E. Fred Carlisle Papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, reports, and speeches from E. Fred Carlisle's time at Miami University and Virginia Tech, serving as senior vice president and provost at Virginia Tech until 1995. Other materials include publications, such as magazine articles and journal publications by Carlisle.
Dates
- Creation: 1985 - 2022
Creator
- Carlisle, E. Fred (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Suggested Note:
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions
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Arrangement
Ervin Fred Carlisle is a provost emeritus at Virginia Tech and formerly served as provost at the Miami (Ohio) University and assistant to the president and department head at Michigan State University. He is a retired professor of English and university administrator whose career focused on American literature and literary scholarship. At Virginia Tech, he served as senior vice president and provost from 1989 to 1995. Carlisle's scholarship includes studies of American writers, including Loren Eiseley: The Development of a Writer (1983) and works on Walt Whitman. He later served as provost at Miami University from 1983 to 1987. Carlisle continued his writing after his academic career, including the memoir Hollow and Home (2017), which reflects on his childhood in Ohio and his experiences living in rural Virginia.
External Sources:
"E. Fred Carlisle", lib.vt.edu, https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt9404/940427/04270115.htm
"E. Fred Carlisle", amazon.com, https://www.amazon.com/stores/E.-Fred-Carlisle/author/B001KIHO1E?
Full Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 document box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The E. Fred Carlisle Collection contains records and publication related to Carlisle's careeer in higher education.
Source of Acquisition
The E. Fred Carlisle Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in April 2024.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the E. Fred Carlisle Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the E. Fred Carlisle Collection was completed in April 2024.
- Title
- E., Fred, Carlisle, Collection, 1989-2022
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amelia Verkerk, University Archivist
- Date
- 2024 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu