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Bennett, John, 1865-1956. John Bennett papers, 1897-1978.

Title: John Bennett papers, 1897-1978.

Consisting primarily of correspondence, manuscripts of poems, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to Bennett's career, including the dramatization and film version of his book, Master Skylark, a work printed five times between 1897 and 1965 in various forms. Correspondence includes approximately 500 letters, documenting his long friendship with Yates Snowden (1858-1933); and 7 manuscripts, 27 Dec. 1918 - 16 Dec. 1922, representing Bennett's research with Ambrose Elliott Gonzales on the creole form of the English language known as Gullah, and related to Gonzales' publication of The Black Border: Gullah Stories of the Carolina Coast, published 1922. Letters, 5 and 8 Jan. 1921, containing Bennett's assessments of the works of Charleston artist William Aiken Walker; 16 July 1923, his estimate of writers Hervey Allen and DuBose Heyward; and correspondence, mansucripts of poems, critical notes, and other papers relating to Snowden's writings, including his poem, "A Blast Against Bookkeepers." Other correspondents include Annie E. Snowden, Susan S. Bennett, Anne King Gregorie, Charles Woodward Hutson, and Arthur Medlock. Places represented include Charleston and Columbia, S.C.; Flat Rock and Hendersonville, N.C.; and Bennett's native Chillicothe, Ohio. Collection contains letter, 14 Jan. 1978, from Mrs. Josephine Fenstermacher, Bridgewater, N.J., accompanying John Bennett manuscripts, and including her recollections of Columbia, S.C., when she was the first professional librarian at Columbia High School; and reproduction of typescript of novel, The Treasure of Peyre Gaillard, held at Charleston Library Society. Library also has typed transcripts, 3 volumes, of Snowden-Bennett letters, with editorial notes by Mary Crow Anderson.

ArchivalResource: 599 items.

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