Shaara - Professional Activities, Awards, Interviews, and Lectures

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Subseries 3.5: Professional activities, awards, interviews, and lectures, 1957-1988 and n.d. (0.40 linear feet)

This subseries contains correspondence that document Shaara's teaching appointments and lecturing engagements at colleges and universities. In addition, these records also include awards Shaara received for his writing, requests for interviews, and invitations to speak at clubs, library associations, and schools.

Although Shaara published many short stories with notable magazines in the 1950s, he still needed to supplement his income. Shaara accepted a position at Florida State University (FSU) as an instructor in the Department of English in 1959. During his tenure, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and continued until 1973. Shaara taught literature and creative writing and his workload, over the years, included serving on examining committees for master's degree students, supervising graduate students, and speaking at special events for honors students. He was a great favorite of the students and was awarded the Coyle E. Moore, Jr., Award in 1966 for excellence in teaching. In addition to being a classroom teacher, Shaara filmed a series of lectures on creative writing on FSU's educational television station, WFSU-TV. While at the university, he was also a faculty advisor for the student magazine, The Legend. In 1968, he defended the publication of a student's short story, "The Pig Knife", and other free speech issues, and opposed FSU President John E. Champion's handling of the student censorship dispute. Shaara taught abroad at the FSU Study Center in Florence during the spring semester of 1972. His motorcycle accident and subsequent trauma marked the end of his academic career at FSU.

After the publication of his novels, The Broken Place (1968) and The Killer Angels (1974), Shaara became a sought-after speaker at colleges, universities, conferences, library associations, and clubs. Some of his notable speaking engagements were at the Chamberlain Symposium in 1978 and Gettysburg College - Civil War Institute in 1987. During this period, Shaara accepted a one-term appointment as writer-in-residence at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1 March to 31 May 1976.

Correspondence on the awards Shaara received includes the Medical Journalism Award (1966) sponsored by the American Medical Association for "In the Midst of Life"; and the Pulitzer Prize (1975) for The Killer Angels. Letters relating to the Pulitzer Prize include that of Carlos Baker, Princeton University. Baker participated on the Pulitzer Prize Fiction Jury that nominated The Killer Angels. Shaara also received a note from Cyril Clemens stating that he was made an honorary member of the Mark Twain Society.

File folders contain letters to and from Shaara. In the finding aid, file folder descriptions with the star symbol symbol indicate that letter(s) from Shaara are included. Materials are arranged alphabetically by corporate or personal name with the names of all corporate correspondents listed in parentheses. Clippings, programs, and other printed materials included with mailings were kept with the correspondence in the file folders.

Related materials may be found in Series I: Writings; Series III: Correspondence - - Agents and publishing activities; Series IV: Professional papers; Series V: Financial and legal papers; Series VI: Personal papers and memorabilia; Series VII: Clippings; Series VIII: Printed matter; and Series XIII: Photographs.

Other materials related to "The Pig Knife" controversy can be found in Series IX: Serials - - Florida State Flambeau, The Legend, and The Kneadle and Series VII: Clippings - - Collected by Shaara- 1968 pertaining to the incident.

Series	Box	Folder	Subseries Description	Item Description	Number of Items
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 1	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Adams County Public Library, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - - (Melinda Hutton, Louise Pittman), 1976 – includes newspaper clippings with photograph and publicity announcement of program.	7 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 2	Correspondence - - Professional activities	American Heart Association - - (Gertrude Luquer), 1967.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 3	Correspondence - - Professional activities	American Medical Association - - (Wesley W. Hall, M.D.), 1967.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 4	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Brevard Community College - - (Rogers D. Mansfield), 1981.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 5	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Brevard County Library System - - (Patricia F. Murray), 1983.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 6	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Chamberlain Symposium - - Gabriel J. Brogyanyi, Dorris A. Issaacson, Richard W. Leighton, Willard M. Wallace), 1977-1978 – includes newspaper clippings. brochures, and programs.	9 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 7	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Citizens Bank of Hattiesburg - - (Tom B. Sim), 1975.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 8	Correspondence - - Professional activities	College of William and Mary - - (Tom Heacox, LeRoy W. Smith), 1976-1977.	3 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 9	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Columbus College, Columbus, Georgia - - (John E. Anderson, Sylvia Carmichael, Carole Wharton), 1967,	5 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 10	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Commission on English - - (Floyd Rinker), 1963, 1967.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 11	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Department of the Army - - (Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Brigadier General), 1986, n.d.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 12	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Dickinson College, Mid-Atlantic American Studies Association - - (Lonna M. Malmsheimer), 1976-1977.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 13	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Express - - (Doris W. Whitehead), 1977.	1 letter plus 2 clippings
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 14	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - - (Louise Blackwell, C.A. Ford, Polly Guilford ), 1967-1968	4 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 15	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida Economics Club - - (Stan Tait), 1979, n.d.	2 letters plus one program, annual report, and speech notes.
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 16	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida Institute for Continuing University Studies- - (Harvey K. Meyer, William G. Mitchell), 1963.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 17	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida Presbyterian College - - (Albert Howard Carter), 1965.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 18	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida Sheriffs Association - - (Sid M. Saunders), 1958.	1 letter plus brochure
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 19	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida Society Colonial Dames XVII Century - - (Cora S. Morse), 1976.	1 letter plus place setting
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 20	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida State University - - (Jack Arnold, B. Bickley, John J. Carey, D. Keith Carlson, E.L. Chalmers, Jr., John E. Champion, Paul Cubeta, Richard G. Fallon, Duane Franceschi, Bill Glenn, Larry Gonzalez, Jim Groot, George M. Harper, Lucille Higgs, Pat Hogan, R. O. Lawton, Thomas R. Lewis, Wayne C. Minnick, Alice W. Moore, Paul J. Piccard, Theodore Pratt, Griffith T. Pugh, Webb Salmon, Raymond F. Sheline, Loretta Spoletini, Francis G. Townsend, William A. Tanner, John I. Willmott, Stephen S. Winters, ), 1961-1972, n.d.	73 letters and photocopies
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 21	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida State University, Coyle E. Moore, Jr. Award - - (Gordon W. Blackwell, Sada Bostick, John A. Griffin, Rob Flynn, Pat Hogan, Larry Gonzalez, Coyle E. Moore, Herb F. Reinhard, James B. Puryear), 1966 – includes 2 copies of the Florida Key (February and May 1962) and Florida Report, vol.5, no. 4, July 1966.	9 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 22	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida State University, Gold Key Leadership Honorary - - (Bob Coury), 1975.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 23	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Florida State University, “The Pig Knife” censorship fight - - ( Laurel Akers, John J. Carey, John E. Champion, Kelly Hunt, Barbara Paterson, Hilda E. Tinney, Chelsea White), 1968, n.d. - includes copies of letters, memorandums, FSU Faculty Senate Minutes, and a photocopy of “The Pig Knife”.	11 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 24	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries, Inc., Panama City, Florida - - (Diana Michaels), 1978.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 25	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Friends of the Libraries of Citrus County, Inverness, Florida - - (Flossie Bassett), 1969.	1 letter plus clipping
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 26	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Friends of the Melbourne Library, Melbourne, Florida - - (Mildred T. Fenner, Peggy Langstaff, Helen Shaara), 1975, n.d. (letter from Helen Shaara)	4 letters plus clipping and program
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 27	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library - - (Helen Muir), 1976-1977, n.d.	2 letters plus clipping and newsletter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 28	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Furman University - - (Gordon W. Blackwell), 1965, n.d.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 29	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Gettysburg College, Civil War Institute - - (Bruce E. Bigelow, Gabor S. Boritt), 1986-1988.	7 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 30	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Goree, Langston James, 1978.	1 letter plus enclosures
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 31	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Historic Gettysburg, Adams County - - (L.E. Smith), 1977-1978.	3 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 32	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Hollins College - - (Jay Chambers, John Cunningham), 1974.	3 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 33	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Hopkins, George, 1957.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 34	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Mahoney, Lawrence, 1975.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 35	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Mark Twain Journal - - (Cyril Clemmens), 1975	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 36	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Mayville State College - - (Mitzi M. Brunsdale, John Landwehr), 1975, n.d.	6 letters plus clippings, workshop schedule, and newsletter.
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 37	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Mississippi Historical Society - - (Elbert R. Hilliard, Kathy White), 1976.	1 letter plus program
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 38	Correspondence - - Professional activities	National Society of Arts and Letters, Clearwater Chapter - - (Mrs. Courtney Campbell), 1966.	3 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 39	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Norbutt, John, 1979.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 40	Correspondence - - Professional activities	North Florida Junior College - - (Stephen T. McMahon, Lu Sands), 1975, 1977.	4 letters plus clipping and enclosure
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 41	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Pan American World Airway - - (R.E. Nugent), 1967.	1 letter plus manuscript
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 42	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Polk Junior College - - (M.L. Sutton), 1969.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 43	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Princeton University - - (Carlos Baker), 1975.	4 letters plus photocopies
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 44	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Rollins College - - (Shaara), 1964.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 45	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Rotary Club of Thomasville, Georgia - - James A. Anderson, Jr., Pratt Secrest), 1975, 1977.	3 letters plus program
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 46	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - - (Earl L. Cunningham, George J. Lukac), 1968, 1975.	4 letters plus Rutgers Alumni Magazine.
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 47	Correspondence - - Professional activities	San Francisco State College - - (Caroline Shrodes, Roberta Stokes), 1969.	3 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 48	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Sons of Confederate Veterans, Florida Division - - (P. Steven Baltzegar, William D. Hogan), 1984, n.d.	2 letters plus newsletter and programs
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 49	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Southeastern Conference on English in the Two-Year College, Conference on College Composition and Communication - - (Donald J. Tighe), 1966.	3 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 50	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Southeastern Writers Association, Inc., 1975.	1 envelope and application form plus notes
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 51	Correspondence - - Professional activities	St. Johns River Junior College - - (Charles W. LaPradd), 1966.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 52	Correspondence - - Professional activities	St. Petersburg Junior College - - (Joseph F. Madden), 1968.	3 letters plus clipping
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 53	Correspondence - - Professional activities	State of Florida, Department of Education - - (Floyd T. Christian), 1968.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 54	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Stanford University - - (Shaara), 1969.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 55	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Stone Middle School - - (Donald G. Albert, Carolyn Burke), 1987.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 56	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Today Evening News - - (Carl Hiassen), 1975.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 57	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Torch Club of Tallahassee - - (George Yost), 1975.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 58	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Tucker, Glen, 1971, 1974-1975.	7 letters plus clippings and enclosures
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 59	Correspondence - - Professional activities	United Daughters of the Confederacy - -(Miss Annetta Burch), 1975	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 60	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of California, Santa Cruz- - (Shaara), 1976.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 61	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of Denver - - (Shaara), 1969.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 62	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of Florida - - (Laura V. Monti), 1977.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 63	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of Hawaii - - (Shaara), 1969.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 64	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of Miami - - (William Babula, John I. McCollum, Jr.), 1965, 1969, 1977.	4 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 65	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of North Florida - - (Gary L. Harmon), 1977.	1 letter plus 2 enclosures and map of Florida’s writers
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 66	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of South Florida - - (James A. Parrish), 1965, 1967.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 67	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of South Florida, Florida Suncoast Writers’ Conference - - (Doris Enholm, Edgar W. Hirshberg, Gary Lloyd), 1975-1976.	6 letters plus enclosures and clippings
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 68	Correspondence - - Professional activities	University of Southern Mississippi - - (Claude E. Fike, Aubrey K. Lucas, Frank O’Hare), 1975-1976.	4 letters plus one contract
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 69	Correspondence - - Professional activities	U.S. Army Command and General Staff College - - (Frederick M. Franks, Jr.), 1986-1987.	2 letters plus 3 enclosures
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 70	Correspondence - - Professional activities	U.S. Army War College - - (Dwight L. “Hooper” Adams, James E. Thompson), 1987-1988.	3 letters plus two reproduced Civil War images and portrait of Chamberlain and photocopy of his letter.
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 71	Correspondence - - Professional activities	U.S. Army War College, Parameters - - (Dale Brown), 1988.	3 letters plus enclosures
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 72	Correspondence - - Professional activities	WDBO-TV, Orlando, Florida - - (Bill Berry), 1968.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 73	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Who’s Who in America - - (Kenneth H. Petchenik), 1975.	1 letter plus original and galley proof
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 74	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Wilson, Ray (Okaloosa County Sheriff, Crestview, Florida), 1958.	1 letter
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 75	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Wittenberg University - - (Robert Hartje, Lori Weller), 1980-1981.	2 letters
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 76	Correspondence - - Professional activities	WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Florida - - (Harry S. Rape), 1969.	2 letters plus clipping
Subseries 3.5	Box 8	Folder 77	Correspondence - - Professional activities	Writer’s Digest - - (Leon Taylor), 1975.	2 letters

Subseries 3.1: Agents and publishing activities
Subseries 3.2: Derivative works
Subseries 3.3: Financial and legal
Subseries 3.4: Personal and family
Subseries 3.5: Professional activities, awards, interviews, and lectures
Subseries 3.6: Students
Subseries 3.7: General correspondence

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