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Brochure catalog of short courses offered in the Fall 1972 - Spring 1973 academic year at Washington University in St. Louis. Includes "The Character of Contemporary American Fiction," taught by William H. Gass.

Brochure advertising the Writer's Program at Washington University in St. Louis, with Stanley Elkin, Donald Finkel, WIlliam Gass, John Morris, Howard Nemerov and Jarvis Thurston listed as the faculty who staff it.

Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award from Purdue University for William Howard Gass for his signal and effective performance in the instruction of undergraduate students.

"A Sheaf of Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke" arranged in order of their completion translated by William H. Gass and used for his classes at Washington University in St. Louis.

“Surface of the City” slides used by Gass during lectures.

Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalistic Society Best Teacher Award, 1967-1968.

The Students of Purdue University Best Teacher in the School of Humanities award, May 1968

The Writers’ Program brochure, Washington University, 1980.

"Philosopher-Critic Joining Washington U. Faculty," St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A sketchbook full of diagrams and drawings by Gass used to illustrate concepts of consciousness related through language. This was used for seminar classes that met in Gass's home, in lieu of a chalkboard.