Eve Shelnutt Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0431

Staff Only

Content Description

The collection contains manuscript drafts, published poetry and short stories by Eve Shelnutt; correspondence; personal materials; teaching materials.

Dates

1959 - 2014

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Biographical / Historical

Evelyn B. "Eve" Shelnutt was born in 1941 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to James M. and Evelyn B. Waldrop. She was the middle child of three sisters. Shelnutt was an author of short stories and poetry. She published three collections of short stories with Black Sparrow Press; and four poetry collections plus a fourth short story collection with Carnegie Mellon University Press.

Shelnutt attended Carson-Neuman College and Furman University, receiving her B.A. in English from the University of Cincinnati in 1972. With the Randall Jarrell Fellowship, she studied creative writing with Fred Chappell at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), receiving her M.F.A. in 1973. After graduating, she had a career as a professor of creative writing, teaching at Western Michigan University, the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio University and the College of the Holly Cross in Worcester, MA.

Shelnutt had one son, Greg, a sculptor and teacher. Shenutt passed away on April 7, 2015, in Athens, Georgia.

Extent

8.75 Linear Feet (7 record boxes and 1 oversized folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Evelyn B. "Eve" Shelnutt was born in 1941 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to James M. and Evelyn B. Waldrop. She published three collections of short stories with Black Sparrow Press; and four poetry collections plus a fourth short story collection with Carnegie Mellon University Press. With the Randall Jarrell Fellowship, she studied creative writing with Fred Chappell at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), receiving her M.F.A. in 1973. After graduating, she had a career as a professor of creative writing, teaching at Western Michigan University, the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio University and the College of the Holly Cross in Worcester, MA.

The collection contains manuscript drafts, published poetry and short stories by Eve Shelnutt; correspondence; personal materials; teaching materials.

Condition Description

7 record boxes and 1 oversized folder.

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