Mary Verner Schlaefer papers, 1939-1983; (bulk 1965-1983).

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Mary Verner Schlaefer papers, 1939-1983; (bulk 1965-1983).

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Materials re the 1952 publication of South Carolina in the Short Story, an anthology co-edited by Mary Verner Schlaefer and Katharine Macbeth Jones. Includes correspondence between editors; correspondence with authors represented; correspondence and financial/legal agreements with University of South Carolina Press. Contains copies of short stories and other literary pieces considered for inclusion; drafts of prefatory matter; and publicity re the anthology's publication. Writers represented: Glenn Allan, Hervey Allen, Havilah Babcock, John Bennett, Genevieve Chandler, Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, Samuel Arthur Derieux, Ambrose Elliott Gonzales, DuBose Heyward, Alice Lee Humphries, Chapman J. Milling, Robert Molloy, Julia Peterkin, Josephine Pinckney, Robert Quillen, John Andrew Rice, Katharine Ball Ripley, Ben Robertson, Archibald Rutledge, Herbert Ravenel Sass, E.T.H. Shaffer, Katherine Drayton Mayrant Simons, Elliott White Springs, Alexander Sprunt, Max Steele, Samuel Gaillard Stoney, and Elizabeth O'Neill Verner. Also contains correspondence, church publications, resolutions, financial reports, and newspaper publicity collected by Mary Verner Schlaefer, ca. 1978, reflecting the decision of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C., not to join in the proposed union of the Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches but to affiliate instead with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Also includes issues of "First Presbyterian Church News," a weekly bulletin, Dec. 1972 - July 1983; letters and memoranda.

916 items (1.25 linear ft., 1 carton)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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