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Franklin G. Burroughs Papers,
1970-2006, n.d.
1.3
linear feet.
Catalog Number:
M240
Series List:
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Franklin Gorham Burroughs, Jr. was born in Conway, South Carolina in 1942.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the South
in 1964, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received
his A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, in 1965 and 1970 respectively.
A teaching fellow at Harvard from 1966 to 1967, Burroughs began teaching
at Bowdoin in 1968, retiring in 2002 as Harrison King McCann Professor of
the English Language. Many of his essays have been included in Best
American Essays, and he had the lead essay in The Pushcart
Prize anthology for 1988-1989. Burroughs is the author of a number of
books including Billy Watson's Croker Sack (1991), Horry and the
Waccamaw (1992), The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low
Country (1998), and Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay (2006). In 1994
he received a fellowship in creative non-fiction from the National
Endowment for the Arts, and in 2005 Burroughs was awarded the Cecil Woods
Prize for distinction in nonfiction by the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains literary drafts of essays, books, and other
writings. Among the drafts are "Compression Wood," "A Snapping Turtle in
June," Horry and the Waccamaw, and Confluence: Merrymeeting
Bay.
Also included are notes and correspondence concerning his writings, and
Burroughs' curriculum vitae.
Finding Aid/Index:
Cite as:
Cite as: Franklin G. Burroughs Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of
Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library
Access Restrictions: None.
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