Jesse Stuart papers,
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Jesse Stuart papers,
- Date
- 1936-1958
- Creator
- Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984
- Extent
- 0.23 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- American literature--Appalachian Region.
- Poets laureate--Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged alphabetically.
- Preferred Citation
- 59M31: [Identification of item], Jesse Stuart papers, 1936-1958, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Jesse Hilton Stuart was born in W-Hollow near Riverton in Greenup County, Ky. The son of an illiterate farmer, Stuart is recognized as an outstanding regional author. In 1929 he received an A.B. degree from Lincoln Memorial University and attended Vanderbilt University in 1931-1932, studying there when "The Fugitives" were active. When his 19 stanza poem Elegy for Mitch Stewart was published by the American Mercury magazine in 1933, Stuart credited Robert Penn Warren and Donald Davidson for encouraging him to submit his work. In 1954 Stuart was chosen by the Kentucky legislature as Poet Laureate of Eastern Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The Jesse Stuart papers contain typescripts for short stories and poems by Jesse Stuart. Included are the poem Elegy for Mith Stuart and the short stories Three Hundred Acres of Elbow Room, published in the American Mercury, 1934 and the Yale Review, 1935; Hair appeared in the Best Short Stories of 1937; and that same year the short story Toes was translated into Russian while Stuart was studying in Europe as a Guggenheim fellow, previously it had been published in Stuart's Head O'W-Hollow.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
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