Edwin Peacock papers, 1915-1997 and undated.

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Edwin Peacock papers, 1915-1997 and undated.

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Letters (some copies) to Edwin Peacock and John Zeigler, chiefly regarding their friend, author Carson McCullers. Many letters are from translators and biographers of McCullers (Virginia Carr, Jacques Tournier, and Robert Duparc). Includes letters from both Carson and Reeves McCullers to Peacock and Zeigler as well as copies of the McCullers letters to each other while Reeves served in the armed forces in France during World War II. Some letters were written by Carson McCullers to Peacock during her stays at Yaddo. Contains playbills of McCullers' plays, reviews of her books and plays, and other printed material concerning her as well as 56 photographs of the McCullers, their family, and their friends.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7141448

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967

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Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia, as Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917, the first born of Lamar and Marguerite Waters Smith. Though she moved from the South in 1934 and only returned for visits, most of her writing was inspired by her southern heritage. Her mother felt she had given birth to a genius from the time Carson was very young and always remained her staunchest supporter and strongest ally. When nine years of age, Lula began studying piano and practiced six to eight h...

Peacock, Edwin, 1910-1989

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Co-owner (with John Zeigler) of the Book Basement in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Edwin Peacock papers, 1915-1997 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 25149516 Born in 1910; died in 1989. A bookstore owner in Charleston, S.C., and a childhood friend of Carson McCullers. Introduced her to a number of other writers, including Reeves McCullers. Throughout his life, he provided the author with spiritual guidance and support for her writing. ...

Tournier, Jacques 19..-.... comptable

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Carr, Virginia Spencer

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Scholar and a professor of American literature at Georgia State University. Her first book was The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers. From the description of Virginia Spencer Carr papers, 1867-2009. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19464922 Virginia Spencer Carr (1929- ), English professor and author of biographies of Carson McCullers (1975) and Dos Passos (1984). Her other books include UNDERSTANDING CARSON MCCULLERS, KATHERINE ANNE PORTER'S FLOWE...

Duparc, Robert Fouques.

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McCullers, Reeves, 1913-1953

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James Reeves McCullers (b. August 11, 1913 Wetumpka, Alabama-d. November 19, 1953, Paris, France), married Georgia-born writer Carson McCullers in September 1937....