Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Wallace Earle Stegner papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0676
Abstract
Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993), writer of novels, short stories, essays, and biographies was in addition a historian, a teacher, a speaker, and a respected advocate for the environment. He taught at the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard University before heading to Stanford University, where he founded the Creative Writing Program in 1946. This collection of his papers contains personal and professional correspondence, journals, manuscript drafts for work both...
Dates:
1935-2004
Utah Humanities Research Foundation records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0044
Abstract
The Utah Humanities Research Foundation records (1944-1954) contain information on cultural materials throughout Utah and neighboring regions. The foundation, funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1944, attempted to preserve and collect cultural materials from the area. Fellowships were granted to qualified people for study in various areas of the humanities. The results from these studies are included in the collection. Subjects covered in the collection are autobiographies,...
Dates:
1944-1954
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