Modern American Literature

uaduffey Preliminary Inventory of the Bernard I. Duffey Papers, 1957 - 1983 Processed by: Emily Glenn; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jill Katte University ArchivesDuke University

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: March 2003 Processed by Emily Glenn March 2003; Finding Aid encoded by Jill Katte, University Archives, Duke University, September 2003 Description is in English. 05-01-2006 PUBLIC "-//University Archives//TEXT (US::NDD::::Bernard I. Duffey Papers)//EN" uaduffey.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) was changed to conform to the NC EAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. Preliminary Inventory of the Bernard I. Duffey Papers, 1957 - 1983 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0202 USA

Descriptive Summary Bernard I. Duffey Papers, 1957 - 1983. Duffey, Bernard I., 1917- 1.0 Linear Feet, 1,000 Items University Archives, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University. 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. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Provenance

The Bernard I. Duffey Papers were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1974 and 1988.

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Processed by Emily Glenn

Completed March 2003

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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.

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.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be accessed under the following subject headings in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.

American literature--20th century--Study and teaching (Higher) American poetry--20th century--Study and teaching (Higher) Duffey, Bernard I., 1917- Duke University. Dept. of English--Curricula. Duke University. Dept. of English--Faculty. Duke University Press. Duke University. Program II. Contents of Collection Container List:

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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 Related Material Dept. of English records. University Archives, Duke University.