J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Marilyn Arnold papers
Arnold, Marilyn, 1935-
ACCN 2857
36 linear feet
60 boxes
1860s-2016
The Marilyn Arnold papers (1860s-2016) consist of her scholarly research and writings, specifically on her authoritative work regarding Willa Cather. The collection contains numerous writings including published articles and books on many topics, both fiction and non-fiction. Arnold is an emeritus professor of English at Brigham Young University. She also served as assistant to former BYU president Dallin H. Oaks, director of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature, and dean of Graduate Studies.
English
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Marilyn Arnold is an emeritus professor of English at Brigham Young University. Arnold was born November 26, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Henry Lynn and Rhoda Jane Arnold. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1957 and 1958 and she taught at BYU from 1958-1961. In 1968, Arnold obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Arnold became Assistant Dean of Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1962-1964 and then Assistant Director of Student Financial Aid at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1964-1965. She pursued graduate work in English until 1968 and then returned to Utah to accept the position of Assistant Professor of English at Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, from 1968-1969. After the academic year, Arnold obtained a position at Brigham Young University as an Assistant Professor from 1969-1975. Later, she served as assistant to President Dallin H. Oaks from 1975-1979 and as Dean of Graduate Studies beginning in 1985. She was promoted to Professor of English in 1980 and was also the director of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature at Brigham Young University from 1979-1982.
Arnold is not only known as an internationally recognized scholar on the writings of Willa Cather, but also as a widely published writer and speaker in academic circles. She has also authored several nonacademic books, including three novels that grow out of her spiritual roots and her deep attachment to the desert country of southern Utah. Her numerous publications include
Willa Cather: A Reference Guide (1986); Willa Cather's Short Fiction (1986); with John March, A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather (1993); Desert Song (1998); Song of Hope (1999); Sky Full of Ribbons (2000); Fields of Clover (2002); with Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill and Kristen Tracy, A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women (2002); The Classmates (2003); and Minding Mama (2004); as well as Sweet Is the Word: Reflections on the Book of Mormon—Its Narrative, Teachings, and People (1996), Pure Love: Readings on Sixteen Enduring Virtues (1997), and, with Maurine Ozment and Lisa Farr, Sacred Hymns of the Book of Mormon (2009).
Arnold is an avid tennis player, an outdoor enthusiast and was M.V.P. in basketball in the state of Wisconsin. She enjoys mountain climbing, skiing and hiking.
The Marilyn Arnold papers consist of her scholarly research and writings, specifically on her authoritative work regarding Willa Cather. Also included in the papers are numerous writings including published articles and books on many topics, both fiction and non-fiction. Arnold is a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many of her writings discuss this topic.
This collection has been arranged into eleven series: I. Personal materials; II. Professional academic materials; III. LDS Church materials; IV. Writings; V. General writings; VI. Writings and research materials regarding Willa Cather; VII. Writings and research materials on Eudora Welty; VIII. Writings and research materials on Flannery O'Connor; IX. General research materials; X. Oversize materials; and XI. Addendum
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Marilyn Arnold in 2015 and 2016.
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2015.
Addendum processed by Sean Taylor in 2016.
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Photographs and audiovisual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Arnold, Marilyn, 1935---Archives
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Criticism and interpretation
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001--Criticism and interpretation
O'Connor, Flannery--Criticism and interpretation
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947
Wineera, Vernice, 1938-
University of Wisconsin--Madison--Students--Archives
University of Wisconsin--Madison--Administration--Archives
Brigham Young University--Students--Archives
Brigham Young University--Faculty--Archives
Brigham Young University. Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature--Administration--Archives
Women college teachers--Utah--Provo--Archives
Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--Provo--Archives
Women authors, American--20th century
English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
Religious Education
Women in church work--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Archives
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Women
Literature
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Drafts (documents)
Floppy disks
CD-ROMs
Scrapbooks
Biographies
Personal correspondence
Manuscripts
Research (Documents)
Conference papers and proceedings
Photocopies
Notebooks
Instructional and educational works
Lectures
Speeches
Book reviews
Yearbooks
Academic theses
Memorabilia
Personal materials
I
Biographical sketches
1995-2013
1
1
Curriculum vitae
2015
1
2
Retirement announcement and correspondence
1991-1992
1
3
Articles about Marilyn Arnold written by others
1975-2003
1
4
Diplomas
1953
1955
1958
1968
1
5
Correspondence
1969-2014
2
1-3
Fan mail
1998-2010
2
4-5
Correspondence with Madeleine Doran
1970-1975
2
6
Correspondence with Emma Lou Thayne and general materials
1970-2008
2
7
Correspondence with Terry Tempest Williams
1988-1996
2
8
Student notebooks and graduate school papers
A
American Literature class notebook
undated
3
1
American Novel class notebook
undated
3
2
University of Wisconsin
Chaucer class notebook
undated
3
3
University of Wisconsin
Elizabethan Drama class notebook
1966
3
4
University of Wisconsin
History of Language class notebook
undated
3
5
University of Wisconsin
Medieval Literature class notebook
1966
3
6
Brigham Young University
Milton class notebooks
undated
3
7
University of Wisconsin
Old English class notebook
undated
3
8
University of Wisconsin
Shakespeare class notebooks
1965-1966
4
1
University of Wisconsin
Spokesmen of American Ideals class notebook
undated
4
2
Structure of English class notebook
1965
4
3
University of Wisconsin
Twentieth Century Seminar class notes
1965-1966
4
4
Whitman class notebook
undated
4
5
University of Wisconsin
"The Accessible God"
circa 1965-1967
4
6
Written for English 435.
"Arthur Gordon Pym in Suspension"
undated
4
7
Written for English 621.
"Redemption for an Alien in Roth's Call It Sleep"
1966
4
8
Written for English 952.
"The Roles of Flamineo and Bosola"
1966
4
9
Written for a course taught by Dr. Mark Eccles.
"The Writing of Two Grammars"
circa 1965-1967
4
10
Professional academic materials
II
BYU, administrative and general materials
A
Review of the Bachelor of Independent Studies Degree
1992-1995
5
1
Review of Continuing Education Programs
1992
1994-1995
5
2
University Honors Program
1978-1982
5
3
The Women's Research Institute, proposal and general materials
1992-1995
5
4
Continuing Education courses teaching materials
1993-2004
5
5
Letters of recommendation written by Marilyn Arnold for others
1986-2008
5
6
Alumni Association Board of Directors
1987-1989
5
7
Inventory of books
1988
5
8
Many of the books listed in this inventory were later donated to Dixie College. Included in this folder is a floppy disc containing a copy of the inventory.
Teaching materials and lecture notes regarding American and international authors
B
James Baldwin
1975
6
1
Saul Bellow
6
2
Ray Bradbury
1973
1976
6
3
William C. Bryant
6
4
Kate Chopin
6
5
James F. Cooper
6
6
Emily Dickinson
6
7
Theodore Dreiser
6
8
Jonathan Edwards
6
9
T. S. Eliot
6
10
Ralph Waldo Emerson
6
11
William Faulkner
6
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
6
13
Benjamin Franklin
6
14
Harold Frederic
6
15
John Gardner
6
16
Ellen Glasgow
6
17
Nathaniel Hawthorne
6
18
Ernest Hemingway
6
19
Henry James
6
20
Sinclair Lewis
6
21
Bernard Malamud
6
22
Carson McCullers
6
23
Herman Melville
6
24
Arthur Miller
6
25
Wright Morris
6
26
Frank Norris
6
27
Tillie Olsen
6
28
Eugene O'Neill
6
29
Thomas Paine
6
30
Walker Percy
6
31
Edgar Allen Poe
6
32
Katherine Anne Porter
6
33
Marilynne Robinson
6
34
Henry Roth
6
35
Philip Roth
6
36
John Steinbeck
6
37
Edith Wharton
6
38
Walt Whitman
6
39
Tennessee Williams
6
40
Albert Camus
7
1
John Milton
7
2
William Shakespeare
7
3
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
7
4
Teaching materials and lecture notes
C
Archetypes
7
5
American Fiction, 1940s-1970s
7
6
American Novel - Chronology and Background
7
7
American Romanticism
7
8
British and European Writers
7
9
Colonial Literature
7
10
Drama
7
11
English Literature
7
12
Introduction to Fiction - Short Stories
7
13
Literature Critics, Criticism and Theory
7
14
Literature - General Poetry
7
15
Modern Literature
7
16
Modern Literature - Poets
7
17
Naturalism
7
18
Puritans
7
19
Radical American Novels and Writers of the 1920s and 1930s
7
20
Realism
7
21
Papers by graduate students regarding the Modern Literature Period
1976
7
22
Creative writing example by Arnold's nephew
7
23
Lectures and addresses given at BYU and BYU-Idaho
D
"Anatomy of a Woman Artist: Willa Cather"
1991
8
1
Presentation to the Women's Research Institute.
"At the Mercy of Words"
1976
8
2
Flea Market Lecture at BYU.
"'Biting Sour Apples in the Gumwood Shade': Women and the Function of Memory"
1990
8
3-4
Alice Louise Reynolds Lecture.
"Bodies and Books"
1976
8
5
Physical Education majors program address.
"Book Learning"
1983
8
6
Commencement banquet address.
"The Book of Mormon: Passport to Discipleship"
2010-2011
8
7
Neil A. Maxwell Lecture.
"Confessions of an English Teacher"
1975
8
8
Physical Education majors program address.
"The Discovery of Character in the Book of Mormon"
1994
8
9
Know Your Religion Series.
"From Blossoms to Blacktop: The Spiritual Crisis in American Literature"
1976
8
10
Alumni College lecture.
"'I Shall Never Know': The Eye that Sees Twelve Hours"
1992
2003
8
11
Phi Kappa Phi lectures.
"A Life and a Scripture: Two Sermons on Excellence"
8
12
"Literary Laughter: The Saving Humor of Faith"
1976
1979
8
13
BYU Forum address and Menlo Park address.
"Making Your Life an Open Book"
2004
8
14
Phi Kappa Phi lecture.
"The Novel Method of Fiction"
1986
8
15
BYU Flea Market lecture.
"Of Poetry and Dogfish: Late Thoughts on Teaching and Learning"
1983
9
1
Forum address.
"The Power of the Word"
1981
9
2
Alumni College lecture.
"Publishing as a Literary Scholar"
2008
9
3
BYU-Idaho presentation.
"...and Replenish"
circa 1970s-1980s
9
4
Devotional Assembly address at BYU-Idaho.
"Untraveled Path"
1987
9
5
Graduate Education workshop address.
"When is Pornography not Pornography? Or, Why Am I Allowed to Read Shakespeare and the Bible, but Told to Stay Away from R-rated Movies?"
1980
9
6
Flea Market lecture.
"Wonder and Wisdom"
1992
9
7
Humanities convocation lecture.
"'Words, Words, Words': Hugh Nibley on the Book of Mormon"
2010
9
8
Hugh Nibley Centennial Lecture.
Commencement address and drafts
1989
1992
9
9
Continuing Education presentation
1995
9
10
Education Week lectures
1997
9
11
Founder's Day, appreciation to the delegates address
1975
9
12
Freshmen orientation presentation
1978
9
13
Graduate Studies Workshop addresses
1987-1991
9
14
BYU Women's Conference presentations
E
"By Knowledge Shall the Chambers Be Filled"
1989
10
1
"Discovering the Masterpiece"
1984
10
2
"Great Literature: Seeking the Virtuous, Lovely, or Praiseworthy"
2007
10
3
"Faith: The Ultimate Answer"
1982
10
4
"Looking at the Masterpieces"
1980
10
5
"Poet on the Edge"
circa 1980s
10
6
"Pornography, Romance and the Paradox of Freedom"
1981
10
7
"The Turning of Hearts: Great Lessons in Human Sympathy from the Book of Mormon"
1995
10
8
"Wherefore, Lift Up Thy Heart and Rejoice"
1976
10
9
"Willa Cather: Finding a Voice in Art"
1992
10
10
"Women's Issues: What Are They?"
1978
10
11
"Writing is Believing: Opening the Mind to Spiritual Understanding"
1996
10
12
Women's Conference reunion materials
1996
10
13
General presentations and talks
F
"Art and Soul: Lessons from Willa Cather for Mormon Writers, Critics, and Audiences"
2003
11
1
Keynote address at the Association of Mormon Letters Conference.
"Babbitt and the Language of Hyperbole"
11
2
Presented for the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
"Borderland Convergence in Wright Morris's The Works of Love"
1989
11
3
Presented at the Western Literature Association Conference.
"Cultural Awareness and Human Rights in Utah: A Search for Understanding"
circa 1980s
11
4
Presented at the Utah Endowment for the Humanities Conference.
"Doctorow's Hard Times: A Sermon on the Failure of Faith"
1983
11
5
Presented at the Western Literature Association Conference.
"Fiction of the 1960s: Poe Revisited"
1977
11
6
Presented at the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
"The Jews as Bad Angel and Good Angel in Bellow's Seize the Day"
11
7
Presented at the Conference on Christianity and Literature.
"The Myth of the Godless City: A Twentieth Century Reversal"
1981
11
8
Presented at the Northwest Conference on Christianity and Literature.
"The Old Doubt and the New Quest for Faith in Twentieth Century American Literature"
11
9
Presented at the Utah Academy Symposium on Modern Literature.
"Philip Roth: Forsaker of the Faith"
1984
11
10
Presented at the Conference on Christianity and Literature.
"Redemptive Themes and Images in Some Contemporary Novels"
1983
11
11
Presented at the Sunstone Symposium.
"Twentieth-century American Fiction--What Is It?"
11
12
Presented at the Utah Academy Symposium on Modern Literature.
"Walker Percy's The Second Coming: A Religious Testament of Life"
1983
11
13
Presented at the Conference on Christianity and Literature.
"Walking the Tightrope: Mormon Writers and Their Audiences"
2002
11
14
Panel discussion at the Association for Mormon Letters annual meeting.
"Willa Cather: The Artist and the Village"
2002
11
15
Dixie State College Forum presentation.
"Women and Values, or Suggestions about Cleaning Our Mental Closets"
1977
11
16
Dixie State College presentation.
Address to the English Department of Dixie State College
2007
11
17
Utah Valley State University presentations
1998-2000
11
18
This folder includes Arnold's presentation titled, "The Power of One: A How-to Kit for Changing the World" and "Is There Life After Education?".
General presentation notes and materials
1975-2006
11
19
Community presentations, talks and volunteer work
G
"Ethical Decisions: What Belongs in the Classroom and What Doesn't"
1986
12
1
Censorship and values presentation given at the Salt Lake Library.
"If the Shoe Fits, Change It"
1978
12
2
Alumni College Lecture, Ogden, Utah.
"Images of Women: Beyond the Stereotypes"
1980
12
3
Utah Humanities Council Symposium presentation.
"Living with Joy"
1977
12
4
Baccalaureate address at Viewmont High School.
"My Cockeyed Perspective on Utah Folks"
2007
12
5
St. George Book Festival presentation.
"Telling True Lies about Dixie"
2000
12
6
St George Tabernacle Lecture Series.
"Willa Cather and the West"
2007
12
7
St. George Book Festival presentation.
"With One Eye on the Pot and the Other on New York, a Writer Might Miss the Boat"
2003
12
8
Heritage Writers Guild presentation.
Celebrity Concert Series
2005-2007
12
9
Ogden High School reunion address
2003
12
10
One Book, One Community Program
2006
12
11
St. George Book Festival
2006-20011
12
12
Utah Humanities Council, Speakers Bureau
1993-2010
12
13
LDS Church materials
III
Talks and presentations
A
"The Inhuman Race"
1978
13
1
Presented at the Young Adult Multi-Regional Conference.
"Love, Honor, and Take Out the Garbage"
2005
13
2
Presented at the Dixie State College Fireside.
"Loving the Book of Mormon: A Personal Journey"
2012
13
3
Presented at the Bloomington Hills Stake Relief Society Fireside.
"The Parable of the Sunglasses"
2006
13
4
Presented at the Buena Vista Stake Women's Conference.
"Peripheral Vision: Writers in the International Church"
1982
13
5
"A Poet of Conscience"
1982
13
6
Salt Lake City Relief Society address.
"The Writer's Craft: Delight in the Ordinary"
13
7
General Relief Society panel discussion.
Fireside talks
1976-1978
13
8
Gunlock Ward Relief Society play production materials
2004-2005
13
9
Relief Society talks and presentations
1989-2011
13
10
Sacrament meeting talks
1970-2013
13
11
Speech for Janet Wheeler Evans funeral
2011
13
12
General talks and presentations
1975-2014
13
13
Church lesson plans and notes
B
Book of Mormon class teaching notes and materials
2005-2010
14
1
Gospel doctrine class
2000-2001
2004
14
2
New Testament lesson plans
1991-2005
14
3
Old Testament lesson plans
2002
14
4
Relief Society Courses of Study
1981-1982
14
5
Arnold chaired the committee that wrote the cultural refinement lessons along with writing some of the lessons herself.
Relief Society lesson notes
2010-2015
14
6
Relief Society literacy program
2000
14
7
Visiting teaching lesson plans
1978
14
8
Notes taken by Arnold from a gospel class taught by Emily Linnell
1997
14
9
Presentation idea notes and general materials
14
10
Writings
IV
Published books
A
This subseries contains writing notes, book reviews, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and general publishing materials.
Bittersweet: A Daughter's Memoir
2010
15
1
Book of Mormon Reference Companion
1997
15
2
Arnold was a contributor and editor of this book.
The Classmates
2003-2004
15
3
Desert Song
1997-1998
15
4
The Eloquent God and other Book of Mormon writings
16
A Collection of Original Essays on the Book of Mormon
2011-2013
16
1
The Eloquent God: Thoughts on Divine Speech in the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price
2013
16
2
The Word of Our Eloquent God: Late Thoughts on Divine Speech in the Book of Mormon, Part I, 1 Nephi - Alma 62
2014-2015
16
3
The Word of Our Eloquent God: Late Thoughts on Divine Speech in the Book of Mormon, Part II, Helaman - Moroni
2015
16
4
Manuscript drafts
2013-2015
16
5-9
Fields of Clover
2001-2004
17
1
From the Heart: Charity in the Book of Mormon
2010
17
2
Minding Mama
2003-2008
17
3
This folder also contains a CD consisting of a file of a poster.
Oops! Confessions of a Klutz
2014
18
1-3
Perfecting Amiable
2006-2007
19
1
Pure Love: Readings on Enduring Virtues
1996-2013
19
2
This folder contains a floppy disc.
Sacred Hymns of the Book of Mormon
2006-2010
20
1-8
This book was written by Marilyn Arnold and Maurine Ozment with Lisa Farr.
Sky Full of Ribbons
1999-2000
21
1
Song of Hope
1998-1999
21
2
Sweet is the Word: Reflections on the Book of Mormon
1995-2005
21
3-7
Unidentified Lying Objects
1997
21
8
Yes Mama!
2008-2013
22
1-5
General writings
V
Published articles
A
"Adding to That We Already Possess"
1989
23
1
Published in the
Ensign.
"After Divorce--My Ward Went the Extra Miles"
1975
23
2
Published in the
Ensign.
"Art and the Noble Idea"
1981
23
3
Published in the
This People.
"An Attempt to Define the Discipline of English"
1985
23
4
"Come Cross-country Ski with Me!"
23
5
Published in the
New Era.
"The Glad Surrender to Place"
1983
23
6
Published in the
Wisconsin State Journal.
"Henderson's Flight to Salvation"
23
7
"History as Fate in E.L. Doctorow's Tale of a Western Town"
1980
23
8
Published in the
South Dakota Review.
"John Milton: An Inspired Man"
1976
23
9
Published in the
New Era.
"Literature and Belief: A Perspective"
1981
23
10
Published in
Literature and Belief.
"A Look at Popular Romance Fiction"
1987
23
11
Published in the
Ensign.
"Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger: A Comic Satan?"
1970
23
12
"Milton's Accessible God: The Role of the Son in Paradise Lost"
1973
23
13
Published in
Milton Quarterly.
"My Most Influential Teacher"
1978
23
14
Published in the
Church News.
"The Nephi We Tend to Forget"
1978
23
15
Published in the
Ensign.
"Nickel Mountain: John Gardner's Testament of Redemption"
1978
23
16
Published in
Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature.
"Playing Catch with the Egg"
1986
23
17
Published in
BYU Today.
"A Poet of Conscience"
1982
23
18
Published in
The Sunstone Review.
"Poet on the Edge"
circa 1980s
23
19
Published in the
Exponent II.
"The Reconciling Borderland: Wright Morris' Exploration of the Artist's Role as Portrayed in The Works of Love"
23
20
"Rock-out with Poetry"
23
21
"The Six-Week Book of Mormon Miracle"
2010
24
1
Published in the
Ensign.
"There's a Poet Inside Me"
1976
24
2
Published in the
Ensign.
"Two Passages in Pierre: A Key to Melville's Method"
24
3
"Women and Men"
1979-1980
24
4
Published in the
Daily Universe.
"Wright Morris' Plains Song: Woman's Search for Harmony"
1982
24
5
Poetry writings
24
6
Articles for church publications including "question and answers"
circa 1970s
24
7
Articles for the Strength of the Youth Series
1991
24
8
Reviews written by Marilyn Arnold
1989-2011
24
9
Interview notes for Messiah: Behold the Lamb of God
2008-2009
24
10
Speaker introductions by Marilyn Arnold
1977-1991
24
11
Writings as contributing author
B
A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women
2001-2002
24
12
Arnold worked as an editor to this book along with Bonnie Ballif-Spanville and Kritin Tracy.
"Christmas Alone"
1990
24
13
Written for a book published by Deseret Book.
"A Descant of Praise and Thanksgiving"
1995-2000
24
14
Written for the book,
New Genesis: A Mormon Reader on Land and Community edited by Terry Tempest Williams, William B. Smart and Gibbs M. Smith.
"Language"
1992
24
15
Written for the book,
The Flight for Right: Strength for Youth in the Latter Days.
"Living with Books"
1980
24
16
Written for the book,
Joy.
"Moroni: A Singular Saint"
1999
24
17
Written for the book,
My Soul Delighteth in the Scriptures: Personal and Family Applications.
"Reading and Loving Literature"
1980
1986
24
18
Written for the book,
Blueprints for Living and also in Woman to Woman.
"'To See the Game Thro', and Enjoy the Scenery"
1996-1997
24
19
Written for the book,
Heroines of the Restoration.
"Unlocking the Sacred Text"
1994-2000
24
20
Written for the book,
Expressions of Faith and then later published in the journal of Book of Mormon Studies.
Article contributions to The Encyclopedia of Mormonism
1991
24
21
Article and recipe contributed to Five Star Recipes from Well-Known Latter-day Saints
2002
24
22
Christmas story for This People
1986
24
23
Essay for Why I Believe
2000-2001
24
24
Writings and research materials regarding Willa Cather
VI
Writings by Marilyn Arnold about Willa Cather
A
Self-division and Self-unity in the Novels of Willa Cather
1968
25
1
This is Arnold's dissertation written at the University of Wisconsin. Included in the folder are notes taken regarding conversations with key Cather people.
Willa Cather: A Reference Guide
1999
25
2
This annotated bibliography was compiled by Arnold along with Virgil Albertini, Gary Brienzo and Milton Jones. Also included in the folder are reviews, correspondence and notes.
"Cather's Last Stand"
1975
25
3
Published in the journal
Research Studies.
"Cather's Published 'Unpublished' Letters"
1986
25
4
Published in the
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter.
Coming, Willa Cather!"
1984
25
5
Published in the journal
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
"The Function of Structure in Cather's The Professor's House"
1975
25
6
Published in the journal
Colby Library Quarterly.
"Humorous Criticism of Cather's Work"
1986
25
7
Published in the
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter.
"The Integrating Vision of Bishop Latour in Willa Cather's Death Comes to the Archbishop"
1988
25
8
Published in the journal
Literature and Belief.
"My Willa Cather"
25
9
"'Of Human Bondage': Cather's Subnarrative in Sapphira and the Slave Girl"
1987
25
10
Published in the journal
The Mississippi Quarterly.
"Of Mice and Mentoring"
2005
2009
25
11
Published in the book
Teaching the Works of Willa Cather.
"One of Ours: Willa Cather's Losing Battle"
1978
26
1
Published in the journal
Western American Literature.
"The Other Side of Willa Cather"
1987
26
2
Published in the journal
Nebraska History.
"The Question of Willa Cather's Nostalgia: A Study in Ambivalence"
1981
26
3
Published in the journal
Research Studies.
"Teaching Through Willa Cather's Short Stories"
26
4
"Two of the Lost"
1985
26
5
First published in the book
Willa Cather: Modern Critical Views edited by Harold Bloom.
"Willa Cather After All"
2002
26
6
Published in
Willa Cather and the Culture of Belief.
"Willa Cather and the Call to Art"
1992
26
7
Published in the Magazine
BYU Today.
"Willa Cather: Sentence by Sentence"
2001
26
8
Published in the journal
Teaching Cather.
"Willa Cather's Other Story of the Southwest"
1993
26
9
Published in the journal
Southwestern American Literature.
Foreword to Willa Cather: A Memoir
1992
26
10
Willa Cather's Short Fiction, reviews and publication materials
1984-1987
26
11
Willa Cather biographies written by Arnold for various publications
1980-1990
26
12
Introductions and forewords written for the books of others
1987-1991
26
13
General writings
1976
26
14
Materials related to the publication of John March's A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather, edited by Marilyn Arnold
1986-1996
27
1-6
This box contains correspondence, grant proposal materials, diskettes, research materials and notes.
Conference presentations and papers
B
"The Allusive Willa Cather"
1993
28
1
Presented at the Fifth International Willa Cather Seminar and later published in the journal
Cather Studies.
"'Before Breakfast' and Willa Cather's Grand Manan"
1990
28
2
Presented for the Northeast Modern Literature Association.
"Cather's Last Three Stories: A Testament of Life and Endurance"
1984
28
3
Presented at a conference and later published in the journal
Great Plains Quarterly.
"Cather's 'The Way of the World': An Early Glimpse of the Lost Frontier"
1983
28
4
Presented for the Western Literature Association.
"Confounded Again: Willa Cather's Poor Pitiful Professors"
1992
28
5
Presented for the Western Literature Association.
"The Desert as Sanctuary in Willa Cather"
1971
28
6
Presented for the Western Literature Association.
"The Eastern Perspective in Willa Cather's Short Stories"
28
7
Presented at the conference, Willa Cather: The Northeast Perspective.
"Eco-candor in Willa Cather's Letters; or, New York Gets a Bad Rap"
2000
28
8
Presented at the 8th International Willa Cather Seminar.
"Edith Lewis's Memoir of Willa Cather"
1988
28
9
Presented for the Western Literature Association.
"Jim Burden vs. Willa Cather: The Double Views of Antonia Shimerada"
1984
28
10
Presented for the Western Literature Association.
"My Willa Cather"
28
11
Presented for the Historical Archive Association and later published in the journal
Southwestern American Literature.
"Poses of the Mind, Paeans of the Heart: Willa Cather's Letter of Life in the Provinces"
1988
29
1
Presented for the 3rd International Cather Symposium.
"Seeing Willa Cather Through Her Short Fiction"
1985
29
2
Presented for the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast.
"Shadows in Willa Cather's Short Fiction"
1992
29
3
Presented for the American Literature Association.
"The Southwest Story Willa Cather Never Wrote--or Did She?"
1990
1993
29
4
Presented at the 4th National Willa Cather Seminar.
"The Surprising Willa Cather: A Second Look at Her Short Fiction"
1983
29
5
Presented for the Northeast Modern Language Association.
"Willa Cather and the Edenic Myth"
1983
29
6
Presented for the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast.
"Willa Cather and the Short Story: The Forgotten Gems"
1983
29
7
Presented at the 2nd National Willa Cather Seminar.
"Willa Cather's Artistic 'Radicalism'"
1986
29
8
Presented for the Western Literature Association and later published in the journal
The CEA Critic.
"Willa Cather's Letters to Zoe Akins"
1987
29
9
Presented at the 3rd National Willa Cather Seminar.
"Willa Cather's Superior Women: Myth vs. Feminism"
1975
29
10
Presented for the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
Cather's Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh's Cather Conference materials
1996
29
11
General presentations
1985-1993
29
12
Research materials collected by Arnold about Willa Cather
C
Correspondence
1978-2010
30
1-2
Correspondence with Mildred R. Bennett
1980-1989
30
3
Correspondence with Helen Cather Southwick
1984-1989
30
4
Cather bibliography materials
30
5
Research notes
circa 1970s-1980s
30
6
Teaching notes
30
7
Notes on the humor of Cather
30
8
Susan J. Rosowski materials
2004-2005
30
9
Obituary and memorial service materials.
Cather film project proposal with Richard Long
1989-1990
30
10
Ruth Webb reminiscence
1992
31
1
Personal recollections about Willa Cather by others
1925-1981
31
2
Writings by Willa Cather
1904-1965
31
3
This folder consists of photocopied research materials kept by Arnold.
Research on Willa Cather and Georgia O'Keeffe
1987-1992
31
4
Research on Willa Cather's Nebraska
1971-1999
31
5
Research on Willa Cather's Santa Fe, New Mexico
1988-1990
31
6
Research on Willa Cather's Virginia
1911-1988
31
7
Willa Cather commemorative stamp
1973
31
8
Requests for copies
1974-1988
32
1
News clippings about Willa Cather
1927-1991
32
2
General research materials
1905-2010
32
3-4
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation Newsletters
1957-1994
32
5
Research materials collected by Arnold about Willa Cather's correspondence
D
This subseries focuses upon the research performed by Arnold regarding the correspondence of Willa Cather. The majority of this subseries consists of photocopied materials obtained from archival and research institutions. No photocopying of materials from other institutions is allowed.
Note cards
33
Research cards revealing where Arnold read Willa Cather letters along with listing institutions where she performed research.
Indexes of Willa Cather correspondence
1960-1994
34
1
Research regarding Zoe Akins correspondence
1986
34
2
This folder contains notes taken while researching the Akins and Cather correspondence located at the Huntington Memorial Library in San Marino, California.
Research regarding Fanny Butcher correspondence
1995
34
3
This folder contains notes and transcripts while researching the Butcher and Cather correspondence located at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.
Research regarding Edith Lewis correspondence to Pacificus Kennedy
1956-1965
34
4
This folder consists of photocopied correspondence from 1956 through 1965.
Research regarding Sinclair Lewis correspondence
circa 1920s-1940s
34
5
This folder consists of photocopies and transcripts of correspondence.
Research regarding Carrie Miner Sherwood correspondence
1988
34
6
This folder consists of photocopies, notes, indexes, and transcripts of correspondence.
Research regarding general correspondence
34
7
Research regarding general correspondence
35
1-2
Research materials obtained by archival or research institution
E
This subseries focuses upon the research performed by Arnold and was originally arranged by name of the holding institution. These boxes contain photocopies of original materials and may not be photocopied.
Amherst College Library
circa 1900s-1940s
1983
36
1
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
circa 1870s-1950s
1983
36
2-3
Brigham Young University
circa 1920s-1930s
1988
36
4
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
1988-1990
36
5
Colby College Library
circa 1920s-1960s
1986
36
6
Columbia University Library
circa 1900s-1940s
1983
36
7
Duke University Library
circa 1800s-1920s
1984-1988
36
8
Guy W. Bailey Library, University of Vermont
1983-1988
36
9
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
1985-1986
37
1
Huntington Library
1979
1986
37
2
Houghton Library, Harvard University
circa 1910s-1940s
1983
1986
37
3-6
Nebraska State Historical Society
1978
38
1
Newberry Library
1989
38
2
New York Public Library
1983
38
3
Pierpont Morgan Library
1983
38
4
Princeton University Library
1988
38
5
University of Virginia Library
1978
39
1-2
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
1987
39
3
Writings and research materials on Eudora Welty
VII
Writings and conference papers
A
"Devastating Consequences of What 'The Whole World Knows'"
1991
1996
40
1
Published in the journal
The South Carolina Review.
"The Edge of Adolescence in Eudora Welty's 'Moon Lake'"
1990-1993
40
2
Published in the journal
The Southern Quarterly.
"Eudora Welty and the Cost of the Quest"
40
3
"Eudora Welty's Parody"
1978
40
4
Published in
Notes on Mississippi Writers.
"Images of Memory in Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter"
1982
40
5
Published in
The Southern Literary Journal.
"'The Magical Percussion': Eudora Welty's Human Recital on Art and Time"
1989
40
6
Published in the journal
Southern Humanities Review.
"Somnambulism in San Francisco: Eudora Welty's Western Story"
1989
40
7
Published in
The Southern Quarterly.
"The Strategy of Edna Earle Ponder"
1987
40
8
Presented for the Eudora Welty: Eye of the Storyteller Conference.
.
"When Gratitude is no More: Eudora Welty's 'June Recital'"
1981
40
9
Published in
The South Carolina Review.
Eudora Welty biographical sketches written by Arnold for various publications
1982-1987
40
10
Study guide written for Eudora Welty's One Writer's Beginnings
1989
40
11
Manuscript draft
1987
40
12
Article draft
1980
40
13
Research materials
B
Honorary doctoral degree presented to Eudora Welty
1980
41
1
Eudora Welty correspondence
1987-1988
41
2
Research on Welty's The Golden Apples
1981-2002
41
3
Research on Welty's Delta Wedding
1946-1985
41
4
Research on Welty's Music From Spain
1948-1972
41
5
Research on Welty's The Ponder Heart
1954
1999
41
6
Research on Welty's The Robber Bridegroom
41
7
General research and notes
41
8-10
Writings and research materials on Flannery O'Connor
VIII
Writings and conference papers about O'Connor by Arnold
A
"Sentimentalism in the Devil's Territory"
1995
42
1
Presented at the Flannery O'Connor and the Christian Mystery Symposium held at BYU.
"The Violent Bear it Away: Flannery O'Connor's Reluctant Compromise with Mercy"
1981
42
2
Published in the journal
The McNeese Review.
"Wise Blood: Flannery O'Connor's Lonely Gospel of Hope"
1975
42
3
Published in
The Drew Gateway: A Journal of Comment and Criticism.
General research materials
B
Research notes regarding O'Connor's writings
42
4
Flannery O'Connor correspondence research
1965-1986
42
5
Bibliography
42
6
Writings by Flannery O'Connor and interview
1965-1978
42
7
Articles about Flannery O'Connor
1974-2009
42
8
General research materials
IX
Vernice Wineera-Pere
A
Writings and general materials
1981-1982
43
Research regarding women
B
Thoughts on the concerns of Mormon women at Brigham Young University and elsewhere
1975-1992
44
1
This work was performed by Marilyn Arnold and the members of the Advisory Committee on Women's Concerns.
Research materials regarding Belle S. Spafford
1935-1983
44
2
Women in church history research
1867-1995
44
3-4
Elouise Bell, "The Tables Turned
"1976
44
5
Marie Cornwall and Louise Degn, Utah Women Considered: What the Numbers Tell Us
1996
44
6
Mormon women writers
1979
44
7
"Extreme Violence Directed at Women," Sneak Previews, transcript of show number 304
1980-1981
44
8
Digital files
C
Computer disks
45-46
Travel materials
D
General materials
1982-1989
47
1
Travel materials collected while performing research at various institutions.
Los Angeles art trips
2004-2006
47
2-3
Oversize materials
X
Scrapbooks
1947-2013
48-51
Yearbooks
1953
52-54
General materials
1967
1985
undated
55
This box contains awards, sketches by Arnold, Willa Cather memorabilia, and other items.
Awards and general materials
1977-2010
56
Addendum
XI
Correspondence, Cards
57
1
Correspondence, Invitations and Announcements
1958
57
2
BYU Bachelor of Science Degree
1957
57
3
Identification Cards
1963
57
4
Golden Gleaner Certificate
1964
57
5
Correspondence, Commencement Cards
1968
57
6
University of Wisconsin Commencement
1968
57
7
Awards
1983
57
8
Programs, Speeches and Commencement Talks
1983-2006
57
9
Thesis, Marilyn Arnold, "An Evaluation of Certain Journalism Activities Proposed for Weber Junior College in Ogden, Utah"
1958
57
1
PhD Thesis, Marilyn Arnold, "Self-Division and Self-Unity in the Novels of Willa Cather"
1968
57
2
References, Willa Cather
58
1-2
Draft, Marilyn Arnold, "Minding Mama"
58
3
Novella, Marilyn Arnold, "Minding Mama"
58
4
Marilyn Arnold, "Discovering Mormon Himself"
2015-2016
58
5
Newspaper Clippings
1975-2014
58
6
Oversized material
1992
59
Personalized tennis raquet sleeve, Cather's Kitchen apron, "Marilyn's shadow" picture, and BYU 1992 commencement.
Disks
60
Various floppy disks and CDs.