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Dorn, Edward

 Person

Biography

writer on the American West, poet and novelist, became a professor at the University of Colorado in 1978 where he taught for the rest of his life. b. April 2, 1929 in Villa Grove, Ill.; d. Dec. 10 1999 at home in Denver

Found in 3 Records:

American Poetry - 20th Century literary ephemera collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 15
Overview

An artificial collection of manuscript drafts of poetry, correspondence, and other materials from a variety of poets and authors of the mid-20th century, purchased or otherwise acquired from a variety of sources and assembled by Spencer Research Library staff.

Dates: 1950s-1960s, 1980s (bulk 1960s)

Jim McCrary papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 332
Overview This collection consists of incoming correspondence sent to Jim McCrary and submissions to and correspondence about his literary zine Smelt Money: a poetics newsletter from the kaw river bottoms, produced by McCrary in Lawrence, Kansas in the mid-1990s. Also in the collection is a draft and final copy of a short story written by McCrary, materials related to the River City Reunion held in Lawrence, Kansas in September 1987, and a set of recorded readings...
Dates: 1972 - 1999

River City Reunion audiovisual recordings

 Collection
Call Number: SC AV 56
Overview

The River City Reunion was a large-scale cultural event held in Lawrence, Kansas in September 1987 that celebrated the town's contributions to the arts in the Midwest and a gathering of cross-generational counter-culture writers, musicians, and performers. This collection predominately contains audiovisual materials covering the event and a number of release forms associated with the audiovisual material.

Dates: 1987, 1993, and February 1995

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American poetry 1
American poetry -- 20th century 1
American poetry -- 20th century -- Periodicals 1
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