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applewhitejames Preliminary Inventory of the James Applewhite Papers, 1963-2010 Processed by: Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: September 2010Processed by Meghan Lyon, September 2010; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, September 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the James Applewhite Papers, 1963-2010 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Applewhite, James. James Applewhite Papers, 1963-2010 Material in English 13 Linear Feet 9825 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. James Applewhite is a poet and professor emeritus of English at Duke University. The collection is comprised of manuscripts, drafts, and proofs of poems, as well as notes, correspondence, clippings, and printed materials (including serials and anthologies). The collection documents Applewhite's work as a poet and professor of English at Duke University, including his research about Wordsworth. Manuscripts in the collection include Lessons in Soaring: Poems, A History of the River: Poems, and River Writing: An Eno Journal. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is restricted. Written permission is required to view correspondence and business records. Contact Research Services with questions.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], James Applewhite Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The James Applewhite Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1993 and 2010.

Processing Information

Processed by Meghan Lyon, September 2010

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, September 2010

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Accessions included in this collection: 1993-0285 and 2010-0155

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

James W. Applewhite is a poet and professor emeritus of English at Duke University. He has published several books, including Statues of the Grass (1975), Following Gravity (1980), Foreseeing the Journey (1983), Seas and Inland Journeys: Landscape and Consciousness from Wordsworth to Roethke (1985), River Writing: An Eno Journal (1988), Lessons in Soaring (1989), Daytime and Starlight (1997), Selected Poems (2005), and A Diary of Altered Light (2006).

Chronology List 1958 B.A., Duke University 1960 M.A., Duke University 1960-1963 Instructor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1967-1971 Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1969 Ph.D., Duke University 1970 National Endowment for the Arts Award 1972 Assistant Professor, Duke University 1974-1975 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1975 Associate Professor, Duke University 1976-1977 Guggenheim Fellowship 1979 Associated Writing Programs Contemporary Poetry Prize 1982-1985 Director of the Institute of the Arts, Duke University 1986 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship 1988 Professor, Duke University 1992 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters' Jean Stein Award in Poetry 1995 North Carolina Award in Literature 1995 Election to the Fellowship of Southern Writers 2008 Induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame 2009 Emeritus Professor, Duke University Subject Headings

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Applewhite, James. Chappell, Fred. Stuart, Dabney, 1937- Dickey, James. Hall, Donald, 1928- McFee, Michael. Ruark, Gibbons. Applewhite, James--Lessons in Soaring. Applewhite, James--River Writing. Applewhite, James--Statues of the Grass. Duke University--Dept. of English. Duke University--Faculty. American poetry--North Carolina. American poetry--20th century. Poets, American. Poets, American--Correspondence. Poetry--Publishing--United States. Contents of Collection Accession (1993-0285), 1964-1992 (5 boxes)

The collection is comprised of manuscripts, drafts, and proofs of poems, as well as notes, correspondence, clippings, and printed materials (including serials and anthologies). The collection documents Applewhite's work as a poet and professor of English at Duke University, including his research about Wordsworth. Manuscripts in the collection include Lessons in Soaring: Poems, A History of the River: Poems, and River Writing: An Eno Journal.

There is no boxlist for this accession. Access is RESTRICTED: Written permission is required to view correspondence and business records.

1-5Accession (1993-0285) Accession (2010-0155), 1963-2010 (10 boxes)

Includes correspondence files, writings (both published materials and drafts), photographs, biographical/bibliographical lists and files, and other miscellaneous materials.

Correspondence, 1960s-2005

Contains correspondence with literary figures and publishers. Frequent correspondents include Dave Smith, Donald Hall, Dabney Stuart, Fred Chappell, Robert Bly, James Dickey, Michael McFee, Gibbons Ruark, and others. Also includes 1 folder of Pulitzer Prize jury correspondence. This material has been loosely arranged into folders by year, but has not been sorted by date within each folder.

This material may be RESTRICTED. Contact Research Services with questions.

6Correspondence, dates unknown Loose poetry sent and received, dates unknown Correspondence, 1960s Correspondence, 1970-1976 (7 folders) 7Correspondence, 1977-1984 (10 folders) 8Correspondence, 1985-2005 (9 folders) Pulitzer Prize jury correspondence, 1977-1979 Published Materials, 1968-2010

Applewhite's publications in poetry journals and other anthologies.

9"The Door, The Wind," and "Station and Flame," The Above Ground Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1968 "An Episode of War" and "Versions of Sunlight," Granite, No. 1, Spring 1971 "A Long Poem" and "Selections from Notebooks," Crazy Horse 12, 1972 "At Raleigh Memorial Gardens (Post Christian Era)," The Back Door, No. 7/8, 1975 "Visit with Artina," Michigan Quarterly Review, Spring 1975 "Desire," The Agni Review 4, 1975 "The Rescue," Sandlapper, Vol. 9, No. 2, February 1976 "Elegy for a General Store" and "Woman in the Wind Knows," Vanderbilt Poetry Review, No. 3/4, 1977 "Following Gravity," The Cold Mountain Review, Vol. 5, Fall 1977 "Seven Poems," The South Carolina Review, Vol. 10, April 1978 "A Broken Lake" broadside, 1983 "The Body Garden," Mudfish, 1984 "Accident of Inheritance," The Ohio Review, No. 45, 1990 "Botanical Garden: The Coastal Plains" and "The Mortal Father," The Southern Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, Winter 1997 "On Winslow Homer's 'Weaning the Calf,'" Southern Cultures, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1997 "Poet to Poet: The Perspective of Poetic Voice," The Writer, December 1997 "Hank Williams Dream," "Birdfoot," and "Rain from a Hurricane," The Southern Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, Spring 2002 "River-Ruin," "The Vanished Farmhouse," "Christmas by the River," "Fall Will," "Looking Up from the Woodland Clearing," and "Ceremony at Heroes' Square," North Carolina Literary Review, No. 13, 2003 "Blossoming Poplars," North Carolina Literary Review, No. 19, 2010 10"My Grandfather's Funeral," in Leland H. Roloff's The Perception and Evolution of Literature, 1973 "Poems," North Carolina Literary Review, No. 6, 1997 "Birthday Poem," Cold Mountain Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, Fall 2007 Writings

Mostly consists of loose poetry and other manuscripts. Includes manuscript drafts for "Following Gravity," "Iron Age Flying," "A Journal of Sunlight," "Steps to the Stream," "Driving through the Country America that is Vanishing," "Landmind," "Gift of Inheritance and Other Poems," as well as some drafts of essays and articles. Other materials include Applewhite's notebooks and notepads, many with poetry or drafts, as well as some with notes, schedules, to-do lists, and other miscellaneous writings.

10Reviews (photocopied compilations) of Applewhite's works, 1975-1987 Articles and essays, 1985-1986 and undated Poetry and other manuscripts Photocopies, undated Loose poems, undated (3 folders) Statues of the Grass manuscript 11Poetry and other manuscripts Following Gravity, undated (3 folders) Iron Age Flying, undated (5 folders) Untitled book draft, undated A Journal of Sunlight, undated Steps to the Stream, undated 12Poetry and other manuscripts Steps to the Stream (2 folders) Driving through the Country America that is Vanishing, 1973 and undated (3 folders) Landmind, undated (2 folders) Gift of Inheritance and Other Poems, undated The Magic Life essay Loose poems, undated (6 folders) 13Unpublished novel: Alive in Time, undated (3 folders) Poetry and other manuscripts Driving through the Country America that is Vanishing, undated (2 folders) Legal notepads with drafts and ideas (10 folders) 14Poetry and other manuscripts A History of the River, 1988 Notepads with drafts and ideas, 1988-1991 and undated (3 folders) Miscellaneous Files, 1960s-1980s

Includes Applewhite's research files and some research papers, his applications for various fellowships, and recommendations he wrote for his students. Also includes biographical and bibliographical details, photographs, newspaper clippings, and magazine addresses.

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14Research papers, 1963-1964 Notes for thesis/dissertation (15 folders) 15Applications for fellowships Recommendations by Applewhite (2 folders) Bibliographical/biographical materials, 1970s-1980s (3 folders) Magazine addresses, 1960s-1970s Photographs, 1960s-1970s Newspaper clippings, 1969-1971