North American Review papers
Dates
- Creation: c. 1969-2014
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Biographical / Historical
The North American Review was founded in 1815 in Boston, Masssachusetts, and is the United States' oldest literary magazine. It was published consistently from its founding until 1940 when its editor was found to be an agent of the Japanese government during World War II. The magazine resumed publication when Robert Dana, an associate professor of English at Cornell College (Iowa) began publishing issues largely by himself at the college. In 1969, the North American Review was sold by Cornell College to the University of Northern Iowa for $10,000 following Iowa State Board of Regents authorization. Robley Wilson, Jrl, an assistant professor of English at UNI was chosen to be the magazine's editor, a role in which he served until his retirement in 2000. Contributors to the magazine since 1969 include Margaret Atwood, Marvin Bell, Gay Davenport, David Hellerstein, Donald Justice, Yosef Komunyakaa, Joyce Carol Oates, Kurt Vonnegut, and more.
The North American Review continues to be published regularly at the University of Northern Iowa.
Extent
18.23 Linear Feet (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Separated Materials
The following publications were removed from the archival collection and cataloged in SC&UA's rare books collection, April 2025:
- Art & Camouflage: Concealment and Deception in Nature, Art and War by Roy R. Behrens
- The Great Sympathetic edited by J.D. Schraffenberger
- A Life in Common, poems by Mitchell Goodman
- The Sacrifice Poems by Joseph Langland
- The Pleasures of Manhood, Stories by Robley Wilson, Jr.
- A Lot For The Money: Stories, Poems, Essays by Kenneth Lash
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