Inventory of the Reynolds Price Papers, 1927-2006 and undated, bulk 1956-2006
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Price, Reynolds,
1933-
Title
Reynolds Price Papers,
1927-2006 and
undated, bulk
1956-2006
Language of Material
Material
in English
Extent
143.2 Linear Feet
58,900 Items
Abstract
58,900 Items
Reynolds Price is a
novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist, essayist, translator, and James
B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University, where he has taught creative
writing and literature since 1958. He is an alumnus of Duke and of Oxford
University, which he attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. He has received
fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the
Arts, and his books have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National
Book Award.
Correspondence, writings, serials,
clippings, speeches, interviews, legal and financial papers, photographs,
audiovisual materials, and digital materials about Price's career and personal
life. Personal and professional correspondence document his education at Duke
University, especially his studies under William Blackburn; his period abroad
as a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford; and his literary work and
interaction with other authors, including Stephen Spender, Eudora Welty, and
Allan Gurganus. Writings include manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, outlines,
and notes produced in the creation and publication of all his major works,
including:
A Long and Happy Life;
Kate Vaiden;
A Palpable God;
Clear Pictures;
A Whole New Life;
The Collected Stories;
The Collected Poems; and many other
books and individual stories, poems, and essays. Printed and audiovisual
materials document the critical reception of Price's work and his speeches,
readings, interviews, and many other public appearances.
The 2007 addition (2007-0009)(4850 items; 10.5 lin. ft.)(dated 2003-2006) primarily consists of typescripts, drafts, and proofs for The Good Priest's Son, Letter to a Godchild, A Serious Way of Wondering, and the screenplay for A Long and Happy Life. Also included is correspondence, personal documents, photographs, bookcovers, and printed materials by other authors.
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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, original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Use
copies are available in the collection.
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.
Copyright Notice
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], Reynolds Price Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Reynolds Price Papers were received by the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 1986-2006.
Processing Information
Processed by Michael Shumate, Melissa Delbridge, Dan Daily, Linda
Daniel, Pavla Vesela, October 2005
Encoded by Michael Shumate, Stephen Miller
Completed February 2006
Updated by John Mayrose, March 2007.
Accessions 93-125, 94-022, 95-011, 95-075, 96-036, 96-121,
1996-0171, 97-066, 1998-0248, 1998-0047, 1998-0535, 1999-0007, 1999-0259,
2000-0146, 2001-0141, 2001-0228, 2002-0007, 2002-0040, 2003-0174, and 2004-0091
were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our
local
Style Guide.
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Biographical Note
Chronology List| 1933 Feb. 1 | Born in Macon, NC, to William Solomon and Elizabeth (Rodwell) Price |
| 1954-1955 | Editor, The Archive; Advisory editor, Shenandoah at Duke University |
| 1955 | A.B. Summa cum laude, Duke University; Angier Duke Scholar |
| 1958 |
B. Litt. (Rhodes Scholar), Merton College, Oxford
University
D. Litt., St. Andrew's Presbyterian College
|
| 1958- | Member of English Department faculty, Duke University |
| 1961-1968 | Assistant Professor, Duke University |
| 1962 | A Long and Happy Life, first novel and book |
| 1965 | Writer-in-residence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1967, 1969 | Writer-in-residence, University of Kansas |
| 1968-1972 | Associate professor, Duke University |
| 1971 |
Writer-in-residence, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
Glasgow Professor, Washington and Lee University
|
| 1972-1977 | Professor, Duke University |
| 1973-1977 | Literature Advisory Panel, National Endowment for the Arts (Chair, 1976) |
| 1977 | Faculty, Salzburg Seminar |
| 1977- | James B. Duke Professor of English, Duke University |
| 1979 | National Book Award nomination for translation, for A Palpable God |
| 1986 | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, for Kate Vaiden |
| 1994 | Finalist for Pulitzer Prize in fiction, for The Collected Stories |
| 1997 | The Collected Poems |
Collection Overview
The Reynolds Price Papers span the years
1927-2004, with the bulk of the papers being dated between 1956 and 2004. The
collection consists of correspondence; writings by Price and other authors;
printed material (including serials containing articles by and about Price and
his work as well as newspaper and magazine clippings); legal and financial
papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; photographs; audiovisual materials;
digital materials; and other material relating to Price's personal life and
career as a writer and a teacher, especially at Duke University. Although the
correspondence does provide insight into his career as an English professor,
the collection contains only a small amount of material, such as lecture notes
and syllabi, relating to the courses he taught. Extensive personal and
professional correspondence between Price and his family, friends, and fellow
authors provides insight into his education at Duke University (particularly
his studies with Professor William Blackburn of the Department of English); his
period abroad as a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford; and his literary
work.
Many forms of Price's writings (manuscripts, typescripts, stages of
proofs with notes, and outlines) document his development of well-known and
critically-acclaimed works in a variety of genres: the novels
A Long and Happy Life and
Kate Vaiden; the Biblical translations
collected in
A Palpable God; the memoirs
Clear Pictures and
A Whole New Life; the two career
retrospective volumes published in the 1990s,
The Collected Stories and
The Collected Poems; and many other books
and individual stories, poems, and essays. In addition to Price's own work,
numerous American authors--particularly Southern writers--and several British
authors are represented in the collection. Among the major correspondents are
Eudora Welty, Stephen Spender, and Allan Gurganus. Some manuscripts sent to
Price by students and by other authors have notations and criticism by
Price.
The Correspondence Series (RESTRICTED) is
divided into the General Correspondence Subseries
and the Authors' Correspondence Subseries. The
General Correspondence Series consists of letters to and from Price.
Correspondents include family, friends, teachers, and admirers of his work.
Early letters vividly depict his relationships with family members and friends.
Many of the letters dated between 1954 and 1958 concern his education at Duke
University and as a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford University. His
early development as an author is documented here as well as in the Writings
Series. From 1961 onward, letters also provide information about his career as
a professor at Duke University. The Authors' Correspondence Subseries comprises
correspondence between Price and other writers and literary figures. These
letters concern both personal and literary matters. Frequently the
correspondents commented on each other's recent publications or on work in
progress. Numerous letters to and from Eudora Welty and Stephen Spender reveal
much about their strong influence on Price's development as a writer. The
series also contains a great many letters from Allan Gurganus, Jeff Humphries,
Josephine Humphreys, Joe Porter, Lee Smith, and William Blackburn.
The Writings Series (RESTRICTED) is divided
into the Writings by Price Subseries and the
Writings by Others Subseries. The former is
comprised chiefly of drafts, typescripts, and proofs of Price's novels, plays,
autobiographical works, and volumes of poetry, many with Price's notations and
revisions, and provides a thorough representation of the development of each.
Individual poems, short stories, essays, articles, and reviews by Price are
also included. Manuscripts (some of them photocopies) sent to Price by fellow
authors and by students make up the Writings by Others
Subseries. A few of these include commentary by Price. Both published
and unpublished works of poetry and prose are included. A few bibliographies of
Price's work are arranged at the end of this series.
The Printed Material Series is divided into
the Serials Subseries, the Clippings Subseries, and the Miscellaneous Printed Material Subseries (RESTRICTED). The
Serials Subseries is an extensive collection of publications containing
articles, reviews, fiction, and poetry by Price as well as articles about him,
interviews with him, and reviews of his work. The Clippings Subseries is
composed predominantly of reviews of Price's works and other articles about
him, but also contains some interviews and short nonfiction work by him, mainly
book reviews. Other printed materials documenting Price's achievements, his
education, and performances of his dramatic work as well as his speaking
engagements are housed in the Miscellaneous Printed Material Subseries.
Several smaller series make up the remainder of the collection. The
Legal and Financial Papers Series (RESTRICTED)
contains Price's personal financial data as well as documentation of his
writing career through contracts and royalty statements. Transcripts of his
speeches and interviews appear in the Speeches and
Addresses Series (RESTRICTED) and in the Interviews
Series (RESTRICTED). The Personal Papers Series
(RESTRICTED) contains a small selection of materials about Price and his
family history, including some of his drawings, and his teaching career in the
Duke University English Department is documented by the Academic Files Series (RESTRICTED). The
Photographic Materials Series (RESTRICTED) touches
upon both his personal and professional life; of particular interest here are a
number of photographs of Eudora Welty, a friend of Price's since his
undergraduate days. The Audiovisual Materials Series
(RESTRICTED) contains audio and video recordings of a variety of public
appearances, including readings, speeches, awards ceremonies, and interviews on
various local and national radio and television programs. A small
Electronic Formats Series (RESTRICTED) contains
files that supplement materials in other series, mainly Price's writings and
some correspondence.
Finally, of special note is a large collection of Oversize Materials (RESTRICTED) that supplements material
found in most of the major series. This part of the collection is particularly
rich in one area, and should not be overlooked by scholars researching the
writing, editing and publishing process of any of Price's books up through the
early 1990s. The significance of that date lies in the increasing use of
photographic and electronic media in the publishing industry. Prior to this
time, many of the various kinds of long galley proofs historically used by
publishers are housed with the Oversize Materials; after this period, most
proofs are printed on legal or even letter-sized paper and can thus be found
with the main body of the Writings by Price Series.
The 2007 addition (2007-0009)(4850 items; 10.5 lin. ft.)(dated 2003-2006) primarily consists of typescripts, drafts, and proofs for The Good Priest's Son, Letter to a Godchild, A Serious Way of Wondering, and the screenplay for A Long and Happy Life. Also included is correspondence, personal documents, photographs, bookcovers, and printed materials by other authors.
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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.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933-
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Long and happy life.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Palpable God.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Kate Vaiden.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Clear pictures.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Collected stories.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Collected poems.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Noble Norfleet.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933- Whole new life.
- Price family
- Blackburn, William (William Maxwell), 1899-1972
- Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
- Spender, Stephen, 1909-
- Welty, Eudora, 1909-
- Duke University--Faculty.
- Duke University. Dept. of English.
- Merton College.
- University of Oxford.
- College teachers--North Carolina--Correspondence.
- Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
- American literature--20th century.
- American literature--Southern States.
- Authors, American--Southern States.
- Authors, American--20th century.
- Essays--20th century.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Poetry--20th century.
- Rhodes scholarships.
- Short stories--20th century.
- Black-and-white photographs.
- Color photographs.
- Audio cassettes.
- Videocassettes.
- Clippings.
- Outlines.
- Poems.
- Proofs.
- Speeches.
- Typescripts.
- Machine-readable records.
Related Material
Materials related to the life and career of Reynolds Price appear in
several other collections housed at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library. The Clear Pictures Film Footage
Collection houses materials created and used by Charles Guggenheim in
making his 1994 documentary film about Price's life (based on Price's own 1989
memoir of the same title). The collection includes many materials that do not
appear in the published version of the film: research, film footage of
interviews of and about Price, and electronic files. Documentation of Price's
professional writing career appears in the records of the Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency Records. Materials
there include correspondence, drafts and published versions of his works, and
publishing contracts both with this agency and with Russell and Volkening,
Wasserman's employer prior to forming her own agency. Extensive documentation
of Price's publishing history can be found in the Jody
Jones Hunter Collection of Works by Reynolds Price. In addition to
copies of Price's books with major commercial publishers, the Hunter collection
also contains many small press publications, limited editions, periodicals, and
audiovisual materials. Finally, the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library contains copies of many publications similar to those in
the Hunter collection. These items, cataloged separately from the Reynolds
Price Papers, are searchable by individual title in the Duke University
Libraries online catalog.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series (RESTRICTED), 1936-2004 and undated
(64 boxes)
Arranged into General Correspondence and Authors' Correspondence
subseries.
[RESTRICTED: during Price's lifetime and twenty years thereafter,
access to, and duplication by any means, of materials in this series requires
prior written permission from him or his literary executors.]
General Correspondence Subseries (RESTRICTED), 1936-2004 and undated
(56 boxes)
Includes letters from friends, family members, publishers,
teachers, students, and readers of Price's works. Most letters are written to
Price, with two exceptions: the letters written between
1944 and
1958 include juvenilia and many letters from Price
to his family while he studied at
Duke and
Oxford; and beginning in the late 1990s,
printouts of many of Price's emails begin to appear in the files.
[Note: 14 folders of correspondence, 1956-2000 and undated, have
been removed to Oversize Materials.]
[RESTRICTED: during Price's lifetime and twenty years
thereafter, access to, and duplication by any means, of materials in this
subseries requires prior written permission from him or his literary
executors.]
Box GC1
1936-1955 Oct.
(12 folders)
Box GC2
1955 Nov.-1956 Dec.
(15 folders)
Box GC3
1957 Jan.-1958 June
(12 folders)
Box GC4
1958 July-1960 Dec.
(11 folders)
Box GC5
1961 Jan.-1963 Sept.
(11 folders)
Box GC6
1963 Oct.-1966 Mar.
(11 folders)
Box GC7
1966 Apr.-1968 Sept.
(13 folders)
Box GC8
1968 May-1970 Feb.
(13 folders)
Box GC9
1970 Mar.-1971 June
(11 folders)
Box GC10
1971 July-1972 May
(10 folders)
Box GC11
1972 June-1973 Aug.
(13 folders)
Box GC12
1973 Sept.-1974 Oct.
(12 folders)
Box GC13
1974 Nov.-1976 Feb. 13
(14 folders)
Box GC14
1976 Feb. 16-1977 Mar.
(12 folders)
Box GC15
1977 Apr.-1978
May
(14 folders)
Box GC16
1978 June-1979
Oct.
(16 folders)
Box GC17
1979 Nov.-1981
Mar.
(17 folders)
Box GC18
1981 Apr.-1982
Apr.
(13 folders)
Box GC19
1982 May-1983
May
(14 folders)
Box GC20
1983 June-1984 June
11
(13 folders)
Box GC21
1984 June 12-1985 Mar.
(12 folders)
Box GC22
1985 Apr.-1986 Aug.
(17 folders)
Box GC23
1986 Sept.-1987 May
(11 folders)
Box GC24
1987 June-1988
May
(12 folders)
Box GC25
1988 June-1989
May
(12 folders)
Box GC26
1989 June-1990
Feb.
(12 folders)
Box GC27
1990 Mar.-
Nov.
(11 folders)
Box GC28
1990 Dec.-1991 Aug.
(14 folders)
Box GC29
1991 Aug.-1992
May
(13 folders)
Box GC30
1992 June- Dec. and
undated
(12 folders)
Box GC31
1992 Jan. 7-circa 1992
and Christmas cards
(18 folders)
Box GC32
1993 Jan. 3-June 15
(18 folders)
Box GC33
1993 June 16-circa 1993
and Christmas cards
(19 folders)
Box GC34
1994 Jan. 1-June 22
(14 folders)
Box GC35
1994 June 28-Oct. 9
(14 folders)
Box GC36
1994 Oct. 10-1995 Jan. 10
(13 folders)
Box GC37
1995 Jan. 11-Apr. 19
(13 folders)
Box GC38
1995 Apr. 20-July 9
(11 folders)
Box GC39
1995 July 10-Sept. 24
(11 folders)
Box GC40
1995 Sept. 25-Dec.
12
(11 folders)
Box GC41
1995 Dec. 13-1996 Feb. 6
(10 folders)
Box GC42
1996 Feb. 7-Apr. 19
(9 folders)
Box GC43
1996 Apr. 20-July 9
(10 folders)
Box GC44
1996 July 10-Oct.
31
(9 folders)
Box GC45
1996 Nov. 1-1997 Feb.
28
(12 folders)
Box GC46
1997 Mar. 3-Aug.
22
(11 folders)
Box GC47
1997 Aug. 24-1997 Dec. 31
(10 folders)
Box GC48
1998 Jan. 1-July 31
(10 folders)
Box GC49
1998 Aug. 1 -1998 Dec. 31
(11 folders)
Box GC50
1999 Jan. 1-Sept. 30
(10 folders)
Box GC51
1999 Oct. 1-2000 Apr. 28
(9 folders)
Box GC52
2000 May-2001 Jan.
(10 folders)
Box GC53
2001 Feb.-2002 Mar.
(15 folders)
Box GC54
2002 Apr.-2003 May
(15 folders)
Box GC55
2003 June-2004 May and
undated
(14 folders)
Box GC56
Undated
(9 folders)
[Videocassette removed to Audiovisual
Materials Series.]
Authors' Correspondence Subseries (RESTRICTED), 1940-2004 and undated
(8 boxes)
Consists of letters from literary figures who wrote to Price
regarding his work or their own.
[RESTRICTED: during Price's lifetime and twenty years
thereafter, access to, and duplication by any means, of materials in this
subseries requires prior written permission from him or his literary
executors.]
Box AC1
A-B,
1953-2003 and
undated
(21 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Abbott, Shirley,
1986
(1 item)
Adcock, Betty,
1996-2003
(12 items)
Albee, Edward,
1963-1981 and
undated
(5 items)
Applewhite, Jim,
1970-1998
(11 items)
Athas, Daphne,
1971-2002 and
undated
(25 items)
Auden, Wystan H.,
1960 and
undated
(3 items)
Bayes, Ron,
1969-1985
(43 items)
Bell, Madison Smartt,
1999-2000
(5 items)
Betts, Doris,
1970-1990
(28 items)
Bingham, Sallie,
1998-2000
(4 items)
Blackburn, William and family,
1953-2002 and
undated
(111 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Bly Robert,
1998
(1 item)
Brondoli, Michael,
1972-1986 and
undated
(41 letters)
Brooks, Cleanth,
1964-1990
(11 letters)
Broughton, T. Alan,
1968-1991
(24 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Brown, Lightning,
1995
(4 folders)
Buechner, Frederick,
1969-2000
(23 items)
Box AC2
B-G,
1956-2003 and
undated
(31 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Busch, Frederick,
1969-1991 and
undated
(95 items)
Carr, Virginia,
2002-2003
(7 items)
Campbell, Alan,
1958-1962
(5 items)
Cecil, David and family,
1956-1990 and
undated
(59 items)
Chappell, Fred,
1961-1990 and
undated
(18 items)
Coles, Robert,
1993-1994
(7 items)
Conroy, Pat,
1989
(3 items)
Corn, Alfred,
1988-1990
(12 items)
Cowley, Malcolm,
1972-1975
(3 items)
Cox, Elizabeth,
1979-2002
(19 items)
Crews, Harry,
1971
(1 item)
Davidson, Cathy,
1994-1999
(3 items)
de Buys, William,
1993-1994
(2 items)
Dickey, James,
1968-2001
(12 items)
Dillard, Annie
1995-1998 and undated
(4 items)
Douglas, Ellen (Josephine Harton),
1981-1982
(4 items)
Edgerton, Clyde,
1990-1999
(4 items)
Ellison, Ralph,
1964-1974
(7 items)
Foote, Horton,
1984-2002 and
undated
(38 items)
Ford, Richard,
1995-2003
(10 items)
Fort, Charles,
1992-1993
(2 items)
Franklin, John Hope,
1994
(1 item)
Gibbons, Kaye,
1989-1999 and
undated
(6 items)
Gilchrist, Ellen,
1978-1997
(5 items)
Grimsley, Jim,
1999
(1 item)
Gordimer, Nadine,
1999
(2 items)
Gurganus, Allan,
1974-2002 and
undated
(96 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Guy, David,
1971-2002
(13 items)
Box AC3
H-K,
1958-2003 and
undated
(19 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Hannah, Barry,
1987
(2 items)
Harrison, Jim,
1973
(2 items)
Haydn, Hiram,
1958-1973
(63 items)
Hays, Tommy
1999-2002
(4 items)
Henly, Beth,
1988-1990
(5 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Humphries, Jeff,
1977-1997
(68 items)
Humphreys, Josephine,
1967-2002 and
undated
(83 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Isherwood, Christopher,
1977
(1 item)
Kauffman, Wallace,
1958-2003 and
undated
(314 items)
Kimmel, Haven,
2001
(1 item)
Kizer, Carolyn,
1972-1994 and
undated
(39 letters)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box AC4
K-P
1959-2003 and
undated
(31 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Knowles, John,
1963-1969
(72 letters)
Kramer, Larry,
1999-2000
(2 items)
Kreyling, Michael,
1978-2001 and
undated
(57 items)
Kushner, Tony,
1999
(1 item)
Levertov, Denise,
1972
(1 letter)
Linney, Romulus,
1965-2003 and undated
(66 items)
MacLeish, Roderick,
1994
(1 item)
Mailer, Norman,
1977,
1984
(2 items)
Malone, Michael,
2000 and
undated
(3 items)
Malouf, Melissa,
2003
(1 item)
Maron, Margaret,
1994
(1 item)
Maxwell, William,
1997-2000
(2 item)
McFee, Michael,
1993-1994
(5 items)
Meredith, William,
1970-1979
(14 items)
Mitchell, Julian,
1959-1988 and
undated
(48 items)
Morgan, Robert,
2000-2003 and
undated
(3 items)
Morris, Willie,
1997
(1 item)
Morrison, Toni,
1974-1992 and
undated
(10 items)
Naumoff, Lawrence,
1972-2000
(30 items)
Nelson, Betty Palmer,
1992
(1 item)
Oates, Joyce Carol,
1976-1983
(5 items)
O'Brien, Edna,
1962
(1 item)
Owen, Guy,
1974-1976
(6 items)
Parker, Dorothy,
1961
(1 item)
Patton, Frances Gray,
1960-1977
(3 items)
Payne, Peggy,
1994
(1 item)
Pearson, T. R.,
1986
(1 item)
Percy, Walker,
1966-1992
(9 items)
Porter, Joe,
1980-2001
(54 items)
Box AC5
P-S,
1956-2003 and
undated
(20 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Price, Leontyne,
1975-1983 and
undated
(8 items)
Ransom, John Crowe,
1987
(1 item)
Rorem, Ned,
1997-2003
(6 items)
Rubin, Louis,
1965-1997
(14 items)
Salinger, Wendy,
1997
(1 item)
Schiff, James,
1994-2002
(40 items)
Seay, Jim,
1973-1990
(3 items)
Sendak, Maurice,
1999
(1 item)
Settle, Mary Lee,
1978-1982
(7 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Shivers, Louise,
1976-1986 and
undated
(20 items)
Smith, Charlie,
1969-1989 and
undated
(43 items)
Smith, Dave,
1988-2000 and undated`
(28 items)
Smith, Lee,
1969-1998
(16 items)
Snyder, Gary,
1974-1977
(4 items)
Sondheim, Stephen,
1997
(1 item)
Spencer, Elizabeth,
1987-2002
(17 items)
Spender, Stephen,
1956-1957 Mar.
(49 items)
Box AC6
S-U,
1956-2003 and
undated
(18 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Spender, Stephen,
1957 Apr.-1999 and
undated
(289 items)
Steele, Max,
1967-1988 and
undated
(22 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Styron, William,
1956-1994
(31 items)
Tan, Amy,
1995
(1 item)
Tate, Allen,
1966-1975
(6 items)
Taylor, James,
2001
(2 items)
Tyler, Anne,
1960-2003 and
undated
(36 items)
Updike, John,
1962-2000 and
undated
(8 items)
Box AC7
V-W,
1940-2001 and
undated
(13 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
Verdelle, A. J.,
1996
(2 items)
Voll, Daniel,
1992-2001 and undated
(39 items)
Vonnegut, Kurt,
1997
(1 item)
Wallace, Randall,
1971-1986
(13 items)
Warren, Robert Penn,
1980
(1 item)
Welty, Eudora,
1940-1994 and
undated
(225 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Williams, Jonathan,
1969-1984
(51 items)
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box AC8
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
1993-2004 and
undated
(9 folders) ENTIRE BOX IS
RESTRICTED.
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Writings Series (RESTRICTED), 1935-2004 and undated
(92 boxes)
ENTIRE SERIES IS RESTRICTED. See individual subseries notes for
specific restrictions.
Writings by Price Subseries (RESTRICTED), 1946-2003 and undated
(76 boxes)
Chiefly manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of novels, short
stories, poetry, plays, and a variety of nonfiction books by
Reynolds Price. Overall arrangement of the
subseries is chronological, with some exceptions.
The majority of Price's published books and plays (minus some
small press publications and limited editions) appear in order of publication
date in boxes WP1-WP70. For each book, materials are then arranged in order of
their writing and editing history. In cases of approximate or inferred dates,
strict chronological order is occasionally ignored, with the main sequence of
writing and editing the text--as reflected in notes, manuscripts, typescripts,
and proofs--being favored over such later matters in the publication process as
jacket copy, ads, and adaptations into other genres and media (such as
screenplays and audiobooks).
Materials for individual short works appear in the last six
boxes of the subseries, WP71-WP77, in four categories: uncollected poems,
uncollected stories, uncollected nonfiction, and student work. The first three
of these groups are arranged alphabetically by title; Price's student work,
from high school through his years at Oxford, is arranged chronologically.
[RESTRICTED: materials in this subseries are open for
researchers to view but not to duplicate. During Price's lifetime and twenty
years thereafter, duplication by any means of materials in this subseries
requires prior written permission from him or his literary executors.]
Box WP1
A Long and Happy Life
(novel, 1962) RESTRICTED
Notes,
1957
(2 folders)
Partial Fair Copy,
1958-1959
Notes and drafts,
1958-1960
(5 folders)
Notes and drafts,
1960
(5 folders)
Typescript,
1961 and undated
(Folders 1-6 of 7)
Box WP2
Typescript,
1961 and
undated
(Folder 7 of 7)
Typescript with charts and windows specifications
for printer,
1961
(4 folders)
Typescripts with
Harry Ford's specifications for printer,
1961
(4 folders)
Plate proof: Corrected pages,
1961
Proofs,
1961-1964
(3 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Screenplays by Price and other authors
Charles Eastman,
1964 Sept.
5
(2 folders)
Notes and first draft by Price for
Jack Garfein,
1965
(2 folders)
Draft by Price as presented to
Jack Garfein,
1965 Apr.
(2 folders)
Drafts by Price and
Garfein,
1965-1966
(Folder 1 of 3)
Box WP3
Drafts by Price and
Garfein,
1965-1966
(Folders 2-3 of 3)
Fair copy by Price and
Garfein,
1966
(2 folders)
Draft with revisions by Price,
ca. 1969
(2 folders)
Fair copy of 1969 revisions, circa
1969
Notes by Price and
Richard Neubert,
1970 June-July
Draft by Price and
Richard Neubert with revisions by
both,
1970 June-July
(2 folders)
Draft with notes and revisions by
Richard Neubert,
1970
(2 folders)
Draft with revisions by Price and
Richard Neubert,
1970.
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous,
1961-1971 and
undated
Play prepared by
John Clum from RP's screenplay for
Duke Summer Theater,
1976
Typescript of Clum adaptation, signed by Price and
notated for staging, circa
1976
Draft of screenplay by
Stephanie Keys,
1988
Box WP4
Typescript of screenplay by
Beth Henley,
1989, Mar.
Dedication page,
undated
Encounter proof of Part One,
undated
Jacket sketch and jacket, by
Harry Ford,
undated
Samples of paperback cover, undated
Notes and drafts, undated
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box WP4
The Names and Faces of
Heroes (short stories, 1963)
RESTRICTED
Note: see also "Correspondence and application materials for
Guggenheim Foundation, 1960-1970" under "Uncollected fiction" in Box WP69 for
other early manuscripts of individual stories later collected in
The Names and Faces of Heroes.
Possible titles,
undated
Proof from which Price read at
YMHA,
New York,
1963 Mar.
Draft of introduction to reading,
undated
Program of reading,
undated
Harry Ford's specifications for English
edition,
1963
"A Chain of Love,"
notes
and drafts,
1955 and
undated
(3 folders)
"A Chain of Love,"
typed
draft,
undated
"A Chain of Love,"
proof
(as set, but never published, by
Paris Review,
1957)
"A Chain of Love,"
drafts
and revisions,
1962
"A Chain of Love,"
typescript with revisions, undated
"A Chain of Love,"
abridged
from
The Names and Faces of
Heroes,
undated
"The Warrior Princess
Ozimba,"
notes and drafts,
1956-1961 and
undated
"Michael Egerton,"
1951-1954 and
undated
"The Anniversary,"
notes
and drafts,
1955-1958
(2 folders)
"The Anniversary,"
typescript,
undated
"Uncle Grant,"
notes and
drafts and proof from
Encounter,
1961 and
undated
"Uncle Grant,"
manuscript
fragments,
1961-1962
"Uncle Grant,"
typescript
fragments, undated
Box WP5
Printer's typescript, prepared by
Harry Ford and copy editor,
1963
(2 folders)
Plate proof,
1963
(2 folders)
Jacket proof,
1963
Sample proof,
1963, Feb.
Proofs,
1963
(2 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box WP5
A Generous Man
(novel, 1966)
RESTRICTED
Notes,
1964-1965 and
undated
First draft,
1964-1965
(5 folders)
Typescript,
undated
(4 folders)
Typescript with Price's changes while book was in
press,
undated
(Folders 1-2 of 4)
Box WP6
Typescript with Price's changes while book was in
press,
undated
(Folders 3-4 of 4)
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1966
(4 folders)
Plate proof,
1966
(4 folders)
Proofs,
1966
(4 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Synopsis for
Columbia Pictures Corporation,
1966 Feb.
French proof,
1970
(2 folders)
Jacket proofs: Atheneum and Signet,
undated
Box WP6
Love and Work
(novel, 1968) RESTRICTED
Notes,
1965-1968 and
undated
First draft,
1967
(2 folders)
Price's typescript with revisions,
1968
(2 folders)
Final typescript with revisions by Price (made while
book was in press),
undated
(Folder 1 of 2)
Box WP7
Final typescript with revisions by Price (made while
book was in press),
undated
(Folder 2 of 2)
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1968
(3 folders)
Plate proofs,
1968
(2 folders)
Proofs,
1968
(2 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Sample covers and jacket proof,
undated
Jacket copy,
undated
Box WP7
Permanent Errors
(short stories and novella, 1970)
RESTRICTED
Notes,
1967-1969 and
undated
"To the Reader,"
draft and
typescript,
1970 and
undated
"The Happiness of Others,"
drafts,
1967 and
undated
"A Dog's Death,"
drafts,
1966-1967 and
undated
"Scars,"
notes and drafts,
1967 and
undated
"Waiting at Dachau,"
notes,
drafts, and
Esquire proofs,
1968-1969 and
undated
"Late Warnings,"
notes and
drafts,
1966-1968 and
undated
"Invitation for Jesse
Rehder,"
drafts,
1967 and
undated
"Summer Games,"
drafts,
1963 and
undated
"Truth and Lies,"
drafts,
1963 and
undated
"Good and Bad Dreams,"
notes, drafts, and Playboy uncorrected proof,
1963-1970 and
undated
"Walking Lessons,"
notes
and drafts,
1969-1970 and
undated
(2 folders)
"To the Reader,"
typescript,
undated
"The Happiness of Others,"
typescript,
undated
"A Dog's Death,"
typescript,
undated
"Scars,"
typescript,
undated
Box WP8
"Waiting at Dachau,"
typescript,
undated
"Late Warnings,"
typescript,
undated
"Invitation for Jessie
Rehder,"
typescript,
undated
"Summer Games,"
typescript,
undated
"Truth and Lies,"
typescript,
undated
"Good and Bad Dreams,"
typescript,
undated
"Walking Lessons,"
typescript,
undated
(2 folders)
Typescript with Price's changes made while book was
in press,
undated
(5 folders)
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1970
(4 folders)
Plate proof,
1970
(4 folders)
Box WP9
Page proof,
1970
Proofs,
1970
(4 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Jacket copy,
undated
Jacket proof, sample covers, and
Harry Ford's specifications,
undated
Paperback cover,
undated
Miscellaneous,
1970-1982 and
undated
Box WP9
Things Themselves
(essays, 1972) RESTRICTED
"To the Reader,"
notes and
drafts,
1970-1971 and
undated
"Dodging Apples,"
drafts,
1963-1971 and
undated
"Five Sketches for a
Screenplay,"
drafts,
undated
"News for the Mineshaft,"
notes and drafts,
1967 and
undated
"Pylon - The Posture of
Worship,"
notes and drafts,
1968 and
undated
"A Reasonable Guide Through
Perilous Seas,"
draft,
undated
"The Onlooker, Smiling,"
notes and drafts,
1969-1972 and
undated
"Frightening Gift,"
first
draft,
1970
"The Wings of a Dove - A Single
Combat,"
notes and draft,
1971 and
undated
"Dodo, Phoenix, or Tough Old
Cock?"
notes and draft,
1971 and
undated
"For Ernest Hemingway,"
notes and draft,
1971 and
undated
(3 folders)
Box WP10
"Four Abrahams, Four Isaacs by
Rembrandt,"
notes and drafts,
1971 and
undated
"Poem Doctrinal and Exemplary to a
Nation,"
drafts,
1971 and
undated
Typescript with Price's revisions,
undated
(2 folders)
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1972
(2 folders)
Plate proof,
1972
(3 folders)
Proofs,
1972
(4 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Jacket proof and sample covers,
1972
Box WP10
Presence and Absence
(translations, 1973) RESTRICTED
Original corrected manuscript,
1972
Original typed manuscript,
1972
Printer's proof,
1972-1973
Author's corrected galley proof,
1973
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box WP10
The Surface of Earth
(novel, 1975) RESTRICTED
Notes and schedules,
1973-1974 and
undated
First draft, Book One,
1972-1973
(Folder 1 of 2)
Box WP11
First draft, Book One,
1972-1973
(Folder 2 of 2)
First draft, Book Two,
1973-1974
(2 folders)
First draft, Book Three,
1974
(2 folders)
Author's note, manuscripts and transcript,
1974-1975
Price's typescript with revisions,
undated
(Folders 1-5 of 6)
Box WP12
Price's typescript with revisions,
undated
(Folder 6 of 6)
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1975
(5 folders)
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1975
(cont.)
"Honest Hearts,"
typescript
draft for
Esquire with suggested
corrections by
Gordon Lish,
undated
Galley proofs for
Esquire,
1973
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Proofs,
1975
(7 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Jacket copy,
1974 and
undated
Cover photographs,
1976 and
undated
[Photograph removed to Photographic Materials Series.]
Jacket proofs,
undated
Paperback cover,
undated
Sample pages with Price's notes, changes for
Atheneum paperback edition,
1981-1983
(2 folders)
Photograph,
undated
[Photograph removed to Photographic Materials Series.]
Box WP13
Early Dark
(play, 1977) RESTRICTED
Manuscript I (notebook),
1976
July-Aug.
Manuscript II (notebook),
1976
July-Aug.
Final transcript,
1976
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1977
Typescript drafts of preface,
1976 and
undated
Sample pages,
1977 Jan.
Proofs,
1977
(3 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Miscellany,
undated
Box WP13
A Palpable God
(translations and essay, 1978)
RESTRICTED
Notes,
1975-1976 and
undated
A notebook of translations,
1975-1976
Drafts:
"Preface; "
Note on Translating and Selection, and the
texts,
1976 and
undated
(6 folders)
"Preface to Mark,"
four
manuscript and typescript drafts,
1976 July and
undated
"The Good News According to
Mark,"
proof,
1976
Preface with introduction and changes for
presentation as lectures at
Salzburg seminar,
Austria,
1977 June.
Page proof with author's corrections,
1977
Printer's copy, typed by Price, with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1978
(8 folders)
Proofs,
1978
(4 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
"To the Reader,"
five
manuscript and typescript drafts,
1979 Apr. and
undated
Three typescript fragments of
"To the Reader"
and
translated texts, undated
(Folder 1 of 3)
Box WP14
Three typescript fragments of
"To the Reader"
and
translated texts, undated
(Folders 2-3 of 3)
Box WP14
Nine Mysteries
(poetry, 1979) RESTRICTED
Nine Mysteries,
1979,
undated
Miscellaneous
Typescript drafts and Fragments,
1979
First, Second and Third proofs,
1979
First printing and Sample pages,
1979
Miscellaneous proofs
"Annunciation,"
draft,
undated
"Ascension,"
draft,
undated
"Dead Girl,"
undated
"Naked Boy,"
draft,
1977 and
undated
"Reparation,"
drafts,
1977
"Resurrection,"
draft,
undated
Nine Mysteries typescript,
undated
Nine Mysteries cover,
undated
Box WP14
The Source of Light
(novel, 1981) RESTRICTED
Notes and fragments,
1971-1980
First draft,
1978
(7 folders)
Box WP15
First draft, typed,
undated
Typescript
Printer's copy, typed by Price, with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1981
(8 folders)
Proofs,
1981
(5 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Back cover copy for paperback edition,
1985 Jan.
Paperback covers, undated
Proof of binding,
undated
Manuscript log,
undated
Author's questionnaire,
1980 Sept.
Box WP15
Vital Provisions
(poetry, 1982) RESTRICTED
"The Alchemist,"
manuscripts and typescript,
1970 and
undated
"Angel,"
manuscripts and
typescripts,
1965, 1981 and
undated
"Anniversary,"
typescript,
undated
"The Annual Heron,"
typescript,
undated
"Annunciation,"
manuscript,
typescript, and proof,
1975
"At the Gulf,"
manuscripts
and typescripts,
1970 and
undated
"At the Gulf,"
galley
proof,
1977
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
"Attis,"
manuscript,
typescripts, and proof,
1970,
1983 and
undated
"Aurora,"
typescript,
1982
"Black Water,"
typescript,
undated
"Christ Child's Song at the End of
Night,"
typescript,
1978
"Cumaean Song,"
typescript,
undated
"Dead Girl (Mark 5),"
typescript and proof, undated
"Divine Propositions,"
typescript,
undated
"The Dream of a House,"
manuscripts and typescripts,
1977 and
undated
"The Dream of Food,"
typescripts,
1980 and
undated
"The Dream of Lee,"
typescripts, undated
"For Leontyne Price After
Ariadne," manuscripts,
typescripts, and proof,
1973, 1979 and
undated
"Found, For My Brother,"
typescript,
1981
"I say of any man,"
typescripts and proof,
1961 and
undated
"Instruction (Matthew
27:5),"
typescripts, undated
"Man and Faun,"
manuscripts, typescripts,
1966-1967 and
undated
"Memoranda,"
typescripts,
1982
"Night Speech,"
typescript,
undated
"Pictures of the Dead,"
typescripts,
undated
"Pure Boys and Girls,"
typescripts and proof,
1978 and
undated
(2 folders)
"Questions for a Student (A.M., 18
March 1969),"
typescripts,
1975 and
undated
"A Rainbow and a Day-Old
Calf,"
typescript,
undated
"Seafarer,"
typescripts,
1979 and
undated
"Sleeping Wife (Matthew
27:19),"
typescripts,
1973
"Ten Years, Four Days,"
typescript, undated
"To My Niece--Our Photograph in a
Hammock,"
manuscripts and typescript,
1970 and
undated
"Torso of an Archaic
Apollo,"
draft, typescript,
1968-1969 and
undated
Box WP16
"Your Element,"
typescript,
undated
Fair copy, revised,
1981 (2
vols.)
Drafts,
undated
(Folder 1 of 2)
Drafts,
undated
(Folder 2 of 2)
Table of Contents, preface, miscellany (drafts),
1982 and
undated
Typescript (incomplete),
undated
Proof, unbound,
1982
(2 folders)
Proof, bound,
1982
Page proof,
1982
Author's questionnaire,
1982 Feb.
Box WP16
Mustian (novels and short story, 1983) RESTRICTED
Preface, manuscript and typescript drafts,
1982 Nov.
Proofs with Price's corrections,
1983
(Folder 1 of 2)
Box WP17
Proofs with Price's corrections,
1983
(Folder 2 of 2)
Advertisements and proofs,
1983-1984 and
undated
Covers,
undated
Front flap copy draft,
undated
Box WP17
Private Contentment
(play, 1984) RESTRICTED
Notes,
1981
March-May
First draft,
1981
Typed draft,
1981
Shooting script for
PBS
" American Playhouse,"
1982 Jan.
Printer's copy with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1984
First proof with Price's corrections, fragments,
1984
Proof,
1984
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Stage plan for
Private Contentment,
1985
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Cover photograph,
undated
[Photograph removed to Photographic Materials Series.]
Box WP17
Kate Vaiden
(novel, 1986) RESTRICTED
Handwritten draft,
1983-1985
(2 folders)
First corrected printout, superceded
1984 Mar.
Notes,
1985-1985 and
undated
Box WP18
Partial typescript with changes,
1985
(2 folders)
Copy of partial draft with changes,
1985? (2
folders)
Draft with revisions, p. 370-381,
1985 Sept.
Draft,
1986
(3 folders)
Partial draft with Price's revisions,
undated
(2 folders)
Galley excerpt,
1986 Apr.
Box WP19
Proofs with Price's corrections,
1986
Master proof,
1986
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Jacket sketches from
Ballantine Books (also
Good Hearts),
undated
Cover photograph,
undated
Cover proofs, undated
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Jacket,
undated
First draft of a screenplay by
Benedict Fitzgerald,
1987 June
(2 folders)
Screenplay by
Benedict Fitzgerald,
1987 Oct.
Box WP20
The Laws of Ice
(poetry, 1986) RESTRICTED
"The Aim,"
typescripts,
undated
"Ambrosia,"
typescripts,
1983 and
undated
"Before the Flood,"
typescript,
1984
"Caught,"
typescript,
undated
"Caw,"
typescripts,
undated
"Cherokee,"
typescripts,
1982 and
undated
"The Claim,"
typescripts,
1984
"Dead Man, Dying Girl,"
manuscript, typescripts, and proof,
1968,
1978, and
undated
(2 folders)
"Eels,"
typescript,
undated
"Epitaphs from the Greek
Anthology,"
typescript,
undated
"For James Dean,"
typescript,
undated
"For Vivian Leigh,"
typescript,
undated
"Good Places,"
typescripts,
1983
"Hawk Hill,"
typescripts,
undated
"The Heaven of Elizabeth Rodwell,
My Mother,"
typescripts,
1983
"His Discovery,"
typescript,
1984
"House Snake,"
typescripts
with revisions,
1983 and
undated
(2 folders)
"I Am Transmuting,"
manuscripts and typescript,
1968 and
undated
"Jonathan's Lament for
David,"
typescript,
undated
"Last Conversation,"
typescript,
1983
"A Life in Dreams,"
typescript,
undated
"Lighthouse, Mosquito
Inlet,"
typescript,
1983
"The Lines of Life,"
typescripts and proof, undated
"The Lines of Life"
and
"The Sleeper in the
Valley,"
proof from
Shenandoah,
1966
"Midnight,"
manuscripts and
typescript,
1966-1968 and
undated
"Pears,"
typescript,
undated
"Porta Nigra,"
manuscripts
and typescripts,
1966-1982 and
undated
"Rest,"
typescript,
undated
"Rincón 1,"
typescripts,
1982
"Rincón 2,"
typescripts,
1982
"Same Road,"
typescript,
undated
"Secret,"
typescript,
undated
"The Sleeper in the
Valley,"
typescripts,
1960-1966 and
undated
"Three Visits,"
drafts and
typescripts,
1985 and
undated
"A Tomb for Will Price, My
Father,"
typescript,
undated
"Transatlantic,"
typescript,
undated
Vision, typescript,
1984
Warm Springs, typescripts,
1982 and
undated
"Watchman, Tower,
Midnight,"
manuscript and typescripts,
1986 and
undated
"What is Godly,"
typescripts,
1982 and
undated
Typescript,
undated
(2 folders)
Original copyedited typescript,
1986
Proof with Price's corrections,
1986
Cover photograph,
undated
[Photograph removed to Photographic Materials Series.]
Box WP21
A Common Room
(essays, 1987) RESTRICTED
"A Dim Warm Cave,"
typescripts and proof,
1983
"A Fairly Crucial Choice,"
proofs,
1983
"Family Stories: The Carters in
Plains,"
manuscripts and typescript,
1976 and
undated
"Finding Work,"
manuscript
and typescripts,
1967 Feb. 2 and
undated
"A Good Report,"
typescripts,
1982 Mar.
8-9
"Heroes,"
manuscript,
typescripts, and proof,
1978 Sept. 29-Oct. 19
and undated
"Homeless. Home."
manuscript and galley proof,
1977 Sept. 17-Nov.
26
(2 folders)
"The Lonely Hunt for
Power,"
manuscript and typescripts,
1973 Dec. 30 and
undated
"Love Across the Lines,"
draft,
undated
"Pantherine, Leonine,
Orchidaceous,"
manuscripts and typescript,
1982 May 10-June 5 and
undated
"The Penny Show,"
manuscript and galley proof,
1982 Dec. 14-15 and
undated
"Pictures of Pride,"
manuscripts and typescripts,
1976 Dec. and
undated
"Real Life and Fiction,"
notes, manuscript, and typescripts,
1982 and
undated
"A Recurrent Fact,"
draft,
undated
Reviews
Blotner, Joseph,
Faulkner: A Biography,
manuscript and typescript,
1974 and
undated
Greene, Graham,
The Honorary Consul and
Collected Stories,
manuscript and typescript,
1973 and
undated
Hemingway, Gregory,
Papa: a Personal Memoir,
manuscripts and typescripts,
1976 and
undated
Lattimore, Richmond,
Acts and Letters of the
Apostles, typescript, undated
Lattimore, Richmond,
The Four Gospels and the
Revelation, manuscript and typescript,
1973 and
undated
Morrison, Toni,
Song of Solomon,
manuscript,
1977
Welch, James,
Winter in the Blood,
manuscript and typescript,
1974 Oct. 9 and
undated
"A Start,"
manuscript,
1981 Sept. 28-Oct.
13
"Strong Old Rhythms,"
manuscript and typescripts,
1979 Jan. 7 and
undated
"The Thing Itself,"
manuscripts and typescripts,
1966,
1971, and
undated
(6 folders)
"Uses for Freedoms,"
manuscript and typescripts,
1967-1971 and
undated
"A Vast Common Room,"
drafts and typescript,
1986
"What Stayed in Plains,"
manuscript,
1980 Nov.
24
"You Are Needed Now and Will
Always Be,"
manuscripts and typescripts,
1975 Mar. 17-Oct. 8 and
undated
[Some items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Early typescripts,
1964-1985 and
undated
(Folder 1 of 2)
Box WP22
Early typescripts,
1964-1985 and
undated
(Folder 2 of 2)
Early typescript, miscellaneous,
undated
Printer's copy, with
Harry Ford's specifications,
1987
(12 folders)
Galley proof, miscellaneous pages,
1987
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
First proof, with Harry Ford's and Price's
corrections,
1987 Aug.
27
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Master proof, miscellaneous pages with Price's
corrections,
1987 Aug.
27
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Jacket sketch, by
Harry Ford,
undated
Jacket,
undated
Box WP23
Full Moon
(play, 1987) RESTRICTED
Typescript draft,
1987
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
undated
Typescript second draft with author's revisions,
1987 July-Oct.
(2 folders)
Typescript second draft with author's revisions,
1987
Sept.-Oct.
Typescript fragments with revisions by author,
undated
Bound copy,
undated
Typescript of the premier production,
1988 Aug.
4
Full Moon and Other Plays,
corrected proof,
1993
(2 folders)
Box WP24
Good Hearts
(novel, 1988) RESTRICTED
Typescript draft,
1986 Aug.
Typescript draft,
1988
(3 folders)
First proof with Price's and
Harry Ford's changes,
1988
(2 folders)
Second proof with Price's changes,
1988
(2 folders)
Ad copy,
undated
Publicity schedule,
1988
Box WP24
Clear Pictures
(memoir, 1989) RESTRICTED
"Foreward,"
typescript
drafts with corrections,
1988
"Three Useful Lessons"
:
typescript drafts with author's corrections,
1987 and
undated
"An Open Heart,"
typescript
drafts with author's corrections,
1987 and
undated
Box WP25
"Black Help,"
typescript
drafts with author's corrections,
undated
"An Absolute Hunter,"
typescript drafts with author's corrections,
1987 and
undated
"A Normal, All But Fatal
Childhood,"
typescript drafts with author's corrections,
1988 and
undated
"Real Copies,"
typescript
drafts with author's corrections,
1987-1988 and
undated
"Credible Light,"
(Absolute Reality) typescript drafts with
author's corrections,
1988 and
undated
(Folder 1 of 3)
"Credible Light,"
(Absolute Reality) typescript drafts with
author's corrections,
1988 and
undated
(Folders 2-3 of 3)
"A Final Secret: Will's
Death,"
typescript drafts with author's corrections,
1988 and
undated
Miscellaneous revised pages,
undated
"Afterword"
(Epilogue), typescript drafts with author's
corrections,
1987-1989 and
undated
Captions for illustrations, draft with author's
corrections and notes on illustrations,
1988 and
undated
"A Note on Clear Pictures,"
typescript drafts with author's corrections,
1988
Typescript draft,
1988
(3 folders)
Binding die copy,
1989
(Folder 1 of 4)
Box WP26
Binding die copy,
1989
(Folders 2-4 of 4)
"Afterword,"
corrected
proof,
1989 Mar.
Proofs and notes on illustrations,
1989
(3 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Changes for a second printing, undated
Jacket copy,
undated
Promotional folder and contents,
1989
Box WP26
The Tongues of Angels
(novel, 1990) RESTRICTED
Research notes,
undated
Typescript first draft with author's revisions,
undated
Typescript second draft with author's revisions,
1987 Sept.
Typescript third draft with author's revisions,
1987 Sept.
(2 folders)
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
undated
Typescript draft,
circa 1987
Printer's copy with specifications,
undated
(2 folders)
Spelling notes for copy editor,
1989 June
Printer's proof,
1989 Nov.
Printer's first proof and master proof,
1990
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box WP27
Ultramarine Publishing Company Flyer,
circa 1989
"First changes," manuscript notes,
undated
Cover proofs, undated
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box WP27
The Use of Fire
(poetry, 1990) RESTRICTED
"An Afterlife, 1953-1988,"
typescripts,
1989
"An Afterlife, 1953-1958,"
galley proof,
1990
"Dawn (John 21),"
typescripts,
1989
"The Eel,"
typescripts,
1984
"The Elephants of North
Carolina"
(Also
"Dream Elephants),"
typescripts,
1989
"Fishers,"
typescript,
1988
"Giant,"
typescripts,
1990
"Half of Life,"
manuscript
and typescript,
1970 and
undated
"Hymn,"
manuscript and
typescripts,
1989
"Initiation,"
manuscript
and typescript,
1970 and
undated
"Imprecation,"
typescript,
undated
"Jim, Dead of AIDS an Hour
Ago,"
typescript,
1988
"Jim, With AIDS,"
typescript,
1988
"Juncture,"
typescripts,
1987
"Late Visit,"
manuscripts,
1989
"Lights Out,"
manuscripts,
1988
"Lost Homes,"
typescripts,
1989, and
undated
"Maya,"
typescript,
1990
"Noon Rest, Best Day,"
manuscript and limited edition, Albondocani Press,
1986
(2 folders)
"The Resident Heron,"
typescript,
1988
"Six Consolations,"
typescripts,
1989
"Socrates and Alcibiades,"
manuscripts, typescripts, and proof,
1960-1980 and
undated
"Three Dead Voices,"
typescripts,
1989
"13 February 1984-1990,"
typescripts,
1990
"Tom, Dying of AIDS,"
typescripts,
1989
"Unbeaten Play,"
typescripts and proofs,
1987 and
undated
(2 folders)
"Winter,"
manuscripts and
typescript,
1961,
1989 and
undated
"Yom Kippur,"
typescript,
1988
"Your Lies,"
typescript,
undated
Table of Contents: typescript draft with
corrections,
undated
Printer's first proof,
1989
[Item removed to Oversize Materials.]
Original copyedited typescript,
1990
(2 folders)
Printer's proof,
1990 July
Box WP28
New Music: A Trilogy
(plays, 1990) RESTRICTED
August Snow
Handwritten notes and drafts,
1984-1985 and
undated
First typescript draft with revisions,
1985
Jan.
Early typescript draft,
1985
Typescript draft,
1985
Bound copy,
1985
Rehearsal notes,
1985
Hendrix Players Production Program,
1985 Nov.
New Music
Handwritten fragment,
1985
Oct.
First draft, typescript,
1985
Oct.
Revised draft, typescript,
1985
Oct.
Typescript draft,
1985
Bound copy,
1985
Better Days, typescript draft,
first revision,
1985 Dec.
Better Days, bound copy,
1985
(2 folders)
Box WP29
New Music, typescript draft,
and related papers,
1987,
undated
August Snow, typescript draft,
1989 July
Night Dance, typescript draft,
1989 July
Better Days, typescript draft,
1989 July
Fragments, early drafts,
1989-1990 and
undated
Reviews and articles,
1989
Miscellaneous related papers,
1989 Aug.-Oct. and
undated
Copy of revised text as submitted for publication by
Theater Communications Group,
1990
(2 folders)
Box WP29
The Foreseeable Future
(stories, 1991) RESTRICTED
"The Fare to the Moon,"
early drafts,
1989
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
1988 Feb.
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
1988 Aug.
Box WP30
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
1988 Sept.
Setting copy with author's revisions,
1990 Aug.
(2 folders)
Page proof,
1991
(Folder 1 of 2)
Page Proof,
1991
(Folder 2 of 2)
Jacket Illustration, undated
Box WP30
Blue Calhoun
(novel, 1992) RESTRICTED
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
1990
(2 folders)
Box WP31
Typescript draft with author's revisions,
1991 Jan.
(4 folders)
Notes,
undated
Typescript draft,
(4 folders)
Box WP32
Atheneum Ms.,
1991
(3 folders)
Original copyedited typescript, circa
1991
(4 folders)
Box WP33
Printer's Manuscript, circa
1991
(Folder 1 of 3)
Printer's Manuscript, circa
1991
(Folders 2-3 of 3)
Revised Fragments,
1991
Proofreader's and master galleys,
1991
(2 folders)
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Duplicate repro proofs,
1992
(6 folders)
Publisher's Prospectus
1992
Sample covers, undated
[All items removed to Oversize Materials.]
Box WP34
The Collected Stories
(fiction, 1993) RESTRICTED
"The Company of the Dead,"
1989
"Deeds of Light,"
1990
"An Early Christmas,"
1991
(2 folders)
"The Enormous Door,"
undated