Box 2
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Dickey interview transcription with corrections by J.D., corrected typescript, Oct. 7, 1996
File — Box: 2
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From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
Oct. 7, 1996
Dickey's final class at USC, transcription, January 14, 1997
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
January 14, 1997
Publisher's proof for title page contents of James Dickey: The Selected Poems ed. Robert Kirschten, 1998
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
1998
James Dickey holograph (blurb for Greiner's book on Frederick Busch), note, no date
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
no date
"Some Lines from Samuel Johnson, Slightly Rewritten," typescript, signed, 1 p., no date
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Poem for Don Greiner and Ben Franklin, unpublished, in two copies only, to commemorate the "Power Lunch Group" of J.D., Greiner and Franklin, which met regularly for lunch twice a week from 1983-1997.
Dates:
no date
Greiner's remarks at the Dickey memorial service at the University of South Carolina, successive drafts, corrected typescripts, 1997
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
1997
Greiner's remarks at Dickey's funeral in Litchfield, SC, letters, articles, typescript, Jan. 24, 1997
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
Jan. 24, 1997
Deliverance (book and film), clippings, book jacket, 1970-2000
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
1970-2000
The Eye Beaters, Blood Victory, Buckhead and Mercy, bookseller's catalog, 1970
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
1970
Sorties, reviews, clippings, 1971-1979
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
James Dickey won the 1966 National Book Award for poetry and held the office of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966-1968. Dickey read his poem, "The Strength of Fields," at the Carter inaugural in 1976. He is perhaps best known for the novel Deliverance. Dickey, a native of Georgia, lived and taught at the University of South Carolina for over 30 years before his death in 1997.
While at the university, he developed a strong friendship with the literary scholar,...
Dates:
1971-1979