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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100 items) |
Abstract | Bill Herron (1943-) was a North Carolina-based author of poems, plays, and fiction. The collection contains drafts and published works of Herron, including typescripts of novels, novellas, collected stories, poems, and plays, letters, a 1977-1978 European travel diary, translated works, poetry reviews, songs, and other writings. Also included are tape recordings of an interview with Herron and his musical play, "Stoney." |
Creator | Herron, Bill, 1943- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, February 2011; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021 and January 2022
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.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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Bill Herron (1943-) was a North Carolina-based author of poems, plays, and fiction. Published works include American Peasant, The Boy Christ's Ecstasy, and Rituals of Our Time.
Back to TopThe collection contains drafts and published works of Bill Herron (1934-). Included are typescripts of novels, novellas, collected stories, poems, and plays, letters, a 1977-1978 European travel diary, translated works, poetry reviews, songs, and other writings by Herron. Also included are tape recordings of an interview with Herron and his musical play, "Stoney."
Back to TopThis series contains drafts of Herron's novels, along with a few letters of readers comments. Also included is a journal of Herron's European travels in 1977-1978, reviews of poetry by Norm Moser and Amon Liner, translations, and an audiocassette of an interview with Herron for a radio program.
This series consists of drafts and published copies of Herron's collected works of poetry. Also included are translations of poetry by Pablo Neruda and Federico Garcia Lorca, and songs.
Items include drafts of plays by Herron and an audiocassette of his musical "Stoney."
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Folder 34 |
"Truckers" |
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Folder 34a |
"Truckers," final draft, 1980 |
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Folder 35 |
"Stoney," first draft |
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Folder 36 |
"Stoney," second draft |
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Folder 37 |
"Stoney," final draft |
Audiocassette C-4224/2 |
"Stoney," unidentified production |
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Folder 37a |
"Stoneyman" |
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Folder 38 |
Street plays: "Gad Zukes! We Don't Want No Nukes" and "Nuclear? No Gracias" |
Additional novels and poetry by Herron.
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Folder 39 |
Novella: Her Man, His Woman, The Other Angel |
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Folder 40 |
Novella: Lost Angel |
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Folder 41 |
Novella: The Book of the Ecstatic Messenger |
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Folder 42 |
Story: "Notes for an Essay Dissolving in Air" |
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Folder 43 |
Poetry: "Chant for Charles Upton," "Ghost Dance for Kush," "great cities are poured onto the earth," "The Hunter," "their perfect lives." |
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Collected stories: The Naive Eye, The Primitive Heart |
Unprocessed materialsThis 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. |