Papers, ca. 1920s-1940s and 1970-1990, consist of literary manuscripts, both published and unpbulished; correspondence; research notes; and photographs of architecture in the Cotswolds region of England. Early papers consist of the original typescript for The Tides of Malvern (published 1930), and early drafts and edited carbon typescript drafts of A Sea Island Lady (published 1939). Two final manuscripts of a short story, "Jerry," and rejection notes from the American Mercury, Inc. and Two Worlds Publishing Company, Inc., as well as a handwritten draft of Labor for the Wind, 1927 and subsequent edited typescript drafts with the title changed to When the Wind Blows are also included. Volumes in Carton 3 consist of 19 memoranda books filled with research notes re historical novels. None of the photographs are identified as to persons or places with the exception of two photograph albums from Great Britain, filled with images of buildings, churches, and manors in The Cotswolds; scrapbook, 1930-1931, primarily filled with reviews of The Tides of Malvern published in various newspapers, as well as notices re similar works of fiction dealing in themes of local color and regionalism; and a first edition of The Tides of Malvern, complete with dust jacket; an edition of The Idol (Mar. 1931; Vol. 4 : No. 3), a literary magazine published by Union College reviewing Griswold's work and including biographical anecdotes of his early life. Later papers consist of letters to Chalmers G. Davidson, of Davidson, N.C., exchanged chiefly during the 1970s, together with letter, 23 Apr. 1990, from Davidson to Dr. Allen Stokes, South Caroliniana Library, explaining the nature of his correspondence with Griswold and transmitting the letters to the library. Also includes letters with John M. Trask, Jr., of Beaufort, S.C., re an invitation to return to South Carolina for a visit in 1972. Letter, 21 Apr. 1970, responds to Davidson's suggestion that he gift his literary manuscripts for Sea Island Lady [1939], The Tides of Malvern [c.1930], and a third unpublished "novel...of the Low Country" (identified by the title, Point Hazard) to the South Caroliniana Library. In an undated letter, Griswold notes his progress on the Point Hazard manuscript and reports that Drayton Hall, near Charleston, S.C., served as the model for the home in Malvern, and the Lafayette-Verdier house in Beaufort, S.C., figures prominently in Sea Island Lady, while the house in the Point Hazard novel was modeled upon Harrietta, near McClellanville, S.C.
