Preliminary Inventory of the Josephine Humphreys Papers, 1946-1993 and undated
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleJosephine Humphreys Papers,
1946-1993 and undated
Creator
Humphreys, Josephine
Extent
27.7 Linear Feet
11,900 Items
Repository
11,900 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
[top]
Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted.
In addition, 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], Josephine Humphreys Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Josephine Humphreys Papers were received by the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift, 1992-1996.
Processing Information
Processed by RBMSCL staff, Paula Jeannet, Alice Poffinberger, and
Ruth E. Bryan
Completed October 20, 2000
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
[top]
Biographical Note
Author residing on Sullivan's Island (Charleston Co.), S.C.
[top]Collection Overview
The collection documents Humphreys' professional life as an author. It
contains correspondence between Humphreys and other writers and editors;
business contracts with
Viking Press and others for her publications and
for movie rights; handwritten and typed manuscripts and proofs for her books
Dreams of Sleep,
Rich in Love, and
Fireman's Fair, as well as typescripts of works by other
authors (including
Robb Forman Dew and
Louise Erdrich); reviews of her own work as well as
reviews written by Humphreys of others' works; and information detailing her
speaking engagements and interviews. In addition, the collection contains
clippings of reviews and interviews, photographs and negatives (16
black-and-white, 4 color, and 23 negatives); audiotapes from a
"Women in Literature" series in which Humphreys
participated; and 10 electronic files of book manuscripts, especially
Dreams of Sleep, originally on computer disks and now
migrated to the Special Collections server. Also included are books inscribed
to Humphreys and seven scrapbooks containing additional correspondence
regarding her work as well as reviews.
[top]
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.
- Humphreys, Josephine.
- Erdrich, Louise.
- Dew, Robb Forman.
- Humphreys, Josephine. Dreams of Sleep.
- Humphreys, Josephine. Rich in Love.
- Humphreys, Josephine. Fireman's Fair.
- Authors, American--20th century--Southern states.
- Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
- Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.
- Authors, American--South Carolina.
- Women authors--20th century.
- Books--Reviews--United States.
- Clippings.
- Black-and-white photographs.
- Color photographs.
- Machine-readable records.
- Negatives.
- Audiotapes.
- Scrapbooks.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Accession 92-074 | ||||||
 | | Accessions 92-101, 96-098 | ||||||
Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession 92-074
Correspondence and business contracts in boxes 1 and 2 are
restricted.
Three original 8" floppy computer disks were removed from this
accession, and their contents (6 electronic files of manuscript material,
including
Dreams of Sleep) were migrated to the Special
Collections server. Contact the Reference Archivist on duty for access.
In addition, some of the materials in this collection are not
immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. See
notes in boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 13. Please contact Research Services staff
before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to
use this collection.
Box 1
Correspondence and Miscellanous,
(1983-1993); Speaking Engagements,
(1988-1989)
Attention: Technical Services staff need to remove materials
from envelopes; flatten wrinkled paper; and reformat newspaper clippings.
Correspondence and business contracts are restricted.
Rural Seminar-Expectations and Evaluations [note: the
folder appears to contain correspondence,
1992]
Correspondence and souvenirs,
1983-1991
(19 folders)
Includes letter from Mrs. Onassis, 1988; telegram from Harriet
Wasserman; and Yale Memo Book, 1968.
[Review in] Spy!
Travel notes,
1986-"Notes written while driving through
the South"
Poetry Center 92nd St.,
1990 April 8
PEN-Hemingway Prize-Judge,
1990 January-May (newspaper
clippings)
Student Comments
R[ich] I[n] L[ove]
Movie script [
Rich In Love screenplay by
Alfred Uhry],
1991
Story for
George Garrett,
1990
Prince of Wales [Business Forum address to spouses],
1990
Printed Material,
1991-1993
(5 folders, including one legal in oversize
box)
Speaking engagements and workshops,
1988-1989
(19 folders)
Box 2
Travel, Contracts, Articles about Humphreys,
(1984-1991)
Attention: Technical Services staff need to remove materials
from envelopes and reformat newspaper clippings.
Correspondence and business contracts are restricted.
Travel,
1988-1989
(9 folders)
Calendars and travel schedules,
1986-1988
(6 folders)
Contracts and Business, Photos, Catalogs, Souvenirs,
1987-1988
(48 folders, including one legal size in
oversize box)
(newspaper clippings)
Includes movie and publishing contracts, correspondence with
various presses, and book covers for
Rich in Love.
Articles and interviews about Humphreys, 1984-1991
(7 folders)
(newspaper clippings)
Box 3
Articles and Interviews about Humphreys,
(1984-1991)(cont.); Reviews, articles, and
interviews by Humphreys,
(1988-1996); Reviews of Humphreys' work,
(1984-1991)
Attention: Technical Services staff need to reformat newspaper
clippings throughout box.
Articles and interviews about Humphreys,
1984-1990
(4 folders)
(newspaper clippings)
Reviews by Humphreys,
1988-1990
(14 folders)
Articles by Humphreys,
1988-1996
(21 folders, including one legal in oversize
box)
Reviews of Humphreys' work,
Rich in Love,Dreams of Sleep,Fireman's Fair, and
A World Unsuspected,1984-1991
(14 folders)
Includes thesis by John Richard Woodmanse on Humphreys'
work.
Box 4
Reviews for
Rich in Love,
Dreams of Sleep,
Fireman's Fair, and
A World Unsuspected,
1984-1991 (cont.)
(14 folders)
Attention: Technical Services staff need to reformat
newspaper clippings throughout box.
Box 5
First Draft Manuscripts-
Dreams of Sleep,
1978-1982
Box 6
Manuscripts-
Dreams of Sleep and
Rich in Love,
1982-1985,
1987
Box 7
Manuscripts-
Rich in Love,
1987
Box 8
Manuscripts-
Fireman's Fair,
1989-1990
Box 9
Manuscripts-
Fireman's Fair,
1989-1990
Box 10
Manuscripts-
Fireman's Fair,
1989-1990
Box 11
Manuscripts-
Rich in Love,
1987
Box 12
Manuscripts-
Rich in Love,
1987
Box 13
Subject Files: Southern States Tour and Hurricane Hugo,
1987
Attention: Technical Services staff need to reformat newspaper
clippings throughout box.
Accessions 92-101, 96-098
Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately
accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact
Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library to use this collection.
Technical Services staff need to: reformat clippings throughout;
make use copies of audiotapes; and remove materials in magnetic-page
scrapbooks.
One original 8" floppy computer disk was removed from this
accession and its contents (4 electronic files of manuscript material,
including
Dreams of Sleep) were migrated to the Special
Collections server. Contact the Reference Archivist on duty for access.
Box 1
Typescripts and Manuscripts (1978?-1986 and
undated)
Dreams of Sleep typescripts
(3 folders)
2nd typescript for Viking,
1983 April 1
Dreams of Sleep with editing marks by
Reynolds Price,
1982 November
(4 folders)
The Time of Her Life (typescript) by
Robb Forman Dew, undated
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous handwritten copy,
1986 and undated
For A World Unsuspected (edited typescript),
undated
Earliest precursor of
Rich in Love, c.
1983
Electronic files on Disk 004 were originally filed
here.
Dreams of Sleep, chapter 1, undated
(2 folders)
Anna Tyson, Chapter One: Grandmother's House, by
Robb Forman Dew, c.
1986
These are copies of the 50 pages of
Dreams of Sleep I sent to R. Price in
1982
(2 folders)
Earliest tries at
Dreams of Sleep, c.
1978?
Original typescript for
Dreams of Sleep, undated
(3 folders)
The Beet Queen (typescript), by
Louise Erdrich,
1986
(3 folders)
Dreams of Sleep, unrevised and unpublished
proofs, undated
Rich in Love, unrevised and unpublished proofs,
undated
Box 2
Books inscribed to JH, Yearbooks, Clippings, Audiotapes,
Reviews, Photographs (1960-1987 and undated)
Books inscribed to JH
A Generous Man, by
Reynolds Price
Love and Work, by
Reynolds Price
Edisto, by
Padgett Powell
The Beet Queen, by
Louise Erdrich
A Duke miscellany: Narrative and verse of the
sixties, ed. by
William Blackburn
The Spiral [Ashley Hall, Charleston, SC,
yearbook],
1960,
1962,
1963,
1964
(4 volumes)
Clippings,
1983-1987
(3 folders)
[2 additional folders of clippings removed to oversize
materials]
Miscellaneous,
1987 and undated
Souvenirs,
1963-1967,
1980-1987
(3 folders)
[Photographs and negatives removed to photographs folder;
calendar, 1984, removed to oversized materials]
Interviews,
1985-1987
[Oversized interviews removed to oversized materials]
Photographs,
1960s-1980s
Magazine reviews of
Dreams of Sleep,1984
Audiotapes:
Long Beach, CA, "Women in Literature", date:
1985-1986?:
#2
Sharon Kay Penman
#3
Audrey Peterson
#4
Nancy Reeves
#5
Maryse Conde
#6 Josephine Humphreys
#7
Dottie Lamm
Loneliness, by
Renny Scott, undated
Box 3
Letters, Reviews of other books, Miscellaneous (
1946,
1967-1987)
Resume, c.
1972
Bought from Colonial Antiques--Mr. Schwerin. Re:
Dawn Langley Hall Simmons and 56 Society
Street, undated
Maps
Reviews of other books,
1985 and undated
W. G. Clark
drawings
Letters,
1946,
1967-1987
(6 folders)
The Orlando Sentinel [newspaper] promotional
packet,
1986
American Booksellers Association
Convention and Trade Exhibit guide, New Orleans,
1986 May 24-27
Box 4-5
Scrapbooks
(1982-1986)
Oversize Folder 1
Clippings (3 folders)
Calendar
Interviews
