J. Howard Woolmer papers relating to Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark, 1979-1990.

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J. Howard Woolmer papers relating to Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark, 1979-1990.

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Collection includes correspondence, inventories, and other papers by or relating to Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark. Materials relate chiefly to the appraisals and dispositions of their archives by J. Howard Woolmer, who became executor of Warren's literary estate in 1980. Warren's archive, originally on deposit at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, was purchased by the Beinecke Library in 1986. Clark's archive, originally on deposit at Vassar College, was purchased by the Beinecke Library in 1988. The correspondence consists of letters to and from Woolmer. Letters with Warren and Clark discuss appraisals, sales, and literary and personal matters. Other correspondents include the Beinecke and Yale University libraries, Joseph Blotner, and James A. Grimshaw. There are manuscript inventories of the two archives, presumably in Woolmer's hand, and acknowledgment letters and lists, dating from 1980 to 1986, of materials in Warren's archive. Other materials include clippings, contracts, and financial records.

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Grimshaw, James A.

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Eleanor Clark (1913-1996), author of novels and non-fiction works, as well as short fiction, essays, poems, and plays. Novels include Bitter Box (1946), Baldur's Gate (1970), Gloria Mundi (1979), and Camping Out (1986). Non-fiction works include the travel narratives Rome and a Villa (1952), Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964), and Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara (1985), and the memoir Eyes, Etc. (1977). From the description of Eleanor Clark papers, 1876-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

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Blotner, Joseph, 1923-2012

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