Preliminary
Inventory of the Bernard I. Duffey Papers,
1957 -
1983
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Descriptive Summary
Title
Bernard
I. Duffey Papers,
1957 - 1983.
Creator
Duffey, Bernard I.,
1917-
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet,
1,000
Items
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Abstract
Bernard I. Duffey worked as an author and
Professor of English at Duke University. Papers include
correspondence, notebooks, memoranda, minutes, committee
notes, course materials, manuscript materials and research
notes. Major subjects include Bernard I. Duffey, Duke
University, Duke University's Department of English
curriculum, the Duke University Press, Program II, and
study and teaching of American literature and poetry.
Materials range in date from 1957-1983. Contains restricted
materials.
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
In accordance with the Family Education Rights
and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits
students to inspect their education records and limits the
disclosure of personally identifiable information from
education records.
Unprocessed materials are closed pending
processing.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is
required for use.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is
held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by
the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bernard I. Duffey
Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The Bernard I. Duffey Papers were received by
the University Archives as a transfer in 1974 and 1988.
Processing Information
Processed by Emily Glenn
Completed March 2003
This collection is partially processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Encoded by Jill Katte, September 2003
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Bernard I. Duffey received his bachelor's degree
from Oberlin College and his master's and doctoral degrees
from Ohio State University. Duffey began his career
teaching at Michigan State University and the University of
Minnesota.
In 1963, he joined the Duke University English
Department, where he taught American poetry and
contemporary American literature. He received a Fulbright
scholarship to teach at the University of Copenhagen in
1970, and was also a visiting professor at the University
of California at Irvine. Duffey was chair of the English
Department Courses and Curriculum Committee and served on a
variety of committees and boards at Duke University: the
Committee on Teacher Evaluation and Learning Process,
Program II Committee, and the Duke University Press
Editorial Advisory Board.
Duffey's writings include:
Modern American
Literature (1951),
The Chicago Renaissance in
American Letters (1956),
Poetry in America : Expression
and its Values in the Times of Bryant, Whitman, and
Pound (1978),
Chicago's Public Wits; a
Chapter in the American Comic Spirit (1983), and
A Poetry of Presence: the
Writing of William Carlos Williams (1986). One of
his essays was published in
The Comic Imagination in
American Literature (1973), a collection about the
sources of humor in literature.
Bernard I. Duffey, professor emeritus of English,
died in 1994.
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Collection Overview
Contains materials pertaining to the professional
work of Bernard I. Duffey, author and Professor of English
at Duke University. Papers include correspondence,
notebooks, memoranda, minutes, committee notes, course
materials, manuscript materials and research notes. Major
subjects include Bernard I. Duffey, Duke University, Duke
University's Department of English curriculum, the Duke
University Press, Program II, and study and teaching of
American literature and poetry. Materials range in date
from 1957-1983. Contains restricted materials.
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Subject Headings
These and related materials may be accessed under
the following subject headings in the Duke University
Libraries online catalog.
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Related Material
Dept. of English records.
University Archives, Duke
University.
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Preliminary Description of the
Collection
Container List:
NOTE: Some of these materials may not be
immediately accessible because they require further
processing before use. Please contact University Archives
staff before visiting to use this collection.
Box 1
Correspondence,
1970-1972
English Department Committees, ca.
1965-1973
Courses and Curriculum Committee
Graduate Student - Faculty
Committee
Student evaluation of teachers, form
construction materials
Undergraduate Faculty Council of the
Arts and Sciences, ca.
1972-1974
Courses in contemporary American
literature and poetry, course materials,
syllabi
Program II
Applications
NOTE: Program II Applications and other
student records are RESTRICTED.
General advisory committee
materials
Duke University Press board, ca.
1981
Research notebooks
Poetics of Nature
Encounter and
Irresolution
Some Elements of
Narrative, unpublished manuscript,
1981
