Guide to the John Hall Wheelock Collections, 1935-1979: The Papers of Helen S. Belknap, Diana Chang, Vince Clemente, Michel Farano, Elwood Holstein, Marion E. Kenworthy, Leighton Rollinsm Hope Stoddard, Carolyn Tyson
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TitleJohn Hall Wheelock Collections,
1935-1979
Creator
Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
640 Items
Repository
640 Items
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in the John Hall Wheelock Collections are
unknown. For further information, see the section on copyright in the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library.
Provenance
The John Hall Wheelock Collections
(1935-1979) were donated to and purchased by the Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library between
1978 and
1986:
The Helen S. Belknap papers
(1968-1969) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1986 by Mrs. Kirby S. Tupper Jr.
The Diana Chang papers
(1976) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library in
1979 by Diana Chang Herrmann.
The Vince Clemente papers
(1966-1979) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1979 by Vince Clemente.
The Michel Farano papers
(1935-1976?) were purchased by the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1983-
1984.
The Elwood Holstein papers
(1972-1978) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1985 by Elwood Holstein.
The Marion E. Kenworthy papers
(1954-1976?) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1983 by Irene Dahut and the Estate of Marion Edwina
Kenworthy.
The Leighton Rollins papers
(1955-1975) were purchased by the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1980.
The Hope Stoddard papers
(1972-1978?) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1978 by Hope Stoddard.
The Carolyn Tyson papers
(1977-1978) were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library in
1979 by Carolyn Tyson.
Processing Information
Processed by Stanley Blair
Completed July 23, 1992
Encoded by Stephen Douglas Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
John Hall Wheelock| 1886, Sept. 9 | Born, Far Rockaway, N.Y. |
| 1904-1908 | Student, Harvard University; Official Poet of the Class of 1908 |
| 1909-1910 | Student, University of Gottingen and University of Berlin. |
| 1911-1957 | Employed by the publishing firm of Charles Scribner's Sons, where he assisted and then succeeded Maxwell Perkins as senior editor, and where he advanced the careers of writers James Dickey, Louis Simpson, and Thomas Wolfe |
| 1937 | New England Poetry Society's Golden Rose Award for Poems, 1911-1936 |
| 1940, Aug. 25 | Married Phyllis de Kay |
| 1944-1946 | President, Poetry Society of America |
| 1956-1965 | Won a number of prizes for his poetry, including the 1956 Torrence Memorial Award, the 1957 Borestone Mountain Award, the 1962 Bollingen Prize, and the 1965 Harvard University Signet Society Medal |
| 1967-1973 | Honorary Consultant in American Letters, Library of Congress |
| 1972 | Gold Medal of the Poetry Society of America |
| 1978, Mar. 22 | Died |
John Hall Wheelock was the author of several books, including Verses by Two Undergraduates (with Van Wyck Brooks; 1905), The Human Fantasy (1911), The Beloved Adventure (1912), Love and Liberation: The Songs of Adsched to Meru, and Other Poems (1913), Dust and Light (1919), A Bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt (1920), The Black Panther: A Book of Poems (1922), The Bright Doom: A Book of Poems (1927), Poems, 1911-1936 (1936), Poems Old and New (1956), The Gardener, and Other Poems (1961), What Is Poetry? (1963), Dear Men and Women (1966), By Daylight and in Dream: New and Collected Poems, 1904-1970 (1970), In Love and Song: Poems (1971), This Blessed Earth: New and Selected Poems, 1927-1977 (1978), and Afternoon: Amagansett Beach (1978). He was also the editor of The Face of a Nation: Poetical Passages from the Writings of Thomas Wolfe(1939), Editor to Author: The Letters of Maxwell Perkins(1950), and Poets of Today (8 vols., 1954-1961).
Vince Clemente| 1932, Apr. 28 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1953 | B.A., St. Francis College, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1953-1955 | Military Service, U. S. Army |
| 1956 | M.A., Columbia University |
| 1960, Jan. 30 | Married to Ann J. Bearzatti |
| 1966- | Adjunct Instructor (1966-75)/Assistant Professor (1975-78)/Associate Professor (1978-81)/Professor (1981-) of English, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, N.Y. |
Vince Clemente has contributed to numerous periodicals and has published several books, including Songs From Puccini (1978), From This Book of Praise (1978), and Broadbill Off Conscience Bay (1982); he is an editor of Paumanok Rising: An Anthology of Eastern Long Island Aesthetics (1981) and John Ciardi: Measure of the Man (1987). He is also the founding editor of Long Pond Review, West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal, and John Hall Wheelock Review.
Marion E. (Marion Edwina) Kenworthy| 1891, Aug. 17 | Born, Hampden, Mass. |
| 1913-1916 | Assistant Physician, Gardner State Colony, Gardner, Mass. |
| 1916-1919 | Senior Psychiatrist, Foxborough State Hospital |
| 1919-1921 | Director, Mental Hygiene Clinic, Central Branch YWCA; Assistant in Neurology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Clinic |
| 1921-1927 | Associate Director (1921-1924)/Medical Director (1924-1927) Bureau of Children's Guidance, N.Y. |
| 1924-1980 | Professor of Mental Hygiene (1924-1940)/Professor of Psychiatry (1940-1956)/Emeritus Professor (1956-1980), N.Y. School of Social Work |
| 1929 | Co-authored Mental Hygiene and Social Work with Porter R. Lee |
| 1980 | Died |
| 1900, Mar. 31 | Born |
| 1923 | B.A., University of Michigan |
| 1924-1932 | Editorial staff, Etude (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| 1940-1965 | Editor, International Musician (Newark, N.J.) |
| 1952 | From These Comes Music: Instruments of the Band and Orchestra (young adult book) |
| 1957 | Symphony Conductors of the U.S.A. (young adult book) |
| 1960 | Subsidy Makes Sense |
| 1965 | The Noon Answer (poems) |
| 1970 | Famous American Women (young adult book) |
| 1975 | The Curve of Time (poems) |
Collection Overview
"I rejoice in the great honor done you by Duke University in
establishing the Jay B. Hubbell Center, and am proud indeed to have papers of
mine in keeping there."
--John Hall Wheelock, letter to Jay B. Hubbell,
February 7, 1977 (photocopy in Elwood Holstein papers)
The John Hall Wheelock Collections are the only substantial group of
American literary authors' letters included in Duke University's Jay B. Hubbell
Center for American Literary Historiography. Duke Professor of American
Literature Jay B. Hubbell was a longtime friend and admirer of John Hall
Wheelock; the two corresponded for many years. When Hubbell donated his
Wheelock materials to the Center, he suggested that the Center collect other
Wheelock materials, a suggestion that initiated a decade-long effort to collect
and preserve Wheelock's correspondence. The Duke University John Hall Wheelock
Collections (1935-1979) consist of the following nine collections: the Helen S.
Belknap Papers, the Diana Chang Papers, the Vince Clemente Papers, the Michel
Farano Papers, the Elwood Holstein Papers, the Marion E. Kenworthy Papers, the
Leighton Rollins Papers, the Hope Stoddard Papers, and the Carolyn Tyson
Papers.
Collectively the John Hall Wheelock Collections document, chiefly
through correspondence, the developments in the life and career of John Hall
Wheelock
(1886-1978) during the last twenty-five years of his life.
The Helen S. Belknap Papers reflect Wheelock's view of one of his cousins. The
Vince Clemente Papers include a videotape of Wheelock reading his poetry. The
Diana Chang Papers, the Michel Farano Papers, the Elwood Holstein Papers, the
Leighton Rollins Papers, and the Carolyn Tyson Papers suggest Wheelock's
gratitude towards his admirers and his support of younger poets; the Elwood
Holstein Papers also include Holstein's autobiographical sketch and his account
of his correspondence with Wheelock. The Marion E. Kenworthy Papers reflect not
only Kenworthy's admiration of Wheelock and Wheelock's response to her but also
Wheelock's increasing concerns over his health. The Hope Stoddard Papers
reflect the close friendship and mutual encouragement of Stoddard and Wheelock
in his final years. Most of the John Hall Wheelock Collections include copies
and versions of Wheelock's poems handwritten by Wheelock himself.
Jay B. Hubbell's admiration for John Hall Wheelock is suggested in
letters from Hubbell about Wheelock which are included in the Vince Clemente
Papers and the Elwood Holstein Papers. Collections in the Duke University Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library related to the John Hall
Wheelock Collections include the Jay Broadus Hubbell Papers; additional
information may be found in the correspondence files of the Jay B. Hubbell
Center for American Literary Historiography.
Besides Duke University's holdings, other manuscript collections of
John Hall Wheelock materials may be found at the Library of Congress, the
Academy of American Poets, and the Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Poets, American.
- Helen S. Belknap
- Diana Chang
- Vince Clemente
- Michel Farano
- Elwood Holstein
- Marion E. Kenworthy
- Leighton Rollins
- Hope Stoddard
- Carolyn Tyson
Detailed Description of Collection
Box 1Belknap, Helen S., Papers, 1968-1969
(1 folder)
Chang, Diana, Papers, 1976
(1 folder)
Clemente, Vince, Papers:
Correspondence,
1966-1979
(1 folder)
Videotape,
1973
(1 folder)
Farano, Michel, Papers, 1935-1976?
(1 folder)
Holstein, Elwood, Papers, 1972-1978
(1 folder)
Kenworthy, Marion E., Papers:
Correspondence,
1954-1976
(1 folder)
Printed Materials,
1962-1976?
(2 folders)
Rollins, Leighton, Papers, 1955-1975
(1 folder)
Stoddard, Hope, Papers:
Correspondence,
1972-1978
(4 folders)
Printed Materials and Photographs,
1975-1978?
(1 folder)
Tyson, Carolyn, Papers, 1977-1978
(1 folder)
Oversize Materials
Oversize Cabinet
OC:I:3:
Kenworthy, Marion E., Papers, Printed
Materials,
1966-1976?
(1 folder)
Stoddard, Hope, Papers, Correspondence,
1977
(1 folder)
