls

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1.2. Sets of Poems, ca. 1974-1992.

About 4,800 items.

See also additions after January 1994..

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Drafts of poems by Stephenson that he organized into books and chapbooks. Some books have been published, while others have not. Also included are books of verse drama.

Folder 630-636 Folder 630 Folder 631 Folder 632 Folder 633 Folder 634 Folder 635 Folder 636	Bone
Folder 637	Carolina Shout! Titled Poems
Folder 638-639 Folder 638 Folder 639	Ears and Wings
Folder 640	The Coastal Plain (Farming Poetry)
Folder 641-644 Folder 641 Folder 642 Folder 643 Folder 644	Fiddle
Folder 645	Fiddletune
Folder 646-649 Folder 646 Folder 647 Folder 648 Folder 649	Finch's Mash
Folder 650	Finch's Mash (Honeysuckle)
Folder 651	January Thaw
Folder 652-653 Folder 652 Folder 653	McGee's Crossroads
Folder 654	McGee's Crossroads/Paul's Hill
Folder 655	Middle Creek Poems
Folder 656-663	Paul's Hill
Folder 664-666 Folder 664 Folder 665 Folder 666	The Persimmon Tree Carol
Folder 667-668 Folder 667 Folder 668	Plankhouse
Folder 669-675B	Play My Music Anyhow (Carolina Shout!)
Folder 676	Remembering
Folder 677-680 Folder 677 Folder 678 Folder 679 Folder 680	Sweet Gum
Folder 681A-683	Taking Stock

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1.3. Loose Poems, ca. 1968-1990.

About 6,400 items.

See also additions after January 1994..

Stephenson's loose poems and groups of poems that have that Stephenson gathered into files that he labeled by date or theme.

Folder 684	Committee poems and drafts
Folder 685	Copies
Folder 686	Copies of published poems
Folder 687-688 Folder 687 Folder 688	Drafts, 16 February 1978
Folder 689	Drafts of poems
Folder 690-692 Folder 690 Folder 691 Folder 692	Examples of poetry forms
Folder 693	Ideas for poetry
Folder 694	Drafts of poems, 1974
Folder 695	Poems, 1974
Folder 696	Typed poems (culls), 1974
Folder 697	Poems (culls), 2 September 1974-27 February 1975
Folder 698	Drafts, 1976-1977
Folder 699	Drafts, 1975
Folder 700	Handwritten poems, 1975
Folder 701	Drafts, 17 September 1977
Folder 702	Poems, 5 April 1978-24 May 1978
Folder 703	Drafts, 11 February 1979
Folder 704	Drafts, 21 September 1979-11 May 1981
Folder 705	My poetry
Folder 706	My poetries (Copies)
Folder 707	Original drafts of accepted or published poems
Folder 708	Poems, Book II (drafts)
Folder 709	Poems (culls)
Folder 710	Poems out
Folder 711-712 Folder 711 Folder 712	Published poems
Folder 713	Revisions of poetry
Folder 714	Stencils of long poems
Folder 715-776 Folder 715 Folder 716 Folder 717 Folder 718 Folder 719 Folder 720 Folder 721 Folder 722 Folder 723 Folder 724 Folder 725 Folder 726 Folder 727 Folder 728 Folder 729 Folder 730 Folder 731 Folder 732 Folder 733 Folder 734 Folder 735 Folder 736 Folder 737 Folder 738 Folder 739 Folder 740 Folder 741 Folder 742 Folder 743 Folder 744 Folder 745 Folder 746 Folder 747 Folder 748 Folder 749 Folder 750 Folder 751 Folder 752 Folder 753 Folder 754 Folder 755 Folder 756 Folder 757 Folder 758 Folder 759 Folder 760 Folder 761 Folder 762 Folder 763 Folder 764 Folder 765 Folder 766 Folder 767 Folder 768 Folder 769 Folder 770 Folder 771 Folder 772 Folder 773 Folder 774 Folder 775 Folder 776	Loose poems

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Essays and Book Reviews, ca. 1966-1992.

About 3,600 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Essays and book reviews Stephenson wrote about other authors and their works. The essays are unarranged, but the reviews are arranged alphabetically by the author of the book reviewed.

Folder 777-782 Folder 777 Folder 778 Folder 779 Folder 780 Folder 781 Folder 782	Essays
Folder 783	Magazine reviews
Folder 784	Reviews: A
Folder 785	Reviews: B
Folder 786	Reviews: C
Folder 787	Reviews: D
Folder 788	Reviews: E-F
Folder 789	Reviews: G
Folder 790	Reviews: H
Folder 791	Reviews: I-J
Folder 792	Reviews: K-L
Folder 793-794 Folder 793 Folder 794	Reviews: M
Folder 795	Reviews: N-P
Folder 796	Reviews: Q-R
Folder 797-798 Folder 797 Folder 798	Reviews: S
Folder 799	Reviews: T
Folder 800	Reviews: U-V
Folder 801	Reviews: W-X
Folder 802-803 Folder 802 Folder 803	Reviews: Y-Z

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3. Other Writings and Related Material, ca. 1970-1993.

About 2,400 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Criticisms of Stephenson's writings by others; bibliographies of his published work; files of material about performances and poetry readings in which Stephenson took part; drafts of speeches; Stephenson's dissertation; and acceptance notices from magazines and awards.

Folder 804-805F	Acceptance notices
Folder 806	Articles mentioning Stephenson's writing
Folder 807-811 Folder 807 Folder 808 Folder 809 Folder 810 Folder 811	Bibliographies of Stephenson's writing
Folder 812	Criticisms of Stephenson's writings
Folder 813-816 Folder 813 Folder 814 Folder 815 Folder 816	Dissertation
Folder 817	Lecture on creative writing courses
Folder 818	North Carolina Writers' Workshop Committee
Folder 819	Poetry contests [Stephenson as participant]
Folder 820-824 Folder 820 Folder 821 Folder 822 Folder 823 Folder 824	Poetry Readings/Performances, 1970-1993
Folder 825	Responses to Carolina Shout!
Folder 826A	Responses to Finch's Mash
Folder 826B-826D	Responses to Middle Creek Poems
Folder 826E	Responses to Paul's Hill
Folder 826F-826G	Responses to The Persimmon Tree Carol
Folder 827	Speeches
Folder 828	Thank-you Letters for Favorable Reviews

Expand/collapse Series 6. Other Material, ca. 1973-1987.

About 600 items.

See also additions after January 1994.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Miscellaneous material, including biographical information about Stephenson, material relating to small presses and magazines, and solicitations for membership in biographical associations, such as Who's Who. The biographical information consists of Stephenson's vitae, resumes, and biographical essays. The small press and magazine folders contain correspondence and promotional material related to such organizations.

There are also two boxes of unfoldered rejection letters from various poetry contests and journals. These rejections include standard form letters as well as personal letters with comments.

Folder 829	American Biographical Institute, 1978
Folder 830	American Literary Magazines: The Twentieth Century, 1985
Folder 831-832 Folder 831 Folder 832	Biographical information
Folder 833A-833B	Reproductions of Stephenson's letters
Folder 833C	Resumes
Folder 834-837 Folder 834 Folder 835 Folder 836 Folder 837	Small presses and journals
Folder 838	Biographical associations, 1986-1987
Box 87-88 Box 87 Box 88	Rejection letters

Expand/collapse Additions after January 1994

Expand/collapse Addition of June 1994 (Acc. 94077), 1960-1994.

About 7,000 items.

Access: Unprocessed, but usable.

Processing Note: For the most part, contents were transferred into new boxes as received, with little attempt at arrangement. Researchers should, therefore, review the entire description for pertinent materials.

Personal and family papers of Shelby Stephenson and Pembroke Magazine materials. Personal papers include correspondence of Stephenson and his children, student evaluations of classes taught by Stephenson, personal correspondence and clippings, school notebooks, and drafts and revisions of poetry written by Stephenson. Pembroke Magazine documents are primarily correspondence from potential contributors regarding submissions; some contain manuscripts of poems and short stories submitted for publication. Other Pembroke Magazine materials include grant applications, business papers, invoices and mailing lists, folders labeled as rejections or acceptances, folders containing documents pertaining to specific contributors, and galleys and copy for the magazine.

Box 89-90 Box 89 Box 90	Primarily correspondence from contributors regarding submissions, some including manuscripts of poems and short stories submitted for publication in Pembroke Magazine; lists of contributors to the magazine; student evaluations of classes taught by Stephenson.
Box 91	Miscellaneous papers, including drafts and revisions of poetry written by Stephenson.
Box 92	Primarily family papers and clippings, mostly dating from the 1960s; also invoices and mailing lists for Pembroke Magazine.
Box 93	Personal papers, including Stephenson's school notebooks, letters to Stephenson's mother from Stephenson and his children, and personal clippings. Pembroke Magazine materials, including correspondence from potential contributors, and labelled folders containing material accepted for publication, material rejected, and documents pertaining to specific contributors.
Box 94	Pembroke Magazine materials, including correspondence regarding submissions, grant applications, and labelled folders containing documents pertaining to specific contributors.
Box 95	Miscellaneous papers, including personal correspondence and clippings.
Box 96	Pembroke Magazine materials; primarily business papers, galleys, and copy for the magazine.

Expand/collapse Addition of October 1994 (Acc. 94152), 1990s.

About 4,000 items.

Access: Boxes 97-98 unprocessed, but usable. Boxes 99-102 CLOSED: Unprocessed; should be screened for materials relating to students.

Chiefly professional papers of Shelby Stephenson relating to Pembroke Magazine materials and to his teaching responsibilities at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University).

Box 97-98

Box 97

Box 98

Alphabetical correspondence files, 1990s, and other miscellaneous correspondence; acceptance and rejection files for Stephenson's writings; drafts of writings, chiefly poems; and materials relating to the UNC Awards Committee.

Box 99-102

Box 99

Box 100

Box 101

Box 102

CLOSED: Materials relating to Pembroke Magazine and to Stephenson's teaching at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University).

Expand/collapse Addition of August 1995 (Acc. 95110), 1990s.

About 3,000 items.

Access: Unprocessed, but usable.

Materials include, but are not limited to, the following:

Box 103	Correspondence, including poems and short stories submitted for publication in Pembroke Magazine and other materials relating to Pembroke Magazine; personal correspondence and clippings from family and friends; correspondence relating to Stephenson's teaching at Pembroke and St. Andrews.
Box 104	Materials sent to Stephenson for review, including works from individual authors, high school literary magazines, Southern Exposure, and The Sun; information relating to colleges; audiotape of interview with Grace Cavalieri.
Box 105	Correspondence and other materials relating to organizations and events with which Stephenson was involved, including the Friends of the Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, events relating to A. R. Ammons, the North Carolina Writers' Network, the Adolph Dial Award, Weymouth, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Paul Green Foundation, and Poetry Live.
Box 106	Miscellaneous papers, including drafts and revisions of Stephenson's poems and reviews and other materials.

Expand/collapse Addition of January 1996 (Acc. 96004), 1990s.

About 4,000 items.

Access: Box 107 CLOSED: Unprocessed; should be screened for materials relating to students. Other boxes unprocessed, but usable.

Materials include, but are not limited to, the following:

Box 107	CLOSED: Pembroke Magazine materials, including submissions for publication and correspondence; materials relating to Stephenson's teaching at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University) and at St. Andrew's; biographical information; contracts; Stephenson's college records.
Box 108	Receipts; statements from the Public Employees' Benefits Service Corporation of North Carolina; other financial materials.
Box 109	Writings.
Box 110	Writings; clippings; personal correspondence (e.g., Christmas cards).
Box 111	Correspondence and other materials (newsletters, etc.) relating to various organizations with which Stephenson was involved, including Weymouth, the North Carolina Writers' Network, and the Thomas Wolfe Society; flyers relating to various literary activities.
Box 112	Miscellaneous business correspondence; miscellaneous materials (calendars, photographs, posters, appointment books, etc.).

Expand/collapse Addition of March 1997 (Acc. 97036), 1977-1997.

About 2,000 items.

Access: Unprocessed, but usable.

Materials include, but are not limited to, the following:

Box 113	Stephenson poem rejection letters; Stephenson poem drafts; assorted literary correspondence, 1977-July 1996.
Box 114	Assorted literary correspondence, August 1996-March 1997; Pembroke Magazine correspondence; Pembroke Magazine proofs.
Box 115	Pembroke Magazine submissions, 1995-February 1996.
Box 116	Pembroke Magazine submissions, March-June 1996.
Box 117	Pembroke Magazine submissions, July 1996-February 1997.

Expand/collapse Addition of November 1997 (Acc. 97158), 1995-1997.

About 3,000 items.

Access: Unprocessed, but usable.

Materials include, but are not limited to, the following:

Box 118	Stephenson poem drafts; Stephenson personal correspondence, general, 1996-1997; Stephenson personal correspondence, Fred Chappell and A. R. Ammons, 1997; Stephenson correspondence, Pembroke Magazine related, 1996-1997; Pembroke Magazine submissions, 1995-1997.
Box 119	Pembroke Magazine issues 28 and 29, proofs and drafts.

Expand/collapse Additions of June 1998 (Acc. 98139) and December 1998 (Acc. 98259), 1986-1998.

About 5,000 items.

Access: Unprocessed, but usable.

Materials include, but are not limited to, the following:

Box 120	Drafts of poems by Shelby Stephenson.
Box 121	Drafts of poems by Shelby Stephenson.
	Biographical information about Shelby Stephenson.
	Office files.
	Personal mail, 1997-1998.
Box 122	Pembroke Magazine issue 30 drafts, proofs, and correspondence.
Box 123-124 Box 123 Box 124	Correspondence, 1986-1998 (bulk October 1997-1998), including many submissions to Pembroke Magazine.

Expand/collapse Addition of November 1999 (Acc. 98510), 1996-1999.

About 5,000 items.

Access: Unprocessed, but usable.

Processing Note: Materials have been roughly sorted into the series established for the original accession and placed in folders.

Materials include, but are not limited to, the following:

Box 125	Series 1. Personal correspondence, 1998-1999.
Box 126	Series 1. Personal correspondence, 1999.
	Series 2.1. Pembroke Magazine Issue Files (Issues 30 and 31).
	Series 2.2. Pembroke Magazine Submissions and Related Correspondence, 1998-1999.
Box 127	Series 2.2. Pembroke Magazine Submissions and Related Correspondence, 1999.
Box 128	Series 2.2. Pembroke Magazine Submissions and Related Correspondence, 1999.
Box 129	Series 2.2. Pembroke Magazine Submissions and Related Correspondence, 1999.
	Series 2.3. Other Pembroke Magazine Material.
	Series 3. Arts Organizations, including Friends of Weymouth, John C. Campbell Folk School, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, North Carolina Poetry Society, North Carolina Writers Conference, and North Carolina Writers' Network.
Box 130	Series 3. Arts Organizations, including North Carolina-Virginia College English Association, Paul Green Foundation, and others.
	Series 4. Academic and Related Files, mostly concerning the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 1999.
	Series 5.1.1. Poetry Notebooks. Three notebooks, 5 December 1998-8 October 1999.
	Series 5.1.2. Sets of Poems. Drafts of "Play My Music Anyhow" and "Something Happening."
Box 131	Series 5.1.2. Sets of Poems. Drafts of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."
	Series 5.1.3. Loose Poems. Drafts of poems by Shelby Stephenson.
	Series 5.2. Reviews by Shelby Stephenson.
	Series 5.3. Other Writings. Includes responses to Poor People .
	Series 6. Other Material, including biographical information about Shelby Stephenson.

Expand/collapse Addition of August 2001 and September 2016, 1997, 1999.

3 items.

Acquisitions Information: Donated by Joy Acey in August 2001 (Acc. 99022) and September 2016 (Acc. 102646).

Access: No restrictions.

Letters, 18 October 1997 and 18 February 1999, from Shelby Stephenson to Joy Acey including words of encouragement on Acey's writing and advice for struggling writers.

Box 125

Series 1. Personal correspondence: Acey, Joy.

Letter was added to materials in the addition of November 1999.

Series 1. Personal correspondence: Acey, Joy.

Letter mentions Sam Ragan.

Expand/collapse Addition of December 2000 (Acc. 98813), 1990s-2000.

About 9,000 items.

Processing note: The Addition of December 2000 is arranged in same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

Box 132-134 Box 132 Box 133 Box 134	Series 2. Pembroke Magazine
Box 135	Series 1. Correspondence
Box 136	Series 3. Arts Orgainizations
	Series 4. Academic and Related Files
Box 136-137 Box 136 Box 137	Series 5. Writings

Expand/collapse Additions of November 2001-January 2005 (Acc. 99122, 99317, 99481, 99814, 99977), 1972-2005.

About 16,000 items.

Processing note: The additions of November 2001-January 2005 have been consolidated and arranged in same way as, but not incorporated into, the original deposit of materials. These materials exclude the additions of November 2003.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1. Correspondence and Related Items, ca. 1978, 1990s-2004.

About 3,200 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.

Correspondence and other items arranged by correspondent. Included are letters, emails, and, in some cases, writings by the correspondents and/or essays by Stephenson about their work. Topics discussed include poetry, Pembroke Magazine, and Stephenson's personal and professional life.

While the bulk of the correspondence is from 2000 to 2004, there is some from the 1990s as well as copies of correspondence with Anna Wooten-Hawkins dating from 1978.

Box 138	Adcock, Betty
	Albright, Alex
	Allen, Gilbert
	Ammons, A. R.
	Baddour, Margaret
	Baird, Ansie
	Ball, Richard
	Bayes, Ronald
	Bell, Mae Woods
	Bigelow, Scott
	Bizzaro, Patrick
	Blackburn, Charles
	Blackley, Bill
	Boeberitz, Bob
	Buckner, Sally
	Byer, Kathryn (Kay)
	Campbell, Libby and Students from North Iredell Middle School
	Campbell, Marybelle
	Carter, Jared (Jeb)
	Cavalieri, Grace
	Chappell, Fred
	Chitwood, Michael
	Chorlton, David
	Clark, Jim
	Clark, LaVerne Harrell
	Conway, Cece
	Dalmas, Victor and Joyce (Teena)
	Denham, Bob
	Doreski, Bill
	Doyle, James
	Eaton, Charles Edward
	Edgerton, Calvin
	Edgerton, Clyde
	Emanuel, Tina
	Farrington, Margot
	Floyd, Mary Jo and students at Fuquay-Varina Middle School
	Fried, Philip
	Gibson, Grace
	Gill, Evalyn
	Greene, Jonathan
	Grey, Lucinda
	Griffin, Norma
	Gurkin, Kathryn
	Harmon, Bill
	Hawkins, Anna Wooten
	Hawkins, Tom
	Hensley, Jan
Box 139	Hood, Richard
	Hughes, Gladys
	Johnston, Lee
	Jones, H. G.
	Joyner, Whit
	Joyner, William (Bill)
	Judson, John (Juniper Press)
	Kimball, Sue
	Leffler, Merrill
	Luschei, Glenna
	Lynskey, Edward
	Maginnes, Al
	Maron, Margaret
	Martin, D. G.
	Martin, Mike
	McFee, Michael
	Miller, Heather Ross
	Mills, Jake
	Moore, Lenard
	Morgan, Robert
	Myles, Naomi
	Nixon, Sallie
	Page, Carolyn and Roy Zarucchi
	Perchik, Simon
	Ralph, James (Jim) Walker
	Rigsbee, David
	Roberts, Terry
	Ruark, Gibbons
	Rundus, Raymond
	Sadler, Jeff
	Sargent, Robert
	Silverthorne, Marty
	Smith, Stephen
	Smoller, Sanford
Box 140	Stephenson Family
	Swalin, Maxine
	Tompkins, Leslie
	Townsend, John
	Villiers, Regina
	Wardlaw, John
	Warren, Marsha
	West, Robert
	Wheeler, Billy Edd
	Whitley, Charlie
	Whitley, Dorothy
	Wilkinson, Seabrook
	Wilson, Robert
	Birthday cards, 2001-2004
	Christmas cards, 1999-2000
Box 141	Christmas cards, 2000-2004
	Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 142	Miscellaneous correspondence

Expand/collapse Subseries 2. Pembroke Magazine, ca. 1980-2004.

About 5,800 items.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Issue Files and Related Items, ca. 1980-2004.

About 2,400 items.

Arrangement: by issue.

Folders contain materials generated in the process of putting an issue of Pembroke Magazine together. Materials for each issue include contributor lists, printing invoices, original drafts, proofs and galleys, and correspondence related to the production of each issue.

	Book Fill-ins for Publication
	Issue 13
	Issue 23
	Issue 24
	Issue 25
	Issue 26
	Issue 27
	Issue 28
	Issue 30
	Issue 31
	Issue 32
	Issue 33
Box 143	Issue 33
	Issue 34
Box 144	Issue 34
Box 145	Issue 34
	Issue 35
	Issue 36
Box 146	Issue 36
	Issue 37

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Submissions and Related Correspondence, ca. 2000-2004.

About 600 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by submitter.

Submissions to Pembroke Magazine and correspondence relating to those submissions. Included are manuscripts of poems, works of short fiction, and submissions and related correspondence from authors not represented in Series 1.

	A
Box 147	A-D
Box 148	D-H
Box 149	I-M
Box 150	M-S
Box 151	S-Z

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Other Pembroke Magazine Material, ca. 1980-2004.

About 2,800 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical and by issue.

Primarily financial materials and other items not directly related to the actual production of each issue. Materials for each issue include grant information and applications, copyright registrations, subscriber lists, subscription invoices, and budget information.

	Arts Advocates of North Carolina
	Budgets, 1993-1994
	Cash receipts, 1990
	Checks deposited, 1980-1985
	Copyright application, 1998
	Correspondence, 1979-1994
Box 152	Correspondence, 1995-2004
	Deposits, 1985-1994
Box 153	Deposits, 1995-2001
	Financial information, 1987-1988
	Job description: Fran Oxendine
	Microfilm royalties: University Microfilms International
	Miscellaneous
	Miscellaneous computer disks
	North Carolina Arts Council Conflict of Interest Policy, 1993
	North Carolina Arts Council Grant Information, 1987-2005
	Photocopying costs
	Printing budgets, 1998-1999
	Publishing bids
	Supplies
	Issues 10-17
	Issue 20
	Issue 21
	Issue 22
	Issue 23
	Issue 24
	Issue 25
Box 154	Issue 25
	Issue 26
	Issue 27
	Issue 28
	Issue 29
	Issue 30
Box 155	Issue 31
	Issue 32
	Issue 33
	Issue 36

Expand/collapse Subseries 3. Arts Organizations and Events, ca. 2000-2004 .

About 2,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by organization.

Materials relating to arts organizations of which Stephenson was a member or from which Pembroke Magazine received funding. Organizations substantively represented are the Paul Green Foundation, the North Carolina Writers Conference, the North Carolina Poetry Society, the North Carolina Literaray Hall of Fame, and SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association). Items include memos, a few letters and notes, grant information, and materials relating to specific arts events.

	Academy of American Poets
	ARTS North Carolina
	Associated Writing Programs (AWP)
	Bright Hill Press
	Carolina Bell Ringers
	Carolina First
	Cherry Hill Historical Foundation
	Duke University Press
	Elmwood Franklin School
	Fretted Instrument Guild of America
	Friends of the Library: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Friends of the Library: University of North Carolina at Pembroke
	Friends of the Washington County Public Library (Arlington, Va.) Correspondence related to Lee Smith tribute performance, December 2003-June 2004
	Friends of the Library: Miscellaneous Libraries
	Johnston County Arts Council
	Johnston County Heritage Center
	Miscellaneous arts events
	Miscellaneous organizations
	Mount Olive College Literary Festival, April 2002
	North Carolina Arts Council
	North Carolina Folklore Society
	North Carolina Humanities Council
	North Carolina Literary Festival, 2002
	North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
Box 156	North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
	North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
	North Carolina Poetry Society
	North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation
	North Carolina Writers Conference
	North Carolina Writers' Network
	The North Caroliniana Society
	Paul Green Foundation, 2000-2002
Box 157	Paul Green Foundation, 2002-2004
	Poetry Council of North Carolina
	Poetry Society of South Carolina
	Poets Out Loud
	Sam Ragan Portrait Bust Campaign
	St. Andrew's Society/College
	SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association), 2002-2004
	Sampson-Livermore Library Poetry/Short Prose Contest, 19 March 2003
	Thomas Wolfe Society
Box 158	Tobacco Farm Life Museum
	Triangle Land Conservancy
	University of Missouri-Kansas City Press Releases
	UNC General Alumni Association
	Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities
	Wisconsin Alumni Association
	Writers' Workshop

Expand/collapse Subseries 4. Academic and Related Files, ca. 2000-2005 .

About 800 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Files relating chiefly to Stephenson's teaching at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

	UNC-Pembroke: Class-related correspondence and materials
	UNC-Pembroke: Correspondence with or about students, 1986-2005
	UNC-Pembroke: English, Theatre and Languages (ETL) correspondence, 2000-2004
	UNC-Pembroke: ETL miscellaneous
	UNC-Pembroke: General correspondence, 1980-2004
	UNC-Pembroke: Letters of recommendation
	UNC-Pembroke: Miscellaneous
	UNC-Pembroke: Modern Poetry Class finals and papers, 2003
	UNC-Pembroke: Peer reviews and self-evaluations

Expand/collapse Subseries 5. Writings, ca. 1984-2004.

About 2,100 items.

Handwritten and typed writings by Stephenson, including mostly poetry, and a few critical essays and book reviews.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Poetry, ca. 1994-2004.

About 1,900 items.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1.1. Poetry Notebooks, ca. 2000-2004.

6 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Box 159	6 September-30 October 2000
	31 October 2000-31 March 2001
	27 January 2002-5 January 2003
	6 January 2003-18 April 2004
	21 April-14 May 2004
	16 May-29 September 2004

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1.2. Sets of Poems, ca. 1994-2004.

About 1,800 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

	An Aria in Black and White/The Black and White Poems, ca. November 2004
	The Coastal Plain, August-November 2004
	Fiddledeedee, 2000-2001
	Greatest Hits, 18 May-14 June 2001
Box 160	Greatest Hits, 21 June 2001-April 2002
	Homage to a Checkerking, December 2003-January 2004
	Homage to Thomas Wolfe, May 1999-October 2000
	The Orange Fiddle, 1994-2000
	Paul's Hill, December 2002-July 2003
Box 161	Paul's Hill, July 2003-March 2004
	The Persimmon Tree Carol, 24 December 2000
	Play My Music Anyhow, October 2000-October 2003
	Possum, April 2000-June 2001
Box 162	Possum, July 2001-October 2004
	The Shub Poems, May-June 2004
	Something Happening (The Coastal Plain?)

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1.3. Loose Poems, ca. 2000-2004.

About 100 items.

	"Elegy for a Friend Who Died Too Soon," in memory of Anna Wooten-Hawkins
	Miscellaneous poems
	Published poems

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Essays and Book Reviews, ca. 2000-2004.

About 100 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

	Article in Fayetteville Observer about Pembroke Magazine, September 2001
	"A Father, Daughter, and a Bale of Hay," January 2001
	Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3. Other Writings and Related Material, ca. 1984-2004.

About 100 items.

Included are manuscripts or copies of works by other authors, some sent to Shelby Stephenson for his feedback or review.

	Literature fellowships: Information and applications, 2001-2002
	Poetry contests
	Rejections, November 1998-April 2001
Box 163	Rejections, August 2001-May 2002
	Speeches
	Poetry reading at Mitchell Community College, 3 December 2001: Information and correspondence
	Fiddledeedee Readings: Correspondence, October 2001-April 2002
	Southern Literary Festival at Piccolo Spoleto: Correspondence and Information, February-July 2004
	Readings at the Country Bookshop, March and August 2004
	Miscellanous correspondence about performances and readings
	Robert G. Britton: "Voices From the South," one-act play with musical arrangements by Shelby Stephenson
	Richard Hood: Regret the Dark Hour
	Richard Hood: Romania journal, Summer 2004
	Richard Hood: White Oak Flats
	Sharon Johnson: Uninvited Guests
	William Joyner: The Mill
	William Joyner: Moon Mist
Box 164	William Joyner: Moon Mist
	E. T. Malone, Jr.: Pictures of Structures That Don't Exist
	Norman Moser: El Grito del Norte and Other Stories , 1984
	Guy Owen: Journey for Joedel
	Victor W. Pearn: Devil Dogs and Jarheads, and Shelby Stephenson's response, March 2003
	Bruce Speck: Without Rage Against the Dark, and S. Stephenson's introduction for the manuscript, May 2001
	Jack Wardlaw: Moods in Motion
	The Justice Professional, Spring 1988
	South Atlantic Review, Spring 1988
	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Subseries 6. Other Material, ca. 1972-2004.

About 1,800 items.

	R. Hunt Parker Award: Speech by Jim Clark to introduce Shelby Stephenson, 17 November 2000
	UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence, December 2000-October 2001
	Mary Belle Campbell Poetry Award: Shelby Stephenson's nomination of Robert West, July 2001
	North Carolina Awards, September 2001-January 2002
	Fortner Awards, honoring Glenna Luschei, November-December 2002
	Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Award, October 2003-May 2004
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4653/1	Autographed posters
Box 165	Bank statements
	Biographical information and bibliographies
	Calendars
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4653/1	Calendar, 2001
Box 165	Cassette tapes
	Certificates
	Checks received for books and other merchandise
	Clippings
	Correspondence about Stephenson Bros. and Linda Sing the Old Songs and CD Release Party, August-December 2004
	Donations and contributions to various organizations
	Education directory, 1972-1973
	Health-related materials
	Invitations
	Letchworth/Wilson family addresses
	North Carolina General Assembly address list
	Photographs
	Ragan, Marjorie: Obituaries and related materials, 2001
	Requests for reviews
	Spring break trip to Florida, 2001
	Stephenson, Jacob: Wedding, September 2001
	Vehicle-related materials
	Miscellaneous adresses
	Miscellaneous mailing lists
	Miscellaneous
Box 166	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Addition of November 2003 (Acc. 99670), 2000-2003.

About 2,000 items.

Chiefly literary magazines from the 2003 North Carolina Literary and Historical Association Student Publication Awards, a proof of Pembroke Magazine, correspondence, and drafts of poems. The poetry appears to consist primarily of drafts of Stephenson's "Calendar Poems," although there are other poems mixed in. These poems have not been arranged chronologically. Poems referring to 11 September 2001 also appear. The correspondence is roughly arranged by month and year.

Box 167	North Carolina Library and Historical Association: Student Publication Award Entries, 2003 (9 folders)
	Pembroke Magazine Number 35, 2003 (6 folders)
	Correspondence, 2000-2002
	Correspondence, January-February 2003
	Correspondence, March 2003
	Correspondence, April 2003 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, May 2003 (2 folders)
Box 168	Correspondence, June 2003 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, July 2003
	Correspondence, August-September 2003
	Correspondence, undated
	Correspondence: Shelby Stephenson and Bob Denham, January 2003
	Correspondence: Shelby Stephenson and Bob Denham, February-March 2003
	Correspondence: Shelby Stephenson and Bob Denham, April-August 2003
	Correspondence: Ryan Cup, 2002-2003
	Correspondence: North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2003
	Commencement Speech, 15 December 2001
	25th Meeting of the Thomas Wolfe Society, 6-7 June 2003
	2003 North Carolina Writers Conference
	Broadsides for Bob Anthony
	Other Materials
	Poem: "Why I Live Where I Live," a poem for the News & Observer for Peder Zane
	Poem: "September 11, 2001," for the News & Observer
	Calendar Poem
	The Calendar Poems (Revisions), 2002
	Drafts (4 folders)
Box 169	Drafts (7 folders)

Expand/collapse Addition of November 2005 (Acc. 100268), 2000-2005.

About 4,800 items.

Chiefly letters and submissions to Pembroke Magazine, proofs of Pembroke Magazine 37, correspondence, and drafts of Stephenson's poems from 2000 to 2005, although some items may have earlier dates. The letters and submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Stephenson's correspondence have been roughly sorted, and some materials may overlap. Researchers may want to look through both categories in order to find desired materials. Drafts of Stephenson's works include versions of "Percy's Walk," "What's Heard More than This?" "A Broken Song for July" (also titled "Out of Slavery: Kinfolks,") "Paul's Hill," "Homage to a Slave Girl" (also titled "Black & White Family Matters,") "My Shortpants My Mother Made for Me," "An Aria in Black and White," and "Black & White."

	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine (9 folders)
Box 170	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine (17 folders)
Box 171	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine (2 folders)
	Materials Related to Pembroke Magazine 37
	Proofs of Pembroke Magazine 37 (7 folders)
	Completed Pembroke Magazine 37 work (5 folders)
	Christmas Cards, 2004
Box 172	Correspondence, 2004
	Correspondence, January 2005 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, February 2005
	Correspondence, March 2005 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, April 2005 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, May 2005 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, June 2005 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, July 2005
	Correspondence, August 2005
	Correspondence, September 2005
	Correspondence, October-November 2005
	Correspondence: Shelby Stephenson and Jackson Wheeler, 2005
	Other Correspondence, 2004-2005
	Correspondence about Fred Chappell article, 2004-2005 (2 folders)
Box 173	Notes about Fred Chappell article
	Drafts of "Women in Chappell's First Four Novels," January 2000
	Drafts of "Women in Chappell's First Four Novels," February 2000
	Drafts of "Women in Chappell's First Four Novels," March-April 2000
	Drafts of "Women in Chappell's First Four Novels," May 2000 (2 folders)
	Drafts of "Women in Chappell's First Four Novels," June 2000
	Drafts of "Women in Chappell's First Four Novels," June-August 2000
	Drafts, October-December 2004
	Drafts, February 2005
	Drafts, March 2005
	Drafts: "A Broken Song For July (Out of Slavery: Kinfolks)," (2 folders)
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl"
	Drafts: "Paul's Hill"
	Rejections of Stephenson's work, March 2002-September 2003
Box 174	Rejections of Stephenson's work, September 2004-March 2005
	Draft of The Infanterist by Craig Darnell Wilson, II (Arrigo Dolcelino Gallieni)
	Other mail (9 folders)

Expand/collapse Addition of November 2006 (Acc. 100531), circa 2005-2006.

About 7,200 items.

Chiefly letters and submissions to Pembroke Magazine, proofs of Pembroke Magazine 38, correspondence, and drafts of Shelby Stephenson's poems from 2005 to 2006, although some items may have earlier dates. The letters and submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Stephenson's correspondence have been roughly sorted, and some materials may overlap. Researchers may want to look through both categories in order to find desired materials. Drafts of Stephenson's works primarily include versions of "Family Matters: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July" (also titled "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July"), but also includes "Her Name is July" and "Paul's Hill." There are also drafts of "Charles Edward Eaton: Appreciation of Art & Life."

	Proofs of Pembroke Magazine 38 (5 folders)
	Pembroke Magazine 38: Other Materials
	Pembroke Magazine 38: Completed Work (2 folders)
Box 175	Pembroke Magazine 38: Completed Work (2 folders)
	Pembroke Magazine 38 Materials (11 folders)
	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson (2 folders)
Box 176	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson (18 folders)
Box 177	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson (19 folders)
Box 178	Letters/submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson (17 folders)
	Correspondence, pre-2005
	Correspondence, January-May 2005
Box 179	Correspondence, June 2005
	Correspondence, July 2005
	Correspondence, August 2005 (3 folders)
	Correspondence, September 2005 (3 folders)
	Correspondence, October 2005 (3 folders)
	Correspondence, November 2005 (2 folders)
	Correspondence, December 2005 (3 folders)
	Christmas Cards, 2005
	Paul Green Foundation, 2005
Box 180	Paul Green Foundation, 2005 (4 folders)
	"Possum," 2005
	Correspondence, February-June 2006
	Correspondence, August 2006
	Correspondence, September 2006 (4 folders)
	Correspondence, October 2006(3 folders)
	Birthday and Anniversary Cards, 2006
	Get Well Cards for Linda Stephenson, September-October 2006
	Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, September 2006
Box 181	East Carolina University, September 2006
	Drafts: Notes and First Drafts Leading to "July" Material, November 2004-26 August 2005
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl," 23 July 2005
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 25 July 2005
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 27 August-12 October 2005
	Drafts: Notes Leading to "July" Material, 15 October-14 November 2005
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 2005 (various dates) (2 folders)
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 15 January 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 30 January 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 10 February 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 15 February 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 27 February 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 7 March 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 8-9 March 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 17 March 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 23 April 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 27 April 2006
	Drafts: "Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 30 April 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 22 May 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters in Black & White: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 24 May 2006
Box 182	Drafts: "Family Matters: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 9 June 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 11 June 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 19 June 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 20 June 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 27 June 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 5 July 2006 (2 folders)
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 1 August 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 5 August 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 13 August 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 30 August 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 3 September 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Remembrance of a Slave Girl Named July," 12 October 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 16 October 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 20 October 2006
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Homage to a Slave Girl Named July," 29 October 2006
	Drafts: "Her Name is July," 20 June 2006
	Drafts: "Her Name is July," 26-27 June 2006
	Drafts: "Charles Edward Eaton: Appreciator of Art and Life"
	Drafts: "Paul's Hill," 15 May 2006 (2 folders)
	Drafts: "Paul's Hill," 17 May 2006
	Drafts: "Paul's Hill," 28 May 2006
	Drafts: "Paul's Hill," 29 May 2006

Expand/collapse Addition of December 2007 (Acc. 100846), 2006-2007.

About 4,050 items.

Primarily letters and submissions to Pembroke Magazine 39, correspondence, and drafts of Shelby Stephenson's works 2006-2007. As with previous additions, these materials have been roughly sorted and some materials may overlap. Drafts of Stephenson's work include poems and more pages from "Family Matters: Homage to July, A Slave Girl."

Box 183-186 Box 183 Box 184 Box 185 Box 186	Correspondence, Fall 2006-October 2007
Box 187	Correspondence, November 2007-December 2007
	Birthday and Holiday Cards 2007
	Paul Green Foundation, 2006-2007
Box 188	Drafts: December 2006-October 2007
	Drafts: "Family Matters: Homage to July, A Slave Girl," March 2007-September 2007
	Letters/Submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson, November 2006-January 2007
Box 189-191 Box 189 Box 190 Box 191	Letters/Submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson, January 2007-October 2007
Box 192	Letters/Submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson, November 2007-December 2007
	Pembroke Magazine 39: Completed Work (2 copies)
	Pinestraw Magazine, February 2007
	Rejections of Stephenson's work

Expand/collapse Addition of January 2009 (Acc. 101055), 2007-2008.

About 1,200 items.

Primarily letters and submissions to Pembroke Magazine, correspondence, and drafts of Shelby Stephenson's works 2007-2008. As with previous additions, these materials have been roughly sorted and some materials may overlap.

Box 193	Correspondence, drafts: August 2007-January 2008
Box 194	Correspondence: January-April 2008
Box 195	Correspondence, photographs: April-May 2008
Box 196	Correspondence: May-November 2008
Box 197	Correspondence: November 2008
Box 198-200 Box 198 Box 199 Box 200	Letters/Submissions to Pembroke Magazine and Shelby Stephenson, 2007-2008

Expand/collapse Addition of July 2013 (Acc. 101844): Papers and Audio Recordings, circa 1979-2013.

10000 items.

Papers and audiocassette recordings related to Shelby Stephenson. Cassettes consist of audio recordings of talks, lectures, panels, and interviews by Stephenson and others, including Lenard D. Moore, Erskine Cadwell, Mark Sofier, Mary Jarrell, and Sister Bernetta Quinn.

Box 209-218 Box 209 Box 210 Box 211 Box 212 Box 213 Box 214 Box 215 Box 216 Box 217 Box 218	Papers, 1960s-2014
Audiocassette C-4653/1	"An Ear for Poetry" No. 11 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/2	"Soundings" from the National Humanities Center, 1980 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/3	"The Poets and the Poem"; Lenard D. Moore Reading his Poems, Washington, D.C., 2 April 1989 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/4	A Breedlove Diary, 25 September 1993 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/5	Coming Country Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/6	Erskine Caldwell Interview Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/7	Erskine Caldwell Reads Two Short Stories Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/8	Invocations of Mystery Poems, 1993 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/9	Mark Soifer: "Bolder Dash: The Hound with the Cash", 1989 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/10	Mary Jarrell Talk, December 1978, 1978 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/11	North Carolina Poetry Society Panel Tape 1, 19 January 1991 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/12	North Carolina Poetry Society Panel Tape 2, 19 January 1991 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/13	North Carolina Writer's Conference, 27-28 July 1990, 1990 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/14	North Carolina Writer's Conference, 28 July 1990 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/15	Pledge, David Chorlton with Roberta Meyers and Roberta Chorlton, October 1989, 1989 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/16	Poems from Dancing in Stillness Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/17	Robeson County Heritage Arts Festival, 7 April 1990 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/18	Selections from "Missing in Action", 1983 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/19	Shelby Stephenson and Richard McCann interview by Grace Cavalieri, 4 December 1994 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/20	Shelby Stephenson Reads From "Fiddle", 14 March 1991 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/21	Short Stories: Kathryn Gurkin, Shelby Stephenson, 1997 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/22	Sister Bernetta Quinn Reading Shelby Stephenson's "The Persimmon Tree Carol" Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/23	Sister Bernetta Quinn Reads Finch's Mash and Other Poems, 17 January 1991 Audiocassette
Audiocassette C-4653/24	The Persimmon Tree Carol read by Sister Bernetta Quinn, 29 January 1991 Audiocassette

Expand/collapse Addition of July 2016 (Acc. 102617): Letters to Sanford J. Smoller, 2004-2009.

33 items.

This addition consists of letters written by Shelby Stephenson to Sanford J. Smoller between 19 March 2004 and 30 September 2009.

Box 201

Letters to Sanford J. Smoller, 19 March 2004-30 September 2009

Expand/collapse Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102708), 1960s-2013 (bulk 2012-2013)

About 5000 items.

Most of this addition consists of correspondence, research material, and drafts of Shelby Stephenson's works, 2012-2013, most notably, "Our World," "Adventures of a Hunting Troubleshooter," "Shub's Cooking," and "Forthwith--Lament: To Attempt a Meditation on Guns." Also included are two folders of Stephenson's correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from 1960s to 1990s.

Box 206-208

Box 206

Box 207

Box 208

Correspondence and other materials, 1960s-2014

Expand/collapse Addition of March 2017 (Acc. 103043): Correspondence and Draft Materials, 2015-2016.

4000 items.

Media removed from this addition is closed pending curatorial review.

This addition consists of correspondence, both traditional and email; draft materials; and materials relating to a trip to California.

Box 202	Correspondence: Email
Box 203	Correspondence and other mailings Media removed from this box is closed pending curatorial review.
Box 204	Correspondence and other mailings
	California trip
	Draft material
Box 205	Draft material
	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Addition of March 2018 (Acc. 103333): Correspondence, 1979-2014

75 items.

This addition consists of letters written by Shelby Stephenson to Sanford J. Smoller between 1979 and 2014.

Box 205

Correspondence, 1979-2014

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Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence and Related Items, ca. 1970-1993.

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Collection Number: 04653

Collection Title: Shelby Stephenson Papers, 1965-2016