Daniel Curley Papers, 1932-91

Description: Papers of Daniel Curley (1919-88), professor of English (1955-88), including correspondence with contributors to Accent about rejection and acceptance of manuscripts, style, advice concerning writing and revising poetry and short stories, review of manuscripts, and related topics (1955-63); correspondence, manuscripts, mailing lists and production documents for Ascent (1974-88); manuscripts for criticism articles, book reviews, program notes, poetry, plays, short stories, children's books and novels (1954-90); Illinois Arts Council grants (1974-87); family (1941--76) and general and personal (1950--88) correspondence; and obituaries and memorials (1988-89). Major correspondents include Stanley Elkin, Roger Ebert, Hilton Kramer, Fred Manalli, John Moffitt, and C. P. Snow.