Mumpower, Daniel L., Jr. (1917- ), Papers, n.d. (C3899)
1.3 linear feet
INTRODUCTION
Manuscripts of fiction and non-fiction works by Mumpower, a psychologist and University of Missouri alumnus who taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
DONOR INFORMATION
The Mumpower Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Daniel L. Mumpower on 6 May 1992 (Accession No. 5171). Additions (Accession No. 5634) to the papers were made on 28 May 1996, 16 March 1998, and 3 March 1999.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Daniel L. Mumpower was born in 1917 in the Belgian Congo, the son of Methodist missionaries. The family returned to the United States in 1922 and resided in Nashville, Tennessee. Mumpower attended Peabody College and taught high school English in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1940s. He was in the army during World War II and served in the Pacific and occupied Japan.
After the war Mumpower went back to teaching and was the assistant principal at Central High School in Jackson. He was recalled to military duty in 1951 and was sent to West Germany. In 1955 he went to graduate school at the University of Missouri and received a PhD in Psychology in 1957. He taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Mumpower retired in 1978 and returned to Jackson, Mississippi.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Mumpower Papers consist of manuscripts, poems, and songs. The manuscripts are arranged as the author had them and all of the manuscripts are undated. The material covers a variety of topics and includes fiction and psychological writings. The short story collection Celestial Fire was based on the papers of his parents which are included in the Daniel L. and Edith B. Mumpower Papers, also at the University of Missouri Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia.
FOLDER LIST
Fiction: Short Stories
| f. 1 | Mrs. Kingsley Turner (published) |
| f. 2 | The Battle at Folsom's Dam (published) |
| f. 3 | Omar's Desire |
| f. 4 | Four Men in a Room |
| f. 5 | No Longer Lonely |
| f. 6 | Hedy Was a Lady |
| f. 7 | The Devil's Scripture |
| f. 8 | An Eye for an Eye |
| f. 9 | That Time of Year |
| f. 10 | Reflections in a Fun House Mirror |
| f. 11 | You Are Mine Forever |
| f. 12 | The Unknown Man |
| f. 13 | Round Three |
| f. 14 | Aint Dell |
| f. 15 | The Lost Victory |
| f. 16 | The Forgotten Man |
| f. 17 | Tokyo Man |
| f. 18 | A Dangerous Lover |
| f. 19 | The Dictator's New Clothes |
| f. 20 | The Gay Puritan |
Fiction: Short Story Collections
| f. 21-24 | Celestial Fire |
| f. 25-26 | Witches, Bitches, Virgins, Saints |
| f. 27 | Erotic Frolics in the Bible |
Fiction: Novels
| f. 28 | The Trumpet |
| f. 29-30 | Edmund Eller |
| f. 31 | The Poor People of Pemberton |
| f. 32-33 | The Man of Her Dreams |
| f. 34-35 | The Gates of Hell |
Non-Fiction: Psychological Writings
| f. 36 | Grady: A Life in Limbo |
| f. 37 | My Favorite Dreams |
My Favorite Dreams--Part II
| f. 38 | In Defense of Culture-biased Tests |
| f. 39 | Sex and the Inadequate Man |
| f. 40 | The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist |
| f. 41 | Morals: Are They Really Necessary? |
| f. 42 | Dualisms
Society Versus the Individual
Free Will vs Determinism--The Debate That Never Ends
Right vs Wrong, Good vs Bad, Ends vs Means |
Non-Fiction: Miscellaneous
| f. 43 | Heard Melodies Are Sweet: A Musical Memoir |
| f. 44 | Precious Memories (published) |
| f. 45 | Wisdom |
| f. 46 | Nightmares in the News |
| f. 47 | Poems (some published) |
| f. 48 | Songs |
| f. 49 | My Misspent Life |
| f. 50 | My Misspent Life--Part II |
| f. 51 | From Faithful Follower to Fearless Freethinker |
INDEX TERMS
These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.
- Fiction
- Mumpower, Daniel L. (1917- )
- Psychology
- Short story