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Size | 6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 850 items) |
Abstract | Marie Rogers Gilbert was born in 1924 in Florence, S.C. In 1946, she married Richard A. Gilbert, a finance officer for the Air Force. In 1952, as an Air Force reservist, Richard A. Gilbert was called up for duty in the Korean War and served in an account-auditor in Seoul, Korea. The Gilberts had two children, R. Austin Gilbert Jr. and Laurence (Laurie) Gilbert. Marie Gilbert published several collections of poetry. Gilbert was active in the North Carolina Poetry Society, serving as president, 1990-1992. She received numerous awards for her work, including the Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards in 1994 and the Ethel N. Fortner Writer and Community Award in 2003, and she served as writer-in-residence at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., from fall 2000 to spring 2001. Marie Gilbert died in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2007. The collection contains correspondence, writings, and other materials related to Marie Gilbert's family life and to her career as a poet. The bulk of the correspondence is between Gilbert and her husband Richard A. Gilbert while he was stationed overseas during the Korean War. There are also letters relating to other Gilbert family members. Also included are drafts of Gilbert's books, poems, and essays as well as reviews and promotional materials related to Gilbert's published works. Other items include teaching materials, information on workshops taught and attended by Gilbert and her academic residency at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., audiocassette recordings featuring Marie Gilbert, and research notes. There are also some records of the North Carolina Poetry Society, including meeting notes, newspaper clippings, program brochures, and promotional material for the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series. Some scattered materials relate to other poets, including Sam Ragan, Fred Chappell, and Ronald Bayes. |
Creator | Gilbert, Marie. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Marie Rogers Gilbert was born in 1924 in Florence, S.C. She graduated from Rollins College with a dual major in English and psychology in 1945. In 1946, Gilbert married Richard A. Gilbert, a finance officer for the Air Force. In 1952, as an Air Force Reservist, Richard A. Gilbert was called up for duty in the Korean War and served in an account-auditor in Seoul, Korea. Marie and Richard had two children, R. Austin Gilbert Jr. and Laurence (Laurie) Gilbert.
Marie Gilbert published several collections of poetry, including Myrtle Beach Back When (1989), The Song and the Seed (1983), Connexions (1994), Brookgreen Oaks (1999), and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century (2006). She was active in the North Carolina Poetry Society, serving as president, 1990-1992. Gilbert received numerous awards for her work, including the Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards in 1994 and the Ethel N. Fortner Writer and Community Award in 2003. She served as writer-in-residence at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., from fall 2000 to spring 2001. Marie Gilbert died in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2007.
Back to TopThe collection contains correspondence, writings, and other materials related to Marie Gilbert's family life and to her career as a poet. The bulk of the correspondence is between Gilbert and her husband Richard A. Gilbert while he was stationed overseas during the Korean War. There are also letters relating to other Gilbert family members. Also included are drafts of Gilbert's books, poems, and essays as well as reviews and promotional materials related to Gilbert's published works. Other items include teaching materials, information on workshops taught and attended by Gilbert and her academic residency at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., audiocassette recordings featuring Marie Gilbert, and research notes. There are also some records of the North Carolina Poetry Society, including meeting notes, newspaper clippings, program brochures, and promotional material for the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series. Some scattered materials relate to other poets, including Sam Ragan, Fred Chappell, and Ronald Bayes.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Primarily correspondence between Marie Gilbert and her husband Richard A. Gilbert while he was stationed overseas during the Korean War. Letters from Richard describe his dissatisfaction with the military, accounts of the people and living conditions in Japan and Korea, and his work as an account-auditor in the Air Force. Letters from Marie describe her daily life while living in Greenville, S.C., with their children, Austin and Laurence (Laurie). Letters from family and friends, especially from Richard A. Gilbert's mother and father, are also included. Additional items include newspaper clippings and cards.
Folder 1-5
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
Marie Gilbert and Richard A. Gilbert correspondence, 1944-1951 |
Folder 6-24
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24 |
Marie Gilbert and Richard A. Gilbert correspondence, 1952-1953 |
Folder 25-28
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Other letters and related material, 1944-1953 and undatedLetters to Marie and Richard A. Gilbert from family and friends, especially from Richard A. Gilbert's father and mother, and from Sam Ragan and Fred Chappell. |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject file name.
Drafts of Gilbert's books, poems, and essays. There are also reviews and promotion materials related to her published works. Included is some correspondence Other items include teaching materials, information on workshops taught and attended by Gilbert and her academic residency at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., and research notes. Some scattered materials relate to other poets, including Sam Ragan, Fred Chappell, and Ronald Bayes.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Materials related to the North Carolina Poetry Society include meeting notes, newspaper clippings, program brochures, and promotional material for the Gilbert Chappell Distinguished Poet Series; copies of emails; letters; materials relating to the 2004 Winners Anthology; correspondence regarding the initial donation of materials from the North Carolina Poetry Society to the North Carolina Collection at Wilson Library; and other items.
Folder 109-122
Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122 |
North Carolina Poetry Society records, 1989-2009 |
Audio recordings featuring Marie Gilbert.
Titles were copied from audiocassette labels.
Audiocassette C-5487/1 |
Marie Gilbert on Forever New, undated |
Audiocassette C-5487/2 |
Oral Interpretation, 28 April 1987 |
Audiocassette C-5487/3 |
December 22 1985 |
Audiocassette C-5487/4 |
Book Club in Durham, May 1985 |
Audiocassette C-5487/5 |
Mount Olive College, November 1984 |