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Abstract for a proposed paper

Item is an abstract written by Rock for a paper, entitled "Negotiating a feminist critique: revisiting the Southern Agrarians", proposed for the Canadian Women's Studies Association conference.

American studies : then and now

Item appears to be a speaking list of American studies scholars, including Rock, for an event held for the University of Minnesota's Department of American Studies' 50th anniversary in 1994.

American Studies After 50 Years conference

Item consists of typescript notes by Gayle Graham Yates roughly transcribing Rock's remarks given at American Studies After 50 Years: Retrospective and Prospect, held at the University of Minnesota in June 1994. Item has been annotated by Rock to correct inaccuracies in the original draft.

Interview with John Kirejczyk, Toronto, Ontario

Item is a text translated from Polish of an interview conducted by Jozef Kurdybelski with a Polish immigrant to Canada, John Kirejczyk, in Toronto on 20 January 1972. The interview details Kirejczyk's decision to leave Poland and his experience in Canada.

Jagiellonian University 1364-1964 : doctorates honoris causa

Item is a publication produced for a ceremony issuing honorary doctorates from Jagiellonian University's Academy of Medicine and College of Agriculture on the occasion of the university's 600th anniversary. It consists of letters addressed to each recipient of a honorary degree, written in English. Included is an invitation to the event, written in Latin.

Kartoniki : z obrazami liczbowymi

Item is an educational card game designed to teach children how to count, accompanied by an instruction booklet written in Polish and a handwritten note written in English explaining how to use the game. Cards feature illustrations of acorns, squirrels, houses, cats, balls of yarn, rabbits, carrots, green circles and dogs.

Letter from Robert L. Phillips

Item is a letter sent to Rock pertaining to her membership in the Society for the Study of Southern Literature and the possibility of her writing a book review for Mississippi Quarterly.

Letter from Virginia Rock en route to Poland

Item is a carbon copy of an unaddressed letter written by Rock while sailing from the United States to Copenhagen, on her way to Poland. The letter consists of Rock's detailed descriptions of life on the ship and the people she encountered. It is likely that this is a letter to her parents, as she addresses her father in the body of the letter.

Southern Gothic poster

Item is a poster for a play starring Helen Porter, directed by Doug Hilker, at the Palmerston Library Theatre in Toronto.

The Georgia review

Item includes an article written by Rock entitled "Agrarianism in Southern literature: the period since 1925". Included is a postcard sent to Rock in 1976, used as a bookmark.

The Southern Agrarians

Item is a list of members of the Southern Agrarians with brief descriptions of their work, positions, publications and honours.

Women's diaries and letters and the American West / Andrew E. Watts

Item is an information package prepared by Andrew Watts for his presentation on using women's diaries and letters to study migration and settlement in the American West at the American Studies Conference held in Toronto in September 1989. Included is an overview of his presentation, notes for teachers in this field and copies of source material.