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Kurt Vonnegut, author of "Slaughterhouse 5" and "Man
Without A Country", visited the University of South
Carolina at Columbia in 1979.
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Alex Hayley visited Dutchess County Community
College in Poughkeepsie, NY to speak during the
1977 broadcast of the mini-series "Roots" based
on his novel.
James Dickey, poet and author of novels
"Deliverance" and "To the White Sea", taught writing
classes at the University of South Carolina in 1979.
Jack Anderson, newspaper reporter, spoke about
covering Watergate during a lecture at the
University of South Carolina at Lancaster in 1980.
JJ Johnson, poet, celebrates the release
of his book "Seeds and Weeds" in
Schenectady, NY in 2006.
WRGB-TV newscasters (left to right) Howard Tupper, Ed
Dague, Ernie Tetrault and Bob MacNamara prepare for
the evening news in January 1978 at the Channel 6
studio in Schenectady, NY.
James Stewart greets fans outside the stage door after a
London stage performance of  "Harvey" in July 1975.
DJ Dave Albanese at radio station WIZR in
Johnstown NY on Christmas day 1982.
WRGB-TV newscaster Sharon Smith in the newsroom at the
Channel 6 station in Schenectady, NY, in January 1978.
Walter Koening, Star Trek's Chekov, at
the 1982 Fantacon at the Empire
Plaza Convention Center.
Bangor, Maine is the site of Stephen King's home.  I discovered many references to his work while working at the University of Maine at Orono in February 1988.  
A bat guards the gate at
Stephen King's home.
A Native American Mothman
ceremonial mask in the
University museum.
A gate in the cemetery where part of  "Pet Sematary" was filmed.
Roadside advertisement or warning outisde a cemetery
memorial company in Bangor, Maine.
The University of
Maine at Orono has
many refereneces
to Stephen King
and vice versa,
although this snow
Skull outside a frat
house may also
have been
influenced by the
Grateful Dead.
Stephen King's Victorian home in Bangor is the location
where many of Stephen's books are written.
The Paul Bunyan statue in Bangor is very similar to
the one in the novel "It."
The enormous
water storage
standpipe in
Bangor (right)
is also mirrored
in Stephen
King's novel
"It."
Mary Gordon, member of the New York State
Writers Hall of Fame, reads at Skidmore College,
Saratoga Springs, NY in 2009.
William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize winning
author of Ironweed, listens to a speaker
at Skidmore College, Saratoga in 2009.
Kevin Bartlett & Happy Rhodes electronic music artists 1986 Albany NY