Indexed works
Works about or by Doris Betts. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
By Doris Betts
The sharp teeth of love : a novel
Betts, Doris · 1998 · Scribner Paperback Fiction
Doris Betts set this novel between Chapel Hill and Reno, Nevada, following a young woman and a kidnapping, in a work of romantic suspense. Scribner Paperback Fiction published the edition described in 1998, 336 pages. Love stories and young women are the other subjects listed.
Luke
Betts, Doris · 2003
Doris Betts writing on the Gospel of Luke, a nine page contribution running from page 218 to 226 in a larger 2003 volume. Topics include the Bible, the book of Luke and Luke the evangelist, and they also file the piece with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Opening statement
Betts, Doris · 1993
Novelist Doris Betts opened the Autumn Sunday Symposium at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities in Chapel Hill on October 10, 1993, a program on the arts, the humanities, the university and public culture. Her remarks survive as an eleven leaf transcript.
Testifying to the best in teaching and learning
Betts, Doris; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. College of Arts and Sciences · 1991 · College of Arts & Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doris Betts wrote the text of this 1991 publication of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the author. An occasional college publication on teaching and learning.
The lame duck's swan song : (sorry, Longfellow!)
Betts, Doris · 1985 · D.W. Betts, Chairman of the Faculty
A poem by Doris Betts, then chairman of the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sent to colleagues in 1985 as a memorandum and an invitation to the commencement ceremony of 12 May that year. Printed on a single unnumbered leaf, 28 centimeters. The title adds a parenthetical apology to Longfellow.
Come to the party!
Betts, Doris · 1983 · D.W. Betts, Chairman of the Faculty
A single leaf poem printed at Chapel Hill in 1983 by Doris Betts as chair of the faculty, inviting University of North Carolina faculty to a party marking the institution's 190th birthday on 12 October that year. Topics include North Carolina poetry and the university's anniversaries and celebrations. It sits in UNC's North Carolina Collection.
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About Doris Betts
My Love Affair with Carolina
Betts, Doris Waugh · 1998
Novelist Doris Betts's talk 'My Love Affair with Carolina', printed in 1998 by the North Caroliniana Society with tributes to her by Elizabeth Evans, Lewellyn Betts and Max Steele. The pieces come from the banquet of 12 June 1998 at which she accepted the Society's award for that year. A limited edition of 500.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Betts, Doris -- Appreciation -- North Carolina.
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