bevingtonhelensmith Preliminary Inventory of the Helen Smith Bevington Papers, 1918-2001 Processed by: Ming Guo, Ruth Bryan, Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ming Guo, Ruth Bryan, Alice Poffinberger

2001 Duke University. All Rights Reserved.

Aleph Number: 003010572

 Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: August 29, 2001 Processed by Ming Guo, Ruth Bryan, Alice Poffinberger August 29, 2001; Finding Aid encoded by Ming Guo, Ruth Bryan, Alice Poffinberger, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, August 29, 2001 Description is in English. 07-14-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Helen Smith Bevington Papers)//EN" "bevingtonhelensmith.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. Preliminary Inventory of the Helen Smith Bevington Papers, 1918-2001 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

2001 Duke University. All Rights Reserved.

 Descriptive Summary Helen Smith Bevington Papers, 1918-2001 Bevington, Helen Smith, 1906- 9.75 Linear Feet 3422 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is restricted.

In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

 Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Helen Smith Bevington Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The Helen Smith Bevington Papers was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2001.

 Processing Information

Processed by Ming Guo, Ruth Bryan, Alice Poffinberger

Completed August 29, 2001

Encoded by Ming Guo, Ruth Bryan, Alice Poffinberger

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

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

 Biographical Note

Helen Smith Bevington was a poet, professor in the English Department at Duke University, and resident of Durham (Durham Co.), N.C. Bevington's teaching specialty was modern poetry; she died in 2001.

 Collection Overview

Family and personal papers, primarily Bevington's personal and professional correspondence (1931-2001), which includes letters from Ray Bradbury (1976-1993); typescripts of diary entries (1959-1989); 22 heavily annotated books of modern poetry, and research notes. There are also correspondence and professional records for Bevington's husband, Merle. Other items include one color and 9 black-and-white photographs, a scrapbook, passports, geneology information/records, awards, newspaper clippings, class records, and unpublished manuscripts.

 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.

Bevington, Helen Smith, 1906- Bevington, Merle Mowbray, 1900- Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Duke University. Faculty. Duke University. Dept. of English--Faculty. Poetry, Modern. Authors, American--20th century. Poets, American--20th century. Clippings. Diaries. Color photograph. Black-and-white photographs. Scrapbook. Contents of Collection Accession 2001-0131 1 Diary, 1973 September 4-1989 December 31 2 Diary, 1959 July-1973 September 3 Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1981-1993 Calendar, 1962 Annotated Books of Poetry (17 volumes) 4 Annotated Books of Poetry (5 books) Accession 2001-0143

Attention: Needs more processing attention before use. Remove letters in envelopes in boxes 2-6. Copy loose clippings that were removed to oversize box 11.

Restrictions: Class records in Box 7 are restricted.

 1 Newspaper Clippings, 1937-1977 (2 books)

Loose Clippings removed to oversize box 11

 Girl Graduate's Record Book, 1918-1924 Booklet, Tom Mann: 80th Birthday Souvenir 2 Correspondence, 1939-1943 (one folder) Diaries, 1931-1934, 1990 January 1-1996 January 1 (4 folders)

Part of diary in box 1-2 of Accession 2001-0131

 Miscellaneous Items (3 folders)

Includes road maps, a hotel introduction booklet, postcards, etc.

 Passport 3 Correspondence, 1923-1978 4 Correspondence, 1923-1978, cont. 5 Correspondence, 1923-1978, cont. 6 Correspondence, 1923-1978, cont. 7 Class Records, 1943-1975 (4 folders)

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The class records in this box are restricted.

 Notebook Notes (2 folders) Miscellaneous Items Programs for the "Reception in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother" Helen E. Smith master's thesis: " Thoreau as a Commentator on American Civilization" 8 Research notes on authors and their work

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 9 Unpublished book manuscript by Merle Bevington (one folder) Correspondence, 1941-2001 (9 folders) Family papers and certificates (one folder) 10 Correspondence, 1941-1996 (5 folders)

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 Publication notes and clippings, including material from Ray Bradbury (4 folders) Merle Bevington's personal documents, miscellaneous papers, and clippings (3 folders) 11 Oversize materials Scrapbook Loose clippings 1Miscellaneous Oversize