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Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives English 3.43 Linear Feet 1 record carton, 1 document box, 1 half-document box, 1 oversize box 1941 2021 circa 1941-2021 Emily Wilson is an author and poet that predominantly worked in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She retained a strong friendship with poet A.R. Ammons that lasted for 30 years until Ammons' death in 2001. This collection includes Wilson's correspondence, Ammons' written work, newspaper clippings, publications, research materials, book drafts, and photographs of Ammons' personal life and artwork. Wilson, Emily Herring Biographical Note Emily Herring Wilson was born on June 11, 1939 in West Point, Georgia. She graduated from Woman's College in Greensboro, now the University of NC at Greensboro, in 1961 with a degree in English. After graduation, Wilson pursued an English master's degree at Wake Forest University. Wilson tauht at North Carolina's Poetry in the Schools program, UNC-G, and Salem College, as well as Cornell University at the invitation of friend A. R. Ammons. She wrote for the and co-founded and ran The Jackpine Press with Betty Leighton. Throughout her career, she wrote many books including, and She released a memoir about her 30-year friendship with A. R. Ammons, in 2019. Wilson began teaching in the Wake Forest English department and in 1964, she married then-dean of the College, Edwin G. Wilson and together they had 3 children (Eddie, Sally, and Julie). Collection Overview This collection documents the personal life and professional work materials of A. R. Ammons as collected by his friend and fellow poet Emily Herring Wilson. Materials in this collection include a variety of Ammons' written work, personal photographs of Ammons, Ammons' artwork photographs, book drafts by Ammons or about him, Wilson's correspondence, newspaper clippings, research materials and publications. Correspondence of Emily's husband, Dean of the College and Provost Edwin G. Wilson also appears in the collection. All mentions of Wilson refer to Emily Herring Wilson unless specified. Preferred Citation Emily Wilson Collection on A. R. Ammons (MS896), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Access Restrictions Collection is open for researchers Copyright Notice The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Arrangement This collection is arranged into two series, Series 1. Ammons materials, and Series 2. Subject files. Series 1. Ammons materials contains materials directly by or about A. R. Ammons. Series 2. Subject files also contains Ammons-related materials, but these relate to the work Wilson did regarding Ammons, including research for books, events that she contributed to, and Ammons' watercolor artworks information and correspondence. Other subjects are also part of Series 2. Ammons, A. R., 1926-2001 Ammons materials 1941 2018 circa 1941-2018 Ammons article in 2001 June 1 14 Ammons artwork photographs 2000 1 49-50 Ammons biographical timeline notes and related materials 2001 2018 circa 2001-2018 2 19 Ammons correspondence with WFU 1971 1980 1 41 Ammons interview in magazine 1973 1 8 Ammons interview in 1997 1 33 Ammons letters to Phyllis Ammons 1947 1949 1 18 Ammons memorial service and celebration event materials 2001 April 2 9 Ammons notes about poems 1949 1952 1 9 Ammons photographs and negatives 1979 1980 circa 1979-1980 2 23 Ammons photographs and photocopies 1941 2014 circa 1941-2014 2 4 Ammons poems 1947 1997 circa 1947-1997 1 2 Ammons poetry feature in 2017 1 28 Ammons publications and magazine materials 1995 2017 2 6 Ammons published and unpublished poems 1961 2001 circa 1961-2001 2 2 Ammons transcribed letters 2000 2009 circa 2000s 1 4-7 Ammons WFU photograph 1949 2 7 "An Interview with A.R. Ammons," by Cynthia Haythe for 1980 1 27 "A.R. Ammons's Comic Strip Glare: Literary Musings About Nothing," article by Lorraine DiCicco 2005 1 16 A. R. Ammons interview in 1996 Summer 1 19 "A.R. Ammons' Levity" essay by Frank J. Kerfaw 2011 1 30 Colombus County and Ammons family genealogy materials 2007 2016 2 18 Correspondence between Wilsons and Ammonses 1974 2008 1 37 "For Emily Wilson from a Newcomer" and "Catch" poem drafts 1975 1986 2 3 Hatteras (NC) school graduation exercises and related materials 1950 2006 circa 1950-2006 2 20 "The Home Country of A. R. Ammons" N.C. Humanities Committee Conference poster 1986 May 4 2 "I Went to the Summit: The Literary Bromance of A. R. Ammons and Harold Bloom," interview and essay by Roger Gilbert 2008 2012 1 10 Jackpine Press correspondence 1976 2006 1976-1982, 2006 1 20 "Lake Effect Country" by Ammons draft 1980 1983 circa 1980-1983 2 25 Newspaper clippings and articles regarding Ammons 1995 2007 2 22 Newspaper death announcements and obituaries 2001 1 36 "One Man's Trash," Dan Chiasson article about Ammons in 2017 1 17 "Pattern and Possibility" exhibit brochure draft circa 2002 4 1 Photographs of Ammons in different settings and artwork 1953 2000 circa 1953-2000 2 24 Scholarly articles on Ammons' poetry 1988 2002 1988, 2002 1 34 newsletter, Ammons edits 1975 March 2 1 Subject files 1952 2021 "Always We Two Together: Letters of A.R. Ammons to Phyllis Plumbo 1947-1950" drafts circa 2007 1 22 Ammons art acquisiton notice, Herbert Johnson Museums of Art, Cornell Uiversity 2005 1 13 Ammons documentary video order form 1990 1999 circa 1990s 1 29 Ammons lecture review and greeting card from Vida Cox 2004 1 12 Ammons letters to Phyllis Plumbo transcripts 2000 2010 circa 2000-2010 1 26 Ammons memorial service (1 VHS videocassette) 2001 April 3 1 Ammons publication submission draft 2018 2019 circa 2018-2019 2 12 Ammons watercolors artwork correspondence and related materials 2004 2019 2 15 Ammons watercolors at Saltimbanque gallery materials circa 2002 2 16 Ammons writing workshop notes 1981 June 1-13 1 23 Ammonsfest programs 1998 April 1 35 Annotated bibliography of Ammons writings 2017 1 11 Blog post about Phyllis Ammons 2013 2 10 Book reviews circa 2008 1 15 Campbell White McMillan, "An Oral History of My Wake Forest College Experience, 1943-1944 and 1946-1948" 2001 December 1 40 Copyright materials 2008 2013 2 17 Event programs and materials 1974 2019 1 51 Events fliers, brochures, and invitations 1981 2005 1 48 Fred Chappell correspondence regarding Ammons 2019 2 8 Helen Vendler materials 1986 2018 1 46 John L. Remington: Ammons memories correspondence 2020 1 55 Journal letter with John Charles McNeill poems 1952 1 54 Ken Frazelle and Steven Stucky musical composition materials 2004 2018 2 14 Ken Frazelle correspondence 1980 2018 2 13 Ken McClane feature, Cornell newsletter 2011 Fall 1 24 "Lectures and readings in celebration of A. R. Ammons" program 1974 December 1 32 Michael McFee writing about Ammons and letter 1980 2018 2 21 N.C. Women's Writers artwork by Anne Kesler Shields materials circa 1992 3 5 Newspaper articles and clippings 1975 2017 1 31 Newspaper articles featuring Wilson 1975 2019 3 4 Photographs of Phyllis Ammons, photocopies circa 2013 1 1 Publication request correspondence 2006 2008 2 11 Richard McBride: Ammons remembrance correspondence and related documents 1974 2021 1 53 Say Things and Gather About poetry festival materials 1995 2 5 WFU Poetry Review newsletters 1975 1976 1 25 Wilson and John Ammons correspondence 2014 2018 1 42 Wilson correspondence 1979 2011 1 52 Wilson correspondence 2000 2018 1 43 Wilson correspondence with Alex Fountain 2019 1 57 Wilson correspondence with Ammons 1973 1998 1 47 Wilson correspondence with Beacon Press 2000 2018 2000-2001, 2018 1 45 Wilson correspondence with Phyllis Ammons 1993 2007 1 44 Wilson e-mail correspondence 2002 2016 1 3 Wilson interview of Romare Bearden and Maya Angelou at Reynolda House and Angelou's article "Why I Moved Back to the South" 1980 1985 circa 1980-1985 3 3 Wilson manuscript notes circa 2006 3 2 Wilson short biography and related information 2000 2009 circa 2000s 1 56 Wilson, "I Went Back to My Home County, A Remembrance of Archie Ammons" first draft 2018 August 1 38-39 Wilson, "I Went Back to My Home County, A Remembrance of Archie Ammons" page layouts and table of contents circa 2019 1 58 Wilson, "The Life in Words: Letters of A. R. Ammons" draft undated 1 21