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

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#4869
PAUL RAMSEY PAPERS
Initial Inventory

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.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Authors, American—20th century—Correspondence.
   College teachers—Tennessee—History—20th century.
   Literature—History and criticism.
   Poets, American—20th century—Correspondence.
   Ramsey, Paul, 1924- .

Size:        About 18,000 items (27.0  linear feet).

Date Span:   Ca. 1950-1994.

Provenance:  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).

Access:      CLOSED pending processing.

Processing Note:  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.


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

                            BOX LIST

Box  1       Correspondence, A-D
     2       Correspondence, E-L
     3       Correspondence, M-S
     4       Correspondence, S-Z
     5       Essays by others
     6       Poems and works by others
     7       Poems, reviews, and miscellaneous works
     8-9     Notebooks
    10       Writings
    11       Writings, Poems
    12       Writings and notes
    13-17    Notes
    18       Notes and reel-to-reel tapes
    19       Audiocassettes of readings and interviews
             Computer disks (Acc. 97072)
             Books of poetry and transcribed discussions of
             poetry (Acc. 97142).