Conger metcalf biography of williams

The Miller Williams papers were created between the years 1930 and 2014 and include correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, proofs, diaries, clippings, and printed material belonging to the American poet, translator, editor, and teacher Miller Williams (1930-2015). These personal and vocational papers documenting Williams' career as a writer and educator are in an arrangement created by the Ransom Center. They are organized in five series: I. Literary Activities, 1943-2009; II. Correspondence, 1957-2014; III. Biography and Personal, 1930-2011; IV. Manuscript and Print Material, 1966-2012; and V. John Ciardi papers, 1937-2008.The Literary Activities series is subdivided into four subseries: A. Original Works by Miller Williams; B. Selections, Collections, and Translations; C. Works Edited by Miller Williams; and D. Business Records. Subseries A. Original Works by Miller Williams (2.5 boxes) contains few manuscripts, most significantly various drafts of his unpublished autobiography, The Lives of Miller Williams. The subseries is dominated by correspondence, a reflection of Williams' need in his capacity as editor of his own poems to have proper copyright and permissions oversight. As a result most of the correspondents in the subseries are publishers (dominated by Louisi

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