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Charles Vandersee papers-addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Box: ViU-2023-0060_001
Identifier: ViU-2023-0060

Content Description

This addition MSS 15712, Charles Vandersee Papers, contains drafts of poems by Vandersee created between the mid-1970s to the 1990s. Charles Vandersee (1938-2003) was a professor of English at the University of Virginia, where he taught for thirty-three years. His areas of expertise were American literature and poetry, and he assisted in editing multiple volumes of The Letters of Henry Adams. From 1973-1997, he was dean of the University's Echols Scholars program. Vandersee was also a Fellow of the Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE). At a 2002 Festival of Faith and Writing, he participated in a panel organized by SVHE to discuss the significance of writing in liberal education and moral formation.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Transfer of Harry Gamble, Professor in the Department of Religion, 3 February 2023.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1976-1993

Creator

Extent

0.4 Cubic Feet (One letter-sized file box)

Inventory

10 folders of poetry