Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell papers, 1940-1982.

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Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell papers, 1940-1982.

The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts. All of the letters are from Tennessee Williams to Donald Windham (1940-1965, all photocopies of originals with markings by Windham and Sandy Campbell preparing for proofs (includes copies of some unpublished materials)). Also included are an original manuscript of Battle of Angels, a play by Tennessee Williams, with holographic corrections and an inscription by Williams to Windham; an excerpt from the original manuscript of Battle of Angels with a note, "135 loose pages, drafts of original version of rewrite before Boston tryout" (one on back of story draft dated, Manhattan, June 1940) and several pages of handwritten notes; a late revised script of You Touched Me, another play by Williams, commercial typist carbon with handwritten changes by Williams, plus new typed pages of revision, also by Williams, and other notes in an unidentified handwriting; plus a readers copy, a proofreader's copy, two author's copies, a printer's photocopy, and an original typescript (without corrections and additions) of Footnote to a Friendship by Windham.

2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7555257

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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

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Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. His father, Cornelius, a salesman who was largely absent had a bad relationship with Tennessee, the second of his three children. Consequently, Tennessee was raised predominantly by his mother, Edwina, and maternal grandparents. His often strained and disturbed family life became the fodder for many of his plays. After moving to New Orleans in his late 20s, and adopting the name Tenn...

Windham, Donald

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Donald Windham, author, born in Atlanta, Georgia, resided mainly in New York (N.Y.). Sandy Campbell, actor, publisher, and former editor of "The New Yorker. From the description of Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell papers, [ca. 1940-1987]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476245 American writer. From the description of Photographs of Windham, 1988. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51091394 Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1920, Donald Windham le...