Opal V. C. Fields Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters that span several decades from "Ted" Theodore C. Hoepfner to "Sunny" Opal Virgina Combs Fields. Also included are poems by George Marion O'Donnell, Richard Croom Beatty, and poems and essays written and/or edited by Hoepfner, who occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Anton Kobold.
Dates
- 1936 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research without restriction.
Biographical / Historical
"Sunny" Opal Virginia Combs Fields attended West Tennessee State Teacher's College. She loved reading and writing poetry but was said to be very secretive about her own work. A mutual love of poetry is what led to her close friendship with "Ted" Theodore C. Hoepfner, an Auburn University English professor who wrote to her for several decades with poetry as a central theme of their conversations.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Physical Description
In Accession 23-049, there is extensive foxing and yellowing of most of the papers, and some are brittle around their edges.
Processing Information
Accession 23-049 processed by Joanna Ashley, 2024
- Title
- Guide to the Opal V. C. Fields Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 1361
- Author
- Joanna Ashley
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
