Librarian's papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1938-2006.

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Librarian's papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1938-2006.

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The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, copies of acquisition forms, and memoranda that document the establishment, growth, and development of the Thomas Wolfe Collection at the North Carolina Collection in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's University Library. Correspondence is with Charles E. Rush, Olan V. Cook, Mary Lindsay Thornton, Andrew Horn, Jerrold Orne, William S. Powell, H.G. Jones, Agatha Boyd Adams, and other Library staff members. Also included are many letters to and from the members of the Wolfe family relating to the Wolfe family gift; correspondence with Edward C. Aswell pertaining to the death of John Skally Terry and the Terry family gift; and some materials relating to the establishment of the Thomas Wolfe Fund, which was started in 1939 to raise money to buy the Wolfe papers that were later purchased by William B. Wisdom and donated to Harvard University. Correspondence after 1958 deals primarily with additions to the Wolfe Collection, requests for access to the Wolfe papers, questions about the contents of the papers, and other materials relating to the collection. There are also letters and related materials about the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association of Asheville, the "Thomas Wolfe Newsletter," the Thomas Wolfe Society, and the Wolfe Fest at St. Mary's College.

About 1300 items.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968131

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association

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Cook, Olan Victor

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Orne, Jerrold, 1911-2008

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Jerrold Orne (1911- ), library director, Library Science professor, and consultant on library concerns, with a national and international reputation as an expert on academic library buildings, library standards, and bibliographic control. From the guide to the Jerrold Orne Papers, 1940-1988, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Wolfe family.

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Aswell, Edward C. (Edward Campbell), 1900-1958

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Edward C. Aswell was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1900. After graduating from Harvard University in 1926, he joined the staff of the "Forum," and, in 1930, became assistant editor of "The Atlantic Monthly." In 1935, Aswell moved to Harper & Brothers as an assistant editor of general books, later becoming editor-in-chief. While assistant editor, Aswell persuaded Thomas Wolfe to sign with Harper & Brothers. Before Wolfe left on his trip through the western United States during which he acq...

Powell, William S., 1919-

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William Stevens Powell, author, historian, and professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From the description of William Stevens Powell papers, 1880s, 1930s-2006. WorldCat record id: 44442258 William Stevens Powell, author, historian, and professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was born in Johnston County, N.C., on 28 April 1919. He grew up in Statesville, N.C. He graduated from the Univers...

Rush, Charles E. (Charles Everett), 1885-

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Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938

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Bernstein met Thomas Wolfe in 1925 on a voyage between Europe and New York. Wolfe and Bernstein, the wife of a prominent New York stock broker and 18 years older than Wolfe, became lovers in Oct. 1925 and remained so for the next five years. Wolfe's 1929 novel, Look Homeward Angel, was dedicated to Bernstein. From the description of [Account of a fire / Thomas Wolfe] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 492206991 Thomas Clayton Wolfe was born October 3, 1900 in Asheville, No...

Adams, Agatha Boyd

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University of North Carolina librarian. From the description of Agatha Boyd Adams papers, 1938-1947 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24818552 ...

Thornton, Mary Lindsay

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. North Carolina Collection.

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Horn, Andrew H. (Andrew Harlis), 1914-1983

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Terry, John Skally, 1894-1953

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John Skally Terry, born in Rockingham, N.C., in 1894, entered the University of North Carolina in 1914. As an undergraduate, he was active in student publications and became a friend of Thomas Wolfe. While living in New York in the early 1920s, Terry renewed his friendship with Wolfe, joining Wolfe as a member of the English faculty at New York University in 1925. After Wolfe's death in 1938, Terry became a close friend of Wolfe's mother, Julia E. Wolfe, and worked with her on Thomas Wolfe's Let...

Thomas Wolfe society

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Thomas Clayton Wolfe was born October 3, 1900 in Asheville, North Carolina. He attended local Asheville schools, graduated from high school at age 15, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a sophomore at UNC, one of his poems was published in the University of North Carolina Magazine and he became increasingly active in the Carolina Playmakers, a course in playwriting. His first play, entitled The Return of Buck Gavin, was produced by the Playmakers and starred Wolfe i...

Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924-

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