Box 6
Writings
The Vagaries of Valor: The Dahlgren Family in America (1996) - Original draft complete
1. Foreword, Prologue, Acknowledgements, Genealogical Charts, List of Illustrations, Chapter 1, pp. 1 - 15.
2. Chapters II, III, IV, pages 16 - 87
3. Chapter V, pages 88 - 130
4. Chapters VI, VII, pages 131 - 182
5. Chapters VIII, IX, pages 183 - 239
6. Chapters X, XI, pages 240 - 291
7. Chapters XII, XIII, pages 292 - 330
8. Chapters XIV, XV, pages 331 - 371
9. Chapter XVI, Epilogue, pages 372 - 399
10. Endnotes, Index, pages 400 - 428
Charles Dahlgren of Natchez - manuscript published by Brassey’s
11. Chapter VI
12. Chapter VII
Articles by Gower
13. “A Brief History of Central Hall” (Vanderbilt University) with research notes, 1958
14. “Beersheba Springs and L. Virginia French: The Novelist as Historian” in Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. XLII, no. 2, Summer 1983
15. “The Beersheba Diary of L. Virginia French, Part 1, Summer and Fall, 1863 (edited by H.G.) in East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications, Nos. 52 and 53 ( 1981 and 1982).
16. “Getting It Straight From the Archives” paper presented to Friends of the Library, January 25, 2004 in Special Collections at Vanderbilt University
Poems by Gower
17. “Mountain Storm” and others
Box 7
Writings by others, edited by Gower
1. Another Harvest of Scottish Ballads, 1951 - 1956
Mildred Eunice Haun
The Hawk’s Done Gone and Other Stories - manuscript
2.. Introduction, Prologue, the Pit of Death, pp. 1 - 53
3. Chapters 3 - 4, pp. 54 - 100
4. Chapters 5 - 6, pp. 101 - 134
5. Chapters 7 - 8, pp. 135 - 180
6. Chapters 9 - 10, pp. 181 - 228
7. Chapters 11, pp. 229 - 254
8. Chapter 12, pp. 255 - 281
9. Chapter 13, pp. 282 - 304
10. Other Stories - “Shin-Bone Rocks”; “The Piece of Silver”, pp. 305 - 354
11. Other Stories - “A Feeling of Pity” ; “For the Love of God and Sam Scott”, pp. 355 - 397
12. Other Stories - “The Picture Frame”; “The Turkey’s Feather”, pp. 398 - 426
13. Other Stories - “For Lead”, pp. 427 - 442
14. Other Stories - “The Look”, pp. 443 - 490
15. Other Stories - “Dave Cocke’s Motion”, pp. 491 - 507
Box 8
Writings by Others, edited and re-written by Herschel Gower, 1968
Mildred Eunice Haun
Short Stories - manuscripts
“Runner Girl” - unpublished (192 pages)
1. manuscript, pages 1 - 45
2. manuscript, pages 46 - 90
3. manuscript, pages 91 - 130
4. manuscript, pages 131 - 160
5. manuscript, pages 161 - 192
Short Stories - published and unpublished
6. “Dave Cocke’s Motion” - published
7. “A Feeling of Pity”; “For Lead” - published
8. “The Picture Frame” - published
9. “The Piece of Silver” - published (5 copies)
10. “Joe” - unpublished
11. “The Red Flower Pot” - unpublished
12. “The Root” (3 copies) - unpublished
13. “Then the Fire Went Out” - unpublished (3 copies)
14. “The Warping Bars” - unpublished
15. “When the Wind Blows” - unpublished (multiple copies)
16. “Yours Sincerely” - unpublished
17. untitled fragment
18. untitled fragment
Other writings by Mildred Haun
19. “Barshia’s Horse He Made, It Flew” in American Prefaces, Vol. 5, no. 6, March 90; “The Turkey’s Feather” reprinted from the Georgia Review, Vol. VI, no. 4, Winter 1952
20. Songs collected by Haun for Vanderbilt University thesis Cocke County Ballads and Songs under the direction of Professor Donald Davidson
21. Photograph, newspaper articles and other papers relating to Haun’s life and work.
Writings by others
22. Bradford, M.E. “Miss Eudora’s Picture Book” in The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. XXVI, no. 4, Fall 1973.
Box 9
Subject and Research Files
Folklore
1. From Bishop Percy (1765) to John Jacob Niles (1974) 340 Books and Songs in the Berea College Collection, revised February 1974; Folklore and Oral History Catalogue from the University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library, 1981
Sadie Warner Frazer
2. Miscellaneous correspondence - includes plans for publication of her memoirs
3. “Reminiscences”
4. Memoirs (1)
5. Memoirs (2)
Ed Harris
6. Parodies of famous poems presented at a party with correspondence and photograph
Howell Family Genealogy with Texas connections
7. Genealogy charts and letters from Harriet Owsley, January 1986 and Dabney Hart, June 1993
Isabel Elliott Howell
8. Humorous comments; “Reflections of Miss Rebecca McLemore” (Isabel Howell); “Only Slightly Acid: Observations About Her Life and Times”; newspaper articles
9. Memorial tribute by Morton B. Howell; order of service, Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville; newspaper obituaries
Randal McGavock and descendants (including Margaret Lindsley Warden)
10. Correspondence and articles
11. Correspondence with Ed Gleeson concerning re-publication of Pen and Sword
12. Pen and Sword reprint - correspondence and press releases with Richland Press
13. Correspondence, articles, and photograph ( 1851)
14. Materials relating to the placing of a military marker on his grave at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, TN July 8, 1987
15. Dixie Liberator and correspondence
16. Correspondence and research papers
17. Genealogy and Illinois McGavocks - correspondence and other papers
18. Genealogy research and correspondence with Elizabeth Larkin
19. Margaret Lindsley Warden, great niece of Randal McGavock and owner of his journals -newspaper articles and correspondence
Box 10
Subject and Research Files
John Crowe Ransom
1. “All Verse is Not Poetry” in Hika Magazine, December 1941
2. “A Tribute to John Crowe Ransom on His Seventy-fifth Birthday” in Shenandoah, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Spring, 1963; “John Crowe Ransom: Gentleman, Teacher, Poet, Editor, Founder of The Kenyon Review: A Tribute from the Community of Letters” in The Kenyon Collegian, supplement to Vol. LXXXX, no. 7, 1964. Gambier, Ohio
3. Dedication of Ransom Hall, Symposium Held at Kenyon College, April 18, 1964
4. Publications of Kenyon College
5. Magazine and newspaper articles
6. Memorial service, November 1, 1974; notes for the Vanderbilt Alumnus Magazine with correspondence
Peter Taylor
7. Bibliography - note cards prepared by Herschel Gower
8. Bibliography - note cards prepared by Herschel Gower
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