Inventory of the Fred Chappell Papers,
1960-2003 and undated
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Descriptive Summary
Title
Fred Chappell Papers,
1960-2003 and undated
Creator
Chappell, Fred, 1936-
Extent
89.9 Linear Feet
32,150 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fred Chappell Papers,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University.
Provenance
The Fred Chappell Papers were received by the
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
purchase in 1964-1997.
Processing Information
The fully processed part of this collection
merges all twenty-nine additions acquired prior to 1998
with one exception noted below.
Processed by Michael Shumate, Florence Eliza
Glaze, Anne Jackson, Katie Pettiss, Brad Siegele, Nicole
Teal
Completed February 28, 1998
Additions 93-102, 1998-0299, 1999-0272,
2000-0272, 2001-0145, 2002-0171, and 2003-0089 were
minimally processed by Michael Shumate, Lisa Stark, Ruth
Bryan, Kate Crassons, and Fuad Naeem and are described in
this finding aid. The bulk of accession 93-102 has been
fully processed and is incorporated into the main body of
the collection and finding aid.
Completed July 23, 2003.
Encoded by Michael Shumate and Elizabeth Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
1936, May 28 | Born in Canton, N.C., to James Taylor and
Anne (Davis) Taylor |
1959, Aug. 2 | Married Susan Nicholls |
1960 | Birth of son, Heath |
1961 | B.A., Duke University |
1964 | M.A., Duke University |
1964- | Member of English Department Faculty,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
1966 | Rockefeller Foundation Grant |
1968 | National Institute and American Academy
award in literature |
1971 | Prix de Meilleur des Lettres Etrangers,
Académie Française, for
Dagon
|
1972 | Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup for
The World Between the
Eyes
|
1973 | Sir Walter Raleigh Award for
The Gaudy
Place
|
1978 | Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup for
River: A
Poem
|
1979 | Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup for
Bloodfire: A
Poem
|
1980 | North Carolina Award in Literature |
1985 | Bollingen Prize in Poetry, Yale University
Library |
1988 | Named Excellence Foundation Professor,
Burlington Industries Professorship at UNC-G |
1993 | T.S. Eliot Award, Ingersoll Prizes in
Literature and the Humanities |
1997-2002 | Poet Laureate of North Carolina |
2000 | SEBA (Southeast Booksellers Association)
Book Award, Fiction |
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Collection Overview
The fully processed portion of the
Fred Chappell Papers spans the
dates 1960-1997, with the bulk being dated after 1970.
There are several additions covering the years 1998 through
2003. The collection consists of correspondence; writings
by Chappell and other authors; printed material (primarily
serials containing stories, poems, and articles by Chappell
but also clippings); legal and financial papers; speeches
and addresses; interviews; and other material. Documents
relate to Chappell's personal life and career, both as a
student and writer at Duke University, where he studied
under well-known creative writing teacher William
Blackburn, and as a writer and professor at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G). The collection
documents the entire length and breadth of Chappell's
multifaceted career, beginning with the years just after he
completed his undergraduate studies at Duke and started his
first novel at the urging of Hiram Haydn, an editor to whom
Blackburn had introduced him. Letters, manuscripts, and
notebooks provide insight into Chappell's developing
literary career, his academic activities at UNC-G, and his
growing involvement with a large network of writers,
including a number of his former students. Many prominent
American authors, especially Southern ones, are represented
in the collection. Among the most frequent correspondents
are
Kelly Cherry,
Grace DiSanto,
George Garrett,
Marianne Gingher,
Dana Gioia,
Donald Hall,
Heather Ross Miller,
Robert Morgan,
Eve Shelnutt, and
Dabney Stuart. Notebooks,
manuscripts,
typescripts,
proofs, and printed material
document the development of Chappell's career across all
the genres in which he writes. Supporting material in
non-print media, including photographs and audio and video
cassettes of readings, document public aspects of his
career.
The Correspondence
Series, arranged chronologically in
Incoming and Outgoing subseries, discloses the
range of Chappell's interests and activities in the
literary community. The letters not only provide a portrait
of his development as a poet and novelist but also
demonstrate his active roles in supporting the careers of
other writers and promoting the literary community. These
latter activities are documented by his numerous
affirmative responses to a broad range of requests to read
drafts of works-in-progress, write recommendations for
other writers for grants and awards, write reviews and
provide blurbs for new publications, serve as the judge of
contests, speak at conferences and workshops, and serve in
various advisory and editorial capacities for literary
journals. The correspondence also provides much information
about his teaching career and his legacy of students who
develop successful careers of their own, such as Cherry,
Miller, Morgan, and Shelnutt. The bulk of the outgoing
correspondence dates to 1990 or after, when, at the request
of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library, Chappell began retaining copies of all outgoing
correspondence.
The Writings by Chappell
Series is divided into subseries by genres with the
exception of one subseries based on format, the
Notebooks Subseries. Since
Chappell writes with relatively few hand corrections on any
particular stage of his work, the development of an
individual work is often apparent only by comparing various
complete drafts in manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs.
The notebooks are particularly valuable in this regard,
providing what often appear to be the earliest versions of
works. The notebooks also indicate the facility with which
Chappell moves from one genre to another, as most of them
are not devoted to a single work or genre but rather
include poems, stories, novel fragments, essays, reviews,
translations, and drafts of correspondence following one
after the other. This versatility is further reflected by
the Printed Materials Series,
which contains extensive serials with Chappell's
publications in multiple genres, especially fiction,
poetry, and reviews. At the end of this series, the
Clippings Subseries documents
his public and critical reception with copies of reviews
and essays about his work and publicity about it.
The Miscellaneous
Series contains a variety of flyers, leaflets,
newsletters, and examples of fan mail that further
demonstrate his literary career. Prominent here are such
items as the proofs for a 1990 symposium about his poetry
and newsletters of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. It
also contains two small subseries of audio and video
cassettes of readings, interviews, and work by other
authors.
The Writings by Others
Series contains manuscripts from well-known
contemporary writers, ex-students, and aspiring writers
seeking advice. Chappell's reactions to the manuscripts are
written on many of them, often as the first draft of a
letter or requested recommendation. Most writers are
represented by only one or two items, but Cherry and
Shelnutt are both represented by more than a dozen pieces
that, together with their frequent correspondence, outline
the development of their respective careers.
The bulk of the 1993
addition (accession #93-102) (1000 items, 3.0 linear
feet, dated 1992-1993) has been incorporated into the fully
processed portion of the collection. The remaining two
boxes consist primarily of incoming correspondence. A small
portion of this includes enclosures and attachments, some
of which are writings by other authors.
The bulk of the 1998
addition (accession #1998-0299) (1694 items, 14
linear feet, dated 1989-1998, bulk 1997-1998) comprises
correspondence received by Chappell. It also includes
several folders of outgoing correspondence, drafts and
published versions of works by Chappell and others,
nineteen books, awards, miscellaneous printed materials,
and one audio cassette and video cassette.
The 1999 addition
(accession #1999-0272) (7200 items, 12 linear feet, dated
ca. 1978-1999) comprises correspondence, drafts and
published versions of works by Chappell and others,
photographs, clippings, awards, one video tape, and other
items.
The 2000 addition
(accession #2000-0272) (5425 items, 13.7 linear feet, dated
1989-2000) comprises correspondence received by Chappell;
drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and
others; reviews; items relating to his teaching;
thirty-three books and periodicals; and other related
materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist
and teacher. The addition includes two compact disks and
four videocassettes.
The 2001 addition
(accession #2001-0145) (4344 items, 7.7 linear feet, dated
2000-2001 and undated) comprises correspondence received,
drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and
others, reviews, audio and video tapes, approximately fifty
books and periodicals, and other related materials
documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher.
The 2002 addition
(accession #2002-0171) (4895 items, 8.9 linear feet, dated
1944-2002 and undated, bulk 1995-2002) consists primarily of
incoming correspondence. It also includes Chappell's
outgoing correspondence; drafts of his writing; newspaper
and journal articles and reviews by and about Chappell; his
Duke University diplomas (1961; 1964); the North Carolina
Award in Literature (1980); thirteen black-and-white and
three color photographs; seven audio cassettes; one audio
CD; and one Betamax and three VHS videocassettes. The audio
and videocassettes include recordings of Chappell with
George Garrett, as well as of Chappell reading.
The 2003 addition
(accession #2003-0089) (2150 items, 5.9 linear feet, dated
2001-2003 and undated) consists mainly of Chappell's personal
and professional correspondence, 2002-2003. Also includes
handwritten journals (including poetry journals) and drafts
of articles and lectures; clippings and printed material;
manuscripts; and framed awards.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
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Chappell, Fred, 1936-
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Blackburn, William (William Maxwell),
1899-1972.
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Cherry, Kelly
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DiSanto, Grace
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Haydn, Hiram Collins,
1907-1973.
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Garrett, George P.,
1929-
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Gingher, Marianne
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Gioia, Dana
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Hall, Donald, 1928-
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Miller, Heather Ross,
1939-
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Morgan, Robert, 1944-
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Shelnutt, Eve, 1943-
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Stuart, Dabney, 1937-
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Duke University. Dept. of
English--History.
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Fellowship of Southern
Writers
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University of North Carolina at
Greensboro--Faculty.
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American literature--20th
century.
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American poetry--North
Carolina.
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Authors, American--20th
century--Correspondence.
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Authors and publishers.
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College teachers as
authors.
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Creative writing (Higher
education)
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Compact disks.
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Videocassettes.
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Black-and-white
photographs.
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Color photographs.
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Audio cassettes.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series,
1960-1997 and
undated
Arranged in Incoming
Correspondence and Outgoing
Correspondence subseries.
Incoming Correspondence Subseries,
1960-1997 and
undated
Includes letters from friends, family
members, writers, teachers, students, editors, publishers,
and readers of Chappell's works. Letters are arranged
chronologically with undated letters at the end. Some
letters include short writings as attachments. Longer
writings such as drafts of entire books, complete issues of
serials, and so on appear in the Writings by Others Series. Chappell
frequently uses the backs of letters, envelopes, or
attachments to write drafts of various material: responses
to the letter at hand, poems, story fragments,
translations, and autobiographical statements. A
chronological list of these items appears following the box
list for this subseries.
Box CI-1
1960 Nov.-1970 Jun.
(21
folders)
Box CI-2
1970 Jul.-1975 Apr.
(17
folders)
Box CI-3
1975 May-1979 Oct.
(17
folders)
Box CI-4
1979 Nov.-1982 Apr.
(17
folders)
Box CI-5
1982 May-1984 Jun.
(16
folders)
Box CI-6
1984 Jul.-1985 Oct.
(19
folders)
Box CI-7
1985 Dec.-1986 Nov.
(18
folders)
Box CI-8
1986 Dec.-1987 Dec.
(17
folders)
Box CI-9
1988 Jan.-1989 Apr.
(17
folders)
Box CI-10
1989 May-1990 Feb.
(16
folders)
Box CI-11
1990 Mar.-1990 Dec.
(18
folders)
Box CI-12
1991 Jan.-1991 Sept.
(18
folders)
Box CI-13
1991 Oct.-1992 Jun.
(16
folders)
Box CI-14
1992 Jul.-1993 Aug.
(16
folders)
Box CI-15
1993 Sept.-1994 May
(19
folders)
Box CI-16
1994 Jun.-1995 Feb.
(17
folders)
Box CI-17
1995 Mar.-1995 Oct.
(18
folders)
Box CI-18
1995 Nov.-1996 Jul. 18
(17
folders)
Box CI-19
1996 Jul. 19.-1997
Jan.
(17
folders)
Box CI-20
1997 Feb.-1997 Jun. and
undated
(16
folders)
List of Incoming Correspondence
Containing Chappell Writings
Box CI-1
1964 Jul. 7: Harriet Doar; story
on back, "Band of Brothers"
1964 Aug. 24: Charlotte Kohler,
Virginia Quarterly
Review; poems attached,
"Hymn and
Hir,"
"The
Survivors,"
and
"Renting"
1966 Mar. 28: George Lynn; poem
attached, "Hangover Thursday"
1967 Aug. 28: Paul Carroll;
poems attached, rejected for anthology of young American
poets
1968 Jul. 22: Andrew Lytle,
Sewanee
Review; poem attached,
"The
Farm"
1969 Nov. 3: T.J., Aim; several
poems attached
Box CI-2
1971 Dec. 13: George Lynn; poem
stanza on envelope
1974 Sep. 26: LSU Press; changes
in plan of
The
River
Box CI-3
1976 Jun. 18: George Core;
statement on "regionalism"
1978 Mar. 20: Brian Swann;
translations of Italian poems
Box CI-7
1986 Jan. 14: Peter [?] of
Tar River Poetry;
attached poems with Chappell's revisions of
"Two Visions of the
Magic Mirror"
1986 Mar. 13: Stephen Corey;
notes re: poem
"A Prologue to the
Georgics"
Box CI-8
1987 Aug. 18: Joanne Wyckoff;
blurb for Elizabeth Socolow's
Laughing At
Gravity
Box CI-9
1988 Feb. 21: Warren Moore;
blurb for Moore's untitled book
1988 Jul. 19: Michael Skube;
drafts of poem,
"Liberal"
1988 Aug. 27: Mark Raney; poem
"Campaign
Speech"
written on envelope
Box CI-10
1989 Nov. 20: Jane Hill; blurb
for Warren Leamon's book,
Unheard
Melodies
1989 Dec. 16: Resa Crane-Rodger;
poem about "ghost love" on envelope
1989 Dec. 28: Walter Bode; blurb
for Chilton Williamson's
The
Homestead
1990 Feb. 5: Gaylord Dold; blurb
for William Peden's
Fragments and
Fictions
1990 Mar. 26: Marita Garin;
handwritten draft of autobiographical statement
Box CI-11
1990 Mar. 31: William Stevens;
verse on envelope
1990 Nov. 9: LSU Press; blurb
for Kelly Cherry's
The Exiled
Heart
Box CI-12
1991 Feb. 13: Claire Watchel;
blurb for Karen Osborne's
Patchwork
1991 Feb. 19: Loni Jakiela;
reply about poets taking NEA or public money and the
obligations thereof
1991 Jul. 26: Ethan Ellenberg;
blurb for Clay Reynold's book,
Franklin's
Crossing
Box CI-13
1991 Oct. 23: Catherine Landry;
annotated publication history of poems in
C
1991 Nov. 25: Michael Bujega;
drafts of limericks
Box CI-15
1993 Nov. 23; Stephen Corey;
revisions of essay
"Let Me Count the
Ways -- Five Love Poets"
1994 Feb. 12: Annie Finch, Poems
and Poetics; translations of poems, Thomas More and Charles
d'Orleans
1994 Apr. 27: Styron Harris;
poetical toast to Jack Higgs, on envelope
Box CI-16
1994 Jul. 5: Wilkie Conner;
"The Kiss -- Fifty
Years Late"
by F. C. and Wilkie Conner
1994 Sep. 14: Margaret Britton
Vaughn; blurb for
Vaughn's
Kim
1994 Dec. 22: David Slavitt;
poem about and for Slavitt
Box CI-17
1995 May 20: Martin L. Hester;
blurb for Hester's
With Crockett at
the Alamo
1995 Aug. 7: James Applewhite;
lines on back of envelope
Box CI-18
1995 Nov. 13: Robert (Bob)
Sterling Gingher; draft of recommendation for Gingher on
back of envelope
1995 Dec. 13: Doug McCarty;
draft of recommendation for McCarty on back of envelope
1996 Feb. 4: Thomas Payton;
blurb for Judson Mitcham's
The Sweet
Everlasting
1996 Mar. 11: Elizabeth Tallent;
recommendation for April Heck
1996 Apr. 30: Stanley Lindberg;
response in form of a poem on back of envelope
Box CI-20
n. d.: Stephen Heller; analysis
of Stephen Heller's work on back of Heller's project
proposal
Grace DiSanto
Correspondence Sub-subseries,
1978-1993 and
undated
A former student of Chappell's, DiSanto
carried on a voluminous correspondence with Chappell,
especially in the late 1970s, frequently attaching many
pages of new poems to the letters. The decision to organize
her works in a separate subseries was based on the volume
of her letters and writings.
Box CD-1
1974 May-1977
Dec.
(17
folders)
Box CD-2
1978 Jan.-1993
Jul.
(11
folders)
Outgoing Correspondence Subseries,
1964-1997 and
undated
Includes letters to friends, family members,
writers, teachers, students, editors, publishers, and
readers of Chappell's works. Letters are arranged
chronologically with undated letters at the end. The bulk
of this series dates after 1990 when, at the Library's
request, Chappell began retaining copies of all his
outgoing correspondence. Drafts of outgoing correspondence
also appear in the Writings by Chappell
Series, Notebooks Subseries.
Box CO-1
1964 Mar.-1993
Dec.
(23
folders)
Box CO-2
1994 Jan.-1996
Dec.
(36
folders)
Box CO-3
1997 Jan.-1997
Jun.
(7
folders)
Legal and Financial Papers Series,
1962-1997 and
undated
Arranged in chronological order. Includes
royalty statements, tax information, contracts, etc.
Box LF-1
1962 Sept. - 1997
May and undated
(8
folders)
Writings by Chappell Series,
1960-1997 and
undated
Divided into the following genre subseries:
Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Reviews,
Speeches and Addresses, and Miscellaneous. Additionally, one
subseries based on format, Notebooks, should be consulted to
ensure seeing all versions of an item in any genre. Each
subseries is alphabetized by title, with multiple drafts of
individual works arranged, to the extent it can be
determined, in order of composition. With all of Chappell's
writings it should be noted that he seldom dates his work,
so often the only clues to the date of composition are the
date of publication and the date the Library received a
particular accession. This latter is noted in brackets on
many items as [Rec'd date]. The date in boldface after the
titles of books is the original publication date.
Fiction Subseries,
1963-1996 and
undated
Arranged alphabetically by title, books
first followed by individual stories. Versions of collected
stories may appear under their own title or that of the
collection. Individual stories are grouped with the
collection if the Library received them that way or if page
renumbering clearly indicates that a manuscript was part of
a larger organization. Additional versions may appear in
the Notebooks Subseries.
Box WF-1
Brighten the Corner
Where You Are
(1989)
(6 items in 10
folders)
miscellaneous manuscripts,
undated, rec'd
1986 June
miscellaneous typescripts,
undated, rec'd
1989 June
typescript,
1988 Dec.
23
photocopy of author-corrected
typescript,
undated, rec'd
1989 June
typescript,
ca. 1988
Dec.
dead manuscript,
1989 Oct.
25
Dagon
(1968) See also
Oversize Material
(8
folders)
notebook, undated
notebook, undated
manuscript fragments,
undated
first complete draft,
undated
typescript,
undated, rec'd
1970 Apr.
typescript,
1968
dead manuscript,
1968
digital files for Boson Books electronic edition,
1995
Farewell, I'm Bound
to Leave You
(1996)
(2 items in 3
folders)
miscellaneous typescripts and
manuscripts, undated
photocopy of fair typescript,
undated
Box WF-2
Farewell, I'm Bound
to Leave You
(1996)
(1 item in 2
folders)
dead manuscript,
1996 Dec.
31
The Fred Chappell
Reader
(1990)
(1
folder)
miscellaneous notes,
undated
The Gaudy Place
(1973) See also
Oversize Material
(4 items in 5
folders)
miscellaneous manuscripts,
ca. 1970 Apr.,
1971
typescript,
1973 Apr.
19
partial typescript,
ca.
1971?
dead manuscript,
ca.
1972
I Am One of You
Forever
(1985)
(3 items in 4
folders)
miscellaneous typescripts, undated,
rec'd 1986
June
dead manuscript,
1985
miscellaneous proofs,
ca.
1985
The Inkling
(1965) See also
Oversize Material
(5 items in 7
folders)
3 notebooks, undated
typescript, number 2 copy,
undated
carbon copy, undated
bound proof,
1965
miscellaneous typescript
chapters and plot summary (Masterplots article),
undated
It Is Time, Lord
(1963) See also
Oversize Material
(2
folders)
notebook, undated
manuscript pages,
undated
Box WF-3
It Is Time, Lord
(1963)
(3 items in 5
folders)
typescript,
1963
carbon copy, undated
author's proof fragment,
1963
Mar.
Moments of Light
(1980) See also
Oversize Material
(1
folder)
page proofs,
1980 Sep.
11
More Shapes Than One
(1991)
(4 items in 7
folders)
typescript (as
Waltzes Noble and
Sentimental),
undated, rec'd
1991 July
typescript with author's
corrections,
undated, rec'd
1991 July
miscellaneous typescripts,
undated, rec'd
1991 July
dead manuscript,
1992 Feb.
20
Pete and Shirley:
The Great Tarheel Novel
(1995)
(1
folder)
corrected typescript,
1995 Nov.
1
The Thousand
Ways (unpublished,
ca.
1960-1969)
(5
folders)
typescripts, manuscripts,
notebooks,
ca.
1960-1969
(4
folders)
typescript,
1967 Dec.
8
Box WF-4
Untitled Novel (unpublished,
ca.
1960-1969)
(2
folders)
carbon,
ca.
1960-1969
notebook,
ca.
1960-1969
Individual
stories, in alphabetical order:
"The
Admirer,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"After
Revelation,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Alphabet,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Aubade,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Astolpho
Recalls,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"After
Revelation,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Bad
Luck,"
undated
"Band of
Brothers,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Barcarole,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Basic
Training,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Beard,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Blood
Shadow,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Blue Dive,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"A Broken
Beginning,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Broken
Blossoms,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Crow
Knows,"
undated, rec'd
1991 July
"Dangers of the
First Floor,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Jan.
"A Day in the
Life,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Detour on
51,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The
Devil-Possum,"
1987 May
26
"The Dreaming
Orchid,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Duet,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct. and 1990 July (2 items)
"Elmer and
Buford,"
ca. 1960-1969
and rec'd 1985 Oct. (2 items)
"Going
Downhill,"
section of unidentified novel or
collection,
undated, rec'd
1995 June
"The Good
Things,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Jan.
"The Good
Time,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Haydn Takes a
Peek,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Homage to
Plato,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Indiscretions,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Inheritance,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Invasions,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Judas,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Linnaeus
Forgets,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The
Lodger,"
undated, rec'd
1993 July
"Man Twice Married
to Fire,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Memorial
Poem,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The
Mentor,"
1990 Dec.
31
"Miss Prue,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Mr. Bones,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Morning
Star,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"The
Mountains,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Ninety-Ninth
Foxfire Book,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Notes Toward a
Theory of Flight,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"O, Suprême
Clairon,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Old Times, New
Times,"
ca.
1960-1969
"The
Overspill,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"A Penance on Ember
Mountain,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Poets,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Posse,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Prodigious
Words,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"A Property of
Hope,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Snow That Is
Nothing in the Triangle,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Story
Teller,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Thatch
Retaliates,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Thatch Strikes
Back,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Three
Boxes,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Twins: Story
of Anselm the Wrestler,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Watch,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Weird
Tales,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Witchcraft,"
undated, rec'd
1991 July
"The World of
Nature as By Harlequin Conceived,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
Untitled story, manuscript,
ca.
1960-1969
Untitled story, typescript,
ca.
1960-1969
Untitled story, manuscript,
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
Poetry Subseries,
ca. 1960-1996 and
undated
Arranged alphabetically by title, books
first followed by individual poems. Versions of collected
poems may appear under their own title or that of the
collection. Additional versions may appear in the
Notebooks Subseries.
Box WP-1
Bloodfire
(1978)
(3
folders)
miscellaneous manuscripts,
undated
dead manuscript,
1978
proof,
1978
C
(1993)
(2
folders)
typescript photocopy,
undated, rec'd
1993 July
typescript photocopy, undated
Castle
Tzingal
(1984)
(5
folders)
notebooks and partial
typescript, undated
typescript fragment,
undated, rec'd
1997 July
typescript,
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
typescript photocopy,
undated
proof,
1984
Earthsleep
(1980) See also
Oversize Material
(1
folder)
edited typescript,
1980
Family
Gathering
(1996)
(4
folders)
partial typescript,
undated
partial typescript,
1/12/96
typescript,
undated, rec'd
1997 July
proof,
6/19/96
First and Last
Words
(1989)
(6
folders)
miscellaneous typescripts and
manuscripts,
undated, rec'd
1989 June
corrected typescript photocopy,
undated, rec'd
1991 July
partial typescript, "xerox of
final version,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
typescript photocopy,
undated, rec'd
1989 June
dead manuscript,
1989 May
29
proofs,
ca.
1989
Hour of My
Lives (unpublished)
(1
folder)
typescript, undated
Look Back All the
Green Valley (unpublished) See also
Spring
Garden
(2
folders)
typescript, undated
partial typescript,
undated, rec'd
1995 June
River
(1975)
(2
folders)
manuscripts,
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
typescript,
1973 Oct.
1
Source
(1985)
(4
folders)
notebook, undated, and
miscellaneous typescripts,
rec'd 1986
June
typescript, undated
dead manuscript,
ca.
1985
proof,
1985
Spring
Garden
(1995) See also
Look Back All the
Green Valley
(2
folders)
partial typescript,
undated, rec'd
1995 June
partial typescript,
undated, rec'd
1995 June
Box WP-2
Wind
Mountain
(1979) See also
Oversize Material
(1
folder)
dead manuscript,
ca.
1979
The World Between
the Eyes
(1971) See also
Oversize Material
(2
folders)
author-corrected typescript,
undated
dead manuscript,
ca.
1971
Untitled Collection
(1
folder)
typescript, undated
Individual
poems, in alphabetical order:
"2 for
Michael,"
undated
"According to the
best of my information,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Jan.
"Adoration of
Sunlight,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"After
Revelation,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Afternoons with
Allen,"
undated, rec'd
1987 July
"Afterseasons,
countershades,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Al's Billiards Bar
[?],"
ca.
1960-1969
"An American
Suicide Speaks to the Asian Dead,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Animal
Dream,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"An Anniversary
Toast,"
undated, rec'd
July, 1995
"Ants at the Sugar
Jar,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Apollo the God of
Summer,"
ca. 1964
June
"Appalachian
Apples,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"At Ross's Landing:
Anniversary Poem,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"At the Grave of
Virgil Campbell,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Attis and
Adonis,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Jan.
"Aunt
Alicia,"
undated, rec'd
1995 July
"The Autumn of the
Indifferent Trombone,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Awakening to
Music,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Ballads of Good
Advice,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Bear,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Beech Tap
Remembrance,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Beer Drinking in
America,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Being and
Becoming,"
ca.
1960-1969
"The
Betrayal,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"Birthday 35: Diary
Entry,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The
Blessing,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
"Blues for
Bird,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Body of
Knowledge,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Bon
Voyage,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Boys with the
Restless Eyes,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Apr. and 1985 Oct.
(2
items)
"Brooks
Robinson,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Burning the
Frankenstein Monster: Elegiac Letter to Richard
Dillard,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Busted
Flush,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Cabin in Hill
Shadow,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Caesura,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Caligari by
Dreamlight,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Canticles and
Compliments of Common Creatures,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Capacity for
Pain,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Cello,
Solo,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Changeling,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Christopher Smart,
in His Madness"
(2 versions),
ca.
1960-1969
"Class of
'54,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Cleaning the
Well,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Cobb,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Coming To,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Common and the
Uncommon,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
"Confession
Fragment,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Contra
Martial,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
"Cousin Lilias,
undated"
Cousin
Lilias, undated
"Cow,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Cupid
Asleep,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"D.W. Griffith: Way
Down East,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Dead
Soldiers,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Death of W.H.
Auden,"
ca.
1963
"Delayed by
Mongol/Bendit Forces at the National Airport,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Detroit
Pontiac,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Disencampment of
the Future,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Dispatches."
See
"Messages"
"Dr. Fell,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Dr. Zorlo's (?)
Mirror of Miracle Shadows,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"Dreigroschen
oper,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Dressage,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Early
Concert,"
undated, rec'd
Apr. 1970
"Earth Emergent
Drifts the Fire River,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Elkin Robert
(Under Ember),"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Embitterment"
and
"The Embitterment
of Charity,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"EMF [Eastern Music
Festival] Poems,"
ca. 1986
July
"Enfolded: For Amy
Charles,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"Epigram,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Epitaph,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
"Epithalamion,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Establish, charge,
and Silver,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Establish,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The
Estrangement,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Eternity,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Exile,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Extra
Innings,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Familiar
Poem,"
ca.
1960
"The Far
Carnival,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Farm,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Fast
Ball,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Feast: An
Afterword to Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker
Creek,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"February,"
1969 June
29
"Festival,"
1986 July
14
"The Fevered
Child,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Firewater,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Firewood,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Fix,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Flowering
Croesus,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Apr.
"For Reynolds
Price,"
undated, rec'd
1987 July
"For Reynolds
Price: Horace 1.1,"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"A Friend, Drowned
Fishing for Trout,"
ca.
1961
"Georgics
Prolog"
and
"Allegory:
Vermeer's 'The Astronomer,'"
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"The Gift"
and
"The
Valley,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Gift to be
Simple: A Prologue to Aaron Copland's Appalachian
Spring,"
undated, rec'd
1987 July
"A Glorious
Twilight,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
"Heath, Age 8: His
New Drum,"
ca.
1995, and
"Heath, Age 2:
Trying to Talk,"
ca.
1995
"History is a Force
in Personal Life, Even,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Jan.
"The House of the
Fathers,"
undated, rec'd
1992 June
"Hymn and
Hir,"
ca. 1964
June
"I am François
(Three After Villon),"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Iago by
Verdi,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Ice
Coquette,"
undated, rec'd
1970 Apr. and 1985 Oct. (2 items)
"Ideally Grasping
the Actual Flower,"
(2 versions)
undated, rec'd
1987 July
"An Impersonation:
Epilogue to The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"
An
Impersonation: Epilogue to The Memoirs of Sherlock
Holmes
"In Another
Country,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Influences"
and
"Dreigroschen
Oper,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Influences,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Intermezzo of
Fireflies,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Intimation,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Invasion
News,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Invitation au
Voyage,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Irrational
Kite-Flying Letter to George Garrett,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Islet,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Jim Applewhite
Dreams in Springtime,"
ca.
1960-1969
"Junk Ball,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Kisses,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Ladybug,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Last Rose of
Summer,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Latencies,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"The Latter Years:
An Epilogue to The Wind in the Willows,"
(2
versions)
undated, rec'd
1986 June
"Legions,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Let Me Lie, Will
You?"
ca.
1960-1969
"Literature,"
(2 versions)
undated, rec'd
1987 July and 1989 June
"The Long Passing
Away of the Visible: for Jim Wayne Miller,"
ca. Sept.,
1996
"Lovecraft,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Malgré Lui"
and
"The
Epigrammatist,"
undated, rec'd
1989 June
"The Man Twice
Married to Fire,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Marine (Three
After Rimbaud) ,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.
"Martial, Lib. IX,
4,"
undated, rec'd
1985 Oct.