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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

Correspondence

File includes letters sent to and received from the John G. Fletcher family.

Correspondence

File includes letters of suggestions and criticisms, and publication letters regarding Rock's manuscript.

Bibliography

List contains articles and books related to slavery, the Civil War, women in the South, and other topics.

Correspondence

File includes letters sent to and from Lyle H. Lanier, drafts and notes, and the CIC's 1963-1964 annual report.

Invoice for will preparation

File consists of a lawyer's invoice for preparation of Rock's will and includes newspaper clippings on funeral planning and donating one's body to science.

Bibliography

Item is a draft bibliography on the subject of the Southern Agrarians.

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.

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

"The Fugitive-Agrarians in response to social change" : correspondence and drafts

File pertains to Rock's presentation of this paper at the Modern Language Association (MLA) conference in December 1966 and the paper's publication in the summer 1967 issue of the Southern Humanities Review. Correspondents in this file are Eugene Current-Garcia and Taylor Littleton of the Southern Humanities Review and C. Hugh Holman of the University of North Carolina, organizer of Rock's MLA session.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

Photograph of Jerzy Beres and art show programme

File consists of a photograph of Jerzy Beres with one of his sculptures, taken by Rock, as well as a programme for his show held at Galeria Krzysztofory in Krakow in 1964. Photograph annotated in pen by Rock on verso: "Jerzy Beres in his apt. His design. (An American sculptor introduced me)."

Photographs of John Steinbeck in Krakow

File consists of photographs of John Steinbeck while visiting Jagiellonian University in Krakow, a visit partly coordinated by Rock, who can be seen in the corner of one photograph.

Poland

File consists of photographs taken by Rock in Poland. Included are photographs of street scenes in Krakow, the Wawel Castle, the Jewish cemetery in Krakow, a Juvenalia student celebration and parade (1963), the Lajokonik (May 1964), 600th anniversary celebrations at Jagiellonian University, Robert Kennedy visiting Jagiellonian University in 1964, the American Embassy, and buildings in Warsaw.

Warsaw : environs, sculpture, Albee poster, people

File consists of photographs taken by Rock in Poland. Included are photographs of Warsaw's palace of culture, Warsaw street scenes, two photographs of Robert Kennedy at Jagiellonian University, and a portrait of artist Jerzy Beres.

John Steinbeck's visit to Poland : letter and newspaper clippings

File consists of a letter sent to Rock pertaining to arrangements for the visits of John Steinbeck and Edward Albee to Krakow and Warsaw in Poland. Included are Polish newspaper clippings pertaining to Steinbeck's visit, including one featuring a photograph of Rock with Steinbeck.

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.

Albert Tucker fonds

Albert Tucker fonds

  • F0604
  • Fonds
  • 1876-1989

Fonds consists of research notes and historical documents related to the creation of an official history of the John Labatt Brewing Company of Canada.

Tucker, Albert

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