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Caroline Gordon Collection
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EXTENT
Linear Feet: 2 linear feet
Number of Containers: 2 boxes
Series 1: Writings, 31 files
Series 2: Lectures, 19 files
Series 3: Courses, 10 files
Series 4: Book Reviews, 5 files
Series 5: About Caroline Gordon,8 files
Series 6: Correspondence, 18 files
Series 7: Books, 5 books
Series 8: Media: 9 digital files, 9 cassettes, 2 reelsCOLLECTION DETAILS
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BIOGRAPHICAL / Historical Note: Twentieth-century novelist Caroline Gordon was born into the Kentucky line of the extensive Meriwether family in 1895. Exploration of the family's past and its evolution is a major theme of her fiction. She grew up at Merry Mont in Todd County, near Clarksville where she received her early education. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethany College in 1916. Her father is the idealized subject of Gordon's second novel, Alec Maury, Sportsman (1934), and the central character in her much-anthologized story, "Old Red." Gordon taught briefly; then, as a journalist, she became one of the first reviewers to comment favorably on a new Nashville-based magazine of poetry, The Fugitive. During the summer of 1924, Robert Penn Warren, a Todd County neighbor, introduced her to Allen Tate. Within a year they were married and living in New York City, where their daughter, Nancy Meriwether was born. With Tate, she began a period of life abroad, devoted to writing and sustained by various fellowships granted to one or the other. In London, Gordon was secretary to the influential British writer Ford Madox. In 1930 the Tates returned to the United States and settled in Clarksville in a house provided by Tate's brother Ben and called "Benfolly." Both Tates were exceptionally hospitable to friends and encouraging to younger writers. Both were prolific correspondents, generous with constructive criticism. (Gordon eventually became mentor to several writers, most notably Flannery O'Connor). Although she had to wrest time for her writing from domestic and social obligations, the eight Benfolly years were especially productive for Gordon, who published four novels and several stories before 1937. The first novel was Penhally (1931), followed by Alec Maury, Sportsman (1934), None Shall Look Back (1937), and The Garden of Adonis (1937), studies of the southern family during the Civil War and Great Depression. Academic appointments of the 1940s took the Tates throughout the Southeast and to Princeton, where they established a home near their daughter, who married psychiatrist Percy Wood in 1944. During this time Gordon published her fifth novel, Green Centuries (1941). Her second related group of novels, The Woman on the Porch (1944), which deals with a troubled marriage, The Strange Children (1951), based on life at Benfolly, and The Malefactors (1956), is informed by her conversion to Roman Catholicism. She and her husband wrote The House of Fiction (1950), which was followed by Gordon's How to Read a Novel in 1957. Gordon lived in Princeton until 1973, teaching, and writing: The Glory of Hera (1972). An appointment in the creative writing program drew her to the University of Dallas (Gordon was 77 years old when she proposed the new creative writing program at UD). When her health began to fail in 1978, she moved to San Cristobal de las Casas in Chapas, Mexico, with her daughter and family. She died there on April 11, 1981.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION Caroline Gordon (1895-1981) was an American author. This collection consists of manuscripts of Gordon's work, including novels, lectures, and poetry during her time at the University of Dallas. It also includes correspondence with authors and family members, writings of others, and photographs.
Lectures and Commentary available here: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14026/2548University of Dalla
[Amnesty Letter ID067] / [Davidson, Allen T.
No full textThis letter was written by Allen T. Davidson to President Andrew Johnson in response to the President's Amnesty Proclamation of 29 May 1865. The writer indicates his county of residence as Cherokee Co. (North Carolina) and does not state his occupation
Gordon and Eight Hours monuments and Grand Hotel, Melbourne, 1914.
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from inscriptions.; Part of the: Jim Davidson Australian postcard collection, 1880-1980.; Condition: Yellowing.; Inscription: Gordon and Eight Hours monuments and Grand Hotel, Melbourne. IV"--Printed on image.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6449115
Microweisea misella
No full textMicroweisea misella (LeConte) Microweisea misella: Gordon 1985: 40. This is an extremely small (0.98-1.45 mm long), rounded, dark brown scale insect predator found from southeastern Canada to Florida and Texas west to British Columbia and northern California. Scale prey previously recorded are Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman), Melanaspis obscura (Comstock), Chionaspis pinifolia (Fitch), Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell), and Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) (Miller and Davidson 2005). In 1998 M. misella was laboratory reared from a collection of Putnam scale, Diaspidiotus ancylus (Putnam) (Diaspididae), new prey record. The original collection was from blueberry at Chatsworth, NJ, Blueberry-Cranberry Experiment Station, on March 28, 1998, by Miller and Davidson.Published as part of Gordon, Robert & Davidson, John, 2008, A new prey record and range extension for Hyperaspis paludicola Schwarz and a new prey record for Microweisea misella (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), pp. 1-2 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (43) on pages 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.535238
My Three Angels photo 2
No full textCast photograph of My Three Angels, performed December 12-14, 1961 at Bismarck Junior College. Left to right: Marlene DuVall, Walter Bailey, Bud Singleton, Mike McCormack, Gordon Davidson, Connie Freeberg
General Charles Gordon and Eight Hours monuments and Grand Hotel, Melbourne, 1914.
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from inscriptions.; Part of the: Jim Davidson Australian postcard collection, 1880-1980.; Condition: Yellowing.; Inscription: "Gordon and Eight Hours Monuments and Grand Hotel, Melbourne"--Printed on image; "The Valentine & Sons Publishing Con. Ltd, Melbourne"--Printed on reverse; "1914"--In ink on reverse.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6449093
Henri Temianka Correspondence; (davidson)
No full textThis collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/1794/thumbnail.jp
Statement of Gordon Hirabayashi
No full textStatement by Gordon Hirabayashi about his refusal to register for forced removal to an incarceration camp. He writes: "This order for the mass evacuation of all persons of Japanese descent denies them the right to live."The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case Ex parte Mitsuye Endo (1944), in which the United States Supreme court unanimously ruled that the federal government could not indefinitely detain United States citizens who were loyal to the government. Files include documents related to the Gordon Hirabayashi Supreme Court case Hirabayashi v. United States
Author Gordon Henry reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Gordon Henry, MSU professor of English, reads selections of his poetry and fiction then answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
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