Southern Oregon University Library
Special Collections
EDWARD HUNGERFORD COLLECTION
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Introduction and Scope Note
April 20, 2005
Edward Hungerford, Professor Emeritus of English at Southern Oregon University,
donated this special collection in November of 2004. Materials in the collection relate to the
Greek author and poet, Theodore Stephanides. One box contains translations, typescripts of
poetic dramas, and correspondence from Stephanides to Edward Hungerford. The collection
also consists of six signed copies of books of poetry by Stephanides that have been shelved in the
general section of Special Collections.
Guide to Collection Contents
Box 1:
File 1:
Correspondence between Edward Hungerford and Theodore Stephanides

Dec. 30, 1980 letter from Stephanides, including a translated Ancient Greek
poem.
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Mar. 30, 1982 letter from Stephanides, containing a copy of interview
answers and a list of works by Stephanides.
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Apr. 7, 1982 letter from Stephanides, containing notes and addenda to the
answers of the prior letter. Includes a poem by Stephanides.
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June 1, 1982 letter from Stephanides, which was sent with the typescript of
The Golden Face. Includes a poem by Stephanides.
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July 21, 1982 letter from Stephanides, which was sent with the errata sheet
for Climax in Crete. Includes three poems by Stephanides.
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Dec. 6, 1982 letter from Stephanides, including an epigram translated from
Ancient Greek.
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Jan. 2, 1983 letter from Stephanides, containing an epigram translated from
Ancient Greek. Grouped with a June 12, 1950 letter from Hungerford to Dr.
Earle Davis regarding An American in Sicily.

Jan. 24, 1983 letter from Stephanides, with notes on Larry Durrell and
Stephanides’ translation of The King’s Flute, as well as two additional
poems translated from Ancient Greek.
File 2:
Photocopy of Climax in Crete by Theodore Stephanides, with errata sheet
File 3:
Signed typescripts of the plays Arodaphnousa and Labyrinth, and of a collection
of poems, The Golden Face, by Theodore Stephanides
File 4:
Material concerning Gerald Durrell and Theodore Stephanides, including two emails, description of a conference on Durrell, and a typescript of a speech by
Edward Hungerford about Stephanides.
Six signed books are also included in this collection, and have been shelved in the General
section of Special Collections. They are as follows:
A Hundred Voices: PA 5610 .P3 A28 1976
Cities of the Mind: PR 6069 .T42 C5 1969
The King’s Flute: PA 5610 .P3 P53 1982
The Twelve Words of the Gipsy: PA 5610 .P3 D63 1974
Three Poems: PA 5610 .P3 A27 1969
Worlds in a Crucible: PR 6069 .T42 W6 1973