Inventory of the Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by William Styron, 1831-2001
The Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by
William Styron includes first editions, limited editions,
translations, and other editions, many of them autographed
or inscribed, of the works of William Styron, along with
published articles, correspondence, manuscripts, and
related materials. The correspondence is chiefly letters
written by Styron to Stuart Wright, the owner of Palaemon
Press in Winston-Salem, N.C. and publisher of several
limited editions of Styron's work. Also included with the
collection is a carbon typescript of
Confessions of Nat Turner, with holograph notes, and the original
typescript of Styron's recipe for southern fried chicken
from
The Artist's and Writer's Cookbook(1961).
The addition (Acc# 2001-0056) consists largely of
books (mostly first editions, some signed or inscribed) and
printed material written by or about Styron, or containing
his contributions (1951-2001). Also includes editions of
All the Finest Girls
(2001), by Alexandra Styron (his youngest daughter); an
original manuscript review of
Sophie's Choice (1979)
by Julian Symons; an original publisher's advertisement for
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967); an uncorrected proof of
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter: A Tribute (1978?); and an
original holograph manuscript of Styron's 1977 review of
Philip Caputo's
A Rumor of War
(1977).
Addition (08-081)(5 items, .1 lin. ft.; undated) comprises a signed, black-and-white photograph, and four pages of Styron's writing (two sheets are signed).
Addition (08-325)(4 items, .3 lin. ft.; dated 1982-1995 and undated) comprises two items of correspondence that are closed to researchers. Also includes a photograph and an undated screenplay, SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE, that are open to researchers.
- Title
- Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by William Styron, 1831-2001
- Creator
-
Hunter, Jody Jones
- Extent
- 19.5 Linear Feet, 645 Items
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Location
- For current information on
the location of these materials, please consult the
Library's on-line catalog.
- Language
- English.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
First editions, translations, and other
editions, many signed and inscribed, of Styron's first
novel.
Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron, Bobbs Merrill,1951.
1st edition, presentation copy.
Box 1
Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron, Bobbs Merrill,1951
1st edition - Tipped in Letter - no dust
jacket.
Box 1
Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron, Bobbs Merrill,1951
Box 1
Lie Down in Darkness (uncorrected proof), by William Styron, Random House,1979
Box 1
Lie Down in Darkness (uncorrected proof), by William Styron, Random House,1979
Box 1
Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron, Vintage International,1992
Box 1
Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron, Picador,1993
Box 1
Un Lit De Tenebres, by William Styron, Gallimard,1963
Box 1
Un Lit De Tenebres, by William Styron, Gallimard,1986
Box 1
William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness: A Screenplay, by Richard Yates,1985
Signed by Styron and Yates.
Box 1
William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness: A Screenplay, by Richard Yates,1985
Box 1
Inheritance of the Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,' Duke University, 1993
Box 1
Inheritance of the Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,' William Styron and James L.W. West III, Duke University,1993
Slipcased - letter 'J' of 26 lettered
copies.
Box 1
Inheritance of the Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,' William Styron and James L.W. West III, Duke University,1993
#3 of 250 copies signed by Styron.
Box 1
Inheritance of the Night: Early Drafts of 'Lie Down in Darkness,' William Styron and James L.W. West III, Duke University,1993
Box 1
The Landscape in Nightmare: Studies in the Contemporary Novel, by Jonathon Baumbach,1965
Box 1
First editions, first published versions,
translations, and other editions of Styron's novella.
Discovery, No. 1, 1953
Signed by Styron; "The Long March" on page
221.
Box 1
Discovery, No. 1, 1953
"The Long March" on page 221.
Box 1
The Long March, Modern Library, 1956
Box 1
The Long March, Modern Library, 1956
Box 1
The Long March, Vintage, ca. 1964
Box 1
The Long March, Random House, 1968
Box 1
The Long March, Hamish Hamilton, 1962
Box 1
The Long March, Signet, 1968
Box 1
The Long March and In the Clap Shack, Plume, 1975
Box 1
The Long March, Black Swan, 1967
Box 1
The Long March and In the Clap Shack, Vintage International, 1993
Box 1
The Long March, Picador, 1994
Box 1
La Marche de Nuit, Gallimard, 1963
Box 1
La Marche de Nuit, Gallimard, 1963
Box 1
La Marche de Nuit, Gallimard, 1987
Box 1
Den Langa Marchen, Wahlsrtom and Widstrand, 1963
Box 1
Set This House on Fire, Random House, 1960
1st edition, trial dust jacket.
Box 2
Set This House on Fire, Random House, 1960
Box 2
Set This House on Fire, Random House, 1960
Box 2
Set This House on Fire, Hamish Hamilton, 1961
1st British edition, signed.
Box 2
Set This House on Fire, Hamish Hamilton, 1961
Box 2
Set This House on Fire, Vintage International, 1993
Box 2
Set This House on Fire, Picador, 1993
Box 2
A Roman Collection: Stories, Poems, and Other Good Pieces by the Writing Residents of The American Academy in Rome, edited by Miller Williams,1980.
Excerpt from
Set This House on Fire.
Box 2
La Proie des Flammes,Gallimard, 1986-1988(2 volumes)
French paperback edition.
Box 2
Esta Casa en Llamas, Edhasa Sudamericana, 1980
Reprint of
1961spanish language edition.
Box 2
Que o Fogo Consuma Esta Casa, Publicacoes Dom Quixote, 1988.
Box 2
First editions, translations, and other
editions of Styron's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Also
includes contemporary accounts of the
Turner rebellion, published
excerpts of the novel, and other related publications.
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Random House, 1967
1st edition; presentation copy to
James Jones and his wife
Gloria.
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Random House, 1967
#23 of 500, signed, slipcased.
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Random House, 1967
Signed on tipped in leaf.
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Random House, 1967
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, (uncorrected proof) Jonathan Cape,1968
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Jonathan Cape, 1968
1st British edition, with Pulitzer Prize
wrap.
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner,Jonathan Cape, 1968
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, [ Random House] 1967
Pirated edition, photo offset from the
Random House edition, signed.
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, [ Random House] 1967
Pirated edition, photo offset from the
Random House edition.
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Modern Library, 1970
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage International, 1993
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Modern Library, 1994
Box 2
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Franklin Library, 1979
Box 3
Les Confessions de Nat Turner, Gallimard, 1969
#18 of 45 deluxe copies of 1st French
edition.
Box 3
Les Confessions de Nat Turner,Gallimard, Collection Soliel, 1969
Box 3
Les Confessions de Nat Turner, Gallimard, 1988
Box 3
As Confissoes de Nat Turner, Rocco, 1985
Box 3
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology, Norton, 1998
Box 3
Oxford Book of the American South, edited by Edward L Ayers, Oxford,1997
Box 3
William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writer's Respond, edited by John Henrik Clarke, Beacon Press,1968
Box 3
William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writer's Respond, edited by John Henrik Clarke, Beacon Press,1968
Box 3
An Illustrated History of Black Americans, by John Hope Franklin, Time-Life Books,1973.
Box 3
Vintage Reading Notebook, Winter 1993, Vintage,1992
Text of Styron's essay "Nat Turner
Revisited."
Box 3
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, by Harriet Beecher Stowe,1856,(2 volumes)
Box 3
The Southampton Insurrection, by William Sidney Drewry,1900
Box 3
Nat Turner: Authentic and Impartial Narrative of the Tragical Scene Which Was Witnessed in Southampton County.., Warner and West, 1831, Oct. 21
1st edition. An account of the
Turner uprising published
nine days before his capture.
Box 3
Southampton and Charleston Slave Insurrections, by Henry Bibb,1849
Box 3
Great Gittin' Up Morning: A Biography of Denmark Vesey, by John Oliver Killens, 1972
Box 3
The Longest Memory, by Fred D'Aguiar,1994
Box 3
Six Plays for the Negro Theater, by Randolph Edmonds, 1934
Box 3
Frederick Douglass, by William S. McFeely,1991
Box 3
The Militant South, by John Hope Franklin, Harvard University Press,1956
Box 3
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: The Environment, The Event, The Effects, by Herbert Aptheker,1966
Box 3
Nat Turner's Slave Insurrection, by F. Roy Johnson,1966
Box 3
Slave Testimony: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies, by John W. Blassingame,1995
Box 3
Slavery Agitation in Virginia, 1829-1932, by Theodore M. Whitfield, Johns Hopkins Press,1930
Box 3
From Rebellion to Revolution, by Eugene D. Genovese,1994
Box 3
Paris Review, 36, Winter 1966
Confessions of Nat Turner excerpted.
Box 3
Partisan Review, Vol. XXV, No. 3, Summer 1968
Box 3
The Southern Literary Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, Spring 1970
Essay on
Nat Turner by
George Core.
Box 3
Confessions of Nat Turner, by Alfred Celestine, The Many Press,1978
Poems inspired by
Nat Turner.
Box 3
South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 1, Winter 1980
Essay on
Nat Turner by
William McGill.
Box 3
Harpers's Magazine, Vol. 235, No. 1408, September 1967
Lengthy excerpt of
Nat Turner.
Box 3
In the Clap Shack,(uncorrected proof) Random House,1973
Box 4
In the Clap Shack, Random House, 1973
Box 4
In the Clap Shack, Random House, 1973
Box 4
In the Clap Shack and The Long March, Plume, 1975
Box 4
First editions, translations, and other
editions of Styron's novel. Also includes published
excerpts and related materials.
Sophie's Choice, Franklin Library, 1979
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, (uncorrected proof), Random House,1979
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Random House, 1979
Advance presentation edition.
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Random House, 1979
Slipcased, signed limited edition, #490 of
500.
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Random House, 1979
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, (Uncorrected proof), Jonathan Cape,1979
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Jonathan Cape, 1979
Box 4
Le Choix de Sophie, Gallimard, 1990
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Vintage International, 1993
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Picador, 1993
Box 4
La Proie des Flammes / Le Choix de Sophie, Gallimard Biblos, 1989
Box 4
Le Choix de Sophie, Gallimard, 1989-90
Box 4
Sofien Valinta, Kunstannusokeyhtio Otavo, 1983
Box 4
Sophie's Val, Whalstrom and Widstrand, 1984
Box 4
Sophie's Choice, Corgi, 1987
Box 4
La Decision de Sophie, Grijalbo, ca. 1984
Box 4
Sophia, Vol. I and II, Edicao, undated
Box 5
Writers on World War II: An Anthology, edited by Mordecai Richler, Knopf,1997
Box 5
On Writers and Writing, by John Gardner, Addison Wesley,1979
Contains review of
Sophie's Choice.
Box 5
Sewanee Review, Vol. CV, No. 3, Summer 1997
Essay on the making of the movie "Sophie's
Choice."
Box 5
The Archive, Vol. 89, No. 2, Spring 1977
Excerpt from
Sophie's Choice.
Box 5
Girlfriends: 146 Literary Heroines,Lakin and Marley Rare Books, Catalogue Four, 1995
Box 5
This Quiet Dust, Random House, 1967(2 copies)
Bound copy of essay used in promotion of
Confessions of Nat Turner.
Box 5
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, (uncorrected proof), Random House,1982
Box 5
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, Random House, 1982
1st edition, # 73 of 250, signed,
slipcased.
Box 5
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings,Random House,1982(2 copies)
Box 5
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, Jonathan Cape, 1983
Box 5
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, Vintage International, 1993
Box 5
Cette Paisible Poussiere et Autre Ecrits, Gallimard, 1985
Box 5
The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox, edited by Willie Morris, Harper and Row,1965
Box 5
Writers and Issues, edited by Theodore Solotaroff, Signet,1969
Box 5
Voices in Black and White: Writings on Race in America from Harper's Magazine, edited by Katharine Whitmore, Franklin Square Press,1993
Box 5
Voices in Black and White: Writings on Race in America from Harper's Magazine, edited by Katharine Whitmore, Franklin Square Press,1993
Box 5
Darkness Visible,(uncorrected proof), Random House,1990(2 copies)
Box 5
Darkness Visible, Random House, 1990
Box 5
Darkness Visible, Random House, 1990
Box 5
Frost and Fire: 50 Depressive and Manic Depressive Writers of Genius...A Celebration, Catalogue Three, Lakin and Marley Rare Books, Spring 1995
Box 5
A Tidewater Morning, Eurographica,1990
#304 of 350 copies signed.
Box 5
A Tidewater Morning, (uncorrected proof), Random House,1993(2 copies)
Box 5
A Tidewater Morning, Random House, 1993
1st edition, signed, #47 of 200
slipcased.
Box 5
A Tidewater Morning, Vintage International, 1994
Box 5
A Tidewater Morning, Picador, 1994
Box 5
Chiefly fine press editions of Styron's
writings. Some trade editions of collected works are also
included. See also Box 15 (oversize).
The Best American Short Stories 1979, edited by Joyce Carol Oates, Houghton Mifflin,1979
Box 5
Shadrach, Sylvester and Orphanos, 1979
Box 5
Great Esquire Fiction: The Finest Stories from the 1st Fifty Years, edited by L. Rust Hills, Penguin,1983
Box 5
The Paris Review Anthology, edited by George Plimpton, Norton,1990
Box 5
Christchurch, Briar Patch Press, 1977
Box 6
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and The Snows of Winter, Palaemon Press, 1978
Galley proofs, signed by Styron.
Box 6
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter, Palaemon Press, 1978
1st edition, letter 'R" of 26 lettered
copies.
Box 6
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter, Palaemon Press, 1981
2nd edition, letter 'B' of 26 lettered
copies.
Box 6
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter, Palaemon Press, 1981
2nd edition, number viii of 50 roman numeral
copies.
Box 6
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter, Palaemon Press, 1981
2nd edition, number 39 of 100.
Box 6
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter, Palaemon Press, 1981
Box 6
Great Fiction from Esquire Fortnightly, Esquire, 1979
Box 6
Message from Auschwitz,Press de al Warr, 1979
Letter 'O' of 26 lettered.
Box 6
Message from Auschwitz, Press de al Warr, 1979
Box 6
An Address at the 204th Commencement of Hampden-Sydney College, May 23, 1980, Hampden-Sydney College, 1980
Box 6
Against Fear, Palaemon Press, 1981
Box 6
As He Lay Dead, A Bitter Grief, Albondocani Press, 1981
Box 6
As He Lay Dead, A Bitter Grief, Albondocani Press, 1981
Box 6
Mr. Jefferson and Our Times, Stuart Wright, 1984
Signed, edition limited to 75 copies.
Box 6
Letter to the Editor of the Paris Review, Press de la Warr, 1986
Box 6
Letter to the Editor of the Paris Review, Press de la Warr, 1986
Box 6
Historic Houses: Thomas Wolfe Remembered, Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historical Site, 1988
Box 6
Blankenship, Press de la Warr, 1988
Box 6
Blankenship, Press de la Warr, 1988
Box 6
A Chance in a Million,Press de al Warr,1993(3 copies)
Box 6
Grateful Words About F. Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, 1997
Box 6
Published works containing writings by Styron,
chiefly short nonfiction pieces, interviews, forwards and
introductions, and cover "blurbs." For additional
periodicals see also Clippings, Box 13 (oversize)
Writers Dreaming, edited by Naomi Epel,1993
Box 7
Stop Time, by Frank Conroy,1967
Box 7
The Human Experience: Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry (proof), 1989
Box 7
Conversations with William Styron, edited by James L. W. West III,1985
Box 7
Conversations with William Styron, edited by James L. W. West III,1985
Box 7
Arthur Miller and Company, edited by Christopher Bigsby,1990
Box 7
Self-Portrait: Book People Picture Themselves, edited by Burt Britton,1976
Box 7
To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones, edited by George Hendrick,1989
Box 7
At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf, by Bennett Cerf,1977
Box 7
Doing Justice: A Trial Judge at Work, by Robert Satter,1990
Box 7
Authors Take Sides on Vietnam, edited by Cecil Woolf,1967
Box 7
Selections from the First Two Issues of the New York Review of Books, Winter/Spring 1963, edited by Robert B. Silvers,1988
Box 7
Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Second Series, No. 41, 1990
Box 7
Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Second Series, No. 26, 1976
Box 7
Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Second Series, No. 21, 1971
Box 7
The Rushdie Letters, edited by Steve McDonogh,1993
Box 7
One and Twenty: Duke Narrative and Verse, 924-1945, edited by William Blackburn,1945
1st edition, signed by Styron.
Box 7
One and Twenty: Duke Narrative and Verse, 1924-1945, edited by William Blackburn,1945
Box 7
Under Twenty-Five: Duke Narrative and Verse, 1945-1962, edited by William Blackburn,1963
Box 7
The Big Love, by Florence Aadland,1986
Blurb and introduction by Styron.
Box 7
Fighting Words: Writers Lambast other Writers, edited by James Charlton,1994
Box 7
Writers at Work, the Paris Review Interviews, edited by Malcolm Cowley,1958
Box 7
Writers at Work, the Paris Review Interviews, edited by Malcolm Cowley,1959
Box 7
American Vanguard,1950, edited by Charles Glicksberg,1950
Box 7
Best Short Stories from the Paris Review, 1959
Introduction by William Styron.
Box 7
Writers at Work, the Paris Review Interviews: Ninth Series (uncorrected proof), edited by George Plimpton,1992
Box 8
Writers at Work, the Paris Review Interviews: Ninth Series, edited by George Plimpton,1992
Box 8
The Morning and The Evening, by Joan Williams,1961
Box 8
Peter Mathiessen: A Bibliography, by D. Nicholas,1979
Box 8
The Human Experience: Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry, 1989
Box 8
To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones, edited by George Hendrick,1989
Box 8
Double Exposure, by Roddy McDowall, 1966
Box 8
On the Vineyard, by Peter Simon,1980
Box 8
The Artist's and Writer's Cookbook, edited by Beryl Barr,1961
Box 8
In the Kennedy Style, by Letticia Baldrige,1998
Box 8
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors, edited by Paul Mandelbaum,1993
Box 8
Workshop: A Spontaneous Approach to Literature, by Robert Crotty,1971
Box 8
Means of Escape, by Philip Caputo,1991
Box 8
William Styron: A Descriptive Bibliography, by James L.W. West III,1977
Box 8
In Solitude and In Company: The Writings of William Styron, by James L.W. West III and Robert Byrd,1998
Box 8
The Paris Review, 106, 1988,Spring.
Box 8
Law and Disorder: The Chicago Convention and Its Aftermath, ca. 1968
Box 8
Published interviews, short biographical
profiles, analysis, and photographs. Also includes two
works by Styron's wife, the poet Rose Burgunder Styron.
Parting the Curtains, by Dannye Romine Powell,1994
Box 8
The Absurd Hero in American Fiction, by David Galliway,1981
Box 8
The Achievement of William Styron, edited by Robert K. Morris,1981
Box 8
The Novels of William Styron: From Harmony to History, by Gavin Cologne-Brookes,1995
Box 8
The Writer's Image: Literary Portraits, by Jill Krementz,1980
Box 8
Images of the Southern Writer, by Mark Morrow,1985
Box 8
From Summer to Summer, by Rose Burgunder Styron,1966
Box 9
Thieves Afternoon, by Rose Burgunder Styron,1973
Box 9
Southern Writers, by William Starr,1997
Box 9
A Likely Story: One Summer with Lillian Hellman, (proof), by Rosemary Mahoney,1998
Box 9
Conversations with Arthur Miller, edited by Matthew C. Roudane,1987
Box 9
New York Days, by Willie Morris,1993
Box 9
Continual Pilgrimage: American Writers in Paris,1944-1960,by Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno,1992
Box 9
Arthur Miller and Company, edited by Christopher Bigsby,1990
Box 9
The American Literary Anthology, edited by William Styron,1968
Box 9
The Writer's World, edited by Elizabeth Janeway,1969
Box 9
A Writer's Capital, by Louis Auchincloss,1974
Box 9
William Styron, by Richard Pearce,1971(2 copies)
Box 9
The Writers Desk, by Jill Krementz,1996
Box 9
Writers Workshop: Study Guide, edited by Beth Littlejohn,1982
Box 9
The Old Gringo, by Carlos Fuentes,1989
Box 9
The NPR Interviews, 1995, edited by Robert Siegel,1995
Box 9
Ploughshares, Vol.1, No.3, 1972
Box 9
How They Met, edited by Nancy Cobb,1992
Box 9
Savage Grace,(uncorrected proof) by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson,1985
Box 9
The Poet at the Piano, by Michiko Kakutani,1989
Box 9
Terrains of the Heart, by Willie Morris,1981
Box 9
Writers, photographs by Sally Soames,1995
Box 9
The Root of All Evil, by John Kenny Crane,1984
Box 9
Words and Faces, by Hiram Haydn,1974
Box 9
Chiefly published excerpts of novels, arranged
by novel in chronological order, and short non-fiction
pieces by and about Styron. See also Box 13 (oversize).
The Paris Review, 22, Autumn-Winter, 1959-60
Box 10
The Nation, 1967, Oct. 16
Box 10
Harper's Magazine, 1967, Sept.
Box 10
The Hollins Critique, 1967, Dec.
Box 10
"Reflections on Nat Turner," James T. Cleland,1968
Box 10
Miscellaneous clippings
(1
folder)
Box 10
Duke Magazine,1990-1991,Dec.-Jan.
Box 10
Lord John Press Catalog, 1992
Box 10
Dear Reader, Square Books, 1993, Sept.-Oct.
Box 10
The New Republic,1959, Apr.6
Box 10
Harper's Magazine, 1968, Apr.
Box 10
Duke: To Cross a Threshold, 1984
Box 10
The Nation, 1993, Jan. 4-11
Box 10
The New Yorker, 1998, Aug. 17
Box 11
Duke Magazine, 1984, July-Aug.
Box 11
Duke Magazine, 1984, Sept.-Oct.
Box 11
The Davidsonian, 1986, Apr. 25
Box 11
Duke Magazine, 1990, Apr.-May
Box 11
Duke Magazine, 1992, Mar.-Apr.
Box 11
Glimmer Train,1993,Winter
Box 11
Dear Reader, Square Books, 1993, Mar.-Apr.
Box 11
"Oxford Conference for the Book," 1993
Box 11
Southern Register,1993,Spring
Box 11
Davidson Journal,1994,Summer
Box 11
Duke Magazine, 1995, Jan.-Feb.
Box 11
Davidson Journal, 1996, Winter
Box 11
"A Conversation with William Styron," and "A Conversation with James West," 1997
Printed from the internet in
1997.
Box 11
Duke Magazine, 1997, July-Aug.
Box 11
Southern Register,1997,Summer
Box 11
Two typed excerpts from The Confessions of Nat Turner, signed by Styron, undated
Box 11
Typed excerpt from Lie Down in Darkness, signed by Styron, undated
Box 11
Typed excerpt from This Quiet Dust, signed by Styron, undated
Box 11
Photograph of Styron, by Nancy Crampton; signed by Styron.
Box 11
Correspondence with Vearl Moody
One autographed postcard,
1979, May 30;Two autographed letters,
1982, Nov. 3and
undated
(3
letters)
Box 11
Correspondence with Stuart Wright, 1977-1984
Chiefly letters from Styron to Wright.
Wright owned
Palaemon Press in
Winston-Salem, N.C. and
published many limited editions of Styron's work. In some
correspondence, Styron addresses Wright as Lt. Col. Stuart
Wright and signs himself as Maj. Gen. William Styron,
CSA.
(39
letters)
Box 11
Miscellaneous Promotional Materials
(1
folder)
Box 11
William Styron reading from 'Lie Down in Darkness,' Caliope, 1963
33 1/3 rpm long playing 7" vinyl record.
Box 12
William Styron Reads His Works, Jeffrey Norton Audio Forum, 1968
Styron reads from
Nat Turner and
The Long March.
Box 12
Writers Workshop, Center for the Study of Southern Culture,1981
VHS recording of Styron speaking to
James Dickey's
class.
Box 12
William Styron reading from Sophie's Choice,1986
Audio cassette of Styron reading at
Davidson College.
Box 12
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, Random House Sound Editions, 1990
2 audio cassettes, read by Styron.
Box 12
Conversation of William Styron, undated
Home-recorded Beta cassette of a public
television broadcast.
Box 12
Lincoln Center Chamber Music, undated
Home-recorded Beta cassette of a public
television broadcast. Styron and
Arthur Miller discuss
music in their lives and work.
Box 12
William Styron, An American Masterpiece, 1997
Home-recorded cassette of a 1-hour
documentary. 2 copies - one Beta, one VHS.
Box 12
"Sophie's Choice," directed by Alan J. Pakula,1982
Home-recorded Beta video cassette.
Box 12
Sophie's Choice, read by Norman Snow, Random House Audiobooks,1986
2 sets of 2 cassettes each.
Box 12
Naked in New York, 1994
Styron has a cameo appearance.
Box 12
Clippings and oversize periodicals,
1951-1998,and
undatedChiefly reviews and profiles of Styron. Includes
some short non-fiction pieces by Styron. Listed
chronologically.
"William Styron," New York Herald Tribune,1951, Sept.9,
Box 13
"A Rich, Moving Novel Introduces a Young Writer of Great Talent," by Howard Mumford Jones, New York Herald Tribune,1951, Sept.9
Box 13
"Talk With William Styron," by David Dempsey, New York Times Book Review,1951, Sept.9
Box 13
"In a Place Where Live is a Stranger" by John W. Aldridge, New York Times,1951, Sept.9
Box 13
"Prose of Promise," by Harrison Smith, Saturday Review,1952,Feb 16
Box 13
"Mrs. Aadland's little girl, Beverly," by William Styron, Esquire,1961, Nov.
Box 13
"Editorial: Faulkner's Legacy: 'Honor, Pity, Pride,'" Life Magazine,1962, July 20
Box 13
"Catch $95," Newsweek,1964, March9.
Box 13
"Slave's Own Story of Virginia Revolt," by T.R. Gray, The Washington Post,1967, Oct. 15
Box 13
"The Slave Who Became a Man," by Wilfred Sheed, New York Times Book Review,1967, Oct.8
Box 13
"What People are Reading," Book World,1967, Oct. 29
Box 13
"Nat Turner's Confession," by T.R. Gray, New York Post,1967, Oct. 28
Box 13
"The Literary Attacks on Styron's Nat Turner," The [Washington] Sunday Star,1968, Sept.1
Box 13
"In the Jungle," by William Styron, The New York Review of Books,1968, Sept. 26
Box 13
"William Styron: Portrait of a Man Reading," interviewed by Charles Monaghan, The Washington Post Book World,1968, Oct. 27
Box 13
" Truman Capote lists the books he will give his friends for Christmas," The Washington Post Book World,1968, Dec.1
Box 13
"Italian Poets Gets $10,000 prize; Styron is Cited for Nat Turner," The New York Times,1970, Mar. 10
Box 13
"Introduction," by William Styron, Taproot,1978-1979,Winter
Box 13
"Sophie's Choice: A Novel of Evil," by John Gardner, New York Times Book Review,1979, May 27
Box 13
"Bestsellers" New York Times Book Review,1979, July 22
Box 13
"Moujik 'n' Pulp Sandwich," by Lec Navarozov, Chronicles of Culture,1979, Nov.-Dec.
Box 13
"Updike, Styron, and Chrichton Celebrate Martha's Vineyard," The New York Times Magazine,1980, June 15
Box 13
"Works in Progress," New York Times Book Review,1982, June6
Box 13
"Interview with William Styron," by Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Book Review,1982, Dec. 12
Box 13
"Newsmakers," Newsweek,1983, Feb. 18
Box 13
New York Times Books Review, 1983, Nov. 27
Box 13
The Duke Annual Fund Report, 1986-1987
Box 13
"Historians take another look at the confessions of Nat Turner," by Debbie Selinsky, The Duke Dialog,1987, May 29
Box 13
"In the Hours Before Hiroshima," by William Styron, The Archive,1987,Spring
Box 13
"Nat Turner Revisited," by Dixie B. O'Conner, Leader Magazine,1987, June4
Box 13
"Arts and letters academy picks 3," The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal,1987, Dec.7
Box 13
"Duke Prof 'Imposes Order' On Work of William Styron," by Betty Hodges, The Durham Morning Herald, 1988, Jan. 17
Box 13
"World Statement in Support of Salman Rushdie," New York Review of Books,1989, April 13
Box 13
"How the death of Faulkner came to Life," by William Thomas, The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal,1989, Aug.5
Box 13
"Styron gift will launch NCSU fund," 1989
Box 13
"Darkness Visible: 'A Howling Tempest in the Brain'" by Victoria Glendinning, The New York Times Book Review,1990, Aug. 19
Box 13
"On William Blackburn and Creative Imagination," by William Styron, The Duke Dialog,1991, Sept. 13
Box 13
"Styron Speaks at Founders' Day," The Duke Insider,1991, Nov.
Box 13
"Novelist comes home to Duke," by David Folkenflik, The Durham Herald-Sun,1991, Dec.6
Box 13
"Solid short stories probe a family," by Frederic Koeppel, The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal,1993, Dec. 12
Box 13
"Historical Fiction and the Facts," Wilson Quarterly,1993, Winter (2 copies)
Box 13
"Disney can only mock slavery's pain," by William Styron, The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal,1994 Aug.7
Box 13
"Exploring the Links Between Depression, Writers and Suicide," by William Grimes, New York Times,1994, Nov. 14
Box 13
"A Wounded Healer: Review of Touched With Fire," by Marie Arana-Ward, Book World,1996, Aug. 18
Box 13
"Pulitzer-winning author donates manuscript, other items to Duke," The Durham Herald-Sun,1997, May 29
Box 13
"Library acquires Styron papers," by Noah Bartolucci, The Duke Dialog,1997, June7
Box 13
"Styron, Biographer Swap Tales," The Raleigh News and Observer,1998, Mar. 29
Box 13
"Review: William Styron: A Life," by Victor Strandberg, The Raleigh News and Observer , 1998, Mar. 29
Box 13
"The Confession of William Styron," by Jason Wagner, The Chronicle,1998, Mar. 30
Box 13
"Review: William Styron: A Life," by Michale Pearson, The Washington Post Book World,1998, May3
Box 13
"Film Review: 'Shadrach,'" The Wall Street Journal,1998, Sept. 25
Box 13
The Faulkner Newsletter, 1998, Oct.-Dec.
Box 13
"Stars Shine in 100th Archive," by Jon Hilsenrath, The Duke Chronicle,undated
Box 13
"No, No!! Not A Kudo!!!" by Russell Baker, undated
Box 13
"Legal Scholar, Writer Urge Rejection of Bork," undated
Box 13
"Novelist Styron Addresses Graduates of Duke," undated
Box 13
Confessions of Nat Turner, 1967
Carbon copy, with holograph corrections, of
Styron's original typescript.
Box 14
The Four Seasons: Essay by William Styron, by Harold Altman, Pennsylvania State University Press,1965
Box 15
Photograph of William Styron and James Jones.
Box 15
Large gray Hanes cotton T-shirt. Back reads, "'I still maintain that the times get precisely the literature that they deserve.' William Styron. Paris Review,1953," 1993
Box 15
The Vanishing South: the Art of Hubert Shuptrine,1993Calendar with commentary by William Styron.
Box 15
Holograph manuscript page of an unidentified text, signed by Styron, undated
Box 15
"Southern Fried Chicken," by William Styron, 1961
Box 15
Lie Down in Darkness, Bobbs-Merrill, 1951
Third printing, with long inscription by
Styron to reviewer
Maxwell Giesmar;
includes Geismar's holograph comments and marks of
emphasis.
Box 1
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Random House, 1967
First edition;
Herbert Aptheker's
copy, signed by him and including his marks and annotations
throughout.
Box 1
Conversations with Willie Morris, University Press of Mississippi, 2000
First edition; contains many mentions of
Styron.
Box 1
Remembering Willie, University Press of Mississippi, 2000
First edition; includes Styron's
It Cannot Be
Long
.
Box 1
Dog Eat Dog, by Edward Bunker, St. Martin's Press, 1996
First edition; introduction by Styron.
Box 1
All the Finest Girls, by Alexandra Styron, Little, Brown, 2001
First edition; signed by the author.
Box 1
All the Finest Girls, by Alexandra Styron, Little, Brown, 2001
Uncorrected proof in original green
wrappers.
Box 1
But Now I See: The White Southern Racial Conversion Narrative, by Fred Hobson, Louisiana State University Press, 1999
Includes several mentions of Styron.
Box 1
Onward!: 25 Years of Advice, Exhortation, and Inspiration from America's Best Commencement Speeches, Scribner, 2000
Includes excerpt from Styron's 1981
commencement speech at Duke.
Box 1
Indian Country, by Philip Caputo, Bantam, 1987
Styron's advance reading copy of the first
edition.
Box 1
Three Minutes or Less: Life Lessons from America's Greatest Writers, Bloomsbury, 2000
Box 1
Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, Morrow, 2001
First edition; includes excerpt from
Styron's
Darkness Visible.
Box 1
Dead Run: The Untold Story of Dennis Stockton and America's Only Mass Escape from Death Row, Times Books, 1999
First edition; introduction by Styron.
Box 1
A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs by Curt Richter, Hill Street Press, 2000
First edition, signed by the photographer;
includes portrait of Styron.
Box 2
A Word to the Unwise, Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2000
Review by
Dave Shiflett of
Onward!
book.
Box 2
Printed material concerning Edward Bunker
Box 2
American Heritage, October 1992 special issue
Box 2
The New Yorker, December 13, 1999 issue
Box 2
Oxford American, September/October 1999 issue
Box 2
Southern Review of Literature, September 15, 1951 issue
Box 2
Playboy, Vol. 15, No.12, December 1968
Box 2
An Evening with William Styron, program from gala tribute to Styron held at the Library of Virginia, December 2, 2000
Accompanied by articles printed from the
internet about the event.
Box 2
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter, A Tribute, by William Styron, Palaemon Press, 1978?
Box 2
Original manuscript review of Sophie's Choice, by Julian Symons
Published as
The Penalties of
Survival
in the [London]
Times Literary Supplement,
November 30, 1979.
Box 2
Original camera-ready publisher's advertisement for The Confessions of Nat Turner
Box 2
Original holograph manuscript of Styron's 1977 review of A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
First published in
The New York Review of Books,
23 June 1977.
Box 2
One black-and-white signed photograph, and four pages of Styron's writing (two sheets are signed).
Two items (in one folder) of correspondence that are closed to researchers. Also includes (1 box) a photograph and an undated screenplay, SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE, that are open to researchers.
Hunter is a collector of works by certain southern
authors taught by William Blackburn. William Styron is an
award-winning author of American literature, including such
works as
Sophie's Choice and
The Confessions of Nat Turner. Both are Duke University alumni.
- Styron, William, 1925-
- Hunter, Jody Jones.
- Styron, William, 1925-.
Confessions of Nat Turner.
- Styron, William, 1925-.
Way of the Warrior.
- Styron, William, 1925-.
Sophie's choice.
- Styron, William, 1925-.
Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the snows of winter.
- Styron, William, 1925-.
Interviews.
- Styron, Alexandra.
All the Finest Girls.
- Caputo, Philip.
Rumor of war.
- Wright, Stuart T.
- American literature--20th century.
- American literature--Southern States.
- Authors, American--Southern States.
- Authors, American--20th century.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Southampton Insurrection,
1831--Literature and the insurrection.
[Identification of item], Jody Jones Hunter
Collection of Works by William Styron, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke
University.
The Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by
William Styron was received as a gift by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1998, 2001 and 2008.
Preliminary processing by Don Sechler
Completed December 17, 1998
Additions minimally processed by Elizabeth
Arnold
Updated June 11, 2003
Encoded by Don Sechler; Elizabeth Arnold
Finding aid updated to include unprocessed 2008 accessions by Alice Poffinberger, August 2, 2009.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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