]> ca1000-132 Guide to the Carl Carlson Papers, 1937 - 1941 Processed by: Linda Hurteau; machine-readable finding aid created by: Valerie Gillispie &hdrsca;

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 Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Carlson, Carl, 1920-1943. Carl Carlson Papers, 1937 - 1941 1000-132 Material in English 1.0 3 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. Carl Carlson was a Wesleyan University student between 1937 and 1941 but did not graduate. He was killed in World War II. The Carl Carlson Papers contain Wesleyan course work, prose and poetry by Carlson, and correspondence. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Copyright Notice

Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Carl Carlson Papers, Collection #1000-132, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Professor Fred B. Millett was temporarily in charge of Carlson's books, papers and manuscripts until 1976. The Carl Carlson Papers came out of the larger Fred B. Millett Papers.

 Processing Information

Processed by Linda Hurteau, November 2006

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, November 2006

 Biographical Note

Carl Carlson was born May 3, 1920 in Hartford, CT. Carlson was in the first group of Fox Scholars selected in 1937, the same year Lewis Fox, an attorney and philanthropist of Hartford, CT established the Fox Foundation. The Fox Foundation provided scholarships for outstanding high school seniors to attend college. Carlson attended Wesleyan University September 1937 to February 1940 and September 1940 to June 1941. He was a non-graduating member of the class of 1941. Carlson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as an aerial navigator until he was killed in action in the European Theatre of Operations December 1, 1943.

 Collection Overview

Series 1 contains course notes, notebooks and written papers regarding Carlson's classes while a student at Wesleyan University. Series 2 consists of Carlson's writings. Series 3 contains a published version of Carlson's poems and correspondence by and about Carl Carlson. Most items are undated but are from the 1937-1941 period.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Carlson, Carl, 1920-1943. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students. American poetry--20th century. Soldiers’ writings, American. World War, 1939-1945--United States. Detailed Description of the Collection Wesleyan University Course Notes and Papers 11 Greek and Latin Notes, undated Notecards Spiral notebook Chronological outline 2 Greek Literature and Philosophy, undated Alexandrian Poets Influence on Roman Literature Apuleius Apollo Ethics of Epicurus with footnotes and bibliography Two Greek Romances 3 Aristophanes, Metaphysical Poet, June 4, 1938 4 Aristotle on Drama, undated 5 Petronius, undated spiral notebook 6 Varro and the Menippean Satires, undated 7 Vergil Notes The Culex 8 Diabolos, undated Statement of Purpose and Outline (typescript and handwritten) Manuscripts on Satan Faith (typescript) Satan in the Middle-Ages Alchemy Bible; Withcraft In (typescript and handwritten) Notes on witchcraft, werewolf, Lilith and Demonology 9 Compact With the Devil Bibliography Typescript manuscript Notes; 2 pink student journals and other papers 10 Book Lists 11 Astronomy 2: Some Aspects of the Martian Question, June 1939 12 English 13 and 14: Richard II and Antony 13 English 45 Cat in the Rain, evaluation, October 1940 Aristotle, Poetics and Synge, Riders to the Sea, September 1940 Eagle and the Mole, January 1941 The 'Greatness' of Poetry: An Opinion, January 1941 14 Philosophy 3 and 4 Plato's Theory of Ideas, December 1939 The Bases of the Kantian Doctrine of the Beautiful, June 1941 15 Greek 11 and 12 Aristophanes as Critic, June 1938 The Electra of Sophacles, March 1939 Euripides Hippolytus, May 1939 Note cards 16 On Poetry A Note on the Translation of Poetry An Identification of Poetry, December 1940 Nature of Poetry Functions of Poetry 17 On Tragedy The Origin of Tragedy, January 1938 Dionysos and Greek Tragedy A Note on Dionysos Melanigis A Note on the Orphic Dionysis War and Tragedy The Senecan Influence on Elizabethan Tragedy 18 The Alexander Romance 19 Bona Socientas, Philosophia, Satanasia 20 Philosophy Definitions Dogmatics on Censorship 2 spiral notebooks and sheets of notes Writings by Carl Carlson

These materials are non-course related.

 21 Chutney: 3 notebooks and loose papers

Note: Chutney is possibly a short story and this folder contains 6 partial versions.

 2 Prose - Miscellaneous Death of a Potential Liberal Art Colony Miscellaneous short writings 3 Prose - Short Stories Spiral notebook containing Picar, Primavera, Meditatio ad Meam Matreum, and Praefatio Libello Nick Manacchio Prelude to Mass The Son/The Mother Death in the Barbershop Dark of the Moon Gotha Death in the Coal Mine Murder Without Motive Untitled writings 4 Untitled play Poetry 5 Loose pages 6 Seven journals of poetry 31 Carl Carlson Poems

Note: 80 pages of handwritten poems

 2 Carl Carlson: Selected Poems, copies 1, 2 and 3

Note: 113 sheets of typed poems

 3 Notebook I

Note: Over 90 pages of Carl Carlson poems, typed or hand-written taken from a notebook. NB-I and sequential page number on each sheet.

 4 Notebook II

Note: Over 129 pages of Carl Carlson poems, typed or hand-written taken from a notebook. NB-II and sequential page number on each sheet.

 5 Dance Macabre (poem) Publication and Correspondence 6 Carl Carlson correspondence to Lewis Fox 7 The Poems of Carl Carlson, edited by Stephen A. Kezerian '44 8 Stephen Kezerian '44 correspondence regarding Carl Carlson 9 Fred Millett correspondence regarding Carl Carlson his books and papers