Collection ID: LMC 2327
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Wilson, William Edward, 1906-
Abstract:
The Wilson mss., 1891-1983, consists of the papers of William Edward Wilson, 1906-1988, Indiana University James A. Work Professor of English at Bloomington, Indiana, author, and newspaperman.
Extent:
5 Boxes (5 standard, 3 custom)
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

Wilson mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Born in Evansville, Indiana, Wilson received his education at Harvard University and holds honorary degrees from the University of Evansville, Indiana University, and Indiana State University. During World War II Wilson served in the Navy and taught at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Other teaching positions were at Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado, University of Aix-Marseille, and Indiana University. As a newspaperman Wilson reported for The Evansville Press, The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard, and The Evening Sun of Baltimore, as well as serving as a free-lance journalist for a number of other newspapers.

Scope and Content:

The Wilson mss., 1891-1983, consists of the papers of William Edward Wilson, 1906-1988, Indiana University James A. Work Professor of English at Bloomington, Indiana, author, and newspaperman. Includes Indiana University faculty reports; class outlines and lectures for 20th Century American fiction course; articles; short stories; a novel and a play; reviews of Wilson's work; magazine and newspaper clippings; and photographs of family, friends and graduate writing class at Indiana University, 1955.

Acquisition information:
Acquired 1968, 1978, 1983
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Biographical; II. Correspondence; III. Financial; IV. Indiana University; V. Photographs; VI. Speeches; VII. Writings; VIII. Printed.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

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TERMS OF ACCESS:

Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Wilson mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu