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Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives English L/languagedeclaration> dacs Describing Archives: A Content Standard completed 2022-06-06T09:24:15-04:00 ArchivesSpace v3.0.1 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Monday June 6, 2022 at 09:24 2017 April, 2018 January, 2019 October, 2022 Revised by Tara Coady, Stephanie Bennett, Ashelee Gerald Hill, Stephanie Bennett Academic Departments. English Department Records RG16.10 Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives English 3.44 Linear Feet 2 record cartons, 2 document boxes 1966 2019 WFU's English Department offers a variety of courses and programs of study, including a major, multiple minors, and a masters program. These records document the history and operations of the department, including memoranda, policies, and regulations, also included are a small amount of the teaching materials of Dr. Dolly McPherson, professor (1974-2001) and the first African-American woman to be a full-time faculty member at the University. Historical Note Wake Forest University's English Department offers a variety of courses and programs of study using literature to research and think about cultural and philosophical matters. The department offers a major, minors in English, writing, medieval studies, journalism, and creative writing. A masters program is also offered. The department sponsors a diverse range of speakers and events each semester. Biographical Note: Dolly A. McPherson Dolly Aimee McPherson was born on December 2, 1925, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Reverend Dr. James Gordon McPherson, an evangelistic preacher, and Dolly Taylor McPherson. She had four siblings, three brothers named James Gordon, Jr., Stephen, and Wyatt, and an elder sister, Jeanette. McPherson graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a master's in English from Boston University in Massachusetts, and a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Iowa (1986). Her doctoral thesis, "Order Out of Chaos: the Autobiographical Works of Maya Angelou," was published as a monograph in 1990. McPherson traveled extensively as part of her career. She won a Fulbright to teach American literature and language at the University of Amsterdam and later worked as a program administrator for Africa and Asia at the Institute of International Education, from roughly 1962-1973. According to a WFU biography, McPherson also taught at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, in the 1950s, as a lecturer at a University of Maryland program in Frankfurt, Germany, at Virginia State College (now University) in Petersburg, Virginia, and finally at the City University of New York in about 1973. In 1974, McPherson became the first African-American woman to join the WFU faculty full-time; she was joined by the first African-American man to join the WFU faculty full-time, biology professor Herman Eure. With Eure, McPherson was also a supporter of the WFU Office of Minority Affairs, which opened in 1978. McPherson's research agenda included African American literature and American biography, and over her twenty-seven-year career as an English professor at WFU, she taught courses on British literature, African American fiction, and autobiography. She also acted as the literary executor of her longtime friend and WFU colleague Maya Angelou's papers held at Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Angelou joined McPherson at Wake in 1982 and wrote about a 1971 trip that the women took to campus for . In 2001, McPherson retired from Wake Forest. She died on January 19, 2011, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Sources: Angelou, Maya. "Why I Moved Back to the South." . 1982 February. Harvey, Jeff. "McPherson's place in university history secure." . 2002 February 7. Access at https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/36800 King, Kerry. "Service set for professor emerita Dolly McPherson." . 2011 February 15. Access at https://inside.wfu.edu/2011/02/service-set-for-professor-emerita-dolly-mcpherson/ O'Donnell, Lisa. "Dolly McPherson, pioneering faculty member at Wake Forest, dies." . 2011 January 21. Access at https://journalnow.com/news/article_3bf5f3d7-817c-5bdd-a28f-5d44c34a78b8.html Salinas, Andrew. "James Gordon McPherson collection, 2477." Amistad Research Center, Tulane University. Access at https://amistad-finding-aids.tulane.edu/repositories/2/resources/148 Collection Overview The records in this collection document the operations and history of the English Department at Wake Forest University. Materials in this collection include departmental regulations, policies, and staff and faculty memorandums. Also included are a small amount of the teaching materials belonging to Dolly McPherson, a professor in the department from 1974 to 2001. McPherson was the first African-American woman to be a full-time faculty member at Wake Forest University. Arrangement This collection is arranged into six series: Series 1. Department faculty-staff memorandums, Series 2. Department meetings and notices, Series 3. Faculty materials, general, Series 4. McPherson, Dolly Aimee, materials, Series 5. Memorandums, policies, and regulations, and Series 6. Office files. Preferred Citation Academic Departments. English Department Records (RG16.10), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Access Restrictions This collection is open for use. 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 claim 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. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Related Materials A copy of Dolly McPherson's 1986 thesis, "Out of Order Chaos: the Autobiographical Works of Maya Angelou," is available at Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives as well as copies of the published version with the same title that came later. See call number PS3551 N464 Z78. Separated Materials The following books were removed from the Dolly McPherson portion of the collection and are available through Special Collection and Archives: Sales, Estella. . Louisville, Kentucky: Estella Sales, 1975. Call number: PS3569 A4545 M48 1975. Thomas, Joyce Carol with Tom Feelings and Dolly Aimee McPherson. . New York: Zamani Productions, 1981. Call number: PS3570.H565 B 525 1981. Processing Information Processed by John Woodard. Encoded by Apex, March 2005. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO . Missing Title Wake Forest University. English Dept. Department faculty-staff memorandums 1986 1987 2 86 1987 1988 2 87 1988 1989 2 88 1989 1990 2 89 1990 1991 2 90 1991 1992 2 91 1992 1993 2 92 1993 1994 2 93 1994 1995 2 94 1995 1996 2 95 1996 1997 2 96 Grievance Procedures 1976 2 97 Department meetings and notices 1973 1974 1 13 1974 1975 1 14 1975 1976 1 15 1976 1977 1 16 1977 1978 1 17 1978 1979 1 18 1979 1980 1 18 1980 1981 1 20 1981 1982 1 21 1982 1983 1 22 1983 1984 1 23 1984 1985 1 24 1985 1986 1 25 1986 1987 1 26 1987 1988 1 27 1988 1989 1 28 1989 1990 1 29 1990 1991 1 30 1991 1992 1 31 Faculty materials, general Catanzano, Amy, online curriculum vitae 2018 October 4 21 Catazano, Amy, poetry broadsides 2014 4 11 Harlan, Susan, promotional materials 2018 2018 2018 March 4 20 Harlan, Susan, "A Poem About Your University's Absolute Intention to Absolutely Deal With Institutional Racism Seriously Absolutely Any Minute Now and Certainly One Day," satirical poem in 2019 March 7 4 22 Harlan, Susan, writing clippings undated 4 13 McPherson, Dolly Aimee, research leave request 1992 1992 1992 November 4 15 Phillips, Elizabeth, remarks about Dolly McPherson 2001 2001 circa 2001 4 16 Ruocco, Joanna, poetry broadside 2014 4 18 Shorter, Robert (Bob), obituary 2021 4 24 McPherson, Dolly Aimee, materials teaching copy undated 2 64 "Dylan Thomas," G.S. Fraser, , No. 90 undated 2 66 , vol. 27, no. 4 1994 Summer 2 67 English 200, Black Poetry, course syllabus 1974 1975 circa 1974-1975 3 9 journal 1971 1971 1971 Summer 2 68 Obituaries and memorials 2011 2 65 , Ralph Ellison, annotated copy undated 3 1 , vol. 44, no. 1 1972 1972 1972 March 3 2 , vol. 51, no. 3 1979 1979 1979 November 3 4 , Louise Hay undated 3 5 North Carolina Center for Laws Affecting Women reports 1981 3 8 North Carolina Center for Laws Affecting Women reports 1985 1988 3 6 North Carolina Center for Laws Affecting Women reports 1988 1991 4 1 McPherson, Dolly, teaching notebook 3 7 black literature journal, vol. II, no. 1 1976 1976 1976 Spring 4 2 , Maya Angelou 1983 4 3 poetry journal, no. 17 1966 4 4 , thesis, Kelly Giles Crawley 1994 4 6 , vol. XLII, no. 2 1977 1977 1977 May 4 7 , Richard N. Goodwin undated 4 8 , Michael Harper undated 4 9 Memorandums, policies, and regulations Scope and Contents note These files contain many campus-wide policies and directives on use and conduct and procedures. Activities and Information Management 1985 2 98 College Union 1986 2 99 Dean of the College, Mullen 1984 1985 2 100 Education Department 1985 2 101 Graduate School undated 2 102 Legal Affairs 1986 1987 2 103 Personnel 1986 2 104 Personnel Policies and Regulations 1973 1977 2 112 Physical Plant 1981 1986 1981, 1986, undated 2 105 President's Office, Hearn 1983 1987 1983, 1987 2 106 Provost, Brown 1992 2 113 Provost, Wilson 1974 1984 1974, 1984 2 107 Provost, Wilson 1987 1988 2 114 Public Safety 1984 1985 2 108 Registrar's Office responsibilities undated 2 115 Student Affairs 1986 2 109 Telecommunications 1996 2 110 Treasurer's office 1983 1984 1980, 1983-1984 2 111 Office files Academic writing booklet and prompt 1990 1999 circa 1990-1999 English 4 10 Accession Records for books and filmstrips received by the Curriculum Laboratory 1966 1970 1966-1970 1 1 Advanced Placement Exams 1976 1988 1976-1988 1 2 Affirmative Action 1975 1982 2 77 Budget 1975 1989 1 3 College Catalog changes 1984 1987 1 4 College Level Entrance Program 1975 2 79 Computer Classroom 1985 2 80 Cooperative Majors Program 1975 1980 1 5 Correspondence 1983 1990 1 6 Course assignment information 1971 1989 1 7 Course descriptions: English 105 2 78 Credit requests 1987 1988 1987-1988, undated 1 8 Credit requests 1989 1990 1 9 Credit requests 1991 1995 2 81 Dean of College, Paul Escott 1995 2 83 Dean of the College, Mullen 1987 1992 1987, 1992 2 82 Department and Grade Analysis 1988 Spring 1 11 Department Executive Committee 1973 1987 1973, 1975-1987 1 10 Department chairs, meetings 1974 1975 2 85 Department chairs, meetings 1986 1987 2 84 Department Honors Program 1986 1986 1986, undated 1 12 Department Self-study 1974 1975 1 32 Division I English 1985 1988 1 33 ENG 381 Studies in Black Literature: Prose memorandum and syllabus 1982 4 12 English Majors 1985 1989 1 34 English Minors 1981 1988 1 35 Enrollment records 1974 1990 1 36 Expenditures and Student Flow, bar graphs 1982 1994 1 37 Faculty, general 1983 1985 1 38 Freshman English 1975 1988 1 39 English Tutors/Writing Lab 1983 1 40 General files 1987 1988 1987 August-1988 December 1 41 General files 1989 1990 1989 January-1990 July 1 42 Grade Study 1983 1986 1 43 Jones, Henry Broadus, "The Stairs We Climbed Together" with Gerald E. Johnston's "The Battle of Ideas" 1975 1975 circa 1975 4 14 Library, Z. Smith Reynolds 1975 1988 1 44 Majors Field test 1975 1982 1 45 Major Studies 1979 1984 1 46 Master's Degree Program 1981 1987 1 47 Non-Department Programs 1976 1986 1 48 Placement Information 1986 1 49 Planning report 1985 1985 4 17 Program Planning Committee 1993 1995 1 50 Registrar 1978 1984 1 51 Registration 1984 1988 1 52 Schedules 1982 1987 2 53 Social and Academic Responsibility Committee report 1987 August 2 54 Staffing 1990 1992 1 55 Student Judicial System 1983 1984 2 56 Student Profiles. Psych. Center 1977 1978 2 57 General note (descriptive reports of student perceptions and developmental characteristics) Student grade reviews 1983 1987 1 58 Summer School 1977 1986 1 59 WRI 212 fall syllabus 2018 4 23 Tenured Staff 1972 1976 1972-1976 Spring 2 60 1976 1977 2 62 1977 1978 2 62 1978 1979 2 63 1979 1980 2 64 1980 1981 2 65 1981 1982 2 66 1982 1983 2 67 1983 1984 2 68 1984 1985 2 69 1985 1986 2 70 1986 1987 2 71 1988 1989 2 72 General note (no folder present for 1987/88) "The St. Nicholas News, II" Poetry Workshop collection 1992 1992 1992 December 4 19 Transfer Students 1976 1986 2 73 Venice-London Programs 1982 1986 2 74 Writer-In-Residence Program 1987 2 75 Writer-In Residence Program 1986 1990 2 76