Content Description
This collection contains one published book of poetry by Deborah Digges, "Rough Music;" one folder of poems; and two folders of correspondence between Deborah Digges and Chard deNiord.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1987 -- 2009
Creator
- Digges, Deborah (Person)
Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Deborah Digges (1950-2009) was an American poet, author, and Tufts University associate professor of English from 1986-2009.
Born on February 6, 1950 in Jefferson City, Missouri to Everett D. Sugarbaker, an oncologist, and Geneva Sugarbaker, a former nurse, Deborah Digges studied at Wheaton College, Illinois, and William Jewell College, Missouri, before marrying Air Force Pilot Charles Digges in 1969. She received a BA in English from the University of California, Riverside in 1976; an MA in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1982; and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 1984.
Digges published several memoirs and books of poetry, including Vesper Sparrows (1986), Late in the Millennium (1989), Fugitive Spring (1992), Rough Music (1995), The Stardust Lounge: Stories From a Boy’s Adolescence (2001), and Trapeze (2004). Her work also appeared in The New Yorker. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize in 1987, the Pushcart Prize in 1977 and 1994, and the Kingsley Tufts Award in 1996. She was also awarded grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Digges taught English at Tufts University from 1986 until her death in 2009. She also taught at Boston University, Columbia University, and New York University.
Digges was married three times and had five children (including two stepsons and one foster son). Her marriage to Charles Digges ended in divorce in 1980. She married poet Stanley Plumly in 1985, and was divorced in 1993. She married Franklin Loew - former Dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University - in 2000. Loew passed away in 2003. Digges committed suicide in Northampton, Massachusetts, on April 10, 2009.
Born on February 6, 1950 in Jefferson City, Missouri to Everett D. Sugarbaker, an oncologist, and Geneva Sugarbaker, a former nurse, Deborah Digges studied at Wheaton College, Illinois, and William Jewell College, Missouri, before marrying Air Force Pilot Charles Digges in 1969. She received a BA in English from the University of California, Riverside in 1976; an MA in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1982; and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 1984.
Digges published several memoirs and books of poetry, including Vesper Sparrows (1986), Late in the Millennium (1989), Fugitive Spring (1992), Rough Music (1995), The Stardust Lounge: Stories From a Boy’s Adolescence (2001), and Trapeze (2004). Her work also appeared in The New Yorker. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize in 1987, the Pushcart Prize in 1977 and 1994, and the Kingsley Tufts Award in 1996. She was also awarded grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Digges taught English at Tufts University from 1986 until her death in 2009. She also taught at Boston University, Columbia University, and New York University.
Digges was married three times and had five children (including two stepsons and one foster son). Her marriage to Charles Digges ended in divorce in 1980. She married poet Stanley Plumly in 1985, and was divorced in 1993. She married Franklin Loew - former Dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University - in 2000. Loew passed away in 2003. Digges committed suicide in Northampton, Massachusetts, on April 10, 2009.
Extent
0.3 Linear Feet (3 folders and one book)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
This collection contains correspondence and poetry of Deborah Digges, poet and Tufts University professor.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in received order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Chard deNiord, 2017, accession MS-2017-054.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Leah Edelman in 2017. Materials were placed in archival boxes, and loose materials were placed in folders where needed. Received order was maintained. A folder-level inventory and series-level description were created as part of the finding aid created at the time of processing.
- Status
- Completed
Repository Details
Part of the Tufts Archival Research Center Repository
Contact:
35 Professors Row
Tisch Library Building
Tufts University
Medford Massachusetts 02155 United States
617-627-3737
archives@tufts.edu
35 Professors Row
Tisch Library Building
Tufts University
Medford Massachusetts 02155 United States
617-627-3737
archives@tufts.edu
