Rita Sizemore Riddle Papers: Highland Summer Conference Collection , 1990-2006

Access and use

Location of collection:
Radford University
University Archives
McConnell Library
Radford University
P.O. Box 6881
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Bud Bennett
Phone: (540) 831-5694
Phone: (540) 831-5701

Summary

Extent:
2.0 Linear feet
Abstract:
Contains published and unpublished stories, essays, poetry, writing group materials, notebooks by Rita Sizemore Riddle (1941-2006). The full collection can be found in the Appalachian Collection. This collection is a part of the Highland Summer Conference Collection.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Includes drafts and published copies of poetry, short stories, essays, as well as a video recording, poetry and literature publications, publicity materials, biographical materials, and correspondence by Rita Riddle.Various authors that also contributed to this collection include, but are not limited to, Anne Bromley, Deborah S. Dew, Bill Brown, and Barbara Ewell.

Biographical / historical:

From the Iris Books biography of Riddle: Rita Sizemore Riddle (1941-2006) grew up in a coal-mining family in Dickenson County, VA. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1971 and began teaching English at Radford University, where she taught Shakespeare and creative writing until her retirement in 2002. Her works include Aluminum Balloons and Other Poems, poems and essays in Wind, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Asheville Poetry Review, and others. She was the recipient of the 2002 Bob Snyder Poetry Award, the AWA James Still Poetry Award in 1995, the Irene Leache Award for Non-Fiction in 1992. She was awarded residencies at MacDowell Colony, the Vermont Studio Arts Center, and the Writing Symposium in Spoleto, Italy.

Acquisition information:
Arrangement:

Box 1. Papers, Stories and Poems

Box 2: Publications

Physical location:
Locked in compact shelving, level 1
Physical description:
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