Grace Lumpkin papers, 1919-1977.

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Grace Lumpkin papers, 1919-1977.

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Manuscripts of Grace Lumpkin's published novels, To Make My Bread (1932); The Wedding (1939, 1976); Full Circle (1962); short stories, reviews, and correspondence re literary work of Lumpkin and Whittaker Chambers; reviews; articles; and clippings re Alger Hiss trial; correspondents include Whittaker Chambers, Evelyn Scott, Eleanor Roosevelt, C.S. Lewis, Fannie Hurst, Samuel Shoemaker, and other members of the Whittaker Chambers family. Includes signed contracts from archives of Maculay Publishing Company, New York, including contracts, 1931 and 1933, for To Make My Bread, originally titled Swan Crossing; and contracts for works published under the pseudonym Ann DuPre: 1932 contract for Timid Woman, published in 1933; contracts, 1931 and 1933, for To Make My Bread, originally titled Swan Crossing; signed option for The Gault Case, 1935; and contract for Marriage License, 1932, later titled Some Take A Lover. Volumes include a photograph album and scrapbook (1919-1923) re Y.W.C.A. work in France; autographed copies of Whittaker Chambers' Witness (1952) and Cold Friday (1964); and binder's dummy for Grace Lumpkin's The Wedding (1976); of Whittaker Chambers' Witness (1952) and Cold Friday (1964); and binder's dummy for Grace Lumpkin's The Wedding (1976).

153 items.5 v.

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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