Allen Tate and Scott Buchanan. Panel: "Poetry and Science" Part of the Bennington Conference on Contemporary America. Franklin Living Room. (1950-04-17) conference program | Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly vol 2 no 3
Allen Tate. Reading his poetry. Part of the Bennington Conference on Contemporary America. Franklin Living Room. (1950-04-17) conference program | Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly vol 2 no 3
Allen Tate. Moderator: Ira De Augustine Reid. Part of the Bennington Conference on Contemporary America. Franklin Living Room. (1950-04-17)conference program| Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly vol 2 no 3
J. C. Levenson "Can History be a Literary Art?" Part of the Bennington Conference on Contemporary America. Franklin Living Room. (1950-04-19)conference program | Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly vol 2 no 3
R. Gorham Davis. "The Contemporary Novel" Part of the Bennington Conference on Contemporary America. Franklin Living Room. (1950-04)conference program | Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly vol 2 no 3
Literature Seminar. Several of the faculty members of the division will discuss Aristotle's Poetics. Dewey Living. (1950-09-27) College Week
Perry Miller. "The Great Awakening". Part of the American Response to Crisis lecture series. (1950-10-02) College Week (description of series page 3) | Bennington College Alumnae Bulletin vol 2 n 4.
Senior Projects Discussed. Franklin living room. (1950-11) The Bennington Weekly v 1 n10 "Senior Projects Discussed by By Lit Students and Faculty"
Howard M. Jones. "Horace Mann's Tenth Annual Report" Part of the American Response to Crisis" series. (1950-11-13) College Week (description of series page 3)
Literature Seminar. William Jay Howes and Barbara Howes, read from their work. Franklin Living Room. (1950-12-04) The Bennington Weekly v1 n12
1951
Barbara Golffing, Francis Golffing, Harold Kaplan, Wallace Fowlie, Howard Nemerov, Kenneth Burke, will read from material on which they are currently working. Franklin Living Room. (1951-04-03) College Week | The Bennington Weekly v 1 n 18 article "Franklin Too Small To Seat Appreciative Lit. Audience"
Catharine Foster reviews Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson. (1951-04) The Bennington Weekly v1 n21 article "Mrs. Foster Reviews 'Hangsaman'"
Wallace Fowlie. "Jean Cocteau, his career and his particular contribution to Ballet, Cinema, Theatre, Poetry and Criticism." Drama Workshop. (1951-06-04) College Week
Literature Seminar. Panel discussion of The Garden by Andrew Marvell. Panelist: Hope Farny, Anita Maximilian, Marcia Lang, and Carol Husted. Sondra Tschakbasov, moderator. (1951-06-10) The Bennington Weekly v1 n26 | The Bennington Weekly v1 n27
Norman Holmes Pearson. "American Intellectuals or American Communists" Part of the "American Values" lecture series. (1951-06-11)The Bennington Weekly v1 n27 article "N. H. Pearson Explains Why Artists of '20's Went Communistic"
Prose and Poetry Workshop. Poems, short stories, and critical essays by student authors will be read and discussed. Franklin Living Room. (1951-09-17) The Bennington Weekly v1 n20 article "Literature Will Join Ranks Of Division Workshops" | The Bennington Weekly v2 n2 article "Lit. Seminar Monday Night" | The Bennington Weekly v2 n3 article "Literature Workshop Promotes Interest"
Prose and Poetry Workshop. Poems, short stories, and critical essays by student authors will be read and discussed. Franklin living room. (1951-09-25) College Week
Malcolm Cowley. "The Lost Generation". Part of the "American Values" lecture series. (1951-10-11) The Bennington Weekly v2 n1 article "Malcolm Cowley To Lecture On Flaming Youth" | The Bennington Weekly v2 n6 article " 'Literature of '20' s Hit Creative Peak,' States Cowley" | Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly vol 3 n 2 p.4-7 contains a "stenographic record" of his talk.
Literature Seminar. Ben Belitt, Barbara Golffing, Francis Golffing, Harold Kaplan, and Howard Nemerov will read from their own work. Franklin living room. (1951-10-29)College Week | The Bennington Weekly v2 n8 article "Faculty Read Prose And Poetry In Progress And Published" by Wallace Fowlie.
Prose and Poetry Workshop. Franklin living room. (1951-11-06) College Week
Wallace Fowlie. Drama-Literature Seminar - "The French Theatre, 1941-51" Carriage Barn Lounge. (1951-12-17) College Week
1952
Literature Seminar. Student creative writing. Franklin living room. (1952-04-01) College Week
Literature Seminar. Howard Nemerov and Thomas Wilcox will read Langland, Milton, Pope and Keats. Franklin living room. (1952-04-08) College Week
Literature Workshop. Student work read and discussed. Franklin living room. (1952-04-29) College Week
Literature Workshop. Poetry reading, Howard Nemerov and Robert Stange will read selections from Chaucer, Herbert, Skelton, Browning, Swift, and Yeats. (1952-05-06) College Week
Joint Literature and Social Science Workshop. "Caine Mutiny" viewpoints from a sociologist, psychologist, and literary critic by Lucien Hanks, Josef Adelson and Robert Stange. Carriage Barn lounge. (1952-05-12)College Week
Literature Workshop. Student work read and discussed. Franklin living room. (1952-05-20)College Week
Literature Workshop. Student work read and discussed. Franklin living room. (1952-06-03) College Week
"Poets on Discs" an informal program of selective poetry recordings. McCullough Living Room. (1952-06-08)College Week
Literature Workshop. Student work read and discussed. Franklin Living Room. (1952-06-17)College Week
Literature Workshop. Catharine Foster, Barbara. Golffing, Wallace Fowlie and Francis Golffing and Howard Nemerov read from prose and poetry works in progress. Franklin living room. (1952-09-16) College Week
Literature Workshop. Student work read and discussed. Franklin living room. (1952-09-30) College Week
Literature Workshop. Franklin living room. (1952-10-14) College Week
Journalism Seminar. John Scott. "TIME and U.S. Journalism" (1952-10-27) College Week
Literature Workshop. Franklin living room. (1952-10-28)College Week
"Halloween, A Masque, a play by Howard Nemerov, will be performance immediately after the costume judging in the Theatre." (1952-10-31)College Week
Film screening. W. B. Yeats: A Tribute. (1952-11-01)College Week
Literature Workshop. Gunthar Schoenburg's French students will recite from the works of La Fontaine and Molière. Franklin living room. (1952-11-25)College Week
Literature Workshop. Gunthar Schoenburg's French students will read selections from Schiller. Franklin living room. (1952-12-09)College Week
1953
Shirley Fisher, literary agent from McIntosh & Otis (1953-04-21) General Meetings 1953-1957 Correspondence (Burkhardt 190. Box 11 of 16) | College Week
Dylan Thomas. Reading from the works of contemporary British poets including himself. (1953-04-27) College Week
Social Science Workshop. "Discussion of Evil" Frederick, Frederick Burkhardt, Francis Golffing, Howard Nemerov and Josef Adelson. (1953-05-04) College Week
Joseph Campbell. Myths of India. (1953-06-01) General Meetings 1953-1957 Correspondence (Burkhardt 190. Box 11 of 16) | College Week
A Panel Discussion on The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. Panelist Wallace Fowlie and Lawrence Frank. (1953-06-07) College Week
Poetry Exhibit. "Poems by Bennington Poets will be read, exhibited, sung, and danced." (1953-06-16) College Week
Literature Workshop. Members of the Literature Faculty will read from their work. (1953-09-29) College Week
Stanley Hyman's Folk Literature and Folklore class will play and sing ballads. Bingham Living Room. (1953-10-15) College Week
Literature Workshop. Panel discussion on Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus". The participants will include most of the members of the Literature Faculty. (1953-11-10) College Week
Stanley Hyman's Folk Literature and Folklore class will play and sing ballads. Bingham Living Room. (11 November 1953-11-11) College Week
Literature Workshop. Shirley Jackson reading from her latest novel [possibly Hangsaman (1951) or The Bird's Nest (1954) that she was still writing in the Fall of 1953.] Franklin Living Room. (1953-11-24) College Week
Literature Workshop. Howard Nemerov reading from his work. (1953-12-03) College Week
Prose and Poetry Workshop. Student work will be read. Franklin Living Room. (1953-12-08) College Week
1954
Prose and Poetry Workshop. Franklin Living Room. (1954-04-06) College Week
Literature Workshop. Kenneth Burke will speak on "Dictionaries, Concordances, and Summaries", "A Theory of Indexing". James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man will be used as tne primary text for analysis. Franklin Living Room. April 13. (1954-04-13)College Week | College Week
Prose and Poetry Workshop. Franklin Living Room. (1954-04-27) College Week
A staged reading of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. Junior Drama Division Production. A collection will be taken for the Dylan Thomas Fund. (1954-05-03) College Week
Literature Workshop. Translation Seminar. Ben Belitt, Francis Golffing and Wallace Fowlie will read from works which they have translated and discuss problems of translation. Franklin Living Room (1954-05-11) College Week
Drama Workshop. A discussion of literary values in the William Congreve play "The Way of the World." Panel: Catharine Foster, Wallace Fowlie, Francis Golffing, Thomas Wilcox. Franklin Living Room (1954-05-17) College Week
"The Bible as Book" Panel: Frederick Burkhardt, Moderator. Ben Belitt, Kenneth Burke and Stanley Hyman. Carriage Barn. (1954-05-24) College Week
Literature Workshop. Selections from Senior Theses. Franklin Living Room (1954-06-08)College Week
Virginia Mackoy: "Proust: Social Historian"
Lynne G. Horowitz: "The Double Man: Eight Studies in Fiction"
Susan Schapiro: "Aldous Huxley's Search For Truth"
Shashi Wahi: "Scenes From India"
Jean Diamond: "The Objective and Subjective Realms in the Art of Andre Gide"
Literature Workshop. Selections from Senior Theses. Franklin Living Room. (1954-06-22)College Week
Sue Powers will read five poems from her poetry thesis.
Nancy Spraker will read a story from her short story thesis.
Lucy Byck will read from her poetry thesis.
Joan Drooker will read a section of her thesis "Depersonalization in Anna Karenina"
Poetry Workshop. Readings of their own work: Howard Nemerov, Ben Belitt, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Francis Golffing. Franklin Living Room. (1954-09-21)College Week
Robert Frost. "The noted American poet, homespun philosopher, author, lecturer, and teacher will read from his own works." Carriage Barn. (1954-09-27) College Week | Letter | Photograph | The Bugler article "Robert Frost Enthralls Huge Audience At Carriage Barn"
Literature Workshop. Student Prose and Poetry will be read and discussed. Franklin Living Room. (1954-10-05) College Week
Agnes E. Meyer. John Dewey Memorial Lecture. Carriage Barn. (1954-10-14)College Week
Literature Workshop. "An Evening with Shirley Jackson" readings themed around communication or lack of communication in articles Franklin living room. (1954-10-19)College Week | The Bugler v1 n3 article "Shirley Jackson Reads at Workshop" (article lists reading selections)
Literature Workshop. Three short stories, including two student works and Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss" will be read and discussed by faculty and students. (1954-11-02) College Week
[Spoof award announcement]"The College is happy to announce three recent awards to members of its faculty: In Music, the Nemerov Fellowship for Distinguished Fingering to George Finckel. In Literature, the Feeley Award for largest Metrical Footage, 1928-54 to Howard Nemerov. In Art, Finckel Grant for Advanced Brushing and General Paint Handling to Paul Feeley. Each award is for $5,000.00 and six months' study in Berlin, New York." (1954-11-09) College Week
Autograph tea for Wilderness Stair by Ben Belitt. (1954-12-02) College Week
1955
Autograph tea for Howard Nemerov's book The Salt Garden. (1955-03-29)College Week
Literature Workshop. Student poetry and prose will be read and discussed.(1955-04-19) College Week
Dance Seminar. Belitt Movies. Three original films in color by Ben Belitt will be shown: "The Palm and the Prism" "Cycle of Autumn" and "Mexico Dances" (1954-04-27) College Week
Harry Duncan, poet and founder of the Cummington Press, will read from his own work as well as from other English poets. Franklin living room. (1954-11-16) College Week
Literature Workshop. Panel discussion of The Rape of the Lock with literature faculty panelist. (1955 fall) Community Council Minutes
Literature Workshop. Seniors will read translations, critical and creative theses. Carriage Barn Lounge. (1956-06-19) College Week
Literature Workshop. Seniors will read translations, critical and creative theses. Carriage Barn Lounge. (1956-06-26) College Week
Howard Mumford Jones, commencement speaker. (1956-06-29) College Week
1957
Raymond Bowen. "with the aid of blow-up cartoons Raymond Bowen talked about the early trials and triumphs of the New Yorker, of which he was advertising manager for twenty-eight years" (1957 spring) Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 1. p. 42
Lee Wright, managing editor of Simon and Schuster. "The Market for Literature" (1957 spring) Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 1. p. 42
Shirley Jackson. Reading from The Sun Dial. (1957 fall) Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 2. p.26
Ben Belitt. Reading. (1957 fall) Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 2. p.26
Howard Nemerov. Reading. (1957 fall)Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 2. p.26
Barbara Golffing. Reading. (1957 fall)Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 2. p.26
Francis Golfing. Reading. (1957 fall)Bennington College Alumni Magazine vol 9 n 2. p.26
1958
Marianne Moore. 1957-1963 General Meetings. (1958-04-17)Fels 580. Box 15 of 15.
Last Lesson for Review Text by Howard Nemerov. Music by Lionel Nowak. Written for the Commencement Ceremony. (1958-06)
Audio recording of poetry reading by Howard Nemerov. (circa 1958)
1959
Kenneth Burke. The present world crisis and human's struggle with technology. General Meeting. (1959 spring) The Bennington College Bulletin Alumnae Issue vol 27 no 5. p. 17
Film screening of Ben Belitt's movies of Vermont, Mexico and Florida. (1959 spring) The Bennington College Bulletin Alumnae Issue vol 27 no 5. p. 17
Stanley Hyman. "Mass Culture." (1959-09-10) 1957-1963 General Meetings. Fels 580. Box 15 of 15.
