Robert Drake Reel-to-reel Audiotapes
This collection contains two reel-to-reel audiotapes of Dr. Robert Drake. The first is a 1963/1965 broadcasted reading of stories from his first book, Amazing Grace, and the second is a panel discussion recording (with Cleanth Brooks and others) from the 1969 Southern Literary Festival, for which he served as chairman.
Dates
- 1963-1969
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains two reel-to-reel audiotapes of Dr. Robert Drake, a 1963/1965 broadcasted reading of stories from his first book, Amazing Grace, and a panel discussion recording from the 1969 Southern Literary Festival.
Biographical/Historical Note
Robert Young Drake, Jr., was born on October 20, 1930, in Ripley, Tenn. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's (1952) and a master's (1953) in English. Then he obtained a master's (1954) and PhD (1955) in English from Yale University, where he met Cleanth Brooks. He then taught at various universities over the United States until he came to the University of Tennessee in 1965, when he published his first collection of stories, Amazing Grace (reprinted 1981). He befriended Flannery O'Conner and published a booklet "Flannery O'Connor, The True Country" in 1966. Drake served as editor and chairman of the 1969 Southern Literary Festival and published its proceedings, titled The Writer and His Traditions. Some other publications include The Single Heart (1971), The Burning Bush (1975), Survivors and Others (1987), and What Would You Do For an Encore? And Other Stories (1996). Drake passed away in 2001.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two folders.
Acquisition Note
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository