Roger Powell Marshall Papers
MC 00163
Special Collections Research Center
2.0 Linear feet
1913-1985
The Roger Powell Marshall Papers, 1913-1985, include personal correspondence, course materials, notes, and publications. The collection also includes a number of playbills from Broadway shows and information on Marshall's travels.
Roger Powell Marshall (1899-1987) was an educator, author, and North Carolina historian. He served as a Professor of English at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) from 1926 to 1964.
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4 archival storage box
Marshall, Roger Powell, 1899-1987
Restrictions to Access
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Mrs. Roger P. Marshall, November 11, 1987.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roger Powell Marshall Papers, MC 163, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Copyright Notice
North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
Biographical Note
Roger Powell Marshall was born August 9, 1899, in Gastonia, North Carolina. He received his B.A. from Wake Forest College in 1920, his M.A. from Columbia University in 1923, and a M.Sc. From North Carolina State College in 1932. Marshall was a member of the English Department at North Carolina State University from 1926 to 1964, eventually rising to the rank of full professor. He also served as Acting Department Head from 1942 until 1945. He was most well known for his work in the freshman English courses. In addition, Marshall was regarded as an expert on the state's literature and amassed a highly respected collection of North Carolina literature. He died on August 24, 1987.
Scope and Content Note
The Roger Powell Marshall Papers, 1913-1985, include correspondence, course materials, notes, and publications. The General files contain biographical and family information, personal correspondence, class notes and material relating to North Carolina literature. This series also contains some copies of short stories excerpted from
The Progressive Farmer, some church bulletins, and several Metropolitan Opera programs, 1924, 1948-1949. A Travel/Entertainment series contains Broadway playbills, bulk 1947-1974, theatrical reviews and programs, and some travel flyers and programs (North Carolina and Virginia). The Writings, Publications and Speeches series contains some reprints of Professor Marshall's writings on North Carolina literature, reviews of Marshall's
The Letters of William Gilmore Simms: Volume I, 1830-1844, professional correspondence and class materials, including class assignments and tests, 1931-1956, grade books, class outlines, and admission information.
Related Material
- Roger Powell Marshall Papers, Special Collections, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Marshall, Roger Powell, 1899-1987
North Carolina State College--Faculty.
North Carolina State College. Dept. of English.
Acting--Study and teaching
Articles
Authors, American--North Carolina
Bermuda Islands
Letters (correspondence)
Literature--Anecdotes
Playbills
Speeches
Theater--New York (State)--New York
General
0.4 Linear feet
0.8 archival boxes
Biographical and family information
1
1
Personal correspondence
1
2
June 26, 1941-January 17, 1949
Personal correspondence
1
3
1950-February 11, 1980
Class notes
1
4
1923
Class notes, English "S237,"
1
5
1932
Miscellaneous notes
1
6
1913, 1942-1985
Material relating to North Carolina literature
1
7
Copies of short stories (excerpted from
The Progressive Farmer
1
8
Richard Walser publications (2)
1
9
Map and book on events relating to World War II
1
10
Travel/Entertainment
1.2 Linear feet
2.4 archival boxes
Church Bulletins (16) (NY, Boston), undated
1
11
1948, 1974
Metropolitan Opera Programs (10) (NY), undated
1
12
1924, 1948-1949
Broadway playbills (45) (NY)
2
1
1947-1974
Reviews, programs, etc. (16) (NY), undated
2
2
1946-1974
Travel and entertainment flyers and programs, etc. (13) (NC and VA), undated
2
3
1941-1952
Bermuda trip
3
1
1959, July, 1974
New England Trip
3
2
October, 1976
Writings, Publications, Speeches
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0.4 archival boxes
"A Mythical Mayflower Competition: North Carolina Literature in the Half-Century Following the Revolution," reprint from the
North Carolina Historical Review, April 1950; Book Review of
The Letters of William Gilmore Simms: Volume I, 1830-1844, in the
North Carolina Historical Review
3
3
January, 1953
"Writers of North Carolina from James Davis to Robert Strange," drafts and revisions of an address to The Woman's Club of Wilson, Wilson, NC
3
4
October 28, 1947
"North Carolina Fiction Writers of the Mid-Nineteenth Century," drafts and excerpt
3
5
March 19, 1952
Address to the Board of Student Publications Banquet
3
6
May 13, 1955
"Nine Curiosities of Literature Touching North Carolina," draft of paper presented to the Anne Hathaway Book Club
3
7
April 12, 1966
"A Gallery of Neglected Ladies," draft of paper presented
3
8
February 13, 1967
Professional Correspondence, Class Materials, etc.
0.7 Linear feet
1.4 archival boxes
Professional correspondence
3
9
1941-1965
Class Assignments and Tests
3
10
1931, 1939-1940
3
11
1941, 1944-1951
3
12
1951-1956, undated
Gradebooks and Class Outlines
4
1
1951-1952
4
2
1953
4
3
1958
Sample binder of
Materials for Freshman English
4
4
1939
Admissions information [Folder 1 of 3]
4
5
1946-1967
Admissions information [Folder 2 of 3]
4
6
1946-1967
Admissions information [Folder 3 of 3]
4
7
1946-1967