Timeline

1909 – John Crowe Ransom receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt

1914 – WWI begins. Ransom joins the Vanderbilt faculty

1915 – Informal social discussions include Sidney Hirsch, Ransom, Davidson and others

1916 – Donald Davidson receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt.

1918 – WWI ends.

1919 – Ransom publishes Poems about God.

1920 – Group meetings reconvene after WWI. The 16-member poetry group eventually becomes "The Fugitives.” Davidson joins the Vanderbilt faculty.

1922 – First issue of The Fugitive is published. Allen Tate receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt.

1925 – The final issue of The Fugitive is published. Scopes Trial is held in Dayton, TN. Warren receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt.

1928 – The Fugitives Anthology is published.

1929 – Stock Market Crash sets off the Great Depression.

1930 – I'll Take My Stand is published.

1932 – Warren joins the Vanderbilt faculty.

1935 – Warren and Cleanth Brooks found The Southern Review.

1937 – Warren and Brooks publish Understanding Poetry.

1939 – Ransom founds The Kenyon Review.

1941 – Ransom publishes The New Criticism.

1943 – Tate appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the second Poet Laureate).

1944 – Tate named editor of The Sewanee Review. Warren appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

1946 – Warren publishes All the King's Men.

1947 – Warren receives the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men.

1950 – Ransom is the second recipient of the Bollingen Prize from Yale University.

1956 – Fugitives Reunion at Vanderbilt University. Tate awarded the Bollingen Prize from Yale University.

1958 – Warren awarded his second Pulitzer Prize and the National Book. Award for Promises: Poems 1954-56.

This NPT original production was made possible by a grant from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission. Archival materials, poetry recordings and research assistance generously provided by Vanderbilt University Special Collections.
Additional photographs courtesy of the Library of Congress and the Tennessee State Museum.