Clyde Edgerton papers, 1918-2004.

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Clyde Edgerton papers, 1918-2004.

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Literary material includes annotated and revised drafts, galleys, notes, and correspondence relating to Edgerton's novels "Raney," "Walking Across Egypt," "The Floatplane Notebooks," "Killer Diller," "In Memory of Junior," "Redeye: A Western," "Where Trouble Sleeps," and "Lunch at the Piccadilly," and his short stories and essays, as well as his notebooks and journals. Personal material includes correspondence with family members, friends, and military personnel during Edgerton's service, 1966-1971, as an Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War. There are also a few letters from his uncle Clem R. Warren as a soldier in World War I. Also included is correspondence with Edgerton's publisher Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, his editor Shannon Ravenel, agents, other literary figures, and fans. Among Edgerton's literary correspondents are Rick Bass, Allan Gurganus, Michael McFee, Lee Smith, Louis Rubin, and Doug Marlette. Also included are materials relating to the controversy surrounding Edgerton's departure from the teaching staff of Campbell University over objections to the portrayal of Free Will Baptists in Raney; subject files with materials about Edgerton's work and activities and about subjects that interested him; photographs; and materials relating to Edgerton's work in audio, film, video, and CD formats.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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