Finding Aid for the Robert Drake Reel-to-reel Audiotapes, 1963-1969
MS-2524 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 20, 2006.
Summary Information
Robert Drake Reel-to-reel Audiotapes
Date/Date Range : 1963-1969
0.2 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains two reel-to-reel audiotapes of Dr. Robert Drake, a 1963/1965 broadcasted reading of stories from his first book, Amazing Grace, and a panel discussion recording from the 1969 Southern Literary Festival.
MS-2524
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Robert Drake Reel-to-reel Audiotapes, MS-2524. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two folders.
Biography / History
Robert Young Drake, Jr., was born on October 20, 1930, in Ripley, TN. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's (1952) and a master's (1953) in English. Then he obtained a master's (1954) and Ph.D. (1955) in English from Yale University, where he met Cleanth Brooks. He then taught at various universities over the United States until he came to the University of Tennessee in 1965, when he published his first collection of stories, Amazing Grace (reprinted 1981). He befriended Flannery O'Conner and published a booklet Flannery O'Connor, The True Country in 1966. Drake served as editor and chairman of the 1969 Southern Literary Festival and published its proceedings, titled "The Writer and His Traditions." Some other publications include The Single Heart (1971), The Burning Bush (1975), Survivors and Others (1987), What Would You Do For an Encore? And Other Stories (1996). He suffered a stroke in 1999 and is no longer teaching full time at University of Tennessee.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains two reel-to-reel audiotapes of Dr. Robert Drake. The first is a 1963/1965 broadcasted reading of stories from his first book, Amazing Grace, and the second is a panel discussion recording (with Cleanth Brooks and others) from the 1969 Southern Literary Festival, for which he served as chairman.
See MS-350: Amazing Grace book and recording and MS-0394: Drake's Flannery O'Connor booklet with corrections and galley proof for more information.
Subject Terms
- Drake, Robert, 1930-.
- Authors, American -- Tennessee.
Contents List
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Robert Drake reel-to-reel audiotape of "Stories from Amazing Grace" broadcast from KHFI-FM Austin Texas. Double-track recording, 7½ ips. Original broadcast on May 12, 1963; 2nd Broadcast on May 18, 1965, 1963 May 12-1965 May 18
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Paper from "Stories from Amazing Grace" tape box identifying the stories on the tracks with a note to Dr. Drake from "E. Smith," undated
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Robert Drake panel discussion reel-to-reel audiotape of "The Writer and His Tradition" from the Southern Literary Festival. Panel Members: Cleanth Brooks, James Dickey, Reynolds Price. Moderator: Robert Drake. 7½ ips, 1969 April 19
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