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garrettgeorgetodewitthenry Preliminary Inventory of the Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988 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

Aleph Number: 004067703

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program.Date of source: January 2009Processed by Meghan Lyon, January 2009; Finding Aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, January 2009 Description is in EnglishFinding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988 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 Garrett, George P., 1929-2008. Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988 Materials in English 50 items (0.2 lin. ft.) For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. George Garrett (1929-2008) was a novelist and poet who taught at Hollins University and the University of Virginia. He also worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and was poet laureate for Virginia from 2002-2006. This collection consists of fifty letters from George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, a literary colleague. Garrett's correspondence includes advice for Henry's writing and editing, along with general communication about Garrett's wherabouts and activities. This collection was acquired to complement the George Garrett Papers, which contains Henry's correspondence to Garrett. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Purchase, 2008 (2008-0302), 0.2 lin. ft.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed; cataloged from accession records.

Encoded by: Meghan Lyon

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2008-0302.

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

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical / Historical Note

George Garrett (1929-2008) was a novelist and poet who taught at Hollins University and the University of Virginia. He also worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and was poet laureate for Virginia from 2002-2006.

Collection Overview

This collection consists of fifty letters from George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, a literary colleague. Garrett's correspondence includes advice for Henry's writing and editing, along with general communication about Garrett's wherabouts and activities. This collection was acquired to complement the George Garrett Papers, which contains Henry's correspondence to Garrett.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Garrett, George P., 1929-2008. Henry, DeWitt. Henry, DeWitt. Correspondence. Contents of Collection Correspondence of George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, 1972-1988 1 Box

This collection is not processed, and no arrangement has been completed at this time. Please refer to the collection control file for a summary description of each letter, provided by the donor, DeWitt Henry.

1Letters, 1972-1988.