Joseph M. Flora Papers, 1961-2011
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Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Joseph M. Flora Papers
- Dates
- 1961-2011 (inclusive)19612011
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet, (4 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 285
- Summary
- Correspondence between Professor Joseph M. Flora and author Vardis Fisher on personal, biographical, literary, and political topics; together with letters to Flora from Fisher's widow Opal Fisher and other scholars and critics of Fisher's work; and Flora's writings and research files on Fisher and authors related to Fisher. Also contains Flora's correspondence with and writings on Frederick Manfred; reviews, script, photos, and other items about "Jeremiah Johnson" movie based on The Mountain Man; writings by Vardis Fisher; and other materials.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Joseph M. Flora was a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and biographer of Vardis Fisher. In addition to his work with Fisher and western writers, Professor Flora has sat on the editorial boards of Studies in Short Fiction, The Southern Literary Journal, The Thomas Wolfe Review, and The Hemingway Review. He has served as president of The Western Literature Association, The Thomas Wolfe Society, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and the South Atlantic Association of Departments of English.
Content Description
Approximately 50 letters (1961-1968) to Flora from Vardis Fisher on personal, biographical, literary, and political topics, beginning in 1961 when Flora was writing his Ph.D. dissertation on Fisher and continuing until Fisher's death; together with letters to Flora from Fisher's widow Opal Fisher and other scholars and critics of Fisher's work; and Flora's writings and research files on Fisher and authors related to Fisher.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[item description], Joseph M. Flora Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
See also: Vardis and Opal Fisher Papers
George E. Brown Jr. Correspondence with Vardis Fisher
Dorys Crow Grover Papers and Collections on Vardis Fisher and Ernest Hemingway
Mabel Clore Collection on Vardis Fisher
Lloyd Jensen Collection on Vardis Fisher
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joseph M. Flora, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, August, 2010.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Correspondence: Vardis FisherDates: 1961-1968Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Opal FisherDates: 1968-1974Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Frederick ManfredDates: 1972-1989Container: Box 1, Folder 3-4
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Description: Correspondence: Boise State University, Western Writers SeriesDates: 1973-1976Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: Grant FisherDates: 1997-2000Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: Dorys C. GroverDates: 1969-1974Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Patrick Magarick (includes letters from Vardis Fisher)Dates: 1973-1975Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Isidore ReiterDates: 1964Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Revisionist PressDates: 1972-1973Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Wallace StegnerDates: 1970Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1965-1989Container: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Writings: Concealment in Fisher's "Orphans in Gethsemane"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Writings: The Early Power of Vardis FisherDates: 1963Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Writings: Fraternal Mavericks: The Correspondence Between Vardis Fisher and Frederick ManfredDates: 1957-1996Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Writings: Rediscovering Vardis Fisher
Includes Vardis Fisher and Wallace Stegner: Teacher and Student, from Western American Literature, Vol. 5, No. 2
Dates: 2000Container: Box 2, Folder 2 -
Description: Writings: Remembering Vardis and Opal FisherDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: Writings: Two Literary Friendships: Fisher-Wolfe, Fisher-ManfredDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: Writings: Vardis Fisher (dissertation, biography)Dates: 1962-1970Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Writings: Vardis Fisher, Galley Proof from Twayne PublishersDates: 1965Container: Oversize drawers 9034, Drawer 2
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Description: Writings: Vardis Fisher and John Gardner as Teachers of Creative WritingDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Writings: Vardis Fisher and the MormonsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: Writings: Vardis Fisher BibliographyDates: 1989Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: Writings: Westering and Women: A Thematic Study of Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Fisher's "Mountain Man"Dates: 1976-1977Container: Box 2, Folder 9
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Description: Writings: Frederick Manfred BibliographyDates: 1989Container: Box 2, Folder 10
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Description: Desert Studies InstituteDates: 2009Container: Box 2, Folder 11
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Description: E. Maynard Adams LectureDates: 2010-2011Container: Box 2, Folder 12
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Description: Retirement from UNC Chapel HillDates: 2010Container: Box 2, Folder 13
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Description: Vardis Fisher: At Cold Grey DawnDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: Vardis Fisher: Confersations with Vardis Fisher by John MiltonDates: 1970Container: Box 2, Folder 15
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Description: Vardis FIsher: Crime and the Great SocietyDates: 1967Container: Box 2, Folder 16
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Description: Vardis FIsher: Ersatz MarriagesDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 17
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Description: Vardis Fisher: The MormonsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 18
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Description: Vardis Fisher: The Mountain ManDates: 1965-1972Container: Box 2, Folder 19
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Description: Vardis Fisher: The Mountain Man/Jeremiah Johnson MovieDates: 1972Container: Box 3, Folder 1-2
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Description: Vardis Fisher: Orphans in GethsamaneDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: Vardis Fisher: The University PenDates: 1916-1923Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: Vardis Fisher: The Western Writer and the Eastern EstablishmentDates: 1967Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: Vardis Fisher: Newspaper Columns: Vardis Fisher Says, Vardis Fisher Reports, Vardis Fisher's Viewpoint, Vardis Fisher's ViewsDates: 1964-1968Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: Vardis and Opal Fisher: Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American WestDates: 1968Container: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: Vardis Fisher and Alan Swallow: On the Testament of ManDates: 1959Container: Box 3, Folder 8
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Description: Opal Fisher on Vardis Fisher's NovelsDates: 1975Container: Box 3, Folder 9
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Description: Opal Fisher: Revision of Introduction, Children of GodDates: 1979Container: Box 3, Folder 10
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Description: Opal Fisher ObituaryDates: 1994Container: Box 3, Folder 11
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Description: About Vardis FisherDates: 1962-1989Container: Box 3, Folder 12
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Description: Vardis Fisher, CollectingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 13
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Description: The Vardis Fisher NewsletterDates: 1990Container: Box 3, Folder 14
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Description: Vardis Fisher Papers at Boise State UniversityDates: 1972-1998Container: Box 3, Folder 15
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Description: Vardis Fisher Events and ProgramsDates: 1983-2006Container: Box 3, Folder 16
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Description: Touring Fisher Country by Beatrice MortonDates: 1986-1987Container: Box 3, Folder 17
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Description: "The Mormon Heritage of Vardis Fisher" and Opal's rebuttalDates: 1977-1979Container: Box 4, Folder 1
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Description: Alan Swallow, PublisherDates: 1963Container: Box 4, Folder 2
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Description: William FaulknerDates: 1974Container: Box 4, Folder 3
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Description: Kalki: Studies in James Branch CabellDates: 1968-1993Container: Box 4, Folder 4-6
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Description: Book Covers: Pemmican, Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West, Children of God, Passions Spin the PlotContainer: Oversize drawers 9034, Drawer 2
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- American literature--20th century
- Authors, American
- Literature
Personal Names
- Fisher, Vardis, 1895-1968
- Flora, Joseph M.
- Manfred, Frederick Feikema, 1912-1994
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