Edna Pettigrew papers, 1946-1978.

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Edna Pettigrew papers, 1946-1978.

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Personal, family, and literary correspondence; literary pieces by Pettigrew and other writers; newspaper clippings; literary magazines; and publicity photographs. The bulk of the papers relate to Doubleday's publication of Three is a Family, later serialized by King Features Syndicate and contracted to Danish and French publishers for foreign editions. Includes correspondence with literary agent Madeline Boyd. Includes also literary correspondence from Dorrance and Company, publisher of Pettigrew's first book, My Merry Way; typsecripts, many reviewed by Madeline Boyd, of unpublished short stories, children's stories, and poetry; correspondence from Pettigrew's brother, English professor and poet Richard Pettigrew; miscellaneous issues of The Lyric, with poems by Richard Pettigrew; and reprints of articles by Richard Pettigrew from American Literature. Works by writers other than Edna and Richard Pettigrew including fellow Quill Club members and typescript poems by John Harllee. Other correspondents include Chapman Milling, Chalmers Davidson, Hal Borland, Faith Baldwin Cuthrell, and Mircea Vasiliu.

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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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Quill Club (Columbia, S.C.)

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Boyd, Madeline

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Davidson, Chalmers Gaston, 1907-1994

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Chalmers Gaston Davidson was born in Chester, South Carolina and graduated summa cum laude from Davidson College in 1928. He completed graduate degrees at Harvard, and then returned to Davidson College to serve as professor of history and library director. Dr. Davidson's life work was the study of regional history and service to Davidson College. He published several books including "Plantation World Around Davidson" and "Piedmont Partisan." From the description of Papers, 1965-1994....

Pettigrew, Edna.

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Educator and writer, of Florence, S.C.; graduate of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C.; graduate studies at University of North Carolina; taught English and Latin at McLenaghan High School, Florence, S.C.; author of two published books: My Merry Way (1956) and Three is a Family (1959). From the description of Edna Pettigrew papers, 1946-1978. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37398352 ...

Winthrop College

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Borland, Hal, 1900-1978

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Hal Borland (1900-1978) was a well-known American author, as well as a journalist for "The Denver Post," "The New York Times," and "Audubon Magazine." His works include "When the Legends Die," which was made into a movie in 1972. From the guide to the Hal Glen Borland Papers (MS 104), 1942-1978, 1950-1978, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Harold Glen Borland, American author, journalist, and naturalist, was born in Sterlin...

Vasiliu (Mircea)

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Mircea Vasiliu was born in Bucharest, Rumania in 1920 and took a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Bucharest. He served in the Rumanian Diplomatic Corps and has spent much of his career as a writer and illustrator, notably of children's books. Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 2, p. 254. From the description of Mircea Vasiliu Papers 1967-1968. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 437298019 Mircea Vasiliu was born in Bucharest, Ro...

Baldwin, Faith, 1893-1978

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New York-born American novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Norwalk, Connecticut, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1965 Jan. 18 and [no year] Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270862667 American author. From the description of The west wind [manuscript], 1962. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806212 Faith Baldwin enjoyed an unusually long and prolific career as a popular romance writer. Her works generally portray ...

Pettigrew, Richard Campbell

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Pettigrew family.

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Milling, Chapman J. (Chapman James), 1901-

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Harllee, John Thomas

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