Paul Jones Papers Inventory (#4787)

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Processed by:

Jackie Dean

Date Completed:

April 1996

Encoded by:

Jackie Dean

Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title

Paul Jones Papers (#4787) 1978-1995

Creator

Jones, Paul, 1950- .

Extent

About 855 items (9.0 linear feet)

Repository

Southern Historical Collection

Abstract

Paul Jones was born in Hickory, N.C., on 5 February 1950. He received his M.F.A in poetry from Warren Wilson College in 1993. Since high school, Jones has followed a dual career path in computers and poetry. From 1977 to 1996, Jones worked for the Office of Information Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1992, he was instrumental in creating SunSITE, a major Internet server and digital library. One of Jones's special interests has been establishing the Internet Poetry Archive. In 1996, Jones moved to the University of Virginia. Jones was director of the Poets Exchange at the ArtSchool in Carrboro, N.C.; on the founding board for the North Carolina Writers' Network; and, in 1990, Jones won the Harperprints Poetry Chapbook competition award from the North Carolina Writers' Network for his chapbook "What the Welsh and Chinese Have in Common." The collection contains correspondence and related materials, ca. 1980-1994, including letters to and from poets and other literary figures. Some of the letters include copies of correspondents' writings. Writings by Jones are chiefly poems, including several drafts of "What the Welsh and Chinese Have In Common." Also included are a few essays, some written for graduate school classes at Warren Wilson College. There are also letters and writings of others who were Jones's classmates at Warren Wilson. ArtSchool materials relate to Jones's position as director of the Poetry Exchange. These include newspaper articles, publicity posters, and correspondence from poets who participated in ArtSchool readings over the course of Jones's tenure and audio tapes of poetry readings. North Carolina Writers' Network materials deal with the founding of the Network and Jones's tenure as president. SunSITE materials include items relating to the introduction of SunSITE and to the Internet Poetry Archive. Also included are poems by members of a poetry group and materials relating to writers' conferences Jones attended.

Administrative Information

Access

RESTRICTED: Betty Adcock correspondence (Series 1) closed until ten years after her death. Use of audio and video tapes may require production of listening or viewing copies.

Usage Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Provenance

Received from Paul Jones in December 1995 (Acc. 95153).

Online Catalog Terms

American poetry--20th century.

ArtSchool (Carrboro, N.C.).

Computer networks--United States.

Internet (Computer network).

Internet Poetry Archive.

Jones, Paul, 1950- .

Literature--Societies, etc.--North Carolina.

North Carolina Writers' Network.

Poetry Exchange (ArtSchool, Carrboro, N.C.).

Poetry--Study and teaching--History--20th century.

Poets, American--North Carolina--20th century.

SunSITE.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of Information Technology.

Warren Wilson College--Students.

Authors with letters and/or writings in this collection.

Online Catalog Terms, Authors

Adcock, Betty.

Applewhite, James.

Atwood, Calvin.

Baddour, Margaret Boothe.

Bayes, Ronald H., 1932- .

Beam, Jeffery, 1953-

Black-Beck, Sandy.

Brody, Harry.

Childers, David C.

Deagon, Ann, 1930- .

Duke-Sloan, Ruth.

Dupree, Edison.

Earle, Ralph Harding.

Eaton, Charles Edward, 1916- .

Fetter, Kathy.

Kaufman, Debra.

Kowit, Steve.

Lipsitz, Lewis.

Long, Robert Hill.

Lyman, Mitchell.

Manganaro, Marc, 1955- .

May, Kathy.

McFee, Michael.

Morgan, Robert, 1944- .

Morton, Margaret.

Muldoon, Paul.

Parsons, Rohn.

Price, Reynolds, 1933- .

Ragan, Sam, 1915- .

Reddy, T. J., 1945- .

Riggs, Donald Albert.

Rigsbee, David.

Rosten, Norman, 1914- .

Sauls, Roger.

Seay, James L.

Smith, R. T.

Smith, Stephen E., 1946- .

Stephenson, Shelby, 1938- .

Strowder, William M.

Wally, Darryl.

Williamson, John.

Willis, Julia.

Biographical Note

Paul Jones was born in Hickory, N.C., on 5 February 1950. He received his M.F.A in poetry from Warren Wilson College in 1993. Since high school, Jones has followed a dual career path in computers and poetry. From 1977 to 1996, Jones worked for the Office of Information Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1992, he was instrumental in creating SunSITE, a major Internet server and digital library. One of Jones's special interests has been establishing the Internet Poetry Archive. In 1996, Jones moved to the University of Virginia. Jones was director of the Poets Exchange at the ArtSchool in Carrboro, N.C.; on the founding board for the North Carolina Writers' Network; and, in 1990, Jones won the Harperprints Poetry Chapbook competition award from the North Carolina Writers' Network for his chapbook "What the Welsh and Chinese Have in Common."

Collection Overview

Correspondence and related materials, ca. 1980-1994, includes letters to and from poets and other literary figures. Some of the letters include copies of correspondents' writings. Writings by Jones are chiefly poems, including several drafts of "What the Welsh and Chinese Have In Common." Also included are a few essays, some written for graduate school classes at Warren Wilson College. There are also letters and writings of others who were Jones's classmates at Warren Wilson. ArtSchool materials relate to Jones's position as director of the Poetry Exchange. These include newspaper articles, publicity posters, and correspondence from poets who participated in ArtSchool readings over the course of Jones's tenure and audio tapes of poetry readings. North Carolina Writers' Network materials deal with the founding of the Network and Jones's tenure as president. SunSITE materials include items relating to the introduction of SunSITE and to the Internet Poetry Archive. Also included are poems by members of a poetry group and materials relating to writers' conferences Jones attended. Note that authors significant in this collection have been cataloged separately.

Organization of Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Materials
2. Writings
3. Masters of Fine Arts Materials
4. ArtSchool/North Carolina Writers' Network
5. SunSITE
6. Other Papers

Series Descriptions