Preliminary Inventory of the Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by William Styron, 1831-2001
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleJody Jones Hunter Collection
of Works by William Styron,
1831-2001
Creator
Hunter, Jody Jones
Extent
19.5 Linear Feet
645 Items
Repository
645 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jody Jones Hunter
Collection of Works by William Styron, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University.
Provenance
The Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by
William Styron was received as a gift by the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1998 and
2001.
Processing Information
Preliminary processing by Don Sechler
Completed December 17, 1998
Additions minimally processed by Elizabeth
Arnold
Last updated June 11, 2003
Encoded by Don Sechler; Elizabeth Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Hunter is a collector of works by certain southern authors taught by William Blackburn. William Styron is an award-winning author of American literature, including such works as Sophie's Choice and The Confessions of Nat Turner. Both are Duke University alumni.
[top]Collection Overview
The Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by
William Styron includes first editions, limited editions,
translations, and other editions, many of them autographed
or inscribed, of the works of William Styron, along with
published articles, correspondence, manuscripts, and
related materials. The correspondence is chiefly letters
written by Styron to Stuart Wright, the owner of Palaemon
Press in Winston-Salem, N.C. and publisher of several
limited editions of Styron's work. Also included with the
collection is a carbon typescript of
Confessions of Nat
Turner, with holograph notes, and the original
typescript of Styron's recipe for southern fried chicken
from
The Artist's and Writer's
Cookbook (1961).
The addition (Acc# 2001-0056) consists largely of
books (mostly first editions, some signed or inscribed) and
printed material written by or about Styron, or containing
his contributions (1951-2001). Also includes editions of
All the Finest Girls
(2001), by Alexandra Styron (his youngest daughter); an
original manuscript review of
Sophie's Choice (1979)
by Julian Symons; an original publisher's advertisement for
The Confessions of Nat
Turner (1967); an uncorrected proof of
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and
the Snows of Winter: A Tribute (1978?); and an
original holograph manuscript of Styron's 1977 review of
Philip Caputo's
A Rumor of War
(1977).
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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.
- Styron, William, 1925-
- Hunter, Jody Jones
- Styron, William, 1925-. Confessions of Nat Turner.
- Styron, William, 1925-. Way of the Warrior.
- Styron, William, 1925-. Sophie's choice.
- Styron, William, 1925-. Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the snows of winter.
- Styron, William, 1925-. Interviews.
- Styron, Alexandra. All the Finest Girls.
- Caputo, Philip. Rumor of war.
- Wright, Stuart T.
- American literature--20th century.
- American literature--Southern States.
- Authors, American--Southern States.
- Authors, American--20th century.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Southampton Insurrection, 1831--Literature and the insurrection.
Detailed Description of Collection
Accession 1998-0553
Lie Down in Darkness
First editions, translations, and other
editions, many signed and inscribed, of Styron's first
novel.
Lie Down in
Darkness, by William Styron,
Bobbs Merrill,1951.
1st edition, presentation copy.
Lie Down in
Darkness, by William Styron,
Bobbs Merrill,1951
1st edition - Tipped in Letter - no dust
jacket.
Lie Down in
Darkness, by William Styron,
Bobbs Merrill,1951
1st edition, signed.
Lie Down in
Darkness (uncorrected proof), by William Styron,
Random House,1979
Lie Down in
Darkness (uncorrected proof), by William Styron,
Random House,1979
Slipcased.
Lie Down in
Darkness, by William Styron,
Vintage International,1992
Lie Down in
Darkness, by William Styron,
Picador,1993
Un Lit De
Tenebres, by William Styron,
Gallimard,1963
French edition.
Un Lit De
Tenebres, by William Styron,
Gallimard,1986
French edition.
William Styron's Lie
Down in Darkness: A Screenplay, by
Richard Yates,1985
Signed by Styron and Yates.
William Styron's Lie
Down in Darkness: A Screenplay, by
Richard Yates,1985
Inheritance of the
Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,'
Duke University,
1993
Inheritance of the
Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,'
William Styron and
James L.W. West III, Duke University,1993
Slipcased - letter 'J' of 26 lettered
copies.
Inheritance of the
Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,'
William Styron and
James L.W. West III, Duke University,1993
#3 of 250 copies signed by Styron.
Inheritance of the
Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,'
William Styron and
James L.W. West III, Duke University,1993
Trade edition.
The Landscape in
Nightmare: Studies in the Contemporary Novel, by
Jonathon Baumbach,1965
The Long March
First editions, first published versions,
translations, and other editions of Styron's novella.
Discovery, No.
1,
1953
Signed by Styron; "The Long March" on page
221.
Discovery, No.
1,
1953
"The Long March" on page 221.
The Long
March,
Modern Library,
1956
Signed.
The Long
March,
Modern Library,
1956
The Long
March,
Vintage,
ca. 1964
The Long
March,
Random House,
1968
The Long
March,
Hamish Hamilton,
1962
British edition.
The Long
March,
Signet,
1968
The Long March and
In the Clap Shack,
Plume,
1975
The Long March, Black
Swan,
1967
The Long March and
In the Clap Shack,
Vintage International,
1993
The Long
March,
Picador,
1994
La Marche de
Nuit,
Gallimard,
1963
Pages uncut.
La Marche de
Nuit,
Gallimard,
1963
Signed.
La Marche de
Nuit,
Gallimard,
1987
Den Langa
Marchen,
Wahlsrtom and
Widstrand,
1963
Swedish edition.
Box 2
Set This House on Fire
Set This House on
Fire,
Random House,
1960
1st edition, trial dust jacket.
Set This House on
Fire,
Random House,
1960
1st edition, signed.
Set This House on
Fire,
Random House,
1960
1st edition, signed.
Set This House on
Fire,
Hamish Hamilton,
1961
1st British edition, signed.
Set This House on
Fire,
Hamish Hamilton,
1961
1st British edition.
Set This House on
Fire,
Vintage International,
1993
Set This House on
Fire,
Picador,
1993
A Roman Collection:
Stories, Poems, and Other Good Pieces by the Writing
Residents of The American Academy in Rome, edited
by
Miller Williams,1980.
Excerpt from
Set This House on
Fire.
La Proie des
Flammes,Gallimard, 1986-1988(2 volumes)
French paperback edition.
Esta Casa en
Llamas,
Edhasa Sudamericana,
1980
Reprint of
1961spanish language edition.
Que o Fogo Consuma
Esta Casa,
Publicacoes Dom Quixote,
1988.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
First editions, translations, and other
editions of Styron's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Also
includes contemporary accounts of the
Turner rebellion, published
excerpts of the novel, and other related publications.
See also Box 14 (oversize).
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Random House,
1967
1st edition; presentation copy to
James Jones and his wife
Gloria.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Random House,
1967
#23 of 500, signed, slipcased.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Random House,
1967
Signed on tipped in leaf.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Random House,
1967
Fourth printing, signed.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner, (uncorrected proof)
Jonathan Cape,1968
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Jonathan Cape,
1968
1st British edition, with Pulitzer Prize
wrap.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,Jonathan Cape,
1968
1st British edition.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner, [
Random House]
1967
Pirated edition, photo offset from the
Random House edition, signed.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner, [
Random House]
1967
Pirated edition, photo offset from the
Random House edition.
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Modern Library,
1970
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Vintage International,
1993
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Modern Library,
1994
Box 3
The Confessions of Nat
Turner,
Franklin Library,
1979
Brown leather.
Les Confessions de Nat
Turner,
Gallimard,
1969
#18 of 45 deluxe copies of 1st French
edition.
Les Confessions de Nat
Turner,Gallimard, Collection
Soliel,
1969
2nd French edition.
Les Confessions de Nat
Turner,
Gallimard,
1988
As Confissoes de Nat
Turner,
Rocco,
1985
Portuguese edition.
The Literature of the
American South: A Norton Anthology,
Norton,
1998
Oxford Book of the
American South, edited by
Edward L Ayers, Oxford,1997
William Styron's Nat
Turner: Ten Black Writer's Respond, edited by
John Henrik Clarke, Beacon Press,1968
1st edition.
William Styron's Nat
Turner: Ten Black Writer's Respond, edited by
John Henrik Clarke, Beacon Press,1968
An Illustrated History
of Black Americans, by
John Hope Franklin, Time-Life Books,1973.
Vintage Reading
Notebook, Winter
1993,
Vintage,1992
Text of Styron's essay "Nat Turner
Revisited."
Dred: A Tale of the
Great Dismal Swamp, by
Harriet Beecher Stowe,1856,(2 volumes)
The Southampton
Insurrection, by
William Sidney Drewry,1900
Nat Turner: Authentic
and Impartial Narrative of the Tragical Scene Which Was
Witnessed in Southampton County..,
Warner and West,
1831, Oct. 21
1st edition. An account of the
Turner uprising published
nine days before his capture.
Southampton and
Charleston Slave Insurrections, by
Henry Bibb,1849
Great Gittin' Up
Morning: A Biography of Denmark Vesey, by
John Oliver Killens,
1972
The Longest
Memory, by
Fred D'Aguiar,1994
Six Plays for the
Negro Theater, by
Randolph Edmonds,
1934
Frederick
Douglass, by
William S. McFeely,1991
The Militant
South, by
John Hope Franklin, Harvard University
Press,1956
Nat Turner's Slave
Rebellion: The Environment, The Event, The Effects,
by
Herbert Aptheker,1966
Nat Turner's Slave
Insurrection, by
F. Roy Johnson,1966
Slave Testimony: Two
Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and
Autobiographies, by
John W. Blassingame,1995
Slavery Agitation in
Virginia, 1829-1932, by
Theodore M. Whitfield, Johns Hopkins Press,1930
From Rebellion to
Revolution, by
Eugene D. Genovese,1994
Paris Review,
36, Winter
1966
Confessions of Nat
Turner excerpted.
Partisan
Review, Vol. XXV, No. 3, Summer
1968
Responses to
Nat Turner.
The Southern Literary
Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, Spring
1970
Essay on
Nat Turner by
George Core.
Confessions of Nat
Turner, by
Alfred Celestine, The Many Press,1978
Poems inspired by
Nat Turner.
South Atlantic
Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 1, Winter
1980
Essay on
Nat Turner by
William McGill.
Harpers's
Magazine, Vol. 235, No.
1408, September
1967
Lengthy excerpt of
Nat Turner.
Box 4
In the Clap Shack
In the Clap
Shack,(uncorrected proof)
Random House,1973
In the Clap
Shack,
Random House,
1973
1st edition, signed.
In the Clap
Shack,
Random House,
1973
In the Clap Shack and
The Long March,
Plume,
1975
Sophie's Choice
First editions, translations, and other
editions of Styron's novel. Also includes published
excerpts and related materials.
Sophie's
Choice,
Franklin Library,
1979
Brown leather.
Sophie's
Choice, (uncorrected proof),
Random House,1979
Sophie's
Choice,
Random House,
1979
Advance presentation edition.
Sophie's
Choice,
Random House,
1979
Slipcased, signed limited edition, #490 of
500.
Sophie's
Choice,
Random House,
1979
1st trade edition.
Sophie's
Choice, (Uncorrected proof),
Jonathan Cape,1979
Sophie's
Choice,
Jonathan Cape,
1979
1st British edition.
Le Choix de
Sophie,
Gallimard,
1990
Sophie's
Choice,
Vintage International,
1993
Sophie's
Choice,
Picador,
1993
La Proie des Flammes /
Le Choix de Sophie,
Gallimard Biblos,
1989
Le Choix de
Sophie,
Gallimard,
1989-90
Two volumes.
Sofien
Valinta,
Kunstannusokeyhtio
Otavo,
1983
1st Finnish Edition.
Sophie's Val,
Whalstrom and
Widstrand,
1984
Sophie's
Choice,
Corgi,
1987
La Decision de
Sophie,
Grijalbo,
ca. 1984
Box 5
Sophia, Vol. I
and II,
Edicao, undated
Portuguese edition.
Writers on World War
II: An Anthology, edited by
Mordecai Richler, Knopf,1997
On Writers and
Writing, by
John Gardner, Addison Wesley,1979
Contains review of
Sophie's
Choice.
Sewanee
Review, Vol. CV, No. 3, Summer
1997
Essay on the making of the movie "Sophie's
Choice."
The Archive,
Vol. 89, No. 2, Spring
1977
Excerpt from
Sophie's
Choice.
Girlfriends: 146
Literary Heroines,Lakin and Marley Rare Books,
Catalogue Four,
1995
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings
This Quiet
Dust, Random House,
1967(2 copies)
Bound copy of essay used in promotion of
Confessions of Nat
Turner.
This Quiet Dust and
Other Writings, (uncorrected proof),
Random House,1982
This Quiet Dust and
Other Writings,
Random House,
1982
1st edition, # 73 of 250, signed,
slipcased.
This Quiet Dust and
Other Writings,Random House,1982(2 copies)
1st trade edition.
This Quiet Dust and
Other Writings,
Jonathan Cape,
1983
1st British edition.
This Quiet Dust and
Other Writings,
Vintage International,
1993
Cette Paisible
Poussiere et Autre Ecrits,
Gallimard,
1985
1st French edition.
The South Today: 100
Years After Appomattox, edited by
Willie Morris, Harper and Row,1965
Writers and
Issues, edited by
Theodore Solotaroff, Signet,1969
Voices in Black and
White: Writings on Race in America from Harper's
Magazine, edited by
Katharine Whitmore, Franklin Square Press,1993
1st edition.
Voices in Black and
White: Writings on Race in America from Harper's
Magazine, edited by
Katharine Whitmore, Franklin Square Press,1993
1st paperback edition.
Darkness Visible
Darkness
Visible,(uncorrected proof),
Random House,1990(2 copies)
Darkness
Visible,
Random House,
1990
1st edition.
Darkness
Visible,
Random House,
1990
1st large print edition.
Frost and Fire: 50
Depressive and Manic Depressive Writers of Genius...A
Celebration, Catalogue Three,
Lakin and Marley Rare Books,
Spring
1995
A Tidewater Morning
A Tidewater
Morning,
Eurographica,1990
#304 of 350 copies signed.
A Tidewater
Morning, (uncorrected proof),
Random House,1993(2 copies)
A Tidewater
Morning,
Random House,
1993
1st edition, signed, #47 of 200
slipcased.
A Tidewater
Morning,
Vintage International,
1994
A Tidewater
Morning,
Picador,
1994
Limited Editions
Chiefly fine press editions of Styron's
writings. Some trade editions of collected works are also
included. See also Box 15 (oversize).
The Best American
Short Stories 1979, edited by
Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin,1979
Includes "Shadrach."
Shadrach,
Sylvester and
Orphanos,
1979
Great Esquire Fiction:
The Finest Stories from the 1st Fifty Years, edited
by
L. Rust Hills, Penguin,1983
The Paris Review
Anthology, edited by
George Plimpton, Norton,1990
Box 6
Christchurch,
Briar Patch Press,
1977
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and The Snows of Winter,
Palaemon Press,
1978
Galley proofs, signed by Styron.
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and the Snows of Winter,
Palaemon Press,
1978
1st edition, letter 'R" of 26 lettered
copies.
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and the Snows of Winter,
Palaemon Press,
1981
2nd edition, letter 'B' of 26 lettered
copies.
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and the Snows of Winter,
Palaemon Press,
1981
2nd edition, number viii of 50 roman numeral
copies.
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and the Snows of Winter,
Palaemon Press,
1981
2nd edition, number 39 of 100.
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and the Snows of Winter,
Palaemon Press,
1981
2nd edition, #53 of 100.
Great Fiction from
Esquire Fortnightly,
Esquire,
1979
Message from
Auschwitz,Press de al Warr,
1979
Letter 'O' of 26 lettered.
Message from
Auschwitz,
Press de al Warr,
1979
#84 of 200 copies.
An Address at the
204th Commencement of Hampden-Sydney College, May 23,
1980,
Hampden-Sydney College,
1980
#50 of 1000 copies.
Against Fear,
Palaemon Press,
1981
1st edition.
As He Lay Dead, A
Bitter Grief,
Albondocani Press,
1981
Letter 'Z' of 26 copies.
As He Lay Dead, A
Bitter Grief,
Albondocani Press,
1981
#237 of 300 copies.
Mr. Jefferson and Our
Times,
Stuart Wright,
1984
Signed, edition limited to 75 copies.
Letter to the Editor
of the Paris Review,
Press de la Warr,
1986
Letter 'L' of 26 copies.
Letter to the Editor
of the Paris Review,
Press de la Warr,
1986
#16 of 26 copies.
Historic Houses:
Thomas Wolfe Remembered,
Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historical
Site,
1988
Blankenship,
Press de la Warr,
1988
#2 of 100 copies.
Blankenship,
Press de la Warr,
1988
#14 of 100 copies.
A Chance in a
Million,Press de al Warr,1993(3 copies)
Grateful Words About
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Society,
1997
Box 7
Books and Periodicals Containing Materials By Styron
Published works containing writings by Styron,
chiefly short nonfiction pieces, interviews, forwards and
introductions, and cover "blurbs." For additional
periodicals see also Clippings, Box 13 (oversize)
Writers
Dreaming, edited by
Naomi Epel,1993
Stop Time, by
Frank Conroy,1967
Blurb by Styron.
The Human Experience:
Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry
(proof),
1989
Forward by Styron.
Conversations with
William Styron, edited by
James L. W. West III,1985
Cloth edition.
Conversations with
William Styron, edited by
James L. W. West III,1985
Paperback.
Arthur Miller and
Company, edited by
Christopher Bigsby,1990
Self-Portrait: Book
People Picture Themselves, edited by
Burt Britton,1976
To Reach Eternity: The
Letters of James Jones, edited by
George Hendrick,1989
At Random: The
Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf, by
Bennett Cerf,1977
Doing Justice: A Trial
Judge at Work, by
Robert Satter,1990
Introduction by Styron.
Authors Take Sides on
Vietnam, edited by
Cecil Woolf,1967
Selections from the
First Two Issues of the New York Review of Books,
Winter/Spring 1963, edited by
Robert B. Silvers,1988
Proceedings of the
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters,
Second Series, No. 41,
1990
Proceedings of the
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters,
Second Series, No. 26,
1976
Proceedings of the
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters,
Second Series, No. 21,
1971
The Rushdie
Letters, edited by
Steve McDonogh,1993
One and Twenty: Duke
Narrative and Verse, 924-1945, edited by
William Blackburn,1945
1st edition, signed by Styron.
One and Twenty: Duke
Narrative and Verse, 1924-1945, edited by
William Blackburn,1945
1st edition.
Under Twenty-Five:
Duke Narrative and Verse, 1945-1962, edited by
William Blackburn,1963
The Big Love,
by
Florence Aadland,1986
Blurb and introduction by Styron.
Fighting Words:
Writers Lambast other Writers, edited by
James Charlton,1994
Writers at Work, the
Paris Review Interviews, edited by
Malcolm Cowley,1958
1st edition.
Writers at Work, the
Paris Review Interviews, edited by
Malcolm Cowley,1959
1st paperback edition.
American
Vanguard,1950, edited by
Charles Glicksberg,1950
Best Short Stories
from the Paris Review,
1959
Introduction by William Styron.
Box 8
Writers at Work, the
Paris Review Interviews: Ninth Series (uncorrected
proof), edited by
George Plimpton,1992
Introduction by Styron.
Writers at Work, the
Paris Review Interviews: Ninth Series, edited by
George Plimpton,1992
Introduction by Styron.
The Morning and The
Evening, by
Joan Williams,1961
Blurb by Styron.
Peter Mathiessen: A
Bibliography, by
D. Nicholas,1979
The Human Experience:
Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and
Poetry,
1989
Forward by Styron.
To Reach Eternity: The
Letters of James Jones, edited by
George Hendrick,1989
Double
Exposure, by
Roddy McDowall,
1966
On the
Vineyard, by
Peter Simon,1980
The Artist's and
Writer's Cookbook, edited by
Beryl Barr,1961
In the Kennedy
Style, by
Letticia Baldrige,1998
First Words: Earliest
Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors, edited
by
Paul Mandelbaum,1993
Workshop: A
Spontaneous Approach to Literature, by
Robert Crotty,1971
Means of
Escape, by
Philip Caputo,1991
William Styron: A
Descriptive Bibliography, by
James L.W. West III,1977
In Solitude and In
Company: The Writings of William Styron, by
James L.W. West III and
Robert Byrd,1998
The Paris
Review, 106,
1988,Spring.
Law and Disorder: The
Chicago Convention and Its Aftermath,
ca. 1968
Essay by Styron.
Books and Periodicals Containing Materials about Styron
Published interviews, short biographical
profiles, analysis, and photographs. Also includes two
works by Styron's wife, the poet Rose Burgunder Styron.
Parting the
Curtains, by
Dannye Romine Powell,1994
The Absurd Hero in
American Fiction, by
David Galliway,1981
The Achievement of
William Styron, edited by
Robert K. Morris,1981
The Novels of William
Styron: From Harmony to History, by
Gavin Cologne-Brookes,1995
The Writer's Image:
Literary Portraits, by
Jill Krementz,1980
Images of the Southern
Writer, by
Mark Morrow,1985
Box 9
From Summer to
Summer, by
Rose Burgunder Styron,1966
Thieves
Afternoon, by
Rose Burgunder Styron,1973
Southern
Writers, by
William Starr,1997
A Likely Story: One
Summer with Lillian Hellman, (proof), by
Rosemary Mahoney,1998
Conversations with
Arthur Miller, edited by
Matthew C. Roudane,1987
New York Days,
by
Willie Morris,1993
Continual Pilgrimage:
American Writers in Paris,1944-1960,by
Christopher
Sawyer-Laucanno,1992
Arthur Miller and
Company, edited by
Christopher Bigsby,1990
The American Literary
Anthology, edited by
William Styron,1968
The Writer's
World, edited by
Elizabeth Janeway,1969
A Writer's
Capital, by
Louis Auchincloss,1974
William
Styron, by
Richard Pearce,1971(2
copies)
The Writers
Desk, by
Jill Krementz,1996
Writers Workshop:
Study Guide, edited by
Beth Littlejohn,1982
The Old
Gringo, by
Carlos Fuentes,1989
Dedicated to Styron.
The NPR Interviews,
1995, edited by
Robert Siegel,1995
Interview with Styron.
Ploughshares,
Vol.1, No.3,
1972
Interview with Styron.
How They Met,
edited by
Nancy Cobb,1992
Savage
Grace,(uncorrected proof) by
Natalie Robins and
Steven M. L. Aronson,1985
The Poet at the
Piano, by
Michiko Kakutani,1989
Terrains of the
Heart, by
Willie Morris,1981
Writers,
photographs by
Sally Soames,1995
The Root of All
Evil, by
John Kenny Crane,1984
Words and
Faces, by
Hiram Haydn,1974
Box 10
Clippings and Periodicals Containing Materials by Styron
Chiefly published excerpts of novels, arranged
by novel in chronological order, and short non-fiction
pieces by and about Styron. See also Box 13 (oversize).
Set This House on
Fire
The Paris
Review, 22, Autumn-Winter,
1959-60
The Confession of Nat
Turner
The Nation,
1967, Oct. 16
Harper's
Magazine,
1967, Sept.
Time,
1967, Oct. 13
The Hollins
Critique,
1967, Dec.
"Reflections on Nat Turner,"
James T. Cleland,1968
The Long
March
Miscellaneous clippings
(1
folder)
Sophie's
Choice
Esquire,
1976, Sept.
Esquire,
1976, Apr.
Newsweek,
1979, May 20
Moviegoer,
1983 Jan.
Darkness
Visible
Vanity Fair,
1989, Dec.
Duke
Magazine,1990-1991,Dec.-Jan.
Tidewater
Morning
Esquire,
1987, Aug.
Lord John Press
Catalog,
1992
Dear Reader,
Square Books,
1993, Sept.-Oct.
Miscellaneous Writings by
Styron
The New
Republic,1959, Apr.6
Harper's
Magazine,
1968, Apr.
Esquire,
1983, Dec.
Duke: To Cross a
Threshold,
1984
The Archive,1987,Spring
Esquire,
1989, Apr.
The Nation,
1993, Jan. 4-11
Box 11
At Random,1993,Fall
At Random,1997,Spring
The New
Yorker,
1998, Aug. 17
Miscellaneous Writings about
Styron
New York,
1980, Oct. 20
Duke
Magazine,
1984, July-Aug.
Duke
Magazine,
1984, Sept.-Oct.
Esquire,
1986, Dec.
The
Davidsonian,
1986, Apr. 25
Duke
Magazine,
1990, Apr.-May
Duke
Magazine,
1992, Mar.-Apr.
Glimmer
Train,1993,Winter
Dear Reader,
Square Books,
1993, Mar.-Apr.
"Oxford Conference for the Book,"
1993
Southern
Register,1993,Spring
Davidson
Journal,1994,Summer
Duke
Magazine,
1995, Jan.-Feb.
Firsts,
1995, Feb.
Davidson
Journal,
1996, Winter
"A Conversation with William
Styron," and "A Conversation with James West,"
1997
Printed from the internet in
1997.
Duke
Magazine,
1997, July-Aug.
Southern
Register,1997,Summer
Miscellaneous Manuscript Pages, Correspondence, and Ephemera
Two typed excerpts from
The Confessions of Nat
Turner, signed by Styron,
undated
Typed excerpt from
Lie Down in
Darkness, signed by Styron,
undated
Typed excerpt from
This Quiet
Dust, signed by Styron,
undated
Photograph of Styron, by Nancy
Crampton; signed by Styron.
Correspondence with
Vearl Moody
(3
letters)
One autographed postcard,
1979, May 30;Two autographed letters,
1982, Nov. 3and
undated
Correspondence with
Stuart Wright, 1977-1984
(39
letters)
Chiefly letters from Styron to Wright.
Wright owned
Palaemon Press in
Winston-Salem, N.C. and
published many limited editions of Styron's work. In some
correspondence, Styron addresses Wright as Lt. Col. Stuart
Wright and signs himself as Maj. Gen. William Styron,
CSA.
Miscellaneous Promotional Materials
(1
folder)
Box 12
Audio and Video Recordings
William Styron reading
from 'Lie Down in Darkness,'
Caliope,
1963
33 1/3 rpm long playing 7" vinyl record.
William Styron Reads
His Works,
Jeffrey Norton Audio
Forum,
1968
Styron reads from
Nat Turner and
The Long
March.
Writers Workshop,
Center for the Study of Southern
Culture,1981
VHS recording of Styron speaking to
James Dickey's
class.
William Styron reading from
Sophie's
Choice,1986
Audio cassette of Styron reading at
Davidson College.
Darkness Visible: A
Memoir of Madness,
Random House Sound
Editions,
1990
2 audio cassettes, read by Styron.
Conversation of William Styron,
undated
Home-recorded Beta cassette of a public
television broadcast.
Lincoln Center Chamber
Music,
undated
Home-recorded Beta cassette of a public
television broadcast. Styron and
Arthur Miller discuss
music in their lives and work.
William Styron, An
American Masterpiece,
1997
Home-recorded cassette of a 1-hour
documentary. 2 copies - one Beta, one VHS.
"Sophie's Choice," directed by
Alan J. Pakula,1982
Home-recorded Beta video cassette.
Sophie's
Choice, read by Norman Snow,
Random House Audiobooks,1986
2 sets of 2 cassettes each.
Box 13
Clippings and Periodicals
Clippings and oversize periodicals,
1951-1998,and
undatedChiefly reviews and profiles of Styron. Includes
some short non-fiction pieces by Styron. Listed
chronologically.
"William Styron,"
New York Herald
Tribune,1951, Sept.9,
"A Rich, Moving Novel Introduces a
Young Writer of Great Talent," by
Howard Mumford Jones, New York Herald
Tribune,1951, Sept.9
"Talk With William Styron," by
David Dempsey, New York Times Book
Review,1951, Sept.9
"In a Place Where Live is a
Stranger" by
John W. Aldridge, New York
Times,1951, Sept.9
"Prose of Promise," by
Harrison Smith, Saturday
Review,1952,Feb 16
"Mrs. Aadland's little girl,
Beverly," by
William Styron, Esquire,1961, Nov.
"Editorial: Faulkner's Legacy:
'Honor, Pity, Pride,'"
Life Magazine,1962, July 20
"Catch $95,"
Newsweek,1964, March9.
"Slave's Own Story of Virginia
Revolt," by
T.R. Gray, The Washington
Post,1967, Oct. 15
"The Slave Who Became a Man," by
Wilfred Sheed, New York Times Book
Review,1967, Oct.8
"What People are Reading,"
Book World,1967, Oct. 29
"Nat Turner's Confession," by T.R.
Gray,
New York Post,1967, Oct. 28
"The Literary Attacks on Styron's
Nat Turner,"
The [Washington]
Sunday Star,1968, Sept.1
"In the Jungle," by
William Styron, The New York Review of
Books,1968, Sept. 26
"William Styron: Portrait of a Man
Reading," interviewed by
Charles Monaghan, The Washington Post
Book World,1968, Oct. 27
"
Truman Capote lists the
books he will give his friends for Christmas,"
The Washington Post
Book World,1968, Dec.1
"Italian Poets Gets $10,000 prize;
Styron is Cited for Nat Turner,"
The New York
Times,1970, Mar. 10
"Introduction," by William Styron,
Taproot,1978-1979,Winter
"Sophie's Choice: A Novel of Evil,"
by
John Gardner, New York Times Book
Review,1979, May 27
"Bestsellers"
New York Times Book
Review,1979, July 22
"Moujik 'n' Pulp Sandwich," by
Lec Navarozov, Chronicles of
Culture,1979, Nov.-Dec.
"Updike, Styron, and Chrichton
Celebrate
Martha's Vineyard,"
The New York Times
Magazine,1980, June 15
"Works in Progress,"
New York Times Book
Review,1982, June6
"Interview with William Styron," by
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Book Review,1982, Dec. 12
"Newsmakers,"
Newsweek,1983, Feb. 18
New York Times Books
Review,
1983, Nov. 27
The Duke Annual Fund
Report,
1986-1987
"Historians take another look at the
confessions of Nat Turner," by
Debbie Selinsky, The Duke
Dialog,1987, May 29
"In the Hours Before Hiroshima," by
William Styron,
The Archive,1987,Spring
"Nat Turner Revisited," by
Dixie B. O'Conner, Leader
Magazine,1987, June4
"Arts and letters academy picks 3,"
The [Memphis]
Commercial Appeal,1987, Dec.7
"Duke Prof 'Imposes Order' On Work
of William Styron," by
Betty Hodges, The Durham Morning
Herald,
1988, Jan. 17
"World Statement in Support of
Salman Rushdie,"
New York Review of
Books,1989, April 13
"How the death of Faulkner came to
Life," by
William Thomas, The [Memphis]
Commercial Appeal,1989, Aug.5
"Styron gift will launch NCSU fund,"
1989
"Darkness Visible: 'A Howling
Tempest in the Brain'" by
Victoria Glendinning, The New York Times
Book Review,1990, Aug. 19
"On William Blackburn and Creative
Imagination," by
William Styron, The Duke
Dialog,1991, Sept. 13
"Styron Speaks at Founders' Day,"
The Duke
Insider,1991, Nov.
"Novelist comes home to Duke," by
David Folkenflik, The Durham
Herald-Sun,1991, Dec.6
"Solid short stories probe a
family," by
Frederic Koeppel, The [Memphis]
Commercial Appeal,1993, Dec. 12
"Historical Fiction and the Facts,"
Wilson
Quarterly,1993, Winter (2 copies)
"Disney can only mock slavery's
pain," by William Styron,
The [Memphis]
Commercial Appeal,1994 Aug.7
"Exploring the Links Between
Depression, Writers and Suicide," by
William Grimes, New York
Times,1994, Nov. 14
"A Wounded Healer: Review of Touched
With Fire," by
Marie Arana-Ward, Book World,1996, Aug. 18
"Pulitzer-winning author donates
manuscript, other items to Duke,"
The Durham
Herald-Sun,1997, May 29
"Library acquires Styron papers," by
Noah Bartolucci, The Duke
Dialog,1997, June7
"Styron, Biographer Swap Tales,"
The Raleigh News and
Observer,1998, Mar. 29
"Review: William Styron: A Life," by
Victor Strandberg, The Raleigh News and
Observer ,
1998, Mar. 29
"The Confession of William Styron,"
by
Jason Wagner, The Chronicle,1998, Mar. 30
"Review: William Styron: A Life," by
Michale Pearson, The Washington Post
Book World,1998, May3
"Film Review: 'Shadrach,'"
The Wall Street
Journal,1998, Sept. 25
The Faulkner
Newsletter,
1998, Oct.-Dec.
"Stars Shine in 100th Archive," by
Jon Hilsenrath, The Duke
Chronicle,undated
"No, No!! Not A Kudo!!!" by
Russell Baker, undated
"Legal Scholar, Writer Urge
Rejection of Bork,"
undated
"Novelist Styron Addresses Graduates
of Duke,"
undated
Box 14
Confessions of Nat Turner
Confessions of Nat
Turner,
1967
Carbon copy, with holograph corrections, of
Styron's original typescript.
Box 15
Limited Editions
The Four Seasons:
Essay by William Styron, by
Harold Altman, Pennsylvania State University
Press,1965
Ephemera
Photograph of William Styron and
James Jones.
Large gray Hanes cotton T-shirt.
Back reads, "'I still maintain that the times get precisely
the literature that they deserve.' William Styron.
Paris Review,1953,"
1993
The Vanishing South:
the Art of Hubert Shuptrine,1993Calendar with commentary by William
Styron.
Manuscripts
Holograph manuscript page of an
unidentified text, signed by Styron,
undated
"Southern Fried Chicken," by William
Styron,
1961
Accession 2001-0056
Contents of Box 1:
Lie Down in
Darkness, Bobbs-Merrill,
1951
Third printing, with long inscription by
Styron to reviewer
Maxwell Giesmar;
includes Geismar's holograph comments and marks of
emphasis.
The Confessions of
Nat Turner, Random House,
1967
First edition;
Herbert Aptheker's
copy, signed by him and including his marks and annotations
throughout.
Conversations with
Willie Morris, University Press of Mississippi,
2000
First edition; contains many mentions of
Styron.
Remembering
Willie, University Press of Mississippi,
2000
First edition; includes Styron's
"It Cannot Be
Long"
.
Dog Eat Dog,
by
Edward Bunker, St.
Martin's Press,
1996
First edition; introduction by Styron.
All the Finest
Girls, by
Alexandra Styron,
Little, Brown,
2001
First edition; signed by the author.
All the Finest
Girls, by
Alexandra Styron,
Little, Brown,
2001
Uncorrected proof in original green
wrappers.
But Now I See: The
White Southern Racial Conversion Narrative, by
Fred Hobson, Louisiana
State University Press,
1999
Includes several mentions of Styron.
Onward!: 25 Years of
Advice, Exhortation, and Inspiration from America's Best
Commencement Speeches, Scribner,
2000
Includes excerpt from Styron's 1981
commencement speech at Duke.
Indian
Country, by
Philip Caputo, Bantam,
1987
Styron's advance reading copy of the first
edition.
Three Minutes or
Less: Life Lessons from America's Greatest Writers,
Bloomsbury,
2000
Unholy Ghost:
Writers on Depression, Morrow,
2001
First edition; includes excerpt from
Styron's
Darkness
Visible.
Dead Run: The Untold
Story of Dennis Stockton and America's Only Mass Escape
from Death Row, Times Books,
1999
First edition; introduction by Styron.
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
[Technical Services needs to reformat
newsprint before use.]
A Portrait of
Southern Writers: Photographs by Curt Richter, Hill
Street Press,
2000
First edition, signed by the photographer;
includes portrait of Styron.
"A Word to the
Unwise"
, Wall Street Journal,
May 26, 2000
Review by
Dave Shiflett of
Onward!
book.
Printed material concerning
Edward
Bunker
Printed material including
articles by or about Styron
American
Heritage,
October 1992 special issue
The New
Yorker,
December 13, 1999 issue
Oxford
American,
September/October 1999
issue
Southern Review of
Literature,
September 15, 1951 issue
Playboy,
Vol. 15, No.12,
December 1968
An Evening with
William Styron, program from gala tribute to Styron
held at the Library of Virginia,
December 2, 2000
Accompanied by articles printed from the
internet about the event.
Admiral Robert Penn
Warren and the Snows of Winter, A Tribute, by
William Styron, Palaemon Press,
1978?
Uncorrected proof.
Original manuscript review of
Sophie's
Choice, by
Julian
Symons
Published as
"The Penalties of
Survival"
in the [London]
Times Literary
Supplement,
November 30, 1979.
Original camera-ready publisher's
advertisement for
The Confessions of
Nat Turner
Original holograph manuscript of
Styron's
1977
review of
A Rumor of
War by Philip Caputo
First published in
The New York Review of
Books,
23 June 1977.
