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He also taught at Wesleyan University (1957-1960), Rice University (1961-1962), Hollins College (1967-1971), the University of South Carolina (1971-1974), Princeton (1974-1977), Columbia University (1977-1978), and the University of Michigan (1979-1984). He also served as poetry editor for the Transatlantic Review from 1958-1971. Garrett was a popular choice for literary readings, lectures and talks to a variety of audiences; a book reviewer for many publications; and served as a reader for several academic presses. He was also very generous in his recommendations of students and colleagues and in supporting publications of new authors with blurbs and other statements.","Some recent examples of Garrett's many awards and honors include:  The T.S. 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Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["George Palmer Garrett, Jr. was born to George Palmer and Rosalie Toomer Garrett in Orlando, Florida, on June 11, 1929. He married musician Susan Parrish Jackson on June 14, 1952, and they had three children, William Palmer Garrett, Rosalie Alice Garrett, and George Gorham Garrett. Garrett died in Charlottesville, on May 26, 2008, at 78 years of age. \nGarrett graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1946, and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1947. 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He also taught at Wesleyan University (1957-1960), Rice University (1961-1962), Hollins College (1967-1971), the University of South Carolina (1971-1974), Princeton (1974-1977), Columbia University (1977-1978), and the University of Michigan (1979-1984). He also served as poetry editor for the Transatlantic Review from 1958-1971. Garrett was a popular choice for literary readings, lectures and talks to a variety of audiences; a book reviewer for many publications; and served as a reader for several academic presses. He was also very generous in his recommendations of students and colleagues and in supporting publications of new authors with blurbs and other statements.","Some recent examples of Garrett's many awards and honors include:  The T.S. Eliot Award (1989), the Thomas Wolfe Prize (2006), the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction (1991), the Library of Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), the New York Public Library Literary Lion Award (1988), Aiken-Taylor Award (1999) the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers (2005), and the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize (2006). \n    \nHe also served as Vice-Chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1988-1993, and as Chancellor, 1993-1997, as well as President of the Associated Writing Programs, 1971-1974.","For more information about Garrett and his work, the following books are useful: Understanding George Garrett by R.H.W. Dillard; George Garrett: the Elizabethan Trilogy edited by Brooke Horvath and Irving Malin; To Come Up Grinning: A Tribute to George Garrett by Paul Ruffin and Stuart Wright; and The Art of the Magic Striptease: the Literary Layers of George Garrett by Casey Clabough. Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources.","The papers of George Garrett (1929-2008), American novelist, poet, playwright, editor, and former University of Virginia English professor, consists of about 30,000 items (104 Hollinger boxes, ca. 43.5 linear feet), chiefly 1930-2008, with some earlier photographs and Garrett family materials dating back to 1855. 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Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["George Palmer Garrett, Jr. was born to George Palmer and Rosalie Toomer Garrett in Orlando, Florida, on June 11, 1929. He married musician Susan Parrish Jackson on June 14, 1952, and they had three children, William Palmer Garrett, Rosalie Alice Garrett, and George Gorham Garrett. Garrett died in Charlottesville, on May 26, 2008, at 78 years of age. \nGarrett graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1946, and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1947. 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Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["George Palmer Garrett, Jr. was born to George Palmer and Rosalie Toomer Garrett in Orlando, Florida, on June 11, 1929. He married musician Susan Parrish Jackson on June 14, 1952, and they had three children, William Palmer Garrett, Rosalie Alice Garrett, and George Gorham Garrett. Garrett died in Charlottesville, on May 26, 2008, at 78 years of age. \nGarrett graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1946, and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1947. 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He married musician Susan Parrish Jackson on June 14, 1952, and they had three children, William Palmer Garrett, Rosalie Alice Garrett, and George Gorham Garrett. Garrett died in Charlottesville, on May 26, 2008, at 78 years of age. \nGarrett graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1946, and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1947. His college education began at Princeton, where he was awarded his Bachelor's degree in 1952, his Master's in 1956, and his doctorate in 1985 for his work on his three Elizabethan novels. After his graduation from Princeton in 1952, Garrett served in the U.S. Army Active Reserves (Field Artillery) in the Free Territory of Trieste and in Linz, Austria. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarrett taught at the University of Virginia from 1962-1967 and again as the Henry Hoyns professor of creative writing from 1984-1999. He also taught at Wesleyan University (1957-1960), Rice University (1961-1962), Hollins College (1967-1971), the University of South Carolina (1971-1974), Princeton (1974-1977), Columbia University (1977-1978), and the University of Michigan (1979-1984). He also served as poetry editor for the Transatlantic Review from 1958-1971. Garrett was a popular choice for literary readings, lectures and talks to a variety of audiences; a book reviewer for many publications; and served as a reader for several academic presses. He was also very generous in his recommendations of students and colleagues and in supporting publications of new authors with blurbs and other statements. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome recent examples of Garrett's many awards and honors include:  The T.S. Eliot Award (1989), the Thomas Wolfe Prize (2006), the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction (1991), the Library of Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), the New York Public Library Literary Lion Award (1988), Aiken-Taylor Award (1999) the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers (2005), and the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize (2006). \n    \nHe also served as Vice-Chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1988-1993, and as Chancellor, 1993-1997, as well as President of the Associated Writing Programs, 1971-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor more information about Garrett and his work, the following books are useful: Understanding George Garrett by R.H.W. Dillard; George Garrett: the Elizabethan Trilogy edited by Brooke Horvath and Irving Malin; To Come Up Grinning: A Tribute to George Garrett by Paul Ruffin and Stuart Wright; and The Art of the Magic Striptease: the Literary Layers of George Garrett by Casey Clabough. Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["George Palmer Garrett, Jr. was born to George Palmer and Rosalie Toomer Garrett in Orlando, Florida, on June 11, 1929. He married musician Susan Parrish Jackson on June 14, 1952, and they had three children, William Palmer Garrett, Rosalie Alice Garrett, and George Gorham Garrett. Garrett died in Charlottesville, on May 26, 2008, at 78 years of age. \nGarrett graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1946, and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1947. His college education began at Princeton, where he was awarded his Bachelor's degree in 1952, his Master's in 1956, and his doctorate in 1985 for his work on his three Elizabethan novels. After his graduation from Princeton in 1952, Garrett served in the U.S. Army Active Reserves (Field Artillery) in the Free Territory of Trieste and in Linz, Austria.","Garrett taught at the University of Virginia from 1962-1967 and again as the Henry Hoyns professor of creative writing from 1984-1999. He also taught at Wesleyan University (1957-1960), Rice University (1961-1962), Hollins College (1967-1971), the University of South Carolina (1971-1974), Princeton (1974-1977), Columbia University (1977-1978), and the University of Michigan (1979-1984). He also served as poetry editor for the Transatlantic Review from 1958-1971. Garrett was a popular choice for literary readings, lectures and talks to a variety of audiences; a book reviewer for many publications; and served as a reader for several academic presses. He was also very generous in his recommendations of students and colleagues and in supporting publications of new authors with blurbs and other statements.","Some recent examples of Garrett's many awards and honors include:  The T.S. Eliot Award (1989), the Thomas Wolfe Prize (2006), the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction (1991), the Library of Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), the New York Public Library Literary Lion Award (1988), Aiken-Taylor Award (1999) the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers (2005), and the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize (2006). \n    \nHe also served as Vice-Chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1988-1993, and as Chancellor, 1993-1997, as well as President of the Associated Writing Programs, 1971-1974.","For more information about Garrett and his work, the following books are useful: Understanding George Garrett by R.H.W. Dillard; George Garrett: the Elizabethan Trilogy edited by Brooke Horvath and Irving Malin; To Come Up Grinning: A Tribute to George Garrett by Paul Ruffin and Stuart Wright; and The Art of the Magic Striptease: the Literary Layers of George Garrett by Casey Clabough. Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Garrett papers, MSS 13273, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Garrett papers, MSS 13273, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of George Garrett (1929-2008), American novelist, poet, playwright, editor, and former University of Virginia English professor, consists of about 30,000 items (104 Hollinger boxes, ca. 43.5 linear feet), chiefly 1930-2008, with some earlier photographs and Garrett family materials dating back to 1855. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of literary and critical work by George Garrett, interviews, manuscripts  and typescripts by other writers, speeches and talks by Garrett, Garrett's articles and other work for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, screenplays, research notes and other research materials, genealogy and family history, photographs, computer disks of his work, and audiocassette tapes. The audio cassette tapes have been transferred to a separate number (MSS 13273-f) to facilitate access, description, and barcoding. Electronic versions of Garrett's work, chiefly interviews and some short stories, are listed in this guide and can be made available to scholars in the Special Collections reading room.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of George Garrett (1929-2008), American novelist, poet, playwright, editor, and former University of Virginia English professor, consists of about 30,000 items (104 Hollinger boxes, ca. 43.5 linear feet), chiefly 1930-2008, with some earlier photographs and Garrett family materials dating back to 1855. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of literary and critical work by George Garrett, interviews, manuscripts  and typescripts by other writers, speeches and talks by Garrett, Garrett's articles and other work for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, screenplays, research notes and other research materials, genealogy and family history, photographs, computer disks of his work, and audiocassette tapes. The audio cassette tapes have been transferred to a separate number (MSS 13273-f) to facilitate access, description, and barcoding. Electronic versions of Garrett's work, chiefly interviews and some short stories, are listed in this guide and can be made available to scholars in the Special Collections reading room."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no use restrictions for this collection, except for Box 21, which contains tenure reviews and recommendations, and is restricted under the terms of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (F.E.R.P.A.).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no use restrictions for this collection, except for Box 21, which contains tenure reviews and recommendations, and is restricted under the terms of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (F.E.R.P.A.)."],"corpname_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":950,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:41:34.507Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_948_c04"}},{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_948_c05","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Media from the George Garrett Papers, 1953/2004","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_948_c05#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis series of the papers of George Garrett contains 566 various audiocassettes and 13 compact disks from the papers of George Garrett. 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The series contains readings by Garrett and other literary figures at a variety of classes, workshops, events, radio programs, and literary festivals as well as appearances at bookstores, colleges, and churches. Venues include the Virginia Festival of the Book, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Hollins Literary Festival, Jefferson Institute for Life Long Learning, New Dominion Bookstore, Second Street Gallery, Williams Corner Bookstore, PEN/Faulkner Awards, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Bennington Writer's Workshops, Poetry Society of Virginia, St. Paul's Church, Ivy, University of Virginia Bookstore, and the Yellow Shoe Poets (Louisiana State University).  Of interest are his reading at the funeral service for May Sarton, the Raleigh lecture at Trinity College, Oxford, readings in honor of Staige Blackford, Martin Battestin on George Herbert, a discussion of John Updike, and Henry Taylor's essay on Eleanor Taylor.  Several of the tapes were commercially produced.","The collection also contains readings by Betty Adcock, John Aldridge, James Applewhite, John Ashberry, Martin Battestin, Ruthe Battestin, Richard Bausch, Robert Bausch, Ann Beattie, Madison Bell, Wendell Berry, John Berryman, James H. Billington, Sydney Blair, Amy Bloom, Robert Brickhouse,  Carrie Brown, Frederic Buechner, John Casey, Grace Cavalieri, Paula Champa, Fred Chappell, Avery Chenoweth, Kelly Cherry,  Alan Cheuse, Carolyn Chute, Amy Clampitt, Nicole Cooley, Elizabeth Cox, Patrick Cribben, Michael Curtis, Janice Daugherty, Doug Day, Elizabeth Dewberry, Leo Diehl, R.H.W. Dillard, Ellen Douglas, Rita Dove, Tom Drury, John Ehle, Garrett Epps, Mary Flinn, Roland Flint, and Ann Freeman.","Other readings include ones by Mary Gaitskill, Brendan Galvin, Ted Genoways, Margaret Gibson, John Gielgud, The Reverend Maurice L. 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The series contains readings by Garrett and other literary figures at a variety of classes, workshops, events, radio programs, and literary festivals as well as appearances at bookstores, colleges, and churches. Venues include the Virginia Festival of the Book, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Hollins Literary Festival, Jefferson Institute for Life Long Learning, New Dominion Bookstore, Second Street Gallery, Williams Corner Bookstore, PEN/Faulkner Awards, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Bennington Writer's Workshops, Poetry Society of Virginia, St. Paul's Church, Ivy, University of Virginia Bookstore, and the Yellow Shoe Poets (Louisiana State University).  Of interest are his reading at the funeral service for May Sarton, the Raleigh lecture at Trinity College, Oxford, readings in honor of Staige Blackford, Martin Battestin on George Herbert, a discussion of John Updike, and Henry Taylor's essay on Eleanor Taylor.  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Dillard, Ellen Douglas, Rita Dove, Tom Drury, John Ehle, Garrett Epps, Mary Flinn, Roland Flint, and Ann Freeman.","Other readings include ones by Mary Gaitskill, Brendan Galvin, Ted Genoways, Margaret Gibson, John Gielgud, The Reverend Maurice L. (\"Rusty\") Goldsmith, Andrea Gollin, William Goyen, Vivian Gornick, Lucy Grealy, Alec Guinness, Alyson Hagy, Jim Hall, Cathryn  Hankla, O. B. Hardison, Michael Harper, Brooks Haxton, Anthony Hecht, Brodie Herndon, Angie Hogan, Michael Hornburg, David Huddle, Henry Huddle, Jim Jeter, Denis Johnson, Julia Johnson, Fred Kasten, Alfred Kazin, Garrison Keillor, Phillip Kimball, Carolyn Kizer, Joyce Kornblatt, Jeanne Larsen, Doug Lawson, William Henry Lewis, Jeb Livingood, James McAuley, Jill McCorkle,  Kevin McFadden, Jay McInerney, James McKinley, Tim McLaurin, David McNair, Hilary Masters, Peter Matthiessen, Bernard Mayes, Sheila McMillen, W. S. Merwin, Michael Mewshaw, Thorpe Moeckel, Rick Moody, and Craig Mueller.","Additional readings are by Debra Nystrom, Ed Ochester, Flannery O'Connor, Robert O'Neil, Gregory Orr, Janet Peery, Carol Poster, Virginia Priest, Liam Rector, Alexandra Ripley, Lucinda Roy, Paul Ruffin, Stephen Sandy,  Helen Schulman, Lisa Russ-Spaar, Mary Lee Settle, Mona Simpson, David Slavitt, R. T. Smith, Ron Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Elizabeth Spires, Darcey Steinke,  John Stone, Robert Stone, Deborah Sussman, Gay Talese, Amy Tan, Henry Taylor, Anita Thompson, Christopher Tilghman, William H. Townsend, Betsy Vaughan, William Warfield, Mac Wellman, Tom Whalen, Allen Wier, Marianne Wiggins, James Wilcox, Lisa Williams, Lex Williford, Calder Willingham, Fred Wiseman, Meg Wolitzer, and Charles Wright.","The collection also contains a compact disk of Chopin piano pieces and a set of twelve compact disks of Gary Gallagher's book \"Robert E. 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He married musician Susan Parrish Jackson on June 14, 1952, and they had three children, William Palmer Garrett, Rosalie Alice Garrett, and George Gorham Garrett. Garrett died in Charlottesville, on May 26, 2008, at 78 years of age. \nGarrett graduated from the Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1946, and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1947. His college education began at Princeton, where he was awarded his Bachelor's degree in 1952, his Master's in 1956, and his doctorate in 1985 for his work on his three Elizabethan novels. After his graduation from Princeton in 1952, Garrett served in the U.S. Army Active Reserves (Field Artillery) in the Free Territory of Trieste and in Linz, Austria.","Garrett taught at the University of Virginia from 1962-1967 and again as the Henry Hoyns professor of creative writing from 1984-1999. He also taught at Wesleyan University (1957-1960), Rice University (1961-1962), Hollins College (1967-1971), the University of South Carolina (1971-1974), Princeton (1974-1977), Columbia University (1977-1978), and the University of Michigan (1979-1984). He also served as poetry editor for the Transatlantic Review from 1958-1971. Garrett was a popular choice for literary readings, lectures and talks to a variety of audiences; a book reviewer for many publications; and served as a reader for several academic presses. He was also very generous in his recommendations of students and colleagues and in supporting publications of new authors with blurbs and other statements.","Some recent examples of Garrett's many awards and honors include:  The T.S. 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Stuart Wright has also edited George Garrett A Bibliography, 1947-1988, which is useful for his earlier work. Resources within the collections include three folders of articles about George Garrett in Box 66 and assorted news clippings about his career in Box 76. There are also numerous resources available on the internet and other shorter print sources.","The papers of George Garrett (1929-2008), American novelist, poet, playwright, editor, and former University of Virginia English professor, consists of about 30,000 items (104 Hollinger boxes, ca. 43.5 linear feet), chiefly 1930-2008, with some earlier photographs and Garrett family materials dating back to 1855. 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Eliot Award (1989), the Thomas Wolfe Prize (2006), the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction (1991), the Library of Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), the New York Public Library Literary Lion Award (1988), Aiken-Taylor Award (1999) the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers (2005), and the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize (2006). \n    \nHe also served as Vice-Chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1988-1993, and as Chancellor, 1993-1997, as well as President of the Associated Writing Programs, 1971-1974.","For more information about Garrett and his work, the following books are useful: Understanding George Garrett by R.H.W. Dillard; George Garrett: the Elizabethan Trilogy edited by Brooke Horvath and Irving Malin; To Come Up Grinning: A Tribute to George Garrett by Paul Ruffin and Stuart Wright; and The Art of the Magic Striptease: the Literary Layers of George Garrett by Casey Clabough. 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