James McConkey papers, (ca. 1948-1990)
Collection Number: 14-12-2937
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
James McConkey papers, (ca. 1948-1990)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-12-2937
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts, class lecture notes, reviews, photographs, and other
papers of an author and professor of English. Works include Kayo and Rowan's Progress;
University papers relate to the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs. Correspondence
consists of literary fan mail, letters relating to literature, publishing, humanity
and literary foundations, and recommendations. Correspondents include James Dickey,
Archie Ammons, John Cheever, Stephen Jay Gould, E. M. Forster, Denise Levertov, Walker
Percy, and Eudora Welty.
Creator:
McConkey, James.
Quanitities:
5.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
James McConkey is an author and professor emeritus of English at Cornell University.
Correspondence, manuscripts, class lecture notes, reviews, photographs, and other
papers of an author and professor of English. Works include Kayo and Rowan's Progress;
University papers relate to the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs. Correspondence
consists of literary fan mail, letters relating to literature, publishing, humanity
and literary foundations, and recommendations. Correspondents include James Dickey,
Archie Ammons, John Cheever, Stephen Jay Gould, E. M. Forster, Denise Levertov, Walker
Percy, and Eudora Welty.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
James McConkey papers, #14-12-2937. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Dickey, James.
Cheever, John.
Ammons, A. R., 1926-
Gould, Stephen Jay.
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
Levertov, Denise, 1923-
Percy, Walker, 1916-
Welty, Eudora, 1909-
Cornell University. Faculty Committee on Student Affairs
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Correspondence A-K
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| Box 2 |
Correspondence L-Z
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| Box 3 |
Correspondence not yet identified
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| Box 4 |
Rowan's Progress notes
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| Box 5 |
Kayo manuscript
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| Box 6 |
Kayo galleys
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| Box 7 |
Miscellaneous manuscripts, nd-
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1980 | |
| Box 8 |
Miscellaneous manuscripts,
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1984-1990 | |
| Box 9 |
Cornell University: speeches, lecture notes
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| Box 10 |
Cornell University: Faculty Committee on Student Affairs
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| Box 11 |
Reviews
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| Box 12 |
Reviews
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| Box 13 |
Photographs
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| Box 14 |
Publications including work by McConkey
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