Reed Whittemore Collection
Typescript [photocopy] of Whittemore's notes to his lecture entitled "Little Magazines and Professionalism," Hurst Lounge, Washington University, 6 pages
A tape of this lecture is located within the Modering Literature Multimedia Collection (MS124), Recording #149
Dates
- Creation: 1990 October 3
Creator
- Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open
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Extent
1.00 items
1 folders
Biographical Information
Edward Reed Whittemore, Jr. (September 11, 1919 – April 6, 2012) was an American poet, biographer, critic, literary journalist and college professor. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Whittemore attended Phillips Academy and received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1941. As a sophomore at Yale, he and his roommate James Angleton started a literary magazine called Furioso which became one of the most famous little magazines of its day and published many notable poets including Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams. The magazine was published intermittently until 1953. After service in the Army, he published his first volume of poetry in 1946. From 1947 to 1966, he was a professor of English at Carleton College. While at Carleton he renewed his magazine under the name the Carleton Miscellany and published many first-time poets such as Charles Wright. He taught at the University of Maryland College Park until 1984.
His poetry is notable for its wry and deflating humor. His book The Mother's Breast and the Father's House was a finalist for the National Book Award for poetry. He is the recipient of the National Council on the Arts Award for lifelong contribution to American Letters and the Award of Merit Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Whittemore was Poet Laureate of Maryland and twice served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1964 and in 1984.
Method of Acquisition
Accession number 1845, October 4, 1990
Creator
- Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 (Person)
- Title
- Reed Whittemore Collection
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2021 March 19: Resource record updated in ArchiveSpace by Sarah Schnuriger.
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area
Joel Minor
Olin Library, 1 Brookings Drive
MSC 1061-141-B
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu