Thomas H. Carter Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Contains the correspondence of Thomas H. Carter and the editors of Shenandoah, 1950-53, and of Mr. Carter, 1950-1962, including numerous letters from leading contemporary literary figures; typescripts from v.III, no.3, 1952, v.IV, nos. 2-3, 1953, of Shenandoah. Also contains letters written to Thomas Carter regarding Spearhead. Authors of the letters vary from editors and publishers to personal friends and prospective contributors to the aforementioned publications. Also includes manuscripts by George Fox and Joe Kennedy. Includes letters of condolence sent to Mrs. Carter upon the death of her son in 1963.
Dates
- Inclusive 1948-1968
Creator
- Carter, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry) (Correspondent, Person)
- Fox, George (Correspondent, Person)
- Anderson, Margaret (Correspondent, Person)
- Kennedy, Joe (Correspondent, Person)
- Beatty, Richard Croom (Correspondent, Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Thomas Carter was editor of Spearhead and Shenandoah.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
A second installment was the gift of Dr. James Boatwright.
- Authors
- Berryman, John (Correspondent)
- Brown, Ashley (Correspondent)
- Cabell, James Branch (Correspondent)
- Campbell, Roy (Correspondent)
- Cheney, Brainard (Correspondent)
- Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin) (Correspondent)
- Davidson, Donald (Correspondent)
- Derleth, August William (Correspondent)
- Editors
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) (Correspondent)
- Faulkner, William (Correspondent)
- Fishwick, Marshall William (Correspondent)
- Gordon, Caroline (Correspondent)
- Jarrell, Randall (Correspondent)
- Kenner, Hugh (Correspondent)
- Kirk, Russell (Correspondent)
- Lewis, Wyndham (Correspondent)
- Leyburn, James Graham (Correspondent)
- Literature
- Lytle, Andrew Nelson (Correspondent)
- Macauley, Robie (Correspondent)
- McCullers, Carson (Correspondent)
- McLuhan, Marshall (Correspondent)
- Moore, Marianne (Correspondent)
- Moore, Merrill (Correspondent)
- Mudrick, Marvin (Correspondent)
- Nixon, H. C. (Herman Clarence) (Correspondent)
- O'Connor, Flannery (Correspondent)
- Odum, Howard Washington (Correspondent)
- Porter, Katherine Anne (Correspondent)
- Pound, Ezra (Correspondent)
- Pound, Omar (Correspondent)
- Ransom, John Crowe (Correspondent)
- Russell, Peter (Correspondent)
- Shenandoah (Washington and Lee University)
- Spearhead (Washington and Lee University)
- Stevens, Wallace (Correspondent)
- Stewart, Randall (Correspondent)
- Tate, Allen (Correspondent)
- Taylor, Peter (Correspondent)
- Williams, William Carlos (Correspondent)
Source
- Boatwright, James, III (Correspondent, Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository