Guide to the Alabama Writers' Conclave records MSS.0054
Alabama Writers' Conclave
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Alabama Writers' Conclave records
- Unit ID:
MSS.0054
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
8.0 Linear feet (includes photographs)
- Dates:
1923-1995
- Abstract:
Signed copies of seven Alabama authors' and poets' published works, two volumes of the Alabama Poet Society’s journal The Sampler, and framed photographs of conclave presidents from 1923 to 1961.
- creator
Alabama Writers' Conclave .
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains signed copies of seven Alabama authors' and poets' published works, two volumes of the Alabama Poet Society’s journal The Sampler, and framed photographs of conclave presidents from 1923 to 1961.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Alabama Writers' Conclave records, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Loan, 1995; additional materials, 1996
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Biographical/Historical note
The Alabama Writers' Conclave was organized in 1923 and has been in continuing existence since. Through the years, the Conclave has moved its conferences around the state to provide writers everywhere better access to its resources.
The Conclave is responsible for nominating, for the governor’s appointment, Alabama's Poet Laureate. Conclave members mostly hail from Alabama, although many states are represented. Members include fiction and non-fiction writers, novelists and short story writers, poets, writers of business and scientific works, freelance journalists, romance writers, publishers, patrons, and teachers.
Source: "History," Alabama Writers' Conclave. http://www.alabamawritersconclave.org/history.html (accessed 11/9/2012)
- Processing Information:
Processed by
S. Braden, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama - Authors (Local)
Alabama - Poetry - 20th Century (Local)
Authors (lcsh)
Books and Book History (localbroad)
Dialect poetry - Southeastern States (lcsh)
Fiction (lcsh)
Literature and Authors (localbroad)
Photographs (aat)
Alabama Writer's Conclave Box 6663