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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 170 items) |
Abstract | Ward Allison Dorrance (1904-) was a writer and teacher of Jefferson City, Mo., and Washington, D.C. He taught at the University of Missouri, 1926-1953, and Georgetown University, 1958-1974. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence of Dorrance. Correspondents include writers Caroline Gordon (103 letters), Donald Davidson (17), Allen Tate (19), John Donald Wade (2), Andrew Lytle (11), Flannery O'Connor (12), Eudora Welty (3), and Erskine Caldwell (1). The letters discuss Dorrance's works and offer critiques of his writings. Some letters, especially those from Gordon and O'Connor, concern the writers' own personal affairs and family life. |
Creator | Dorrance, Ward Allison, 1904- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff,
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, November 2008
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, February 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Ward Allison Dorrance (1904-) was a writer and teacher of Jefferson City, Mo., and Washington, D.C. He taught at the University of Missouri, 1926-1953, and Georgetown University, 1958-1974.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal and professional correspondence Ward Allison Dorrance (1904-). Correspondents include writers Caroline Gordon (103 letters), Donald Davidson (17), Allen Tate (19), John Donald Wade (2), Andrew Lytle (11), Flannery O'Connor (12), Eudora Welty (3), and Erskine Caldwell (1). The letters discuss Dorrance's works and offer critiques of his writings. Some letters, especially those from Gordon and O'Connor, concern the writers' own personal affairs and family life.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Caroline Gordon, 1935-1946 |
Folder 2 |
Caroline Gordon, 1947-1948 |
Folder 3 |
Caroline Gordon, 1949 |
Folder 4 |
Caroline Gordon, 1950 |
Folder 5 |
Caroline Gordon, 1951-1973 and undated |
Folder 6 |
Allen Tate, 1948-1973 and undated |
Folder 7 |
Donald Davidson, 1936-1949 |
Folder 8 |
Flannery O' Connor, 1963-1964 |
Folder 9 |
Andrew Lytle, 1939-1948; other letters, 1939-1969Other letters are from Eudora Welty, 1959 and 1969; John Donald Wade, 1939; and Erskine Caldwell, 1940. |