Otis Allen Maxwell

Background

Maxwell, Otis Allen was born on November 24, 1915 in Waco, Texas, United States. Son of Otis Allen and Myra (Vesey) Maxwell.

Education

Bachelor, Southern Methodist University, 1937. Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Southern Methodist University, 1937. Master of Arts, Southern Methodist University, 1940.

Career

Assistant book editor, Dallas Morning News, 1937-1942, 48-58; book editor, Dallas Morning News, 1958-1981; assistant director, Southern Methodist U. Press, 1939-1942; director, Southern Methodist U. Press, 1946-1982; managing editor, Southwest Review, 1939-1942; editor, Southwest Review, 1946-1963; adjunct Professor of English,, Southern Methodist U., 1973-1982. Vice president Association American University Presses, 1955.

Achievements

• Otis Allen Maxwell has been listed as a noteworthy Editor, publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society (Paperback)) (Paperback) - Common

    (The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago)

  • FOLK TRAVELERS: Ballads, Tales and Talk

    (Second printing)

  • MADSTONES AND TWISTERS. Texas Folklore Society Publication # XXVIII
  • SINGERS AND STORYTELLERS. Texas Folklore Society Publication, No. XXX

Membership

Member advisory fine arts committee Dallas Chamber of C., chairman, 1948-1950. Member Executive Committee Jon. E. Owens Memorial Foundation, since 1954, chairman, 1955-1957.

Served from ensign to lieutenant commander Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Texas Institute Letters (past vice president, councilor), Texas Folklore Society (past associate editor, past treasurer), Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma.

Connections

Married Emma Vee Dunlap, August 31, 1940. Children: Otis Allen III, Mary Susanna, Rebecca Agnes.

Father:

Otis Allen Maxwell

Mother:

Myra (Vesey) Maxwell

Spouse:

Emma Vee Dunlap

child:

Mary Susanna Maxwell

child:

Otis Allen III Maxwell

child:

Rebecca Agnes Maxwell