Ward Allen Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents donated by Ward Allen. These documents include: correspondence between Allen and his friends, Gerald Hammond and David Norton; scholarly works by one of these three men; newspaper clippings pertaining to one of these three men; and a few other miscellaneous items.
Dates
- 1982-2014
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Ward Sykes Allen was born in Nashville, Tennessee on July 10, 1922. He received his bachelor's degree in 1947, his master's in 1949 and his doctorate in 1963, all from Vanderbilt University. He was an assistant professor of English at Mississippi College for Women from 1957 to 1961, an instructor at Vanderbilt University from 1962 to 1964 and a professor of English (later Hargis Professor of English Literature) at Auburn University from 1964 to 1987. He was a Guggenheim Fellow from 1972-1973. He retired as a professor emeritus in 1987.
Extent
6.0 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the Ward Allen Papers
- Author
- Processed by: Jaimie Kicklighter, David McRae, and Michael Kief Law. Finding aid added to ArchivesSpace by Noah Biblis.
- Date
- 12/5/2008; 7/14/2010; 12/6/2011; 6/29/2015; 10/28/2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
