Peterkin collection, 1922-1964 (bulk 1920-1930's).

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Peterkin collection, 1922-1964 (bulk 1920-1930's).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24132853

The bulk of this collection consists of copies of correspondence between Julia Peterkin of Lang Syne Plantation, Fort Motte, SC, and her publishers from the early 1920's through the 1930's. This correspondence deals primarily with her books Black April, Scarlet Sister Mary, and Bright Skin. Internal evidence indicates the wide acclaim and friendships she shared with other authors and critics who praised her for her honest and sensitive writing about life on a Southern plantation, the plantation workers, and their dialect, superstitions, and relationships. The collection also contains copies of fourteen early short stories published in the Reviewer.

.25 cubic ft.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7125866

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Henry, Louis, Lee 1931-

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Peterkin, Julia Mood, 1880-1961

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American author. From the description of Papers of Julia Mood Peterkin [manuscript], 1927-1931. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870333 From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Lang Syne Plantation, Fort Motte, S.C., and New York, to Stark Young, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872100 Julia Mood Peterkin was a South Carolina novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary, which was later adapte...