SERIES I: CONTENT DESCRIPTION

 

College - related materials, employment applications and correspondence, curricula vitae, contracts, notes, syllabi, class evaluations, workshop handouts and other items documenting McNair's college education and teaching career. Inclusive dates: 1960 -- 2006.

 

Note:

• Series F (Correspondence -- Family) contains contemporary exchanges between family members.
• Series H (Correspondence -- General) contains contemporary exchanges with students and colleagues.

Relevant chronology:

• Keene State College (B.A., English, 1963)
• Hillsboro -- Deering High School, NH (English teacher for grades 11 and 12, 1963 -- 1964)
• New London Central High School, NH (English teacher for grades 10 and 11, 1964 -- 1968)
• Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English (M.A., 1968)
• Colby-Sawyer College, NH (English instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, 1968 -- 1987)
• Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English (M. Litt., 1975)
• Marietta College, OH (NEA Poet-in-Residence, spring 1978)
• Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile (Senior Fulbright professor, 1977 -- 1978)
• University of Chile and other Chilean universities, Santiago, Chile et. al. (American Specialist in American Studies, spring 1979)
• Dartmouth College, NH (visiting associate professor, 1984)
• University of Maine, Farmington (associate professor, then full professor, 1987 -- 2004)
• Colby College, ME (visiting professor, 1999 – 2004)
• University of Maine, Farmington (professor emeritus and Writer-in-Residence, 2004 -- present)

Click here to read McNair’s comments on teaching. (See Writing Notebooks section.)

 

SERIES I: CONTAINER LISTS

 

College materials, including first teaching positions

 

Keene = Keene Teachers College/Keene State College. Colby Junior = Colby Junior College for Women/Colby -- Sawyer College. Middlebury = Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English. Inclusive dates: 1960 -- 1976.

 

BOX I1

 

Folder I1-1:        Keene: student teaching handbook, other materials -- 1960 -- 1964

Folder I1-2:        Keene: writings -- 1961 -- 1963 and undated

Folder I3-3:        Mumbly Peg and other student publications -- 1961 and undated

 

FOLIO BOX I1

 

Folder F-I1-1:      Jabberwocky and other student publications -- 1961 and undated

Folder F-I2-2:      The Monadnock (student newspaper) -- 1961 -- 1963

 

BOX I1

 

Folder I1-4:        Keene: materials on protest march to Concord -- spring 1963

Folder I1-5:        Kronicle yearbook (Keene, 1963)

 

BOX I2

 

Folder I2-1:        New London High School / Middlebury materials -- 1965 -- 1968

Folder I2-2:        Exodus yearbook (New London High School, 1968)

Folder I2-3:        Colby Junior: teaching -- related materials -- 1968 -- 1969

Folder I2-4:        Colbyan yearbook (Colby Junior, 1969)

 

BOX I3

 

Folders I3-1 -- I3-5:         College years -- loose writings -- 1960s -- 1970s

Folder I3-6:        Colbyan yearbook (Colby Junior, 1971)

 

FOLIO BOX I1

 

Folder F-I1-3:      Handwritten "Journal of American Prose" -- October 1971

 

BOX I4

 

Folder I4-1:        Colbyan yearbook (Colby Junior, 1972)

Folder I4-2:        Colby Junior / Middlebury materials -- 1970 -- 1976

Folder I4-3:        Middlebury: materials from final summer -- 1975

Folder I4-4:        Slide lecture notes -- mid 1970s

Folder I4-5:        Colbyan yearbook (Colby Junior, 1976)

 

Colby -- Saywer College, other teaching positions

 

Colby -- Sawyer = Colby -- Sawyer College. Chile: University of Chile and other Chilean universities, Santiago and other cities, Chile. Dartmouth = Dartmouth College. Inclusive dates: late 1970s - 1987 and undated.

 

BOX I5

 

Folder I5-1:        Notes for "American Dream" public lecture -- late 1970s

Folder I5-2:        Notes for "Homer, James and Frost" slide lecture -- late 1970s

Folder I5-3:        Notes for "Identity of Superman" slide lecture -- late 1970s

Folder I5-4:        Colby -- Sawyer: Materials for "American Painting" course -- late 1970s

Folders I5-5 -- I5-6:         Colby -- Sawyer: Materials for "Puritanism" course -- late 1970s

Folder I5-7:        Colby -- Sawyer: Materials for "The West" course -- late 1970s

Folder I5-8:        Correspondence, clipping -- 1977

 

FOLIO BOX I1

 

Folder F-I1-4:      Chile: consulate documents -- 1977

 

BOX I6

 

Folder I6-1:        Chile: correspondence and other documents -- 1977

Folder I6-2:        Chile: "Sampler of American Literature" course handbook -- January 1978

Folder I6-3:        Chile: correspondence, B.A. degree program proposal, other items -- 1978

 

FOLIO BOX I1

 

Folder F-I1-5:      Chile: Nicanor Parra text and McNair translation -- 1977 -- 1978

 

BOX I6

 

Folder I6-4:        Chile: masters program proposal, other items -- 1979 -- 1980 and undated

 

BOX I7

 

Folder I7-1:        Colby -- Sawyer correspondence, other materials -- 1979

Folder I7-2:        Transcripts, Fulbright application, letters of recommendation -- 1980 -- 1983

Folder I7-3:        Correspondence, other materials for American short story series -- 1982 -- 1983

Folder I7-4:        Colby -- Sawyer: "The Town & the City" seminar course -- spring 1983

Folder I7-5:        Dartmouth: English course notes, other materials -- 1984

Folder I7-6:        Guggenheim application, letters of recommendation, other items -- 1984 -- 1986

Folder I7-7:        Colby -- Sawyer: course syllabi -- 1986 and undated

Folder I7-8:        Colby -- Sawyer: notes for "Realism and Naturalism" course -- undated

Folder I7-9:        "The West, the Civil War and Winslow Homer" slide lecture -- undated

Folder I7-10:      Colby Sawyer: loose items -- undated

 

University of Maine at Farmington, workshops and seminars

 

UMF = University of Maine at Farmington. USM = University of Southern Maine. MWPA = Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. MHC = Maine Humanities Council. Inclusive dates: 1987 -- 2004 and undated.

 

BOX I8

 

Folder I8-1:        UMF: Employment correspondence, student evaluations, other items -- 1987

Folder I8-2:        UMF: Letters of recommendation, other correspondence -- 1988

Folder I8-3:        UMF: Handouts on teaching free verse -- spring 1988

Folder I8-4:        UMF: Student evaluations -- 1988

Folder I8-5:        USM: Correspondence for New England Studies course -- February 1989

Folder I8-6:        UMF: Promotion application materials -- February 1989

Folder I8-7:        UMF: Curricula vitae -- 1989

Folders I8-8 -- I8-9:         UMF: Tenure application materials -- September -- November 1989

Folders I8-10 -- I8-11:       UMF: "Writers of Northern New England" course materials -- fall 1989

Folder I8-12:      UMF: Student evaluations -- spring 1989

Folder I8-13:      UMF: Student evaluations -- fall 1989

 

BOX I9

 

Folder I9-1:        UMF: "Contemporary American Poetry" course -- late 1980s -- early 1990s

Folder I9-2:        UMF: Correspondence and student evaluations -- 1990

Folder I9-3:        UMF: Student evaluations -- 1991

Folder I9-4:        UMF: Correspondence and student evaluations -- 1992

Folder I9-5:        UMF: Resume and student evaluations -- 1993

Folder I9-6:        UMF: Resume and student evaluations -- 1994

Folder I9-7:        UMF: Peer review and student evaluations -- 1995

Folder I9-8:        UMF: 1995 -- restricted

Folder I9-9:        UMF: Correspondence and student evaluations -- 1996

Folder I9-10:      Young Writers Symposia at Haystack -- September -- October 1996

Folder I9-11:      From the Frost Place Festival of Poetry -- 1996

Folder I9-12:      MWPA Writers Retreat -- October 1996

Folder I9-13:      UMF: Correspondence, report and student evaluations -- 1997

Folder I9-14:      MWPA Writers Retreat -- October 1997

Folder I9-15:      Reading and Writing Poetry -- MHC seminar for teachers -- 1997

 

BOX I10

 

Folders I10-1 and I10-2:     New England Artists Trust Congress IV materials -- September 1997

Folder I10-3:      UMF: student evaluations -- 1998

Folder I10-4:      UMF: 1998 -- restricted

Folder I10-5:      Newport Middle High School student poetry discussions -- 1997 -- 1998

Folder I10-6:      MHC: The Art and Craft of Poetry workshop -- July 1998

Folder I10-7:      Mirror of Maine Library Reading Program materials -- 1998

Folder I10-8:      Maine Reads project materials -- 1998

Folder I10-9:      UMF: student evaluations -- 1999

Folder I10-10:    UMF: student evaluations -- 2000

Folder I10-11:    UMF: two date books -- 2000

 

BOX I11

 

Folder I11-1:      MHC: The Art and Craft of Poetry workshop materials -- July 2000

Folder I11-2:      Reading and Writing Poetry seminar materials -- 1997 -- 2000

Folder I11-3:      UMF: correspondence, student evaluations, other items -- 2001

Folder I11-4:      UMF: date book -- 2001

Folder I11-5:      MHC: The Art and Craft of Poetry workshop materials -- July 2001

Folder I11-6:      "Robert Frost: From Derry to the World" lecture materials-- September 2001

Folder I11-7:      Colby -- Sawyer: commencement and honorary degree materials -- May 2002

Folder I11-8:      Application materials and notes for Hale Award Writing Workshop -- June 2002

Folder I11-9:      Scoring a poem -- materials for presentation in Montville -- summer 2002

Folder I11-10:    Stonecoast MFA program correspondence and brochure -- summer 2002

Folder I11-11:    Sunken Garden Poetry Festival brochures -- summer 2002

Folder I11-12:    Geraldine R Dodge Poetry Festival materials -- September 2002

Folder I11-13:    "Robert Frost and Dramatic Speech" lecture materials -- fall 2002

Folder I11-14:    MWPA Writing Retreat -- fall 2002

 

BOX I12

 

Folder I12-1:      UMF: correspondence, student evaluations, other items -- 2002

Folder I12-2:      UMF: date books -- 2002

Folder I12-3:      UMF: correspondence and student evaluations -- 2003

Folder I12-4:      UMF: date book -- 2003

Folder I12-5:      Colby College: correspondence concerning term appointment, spring 2003

Folder I12-6:      Colby Quarterly editing correspondence and introduction -- spring -- summer 2003

Folder I12-7:      Keene State College: commencement, honorary degree materials -- spring 2003

Folder I12-8:      Poems That Beget Poems workshop materials -- summer 2003

Folder I12-9:      Frost Place poetry workshop materials -- August 2003
Folder I12-10:    Cape Cod Writers' Center workshop materials -- August 2003

Folder I12-11:    New Hampshire Writers Project master class materials -- October 2003

 

BOX I13

 

Folder I13-1:    UMF: correspodence, student evaluations -- 2004
Folder I13-2:    Colby College: correspondence concerning term appointment, spring 2004

Folder I13-3:    Concord Reads Donald Hall event materials -- fall 2004

Folder I13-4:    How I Became A Poet lecture notes -- Geraldine R Dodge Festival -- fall 2004

Folder I13-5:    American Poetry conference materials -- Fribourg, Germany -- November 2004

Folder I13-6:    UMF: retirement - related materials -- April -- December 2004

 

BOX I14

 

Folder I14-1:      Typical handouts for Introduction to Poetry Writing courses -- undated

Folder I14-2:      Typical handouts for Advanced Poetry courses -- undated

Folder I14-3:      Student guides -- critical writing -- undated

Folder I14-4:      UMF: Creative Writing syllabus, student evaluations -- undated

Folder I14-5:      Drawings and phrases used in introductory poetry workshops -- undated

 

Professor emeritus / Writer-in-Residence, workshops and seminars

 

UMF = University of Maine at Farmington. Inclusive dates: 2005 -- 2006.

 

BOX I15

 

Folder I15-1:      Poetry lecture to UMF creative writing students -- November 2005

Folder I15-2:      Is There a Future for Poetry -- Moncton, New Brunswick panel -- April 2006

Folder I15-3:      Slide presentation -- UMF -- April 2006

Folder I15-4:      Slide presentation -- Mt. Blue High School -- May 2006

Folder I15-5:      Workshop materials -- Vermont Studio Center -- May 2006

Folder I15-6:      Workshop materials -- Haystack Mountain School -- September 2006

Folder I15-7:      Lecture and reading on western Maine -- Betterment Fund -- September 2006

Folder I15-8:      Notes for reading -- Maine Literary Festival -- November 2006 

 

FOLIO BOX I1

 

Folder F-I1-6:      Calendar -- 2006

 

Note: Some materials for this series are still being processed.