Finding Aid for the Jean Farley Manuscripts, 1970 and undated
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Jean Farley (1928- ) is a poet and 1950 alumna of Woman’s College (now UNCG). This collection includes draft copies of Farley's book of poems, Figure and Field, and a number of additional poems.
MSS 033
One box, 0.25 linear ft.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Jean Farley Manuscripts (MSS 033), University Archives and Manuscripts, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Gift of the author, circa 1970s.
Jean Farley graduated with a major in English from the Woman’s College (now UNCG) in 1950. She has worked as a poetry editor at the Kenyon Review in Ohio, where she resides with her husband, Ellington White; and her poetry has appeared in major literary journals and has been widely anthologized.
This collection includes an original typescript with manuscript corrections and revisions for Farley's book of poems, Figure and Field (UNC Press, 1970), and a number of additional poems in manuscript drafts.
Folder 1: Typescript for Figure and Field
Folder 2: Manuscript drafts for “Bed Rider,” “Charity Performance,” “Prodigal Son,” “Triangle,” “An Old Lady Dying Young,” “Collecting les cartes…”
Folder 3: Manuscript drafts of poems including “At Bay” in memory of Randall Jarrell
Folders 4-9: Additional manuscript drafts of poems
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