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Scott Melville Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-2025-01

Scope and Contents

The Scott Melville Collection contains numerous volumes of poetry published by Scott Melville between 2013 and 2024. Other contents include framed egg tempera paintings, and a framed poem titled "Pitched Battle," by Melville. With the framed items, there can also be found a biography and portrait of Dr. Scott Melville.

Dates

  • 2013 - 2024

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access by request at Slippery Rock University Special Collections; material does not circulate. Contact rockarchives@sru.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

The items in this collection are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these items in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

See In Copyright-Educational Use Permitted on RightsStatements.org for more infomation.

The Slippery Rock University Archives assumes no responsibility for copyright infringement by users. Contact the Archives at rockarchives@sru.edu for more information.

Biographical / Historical

Scott Melville, born in Saegertown, Pennsylvania, is a Slippery Rock State College (SRSC) alumnus. Melville earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at SRSC in Physical Education in 1969 and 1971, respectively. He then earned his PhD in Physical Education from the University of Iowa in 1975.

Melville taught at Eastern Washington University from 1980 until his retirement in 2012. A skilled artist, he began painting, writing, and publishing his poetry in retirement.

Extent

77 Volumes : Collection contains 77 volumes of poetry, and 3 framed items.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Materials in this collection are housed in the Local Authors Collection, Slippery Rock University Special Collections, Bailey Library room 311.

Separated Materials

One (1) egg tempera painting, which was a part of the original donation, remains on display at the President’s Residence.

Title
Guide to the Scott Melville Collection
Author
S. Dickensheets
Date
2025
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
315 Bailey Library
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock PA 16057
724-738-4295