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Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential Medal of Freedom
Reverse side of the
Medal awarded to Warren
by the American
Institute of Arts and
Letters
American Institute of Arts and Letters medal
American Institute of Arts and Letters medal
Medal awarded to Warren by the
American Institute of Arts and
Letters
Critically acclaimed biography
published in 1997
Book jacket
Photo of Warren as a child
Rob' Penn at Guthrie School

Robert Penn Warren in
his library at Fairfield,
Connecticut
Photograph of Robert Penn Warren
Photo of Robert Penn Warren
RPW posed for a book jacket
photo, 1948
RPW and friend in
Vermont
Photo of Robert Penn Warren with dog
Photo of Warren biographer Joseph Blotner
Biographer Joseph Blotner

Eleanor Clark and RPW at
summer home in West
Wardsboro, VT, 1986
Eleanor Warren & Robert Penn Warren
Draft of a review

Rough draft of a critical
review
Typical notes made by
Warren in some of his
books
Warren's handwritten comments in book
Room housing Robert Penn Warren Library
The Robert Penn Warren
Library, Western Kentucky
University

Robert Penn Warren
Library, WKU
Warren kept his prized
first editions in the
cabinet shown here at
the right. Photos of the
Library at Fairfield
hang above his desk.
Laurel wreath awarded to U.S.  Poet Laureate
Laurel wreath awarded to U.S.
Poet Laureate Robert Penn
Warren, 1986



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