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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 6: Projects and Grants

(Note: also contains materials relating to fellowships and awards received by Kyle; where feasible, materials for each project are arranged chronologically)

Box 11

Folder 1: Astronomy and Poetry, 1978-1979

Kyle applied for and was granted an NEH grant in 1978 to create and implement an interdisciplinary course studying the relationship between astronomical imagery and contemporary American poetry; see also Courses Taught.

Box 11

Folder 1: NEH policy manual, 1977-1978
Folder 2: Original grant materials, 1979
Folder 3: Course materials, 1979
Folder 4: Notes, 1979
Folder 5: News clippings, ca. 1972-1978
Folder 6: Reprinted scientific articles, 1979
Folder 7: Reports and Evaluations, 1979
Folder 8: Final correspondence with NEH, 1980

Folder 2: Astrophysical Imagery in Contemporary American Poetry, 1987

Kyle requested sabbatical leave in 1987 to work further on astronomy and poetry book, and also to work on her AIDS novel.

Box 11

Folder 1: Proposal with notes and other materials, 1987
Folder 2: Application and proposal for LAS faculty study in a second discipline, 1987-1989
Folder 3: Poetry reprints

Folder 3: Black Holes and the Human Imagination, 1979-1980

Kyle received a UIUC interdisciplinary research grant to develop a colloquium with visiting astrophysics professor Jacobus Petterson on relationship between astronomy and poetry.

Box 11

Folder 1: Grant materials and proposal, 1979
Folder 2: Notes, 1979
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1979-1980
Folder 4: Colloquium lecture notes, 1980
Folder 5: Cassette-tape copies of colloquium, 1980

Folder 4: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1987

Box 11

Folder 1: Publicity, 1987

Folder 5: Christopher Kite Visit (English Harpsichordist), ca. 1981

Box 12

Folder 1: CMU (Carnegie-Mellon University) Conference on Computer Use in the Humanities, 1985

Box 12

Folder 1: Notes and submitted paper, 1984-1985
Folder 2: Conference materials

Folder 2: College Bowl materials

Folder 3: Fulbright Lectureship, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1972

Kyle was awarded a fulbright for a visiting lectureship in Buenos Aires, and also worked extensively on her poetry while in residence there.

Box 12

Folder 1: Precorrespondence, 1970-1971
Folder 2: Application, 1971
Folder 3: Class materials, 1972
Folder 4: Reprinted articles and clippings, 1972
Folder 5: Notes for novel, 1972
Folder 6: Personal correspondence, 1972: Including photos, postcards, letters and aerograms from and to Kyle

Folder 4: Heekin Group Foundation Novel-In-Progress Semi-Finalist, 1993

Box 12

Folder 1: Correspondence

Folder 5: Institute of International Education Fellowship, 1964

Kyle was awarded an IIEF fellowship in 1964 to attend the Shakespeare Quartercentenary at Stratford-on-Avon.

Box 12

Folder 1: Journal, 1964
Folder 2: Final Report, 1964

Folder 6: IAFA (International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts) Conference, 1991

Box 12

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1991: Relates to reading by Kyle on the subject of plagues throughout history, including AIDS

Folder 7: "Larkin notes" (unidentified project)

Folder 8: LAS Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1986

Folder 9: Literature and Archaeology Project, 1970-1971

Kyle received a fellowship from UIUC to work in Mexico City on a project addressing the "Mesoamerican Cultural Past" in the summers of 1970 and 1971; see also Works, Scholarly/Apollo and the New World.

Box 12

Folder 1: Notes, 1970

Folder 10: MacDowell Colony, DeWitt Wallace/Reader's Digest Writing Award, 1989

Box 12

Folder 1: Official correspondence, 1989
Folder 2: Novel notes for African Violet Queen. See also Correspondence/Personal, "John1987-1988"

Folder 11: Mallorca Expedition, 1975

Kyle spent the summer of 1975 on an archaeological dig of a Deyan shrine in Mallorca.

Box 12

Folder 1: Materials, 1975

Folder 12: National Humanities Institute, 1976

Kyle was selected for an NEH residence at Yale with Maynard Mack to develop interdisciplinary courses; the work done at this seminar developed into Kyle's "astronomy and poetry" courses.

Box 12

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1973-1977
Folder 2: Notes, 1975-1977
Folder 3: Materials, 1975-1977

Folder 13: NEMLA Convention, Guest Lecturer, 1987

Box 12

Folder 1: Lecture notes: "The American Woman Abroad"

Folder 14: Poetry Contest Submissions, 1981

Folder 15: The Scarlet Letter A: Teaching the Literature of AIDS, 1994

Kyle applied for a grant from NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) to devise and implement a course focusing on AIDS literature; initial prospectus was accepted, status of full proposal is not addressed herein; see also Courses Taught/"The Literature of AIDS."

Box 12

Folder 1: Correspondence with NCTE, 1993-1994
Folder 2: Full Proposal, 1994

Folder 16: Undergraduate Instructional Award

Box 12

Folder 1: Application, 1979

Folder 17: "American Women in Change" proposal and notes (interdisciplinary women's studies course), 1979

Box 12

Folder 1: Application, 1983

Folder 18: The Vertical Frontier: Poetry for Physicists/Physics for Poets

Folder 19: Unidentified project, possibly related to other astronomy projects.

Folder 20: Notes (3 folders)

Folder one includes Kyle's "Humanist Manifesto"