Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Inductee Writing Prof. Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Getchell Library, 1962

Writing Professor Walter Van Tilburg Clark is seated at a table with Alfred Doten's journals spread out in front of him in Getchell Library. Clark was a student at the university who received his B.A. and M.A. in 1931 and 1932 and was son to then-University President Walter E. Clark. Clark was the first inductee into the Nevada Writer's Hall of Fame in 1988 and is best known for his short stories, poetry, and novels including the book "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1940) and "The Track of the Cat" (1949). Clark was a professor and writer-in-residence at the university from 1962 to 1971. Alfred Doten (1829-1903) was a well-known writer of life on the Comstock.