Работы студентов Колледжа Калвер-Стоктон добавлены в архив Стивена Кинга

Culver-Stockton student work now part of Stephen King’s archive Published 8:55 am Wednesday, August 12, 2026 CANTON — In the late 1990s, an undergraduate named Alissa Burger asked her professor for permission to write an essay comparing Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” with Stephen King’s “One for the Road.” She was turned down. King, she was told, wasn’t literary enough for the assignment. She wrote the essay anyway and earned an A. Nearly three decades later, Burger, now an associate professor of English at Culver-Stockton College, is among a small group of scholars granted access to King’s personal archive — and one of the few to have left something of her own behind there. During a recent research visit, Burger brought along work produced by her Culver-Stockton students, adding it to the holdings of one of contemporary literature’s most closely guarded collections. King’s papers were held for years at the University of Maine at Orono’s Fogler Library, which maintains a special collections department. The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation has since relocated the materials to the Kings’ former residence in Bangor, Maine, where they are kept in a standalone archive. The Bangor house, long a stop for King fans, was converted for archival use with the city’s approval. Access is not automatic. Scholars who wish to work in the archive must submit an application detailing their research project, the specific documents they hope to consult, and the anticipated contribution of the work. A review board evaluates each request before granting entry. Burger has built a scholarly career around King’s fiction, publishing multiple books on his work, including studies of “The Dark Tower” series and the “It” film adaptations, alongside broader research on horror and Gothic literature. Her path to that expertise, however, started with a professor’s skepticism — and an essay she wrote in defiance of it.