Marc Harshman, Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Papers

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Marc Harshman, Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Papers, A&M 4379, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
8.3 Linear Feet 8 ft. 4 in. (5 record cartons, 15 in. each); (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); 2022 Addendum - 6 ft. 9in. (5 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.) (1 flat box, 3 in.) and 6.19 Gigabytes 18 files, formats include .iso, .tif, .docx, .cue, and .md5
Creator:
Harshman, Marc, Poet Laureate, 1950-
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Marc Harshman, Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Papers, A&M 4379, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Professional and personal papers of Marc Harshman, Appalachian author and poet laureate of West Virginia.

Collection largely contains papers regarding Marc Harshman's professional career as an author, storyteller, and teacher. There are some family papers as well. Formats include journals, manuscripts, letters, programs, and others. Papers related to his activities as a poet include drafts, correspondence with publishers, galleys, and other material.

For folder-level description, see contents list.

Biographical / historical:

Marc Harshman was born and raised in Randolph County in Indiana. He then moved to Marshall County in West Virginia where he has spent his adult life writing books and poetry and teaching at the Sand Hill three-room country school. He holds degrees from Bethany College, Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh, and became the West Virginia Poet Laureate in 2012.

He has published over 14 children's books, the first of which was published in 1989, and several poetry collections and chapbooks. His most recent poetry collection, Believe What You Can, won the 2017 Weatherford Award from the Appalachian Studies Association.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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