Title: Kenneth L. Knickerbocker Papers

Date/Date Range :   1926-1975

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists mostly of personal diaries kept by Dr. Knickerbocker while he was pursuing graduate studies at Yale University in the early 1930's and at one of his early teaching posts at Rhode Island State College in the early 1940's. Also included are several other personal items.

Call number: MS-1706

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Kenneth L. Knickerbocker Papers, MS-1706. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

Kenneth L. Knickerbocker was born in Dallas, Texas in 1905. He received his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Southern Methodist University and his Ph.D. from Yale University. In 1946, Dr. Knickerbocker joined the University of Tennessee faculty as a professor of English. From 1957 to 1963, Dr. Knickerbocker served as associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and was named distinguished professor in 1964. In 1971, Dr. Knickerbocker was appointed as academic vice-president for the entire university system, a post he held until 1973 when he returned to full-time professorial duties until his retirement in 1975. He died on December 30, 1990.

Dr. Knickerbocker is the author of several textbooks on literature and several volumes on the poet Robert Browning.

This collection consists mostly of personal diaries kept by Dr. Knickerbocker while he was pursuing graduate studies at Yale University in the early 1930's and at one of his early teaching posts at Rhode Island State College in the early 1940's. Also included are several other personal items.

Researchers may also wish to consult UTK-MS-2335: Knickerbocker Family Papers, 1964-1978 and UTK-MS-2383: Alzada Knickerbocker Report Card, 1954-1955 for more information on Kenneth Knickerbocker.

• Knickerbocker, K. L. (Kenneth Leslie).
• Yale University -- Alumni and alumnae.
• State universities and colleges -- Rhode Island.
• English teachers -- United States.