Collection on Seamus Heaney's UK Visit, 2006
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Collection on Seamus Heaney's UK Visit, 2006
- Creator
- Heaney, Seamus
- Extent
- 0.28 cubic feet (1 box): six items
- Subjects
- Heaney, Seamus, 1939-.
- Berry, Wendell, 1934-.
- University of Kentucky.
- Baccalaureate addresses -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Events -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Seamus Heaney was born in Northern Ireland in 1939. Heaney is one of the most respected English language poets in the world. He has received numerous awards and honors during his career including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. In May 2006, he visited the University of Kentucky where he delivered that year's University Commencement Address and was presented with an honorary degree.
- Scope and Content
- The Collection on Seamus Heaney's UK Visit includes an annotated copy of the commencement address given by Seamus Heaney on May 7, 2006 as well as a program, a publicity poster, and photographs from a reading he gave at Margaret I. King Building on May 5, 2006. Also of note is a photograph of Heaney with Kentucky author and poet Wendell Berry.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Contents of the Collection
Researchers are required to have an SCRC Researcher Account in order to request or order digital copies of materials. Research Account set-up and use instructions can be found at: http://libguides.uky.edu/SCRCaccount
If you are visiting the Breckinridge Research Room, please request materials at least 48 business hours in advance of your arrival.
For all other questions, contact us at: https://libraries.uky.edu/ContactSCRC.
Researchers are required to have an SCRC Researcher Account in order to request or order digital copies of materials. Research Account set-up and use instructions can be found at: http://libguides.uky.edu/SCRCaccount
If you are visiting the Breckinridge Research Room, please request materials at least 48 business hours in advance of your arrival.
For all other questions, contact us at: https://libraries.uky.edu/ContactSCRC.