University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections

Francis Hulme
(1909 - 198?)

Southern Appalachian Writers Collection

M2005.05.02-08

 

 

 

  

 
Title Francis Hulme
Creator Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/hulme_francis/hulme_francis.htm
Subject Keyword Francis Hulme ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia
Subject LCSH Hulme, Francis, 1909 - 198?
American literature -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism
American literature -- Appalachian Mountains -- History and criticism
Appalachians (People) in literature
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description The collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, a photograph, and anecdotal information on the writer.  These materials were gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.
Publisher D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Annette Hatley ; Matthew Farrell
Date 2005-08-23
Type Collection ; text ; photograph ;
Format 1 folder ; text ; image
Source M2005.05.02-8
Language English
Relation The Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 
Coverage 1900's - present ; North Carolina ;
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor 240
Acquisition  2004-03-
Citation Francis Hulme in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff,  2005
Last update 2008-09-17
Statement on writing "I regard poetry as a means of recover and discovery--recovery of the world around me, and discovery of the world within me....  I never truly know what I think or believe until I have wrestled the idea or the feeling into verbal expression.  Brought up in Appalachia, I have been most influenced by the people and places of my childhood, some of which I spent in the Reems Creek region....  In composing 'mountain' material I often work with remembered tunes or compose a melody to accompany the ballad.  But I feel the poet should stand on his own ground and look with his own eyes and speak with his own voice, yet be always aware that he is moving into the unknown--which, however or whatever it is, he is seeking to discover and sea with his own poetic design."
Biography Though born in Florida, Francis Pledger Hulme spent his childhood in Buncombe County, North Carolina.  He attended Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Emory University, and the University of Minnesota, where he attained his Ph.D.  His primary career was as a literature teacher, where he taught at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, though he also was a professional violinist and drama critic.  In his poetry--of which, three collected volumes were published--he sought to establish solid relationships between the mind's ventures and the less volatile earth underfoot. 
Bibliography BOOKS BY

1949

 Come Up the Valley. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1949

1976

 Mountain Measure. Santa Barbara, CA: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1976.

1988

 A Dancing Fox. Otisville, NY: Birch Brook Press, 1988.