Papers of William Faulkner and family [manuscript], circa 1898-1997.

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Papers of William Faulkner and family [manuscript], circa 1898-1997.

The collection contains manuscripts and proofs; literary correspondence and legal papers; photographs and printed items relating to Faulkner; recordings; daybooks and ledgers; papers relating to Estelle Oldham Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers; and a few miscellaneous items. Manuscripts and proofs include typescripts with autograph revisions of the stories "Almost," "Snow," "With caution and dispatch," "Knight's gambit," and the play "Twixt cup and lip"; several speeches; and galley proof of "The reivers" and the introduction to "Light in August." With these are periodical publications of several Faulkner short stories. Financial and legal papers include various agreements with Liveright, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Brothers, Winchester Pictures, Random House, Harold Ober Associates, Esquire and the University of Mississippi. Correspondents include Albert Erskine, Harold Hayes, and Peter Shepherd. Miscellaneous items in the collection include two copies of Faulkner's broadside on beer "To the voters of Oxford"; drawings; personal financial and legal papers; memorabilia; early school reports and an 1897 reader; programs; daybooks, ledgers, and flight logs; and a record of horse breeding. Audio recordings include a University of Virginia news conference on Faulkner with comments by Fredson Bowers, Floyd Stovall, James B. Colvert, F. W. Bernhauser and John Cook Wyllie and "the Faulkner story" by the Ford Foundation. Family papers include correspondence, stories, poems, a painting and a lullaby by Estelle Faulkner, and school programs and honors of Jill Faulkner Summers. The collection also contains manuscripts by Mrs. Phil Stone, Paul D. Summers, Jr. and Malcolm Franklin; and a speech by Enrique Auvert.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7102623

University of Virginia. Library

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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

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American fiction writer. From the description of Papers of William Faulkner [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809728 From the description of Jacket, [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811922 From the description of Uncorrected galley proof of The Faulkner reader [manuscript], 1954 April 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809700 From the description of Photograph, 1962 Mar. 2...

Liveright Publishing Corporation

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Bernhauser, F. W.

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Hayes, Harold

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Auvert, Enrique.

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Colvert, James B.

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Esquire, inc.

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New York based publication founded and published by Arnold Gingrich. From the description of Esquire, inc. records, 1933-1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82799828 Coronet was a general-interest monthly magazine published in the United States from October 13, 1936 to March 1971. It ran for 299 issues. From the guide to the Coronet Magazine Records, 1935-1961, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968

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Description of this Albemarle Co. lawyer. From the description of Biographical sketch of George Carr [manuscript] / drafted by J.C.W. for his grandson Mr. Charles Carr, 1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647936052 Wyllie was Director of Libraries, University of Virginia, and Book Review Editor of The Richmond News Leader. From the description of Letters : concerning his book reviews in The Richmond news leader, 1952-1963. (University of Virginia)...

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

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Jack Warner was one of the founders and the production chief at Warner Bros.; Wallis was a producer for the company. Wilk was a New York-based story editor for Warner Bros. Dieterle was a friend of Werfel. From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1940, 1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864750 ...

Shepherd, Peter

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Faulkner, Estelle Oldham, 1896-1972

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Stovall, Floyd, 1896-1991

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Edgar Allan Poe and Alumni Professor of English; member of the University of Virginia faculty 1955-1967. From the description of Papers of Floyd Stovall [manuscript], 1936-1977, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647924221 Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Floyd Stovall papers [manuscrip], 1938-1982. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57726774 Professor of English at the...

Summers, Jill Faulkner,

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Bowers, Fredson

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Author, editor, University of Virginia Professor of English. From the description of Papers of Fredson Thayer Bowers, 1595-1992 (bulk 1922-1992). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55225082 ...

Franklin, Malcolm

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Summers, Paul J.

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Erskine, Albert, 1911-1993

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Random House editor. From the description of Albert Erskine papers, 1930-1999. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647994034 From the description of Papers of Albert Erskine pertaining to William Faulkner [manuscript], 1931-1973. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647911508 Random House Editor. From the description of Correspondence of Albert Erskine with and about William Faulkner and Random House [manuscript], 1931-1972. (Universit...

Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997

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Epithet: Austrian-American film director British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x0001c3 ...

Faulkner family.

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Winchester Pictures Corporation

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Random House (Firm)

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Harold Ober Associates

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Literary agency. From the guide to the Harold Ober Associates Letters, 1933-1977., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Literary agency. From the description of Correspondence with Paul Gallico, 1933-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122412081 ...

University of Mississippi

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a leading American film production company, was established in 1924, an amalgam of three older production companies: Metro Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures, and was under the corporate control of the exhibiting concern, Loew's Inc. From the guide to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films and personalities scrapbooks, 1920-1944, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the ...