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Sanford Phippen Literary Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0406

Scope and Contents

Papers of a Maine author, poet, and high school teacher and alumnus of the University of Maine. Collection includes lectures, manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, articles concerning literature in Maine, literature produced by the author, and works he participated in. Includes papers concerning his publications High clouds soaring, Storms driving low: the letters of Ruth Moore, The police know everything, and Kitchen boy. Also includes writings of Orono High School students and writings of and about other Maine authors

Dates

  • 1954-

Creator

Access Restrictions

Boxes 1714 and 2033 restricted. Use correspondence only with the permission of Sanford Phippen

Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval

Use Restrictions

Information on literary rights available in the repository

Biographical Note

Sanford Phippen, resident of Orono, Maine and Hancock, Maine, was born in White Plains, N.Y. in 1942. He received a B.A. in English in 1964 from the University of Maine in Orono and an M.A. from Syracuse University in 1971. He taught high school in New Hartford, N.Y., Syracuse, N.Y., and Orono, Maine. He also taught at the University of Maine, Orono. Vita in box 1566 folder 25

Extent

15 linear feet (18 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Papers of a Maine author, poet, and high school teacher and alumnus of the University of Maine. Includes papers concerning his publications High clouds soaring, Storms driving low: the letters of Ruth Moore, The police know everything, and Kitchen boy. Also includes writings of Orono High School students and writings of and about other Maine authors

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Sanford Phippen beginning in 1988-additions are expected

Title
Guide to the Sanford Phippen Literary Papers
Status
Box And Folder List Available
Date
2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for uncoded script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686