Biographical information is unavailable at this time.
The collection includes one letter from Irish author Frank O’Connor, and one letter from Richard Wilbur, a two-time Pulitzer Prize poet and professor at Wesleyan University. Both letters were written to Dr. James White, an English professor at Rhode Island College in the late 1950s. O’Connor appreciates White’s offer to speak at the college and asks for a delayed invitation after his time in Ireland. Wilbur expresses gratitude for White’s invitation but declines since he has taken on too many lectures and readings.
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
The collection is open for research.
Letters to James White, MSS-0118, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Provenance of the collection is unknown, however it was likely donated by Dr. James White, former professor in the English Department at Rhode Island College. The collection as in the holdings of Special Collections prior to 2019.
The collection was described by Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz, in 2023 under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.