Authors and Illustrators Database

Russel B. (Blaine) Nye

Born: 02/17/1913  Viola, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 09/02/1993
Parents: Charles H. and Zelma Nye
Spouse: Kathryn Chaney
Children: Peter William
Address(es):
Last known address:
East Lansing, MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Ferris comes of age : the years of transition, 1946-1963 Michigan History Adult Big Rapids, Mich. : The Centennial Task Force, Ferris State College 1983
Society and Culture in America : 1830-1860 Non Fiction Adult New York, Harper & Row 1974
American Literary History, 1607-1830 History Adult New York, Knopf 1971
The Unembarrassed Muse: the popular arts in America
- Two centuries of American life.
Non Fiction, History Adult New York, Dial Press 1970
This Almost Chosen People: Essays in American Ideas Non Fiction Adult East Lansing : Michigan State University Press 1966
Michigan
- Account of Michigan's resources and people
Michigan Children New York, Coward-McCann 1966
The Midwest: Myth or Reality: A symposium, by Thomas T. McAvoy, Russel B. Nye, ... [et al.]
- Co-author
Non Fiction Adult Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame Press 1961
A Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Unusual Americans Biography, History Adult East Lansing, Michigan State University Press 1957
The Wizard of Oz & who he was
- with Martin Gardner
Non Fiction Adult East Lansing, Michigan State University Press 1957
A history of the United States History Adult Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books 1955
William Lloyd Garrison and the humanitarian reformers Biography Adult Boston, Little, Brown 1955
Midwestern Progressive Politics; a historical study of its origins and development, 1870-1950. Non Fiction Adult East Lansing: Michigan State College Press 1951
Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Anti-Slavery Controversy Non Fiction Adult East Lansing, Michigan State College Press 1949
George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel
- Pulitzer Prize for biography
Biography Adult New York : A. A. Knopf 1945
Other writings:
- Articles in Papers of the Michigan Academy, Michigan History, American Speech, Modern Language Notes, Journal of American Culture, Science and Society, Hayes Historical Journal, A Journal of Canadian Culture
Non Fiction
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "I have concluded that teaching is the world's pleasantest and most rewarding occupation, and writing, the world's hardest and most satisfying."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Distinguished Service Award, Michigan Council for the Humanities 1984
Distinguished Service Award, Society for the Study of Midwestern History and Literature 1978
Donner Medal, Donner Foundation and the Association for Canadian Studies 1977
Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.), Northern Michigan University
- Honorary Award
1968
Doctor of Letters (LL.D.), Ferris State College; Bowling Green State University 1968-1976
Newberry Library Fellowship 1948
Rockefeller Fellowship 1947
Pulitzer Prize, Biography for George Bancroft, Brahmin Rebel 1945
Knopf Fellowship 1944

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 3rd ed. 1980-1993
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 1-4R Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 142 (2006) Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 4, 76
1968-1999

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 1936-1938
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 1935
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 1930-1934

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Visiting lecturer Michigan Commission on Culture and the Arts 1960-1962
Consultant, editorial adviser, co-editor, editorial board member of several organizations Ferris State College Board of Control Big Rapids, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1950-1968
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- retired
Michigan State University East Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1940-1979
Instructor Adelphi College Long Island 1939-1940
Instructor Jordan College Menominee, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1935-1936
Chairman, and other offices
- 1950's and 1960's
American Studies Association

Other Resources:

Other Comments:

Pioneered Popular Culture Theory in the 1960s.

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