Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers (Addition), 1945-2000

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Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers (Addition), 1945-2000

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271206192

The collection contains personal materials related to Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, including correspondence (mostly incoming), manuscripts, holographs, clippings, other printed matter, and a few photographs. The bulk of the material dates from 1988-1992. The materials were purchased by Special Collections in 1995 with the help of a grant from the Lester Glenn Fant Southern Literature Fund, and form an addition to Special Collections' already significant collection of Taylor's pre-1988 letters and manuscripts.

7 linear ft.

Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library

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Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library

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Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994

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Peter Hillsman Taylor was a prize-winning American author, known for his stylish novels and short stories of the American South. Born in Tennessee, Taylor's family travelled throughout the South during his youth, and he credits these experiences with inspiring his later writing. He enrolled at Rhodes College, where Allen Tate urged him to transfer to Vanderbilt to study under John Crowe Ransom; he later followed Ransom to Kenyon College, along with Robert Lowell and Randall Jarrell. He garnered ...