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Caroline Gordon Collection
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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
School age neurological and cognitive outcomes of fetal growth retardation or small for gestational age birth weight
No full textChildren who were growth restricted in utero (FGR) and are born small for gestational age (SGA) may experience poorer longterm neurological and cognitive outcomes. Those also born preterm may have particular difficulties. The objective of this paperwas to review the literature on school age neurocognitive outcome for term and preterm children that was published in the lastfifteen years. Considering term born children first, there is evidence that these children are at higher risk for Cerebral Palsy (CP)than those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA); information on neuromotor function in the absence of CP is somewhatcontradictory. With regards to cognitive outcome, the most common finding was that being born SGA and/or FGR at term does notimpact negatively on general intellectual functioning, commonly assessed by IQ scores. There was some indication that they mayexperience particular problems with attention. With regards to children born preterm, the risk of CP appears not to be increasedcompared to those preterms born AGA. For preterm children who do not develop CP, motor outcome is more affected bypost-natal and post-neonatal brain growth than intrauterine growth. In contrast to term born children, preterm SGA and/or FGRchildren are at increased risk of cognitive and behavioural difficulties, and in common with term born children, are at higher riskthan their AGA counterparts of difficulties with attentional control. In conclusion, preterm born SGA and/or FGR children are athigher risk of neurodevelopmental problems in the school years. It is important to continue to follow up children into the schoolage years because these difficulties may take time to emerge, and may be more visible in the more demanding schoolenvironment
Everyday memory in children with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) who underwent hypothermia treatment (HT)
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General cognitive, executive and memory function in children with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) who underwent hypothermia treatment
No full textBackground and Aims: Despite the introduction of hypothermia treatment (HT), children with neonatalhypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) HIE are at increased risk of severe neuromotor impairment (Cerebral Palsy, CP) and developmental impairment.Information on school-age outcomes in the substantial proportion who survive without CP is limited. Here we report preliminary findings.Method:Thirty-one children admitted to University Hospital Southampton for HT who survived without major neuromotor impairment were assessed at 4 years(y) 9 months(m) - 6y and 8m (mean age 5y4m, SD: 0.37m); mean gestational age 40.20 weeks (SD 1.20), mean birthweight 3465g (SD 704.83).General cognition was assessed using Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPSSI-IV). Executive Functions (EF) by the Auditory Attention and Inhibition (AAI) NEPSY tasks, and everyday memory with the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test Children (RBMT-C).Results: Mean FSIQ for the HIE children was within the norm (Mean 95 SD=13.7). However, 38.4% had FSIQ score below average. AAI mean scores were in the average range ;- but 20.8% were at borderline and below expected level. Over 50% were borderline or impaired on RBMT-C (Mean=14.3, SD=2.9).Conclusion: Children with a history of neonatal HIE without CP are understudied, and frequently discharged from follow-up at 2 years. Most studies focus on early developmental outcomes. Our preliminary results indicate they are at risk for clinically significant difficulties in areas important for school readiness and learning, particularly everyday memory
The role english plays in the construction of professional identities in nest-nnes bilingual marriages in İstanbul
No full textCaroline Fell Kurban (MEF Author)…WOS:000389065100011Book Citation Index- Social Sciences and HumanitiesArticle; Book ChapterOcakYÖK - 2014-1
Meet My Mentors -- Janet Wallin and Caroline Heriot
No full textIn this article, Dean Ed Edmonds describes his relationship with two people who mentored him in his career as a legal librarian
Children with neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia are not as school ready as their peers
No full textAbstractAim: We aimed to determine whether children with neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH) differ from their peers on measures of fine motor skills, executive function, language and general cognitive abilities; factors that are important for school readiness. Methods: We compared school readiness in 31children with HIE treated with TH (without Cerebral Palsy; mean age 5 years 4 months) with 20 typically developing children without HIE (mean age 5 years 6 months). Results: Children with HIE scored significantly lower than typically developing children on fine motor skills, executive functions, memory and language. Conclusion: While general cognitive abilities and attainment were in the normal range, our findings suggest those scores mask specific underlying difficulties identified by more focussed assessments. Children with HIE treated with TH may not be as “school ready” as their typically developing classmates and may benefit from long-term follow-up until starting school
Minor neurological signs and behavioural function at age 2 years in neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)
No full textBackground: neurodevelopmental follow-up in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) typically focusses on major neuromotor (cerebral palsy, CP) and severe cognitive impairment. Outcomes in those without major neuromotor impairment are less well explored. Objectives: to examine behavioural, cognitive and neurological outcomes after neonatal HIE, in a clinical cohort of children without CP, at age 2 years. Methods: clinical routine outcome data from children admitted to a tertiary centre with neonatal HIE for hypothermia treatment between 05/08/09 - 30/05/2016. Children were assessed for neuromotor status – particularly minor neurological signs (MNS), with Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III (Bayley III) or Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ), Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 (CBCL), Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT).Results: of 107 children, 75.5% had normal neurology, 12.1% CP, 12.1% MNS. Children with CP were excluded from analyses. For those without CP, Bayley-III scores were in the average range for the majority; mild cognitive delay observed in 5%, 4.2% language, 1.3% motor development; severe delay in 1.3% for cognitive, 4.2% for language. More than in the normative population scored in clinical ranges for CBCL externalising, sleep, and other problems. No significant difference was seen for Q-CHAT. Children with MNS were significantly more likely to have impaired Bayley-III scores, parent-reported internalising, sleep, and other problems. Conclusions: in this clinical cohort, the majority of children had favourable outcome at 2 years. However, children with MNS were at risk for cognitive and behavioural difficulties and will benefit from enhanced clinical follow-up and support.<br/
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