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LeRoy Smith, Jr. Papers

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Call Number:
UPT 50 S645
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Extent:
6 items
Language:
English
Date:
1939-1988 (inclusive)
Creator:
Smith, Leroy, Jr.
Form:
Poems
Abstract:
LeRoy Smith, Jr. attended the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Education from in 1934 and a Masters of Arts Degree in 1943. The collection consists of academic and religious poems written by Smith from his college days throughout the remainder of his life.

LeRoy Smith, Jr. received a B.S. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1934. He was employed as an Instructor in English in the College while continuing his graduate studies. In 1943 his association with the University of Pennsylvania ended culminating with a Masters of Arts Degree.

Academic and religious poems of LeRoy Smith, Jr. from his college days throughout the remainder of his life. There are loose poems as well as collections of poems, the titles of which include: American Constant, Base of Operations, Between Stations, A Certain Kinship, Christ and Satan, A Common Death, Daybook of Egan Fanslau, Despite the Crocodile, The Dog Whistle, Echoes amd Old Cries, The Four Kings, Horatius Redivivus, An Irish Carol and Other Poems, The Mountain of Virtous Pine, Pavane and Other Poems, Pomptonius Redivivus, Songs of the Middle Kingdom, This Was My Country, Thomas on Saturday, The True Significance of Animal Life, and Twelve Days of Christmas. Essays on writing, short stories, and correspondence finish out the collection.

The LeRoy Smith Papers are organized into three series: Literary Writings, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous. Each series is arranged by topic.

Gift of D'Arcy F. Smith, brother of LeRoy Smith, Jr., May 1991; gift of Roy M. Melbourne, 1999.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center
Finding Aid Author
Theresa R. Snyder
Finding Aid Date
1999
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[1939-1952].
Box 1 Folder 1
1938-1941.
Box 1 Folder 2
1942.
Box 1 Folder 3
1943.
Box 1 Folder 4
1944.
Box 1 Folder 5
1945.
Box 1 Folder 6
1946.
Box 1 Folder 7
1947.
Box 1 Folder 8
1948.
Box 1 Folder 9
1949.
Box 1 Folder 10
1949.
Box 1 Folder 11
1950.
Box 1 Folder 12
1951.
Box 1 Folder 13
1952.
Box 1 Folder 14
1953.
Box 1 Folder 15
1954.
Box 1 Folder 16
1955.
Box 1 Folder 17
1956.
Box 1 Folder 18
1957.
Box 1 Folder 19
1957.
Box 1 Folder 20
1958.
Box 1 Folder 21
1959.
Box 1 Folder 22
1960.
Box 1 Folder 23
1961.
Box 1 Folder 24
1961.
Box 1 Folder 25
1962.
Box 1 Folder 26
1963.
Box 1 Folder 27
1964.
Box 2 Folder 1
1965.
Box 2 Folder 2
1965.
Box 2 Folder 3
1966.
Box 2 Folder 4
1967.
Box 2 Folder 5
1968.
Box 2 Folder 6
1968.
Box 2 Folder 7
1969.
Box 2 Folder 8
1970.
Box 2 Folder 9
1971.
Box 2 Folder 10
1972.
Box 2 Folder 11
1973.
Box 2 Folder 12
1973.
Box 2 Folder 13
1974.
Box 3 Folder 1
1974.
Box 3 Folder 2
1975.
Box 3 Folder 3
1975.
Box 3 Folder 4
1976.
Box 3 Folder 5
1976.
Box 3 Folder 6
1976.
Box 3 Folder 7
1977.
Box 3 Folder 8
1977.
Box 3 Folder 9
1977.
Box 3 Folder 10
1978.
Box 3 Folder 11
1978.
Box 3 Folder 12
1979.
Box 3 Folder 13
1979.
Box 3 Folder 14
1979.
Box 3 Folder 15
1979.
Box 3 Folder 16
1980.
Box 4 Folder 1
1980.
Box 4 Folder 2
1981.
Box 4 Folder 3
1981.
Box 4 Folder 4
1981.
Box 4 Folder 5
1982.
Box 4 Folder 6
1982.
Box 4 Folder 7
1982.
Box 4 Folder 8
1983.
Box 4 Folder 9
1987.
Box 4 Folder 10
1987.
Box 4 Folder 11
1987.
Box 4 Folder 12
1987.
Box 4 Folder 13
1988.
Box 4 Folder 14
1988.
Box 4 Folder 15
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 16
n.d.
Box 4 Folder 17
1942-1952.
Box 4 Folder 18
1953-1967.
Box 4 Folder 19
1953-1967.
Box 4 Folder 20
1953-1970.
Box 5 Folder 1
American Constant.
Box 5 Folder 2
Base of Operations.
Box 5 Folder 3
Between Stations.
Box 5 Folder 4
Between Stations (poems cut from).
Box 5 Folder 5
A Certain Kinship (3 typescripts).
Box 5 Folder 6
Christ and Satan (translation, 1940).
Box 5 Folder 7
A Common Death.
Box 5 Folder 8
Daybook of Egan Fanslau.
Box 5 Folder 9
Daybook of Egan Fanslau.
Box 5 Folder 10
Daybook of Egan Fanslau.
Box 5 Folder 11
Daybook of Egan Fanslau- Notes on the Wilderness.
Box 5 Folder 12
Worths of Egan Fanslau.
Box 5 Folder 13
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 14
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 15
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 16
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 17
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 18
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 19
Despite the Crocodile.
Box 5 Folder 20
The Dog Whistle.
Box 5 Folder 21
The Dog Whistle.
Box 5 Folder 22
The Dog Whistle.
Box 5 Folder 23
Echoes amd Old Cries.
Box 5 Folder 24
The Four Kings.
Box 5 Folder 25
Horatius Redivivus.
Box 5 Folder 26
An Irish Carol and Other Poems.
Box 5 Folder 27
The Mountain of Virtuous Pine.
Box 5 Folder 28
The Mountain of Virtuous Pine.
Box 5 Folder 29
The Mountain of Virtuous Pine.
Box 5 Folder 30
Pavane and Other Poems.
Box 5 Folder 31
Poptonius Redivivus.
Box 5 Folder 32
Songs of the Middle Kingdom.
Box 5 Folder 33
Songs of the Middle Kingdom.
Box 5 Folder 34
This Was My Country.
Box 5 Folder 35
Thomas on Saturday.
Box 5 Folder 36
Thomas on Saturday.
Box 5 Folder 37
The True Significance of Animal Life.
Box 5 Folder 38
Twelve Days of Christmas.
Box 5 Folder 39
Twelve Days of Christmas.
Box 5 Folder 40
Papers concerning publications.
Box 5 Folder 41
unspecified.
Box 6 Folder 1
unspecified.
Box 6 Folder 2
unspecified.
Box 6 Folder 3
unspecified.
Box 6 Folder 4
unspecified.
Box 6 Folder 5
"Going Out in the Wind".
Box 6 Folder 6
"The Grecian Urn".
Box 6 Folder 7
"Ultimates".
Box 6 Folder 8
Short Stories -- Faint Heart, Fair Lady.
Box 6 Folder 9
Short Stories -- Faint Heart, Fair Lady.
Box 6 Folder 10
Short Stories.
Box 6 Folder 11
Book Reviews.
Box 6 Folder 13
Thoughts, Aphorisms.
Box 6 Folder 12
Papers.
Box 6 Folder 14
Preparation for Poetry Reading.
Box 6 Folder 15
The Grammatical Streetwalker.
Box 6 Folder 16
The Grammatical Streetwalker.
Box 6 Folder 17
The Grammatical Streetwalker.
Box 6 Folder 18
The Grammatical Streetwalker.
Box 6 Folder 19
The Grammatical Streetwalker.
Box 6 Folder 20
The Grammatical Streetwalker.
Box 6 Folder 21
[On the Use and Misuse of the English Language].
Box 6 Folder 22
Saboteurs of Clearness.
Box 6 Folder 23
A Dozen Principles of Efficient Writing.
Box 6 Folder 24
Federal Prose.
Box 6 Folder 25
Writing Samples.
Box 6 Folder 26
Notes.
Box 6 Folder 27

Marianne Moore, 1953, 1957 (copies -- originals in Special Collections).
Box 6 Folder 28
Concerning publication of Despite the Crocodile, 1964-1965.
Box 6 Folder 29
Concerning publication of Difference and Identity, 1975.
Box 6 Folder 30
Concerning publication of The Grammatical Streetwalker, 1975-1979.
Box 6 Folder 31
Concerning publication of This Was My Country, 1975-1979.
Box 6 Folder 32
Concerning miscellaneous publications, 1961-1977.
Box 6 Folder 33
Correspondence with publishers, 1958-1982.
Box 6 Folder 34
Correspondence with and notes re: publishers, 1958-1982.
Box 6 Folder 35
Correspondence on Writing Program, 1967-1976.
Box 6 Folder 36
1951-1979.
Box 6 Folder 38
a: 1980-1984.
Box 6 Folder 38
b: 1985-1988.
Box 6 Folder 38
c: Letters from Roy Melbourne to LeRoy Smith, 1951-1986 (photocopies).
Box 6 Folder 38
d: Letters from Roy Melbourne to Van Pelt Library attached to the additional material Melbourne sent to Penn, 1999.
Box 6 Folder 38
Concerning Mrs. Smith.
Box 6 Folder 37
America and Iran in Perspective: 1953 and 1980 by Roy Melbourne.
Box 6 Folder 39

Miscellaneous.
Box 6 Folder 40

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