Joel Conarroe Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence with former faculty, including George Abernethy, William Cumming, and Chalmers Davidson, introductory comments for John Kuykendall, and a photograph of Conarroe on campus in 1987.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 1992
Biographical / Historical
A member of the class of 1956, Joel O. Conarroe went on to attend Cornell University and New York University. He has written book on American poetry and fiction and was chair of the English department and dean of arts and sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as the executive director of the Modern Language Association and as president of the PEN America Center and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. He endowed the Conarroe Lecture Series at Davidson College.
Extent
1 folders (1 file)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2008-38
Processing Information
Processed on Jun-11
Subject
- Title
- Joel Conarroe Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository