Perrin, Alfred.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Still Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0037 SAA 035
Abstract
James Still, a native of Alabama, was educated at Lincoln Memorial University (B.A., 1929), Vanderbilt University (M.A., 1930), and the University of Illinois (B.S., 1931). As a resident of rural Knott County, Kentucky, Still published stories and poems in the Atlantic Monthly, Yale Review, American Mercury, and the Saturday Evening Post among others. His works are generally considered to be both accurate and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-2001
Wilma Dykeman Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.16
Abstract
Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006) lived all her life near the French Broad River in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Born in Asheville, Dykeman traced her interest in writing to the stories her parents read aloud to her when she was a child. By the time she was in elementary school, she was making up her own stories, plays, and poems. After graduating from high school and Biltmore Junior College in Asheville, Dykeman attended Northwestern University and received a bachelor’s degree in...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998