Subseries BXB/1/1/WRJ - James Wright

Identity area

Reference code

BXB/1/1/WRJ

Title

James Wright

Date(s)

  • 1992 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(1927-1980)

Biographical history

James Arlington Wright was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1927. His father worked for 50 years at a glass factory, and his mother left school at 14 to work in a laundry; neither attended school beyond the eighth grade. While in high school in 1943 ... Read more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of James Wright.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

BXB/2/7/112

Access points

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