Gordon E. Bigelow Papers
Scope and Content
This collection consists of biographical information (e.g. curriculum vitae, lists of publications, documentation concerning the Fulbright in Vienna), a number of articles and essays, most undated, and correspondence and reviews of Bigelow's edited volume of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's correspondence, Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, with Laura V. Monti, 1983.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1985
Creator
- Bigelow, Gordon E. (Person)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
Gordon E. Bigelow (1919-2008) was born in Springfield, MA. He attended the University of Florida from 1937-38 and again from 1939-1941. Bigelow's studies were interrupted by his service in the Army Air Corps during WWII as a B-26 bomber pilot in the European Theater. He flew a total of 44 missions. He attended Johns Hopkins University where he received an M.A. in 1947 and a Ph.D. in 1950. Upon receiving his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, Bigelow taught American Literature for 30 years at the University of Florida. He was awarded a Fulbright grant in 1961, where he lectured in American Literature at the University of Vienna from 1961-62. Bigelow died in Gainesville, FL on February 23, 2008.
Extent
.4 Linear feet (1 Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, and other materials created by or related to the professional life of scholar of American Literature Gordon E. Bigelow.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lydia Bigelow.
Subject
- Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953. (Person)
- University of Florida. (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Gordon E. Bigelow Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Florence M. Turcotte
- Date
- April 2017
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu