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Collection Number: 04869

Collection Title: Paul Ramsey Papers, circa 1950-1994

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Size 27.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 18000 items)
Abstract Paul Ramsey, poet and professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. and M.A.); Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Papers of Paul Ramsey, 1950-1994, including extensive correspondence, drafts of poetry, and other writings. Also included is a large group of notes from research conducted as a professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.
Creator Ramsey, Paul, 1924-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
CLOSED pending processing.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Paul Ramsey papers #4869, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Bets Ramsey of Chattanooga, Tenn., March 1997 (Acc. 97031) and November 1997 (Acc. 97142) and Dick Ramsey of Chattanooga, Tenn., May 1997 (Acc. 97072).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Tim Pyatt, April 1997

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

While the bulk of the papers are foldered, they need to be screened for duplicates, publications, and student records. Audio media need to be separated.

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Paul Ramsey, poet and professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. and M.A.); Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

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Papers of Paul Ramsey, 1950-1994, including extensive correspondence, drafts of poetry, and other writings. Also included is a large group of notes from research conducted as a professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

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