Charles Edward Eaton Papers, 1950s-1990s

Collection Number: 04128

Collection Title: Charles Edward Eaton Papers, 1950s-1990s

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Size	60.0 linear feet
Abstract	Charles Edward Eaton (1916-2006), poet and professor, was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eaton received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942-1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh. Eaton is a widely published and highly regarded writer, who has won numerous poetry prizes and other honors. The collection includes poems, short stories, and other writings; correspondence; scrapbooks; and other material of Charles Edward Eaton. Items chiefly relate to Eaton's writing and teaching careers, but some family materials are present. Individuals significant in the collection include Witter Bynner, Alfred Dorn, Emily Katherine Harris, Robert Hillyer, Judy Hogan, Will Inman, John T. Irwin, Karl Knaths, Dave Smith, R. W. Stallman, Charles Tomlinson, Frederick Turner, Louis Untermeyer, Peter Viereck, William Carlos Williams, Harold Witt, Stark Young, and Morton Zabel.
Creator	Eaton, Charles Edward, 1916-2006.
Curatorial Unit	Southern Historical Collection
Language	English.

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Restrictions to Access: RESTRICTED: boxes 1-22a are closed pending processing. No restrictions on use of material beginning with box 23.; This collection contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting these materials.

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Charles Edward Eaton Papers #4128, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance: Received from Charles Edward Eaton, Chapel Hill, N.C., in a number of installments beginning in 1977.

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Full processing of this collection has been deferred pending future additions. Isabel Eaton is gathering related materials from within the collection and elsewhere and arranging them in a scheme that she has devised (see "Guide to Charles Edward Eaton Archive," the most current version of which is included in this inventory). The newly organized materials begin with box 23. Material not yet reorganized remains in boxes 1-22a. The unprocessed material includes chronological material on Eaton's life since 1960, some literary and other correspondence, materials relating to his short stories and critical biography, magazine publications, and miscellaneous items.

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Charles Edward Eaton (1916- ), poet and professor, was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eaton received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942-1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh. Eaton is a widely published and highly regarded writer, who has won numerous poetry prizes and other honors.

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The collection includes poems, short stories, and other writings; correspondence; scrapbooks; and other material of poet and professor Charles Edward Eaton. Items chiefly relate to Eaton's writing and teaching careers, but some family materials are present. Individuals significant in the collection include Witter Bynner, Alfred Dorn, Emily Katherine Harris, Robert Hillyer, Judy Hogan, Will Inman, John T. Irwin, Karl Knaths, Dave Smith, R. W. Stallman, Charles Tomlinson, Frederick Turner, Louis Untermeyer, Peter Viereck, William Carlos Williams, Harold Witt, Stark Young, and Morton Zabel.

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Papers.
Guide to Charles Edward Eaton Archive
I. CHRONOLOGICAL
II. CORRESPONDENCE
III. BOOKS
IV. MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS
V. MISCELLANEOUS

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60 linear feet.

Box 1	Letters from various American writers relating to the writing and publishing of poetry
	Letters to Eaton from his correspondence students
Box 2-6 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Box 6	Periodicals that include writings by Eaton, 1951-1977
Box 7	Letters from UNC Extension Division students, 1966-1980
	"Poetry correspondence," 1961-1964
	Copies of periodicals containing Eaton's work, 1970-1980
Box 8-12 Box 8 Box 9 Box 10 Box 11 Box 12	Copies of periodicals containing Eaton's work, 1960s-1970s
Box 13	Correspondence between Eaton and Will Inman, some containing enclosures of Eaton's work
Box 14	"Poetry correspondence," 1955-1971
	Letters from Harold Witt
	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work, 1980-1981
Box 15	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work, 1976-1979
Box 16	Correspondence and reviews by Eaton, 1945-1983, particularly 1972-1980
	Correspondence with correspondence students, 1952-1983
	Material on the Karl Knaths project
	Correspondence with magazines concerning Eaton's poems, 1971-1976
	Nine cassette tapes of Eaton reading or discussing poetry
Box 17	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work, 1980, and statement on poetry
Box 18	Items relating to the exhibition and catalog of "Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting"
Box 19	Eaton's Library of Congress recording of 20 November 1958 and his 1962 Fairleigh-Dickinson University recording
Box 20	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work, 1981-1983
Box 21	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work, 1983-1987
Box 22	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work
Box 22a	Copies of periodicals with Eaton's work, 1988-1990

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60 linear feet.

NOTE: Outline as of November 1992. Please see Processing Note above.

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Box 23-24 Box 23 Box 24	A. Family
Box 23 Box 24	B. Youth (1916-1942)
Box 25-27 Box 25 Box 26 Box 27	C. Brazil (1942-1946)
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4128/1	C. Brazil (1942-1946) Contains Eaton's certifications as Vice Consul in Brazil. Documents are in English and Portuguese.
Oversize Volume SV-4128/1	D. Transitional: Scrapbook (1940-1957)
Box 28	E. Professor of Creative Writing at UNC (1946-1952)
	F. Woodbury, Conn. (1952-1960)
Box 29	G. Transitional: Scrapbook (1949-1972)
Box 30-31 Box 30 Box 31	H. "Robert E. Lee: An Ode", 1961
Oversize Volume SV-4128/2	Scrapbook, 1960-1970
Box 31	I. 1970-1980
Box 31-31a	J. 1980-1990
Box 31a	K. Letters of Charles Edward Eaton to Ben Eaton (1977-1991)
Box 32	L. 1990-

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Box 32-32a	A. Literary Additional materials are in Box 42.
Photograph Album PA-4128/1	Photograph album: Brazil
Box 32-32a	B. General
Box 33	C. Individuals 1. Bynner, Witter 2. Dorn, Alfred 3. Eaton, Charles Edward to Isabel Patterson (1947-1949) 4. Eaton, Clement (see also I.A.2.) 5. Harris, Emily Katherine (Mrs. Richard Hill; Kay) 5a. Hillyer, Robert 6. Hogan, Judy 6a. Inman, Will (Bill McGirt) (1946-1981) 7. Irwin, John T. 7a. Knaths, Karl 8. Smith, Dave (and carbons of Eaton's letters) 9. Stallman, Robert W. and Charles Edward Eaton (1954-1982, 2 volumes) 10. Stephenson, Holly Stevens 11. Tomlinson, Charles 12. Turner, Frederick 13. Untermeyer, Louis 14. Viereck, Peter 15. Wilcox, Patricia 16. Williams, William Carlos 17. Witt, Harold 18. Wood, James (and friends, including I. A. Richardson) 19. Young, Stark 20. Zabel, Morton Dauwen (copies)
	D. Students

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Box 34	Poetry: The Bright Plain (1942)
	Poetry: The Shadow of the Swimmer (1951)
	Poetry: The Greenhouse in the Garden (1956)
Oversize Volume SV-4128/4	Poetry Scrapbook: The Greenhouse in the Garden (1956)
Box 34-35 Box 34 Box 35	Poetry: Countermoves (1963)
Oversize Volume SV-4128/3	Poetry Scrapbook: Countermoves (1963)
Box 35	Poetry: On the Edge of the Knife (1970)
Box 36	Poetry: The Man in the Green Chair (1977)
	Poetry: The Colophon of the Rover (1980)
Box 37	Poetry: The Think King (1983)
	Poetry: The Work of the Wrench (1985)
Box 38	Poetry: New and Selected Poems, 1942-1987 (1987)
	Poetry: A Guest on Mild Evenings (1991)
Box 40	Poetry: The Country of the Blue (1994)
Box 39	Short stories 1. "Write Me from Rio" (1959) 2. "The Girl from Ipanema" (1972) 3. "The Case of the Missing Photographs" (1978) 4. "New and Selected Stories, 1959-1989" (1989)
	Critical biography 1. Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting (1973)

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Box 39-41

Box 39

Box 40

Box 41

1990-1995

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Box 42

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