WARREN, JAMES EDWARD, 1908-1997.
James Edward Warren papers,
1932-1968
James Edward Warren papers, 1932-1968
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/900tm
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Warren, James Edward, 1908-1997. |
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Title: | James Edward Warren papers, 1932-1968 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 429 |
Extent: | .5 linear ft. (1 box) |
Abstract: | Notebooks containing drafts of the works of Georgia poet and author James Edward Warren, Jr. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted access.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift of James Edward Warren, 1964, with subsequent additions.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], James Edward Warren papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Appraisal Note
Acquired as part of the Rose Library's holdings in Southern literature.
Processing
Unprocessed collection.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
James Edward Warren, Jr., poet, author, and educator, was born December 11, 1908, in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Emory University (A.B. 1930, M.A.T. 1941), and taught in several of the Atlanta Public School System high schools (1933-1959) as well as the Lovett School (1959-1974), where he became Head of the English Department. He also taught part-time at Georgia Institute of Technology and worked as an editor. Warren is the author of numerous poems and articles, more than a dozen volumes of poetry, four textbooks, many translations of Latin and Greek classics; and has sponsored literary magazines in the schools in which he taught. He died on April 21, 1997 in Woodstock, Georgia.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers of James Warren from 1932-1968. The papers include ten notebooks containing rough drafts of poems and clippings of Warren's articles from 1932-1968. Two published volumes of Warren's poetry, The Winding of Clocks and Listen, My Land, were received with this collection and have been cataloged separately in this department.
Arrangement Note
Unprocessed collection.
Container List
Box | Folder | Content |
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1 | - | Poetry clippings, notebooks of poetry drafts |