University of
Minnesota Libraries. Tretter Collection, Special Collections and Rare
Books [scrbt]
McNaron, Toni A. H
Toni McNaron
papers
1968-1999
4 boxes
(2.0 linear feet)
The collection contains the professional papers of Toni
McNaron, professor emeritus of English and women's studies at the University of
Minnesota.
Tretter Manuscripts:
McNaron
English
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the Special Collections
reading room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by
staff members.
Restrictions on Use
Please check with the curator regarding copyright status of these
materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under fair use provisions
of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation
Toni McNaron papers, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Special Collections and Rare Books,
University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition Information
The collection was a gift of Toni McNaron.
Arrangement
The original order of the collection has been retained; the papers are
arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
Biographical Note
Toni A. H. McNaron was born on April 3, 1937 in Alabama. She earned
her B.A. degree in 1958 from the University of Alabama, her M.A. from
Vanderbilt University in 1960 and her Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of
Wisconsin. Dr. McNaron was an instructor at All Saints' College (Vicksburg, MS)
(1959-1961) and a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin (1961-1963)
before joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota as assistant
professor of English in 1964. She was promoted to associate professor in 1967
and professor in 1983. Dr. McNaron also held an appointment as the first chair
of the women's studies department (1973-1976) and director of the graduate
program in women's studies (1980-1984).
Dr. McNaron's teaching and research interests are on Shakespeare,
Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Lesbian poetry, Feminist criticism, Feminist
pedagogy and Milton. She is a Lesbian author of many books and articles,
including Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics
Confronting Homophobia and New Lesbian Studies:
Into the 21st Century. Dr. McNaron has been awarded the Morse Alumni
Outstanding Teaching Award (1969), CLA Distinguished Teacher Award (1967), CEE
Outstanding Teacher Award, Center for Independent Studies of Writing Excellence
in Teaching Award (1999), Ruth Christie Award for Teaching and the Technology
Enhanced Learning Award. In 1998, Dr. McNaron developed the
Voices from
the Gaps, a website devoted to North American women writers of color.
Toni McNaron retired from the University of Minnesota as professor emeritus in
2001.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the professional papers of Toni McNaron.
These materials include syllabi, exams, reading lists and notes for courses
taught by Dr. McNaron on the subjects of Shakespeare, Milton, Emily Dickenson,
black women writers, Lesbian writers, American Indian women and women's
studies. Other items include publications and articles, newspaper clippings and
bibliographies.
Related Materials
Refer to the
University of Minnesota
catalog (MNCAT) for a list of published works by Toni McNaron.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
McNaron,
Toni A. H. -- Archives
University of
Minnesota. Dept. of English
Gay and lesbian
studies
Lesbian feminism
Literature -- Women authors
Women’s studies
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Academic Freedom in the English Department,
1
American Indian Women Syllabus material,
1
Bibliographies,
1
Black female writers,
1
Black women writers,
1
Bogan/Sarton,
1
Building inclusive classrooms,
1
Bush handouts - originals,
1
Cather, Willa,
1
See also: O'Brien, Sharonw
Cather Willa to the Academy,
1
Closets and careers,
1
Combakee River collective - A black feminist statement,
1
Courses in female writers,
1
Dickinson, Emily,
1
Dickinson, Emily: Homestead - "The Evergreens,"
1
Dickinson, Emily - in celebration,
1
Dickinson, Emily - Seminar '92,
1
Includes: references to Miss Parloa's New Cook Book 1886,
botanical references
Dickinson - 325 Lind,
1
Donne Thesis - chapter,
1
Elegy (The): Eng 115,
2
Includes: Emily Dickinson material
English Quarter,
2
English 21, 22, 23 handouts,
2
English 23 - Introduction, Blake Wordsworth,
2
English 23 - Bryon Shelley Keats,
2
English 55 - Shakespeare in General (comedy),
2
English 76 - Metaphysical Poetry,
2
Fall - Then to Now (The),
2
Feminism at the Ballet,
2
Finals ad schedules,
2
Freud and Incest,
2
Frye, Marilyn - "To Be and Be Seen: The Politics of
Reality,"
2
GLBT Literature,
2
Humanities,
2
Lesbian bibliography,
2
Lesbian culture,
2
Includes: homophobia, "The Ladder" - Commemorative issue, Spring
1994
Lesbian/Feminist vs Lesbian,
2
Lesbian literature bibliographies,
2
Lesbian writers (3501: 170 Ford),
2
Lib. Arts Non-Impact article,
2
McNaron articles,
3
McNaron, Toni - correspondence,
3
McNaron: Dilemma of the Humanities teacher, 1970,
3
McNaron: breening of American education (The),
3
McNaron, Toni - Inaugural lecture for McNaron lecture
program - Braille copies,
3
Metaphysical poetry,
3
Milton introduction, English 162,
3
Fair infant, nativity ode
Milton '93,
3
Milton stuff oy we,
3
Milton, Sep. 1988,
3
Milton - 1993 Annotated bibliography,
3
Multi-cultural nests,
3
Multi-cultural nests report,
3
O'Brien, Sharon - "The Thing Not Named",
4
W. Cather as a Lesbian writer
Poems by students,
4
Recommendations - slightly inactive,
4
17th century,
4
Shakespeare: English 136 Introduction,
4
Othello, sonnets,
Lear
Southern reviews,
4
Includes: William Faulkner, W.A. Auden
Spenser,
4
Strike - Spring 1970,
4
20th century American Lesbian poets,
4
Women in Shakespeare,
4
Women as Humanist,
4
Woolf, Virginia: Prophet and Sybil,
4
Winter's Tale article,
4
Women's studies
4