Robert B. Stepto papers, 1970-2012.

9.8 linear feet (23 boxes)

English

In English.

Gift of Robert B. Stepto, 2022 and 2023.

The collection is arranged into four series: Research and subject files; Teaching and Yale files; Writings; and Correspondence.

Robert B. Stepto (born 1945) is a professor of African American Studies, American Studies, and English at Yale. He graduated from Trinity College in 1966 and received MA and PhD degrees in English from Stanford University. He taught at Williams College for three years before joining the faculty at Yale University in 1974. From 1978-1981 Stepto was the first director of graduate studies in the African American studies department. Stepto’s primary research areas are African American autobiography, fiction, poetry and visual arts since 1840. He is the author of several books, including From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative (1979), Blue As the Lake: A Personal Geography (1998), and A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the Age of Obama (2010). He is currently the John M. Schiff Professor of English Emeritus.

The collection documents the professional career of Robert B. Stepto, professor of African American Studies, American Studies, and English at Yale University. Materials include research and subject files relating to Stepto's scholarly work in the fields of African American Studies and English Literature, and teaching files relating to Stepto's academic career at Williams College and Yale University. Also included are manuscript drafts and journal articles written by Stepto, as well as professional correspondence with colleagues at Yale and the wider African American Studies profession.

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June 16, 2023

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Robert B. Stepto Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Robert B. Stepto Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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