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Walter Clyde Curry Papers
1933-1967
Box List

Series I. Correspondence, 1933-1966
The Correspondence series is comprised of outgoing and incoming letters. The outgoing correspondence consists of 77 letters chronologically arranged. Letters are typewritten, carbon copies, with the exception of a few holographs. There are nine unsigned letters, and one letter has no date.

The incoming correspondence consists of 135 letters, and is arranged alphabetically. The incoming letters are typewritten with the exception of a few holographs. Few letters are carbon copies; one letter is signed with only the surname. Five letters are signed without surnames, and six are signed with initials only. Four letters are without dates.

There is one letter contained in the miscellaneous correspondence due to that it not addressed to or written by Walter Clyde Curry.

Series II. Writings, 1923-1951
The Writings Series consists of materials that are both published and unpublished works of Walter Clyde Curry. The published articles are arranged alphabetically by title. Some published material of Curry's work (such as "Milton's Dual Concept," "Milton's Chaos And Old Night," "The Genesis of Milton's World," and "Some Travels of Milton's Satan And The Road To Hell,") have crossed out titles with holograph additions and corrections.

The unpublished material includes an essay, lectures, and speeches of Walter Clyde Curry. This material is arranged alphabetically by title. One partial typescript speech to the Vanderbilt English Department has no title or date.

Series III. Literary Career, 1928-1967
This series contains documents relating to Walter Clyde Curry's literary career. Documents relate to: book reviews, publisher's announcements and revisions, as well as royalty statements.

Book reviews of Curry's works are chronologically arranged. The book reviews consist of material that includes mimeographed and printed leaflets and advertisements. Some reviews are typewritten, and some are magazine and photocopies of newspaper clippings.

The publishers' announcements are arranged alphabetically by name of publisher. Most of them included a brief review for one of Curry's works. A few do not mention him at all. The material also includes several typescript pages of alterations and corrections to be made in Curry's works. An announcement from the University of Kentucky Press entitled "Author's Alterations" and a typescript preface and dedication to the second edition of Shakespeare's Philosophical Patterns are also included. The royalty statements are arranged alphabetically by publishing company.

Series IV. Academic Career, 1949-1964
This series contains documents relating to Curry's Academic Career while at Vanderbilt University. Documents include research/lecture notes, budget/curriculum notes for the Department of English, as well as graduate information, offprints, diagrams/illustrations, and miscellaneous material.

The research and lecture notes contain material on the origin of languages. Most notes are holographs, but a few pages are typescript.

The graduate information relates to the Master of Arts in teaching. The material consists of newsletters, mailing lists, and general information bulletin about the Vanderbilt-Peabody Master of Arts in teaching program. There are several lists of doctorial candidates at Vanderbilt. Also included in the material are various items of Eugene E. Slaughter.

Notes for the Department of English concern both budget and curriculum. The budget information is arranged chronologically from 1949 to 1955. Material includes lists of salaries of members of the English Department. Some parts of the budget information are typescript, some are copies, and some are holographs. The curriculum notes consist mainly of charts indicating professors and classes to be taught.

There are 26 different offprints arranged in alphabetical order by author. Several are autographed by the author.

The diagrams and illustrations are from Milton's Ontology. Material includes a diagram indicating Milton's concept of total self-existent and dependent reality or beingas represented by symbolical design. The diagram is accompanied by a typewritten explanation of the symbols. Included within this series in an oversize folder containing a poster-size diagram from Milton's Ontology.

The miscellaneous material is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of an article written by Richmond C. Beatty about Walter Clyde Curry.

Series V. Biographical, 1957-1966
This series contains biographical information that relates to Walter Clyde Curry. Documents include family photographs and business papers. The business papers consist of several U.S. Post Office receipts for certified mail and insured mail. The receipts are arranged chronologically.

Series VI. Ephemera, undated
This is the last series in the collection and comprise of a pipe that belonged to Walter Clyde Curry. It still smells like Professor Curry's favorite tobacco: Golden Reserve. The Golden Reserve is a soft, sweet cake that has smoother, drier smoking qualities that appeals to smokers of matured Virginias who have been unable to endure aromatics but who prefer a tobacco that smells sweeter in the room and has a natural tobacco taste. Enjoy!



Series I. Correspondence, 1933-1966

Box 1
  1. Outgoing Correspondence: Nov. 3, 1937 - Apr. 6, 1951
  2. Outgoing Correspondence: Feb. 27, 1952 - Apr. 7, 1952
  3. Outgoing Correspondence: Feb. 15, 1953 - Apr. 20, 1953
  4. Outgoing Correspondence: Apr. 27, 1953 - Jan. 14, 1955
  5. Outgoing Correspondence: Jan. 15, 1955 - Jan. 31, 1955
  6. Outgoing Correspondence: Apr. 28, 1955 - Sept. 26, 1956
  7. Outgoing Correspondence: Nov. 11, 1956 - Apr. 23, 1957
  8. Outgoing Correspondence: Apr. 24, 1957 - Mar. 6, 1959
  9. Outgoing Correspondence: Apr. 7, 1959 - Aug. 4, 1959
  10. Outgoing Correspondence: Aug. 15, 1959 - May 20, 1960
  11. Outgoing Correspondence: May 20, 1960 - May 27, 1961
  12. Outgoing Correspondence: June 25, 1962 - Apr. 7, 1966
  13. Outgoing Correspondence: No Date
  14. Incoming Correspondence: Aden - Cone
  15. Incoming Correspondence: Denbo - Ellegood
  16. Incoming Correspondence: Elliot, Kenneth W.
  17. Incoming Correspondence: Evans - Hughes
  18. Incoming Correspondence: Hunter - Jones
  19. Incoming Correspondence: Kellogg - Pearce
  20. Incoming Correspondence: Peck - Slaughter
  21. Incoming Correspondence: Smith, Samuel
  22. Incoming Correspondence: Solomon - Waters
  23. Incoming Correspondence: Weaver - Zesmer
  24. Miscellaneous Correspondence: Beach
Series II. Writings, 1923-1951

Box 1 (continued)
  1. Published: Chaucer's Science and Art; The "True" Mr. Froude
  2. Published: The Consistence And Qualities Of Milton's Chaos
  3. Published: The Genesis Of Milton's World
  4. Published: Milton's Chaos And Old Night
  5. Published: Milton's Dual Concept of God As Related To Creation
  6. Published: Some Travels Of Milton's Satan And The Road To Hell
  7. Unpublished: An Objective Evaluation Of "Chaucer - A Critical Appreciation, by Paull F. Baum"
  8. Unpublished: Scholars And Scholarship: Illustrated
  9. Unpublished: [Typescript speech on the nature of humor]
  10. Unpublished: [Partial typescript speech to Vanderbilt English Department]
Series III. Literary Career, 1928-1967

Box 1 (continued)
  1. Book Reviews: 1928 - Summer 1958
  2. Book Reviews: Winter 1958 - No Date
  3. Publishers' Announcements and Revisions
  4. Royalty Statements
  5. Miscellaneous
Series IV. Academic Career, 1949-1964

Box 2
  1. Department of English: budget and curriculum notes
  2. Graduate Information: Master of Arts in Teaching (1 of 2)
  3. Graduate Information: Master of Arts in Teaching (2 of 2)
  4. Research/Lecture Notes
  5. Diagrams and Illustrations in Milton's Ontology
  6. Offprints: Aden - Beach
  7. Offprints: Coffin - Gates
  8. Offprints: Hunter, Wm B.
  9. Offprints: Jones - Joseph
  10. Offprints: Kellogg - Pratt
  11. Offprints: Siegal - Slaughter
  12. Offprints: Stevenson - Woodhouse
  13. Miscellaneous: Newspaper article (March 30, 1960)
Series V. Biographical, 1957-1966

Box 2 (continued)
  1. Business Papers
  2. Photographs
Series VI. Ephemera, undated

Box 3 (small box)
  1. Pipe that belonged to Walter Clyde Curry
Oversize Folder 1
  1. Poster-size diagram from Milton's Ontology. Removed from Series IV. Academic Career, Box 2 Folder 5.

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