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 2 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