Tennessee Williams correspondence and other papers, 1918-1980.

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Tennessee Williams correspondence and other papers, 1918-1980.

Collection contains primarily correspondence of Williams with colleagues, friends, and family, and also includes some third party letters. Other items are Williams-related materials: check stubs, autograph manuscript notes and notebooks, grades and transcripts, a driver's license, and a few photographs.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7794997

Houghton Library

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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...

Williams family.

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