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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
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Isaac H. Kempner to F. L. Gordon discussing his recovery after loosing sight in one of his eyes
Telegram from John F. Gordon to Minnie Meacham Carter
No full textTelegram from John F. Gordon, Vice President of General Motors Corporation, to Minnie Meacham Carter upon the death of Amon Giles Carter. The telegram expresses condolences about his death.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_meachamcarterpapers/1445/thumbnail.jp
Interview with Amos F. Gordon
No full textAmos Gordon was a music teacher and musician in Birmingham. In this interview, he discusses Birmingham's unique musical heritage, explaining that Duke Ellington's first trumpet player and several members of Count Basie's band were from Birmingham. While living in Birmingham, he played in band called the Virba Cathedral band. They played in nearby areas for $10.00 per night. During the Depression, his music supported him. After graduating high school, he attended Alabama State then went on get his Master's at New York University. In 1939 he was hired at Tuttle Elementary School in Birmingham to teach band and Social Studies. He was drafted in 1943 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia. He was discharged in 1946 and then went on to tour with various jazz musicians. He toured with Louis Armstrong, Lucky Millender and Andy Kirk. He discusses life on the road and goes on to say that he eventually got tired of and bored with traveling thousands of miles on a bus. Gordon describes Birmingham's music scene in the '30s and 40s: all the big bands would come here... Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lucky Millender, Louis Armstrong... The bands were booked by black agents and played to all black audiences. He also describes the story behind the song, Tuxedo Junction, a song credited to Birmingham composer Erskine Hawkins. While teaching music in Birmingham, he would be given free tickets to shows sponsored by Birmingham News but was forced to sit in the balcony. Gordon also recounts Nat King Cole's visit to Birmingham's Boutwell auditorium in the 1960s; Cole was physically attacked by a white man from Anniston. Cole subsequently said he would never come back to Birmingham
Finite size effects and the supersymmetric sine-Gordon models
No full textWe propose nonlinear integral equations to describe the groundstate energy of the fractional supersymmetric sine-Gordon models. The equations encompass the N = 1 supersymmetric sine-Gordon model as well as the phi(id,id,adj) perturbation of the SU(2)(L) x SU(2)(K)/SU(2)(L+K) models at rational level K. A second set of equations is proposed for the groundstate energy of the N = 2 supersymmetric sine-Gordon model
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
Wolfang station shearing shed loading bales, Clermont, Queensland, ca. 1915 [picture] /
No full textAccompanied by photographic print.; Glass negative no. 111.; Part of the Gordon Cumming Pullar collection of glass negatives of Clermont, Yeppoon and nearby locations, Queensland, ca. 1905-1932.; Photograph no. 219 in the book A shifting town : glass-plate images of Clermont and its people.; Wolfang Downs was established in 1863 by Augustus Kerrin and acquired by Oscar de Satge, author of Pages from the Journal of a Queensland Squatter; note the crane for lifting bales. .; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4191848; Published in: A shifting town : glass-plate images of Clermont and its people / by G.C. Pullar ; compiled by Richard and Marguerite Stringer ; text by Marguerite Stringer. St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1986
Bulk lubricating oil stocks and 45 gallon drums and corner of bunded area of Tank 25 bulk product storage looking north-west, Newport Depot, Victoria, January 1954 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Ampol and Caltex photograph collection.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by donor.; Condition: Good.; "From The Gordon F. De Lisle Studios, photographic illustrators, the Exhibition Buildings Melbourne, FJ 5337, No. ...." -- stamped in ink on reverse.; "North-west, Bulk lubricating oil stocks and 45 gallon drums. Corner of the bunded area of Tank 25 - bulk product." -- typed on label adhered on reverse.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24429286
Gordon, F C, 405047
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/388182Surname: GORDON. Given Name(s) or Initials: F C. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 405047. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 47259.210952
Item: [2016.0049.20475] "Gordon, F C, 405047
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