Papers, including published and unpublished novels, short stories, poetry, movie and television scripts, essays, speeches, photographs and some correspondence [manuscript] 1918-1959.

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Papers, including published and unpublished novels, short stories, poetry, movie and television scripts, essays, speeches, photographs and some correspondence [manuscript] 1918-1959.

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There are drafts of the following published novels: Absalom, Absalom!, 1936; As I Lay Dying, 1930; A Fable, 1954; Go Down, Moses, 1942; The Hamlet, 1940; Intruder in the Dust, 1948; Knight's gambit, 1949; Light in August, 1932; The Mansion, 1959; Mosquitoes, 1927; Pylon, 1935; Requiem for a nun, 1951; Sanctuary, 1931; Satoris, 1929; Soldier's pay, 1926; The Sound and the Fury, 1929; The Town, 1957; and The Wild Palms, 1939. Drafts of his unpublished novels are: The Devil Beats His Wife, and Elmer. In addition, there are drafts of 32 published and 10 unpublished short stories; 25 published and 8 unpublished poems, 8 television and movie scripts, and 11 articles, essays, and speeches. Published items include the short stories "Hand upon the waters," and "Tomorrow," both published in the "Saturday Evening Post," and and a newspaper article about Faulkner and the Nobel Prize, 1961 . There are also items relating to his term as postmaster of the University of Mississippi [17 items] to his service in the R.A.F. [40 items] and drafts of letters from Faulkner to various people incl. Howard Hawks and Saxe Cummings; and a few letters to Faulkner from Harcourt, Brace and Company, William Herndon, Clyde McGhee, Saul N. Wernick, Leighton M. Ballow, and Sam Marx of M.G.M. Studios [28 items. inppart, photocopies (positive)]. The collection also contains 5 slipcases of loose photographs of Faulkner, a facsimile of "As I lay dying" and a disk set of the manuscript of the novel.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Herndon, William, ca. 1737-ca. 1796,

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Wernick, Saul N.,

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Harcourt Brace & Company

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Gross was an editor at the publishing company. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1957. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863411 Brooks edited a book by Constance Rourke for Harcourt Brace. From the description of Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1921-1962. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 180851633 ...

Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977

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Cummings, Saxe,

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Ballow, Leighton M.,

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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

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American fiction writer. From the description of Papers of William Faulkner [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809728 From the description of Jacket, [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811922 From the description of Uncorrected galley proof of The Faulkner reader [manuscript], 1954 April 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809700 From the description of Photograph, 1962 Mar. 2...

McGhee, Clyde,

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Marx, Samuel, 1902-,

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