BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 RDATE:20150308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 RDATE:20151101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151016T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151016T160000 LOCATION:Watzek Library\, Heritage Room GEO:45.450919;-122.669177 SUMMARY:John F. Callahan Acquisition Announcement and Open House Reception DESCRIPTION:Lewis &\; Clark College Special Collections and Archives a re excited to announce the acquisition of the John F. Callahan Literary A rchives. Lewis &\; Clark College Morgan S. Odell Professor Emeritus of Humanities\, and Literary Executor to the Ralph Ellison Estate\, Callaha n earned his BA from the University of Connecticut and his MA and Ph. D. from the University of Illinois. Callahan joined the faculty at Lewis &\; Clark College in Portland\, Oregon in 1967 and taught here for 48 years\, retiring in 2015. The collection includes material built from Ca llahan's works as a renowned scholar\, writer and educator\, including Ca llahan's notes\, drafts and related correspondence surrounding his work a s Ralph Ellison's Literary Executor and as an Ellison scholar. The unique ness of the collection provides researchers access to never-before-seen n otes and sketches on the work of Ralph Ellison\, the acclaimed African-Am erican author of Invisible Man\, as well as insight into Ellison scholars hip from one of the foremost experts in the field. Callahan\, a close fr iend to the Ellison family\, was named Literary Executor to the Ralph Ell ison Estate by Ellison's widow\, Fanny McConnell Ellison\, following Ralp h's death in 1994. The collection includes: an extensive amount of materi al by Ralph Ellison in facsimile\, including copies of the collected corr espondence of Ellison\, the originals of which rest at the Library of Con gress\; numerous rare original publications containing Ellison work\; cop ies of many of Ellison's earliest stories and drafts\; and translations o f Ellison texts in over 20 languages. Callahan has written or edited num erous volumes related to African-American and 20th century literature Inc luding The Illusions of a Nation: Myth and History in the Novels of F. Sc ott Fitzgerald\, 1972\; and In the African-American Grain: The Pursuit of Voice in 20th Century Black Fiction\, 1988. African American literature and the work of Ralph Ellison have been a focus of Callahan's scholarly w ork since he published the 1977 article "The Historical Frequencies of Ra lph Waldo Ellison" in Negro American Literature Forum (now African Americ an Review). As an Ellison scholar Callahan has also published Ellison's I nvisible Man\, 2001\; Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man : a Casebook\, 2004\; Callahan edited the Ralph Ellison short story collection Flying Home and Other Stories\, 1996 and The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison\, 1995\; Co-edited with Albert Murray the Modern Library edition of Trading Twelve s: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison\, 2000. As the Literary Executor to Ralph Ellison\, Callahan worked as the primary editor for the posthum ously-released Ralph Ellison novel Juneteenth\, and the complete edited m anuscript Three Days Before the Shooting…\, 2010. Callahan's own litera ry work includes the novel A Man You Could Love\, Fulcrum Publishing\, 20 07\, and the upcoming novel The Learning Room. Callahan is currently in t he process of completing the trilogy with the novel Belonging. Lewis &am p\; Clark Special Collections and Archives are honored to add the John F. Callahan Collection to our list of literary archives including those of Matterhorn author Karl Marlantes\, and National Book Award winner and ren owned poet William Stafford. More information is available at our websit e specialcollections.lclark.edu (http://specialcollections.lclark.edu/).J ohn F. Callahan Literary Archive Open House ReceptionWatzek Library Speci al Collections and Archives Heritage Room October 16\, 3 pm- 4 pm For more information on Homecoming and Family Weekend events: http://college. lclark.edu/offices/alumni/homecoming (https://college.lclark.edu/offices/ alumni/homecoming) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Lewis &\; Clark College Sp ecial Collections and Archives are excited to announce the acquisition of the John F. Callahan Literary Archives. Lewis &\; Clark College Morga n S. Odell Professor Emeritus of Humanities\, and Literary Executor to th e Ralph Ellison Estate\, Callahan earned his BA from the University of Connecticut and his MA and PhD from the University of Illinois. Calla han joined the faculty at Lewis &\; Clark College in Portland\, Oregon in 1967 and taught here for 48 years\, retiring in 2015.
The collection includes material built from Callahan's works as a reno wned scholar\, writer and educator\, including Callahan's notes\, drafts and related correspondence surrounding his work as Ralph Ellison's Litera ry Executor and as an Ellison scholar. The uniqueness of the collection p rovides researchers access to never-before-seen notes and sketches on the work of Ralph Ellison\, the acclaimed African-American author of Inv isible Man\, as well as insight into Ellison scholarship from one of the foremost experts in the field.
Callahan\, a close friend to the Ellison family\, was named Literary Executor to the Ralph E llison Estate by Ellison's widow\, Fanny McConnell Ellison\, following Ra lph's death in 1994. The collection includes: an extensive amount of mate rial by Ralph Ellison in facsimile\, including copies of the collected co rrespondence of Ellison\, the originals of which rest at the Library of C ongress\; numerous rare original publications containing Ellison work\; c opies of many of Ellison's earliest stories and drafts\; and translations of Ellison texts in over 20 languages.
Callahan has wr itten or edited numerous volumes related to African-American and 20th cen tury literature Including The Illusions of a Nation: Myth and History in the Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald\, 1972\; and In the Africa n-American Grain: The Pursuit of Voice in 20th Century Black Fiction \, 1988. African American literature and the work of Ralph Ellison have b een a focus of Callahan's scholarly work since he published the 1977 arti cle "The Historical Frequencies of Ralph Waldo Ellison" in Negro Amer ican Literature Forum (now African American Review). As an Ellison scholar Callahan has also published Ellison's Invisible Man em>\, 2001\; Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man : a Casebook\, 2004\; Callahan edited the Ralph Ellison short story collection Flying Home and Other Stories\, 1996 and The Collected Essays of Ralph Elli son\, 1995\; Co-edited with Albert Murray the Modern Library edition of Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison\, 200 0. As the Literary Executor to Ralph Ellison\, Callahan worked as the pri mary editor for the posthumously-released Ralph Ellison novel Junetee nth\, and the complete edited manuscript Three Days Before the S hooting…\, 2010. Callahan's own literary work includes the novel < em>A Man You Could Love\, Fulcrum Publishing\, 2007\, and the upcomi ng novel The Learning Room. Callahan is currently in the process of completing the trilogy with the novel Belonging.
Lewis &\; Clark Special Collections and Archives are honored to add the John F. Callahan Collection to our list of literary archives inc luding those of Matterhorn author Karl Marlantes\, and National Book Award winner and renowned poet William Stafford.
M ore information is available at our website specialcollections.lclark.edu.
John F. Callahan Literary Archive Open House Recepti
on
Watzek Library Special Collections and Archives
H
eritage Room
October 16\, 3 pm- 4 pm
For more in formation on Homecoming and Family Weekend events: http://college.l clark.edu/offices/alumni/homecoming
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