Lee H. Potter Audiotape Collection
Materials within this collection include audiotapes collected by Lee H. Potter, WFU English professor from 1965-1989. Many of the tapes were recorded by WFDD, the on-campus public radio station. Included are recodings by W. H. Auden, Cleanth Brooks, Malcom Cowley, Dwight MacDonald, and Stephen Spender.
Biographical and Historical Note
Lee H. Potter was born in 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Davidson College, but enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 before graduating. Potter survived a German torpedo attack on the way to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 and continued on to fight in France until being discharged in 1946. After his war time service, Potter received his undergrad, master's and doctoral degrees in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He then taught briefly at DePauw University and University of Virginia before becoming the first dean at George Mason College (now George Mason University). In 1965, Potter began his lengthy career in the WFU English department. Potter taught in Wake Forest's overseas programs in Venice and London throughout the duration of his career. After retiring from the English department in 1989, Potter remained a part-time instructor in the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program until 1995. Potter passed away in 2014 survived by his wife, Edith (née Turpin), and their four daughters, Paige, Edith, Lee, and Jane, and their families.
Collection Overview
These audiotapes document work related to WFU English professor Lee H. Potter. The audiotapes within this collection appear to be collected recordings by Potter. The collection contains 29 7-inch reels, two 5-inch reels, two 3-inch reels, and one videocasette tape. The title text in the collection inventory contains information from container labels, sometimes with additions or corrections.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Cynthia Good, 2012 January
- Revision Description
- Revised by Jenna McAllister, 2023 February
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open for researchers.
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- Lee H. Potter Audiotape Collection (MS621), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.