Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence and manuscripts, 1933-1953.

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence and manuscripts, 1933-1953.

The collection consists mainly of correspondence between Norman S. Berg and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings from 1933-1953. The letters from Rawlings, mainly from Cross Creek (Fla.), Van Hornesville (N.Y.), and St. Augustine (Fla.), are of a personal nature discussing both professional and personal matters. The collection also consists of a type draft of the SOJOURNER, a partial type and manuscript draft of CENTENNIAL (unpublished), and forty-eight sheets of unpublished poems.

1.25 linear ft.

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Berg, Norman S.

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Norman S. Berg, publisher with MacMillan Company, Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence and manuscripts, 1933-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478158 ...

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) In 1931, Scribner published two of Rawlings' short stories, Jacob's ladder and Cracker chidlins, both describing poor, backcountry Florida. Some of Rawlings' neighbors were angered by wh...