Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Thomas H. Carter papers
Carter, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry)
Boatwright, James, III
WLU.Coll.0004
/repositories/5/resources/240
1.25 Linear Feet
2 boxes
1948-1968
English
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Thomas H. Carter Correspondence (WLU Coll. 0004), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
A second installment was the gift of Dr. James Boatwright.
Biographical Note
Thomas Carter (1931-1963) was editor of
Spearhead and Shenandoah. While a student at Washington and Lee University (1950-1954), Carter helped establish
Shenandoah. After graduation, he returned to his hometown of Martinsville, Virginia to teach at the high school as well as at the extension of the University of Virginia. While there, he started another publication, Spearhead, which ceased publication.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes primarily correspondence written to Carter, though there are some letters written by him. The majority of the correspondence concern
Shenandoah and Spearhead publications. Correspondents include Washington and Lee faculty James Boatwright, Marshall Fishwick, Fitzgerald Flournoy, and James Leyburn. There are numerous letters from leading contemporary literary figures, such as Ezra Pound, William Faulkner, E. E. Cummings, T. S. Eliot, Ray Bradbury, and Flannery O'Connor, as well as typescripts from Shenandoah (vol. 3, no. 2, 1952 and vol. 4, nos.2-3, 1953). Authors of the letters vary from editors and publishers to personal friends and prospective contributors to the aforementioned publications. Manuscripts by George Fox and Joe Kennedy are also present as are letters of condolence sent to Mrs. Carter upon the death of her son in 1963.
Related Materials
Shenandoah Records (RG 29)
Thomas H. Carter Audiorecordings (WLU Coll 504)
Literature
Editors
Authors
Shenandoah (Washington and Lee University)
Spearhead (Washington and Lee University)
Fox, George
Kennedy, Joe
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
Faulkner, William
O'Connor, Flannery
Pound, Ezra
Boatwright, James, III
Martinsville High School Seminar Pamphlets/repositories/5/archival_objects/165131960English.11Margaret Anderson Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/165141953English.12Anthony Boucher Print/repositories/5/archival_objects/165151950English.13James Boatwright Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/165161962English.14Richard C. Beatty Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165171952English.15John Berryman Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165181952English.16X. Marcel Boulestin/repositories/5/archival_objects/165191913English.17Ashley Brown Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165201951-1957English.18Janice Biala Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165211953English.19Thomas Carter Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16522English.110Brainard Cheney Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/165231952English.111Ray Campbell Correspondence and Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16524English.112James Branch Cabell Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165251950-1951English.113E. E. Cummings Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165261950-1960English.114Jamie de Angulo Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16527English.115Donald Davie Essay/repositories/5/archival_objects/16528English.116Donald Davie Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165301953English.117Donald Davidson Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165291951-1960English.118August Derleth Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165311951-1954English.119August Derleth Poem/repositories/5/archival_objects/16532English.120Carol Evans Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165331953English.121Walter Elder Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165341953English.122T. S. Eliot Correspondence and Compositions/repositories/5/archival_objects/165351950-1953English.123William French Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165361953English.124Marshall Fishwick Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165541951-1961English.125William Faulkner Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165551952-1960English.126Caroline Gordon Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165561960English.127Felix B. Giovanelli Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165571953English.128George Hemphill Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16558English.129Anthony Harrigan Correspondence and Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/165591952English.130Randall Jarrell Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/16560English.131John Kasper Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/16561English.132Russel Kirk Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165621955-1959English.133Hugh Kenner Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16563English.134Hugh Kenner Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165641952-1953English.135Hugh Kenner Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165651954-1962English.136James G. Leyburn Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165661954-1973English.137Lyle H. Lanier Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165671952English.138James Laughlin Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165681953English.139Andrew Lytle Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165691952-1960English.140Wyndham Lewis Correspondence and Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/165701953-1954English.141James Merrill Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16571English.142Robert M. MacGregor Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/165721952English.143Marvin Mudrick Correspondence and Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/165731953-1956English.144John McCormick Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/16574English.145Eustace C. Mullins Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/16575English.146Marshall McLuhan Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165761953-1954English.147Marianne Moore Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165771953English.148Merrill Moore Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165781950-1952English.149Robie McCauley/repositories/5/archival_objects/165791952English.150H. C. Nixon Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165801952English.151Howard Odum Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165811952English.152Flannery O'Connor Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/165821953English.153Arabel J. Porter Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/16583English.154Martha H. Peterson Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165841959English.155Thomas H. Carter Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165851952English.156Scope and ContentsWritten to "Walt," asking to review "The Disguises" [of Love] by Robie McCauley.
Katherine Anne Porter Print/repositories/5/archival_objects/16586English.157Ezra Pound Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16587English.158Katherine Anne Porter Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165881953-1960English.159Norman Holmes Pearson Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165891950English.159Peter Russell Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165901952-1953English.160W. K. Rose Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/165911961English.161John Crowe Ransom Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165921953-1954English.162Randall Stewart Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165931960English.163Wallace Stevens Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165941952English.164Richard K. Thorman Composition/repositories/5/archival_objects/16595English.165Peter Taylor Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165961952English.166Allen Tate Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165971952-1960English.167Edwin Watkins Poem/repositories/5/archival_objects/16598English.168James Southall Wilson Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/165991952English.169William Carlos Williams Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/166001951English.170William Carlos Williams Poem/repositories/5/archival_objects/166011951English.171Richard Weaver Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/166021952English.172Stark Young Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/166031952-1953English.173Unidentified compositions/repositories/5/archival_objects/16616English.174Unidentified Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/16617English.175Ray B. West Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/166181953English.176Donald Davidson Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/166191951-1952English.177Correspondence: Assorted/repositories/5/archival_objects/20697circa 1945-196721Kenneth Beandain Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206981951-195322James Boatwright Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/206991964-196623Ross Borden, Jr. Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/20700195924Ray Bradbury Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207011948-196125Cleanth Brooks Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/20702195226Fannie and Lon Cheney Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207031964-196827William Cookson Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207041959-196428August Derleth Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207051948-195129Marshall Fishwick Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207061950-1962210Fitz Flournay Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207071956-1960211David H. Keller Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207081949-1952212Joe Kennedy Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207091948-1962213Hugh Kenner Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207101954-1966214Russell Kirk Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207111957-1961215James Laughlin Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207121967216James G. Leyburn Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207131954-1964217Robie McCauley Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207141964, undated218Harold P. Piser Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207151966219John Crowe Ransom Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207161956-1959220R. A. Roberts Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207171968221Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207181952-1964222Peter Russell Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207191957223Noel Stock Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/207201959224George R. Fox Manuscript/repositories/5/archival_objects/20721undated225Joe Kennedy Manuscript/repositories/5/archival_objects/20722undated226Miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/207231960227