Faculty Records: Vernon A. Ward, Jr., Papers

1930-1999
University Archives #UA90-78
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Ward, Vernon (Vernon A.), 1913-2000
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[Item description]. Vernon A. Ward, Jr., Papers. UA90-78, Box [number]. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
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Papers of ECU professor and writer Vernon A. Ward, Jr. containing his published works, literary manuscripts, poetry drafts, correspondence, clippings, memorabilla, and photos.

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Gift of Mr. Joseph Ward, 2000.

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Separated Material

Tar River Poetry Publications, Volumes 9 and 10, were removed from this collection and transferred to UA50-15 University Publications: Tar River Poetry.

"Poets of North Carolina" by Richard Walser was removed from this collection and cataloged separately.

Red Sky in the Night by Gerda Nischan in UA90-78 Ward Papers transferred to Manuscript Collection #1000: Gerda Nischan Papers.

Key terms
Personal Names
Ward, Vernon (Vernon A.), 1913-2000
Corporate Names
East Carolina University--Faculty
Topical
Poets, American--North Carolina--20th century
Container list
Box 9 Newspaper Clippings
Box 9 Newspaper Clippings
Box 9 Newspaper Clippings, Frank Motley
Box 14 Composition Notebooks; Essays, Notes, and Poetry Drafts
Box 15 Composition Notebooks; Essays, Notes, and Poetry Drafts
Box 14 Notepad, Correspondence Drafts and Essays
Box 14 Notepad, Water Safety and First Aid Instruction
Box 12 Atlantic Monthly
Box 12 Buffalo Courier Express
Box 12 The Daily Worker
Box 12 Durham Morning Herald
Box 12 Easton Star-Democrat
Box 12 Esquire
Box 12 Greensboro Daily News
Box 12 National Guardian
Box 12 The New Republic
Box 12 New York Herald Tribune
Box 12 The New York Times
Box 12 The Peacemaker
Box 12 The Progressive Farmer
Box 12 Raleigh News and Observer
Box 12 San Francisco Chronicle
Box 12 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Box 12 The Wall Street Journal
Box 12 Washington Daily News
Box 12 Letters to Editors, Unidentified Periodicals
Box 11 Alice Carroll
Box 11 John Clark, International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers President
Box 11 Niram A. Cromwell
Box 11 Anna Curtis
Box 11 James Dickey
Box 11 James Earl
Box 11 Karol Fahnestock, National Association for the Advancement of Native American Composers and Musicians Director
Box 11 Mary Ferguson
Box 11 Dr. Frank Porter Graham, UNC-Chapel Hill President
Box 11 Robert Henes
Box 11 John Haynes Holmes
Box 11 Leo Jenkins, ECU President
Box 11 E. S. Johnson, Washington, North Carolina City Schools Superintendent
Box 11 Dr. Frederick Kettner, Biospohical Institute
Box 11 Timothy King, North American-Mexican Institute of Cultural Relations Information Director
Box 11 Basil Maddy
Box 11 Dr. Elwyn Mauck
Box 11 R. N. McCray, Lake Waccamaw Boys Home
Box 11 J. Charles McKirachan
Box 11 Frank Motley
Box 11 O. M. Mudge
Box 11 Thelma Oster
Box 11 Dr. W. W. Pierson
Box 11 Lillian Redden
Box 11 Bayard Rustin, War Resisters League Program Director
Box 11 Hans Semper
Box 11 Jane Sommerich
Box 11 Southern States Cooperatives
Box 11 John Foster Speight
Box 11 Ruth Stuart
Box 11 Norman Thomas
Box 11 F. L. Voliva
Box 11 Virginia White
Box 11 Elizabeth "Libby" Ward
Box 11 Vernon Ward, Sr. and Mary Ward
Box 11 R. B. White, Western Union President
Box 11 Malcolm Young
Box 11 Birthday and Holiday Cards
Box 11 Family Members
Box 11 International Travel
Box 12 Mr. Beasley
Box 12 Betty
Box 12 Bob
Box 12 Mr. Cameron
Box 12 Cecil
Box 12 Cheney
Box 12 Chic
Box 12 Cleophus
Box 12 Dan
Box 12 Dannie
Box 12 Mr. Dednam
Box 12 Ed
Box 12 Estes
Box 12 Gracie
Box 12 Helene
Box 12 Jessica
Box 12 Jim
Box 12 Juanita
Box 12 Miss Manskoff
Box 12 Marion
Box 12 Mark
Box 12 Muriel
Box 12 Uncle Needham
Box 12 Nelson
Box 12 Paul
Box 12 Phil
Box 12 Phil, Communist Party
Box 12 Mr. Russell
Box 12 Sam
Box 12 Tommie
Box 12 Tony
Box 12 Vestor
Box 12 Mr. Wahab
Box 12 Mr. Woodburn
Box 12 Unidentified Recipients
Box 12 Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
Box 12 Daniel Amadeo Videla, Minister of Agriculture of Argentina
Box 12 Exposition Press
Box 12 From Publishers
Box 12 Of Dust and Stars
Box 12 President Franklin Roosevelt
Box 12 President Harry Truman
Box 12 President Dwight Eisenhower
Box 12 President John Kennedy
Box 12 President Lyndon Johnson
Box 12 Henry Wallace, Presidential Candidate
Box 12 Nelson Rockefeller
Box 12 Senators Margaret Chase and Olin Johnson
Box 12 Senator W. Kerr Scott
Box 12 Senator Arthur Vandenburg
Box 12 Governor Luther Hodges
Box 12 Lt. Governor Robert W. Scott
Box 12 Congressman John G. Alexander
Box 12 Congressman Herbert Bonner
Box 12 Congressman W. Kingsland Macy
Box 12 Congressman Lindsey Warren
Box 12 Captain S. A. Clement, Naval Reserve Director
Box 12 Department of Defense
Box 12 Department of State
Box 12 State Fisheries Committee, North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Box 10 A Birdie
Box 10 Confidence in Writing
Box 10 Creative Writing Experiments
Box 10 Florabel and Five Dollars
Box 10 Green, Grey, and Red Character Outlines
Box 10 The History of the Adventures of Percival Andrews on the Advice of his Friend Mr. Ervid Ersticson
Box 10 My Ten Worst Failings and How I Propose to Correct Them
Box 10 She Paid
Box 10 Six Months of Women
Box 10 Unadon
Box 10 An Analytical Description of Utopia
Box 10 Macaulay's "Lord Clive"
Box 10 The New Atlantis of Francis Bacon
Box 10 A Reappraisal of Willis's "Pencillings by the Way"
Box 10 The Themes of "A Shropshire Lad"
Box 10 Tom Paine's First Days in America
Box 6 The Advantages of Sexual Reciprocity/Some Thoughts on Electronic Transfusion
Box 6 America in Paris
Box 6 And Now! A Solitary Man
Box 6 As the Twig is Bent
Box 6 Confessional
Box 6 The Determination of Interest in Education
Box 6 The Eternal Triangle
Box 6 Everybody's Fight
Box 6 The Glad Eye
Box 6 Grace Street
Box 6 Land in the Sun
Box 6 The Limitations of Language
Box 6 My Code
Box 6 My Philosophy of Composition/Philosophizing on Composition
Box 6 New Principles of Emancipated Sex
Box 6 Of Writing
Box 6 Our Schools are to Blame
Box 6 Proposal for a Mail Order Cooperative
Box 6 Religion and War
Box 6 Robersonville Memorial Hospital
Box 6 Round-the-world Rice Recipes
Box 6 Simple Honesty
Box 6 Small Town Talk
Box 6 Some Thoughts for Our Time
Box 6 Suggested Plan for Training Program for New Employees of Westside Terminal
Box 6 Theory of Love
Box 6 Review, "Two in a Crowd"
Box 6 Untruth in Fancy Dress
Box 6 Vain Hands
Box 6 A Vision for North Carolina's Future
Box 6 William Faulkner's "Barn Burning"
Box 6 Untitled Handwritten Essays
Box 6 Untitled Typed Essays
Box 6 Leaves in the Garden
Box 6 Our Garden Jungle
Box 6 Perpetual Wheat
Box 6 Strawberries--An Easy Way
Box 6 Tomatoes Without Hoeing
Box 6 Weeds--A Gardener's Best Friend
Box 6 What to do with Bermuda Grass in the Garden
Box 6 The American People's Party
Box 6 The American System
Box 6 And so I looked at all America
Box 6 Around Capitol Square
Box 6 The Atomic Bomb Cannot Destroy Communism
Box 6 Behind the Propaganda
Box 6 A Challenge to Every Thinking American
Box 6 Communism and Christianity
Box 6 The Communist Party Can Save the Peace
Box 6 A Communist--So What?
Box 6 Continental Congress Special
Box 6 The Ethics of Socialism
Box 6 The Fallacy of Communism
Box 6 FBI Dirt
Box 6 Federal Council Brands Itself
Box 6 Four Imperatives
Box 6 The Freedom Train is a Farce
Box 6 Guardians of the Peace
Box 6 How Can We Have Full Employment
Box 6 I Hate America--the way it is
Box 6 Life in these United States
Box 6 McCarthy Draws a Blank
Box 6 The Morality of Tomorrow
Box 6 Move On/A Letter to the President from an Ordinary Citizen
Box 6 Nationalism vs. Internationalism
Box 6 One World for Humanity
Box 6 Paragraphics
Box 6 Pledge
Box 6 Program for America
Box 6 The Promised Land
Box 6 Proposal of an American Autonomous Socialist Region in the USSR
Box 6 Proposal for an American Progressive Party
Box 6 Ranking of Suggested Policies of Race Relations
Box 6 Robersonville the Corporation
Box 6 Root Out Greed; Build Love
Box 6 Russo-German Agreements
Box 6 Seeds for Spring Sowing
Box 6 The State
Box 6 This Is 1861
Box 6 To Whom the Victory?
Box 6 What Humanity Most Needs
Box 6 Win, Lose, or Draw
Box 6 Untitled Handwritten Political Essays
Box 9 Doctor of Education Thesis, "Role of the College Director in the Student Teaching Program", 1966
Box 9 Masters Thesis, "The School Lunch Program in Pittsylvania County Virginia, 1952
Box 9 Frank and Clay Motley Scholarship Fund
Box 8 Schedules , 1939
Box 8 Schedule, 1941
Box 8 Journal Entry, 1939-02-09
Box 8 Journal Entry, 1940-10-30
Box 8 Journal Entries, "Power Song", 1933-08-14-1933-09-01
Box 8 Journal Entries, "Upward Flight", 1941-09-06-1941-10-02
Box 5 Between to Trails, Book One
Box 5 Between to Trails, Book One
Box 5 Between to Trails, Book Two
Box 5 Between to Trails, Book Two
Box 5 Between to Trails, Book Three
Box 5 Between to Trails, Book Three
Box 4 Black Hurricane
Box 4 Black Son
Box 4 The Calm After Ione/The Calm After the Storm
Box 4 Credo Politico
Box 4 Dawning Revolution
Box 4 Godsong
Box 4 Margaret Knight of Bath
Box 4 The New Community
Box 4 Of Tomatoes
Box 4 Rethinking Society
Box 4 A Socialist Primer
Box 4 Three Forks to Guyot
Box 4 You Are the Truth
Box 10 The Development of the Utopian Idea in English Literature, Draft
Box 10 The Development of the Utopian Idea in English Literature, Draft
Box 10 The Development of the Utopian Idea in English Literature, Final Draft
Box 10 Masters Thesis Correspondence
Box 10 Masters Thesis Notes
Box 13 American Russian Institute Friendship Book
Box 13 American Russian Institute Friendship Book Correspondence
Box 13 North Carolina Vacation Brochures
Box 13 Poets of North Carolina Brochure
Box 13 War Resisters League Brochure, 1960 Peace Calendar
Box 13 Volume 2, Number 1; "Heart of Steel" by Vernon Ward, 1930-10-07
Box 13 Volume 60, Number 12; "Very Happy" by Vernon Ward, 1931-05-10
Box 13 Volume 60, Number 13; "Two" by Vernon Ward, 1931-05-24
Box 13 Volume 62, Number 2; "Wind from the North" by Vernon Ward, 1932-10-23
Box 13 Volume 62, Number 13; "Thick" by Vernon Ward, 1933-05-14
Box 13 Volume 64, Number 8; "Other Nights of Stars" by Vernon Ward, 1935-06
Box 13 Citation for Meritorious Service, WPTF Radio Company
Box 18 Diploma awarded to Vernon Ward, Masters of Arts, East Carolina College, 1962-05-27
Box 18 Fiftieth Anniversary Class of 1933 Reunion, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1983-05-15
Box 13 Writings for the Teco Echo by Vernon Ward
Box 13 Poetry Forum, "Red Sky in the Night" Review by Vernon Ward
Box 13 Red Sky in the Night War Poems, 1977
Box 13 Open House at New Ward Clinic, 1956-11-16
Box 13 Membership Roster, Greenville, NC, 1984
Box 13 MacDowell Music Club Yearbook, 1942-1943
Box 13 Obituary and Funeral Service Program
Box 13 Aqua Post, Volume 1, Number 1, 1939-09-02
Box 13 Holdridge News Notes, 1957-03-22
Box 13 The Last Call, Volume 5, Number 1, 1954-01
Box 13 Peace News Letter, 1960-05-14
Box 13 Social Progress, Volume 8, Number 7, 1957-02-15
Box 13 Island Workshop Published Book, "Those Funny Grownups"
Box 13 Island Workshop Announcement, 1941
Box 13 Island Workshop Brochure, 1940
Box 13 What is Wampum?
Box 13 Volume 1, Number 2; "Sweet Potato Plant Yields Bushel" by Vernon Ward, 1954-02
Box 13 Volume 4, Number 7; "What we Did with Bermuda Grass in Our Garden" by Vernon Ward, 1957-07
Box 13 Volume 7, Number 3; "Our Garden Jungle" by Vernon Ward, 1960-03
Box 13 Volume 8, Number 10; "Use a Pre-mulch in the Fall" by Vernon Ward, 1961-10
Box 13 The Best Garden Ideas I Know; "Star Your Spring Garden in Fall" by Vernon Ward, Undated
Box 13 The Best Garden Ideas I Know, 1978
Box 13 "Napalm", New World Review
Box 13 "Why We Refuse to Pay Taxes for War", Tax Refusal Committee
Box 13 Back to the Garden, Winter/Spring, 1998
Box 13 Review, Monthly Yugoslav Magazine, 1966-02
Box 13 USSR Illustrated Monthly, Sample , 1956-08
Box 13 Virginia Traditions, 1997
Box 13 Walnut Acres Organic Farms, 1998-05
Box 13 Commencement, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1966-06-06
Box 13 Queen Anne's Bell, 250th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Bath, NC, 1955-10-01-1955-10-04
Box 13 Special Feature of Flower Show Art Exhibit
Box 13 Ev'ry Night at Eight, Composed by Vernon Ward
Box 13 Love Rhapsody/Rhapsody of Love, Composed by Vernon Ward
Box 13 Congressional Record, "Our Treaty with the United Nations", 1953-02-03
Box 13 Department of State Publications on Tawain, 1958
Box 13 International Travel Memorabilia
Box 13 US Coast Guard Identification Card , 1942-07-24
Box 13 Water Safety Instructor Certifications, American Red Cross
Box 18 Sketch of a Dog by Elinor White , 1976
Box 7 Handwritten Notes
Box 7 Handwritten Notes
Box 7 Handwritten Notes
Box 9 Of Dust and Stars Manuscript
Box 9 Of Dust and Stars Manuscript
Box 9 Of Dust and Stars Prepublication Edition
Box 9 Of Dust and Stars Prepublication Edition
Box 9 Of Dust and Stars Reviews
Box 9 Of Dust and Stars, First Edition, 1958
Box 16 Vernon Ward and Family on Farm, 1961-11
Box 16 Vernon Ward, 1981-07-3
Box 16 Vernon Ward, Class of 1933 UNC-Chapel Hill, 50th Anniversary, 1983
Box 16 Vernon Ward, Athens, Greece, 1984-05
Box 16 Vernon Ward, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward, Bill Bingham, Whitney Hadden, Carol Hallman, LaVerne Hanners, Carol Honeycutt, Barbara Knott, David Lawson, and Woody Thurman, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward and Unidentified People, undated
Box 16 Frank Motley, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward and Frank Motley, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward, Frank Motley, and Unidentified Man, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward and Frank Motley with Unidentified Family, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward, Frank Motley, and Unidentified People, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward Family Photos, Elinor Ward and Joseph Ward, undated
Box 16 Sixth Grade Photos, Elinor Ward, Joseph Ward, and other students, Fall 1958
Box 16 Elinor Ward's Wedding, undated
Box 16 Joseph Ward's Graduation, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward Family Photos, Vernon Ward, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Ward, undated
Box 16 Vernon Ward Family Photos, undated
Box 17 Carolyn Brown, undated
Box 17 David, 1974-08-07
Box 17 James Dickey, undated
Box 17 Gerda Nischan, undated
Box 17 Paula, undated
Box 17 American Red Cross National Aquatic School, Camp Carolina, Group , 1935
Box 17 American Red Cross National Aquatic School, Camp Carolina, Group , undated
Box 18 Unidentified Army Photo, Group, undated
Box 17 Unidentified Group, Outside, undated
Box 17 Unidentified Man, Unidentified Man with Unidentified People, undated
Box 17 Unidentified People, undated
Box 18 Unidentified School Photo, Group, Bethel, NC, undated
Box 18 Alexander B. Graham Junior High School, undated
Box 17 East Carolina University Campus, undated
Box 17 Vernon Ward's Home and Garden, undated
Box 17 Outdoors, Unidentified Locations, 1971-12
Box 17 Outdoors, Unidentified Locations
Box 17 UNC-Chapel Hill Campus, undated
Box 17 Artwork, undated
Box 17 Design Department Student Show, State University College of Buffalo, 1967-1968
Box 17 Florida Trip, undated
Box 17 Mountain Trips, undated
Box 17 Riverside and Bay View, undated
Box 17 Round the World, undated
Box 17 Swamp Trip, undated
Box 17 Negatives, Vernon Ward and Frank Motley, undated
Box 17 Negatives, Vernon Ward, Frank Motley, and Unidentified People, undated
Box 17 Negatives, Vernon Ward Family Photos, undated
Box 17 Negatives, Vernon Ward's Home and Garden, undated
Box 17 Negatives, 1941-09-17
Box 1 Poems, 'A'
Box 1 Poems, 'B'
Box 1 Poems, 'C'
Box 1 Poems, 'D'
Box 1 Poems, 'E'
Box 1 Poems, 'F'
Box 1 Poems, 'G'
Box 1 Poems, 'H'
Box 1 Poems, 'I'
Box 1 Poems, 'J'
Box 2 Poems, 'L'
Box 2 Poems, 'M'
Box 2 Poems, 'N'
Box 2 Poems, 'O'
Box 2 Poems, 'P'
Box 2 Poems, 'Q'
Box 3 Poems, 'R'
Box 3 Poems, 'S'
Box 3 Poems, 'T'
Box 3 Poems, 'U'
Box 3 Poems, 'W'
Box 3 Poems, 'Y'
Box 3 Untitled Handwritten Poems
Box 3 Untitled Handwritten Poems
Box 3 Untitled Poetry Manuscript
Box 8 Credo Politico
Box 8 Human Energy, 1952
Box 8 International Poems, 1943
Box 8 International Poems, 1943
Box 8 The Missing Factor in Food, 1952
Box 8 Poems for Peace
Box 8 Rethinking Society, 1944
Box 8 Theory of Sexual Electronics, 1949
Box 7 Adventures in France
Box 7 Aftermath
Box 7 American Deserter
Box 7 Chalk Stripes
Box 7 Country Come to Town
Box 7 Fight with Drums
Box 7 First Days
Box 7 First Love
Box 7 Forgotten Man's Revenge
Box 7 Hawaii--Land of Dreams
Box 7 His Conception
Box 7 How
Box 7 I Will Walk With Her Through Fall and Spring
Box 7 I Went to Sleep
Box 7 Inglorious Adventure
Box 7 Jim Had It
Box 7 Letter to Cim
Box 7 The Miracle of St. Jude
Box 7 Scrub Woman Immortal
Box 7 Sea Oaks
Box 7 Seth Prem Sagar
Box 7 Star Sapphire
Box 7 Sweeter Than Honeysuckle
Box 7 Three Old Ladies
Box 7 Trapped in Kashmir
Box 7 Tulius Aufidius
Box 7 Very Happy
Box 7 What I Think
Box 7 Yoshihara Sen and the Temple
Box 7 Untitled Handwritten Short Story Drafts
Box 19 Coins of the USSR, Leningrad Mint, 1978
Box 19 Uncirculated Coin, US Mint, 1979
Box 19 Assorted Coins