Inventory of the William Styron Papers, 1855-1998
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TitleWilliam Styron Papers,
1855-1998
Creator
Styron, William
Extent
27 Linear Feet
22,500 Items
Repository
22,500 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsRestrictions apply to some parts of the William Styron Papers.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Styron Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The main body of the papers of William Styron was acquired from William Styron between 1969 and 1997. Small portions of the collection were donated by others or purchased between 1970 and 1994.
Processing Information
Processed by Melissa Delbridge, Joann Kleinneiur, and Debbera Carson
Completed November 17, 1998
Encoded by Don Sechler
Updated by Jill Katte, December 2006
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1925, June 11 | Born to William Clark Styron and Pauline (Abraham) Styron, in Newport News, Va. |
| 1942 | Attended Davidson College |
| 1943 |
Enlisted in Marine Corps in V-12 program
Transferred to Duke University
|
| 1944-1945 | Served as lieutenant in the Marine Corps |
| 1947 |
Received A.B. from Duke University
Moved to New York City and studied writing with Hiram Haydn at the New School for Social Research
Associate editor with McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N.Y.
|
| 1952 | Received American Academy of Arts and Letters Prix de Rome for Lie Down in Darkness (1951) |
| 1953, May 4 | Married Rose Burgunder |
| 1960 | Published the novel, Set this House on Fire |
| 1968 | Received Pulitzer Prize for The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967) |
| 1970 | Received Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| 1979 | Publication of Sophie's Choice |
| 1980 | Received the American Book Award and nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, both for Sophie's Choice |
| 1984 |
Received Connecticut Arts Award and Duke University's Distinguished Alumni Award
Appointed a fellow of Silliman College of Yale University
|
| 1985 | Received the Prix Mondial del Duca |
| 1987 | Received the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
| 1988 | Received Edward MacDowell Medal |
| 1990 | Publication of Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, a narrative recalling the major depression Styron suffered beginning in 1985 |
| 2006 November | Died at the age of 81 in Martha's Vineyard |
Collection Overview
The William Styron Papers span the years 1855-1998 with the bulk of the papers being dated between 1943 and 1996. The collection is arranged into the following series: Correspondence, Writings by Styron (which includes Separate Publications, Contributions to Books and Periodicals, Speeches, Unfinished Work, and Miscellaneous Writings), Writings by Others, Printed Material, Audiovisual Material, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous Material. Extensive personal and professional correspondence between Styron and his family, friends, editors, and fellow authors provides insight into his education at Duke University (particularly his studies with Professor William Blackburn of the Department of English) as well as his literary career and personal life. The Writings by Styron Series includes numerous drafts, notes, manuscripts, and proofs of his novels, essays, speeches, and articles. Critical and analytical works concerning Styron's writing can be found in both the Printed Material Series and the Writings by Others Series. Interviews with Styron are to be found in both the Interviews section of the Writings by Others Series and in the Audiovisual Material Series.
Numerous American authors are represented in the collection in the Correspondence Series as well as in the Writings by Others Series. Among the major correspondents are Robert Penn Warren, Carlos Fuentes, Norman Mailer, and Reynolds Price. Letters from Eudora Welty, Truman Capote, Art Buchwald, Richard Wilbur, Kurt Vonnegut, William Kennedy, and James Dickey are also included. A separate index to some of the letters by well-known authors and celebrities accompanies the collection. The Writings by Others Series also includes limited edition copies of poems by Reynolds Price and Allen Tate.
Styron's close relationship with his family is documented in the early letters of the Correspondence Series as well as in the scrapbooks kept by his father. The latter include much juvenilia and childhood memorabilia as well as clippings documenting his early literary accomplishments. A diary kept by Styron during the year following his mother's death appears in the Writings by Styron Series: Miscellaneous Writings Subseries. The Audiovisual Material Series includes several family photographs. Videotapes in this series also provide much information about his life and work.
Among the Writings by Styron are numerous holograph notes, manuscripts written in pencil, and printed texts and typescripts with revisions. These provide detailed insight into Styron's creative process and enable the researcher to document the evolution of much of Styron's work. Research material used by Styron for some of his work, particularly The Confessions of Nat Turner, appears among the volumes in the Printed Material Series.
Styron's experience with having his work filmed for both television and the cinema is documented by screenplays of The Long March and Sophie's Choice. Several photographs of the latter production appear in the Audiovisual Material Series. A screenplay of Set This House on Fire, a first draft of a screenplay of Lie Down in Darkness, and a step outline of The Confessions of Nat Turner, none of which were produced, also appear in the Writings by Others Series
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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-
- Styron, William, 1925--Biography.
- Blackburn, William Maxwell, 1899-
- Duke University.--Dept. of English--History.
- American literature--20th century.
- Authors, American--20th century.
- Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-
- Fuentes, Carlos.
- Mailer, Norman.
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series, 1914-1997and undated
The correspondence series is arranged chronologically and consists mostly of letters addressed to William Styron, but includes some written by him. Correspondents include family members, friends, teachers, publishers, and admirers of his work as well as other authors. A bound volume of letters to and from Donald Harrington is housed in box C 14 at the end of the chronologically arranged letters. Box C-15 contains restricted correspondence.
Box C 1
1914-1953
(16 folders)
Box C 2
1954-1963
(10 folders)
Box C 3
1964-1967
(6 folders)
Box C 4
1968-1971
(6 folders)
Box C 5
1972-1977
(6 folders)
Box C 6
1978-1979,Aug.
(5 folders)
Box C 7
1979, Sept.-1980, July
(5 folders)
Box C 8
1980, Aug.-1981, June
(5 folders)
Box C 9
1981, July-1983
(6 folders)
Box C 10
1984-1987
(8 folders)
Box C 11
1988-1989
(6 folders)
Box C 12
1990
(5 folders)
Box C 13
1991-1995
(9 folders)
Box C 14
1996-1997,
undated
(7 folders)
Correspondence with Donald Harrington (bound), 1960-1986
(1 folder)
Box C 15
Restricted Correspondence
Writings by Styron Series, 1941-1997and undated
Literary works by Styron are arranged in the following subseries: Separate Publications, Contributions to Books and Periodicals, Speeches, Unfinished Work, and Miscellaneous Writings.
Separate Publications Subseries, 1951-1993.
Drafts, typescripts, proofs, editions, and fragments of Styron's published monographic works, including some with Styron's revisions. Arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Box WS 1
Lie Down in Darkness,1951,
1979
Versions of beginning chapters
(1 folder)
Advance galleys,1951
(1 folder)
Page proof,1979
(3 folders)
Box WS 2
Set This House on Fire,1960
Spiral bound galleys
(1 folder)
The Confessions of Nat Turner,
1967
Research file
(1 folder)
Advance galleys
(1 folder)
Box WS 3
Japanese edition
(1 volume)
The Long March,1968
Carbon typescript
(1 folder)
Screenplay
(1 folder)
In the Clap Shack,1972
Fragments
(1 folder)
Holograph
(1 folder)
Manuscript
(1 folder)
Manuscript with holographic revisions
(1 folder)
Manuscript
(1 folder)
Box WS 4
Dead: A Love Story,
1976
Manuscript
(1 folder)
Typescript of screenplay
(1 folder)
Box WS 5
Message of Auschwitz,1979,printer's proof
(1 folder)
Sophie's Choice,
1979
Original holograph
(6 folders)
Rejected manuscript pages
(1 folder)
Box WS 6
Setting copy
(6 folders)
Box WS 7
Master set, 1st pass
(3 folders)
Master set, 2nd pass
(3 folders)
Box WS 8
Page proof
(2 folders)
Galley
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous holograph fragments
(1 folder)
Box WS 9
Author's corrected galleys (1 bosed item)
Box WS 10
This Quiet Dust,
1982
Corrections
(1 folder)
Setting copy
(2 folders)
Proof
(2 folders)
Box WS 11
Galley proof
(2 folders)
Introduction and 4 new holograph essays
(1 folder)
Box WS 12
Darkness Visible,
1990
Galleys for Vanity Fair version
(1 folder)
Book jackets
(1 folder)
Early holograph fragments
(1 folder)
Incomplete holograph
(1 folder)
Final manuscript
(1 folder)
Page proof
(2 folders)
Proof
(1 folder)
Author's galleys
(1 folder)
Typescript with revisions
(1 folder)
Box WS 13
A Tidewater Morning,
1994
Front material, book jackets
(1 folder)
A Tidewater Morning, galley,1987
(1 folder)
"Shadrach," manuscript and typescript, n.d (1 folder)
Setting manuscript
(1 folder)
Die copy
(1 folder)
Master set, 1st pass
(1 folder)
Master set, 2nd pass
(1 folder)
Proof
(1 folder)
Page proof
(1 folder)
Contributions to Books and Periodicals Subseries, 1944-1996and undated
Typescripts, manuscripts, and photocopies of Styron's contributions to books and periodicals are divided into the following sections: Short Stories, Essays and Articles, and Introductions and Contributions to the Works of Others. Within each section, the material is arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Box WS 14
Short Stories
1944, Jan.,
The Archive - "Where the Spirit Is"
(1 folder)
1944, Mar.,
The Archive - "The Long Dark Road"
(1 folder)
1944, Sept.,
The Archive - "Sun on the River"
(1 folder)
1944, Dec.,
The Archive - "A Story About Christmas"
(1 folder)
1945, Feb.,
The Archive - "Autumn,"
(1 folder)
1946, May,
The Archive - "This is My Daughter"
(1 folder)
1946, Oct.,
The Archive - "The Ducks" (1 folder
1965, April,
Harper's Magazine - "This Quiet Dust"
(1 folder)
1978, Mar. 14,
Esquire - "My Life as a Publisher"
(1 folder)
1985, May 7, Esquire - "Love Day"
(1 folder)
1995, Sept. 18,
New Yorker - "A Victim of the Great Pox"
(1 folder)
1996, April,
Paris Review - "Transcontinental with Tex"
(1 folder)
Essays and Articles
1946, Sept.,
The Archive - Review of An Almanac for Moderns by Daniel C. Peattie
(1 folder)
1946, Oct.,
The Archive - Essay on Dr. Newman Ivy White (1 folder
1946, Dec.,
The Archive - Essay on Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine
(1 folder)
1961, in The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook - "Southern Fried Chicken"
(1 folder)
1965, June,
Harper's Magazine - Letter to Harper's Magazine
(1 folder)
1969, Spring, in The Southern Literary Journal - "The Use of History in Fiction"
(1 folder)
1972, Summer, American Scholar - Review of The Aonheiter Affair, by Neil Sheehan
(1 folder)
1972, June,
New York Times Book Review - Review of Lt. Calley, by John Sack and The Court-Martial of Lt Calley, by Richard Hammer
(1 folder)
1972, Mar.,
The Washington Monthly - Review of 365 Days, by Ronald J. Glasser
(1 folder)
1973, May6, New York Times Book Review - Review of A Second Flowering, by M. Cowley
(1 folder)
1974, June,
New York Times - Op-ed page
(1 folder)
1976, Dec. 19,
Washington Post - "Potomac"
(1 folder)
1981, NY Review of Books - Review of The Civil War, by Mary Chestnut
(1 folder)
1982, Jan.,
The Hartford Courant - Account of writing Lie Down in Darkness
(1 folder)
1983, May,
Le Figaro - Essay on influence of cinema on his writing
1983, Dec.,
Esquire - "The Harbor: Edgartown, MA, Aug.1963"
1984, Fall, Architectural Digest - Essay on Thomas Wolfe's house
(1 folder)
1985, Aug.,
Esquire - "Love Day,"
(1 folder)
1987, May 10,New York Times - "Death Row"
(1 folder)
1987, June,
Esquire - Essay on Virginia Foster Durr
(1 folder)
ca. 1987,
Observer and New York Times Book Review Essay on James Baldwin
(2 folders)
1988, Dec. 21,
New York Times - Op-ed piece on Primo Levi
(1 folder)
1989, Aug.,
Vanity Fair - Essay on Irwin Shaw
(1 folder)
1989, Dec.,
Vanity Fair - "From the Abyss: Reflections of My Mind's Disorder"
(2 folders)
1991, April4, Time - "A Father's Prophecy"
(1 folder)
Box WS 15
1991, June 16,
New York Times Book Review - Review of Fortunate Son, by Lewis B. Puller, Jr.
(1 folder)
1991, Oct.,
Vineyard Gazette - Review of Deadline, by James Reston
(1 folder)
1992, American Heritage, Oct. - "Nat Turner Revisited"
1992, Time - Essay on the family
(2 folders)
1993, Jan.4, Newsweek - Article on Hiroshima and Auschwitz
(1 folder)
1993, Sept.,
Newsweek - Essay on depression
(1 folder)
1993, The Nation [v. 256, n. 1] - "Prozac Days, Halcion Nights"
(1 folder)
1994, Summer, Audubon Magazine - Response to proposed Disney theme park in Virginia
(1 folder)
1994, Dec.,
American Heritage - Comment
(1 folder)
1995, Apr. 23,
New York Times - Letter
1995, June,
The New Yorker - Essay on Mark Twain
(1 folder)
1995, Aug.,
The New Yorker - Essay on Lolita
(1 folder)
1995, Oct.8, New York Times Book Review - "A Childhood Transgression"
(1 folder)
1996, Jan.,
Le Monde - Essay on the death of Mitterand
1996, Cigar Aficionado - Essay on JFK and cigars
(1 folder)
1996, Egoiste - Essay on Terazosin
(1 folder)
N.d.,
High Fidelity - Review of JFK: As We Remember Him
(1 folder)
N.d.,
New York Times Book Review - Review of The Joint, by James Blake
(1 folder)
N.d.,
New York Times Book Review - Review of Reminiscences, by Douglas MacArthur
(1 folder)
N.d.,
London Observer - Essay on James Baldwin
(1 folder)
Introductions and Contributions to Works of Others
1975, May - Preface for a bibliography by James L.W. West III
(1 folder)
1982, Jan.- Introduction for the Franklin Mint edition of The Confessions of Nat Turner
(1 folder)
1982, Feb.- Introduction for the French edition of Whistler, by James Jones
(1 folder)
1982, April- Introduction for The Wheat and the Chaff, by Francois Mitterand
(1 folder)
1983, June- Introduction for The Cunning of History, by Richard Rubenstein
(1 folder)
1988 - Introduction for US-Soviet collaborative prose and poetry collection
(1 folder)
1988, Sept.- Afterward to Bernard Faber article, published in Esquire
(1 folder)
1988 - Preface for The View from Space
(1 folder)
1989 - Introduction for Letters of James Jones
(1 folder)
1990 - Introduction to Doing Justice
(1 folder)
1993 - Introduction for The Face of Mercy
(1 folder)
1995 - Introduction to Convicting the Innocent
(1 folder)
1996 - Introduction for Dog Eat Dog, by Edward Bunkin
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for A Death in Canaan, by Joan Barthel
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for Paris Review volume of interviews, 9th series
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for Inheritance of Night, by William Styron
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for The Human Experience
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for Writers at Work, Vol. 9
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for No Beast So Fierce, by Edward Bunker
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for Fathers and Daughters
(1 folder)
N.d.- Introduction for portfolio of etchings by Harold Altman
(1 folder)
N.d.- Essay for Betsy Locke's book on Duke alumni
(1 folder)
N.d.- "On Hellman, for book by Roddy McDowell
(1 folder)
Speeches Subseries, 1942-1996and undated
Transcripts of speeches written and mostly presented by Styron at commencements, memorial services, conferences, and award ceremonies, and upon other occasions. Arranged chronologically by date of presentation.
Box WS 16
1942 - Commencement address at Christchurch School
(1 folder)
1973, May- Commencement address at Christopher Newport College
(1 folder)
1975, April 4 - "Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter," New York City Lotus Club
(1 folder)
1975, April 10- Tribute to Robert Penn Warren
(1 folder)
1975, May- Speech on Howells Medal
(1 folder)
1975 - Commencement address at Christchurch School
(1 folder)
1980, May- "Almost A Rhodes Scholar: A Personal Reminiscence"
(1 folder)
1980 - Commencement address at Hampden-Sydney College
(1 folder)
1981, May 11- Commencement address at Duke University
(2 folders)
1982, April 26- "Virginian of the Year" acceptance speech
(1 folder)
1982, April 27- Address at Carnegie Hall
(1 folder)
1983, January- Speech at NY Film Critics Award ceremony
(1 folder)
1983, May 28- Commencement address at Taft School
(1 folder)
1983 - "Mr. Jefferson and Our Times," Convocation address at University of Virginia
(1 folder)
1984, Sept. 25- Truman Capote memorial
(1 folder)
1984, Oct. 27- Connecticut Arts Award acceptance speech
(1 folder)
1984, Nov. 18- Remarks at Paul Green/Lone Vigil convocation at Duke University
(1 folder)
1987, Oct. 30- Remarks for panel at Duke University
(1 folder)
1987, Nov. 30- Acceptance for Legion of Honor
(1 folder)
1988, May 15- Commencement address at Claremount-McKenna College
(1 folder)
1988, July- 85th birthday speech for Virginia Foster Durr
(1 folder)
1989, April 7- Address to Fellowship of Southern Writers
(1 folder)
1989, May 4 - Address on depression
(1 folder)
1989, Nov. 9 - Speech at Bobst Award ceremony
(1 folder)
1990, May 30- Graduation speech at American University in Paris
(1 folder)
1990, May- Presenting the Howells Medal Award Citation to E.L. Doctorow
(1 folder)
1990, Oct.- Tribute to Arthur Miller
(1 folder)
1991, Jan.- Speech for McDowell Colony fund-raiser
(1 folder)
1991, Jan.- Funeral tribute to Bernard Faber
(1 folder)
1991, Feb. 28- Tribute to Philip Roth at National Arts Club
(1 folder)
1991, Nov. 23- "Some Reflections on Europe and America," presented to European Parliament
(1 folder)
1991, Dec. 5 - Convocation remarks at Duke University's Founders' Day
(1 folder)
1992, Feb.- Statement on Salmon Rushdie
(1 folder)
1993, Jan. 14- City Lights Society address
(1 folder)
1993, March 28- Speech at Boston Public Library
(1 folder)
1993, June 1- Remarks at ABA meeting in Miami, Fl.
(1 folder)
1995, May 4 - Statement at 40th anniversary party
(1 folder)
1995, October- Remarks at Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.
(1 folder)
1995, Fall - Talk at Davidson College
(1 folder)
1995, Nov. 9 - Talk on genesis of Sophie's Choice
(1 folder)
1995, Nov. 29- Remarks, in absentia, at award for Tipper Gore
(1 folder)
1996, May- Commencement address at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
(1 folder)
1996 - Acceptance speech for French Legion of Honor
(1 folder)
1997, Jan.- Tribute to Robert Loomis
(1 folder)
N.d.- Tribute to Philip Rahv; acceptance of Howells Medal
(1 folder)
N.d.- Fragments of 2 speeches
(1 folder)
N.d.- Eulogy for Abbie Hoffman
(1 folder)
Unfinished Work Subseries, 1970-1990sand undated
Portions of 2 unfinished novels, unfinished works on Nicaragua and Carlos Fuentes, and an unfinished memoir about Styron's father. Arranged chronologically.
Box WS 17
1970-1985- The Way of the Warrior
(4 folders)
ca. 1980-1990- "Grandfather," holograph fragment
(1 folder)
Early1990s- Memoir about Styron's father
(1 folder)
N.d.- Unfinished works on Nicaragua and Carlos Fuentes
(1 folder)
Miscellaneous Writings Subseries, 1940-1997and undated
Miscellaneous writings by Styron, including a diary, unpublished short stories, an outline for a motion picture, essays, and unidentified fragments and outtakes. Arranged chronologically.
Box WS 18
1940, Wanamaker diary kept by William Styron
(1 volume)
1941, Dec.8, "A Chance in a Million"
(1 folder)
1947, "The Brothers"
(1 folder)
1968, Outline for motion picture about Nat Turner
(1 folder)
1992, Notes for1993calendar
(1 folder)
1993, "Live on Stage"
(1 folder)
1997, "Grateful Words About F. Scott Fitzgerald"
N.d.,Comments on Case Closed, by Gerald Posner
(1 folder)
N.d.,Unpublished essay on Russia
(1 folder)
N.d.,Essay on taking long walks
(1 folder)
N.d.,Essay about homosexuality
(1 folder)
N.d.,Essay on Alexander Cockburn
(1 folder)
N.d.,Fragment of "Marriott the Marine"
(1 folder)
N.d.,Miscellaneous essays
(1 folder)
N.d.,Outtakes
(1 folder)
N.d.,Untitled fragments
(5 folders)
Writings by Others Series, 1958-1995and undated
Papers and theses by other authors on Styron's work, typescripts and photocopies of works sent to Styron by other authors, screenplays of works by Styron, and limited editons of poetry sent to Styron by other authors. Includes a sermon on Nat Turner by James Cleland, a signed typescript of "La obra maestra de William Styron" by Carlos Fuentes, and autographed limited editions of Reynolds Price's "Christ Child's Song at the End of the Night," and "The Annual Heron," as well as a limited edition of Allen Tate's "All is Brillig (Or Ought to Be)." The last box contains interviews with Styron. Arranged alphabetically by name of author.
Box WO 1
Aubry, Martine - "William Styron and the Aesthetics of Failure,"1976
(1 folder)
Brunstein, Robert - "Styron's Choice," undated
(1 folder)
Bunker, Ed - Collection of short stories, ca. 1982
(1 folder)
Clark, Whitehurst - "Turkey Feathers," undated
(1 folder)
Cleland, James T. - Sermon on Nat Turner,1968
(1 folder)
Core, George - "The Confessions of Nat Turner and the Burden of the Past," undated
(1 folder)
Elliott, Shannon - "Exploration of Grief,"1992
(1 folder)
Fuentes, Carlos - "La obra maestra de William Styron," [1981?]
(1 folder)
Gardener, John - Notes preceding his review of Sophie's Choice,undated
(1 folder)
Gibb, Sharon - "Styron's Turner vs. Dr. Herbert Aptheker," undated
(1 folder)
Huffman, James - "A Psychological Redefinition of Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner," undated
(1 folder)
Leon, Philip - Styron bibliography,1978
(1 folder)
Morris, Willie - Book of the Month Club News,1979
(1 folder)
Morris, Willie - "Dear Mom, They're at it Again...," undated
(1 folder)
Box WO 2
Pakula, Alan - Screenplay of "Sophie's Choice,"1982
(1 folder)
Pakula, Alan - Revised screenplay of "Sophie's Choice,"1983
(2 folders)
Parrish, James A. - "No Home to Go Home To," undated
(1 folder)
Peterson, Louis - Screenplay for Set This House on Fire,undated
(1 folder)
Price, Reynolds - "Christ Child's Song at the End of the Night,"1978
(1 folder)
Price, Reynolds - "The Annual Heron,"1979
(1 folder)
Box WO 3
Rockwell, Riffin - "For William Blackburn,"1973
(1 folder)
St. Phalle, Therese de - "William Styron: Roots of Creativity,"1986
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr - "Introduction to William Styron," 1995, Feb. 1
(1 folder)
Styron, Polly - Diary excerpts, undated
(1 folder)
Styron, Susanna and Bridget Terry - "Shadrach: A Screenplay," [1997?]
(1 folder)
Styron, William, Sr. - "The Genesis of William Styron," undated
(1 folder)
Styron, William, Sr. - "Stories for his grandchildren," ca. 1958
(1 folder)
Tate, Allen - "All is Brillig (Or Ought to Be),"1979
(1 folder)
Torck Valentine - "William Styron's Sophie's Choice,"1984
(1 folder)
Box WO 4
Interviews
Ellsberg, Daniel - Interview with Styron,1972
(1 folder)
Kroll, Daniel - Interview with Styron, undated
(1 folder)
Plimpton, George - Interview with Styron,1967
(1 folder)
Rahv, Philip - Interview with Styron, undated
(1 folder)
Shabalov, Ray - Interview with Styron,1967
(1 folder)
Yale interview with Styron,1967
(1 folder)
Unidentified interview with Styron, undated
(1 folder)
Printed Material Series, 1900-1998and undated
The printed material series is divided into the following groups: Serials containing material by or pertaining to Styron (arranged chronologically); Volumes which belonged to Styron or which contain material by or about him (arranged chronologically); Clippings pertaining to Styron and his work (some folders arranged chronologically and a few by topic); and Miscellaneous Printed Material (arranged chronologically). The William Styron Oversize Box contains other material in this series.
Serials Group
1944-1946,Duke Archive (6 issues)
Boxed set of Styron's copies
1945, May 14,
Archive Time (1 copy)
Note in Styron's hand refers to article on J. Foster Barnes on p. 22
1952, Jan.,
Omnibook (1 copy)
Lie Down in Darkness (Abridged, p. 69)
1954, Spring, The Paris Review (1 copy)
Interview: "The Art of Fiction V" (p. 43)
1958, Spring, The Paris Review (1 copy)
Styron was advisory editor.
1959, April6, The New Republic (1 copy)
"If You Write for Television . . . " (p. 16)
1960, Autumn-Winter, The Paris Review (1 copy)
"The McCabes" (p. 12)
1960, May 30,
Publishers' Weekly (1 copy)
"William Styron Writes PW about His New Novel" (p.54)
1960, Summer, Critique (1 copy)
"Styron and His Students" by Robert Gorham Davis (p. 37); "Styron and the Fiction of the Fifties" by David L. Stevenson (p. 47); "An Orgy of Commerce: William Styron's Set This House on Fire" by Richard Foster (p. 59); "Two Bibliographies: Saul Bellow, William Styron" by Harold W. Schneider (p. 71)
1961, Sum./Fall, The Paris Review (1 copy)
Poems translated by Rose Styron: Ossip Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetayeva, Andrei Vozneisenski (p. 135)
1961, Nov.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"Mrs. Aadland's Little Girl, Beverly" (p. 142)
1962, Apr.,Wilson Library Bulletin (1 copy)
"WLB Biography: William Styron" by A. H. Cheyer (p. 691)
1962, Spring, Voices (1 copy)
Symposium: "The Role of the Writer in America" (p. 7)
1962, Nov.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"The Aftermath of Benjamin Reid" (p. 79)
Box PM 2
1963, July,
Esquire (1 copy)
"Two Writers Talk It Over" by James Jones and William Styron (p.57)
1963, Autumn, The South Atlantic Quarterly (1 copy)
"The Hopeful Stoicism of William Styron" by Jerry H. Bryant (p. 539)
1963-64, Winter, Mississippi Quarterly (1 copy)
"The Triumph Over Time: Narrative Form in William Faulkner and William Styron" by Marvin Klotz (p. 9)
1965, Apr.,
Harper's Magazine (1 copy)
This Quiet Dust (p. 135)
1965, June,
Revista de la Universidad de México (1 copy)
"Las memorias de MacAuthur" (translated by Carlos Monsiváis, p. 11)
1965, Summer, The American Scholar (1 copy)
Styron's copy
1966, Jan.,
High Fidelity (1 copy)
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy . . . As We Remember Him" (p. 38)
1965-66, Winter, Critique (1 copy)
"Expense of Spirit: The Vision of William Styron" by Shaun O' Connell (p. 20); "William Styron's Don Juan" by Kenneth A. Robb (p. 34); "The Broader Vision: William Styron's Set This House on Fire" by Gunnar Urang (p. 47); "The Nature of Rebellion in The Long March" by Peter L. Hays (p. 70); "Robert Penn Warren, William Styron, and the Use of Greek Myth" by L. Hugh Moore (p. 75)
1966, Winter, The Paris Review (1 copy)
"Virginia:1831" (p. 14)
1966, Oct.,
La Nouvelle Revue Français (1 copy)
"Poussière paisible" (part I, translated by Didier Coupaye and Claude Lévy, p. 649)
1966, Nov.,
La Nouvelle Revue Français (1 copy)
"Poussière paisible" (part II, translated by Didier Coupaye and Claude Lévy, p. 852)
1966, Fall, Partisan Review (1 copy)
"Runaway" (p. 575)
1967, Sept.,
Harper's Magazine (1 copy)
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Excerpts, p. 52)
1967, Oct.7, Saturday Review (1 copy)
"Race Riot,1831" (review of The Confessions of Nat Turner by Granville Hicks, p. 29)
Box PM 3
1967, Oct. 13,
Life (1 copy)
"The Novelist as a Rebel Slave. William Styron Goes Back to1831and the Soul of Nat Turner" (p. 51); "Novel's Climax: The Night of the Honed Axes" (an excerpt from The Confessions of Nat Turner, p. 54)
1967, Oct. 13,Time (1 copy)
"Ideas of Hope" (review of The Confessions of Nat Turner, p. 110)
1967, Oct. 16,
Newsweek (1 copy)
"Into the Mind of Nat Turner" (review of The Confessions of Nat Turner by Raymond A. Sokolov, p. 65)
1967, Nov. 25,
The New Yorker (1 copy)
"The Fire Last Time" (review of The Confessions of Nat Turner by George Steiner, p. 236)
1967, Nov.,
Yale Alumni Magazine (1 copy)
"Slavery in the First Person" (review of The Confessions of Nat Turner and an interview with the author by R.W.B. Lewis and C. Vann Woodward, p. 33)
1967, Dec.,
Vogue (1 copy)
"Styron Unlocked" by John Phillips (p.216)
1967, Dec.,
The Hollins Critic (1 copy)
"William Styron and Human Bondage: The Confessions of Nat Turner" by Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
1968, Jan.,
Playboy (1 copy)
Piece by Art Buchwald in which Styron plays an important role: "Paper Plimpton" (p. 143)
1968, Jan.,
The Seahorse (1 copy)
"Alumnus William Styron Tops the Best Seller List" by Neil Rabin (p.1)
1968, Feb.,
Harper's Magazine (1 copy)
"The Vice That Has No Name" (p. 97)
1968, Apr.,
Harper's Magazine (1 copy)
"The Shade of Thomas Wolfe" (p. 96)
1968, May3, The Daily Telegraph (1 copy)
"The Quiet Dust" (p. 7)
1968, July 13,
Saturday Review (1 copy)
Styron's copy
1968, July 20,
Saturday Review (1 copy)
Styron's copy
1968, July,
McCall's (1 copy)
"The Oldest America" (p. 94)
1968, Oct.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"My Generation" (p. 123)
1968, Summer, The American Scholar (1 copy)
Symposium: "Violence in Literature" (p. 482)
Box PM 4
1968, Summer, Partisan Review (1 copy)
"The Turner Thesis" by Michael Thelwell (p. 402)
1968, Summer, The Southern Review (1 copy)
"Nat Turner and the final Reckoning of Things" by George Core (p. 745)
1968, Summer, Tufts Alumni Review (1 copy)
Notice of Styron's honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Tufts (p. 11)
1968, Fall, Yale Literary Magazine (1 copy)
"The Case Against William Styron's Nat Turner" by Robert Sussman (p. 20); "William Styron on The Confessions of Nat Turner: A Yale Lit Interview" by Douglas Barzelay and Robert Sussman (p. 24)
1968, Fourth Quarter, The Whetstone (1 copy)
"Reflections on Nat Turner" by Rev. James T. Cleland (p. 8)
1968, Contemporary Writers in Christian Perspective (1 copy)
"William Styron. A Critical Essay" by Robert H. Fossum
1969, Jan 20-26, L'Express (1 copy)
"Les confessions de Nat Turner" (excerpts from the French translation by Mourice-Edgar Coindreau, p. 92)
1969, Jan. 20-Feb. 2,
L'Express (1 copy)
"Les confessions de Nat Turner" (excerpts from the French translation by Mourice-Edgar Coindreau, p. 86)
1969, Feb. 3-9, L'Express (1 copy)
"Les confessions de Nat Turner" (excerpts from the French translation by Mourice-Edgar Coindreau, p. 92)
1969, Spring, The Southern Literary Journal (1 copy)
"The Uses of History in Fiction" (a panel discussion with Ralph Ellison, William Styron and Robert Penn Warren, C. Vann Woodward, moderator, p. 57)
1969, Summer, Contemporary Literature (1 copy)
"Negro Literature and Classic Form" by Nancy M. Tischler (p. 352)
1970, Spring, The Southern Literary Journal (1 copy)
"The Confessions of Nat Turner and the Burden of the Past" by George Core (p. 117)
1970, Autumn, The Southern Review (1 copy)
Styron's copy
Box PM 5
1971, Sept.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"Marriott, the Marine" (p. 101)
1971, Nov.,
Duke Alumni Register (1 copy)
"Dubious Submission and Willing Fate" (interview with James Wise, p. 4)
1971, Spring/Summer, The Barat Review (1 copy)
Introduction by Nancy M. Tischler (p. 3); "A Letter From William Styron" (p. 5); "Styron's Nat Turner: A Search for Humanity" by Jean S. Mullen (p. 6); "Black and White: The Archetypal Myth and its Development" by Dalma H. Brunaur (p. 12); "Nat Turner's Mysticism" by Blair Whitney (p. 21); "Nat Turner: God, Man, or Beast?" by Patricia R. Cannon (p. 25); "Christ as Revolutionary / Revolutionary as Christ: The Hero in Bernard Malamud's The Fixer and William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner" by Sanford Pinsker (p. 29)
1971, Autumn, The Southern Review (1 copy)
"Rebellion of Wrath and Laughter: Styron's Set This House on Fire" by Marc L. Ratner (p. 1007)
1972, March,Intellectual Digest (1 copy)
"William Styron on Our Literature of Collision" (interview by Philip Rahv, p. 82)
1972, March,
The Washington Monthly (1 copy)
"The Red Badge of Literature" (a review of Ronald J. Glasser's 365 Days by Styron, p. 32)
1972, March,
The Atlantic Monthly (1 copy)
Letter to the editor about remarks attributed to Styron (p. 27)
1972, Aug.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"Checking in with William Styron" by Daniel Halpern (p. 142)
1972, Dec.,
Ploughshares (1 copy)
"Reflections" (p. 82)
1973, July 30,
Time (1 copy)
"Martha's Troubled Vineyard" (article about Martha's Vineyard in which Styron is mentioned, p. 42)
1974, Feb.,
American Heritage (1 copy)
"History Versus Historical Fiction" (Styron's response to an article published in a previous issue of AH, p. 101)
Box PM 6
1974, Aug./Sept., Southern Voices (1 copy)
Styron's Copy (article by Eugene D. Genovese on the slave family marked, p. 9)
1974, Autumn, The Southern Review (1 copy)
"An Interview with William Styron" by Ben Forkner and Gilbert Schricke (p. 923)
1975, Jan.,
The Literary Half-yearly (1 copy)
"The Agony of a Slave Negro: Theme and Technique in Styron's Nat Turner" by K. P. Saradhi (p. 6)
1975, Spring, Mississippi Quarterly (1 copy)
"William Styron's Afterword to The Long March" by James L. W. West III (p. 185); "Afterword" (p. 187)
1975, Costerus (1 copy)
"A Bibliographer's Interview with William Styron" by James L. W. West III (p. 13)
1976, Sept.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"The Seduction of Leslie" (p. 92)
1976, Winter, American Studies International (1 copy)
"Race, Ideology and Scholarship in the United States: William Styron's Nat Turner and its Critics" by Okon E. Uya (p. 63)
1977, Sept.,
Bookviews (1 copy)
"Happy Moments at the Mailbox. Some Celebrated Authors describe..."by Peter Gardner (p. 10)
1977, Spring, The Archive (1 copy)
"An Interview with William Styron" by Marc Stanford (p. 84); "The Force of Her Happiness" (excerpt from Sophie's Choice,, p. 94)
1977, Spring, Mississippi Quarterly (1 copy)
"Discussions with William Styron" by Ray Ownbey (p. 283)
Box PM 7
1977, Island (1 copy)
"An Interview with William Styron" by Michael West (p. 47)
1978, March 14,
Esquire Fort Nightly (1 copy)
"My Life as a Publisher" (p. 71)
1978, Nov. 21,
Esquire Fort Nightly (1 copy)
"Shadrach" (p. 82)
1978, Summer, Bulletin of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Religion (1 copy)
"William Styron on Nat Turner" (p. 1)
1978, Fall, Cross Currents (1 copy)
Issue concerning the Holocaust. Passages marked by Styron.
1978-1979,
Esquire Fort Nightly (1 copy)
"Shadrach" (p. 46)
1978-79, Winter, Taproot (1 copy)
"Introduction" (p. D)
1979, March,
Nagyvilág (1 copy)
"Lektorkorom emlékezete" (Elbeszélés, Ungvári Tamás fordítása, p. 326)
1979, June,
Horizon (1 copy)
"William Styron. An 'Unfamous' Great Writer Brings Out a New Novel, Sophie's Choice" by Andrew Fielding (p. 60)
1979, July 23,
People (1 copy)
"From Slavery to Holocaust, Author Bill Styron Makes Best-Selling Choices" by Andrea Chambers (p.67)
1979, July,
Vogue (1 copy)
"The Novel of the Year: William Styron's New Novel, Sophie's Choice (p. 164); "Styron's Choice" by Robert Brustein (p. 166)
1979, Aug. 27,
Newsweek (1 copy)
"Newsweek Newsmakers" (Styron mentioned among authors protesting the new American Book Awards, p. 42)
1979, Aug.,
Look (1 copy)
"A Conversation with William Styron" by Peter H. Stone (p. 33)
1979, First Quarter, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (1 copy)
"The Second Serials of This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and the Damned" by James L. W. West III (p. 63)
1979, Summer, The Student (1 copy)
"William Styron's Sophie's Choice: Evoking the Evil of Auschwitz Through a Polish-Catholic Heroine" by Alyce Woody and Wade Hampton (p. 40)
1979, Winter, Contemporary Literature (1 copy)
"An Interview with William Styron" conducted by Valerie Meliotes Arms (p. 1)
Box PM 8
1979 Winter, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review (1 copy)
"The Writer's Power: An Interview with William Styron, James Dickey and Willie Morris" by Tom O'Grady (p. --)
1980, May,
South Atlantic Bulletin (1 copy)
"Almost a Rhodes Scholar: A Personal Reminiscence" (p. 1)
1980, July-Aug., Realities (1 copy)
"In Praise of Vineyard Haven" (p. 54)
1980, Sept.,
Saturday Review (1 copy)
"Creators on Creating: William Styron" by Hilary Mills (p. 46)
1980, Nov.,
Horizon (1 copy)
"American Writers in Paris" by Ben Yagoda (p. 26)
1980-81, Winter, Mississippi Quarterly (1 copy)
"William Styron: A Biographical Account" by James L. W. West III (p. 3); "Bearing the Unbearable: William Styron and the Problem of Pain" by John L. Cobbs (p. 15); "William Styron and the Spell of the South" by Valerie Meliotes Arms (p. 25); "Styron's False Start: The Discarded Opening for Set This House on Fire" by Arthur D. Casciato (p. 36)
1980, Fall, Christchurch (1 copy)
"Styron's Choice" by Pam White
1981, Jan.,
American Literature (1 copy)
"William Styron and The Southhampton Insurrection" by Arthur D. Casciato and James L. W. West III (p. 564)
1981, Aug. 10,
Elle (1 copy)
"Hanté par le souvenir d'une femme" by Katherine Pancol (p. 76)
1981, Nov. 30-Dec. 6, Le Point (1 copy)
"Jean-François Fogel fail le point avec William Styron" by Jean-François Fogel (p.143)
1982, Jan.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"The Conversation. Candice Bergen and William Styron" (p. 86)
1982, Fall, The Stingaree (1 copy)
"Christchurch to Host Sophie's Choice Premier" (p. 1)
1982, Modern Literature First Editions (1 copy)
Catalogue, Photo of Styron on the cover
1983, Jan.,
Moviegoer (1 copy)
"Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline" by William Wolf (p. 9)
1983, Apr.,
Commonwealth (1 copy)
"Styron's Choice" by Lisa M. Antonelli (p. 39)
1983, Dec.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"The Short Classy Voyage of JFK" (p. 124)
Box PM 9
1984, Jan 6, Publishers Weekly (1 copy)
Quote from Styron about novel in progress (p. 60)
1984, Sept.-Oct., Duke (1 copy)
"Inside the Creative Mind" by Georgann Eubanks (p. 2)
1984, Dec.,
Vanity Fair (1 copy)
"In Celebration of Capote" (p. 120)
1984, Summer, The Southern Review (1 copy)
"I, Stingo: The Problem of Egotism in Sophie's Choice" by William Heath (p. 528)
1986, Summer, Southern Coalition Report on Jail and Prisons (1 copy)
Styron's copy
1986, Fall, Tidings (1 copy)
"Styron Reminisces about Boyhood on the James" (p. 6)
1987, Mar.7, The Nation (1 copy)
A Symposium: "Cigarette Ads and the Press" (p. 283)
1987, Aug.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"A Tidewater Morning" (p. 85)
1987, Winter, Southern Coalition Report on Jails and Prison (1 copy)
Styron's copy
1988, Nov. 11,
L'Express (1 copy)
"Styron: vive Jefferson" with Jacques Renard (p.8)
1988, Fall/Winter, Colony News (1 copy)
Issue devoted to Styron's being awarded the MacDowell Medal
1989, Dec.,
Vanity Fair (1 copy)
"Darkness Visible" (p. 212)
1989-1990,Fall/Winter, Martha's Vineyard (1 copy)
"William Styron Speaks His Mind" with William Marks (p. 36)
1989, Focus (1 copy)
"William Styron Visits NCSU" by Jinnie Davis (p. 1)
1990, Jan.,
North Carolina State (1 copy)
"The Legacy Renewed" by Terri Leith (p. 7); "The Works of William Styron" by Terri Leith (p. 9)
1990, Dec.-1991, Jan.,
Duke (1 copy)
Review of Darkness Visible: a Memoir of Madness by H. Keith H. Brodie, M.D. (p. 50); Excerpt from Darkness Visible (p. 51)
1991, Mar. 21,Image (1 copy)
"Through a Glass Darkly" by Mark Hertsgaard (p. 10)
1993, Winter/Spring, Duke University Libraries (1 copy)
Address to the City Lights Society (p. 2)
1995, Sept. 18,
The New Yorker (1 copy)
"A Case of the Great Pox" (p. 62)
1995, Oct.8, The New York Times Magazine (1 copy)
"A Horrid Little Racist" (p. 80)
1995, Spring, Traces (1 copy)
"I'll Have to Ask Indianapolis" (p. 4)
Excerpt from Lie Down in Darkness (p. 13)
"Ordeal and Renewal. David Laurence Chambers, Hiram Haydn, and Lie Down in Darkness" by J. Kent Calder (p. 14)
N.d.,
Esquire (1 copy)
"William Styron" by Walt Sandulli and Paul Duke (p. 25)
Volumes Group
1900 - The Southampton Insurrection, by William Sidney Drewry
Styron's copy with his marginalia.
1924 - Eneas Africanus, by Harry Stillwell Edwards
1961 - John Hartwell Cocke of Bremo. Agriculture and Slavery in the Ante-bellum South, by M. Boyd Coyner, Jr.
1965 - An Examination of the Psychological Validity of Characters in 'Lie Down in Darkness', by Helen Slaby Mills
Box PM 11
1972 - To Choose Being: The Function of Order and Disorder in William Styron's Fiction, by Ray Wilson Ownbey
1973 - Esquire. The Best of Forty Years
"My Generation," p. 13.
1974 - Idea and Technique in the Novels of William Styron, by Philip W. Leon
1974 - The Novels of William Styron. An Existential Study, by S. Laxmana Murphy
Box PM 12
1976 - The Development of William Styron's Artistic Consciousness: A Study of the Relationship Between Life and Work, by Eva Bamberger Mills
1977 - William Styron's Literary Career, by Valerie Meliotes Arms
Box PM 13
1979 - The Best American Short Stories 1979, ("Shadrach," p. 56),
1985 - Conversations with William Styron, edited by James L. W. West III
Proof.
1987 - The Nightmare of History in William Styron's 'The Confessions of Nat Turner,' by Daniel Fabricant
Clippings Group
Pre-1950-1989
(18 folders)
Box PM 15
1990-98, undated
(7 folders)
Clippings in French
French articles, Cette paisible poussière
Foreign Languages other than French
Articles on Darkness Visible
The Confessions of Nat Turner
(3 folders)
Box PM 16
The Confessions of Nat Turner
(9 folders)
Box PM 17
Lie Down in Darkness
(2 folders)
The Long March
Set This House on Fire
(2 folders)
Sophie's Choice
(5 folders)
Miscellaneous Printed Materials
1942-1997,
undated
(5 folders)
Audiovisual Material Series, 1963-1996and undated
The Audiovisual Material series includes audiotapes, videotapes, and photographs. Among the videocassettes are 37 videotapes used by Dr. Joel Foreman in the production of a documentary on William Styron, as well as a master copy and a use copy of "William Styron: A Portrait," produced by Foreman in1982. Several other videotaped documentaries about Styron are also included. Interviews with Styron are represented among both the audiotapes and videotapes. Audiocassettes also include a 20-cassette reading of Sophie's Choice, by Wolfram Kandinsky; addresses by Styron; and conferences with Styron and Ossie Davis, and James Baldwin on Confessions of Nat Turner, and with Styron and Thérèse de St. Phalle in Russia. Photographs include images of the Styron family, of Styron at ceremonies and speaking engagements, of the filming of "Sophie's Choice," and of Christchurch School. Use copies of videotapes and reel-to-reel tapes must be made before use.
Videocassettes Group
Tape 1
Foreman Videotape: Interview with Vera Elsinboss, Styron friend and pharmacist (on cassette: 'Test tape - Canfield's pharmacy') 1982, Apr. 27
Tape 2
Foreman Videotape: Interview with Bob Munson, Roxbury marketer (on cassette: 'Munsun's store') 1982, Apr. 28
Tape 3
Foreman Videotape: Interior shots of Munson food market; Exterior shots of Styron property on Racum Road (on cassette: 'Munson's cutaways; outside cutaways - Styron's house') 1982, Apr. 28
Tape 4
Foreman Videotape: Styron driving through Roxbury with monologue on his residency (on cassette 'Styron's house; Ride to Munson's with W. S.') 1982, Apr. 28
Tape 5
Foreman Videotape: Rose and Bill Styron cooking and planning a dinner party; Styron soaks Virginia ham and talks about his heritage; Styron playing with his dogs (on cassette: 'Styron's house; Kitchen sequence; 1:30') 1982, Apr. 28
Tape 6
Foreman Videotape: Styron walks through Revolutionary War graveyard and talks; His reflections on death (on cassette: 'Ham cutaways; Dogs outside') 1982, Apr. 28
Box AV 2
Tape 7
Foreman Videotape: Styron completing his daily walk; Scenes from rural Roxbury (on cassette: 'Part II graveyard walk; 1st. take on pond/boat at end of tape') 1982, Apr. 28
Tape 8
Foreman Videotape: Styron reads selected passages from his work (on cassette: 'begin tape/pond/boat; end pond/boat') 1982, Apr. 28
Tape 9
Foreman Videotape: Styron reads selected passages from his work (on cassette: 'Rose interview') 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 10
Foreman Videotape:Interview with Rose Styron, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 11
Foreman Videotape: Interview with Rose Styron, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 12
Foreman Videotape: Interview with Rose Styron (on cassette: End Rose Styron/ Poem) 1982, Apr. 29
Box AV 3
Tape 13
Foreman Videotape: Styron walks through Canfield Pharmacy and chats with Vera Elsinboss; Styron scrubs and cuts hock from Virginia ham, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 14
Foreman Videotape: Styron boils ham; images from the Styron kitchen; Styron enacts his daily writing modus operandi (on cassette: 'Styron at his bar/desk') 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 15
Foreman Videotape: Styron writing; shots of Styron living room (on cassette: 'Inside and outside of Styron house') 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 16
Foreman Videotape: Interview with Styron (on cassette: 'Beauty shots bar room; Styron dining room interview') 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 17
Foreman Videotape: Styron skins and slathers ham; additional shots of Styron writing as sun sets (on cassette: 'Ham glaze') 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 18
Foreman Videotape: Styron reads and comments upon letters to his father (on cassette: 'Styron interview') 1982, Apr. 29
Box AV 4
Tape 19
Foreman Videotape: Styron interview, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 20
Foreman Videotape: Styron interview, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 21
Foreman Videotape: Styron interview, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 22
Foreman Videotape: Styron interview, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 23
Foreman Videotape: Styron reads from works, 1982, Apr. 29
Tape 24
Foreman Videotape: Styron drives through Roxbury / monologue on same (on cassette: hand cutaways / Bill driving) 1982, Apr. 30
Box AV 5
Tape 25
Foreman Videotape: Same as # 24; shots of Roxbury; shots of Munson's farm (on cassette: Sheep farm) 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 26
Foreman Videotape: Styron walking on Roxbury backroads, no commentary, 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 27
Foreman Videotape: Shots of items in Styron parlor; shots of dinner, 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 28
Foreman Videotape: Styron cuts ham and talks about heritage; opening shots of Styron party 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 29
Foreman Videotape: Shots of Styron and guests in living room; interview with John Marquand, 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 30
Foreman Videotape: Styron's dinner party, 1982, Apr. 30
Box AV 6
Tape 31
Foreman Videotape: Shots of Styron dinner in dining room, 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 32
Foreman Videotape: Dinner in dining room; interview with Arthur Miller, 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 33
Foreman Videotape: Dessert and conversation, 1982, Apr. 30
Tape 34
Foreman Videotape: Interview with John Marquand (on cassette: John Phillips interview; Roxbury cutaways) 1982, Apr. 30- May 1
Tape 35
Foreman Videotape: Interior and exterior shots of Canfield Pharmacy; exterior shots of Styron house, 1982, May1
Tape 36
Foreman Videotape: Styron interview, 1982, May1
Box AV 7
Tape 37
Foreman Videotape: Styron interview (Roxbury cuts), 1982, May1
Tape 38
Foreman Videotape: "William Styron: A Portrait," produced by Joel Foreman,1982(Master Copy, "Second generation," 58:35)
Tape 39
"Foreman Videotape: William Styron: A Portrait," produced by Joel Foreman,1982(Use Copy, "Third generation," 58:35)
Tape 40
"William Styron," CBS Cable Signature, 1981, Dec. 14(Beta II Master Copy, Approx. 20:00)
Tape 41
"William Styron," CBS Cable Signature, 1981, Dec. 14(VHS Use Copy, Approx. 20:00)
Tape 42
"First Edition: William Styron," PBS interview,1986
Tape 43
"The Vineyard Voice," Interview with Styron, Producer and Host William Marks, MA,1989,Summer
Audiocassettes Group--Mastercopies
Mastercopies: not for research use. Tape numbers correspond to those of use tapes in boxes AV 10 and AV 11.
Box AV