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Max Steele Papers, 1693-2004, (bulk 1942-2004)

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Max Steele Papers, 1693-2004 (bulk 1942-2004)

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Henry Maxwell Steele, known as Max Steele, was an author, professor of English, director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and advisory editor at the and at magazine. Steele was raised in Greenville, S.C., and earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina. Paris Review Story The collection contains the correspondence, subject files, clippings, family papers, photographs, writings, and other related materials of Max Steele, as well as papers of Jessie Rehder. Correspondence and Related Materials document Steele's personal and professional life, and consist chiefly of letters with family, friends, publishers, editors, literary agents, writers, and faculty, administrators, and former students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are also reviews, contracts, royalty reports, and promotional materials. Subject Files chiefly relate to the UNC-Chapel Hill English and Creative Writing departments, the Writer-in-Residence program, classes, lectures, workshops, and department personnel. Other files contain professional correspondence, publications, and materials documenting conferences and public speaking engagements. Writings by Max Steele include drafts and published versions of short stories, novels, children's books, speeches, articles, and reviews. Writings by Others include drafts and published versions of short stories, novels, and articles written by Steele's associates and former students. Clippings relate primarily to Steele's writing and teaching career and were collected by or sent to him. Family Papers, circa 1926-2004, include financial, real estate, and legal documents. Other Papers include address books, planners, notebooks, printed items, travel materials, and an audiocassette of an oral history with Doris Betts recorded by Steele in 1999. Photographs include portraits and snapshots of Steele, family, friends, and students. Jessie Rehder Papers include clippings, correspondence, notes, photographs, drafts of writings by Rehder and others, and materials about the UNC-Chapel Hill Creative Writing Department and Writer-in-Residence program. Collected Letters and Other Items include documents and letters from prominent figures, including Flannery O'Connor, T.H. White, and Eleanor Roosevelt, that were collected by Steele.