Percival R. Roberts papers (Ms. 2010.019)

Biographical note

Born in the 1935 in Delaware, Roberts attained his bachelor's and master's degree at the University of Delaware and he attained his doctorate at Illinois State. Delaware's ninth poet laureate, Roberts wrote seven books of poetry and many articles on aesthetics and art education. He became the chairman of the Art department of Bloomsburg State College in 1968. He succumbed to cancer in 1984 at the age of 48.