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Interviews of Walter Van Tilburg Clark's Associates

 Collection
Identifier: 83-15
Abstract

Collection includes interviews of people who knew Walter Van Tilburg Clark when he taught school in Cazenoviua, New York as well as additional material gathered and created by Carl Heintze from 1979-1985.

Dates: 1979-1985

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-15
Abstract

Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971) was a western author, editor of the Alfred Doten diaries, lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno, and writer-in-residence at the University of Nevada, Reno, 1962-1971. Collection contains five articles by or about Walter Van Tilburg Clark taken from newspapers, journals and books. Date range: 1950-1973

Dates: 1950-1973

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letter to Dorothy Day

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Identifier: 2017-36
Abstract

Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. He is one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century and was the first inductee into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1988. The collection includes one letter with illustrations by Walter Van Tilburg Clark sent to former student Dorothy Day in Cazenovia, New York in 1942. The two-page letter is dated March 30, with its postmarked envelope from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dates: March 30, 1942

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letter to Jim Folger

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Identifier: 2002-04
Abstract

Jim Folger was a student of Clark's while taking a night class on creative writing at San Francisco State University. The collection contains a handwritten letter signed by Clark from Lakespur, California, dated June 11, 1962 that critiques a short story Jim Folger submitted to Walter Van Tilburg Clark.

Dates: 1962

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Letters to John Herrmann

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-52
Abstract

THe collection contains 13 letters written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Nevada author and editor, to John Herrmann from Larkspur, California and Reno, Nevada, concerning work on a new literary magazine published by San Francisco State campus beginning in 1959 called Chrysalis Review, of which Herrmann was the founding editor, as well as various publications Clark was working on at the time the letters were written. Date range 1961-1967.

Dates: 1961-1967

Walter Van Tilburg Clark Papers

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Identifier: NC527
Abstract Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971) was a Western author, editor of the Alfred Doten diaries, lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno, and writer-in-residence at the University of Nevada, Reno, 1962-1971. The collection includes notes for class and public lectures; manuscripts of, and notes about Clark's term papers, short stories, articles, and novels, both published and unpublished; scrapbooks containing material related to published works, such as dust jackets, letters received,...
Dates: 1905-1997; Majority of material found within 1927-1971

Distinguished Nevadan Recipients Records

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Identifier: AC 0296
Abstract The Distinguished Nevadan award was established in 1958 when acting president William Wood proposed that such an award be made each year at commencement to recognize prominent individuals who are former or present residents of the state for their significant achievements contributing to the cultural, economic, scientific, or social advancement of Nevada, or for educational service to the state or nation. Records include brief biographical sketches of the recipients receiving the...
Dates: 1958-1969

Friends of the University of Nevada Records

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Identifier: AC 0022
Abstract The Friends of the University of Nevada was a group of alumni and concerned citizens. Helen Wittenberg, active in local affairs, served as secretary to the Friends and was married to Ralph Wittenberg, an attorney representing Frank Richardson who was a faculty member suspended and president of the local AAUP suspended by university president Minard W. Stout for distributing an article critical of education professors and supporting higher academic standards. Also active in the Friends were...
Dates: 1950-1957

Jackson Benson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-14
Scope and Contents

Research files for his books on Walter Van Tilburg Clark, published by University of Nevada Press. Preliminary inventory available in department.

Dates: 1932-2000

Charlton Laird Papers

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Identifier: AC 0076
Abstract Charlton G. Laird (1901-1984) was a linguist and professor of English at the University of Nevada, 1945-1968. In addition to his own publications, he co-authored English textbooks with Robert M. Gorrell, and a language book with wife, Helen Gent Laird. His correspondence includes folklorist and linguist Sven Liljeblad and his wife, Astrid; Nevada author Walter Van Tilburg Clark; Max and Michaline Urban, promoters for Latin American music in the United States; and Helen S. Carlson, author of...
Dates: 1924-1980

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Caples, Robert Cole 3
Carlson, Helen S., 1917- 2
Gorrell, Robert M. 2
Laird, Charlton, 1901-1984 2
Laird, Helene, 1905- 2
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Liljeblad, Astrid 2
Liljeblad, Sven S. (Sven Samuel), 1899-2000 2
Post, Theodore H., 1892-1955 2
Raffetto, Bertha, 1885-1952 2
Shafton, Anthony 2
Smith, Alfred Merritt, 1876-1968 2
Urban, Max 2
Acree, Bert 1
Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 1
American Association of University Professors. University of Nevada, Reno Chapter 1
Associated Students of the University of Nevada 1
Ayres, Herbert M. 1
Barrington, Richard E. 1
Bastain, Cyril O. 1
Beatty, Clara 1
Benson, Jackson J. 1
Blair, Minnie P., 1886-1973 1
Bradley, Helena Grace 1
Bray, Mildred, 1892- 1
Broadbent, Newell 1
Brooks, Harriet A. 1
Brown, Merwyn H. 1
Bruce, Irene, 1903-1987 1
Bulmer, Laura 1
Cahlan, A. E. (Albert Edmunds), 1899-1968 1
Cazier, Henry H. 1
Christy, Arthur, 1899-1946 1
Church, James Edward, Jr., 1869-1959 1
Clark, Barbara Frances Morse 1
Clark, Robert M. (Robert Morse), 1939- 1
Craven, Thomas O. 1
Daggett, Rollin Mallory, 1831-1901 1
Daley, Helen 1
Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918 1
Day, Dorothy (Dee Dee) 1
De Longchamps, Joanne, 1923-1983 1
DeLongchamps, Frederic Joseph, 1882-1969 1
Dressler, Fred, 1898- 1
Dressler, John, 1916-1970 1
Eddy, Clarence, 1851-1937 1
Eilo, Taugen 1
Etulain, Richard W. 1
Folger, James D. 1
Frandsen, Peter, 1876-1967 1
Franklin, G. E. (George Edward) 1
Friends of the University of Nevada 1
Fulstone, Mary, 1892- 1
Gallagher, Charles D., 1884-1977 1
Garside, Frank F. 1
Gianella, Vincent Paul, 1886-1983 1
Goodman, Joseph T., 1838-1917 1
Grant, Archie C. 1
Hackett, Ray 1
Haseman, Charles, 1880- 1
Hawkins, Katherine 1
Heintze, Carl 1
Herrmann, John, 1931- 1
Horvitz, Peter S. 1
Houssels, J. Kell 1
Howe, L. Sybil 1
Hug, Procter R., 1902-1991 1
Kerns, Emma J. 1
Kneiss, Gilbert H. 1
Knisley, Ray 1
Knudsen, K. O. 1
Kuehl, John, 1928- 1
Laird, Floy Davis 1
Lake, Susanna R. 1
Lattin, Ralph W. 1
Lee, Linda 1
Madden, David, 1933- 1
Marston, Edgar J. 1
Marvel, Louise 1
McCulloch, Frank, 1881- 1
McElrath, Jean S., 1917-1967 1
McHenry, Dean Eugene 1
Mendenhall, Dorothy 1
Merialdo, Peter B., 1899-1975 1
Mighels, Philip Verrill, 1869-1911 1
Mills, Laura E. 1
Moffatt, William H. 1
Moon, Lou 1
Morse, Jack H. 1
Mueller, John V. 1
Murphy, Joseph A. 1
Nevada State University. Young Women's Christian Association 1
Quinlan, Jerome J. 1
Ralston, Paul 1
Richardson, Frank T. 1
Richardson, Penelope Rodney 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Ronzone, Bertha 1
Ross, Earl T. 1
Rulison, Charles H. 1
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