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Virginia Rock fonds

  • F0600
  • Fonds
  • 1926-2014, predominant 1962-2006

Fonds consists of material related to Virginia Rock's research for her doctoral dissertation and other academic writing pertaining to the Twelve Southern Agrarians. Records include research notes and index cards, photocopies of newspaper clippings, book reviews, literary criticism, journal articles, and photocopies of material written by or about the Southern Agrarians regarding their lives and work, as well as their correspondence with Rock. The fonds also contains Rock's personal and professional correspondence, drafts of Rock's final dissertation and articles, records concerning her involvement with the Canadian Women's Studies Association, as well as materials pertaining to Rock's work as a professor at York University, including information about Stong College, syllabi, course kits and reading lists, information about symposiums she attended, and items relating to her work as an instructor and advisor for the Graduate Women's Studies Programme. Also included in the fonds are records pertaining to Rock's experience teaching American literature as a Fulbright visiting professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow between 1962 and 1964. These records, which include photographs, correspondence and memorabilia, document Rock's activities while in Poland as well as her return visits to Poland in later years and her general interest in the country. An issue of the Polish magazine "Ameryka," featuring an article about Virginia Rock, has been added to Special Collections; an English translation is available in the fonds.

Rock, Virginia J., 1923-2015

Articles by Virginia Rock about Poland

File consists of clippings of a five-part series written by Rock about her return to Poland during her sabbatical year, published in Stong College's newspaper, The Walrus, in 1974. Also included in a copy of Rock's article, published in Entre Nous, about her trip to Poland in 2014, when she reconnected with her former students from Jagiellonian University, where she taught in 1962-1964.

Southern Agrarians and culture : articles

File includes printouts of web pages and articles pertaining to Harriet Jacobs and Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, Written By Herself, as well as Rock's notes about Jacobs from 2006-2007. Also included in the file are photographs of houses and landmarks, including Jefferson Davis Park, in Memphis, Tennessee, dated January 1982, though they were likely taken during Rock's attendance at a Memphis conference in October 1981.

GWS (York)

File consists of records pertaining to the Graduate Women's Studies Programme at York University. These records include e-mail correspondence, meeting notes from the GWS Graduate Study Committee, reports on the Graduate Women's Seminar Series, guidelines for MRP/MA thesis and PhD dissertation proposals, Graduate Women's Studies seminar series schedules, committee reports, meeting agendas, curriculum proposals, and Graduate Women's Studies course lists.

Greeting cards

File consists of a birthday card and going-away card addressed to Rock.

Southern Agrarian culture : clippings

File includes a number of newspaper articles about Robert Penn Warren, an article by Rock entitled "Why a year's sabbatical was not enough", and a 1959 programme for All The King's Men at the East 74th St. Theatre in New York City

"Living their age: how three American feminists challenge the myths of growing old" : drafts, research materials and correspondence

File consists of draft versions of this paper written by Rock for the 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, as well as e-mail correspondence from Esther Shannon, Wendy Robbins and Thelma McCormack regarding the death of Carolyn Heilbrun and e-mail exchanged between Rock and Janice Newton about the abstract for this paper. Included in the file is a paper by Thelma McCormack entitled "Feminism after fifty" (1993), an untitled paper, handwritten notes, and articles about Carolyn Heilbrun.

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.

Student papers on women and the American South

File consists of two papers by Rock's students at York University, entitled "Crumbling the monolith: a painful metamorphosis" by Julia Brady and "The Southern lady: from pedestal to politics, 1830-1930" by Denise Costis.

Directed reading course proposal

File consists of two versions of a proposal for a directed reading course (WMST 6801.03) on the work of musicians Elsbeth Moser, Mie Miki and Sofia Gubaidulina.

CWSA [Canadian Women's Studies Association] - executive

File pertains to Rock's position on the executive of the CWSA as treasurer between 1995 and 1998. These records include e-mail correspondence, conference planning materials and programmes, financial statements, a preliminary 1998 post-conference report, an Association constitution, executive meeting agendas, Association restructuring reports, proposals and minutes pertaining to the Association's annual meetings.

Correspondence with Thomas Andrew Underwood

File consists of e-mail exchanged with Underwood pertaining to her presentation at the 1998 conference of the Modern Language Association in a session chaired by Underwood about the Southern Agrarians.

Doris Anderson resume and article

File consists of a copy of an article written by Doris Anderson published in The Canadian Forum entitled "Finishing the unfinished revolution" and a 1996 copy of her resume.

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.

Newspaper articles about Virginia Rock

File consists of clippings of newspaper articles about or featuring Rock, including articles about her return to the United States after teaching in Poland and a notice pertaining to the awarding of her honorary doctorate from York University in 1994.

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.

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.

Correspondence

File includes notes and biographical information about Allen Tate and letters sent to and received from Allen Tate.

Toronto Area Women's Research Colloquium

File consists of correspondence, notices, memoranda, abstracts, financial statements, participant lists, questionnaires and schedules pertaining to the organization of a series of colloquia featuring the research projects by women from the University of Toronto and York University, including Rock.

Correspondence

File includes letters sent to and received from William Bowman, John Pilkington and others, regarding Stark Young research.

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.

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