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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2200 items items) |
Abstract | Dannye Romine Powell is an author and book editor for the Charlotte Observer. The collection includes correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and other materials relating to Dannye Romine Powell's tenure as book editor and columnist at the Charlotte Observer, as well as her work as an author and poet. Much of the correspondence is from North Carolina writers. Correspondents include novelists Doris Betts, Lee Smith, Gail Godwin, Kaye Gibbons, Reynolds Price, Simmons Jones, Josephine Humphreys, Fred Chappell, Lawrence Naumoff, Sue Ellen Bridgers, Louise Shivers, Jonellen Heckler, Mignon Ballard, and Shelby Hearon; poets Ruth Moose, Charles Edward Eaton, Sam Ragan, Mary Kratt, and Harriet Doar; and Charlotte Observer editors. Other letters are from readers commenting on Powell's Charlotte Observer articles or are from Charlotte Observer book reviewers. Also included are letters and other papers relating to Powell's 5 July 1987 Charlotte Observer article about adult children of alcoholics and to her 26 June 1999 Parade magazine article about Kay Smith, AKA Pamela Rodgers, who escaped from a Columbia, S.C., prison in 1978 and started a new life in Maryland before being recaptured in 1988. |
Creator | Powell, Dannye Romine. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
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Dannye Romine Powell is a journalist and poet from Charlotte, N.C. Born in Miami, Fla., she graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in English. From 1975 to 1992, she was book editor for the Charlotte Observer and continued with the paper after 1992 as a columnist. Powell is the author of Parting the Curtains: Interviews with Southern Writers (1994) and two books of poetry, At Every Wedding Somebody Stays Home (1993) and The Ecstasy of Regret (2002). Her poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, The New Republic, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Prairie Schooner. She is married to Charlotte Observer editor and columnist Lew Powell.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and other materials relating to journalist and writer Dannye Romine Powell's tenure as book editor and columnist at the Charlotte Observer, as well as her work as an author and poet. Much of the correspondence is from North Carolina writers. Correspondents include novelists Doris Betts, Lee Smith, Gail Godwin, Kaye Gibbons, Reynolds Price, Simmons Jones, Josephine Humphreys, Fred Chappell, Lawrence Naumoff, Sue Ellen Bridgers, Louise Shivers, Jonellen Heckler, Mignon Ballard, and Shelby Hearon; poets Ruth Moose, Charles Edward Eaton, Sam Ragan, Mary Kratt, and Harriet Doar; and Charlotte Observer editors. Other letters are from readers commenting on Powell's Charlotte Observer articles or are from Charlotte Observer book reviewers. Also included are letters and other papers relating to Powell's 5 July 1987 Charlotte Observer article about adult children of alcoholics and to her 26 June 1999 Parade magazine article about Kay Smith, AKA Pamela Rodgers, who escaped from a Columbia, S.C., prison in 1978 and started a new life in Maryland before being recaptured in 1988.
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Letters, cards, notes, and other material sent to and from Dannye Romine Powell from 1976 to 1999. Many of the letters are from North Carolina writers, particularly those from the North Carolina area. These letters discuss reviews written by Dannye Romine Powell about their work, literary events in the North Carolina area, interviews conducted by Dannye Romine Powell for the Charlotte Observer and for her book, Parting the Curtains: Interviews with Southern Writers, and general updates on events in their lives. Some letters are from readers commenting on articles written by Powell for the Charlotte Observer. Other letters are from book reviewers for the Charlotte Observer, commenting on books they had read, or asking to be added to the book review staff. Correspondents include novelists Doris Betts, Lee Smith, Gail Godwin, Kaye Gibbons, Reynolds Price, Simmons Jones, Josephine Humphreys, Fred Chappell, Lawrence Naumoff, Sue Ellen Bridgers, Louise Shivers, Jonellen Heckler, Mignon Ballard, and Shelby Hearon; poets Ruth Moose, Charles Edward Eaton, Sam Ragan, Mary Kratt, and Harriet Doar; and Charlotte Observer editors Rich Oppel, Rolfe Neill, Bob Ashley, Cynthia Struby, and Mark Ethridge.
Folder 1 |
1976-1977 |
Folder 2-3
Folder 2Folder 3 |
1980 |
Folder 4 |
1981 |
Folder 5 |
1982 |
Folder 6 |
1983 |
Folder 7 |
1984 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1985 |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
1986 |
Folder 12-14
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14 |
1987 |
Folder 15-16
Folder 15Folder 16 |
1988 |
Folder 17-19
Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19 |
1989 |
Folder 20-23
Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23 |
1990 |
Folder 24-28
Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
1991 |
Folder 29-36
Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36 |
1992 |
Folder 37-38
Folder 37Folder 38 |
1995 |
Folder 39-45
Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
1996 |
Folder 46-47
Folder 46Folder 47 |
1997 |
Folder 48 |
1998 |
Folder 49 |
1999 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters written to Dannye Romine Powell concerning her article of 5 July 1987 in the Charlotte Observer about adults suffering from the effects of being raised by alcoholic parents. Some of the letters are from counselors, authors, and administrators of treatment centers who were interviewed by Powell for the article. Other letters are from readers commending Powell for addressing the subject.
Folder 50 |
Adult children of alcoholics story |
Arrangement: by type.
Correspondence, legal documents, and newspaper clippings related to an article written by Dannye Romine Powell for Parade magazine, 25 June 1989, entitled "She Led Two Lives." The article deals with Kay Smith, AKA Pamela Rodgers, who escaped from a Columbia, S.C., prison in 1978 and started a new life in Maryland before being recaptured in 1988. Most correspondence is from readers of the article, expressing sympathy for Kay Smith and hoping that she would be granted an early release from prison. Documents include Kay Smith's arrest and trial records, as well as a timeline of Kay Smith's life created by Powell for the Parade article. Newspaper clippings include the Parade article and other articles dealing with Kay Smith's return to prison in 1988.
Folder 51-55
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55 |
Correspondence |
Folder 56 |
Legal documents |
Folder 57 |
Clippings |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5153/1-2
OPF-5153/1OPF-5153/2 |
Oversize papers |
Items separated include oversize papers (OP-5153).
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