Papers : of Albert Russell Erskine, 1927-1981.

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Papers : of Albert Russell Erskine, 1927-1981.

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The papers of the Random House editor chiefly concern Malcolm Lowry and William Faulkner. Correspondence in the Lowry papers discusses the work in progress of Malcolm and his wife Margerie Bonner, their health, and financial troubles. Two descriptions of his work in progress on The voyage that never ends and Hear us o Lord from Heaven thy dwelling place, are included. In the Faulkner papers is correspondence of Faulkner, his agent Harold Ober, Erskine and other editors, Linton Reynolds Massey, Joseph Leo Blotner, and Jack L. Capps about Faulkner's writings and their publication. There are also manuscripts and a proof of The wishing-tree, setting copies for Billy Budd and a portion of Sanctuary, and proofs of The covenant by James Michener, Uncollected stories of William and Selected letters of William Faulkner, both edited by Joseph Blotner. Also included are Selected letters of John O'Hara, and Correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald, both edited by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, Sanctuary, the original text, edited by Noel Earl Polk, Being here and Rumor verified by Robert Penn Warren, Robert Penn Warren talking, edited by Floyd C. Watkins and John Turner Hiers and The eye of the story by Eudora Welty. Of interest is a letter to Faulkner from Erskine about Ellison's Invisible man.

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