John Conley Papers, 1934-1993

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Summary

Creators:
Conley, John, 1912 Jan. 2-
Abstract:
John Conley was a scholar, educator, short story writer, poet, and translator. He was a student of Yvor Winters and remained a lifelong friend of Winters and his wife, Janet Lewis. As a student at Stanford, he met and became the lifelong friend of J.V. Cunningham. In addition to carrying on a correspondence, Cunningham sent him many manuscripts (some 84 of them) of his poems and verse translations that are included among the papers. Additionally, at Stanford and also at Berkeley, Conley became acquainted with the scholar, poet, and novelist, Howard Baker (a large number of whose manuscripts are among the papers) and the poet, Lincoln Fitzell (a fair number of whose manuscripts, most of them signed, are also among the papers). Conley published fiction in a journal edited by Alan Swallow, two of whose letters are present.
Extent:
1 oversize box
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

John Conley was a scholar, educator, short story writer, poet, and translator. He was a student of Yvor Winters at Stanford and remained a lifelong friend of him and his wife, Janet Lewis. While at Stanford he met and became lifelong friends with J.V. Cunningham. In addition to carrying on a correspondence, Cunningham sent him many manuscripts (some 84 of them) of his poems and verse translations that are included among the papers. Additionally, at Stanford and also at Berkeley, Conley became acquainted with the scholar, poet, and novelist, Howard Baker (a large number of whose manuscripts are among the papers) and the poet, Lincoln Fitzell (a fair number of whose manuscripts, most of them signed, are also among the papers). Conley published fiction in a journal edited by Alan Swallow, two of whose letters are present.

Portions of this collection are in German.

Biographical / historical:

John A. Conley was born January 2, 1912 and died November 4, 1999. Originally from Montana, he was educated at Berkeley (B.A. English, 1934) and Stanford (Ph.D. English, 1956). He taught at Stanford, Ohio State University, John Carroll University, Brandeis University, Queens College (New York City), University of California, Riverside, and University of Illinois at Chicago (where he was named professor emeritus in 1977). His specialties were Old English, Middle English, and Middle Scots. He was the author of The Middle English Pearl: Critical Essays (University of Notre Dame Press, 1970) and he co-authored The Mirror of Everyman's Salvation: A Prose Translation of the Original Everyman (Rodopi, 1985).

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. J.V. Cunningham letters to John Conley (1939-1959).
  2. J.V. Cunningham letters to John Conley (1960-1984).
  3. J.V. Cunningham poetry manuscripts.
  4. J.V. Cunningham essays and miscellaneous.
  5. J.V. Cunningham miscellaneous.
  6. Letters to John Conley.
  7. Yvor Winters on The Gyroscope.
  8. Lincoln Fitzell poetry.
  9. Howard Baker poetry.
  10. Howard Baker prose.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

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Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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