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Darrel Abel papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 14, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 7

Scope and Contents

This collection contains: A Simplified Approach to Twain: Detailed Analyses and Summaries, 1963,

American Literature, Vols. I, II, III, 1963,

The Moral Picturesque (Studies in Hawthorn's Fiction), 1988.

Dates

  • 1963 - 1988

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material is in English.

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Copoyright held by Purdue University.

Biographical Information

Darrel Abel was born in Lost Nation, Iowa, in 1911. As a young man, he took all the writing courses offered through the University of Iowa's writing program, which would later be known as the Iowa Writers Workshop. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Iowa, then went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Abel had a long teaching career. He was a Fulbright professor at Freiburg University for a year and taught at the University of Saskatchewan as a visiting professor before joining the English Department at Purdue University, where he taught for thirty years. He is the author of many articles and several books on American Literature.
Source: Purdue University Press /www.thepress.purdue.edu/contributors/darrel-abel>

Extent

0.025 Cubic Feet (One folder)

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Darrel Abel papers
Subtitle
Abel, Darrel papers
Status
In Progress
Author
Amanda Rumba and Archives Staff
Date
2020-03-31
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
Second edition. Collection description was first completed 2008-12-06 by Archives Staff.

Revision Statements

  • 2020-03-31: Collection description updated by Amanda Rumba to more thoroughly meet standards.

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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