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Size | 10.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8000 items) |
Abstract | The collection of North Carolina author, poet, and educator, Sally Buckner (1931-), contains correspondence, materials relating to Buckner's editorial work, writings, materials documenting teaching and other literary activities, and other items. Correspondence is primarily with writers--among them Betty Adcock, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ruth Moose, Sam Ragan, and Shelby Stephenson--but there are also letters from editors, educators, friends, and political figures. Editorial files relate to the anthologies Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (1995) and Our Words, Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina (1999). Also included are published and unpublished writings; teaching materials relating to creative writing courses for college, high school, and middle school students; materials documenting her work with the North Carolina Poetry Society, the International Poetry Festival, and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame; photographs of Buckner and her family; and other items. |
Creator | Buckner, Sally. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Danielle Weber, June 2006
Encoded by: Danielle Weber, June 2006
Updated: May 2019
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Sally Buckner was born in Statesville, N.C., in 1931, to George Beaver, a plumber, and Foda Stack Beaver, a teacher and bookkeeper. She received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. She taught at every level, from kindergarten through graduate school and after 28 years on the faculty at Peace College, Raleigh, N.C., in 1998.
Buckner published fiction and poetry in a number of journals and anthologies, including Voices from Home, Crucible, and Out of Line. A collection of her poetry, Strawberry Harvest was published in 1986. Buckner also edited two anthologies, Our Words, Our Ways (1995) and Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (1999). She conducted numerous writing workshops and won many awards, among them the Ragan-Rubin Award and the R. Hunt Parker Award for her contributions to North Carolina literature. As of 2006, she and her husband Bob live in Raleigh, N.C., where she writes, leads writing workshops, and is involved in social and political issues.
Back to TopThe papers of writer and creative writing teacher Sally Buckner of Raleigh, N.C. include correspondence, materials relating to Buckner's editorial work, writings, materials documenting teaching and other literary activities, and other items. Correspondence is primarily with writers--among them Betty Adcock, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ruth Moose, Sam Ragan, and Shelby Stephenson--but there are also letters from editors, educators, friends, and political figures. Editorial files relate to the anthologies Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (1995) and Our Words, Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina (1999). Also included are published and unpublished writings; teaching materials relating to creative writing courses for college, high school, and middle school students; materials documenting her work with the North Carolina Poetry Society, the International Poetry Festival, and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame; photographs of Buckner and her family; and other items.
Back to TopArrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence of Sally Buckner, including letters from other writers, editors, educators, friends, and political figures. There is substantial correspondence with Betty Adcock, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ruth Moose, Sam Ragan, and Shelby Stephenson. There is also correspondence is with publications, chiefly Women's Day and The Red Clay Reader, and letters pertaining to workshops, the North Carolina Poetry Society, publication acceptance and rejection letters. Note that correspondence relating to specific projects is filed with other materials relating to those projects.
Box 1 |
A-R |
Box 2 |
S-Y |
Unidentified Correspondents |
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Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence |
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Rejection Letters |
Files related to Buckner's work as editor of Words and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (1999). Author information files consist of correspondence, clippings, writings, permission to publish forms, and some biographical information. Also included are lists of poems to be used;; a biography of each author; materials related to the production and publishing of the anthology; correspondence with Marsha Warren and Susan Myers, who were liaisons between the North Carolina Poetry Society and Buckner; reviews and other post-publication items; and other items.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Files related to Buckner's work as editor of Our Words, Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina (1995). Author information files consist of correspondence, clippings, writings, permission to publish forms, and some biographical information. There are also files with research materials, photographs, and illustrations; materials related to the production and publishing of the book; correspondence with school districts and materials about using the anthology in teaching; and other items.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Unpublished work, working drafts of poetry and prose, an unfinished novel, drafts of plays including Moving to Music and Dear Mrs. Dare, and clippings of Buckner's work from publications.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Materials documenting Buckner's involvement with teaching creative writing to college, high school, and middle school students. Included are materials concerning poetry contests, presentations to North Carolina teachers, and Buckner's teaching positions at Peace College and North Carolina State University.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Materials documenting Buckner's involvement with organizations and committees, chiefly the International Poetry Festival and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. There are also speeches and presentations prepared for festivals and conferences in which Buckner participated.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Postcards, brochures, and notes collected by Buckner. Included are writing and teaching awards, compositions by authors Jim Power and Debbie Hopper, and other materials.
Box 20 |
Miscellaneous Materials |
Awards |
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Compositions by others |
Image Folder PF-5250/1 |
Primarily photographs of Buckner and her family |
Box 20 |
Papers (Addition of July 2013)Acquisitions Information: Accession 101823. Includes correspondence and other materials about the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, "Our Words, Our Ways," and the 1989 North Carolina Poet Laureate Conference. |