Finding Aid for Carol Kyle Papers, 1957-1995 | University of Illinois Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Carol Kyle Papers, 1957-1995

ID: 15/7/46

Primary Creator: Kyle, Carol (1939-1995)

Extent: 12.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: By Subject, Alphabetically Thereunder Unless Noted

Subjects: Astronomy, Computer Based Education, Creative Writing, Faculty Papers, Fulbright Awards, National Endowment for the Humanities, Poetry, Women's Studies

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Carol Kyle (1939-1995), professor of English (1968-1995), contain professional and personal correspondence, literary and scholarly publications, manuscripts and drafts of poetry, photographs, sound recordings, and teaching and research materials related to classes taken as a student at Duquesne University (1957-1961) and the University of Pennsylvania (1962-1968); courses taught while a professor at UIUC, including pilot classes on poetry and astronomy, the literature of AIDS, contemporary American poetry, women writers, and computer use in humanities instruction; creative works, include poetry collections and individual poems, novels and novellas, and short stories; scholarly and research works, including book- and article-length works on contemporary poetry, domestic imagery, Robert Frost (dissertation topic), and numerous poets and writers, including W.S. Merwin, Adrienne Rich, James Wright and Charles Olson; materials relating to research grants received for the completion or implementation of projects, including a Fulbright to conduct research in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1972), an NEH grant to develop a poetry and astronomy curriculum (1978-1979), her work at the National Humanities Institute with Maynard Mack (1971), her tenure as De Witt-Wallace visitor at the MacDowell artists' colony(1989), and awards presented to Kyle, including the Chancellor's Award for Distiguished Teaching (1987) and the LAS Award for Distinguished Teaching; and correspondence with publishers, students, colleagues, and writers, including Adrienne Rich, Sarah Getty, Carol Burns, Raymond Carver, Maxine Kumin, Archibald MacLeish, W.S. Merwin, Sarah Schulman, and James Wright.

Subject/Index Terms

Astronomy
Computer Based Education
Creative Writing
Faculty Papers
Fulbright Awards
National Endowment for the Humanities
Poetry
Women's Studies

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical],
[Series 2: Coursework completed],
[Series 3: Courses Taught],
[Series 4: Works, Creative],
[Series 5: Works, Scholarly],
[Series 6: Projects and Grants],
[Series 7: Correspondence],
[Series 8: Committee Work],
[Series 9: News Clippings, articles, and publications],
[All]

Series 2: Coursework completed

Box 1

Folder 1: Bachelor of Arts (Duquesne University, 1961)

Box 1

Folder 1: Aesthetics, 1960
Folder 2: American Literature, winter, 1958-1959
Folder 3: General college assignments, 1957-1958
Folder 4: Literature assignments, 1959-1961
Folder 5: Contemporary Philosophy, 1961
Folder 6: Early English Poetry, 1961
Folder 7: English coursework, 1958-1960
Folder 8: Old English, ca. 1958
Folder 9: Twentieth-Century Literature, 1960

Folder 2: Master of Arts (University of Pennsylvania 1962)

Box 1

Folder 1: American Literary History and Criticism, spring 1962
Folder 2: Elizabethan Poetry and Prose, fall 1961
Folder 3: Middle English Literature, fall 1961
Folder 4: Modern British Poetry, spring 1962
Folder 5: Restoration Literature, fall 1961
Folder 6: Tristam Shandy, spring 1962

Folder 3: Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania1968)

Box 1

Folder 1: American Drama 1890-present, fall 1966

Folder 2: American Literary History and Criticism, spring 1966

Folder 3: American Literary History of the Twentieth Century, 1966

Folder 4: American Literature Before 1810--papers presented for publication, 1966, 1971

Folder 5: American Literature 1810-1860, fall 1966

Folder 6: American Literature Since 1915, fall 1964

Folder 7: American Literature to 1810, spring 1966

Folder 8: American Literature to 1910, 1966

Folder 9: Arthurian Romance, summer 1966

Folder 10: British Literature Before 1922, summer 1966

Folder 11: British Literature 1922-Present, spring 1966

Folder 12: Independent Study with Theodore Hornburger, 1966

Folder 13: Faulkner Seminar

Folder 14: Major American Authors, summer 1966

Folder 15: Modern English, fall 1966

Folder 16: Ph.D. dissertation materials--Robert Frost

Box 1

Folder 1: "Epistemelogical Dualism in the Poetry of Robert Frost" (dissertation), 1967-1968
Folder 2: Exam Questions, 1966

Box 2

Folder 1: Notes, 1966
Folder 2: Saturday Review, 1963
Folder 3: "The Theme of Knowledge in the Poetry of Robert Frost" (chapter outline), 1967

Box 2

Folder 1: Seventeenth-Century Poetry, 1963

Box 2

Folder 1: Syllabi

Box 2

Folder 1: Other coursework

Box 2

Folder 1: Astronomy notebook
Folder 2: Kathleen Spivak's Poetry Workshop (Note: no Kyle materials--see Works/Kathy's Poetry Workshop for Kyle contributions), 1976-1978