Robert Day manuscript

Collection — Box: Multi 08

Identifier: MS-0176

Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains a copy of Where I am Now by Robert Day. Also included is a note by Robert Neill.

Dates

Creation: circa 2012

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information

Robert Day (1941-2022) was born in Shawnee, Kansas. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He taught at Fort Hays University. He then went for a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arkansas while also beginning a teaching career at Washington College, in the English Department. He was the founder and director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House and Publisher of the Literary House Press. An author of the Western novel, he is most known for his book The Last Cattle Drive. He became a mentor to many young writers, and his legacy lives on through the Literary House and the Robert and Kathryn Day Endowment for the Literary Arts. He passed in 2002 in his home state of Kansas.