Knickerbocker Family Papers
In this collection, the Knickerbocker Family Papers, 1964-1978, are a resume for Robert Keats Knickerbocker and several forms pertaining to the International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE) and its 1980 conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. One of the IAUPE documents contains the name K. L. Knickerbocker. The resume dates to 1964 and the IAUPE items to 1978. There is nothing in between these two years.
The UT Special Collections has the Kenneth L. Knickerbocker Papers, 1926-1975, in MS.1706. Mostly contained in this collection are personal diaries from the 1930's and 1940's.
Dates
- 1964-1978
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
In this collection, the Knickerbocker Family Papers, 1964-1978, are a resume for Robert Keats Knickerbocker and several forms pertaining to the International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE) and its 1980 conference in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dr. Kenneth L. Knickerbocker was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1905. He graduated from Southern Methodist University and received his PhD from Yale University. In 1946, Dr. Knickerbocker joined the University of Tennessee faculty as a professor of English. From 1957 to 1963, Dr. Knickerbocker served as associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He was appointed academic vice-president for the university system in 1971 and held the post until 1973 when he returned to teaching. He retired in 1975.
Kenneth Knickerbocker fathered Robert Keats Knickerbocker in 1935. He attended Knoxville Central High School and the Southern Methodist University. In Dallas, Texas, Robert was president of his real estate company.
An international group of English professors decided to convene an international congress of English Studies. The first conference was held in Oxford in 1950. The International Association of University Professors of English, to which Kenneth Knickerbocker belonged, began in 1951. Triennial conferences have been continually held since 1950.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository