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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
The Elton Archive
No full textPlease note: the files for this record have been embargoed and replaced with a second version of the work available to download from the related item.
The Elton Archive mostly comprises the Field Notes compiled 1942-1965 by Charles S. Elton, FRS, CBE (1900-1991) while he was Director of the Bureau of Animal Population, a research group affiliated to the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy (from 1963, Department of Zoology), Oxford University. Further material (not yet transcribed) is held in the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections.
Also included in this Archive are transcriptions of a seminar that Elton gave in 1962 to mark 30 years of the Bureau of Animal Population, apparently delivered to a small audience in the library of the Magdalen labs., and that of a similar event in 1993 by Dr. John R. Clarke, Elton’s research student and long-time collaborator. The original manuscripts were held in private archives, as were those of the accounts of three Expeditions from Oxford University to the Arctic archipelago now called Svalbard in 1921, 1923 and 1924.
They were transcribed and edited 2013-4 by Caroline M. Pond (Emerita Professor of Comparative Anatomy, The Open University and honorary Senior Research Associate in Zoology, Oxford University) as a volunteer recruited by the Joint Museums Volunteer Service and supervised by Nigel Fisher (Wytham Woods), Darren Mann (Hope Entomological Collections) and Keith Kirby (Department of Plant Sciences). Voice-activated software (Dragon and Talkingpoint) was used throughout. The Editor would like to record that she attended Elton’s lectures as an undergraduate in the 1960s, and was a colleague of Stephen Hurry (1932-2008) at The Open University when he worked there 1979-92.
The Elton Archive material is made available by permission of his family and the Department of Zoology (successors to the Bureau of Animal Population) and Oxford Museum of Natural History via the Oxford Research Archive, through the work of Professor Caroline Pond who 'read-in' the entire oeuvre. The Elton Archive mostly comprises the Field Notes compiled 1942-1965 by Charles S. Elton, FRS, CBE (1900-1991) while he was Director of the Bureau of Animal Population, a research group affiliated to the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy (from 1963, Department of Zoology), Oxford University. Further material (not yet transcribed) is held in the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections. Also included in this Archive are transcriptions of a seminar that Elton gave in 1962 to mark 30 years of the Bureau of Animal Population, apparently delivered to a small audience in the library of the Magdalen labs., and that of a similar event in 1993 by Dr. John R. Clarke, Elton’s research student and long-time collaborator. The original manuscripts were held in private archives, as were those of the accounts of three Expeditions from Oxford University to the Arctic archipelago now called Svalbard in 1921, 1923 and 1924. They were transcribed and edited 2013-4 by Caroline M. Pond (Emerita Professor of Comparative Anatomy, The Open University and honorary Senior Research Associate in Zoology, Oxford University) as a volunteer recruited by the Joint Museums Volunteer Service and supervised by Nigel Fisher (Wytham Woods), Darren Mann (Hope Entomological Collections) and Keith Kirby (Department of Plant Sciences). Voice-activated software (Dragon and Talkingpoint) was used throughout. The Editor would like to record that she attended Elton’s lectures as an undergraduate in the 1960s, and was a colleague of Stephen Hurry (1932-2008) at The Open University when he worked there 1979-92. The Elton Archive material is made available by permission of his family and the Department of Zoology (successors to the Bureau of Animal Population) and Oxford Museum of Natural History via the Oxford Research Archive, through the work of Professor Caroline Pond who 'read-in' the entire oeuvre
Strength in Numbers: The Power of Alliances in The Handmaid’s Tale and 2017 Women’s March on Washington
No full textOverview: Margaret Atwood captivates her readers as she spins the tale of a futuristic version of our own world after a totalitarian regime takes over. She welcomes the readers to the new, radical society, formerly the United States, known now as the Republic of Gilead. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood tells the story of a woman in this dystopian future who, like so many others, has been stripped of all her liberties and whose sole purpose is to reproduce for the overall good of society. Birth rates have declined and many citizens are sterile due to environmental pollution and rampant outbreaks of sterilizing STD’s and STI’s. The result is a nation starving for children. The religion-based totalitarian government has no tolerance for dissent and reprimands offenders swiftly, with lethal methods of punishment.
Author\u27s Reflection: My name is Caroline Paley, and I am an English Writing and American Studies double major at St. John Fisher College. I am also a Peer Colleague for one of the freshman learning communities and am training to be a tutor in the campus writing center beginning in Spring 2018.
The most rewarding aspect of the writing process in my 199 was probably the final few days before the final draft was due. The paper was finished, all requirements had been met, and I was able to simply proofread for small errors while marveling at the fact that a research paper had stemmed from a single thesis. The most challenging aspects of the writing process were probably accepting feedback, both positive and negative, and being open-minded about the direction the paper was headed. Although I struggled to be open-minded with peer and professor suggestions and was at times adamant about which direction my paper was headed, moving past these challenges ultimately strengthened my paper.
I have found that the skills I honed in my 199 such as synthesis, effective academic research, and analysis are incredibly useful in assignments I am completing this semester. I also have become more confident in my ability to write. I used to believe that I was barely capable of crafting a six page essay let alone a complete research paper. After completing the 199 course, I can honestly say I have never been so confident in my writing abilities and my choice in pursuing writing as one of my majors. I have no doubt that the skills I have learned will continue to benefit me both in college and whatever career path I choose to pursue.
Dr. Uman\u27s Summary: Caroline’s paper is a powerful example of literary analysis that shows us how fiction can help us confront some of the most difficult questions of our time. Caroline was motivated by the Women’s March on Washington that followed the 2016 presidential election. She saw in the marches potential for resistance against forces of hatred and domination , a theme that is frequently explored in dystopian literature such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. This personal connection gave Caroline energy and enthusiasm throughout the writing and revision process, a process that she approached with great seriousness. I can’t tell you how many drafts Caroline wrote in addition to those required, but I can tell you that her final version is insightful, well-researched, carefully organized, and, finally, hopeful
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
“Strategic Lying”: Or How the Conservatives Dominated the Campaign News Agenda
No full textIvor Gaber and Caroline Fisher explore attempts by the Conservatives’ public relations operation, their ‘spin’ machine, to influence the campaign agenda. The piece focuses on the work of Boris Johnson’s influential adviser Dominic Cummings and others to shape the electoral narrative through use of what the authors call ‘strategic lying’. Such interventions are placed in context, along with reflections on the extent to which deception has come to define contemporary politics and how, in particular, this practice informed the 2019 campaign
Caroline Wardle
No full textCaroline Wardle is the wife of George Wardle. They were married on December 15, 1868. She was born May 19, 1850 in Preston, Lancashire, England. Her parents were James Waller and Eliza Kazia Carr Fisher. She died on April 24, 1931 in Vernal, Utah
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