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Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Thomas Wolfe
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Wainwright, Alexander D.
A member of the Princeton Class of 1939, Wainwright was an avid bookman and collector. He had a lengthy career at the Princeton University Library, retiring in 1982 as assistant university librarian for collection development. He continued working part-time for the rest of his life in the Dept. of Special Collections as curator of the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists.
The collection consists of Wainwright's collection of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and related material by and about Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, playwright, and storywriter. The collection contains a selection of Wolfe's papers (writings, correspondence, documents, and drawings), adaptations by others of some of his works, papers relating to Wolfe, and correspondence of Wainwright concerning the collection.
Gift of Alexander D. Wainwright and niece Christine Wainwright.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 1999
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Collection Inventory
Scope and Contents
Consists of papers by and about Thomas Wolfe, including writings, correspondence, documents, drawings, photographs, and papers of others regarding Wolfe's work.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into nine subseries: Writings, Correspondence, Documents, Drawings, Photographs, Adaptations of Thomas Wolfe's Work, Papers of Others About Thomas Wolfe, Miscellaneous Material, and Oversize Material.
Physical Description11 boxes
Scope and Contents
Consists of manuscripts of works by Thomas Wolfe, including "April, Late April" (original title "Noon in April"), "A Field in Flanders," and "Writing and Living," as well as others.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Description4 boxes
"April, Late April," (original title "Noon in April"): The American Mercury, #42 1937 September 87-97; typescript, with changes and deletions in pencil by Wolfe, 13 leaves; incomplete - lacks final Part III except for most of its first two sentences, 1937 September. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"The Bell Remembered," (original title "My Father's Courthouse"): The American Mercury, #38 1936 August 457-466; typescript, with changes and deletions in pencil by Wolfe, 21 leaves, 1936 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"The Challenge": verse, typed transcript, 2 pp., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"A Cullenden of Virginia" [Paris: Printed by Lecram Press, 1948]: page proof, t.p., [1-4], 5-12, [14]; two penciled corrections and two penciled queries; also 2nd set, lacking h.t. and limitation page, uncorrected, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"A Field in Flanders": verse, typed transcript, 1 p., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"An Interview with Thomas Wolfe," by May Cameron: typescript, with changes and additions in pencil by Wolfe, seven leaves (one with text on verso), and one leaf with text by Wolfe in pencil on both sides; with clipping of the article from the New York Post, 1936 March 14. 1 folder.
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1 folder
The Letters of Thomas Wolfe to His Mother: Newly edited.... [Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968], two sets of galley proofs, one with "Sue's corrections" [Sue Fields Ross], 1968. 2 folders.
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2 folders
Mannerhouse: A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts: [New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949], unmarked galley proofs, numbered 1-58, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder
A Note on Experts: Dexter Vespasian Joyner: [New York: House of Books, 1939], sample page for title and sample page of text, with notation by Louis Henry Cohn on each verso: "when I considered having it printed in brown;" with "Original sample of cloth for 'A note on experts.'", 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Of Time and the River: two discarded leaves of Ms draft, in pencil: (leaf 1) Book I (Orestes: Flight before fury), preamble - inscribed in pencil on verso "Dear Captain Cohn: I'm not going to use this stuff, but please don't show it to anyone, anyway"; (leaf 2) Book III (Telemachus), chapter 39, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
The Story of a Novel AMs in pencil, 24 pp., partly written on the verso of Charles Scribner's Sons stationery; consists of pp. 62-68 of first edition; typed transcript of the autograph manuscript, 7 pp.; TMs "pp. 62-68 of The Story of a Novel," with alterations, 4 pp.; TMs, "Text as it appears in the book," 4 pp., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Thomas Wolfe's Letters to His Mother : [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943], unmarked galley proofs, numbered 1-111, lacks preliminary pages and index, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
The Thomas Wolfe Reader: [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962], edited by C. Hugh Holman, galley proofs, with a few corrections, 1962. 3 folders.
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3 folders
"To Rupert Brooke," page proof, no corrections, 3 pp.; typed transcript, 2 pp., undated envelope from Imprimerie Lecram, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder
The Web and the Rock: [New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1939], page proof, bound in brown plain wrappers, 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"Writing and Living," lecture notes in pencil on stationery of Hotel Severin, Indianapolis, Ind., eight leaves, for Wolfe's lecture at Purdue University, 1938 May 19. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Unidentified Manuscript: AMs leaf, in pencil, numbered 10, written on both sides of the leaf, beginning "go together" and ending "accompaniment of direct;" from the collection of David A. Randall, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists of several letters written by Thomas Wolfe.
Arrangement
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Unsigned transcript (or carbon copy) of TLS to George W. McCoy, 1932 March 22. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Christmas card, signed by Wolfe (with note, 1967 December 21 by Alexander P. Clark. to A.D.W.), 1967 December 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder
ALS to Mrs. Duble, 1930 February 8. 1 folder.
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1 folder
TLS to Paul P. Appel, 1938 March 15 1 p., with envelope, 1938 March 15. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Envelope (front defective) addressed to [Aline] Bernstein, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Typescript of an undated letter to his mother, 4 pp. (3 copies), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists of four checks of The Chase National Bank and a carbon typescript of Thomas Wolfe's will.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by genre of material.
Physical Description1 box
Check: blank check of The Chase National Bank, 48th St. Branch, N.Y.C., inscribed by Wolfe on verso: "Thomas Wolfe 865 First Avenue New York City P13-4583", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Check: The Chase National Bank, 48th St. Branch, N.Y.C., 1938 April 30 $22.50; to Gwen Jassinoff "For cash and one weeks secretarial services to date," endorsed, 1938 April 30. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Check: The Chase National Bank, 48th St. Branch, N.Y.C., 1938 May 9 $10.00; to Hotel Chelsea, 1938 May 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Check: The Chase National Bank, 48th St. Branch, N.Y.C., 1938 May 13 $28.50; to Remington Rand Inc. for "Rent of Typewriter to date", 1938 May 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Will: "A true copy of Thos. Wolfe's last will," typescript (carbon) signed by Melville Cane, attorney for the Estate, and dated by him 1943 August 10 three leaves, 1943 August 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists of a self-caricature and a caricature of Charles Wilcox.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by genre of material.
Physical Description1 box
Caricature of Charles Wilcox: pencil drawing, on the verso of Charles Scribner's Sons memo paper (1930's), of Charles Wilcox addressing a dowager; inscribed "Ah, Mrs. Duckworth - Back from Paris - and lovlier than ever," authenticated on recto by David A. Randall, 9" x 6", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Self-caricature: in pencil, on one side of a blank sheet, inscribed "Forsooth, I know not why I am so sad," 11" x 8½", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists primarily of photographs of Thomas Wolfe as well as photographs of others and Asheville, North Carolina.
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Arranged by subject of photograph.
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1 box
Wolfe seated with fellow passengers on deck of oceanliner, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wolfe standing with fellow passengers on deck of oceanliner, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder
snapshot portrait of Wolfe in an envelope addressed to ADW and postmarked, 1958 January 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
One framed and inscribed on recto " 1939 Thomas Wolfe, Carolina Playmaker" on verso inscribed "For Alex, whose enthusiasm I share, Bob Koch", 1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder
One on mat, 8½" x 5½", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
One 4" x 6½", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
One 6½" x 10", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
snapshot portrait of Wolfe, 3½" x 5", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wolfe sitting by a window, 3½" x 4½", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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[copies made from prints in possession of Edward Naumburg, Jr., Nov. 1959]
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Wolfe sitting in a doorway with his mother, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Angel monument, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wolfe birthplace, wallet-size, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wolfe birthplace, keepsake-size, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Pack Square, Asheville, with skyscraper, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Pack Square, Asheville, with steps, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"Old Kentucky Home", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
W.O.Wolfe's shopfront, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Intersection of streets in downtown Asheville, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
portrait of Wolfe sitting, undated photographer unidentified, 4" x 5 ½", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder
2 wallet-sized photos: Wolfe as a baby and the adult Wolfe, gift of Aldo Magi to ADW, 1992 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wolfe with crate of manuscripts, black & white, 4 ¼" x 6 ¼", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Wolfe, black & white, 2 ¼" x 3", inscribed on verso "Gift of H. Bess, ", 1942 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
photograph, 7" x 8", of the full portrait of Wolfe, sitting in a chair, by Douglas W. Gorsline, signed by Gorsline, on mat, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
photograph print, black & white, 8" x 10," of a pen & ink sketch portrait of Wolfe, drawn by [Harry M. Schwalb] for the dust jacket of A Western Journal, 1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
angel monument, Asheville, N.C., said to have inspired the title of Look Homeward, Angel, 3 ½" x 5 ¾", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
13 black & white photos, of Asheville, dated September, 1930 by W. S. Conant, Class of 1890, 1930. 1 folder.
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1 folder
17 color, 4" x 6", of modern Asheville, North Carolina, taken in the summer of 1999 by Margaret M. Sherry, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
photograph print of oil portrait of Wolfe's mother, 7" x 5", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
photograph negative only of portrait photo of Maxwell Perkins, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
2 prints of Aline Bernstein on the porch of the cottage "Hi-Tide" at Sea Spray Inn, East Hampton, Long Island, summer of 1951-1952 taken by Edward Naumburg, Jr., 1951-1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists of adaptions of Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River, You Can't Go Home Again, and The Web and the Rock.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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1 box
"Farewell to Altamont": from Look Homeward, Angel, Radioteatro de America; multilithed script of adaptation, 21 leaves, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
A New Play by Ketti Frings, [New York City: Kermit Bloomgarden, 1957] Mimeographed typescript, numbered 55, 105 leaves; loose-leaf binding of black fabrikoid (Anne Meyerson, Typing & mimeographing, N.Y.C.), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
adapted by Elizabeth Lomax; first radio version, one of five mimeographed for the Voice of America program ("America Speaks"), including material provided by author's mother; in 14 episodes, 190 leaves, penciled changes and markings in episodes 2, 10, 13, 14, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
adapted by Elizabeth Lomax, Radioteatro de America; broadcast dates 1947 April 17-24 two half-hour sequences, mimeographed script, 42 leaves, 1947 April 17-24. 1 folder.
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1 folder
adapted by Howard Rodman, directed by Albert McCleery, National Broadcasting Company, Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1953 October 4 mimeographed script (revised) of telecast, 63 leaves, with marginal directions and annotations in pencil, 1953 October 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
teleplay by Ian McLellan Hunter; The American Classics #1, Bob Markell, CBS Television, 1978 August 29 mimeographed script, 117 leaves, leatherette folder, No. 55, 1978 August 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
A Play by Dolores Sutton, based on The Web and the Rock by Thomas Wolfe; working script, Washington, D.C., 1971, numbered 31, mimeographed typescript, 98 leaves, including one leaf in typescript with several deletions; label on t.p.: Cheryl Crawford Productions; loose-leaf dark gray fabrikoid binder (Studio Duplicating Service, Inc., N.Y.C.), also 1 program from Theatre de Lys, N.Y., 1972. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists of papers about Thomas Wolfe by individuals such as Brooks Atkinson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ted Malone, Andrew Turnbull, Edmund Wilson, and R. Dietz Wolfe, as well as others.
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Arranged alphabetically by author.
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1 box
TLS to Bernard De Voto; July 14, no year 1 p.; contains reference to Wolfe, July 14. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
review of Look Homeward, Angel, adaptation by Ketti Frings; AMs in pencil, 1957 November 28 5 leaves; published in The New York Times; 1 TL (carbon) by A.D.W. to Brooks Atkinson, 1957 December 10, 1957 November 28. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
The Treasury Star Parade [New York, Toronto: Farrar & Reinhart, circa 1942] galley proof, [4], 87, cut in half and sewn into plain brown wrappers, with a typed label on front wrapper; contains "The Face of America," by Wolfe, galley 31-34, circa 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
TLS to Madeline Boyd; Armonk, N.Y., 1 p., with envelope postmarked 1938 May 30 includes a reference to "Tom Wolfe," with an undated announcement of the Traphagen School, NYC, of a course in "Design for the Theatre" under the auspices of Aline Bernstein, 2 leaves; and the [4] page "Aline Bernstein Memorial," Kaufmann Concert Hall, N.Y.C., 1957 January 6, 1938 May 30. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
"The Discovery of a Genius," corrected typescript, signed, 22 leaves, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"The Discovery of a Genius," photocopy (on flimsy paper) of an uncorrected typescript, 28 leaves, printed label pasted at head of p. 1: "Mrs. Madeline Boyd / Sutton Mews, 500 East 56th / New York 22, N.Y.", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
"The Discovery of a Genius," TMsS, final copy, inscribed to Marguerite [Cohn], 29 pp., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
A. M. Heath & Company - TLS to Boyd, 1931 May 29 1 p.; carbon of her reply, 1931 June 13 1 p.; and TLS to Boyd from A.M. Heath & Company, 1931 June 24 1 p.; all concerning Wolfe's "October Fair", 1931 May 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Beer, Thomas- ACS to Boyd, Paris, 1928 May 22. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Charles Scribner's Sons - letters from Maxwell Perkins, Charles Scribner's Sons (6), with two royalty reports concerning Look Homeward, Angel, 1929-1943 11 items, 1929-1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Czech edition of Look Homeward, Angel, correspondence with Centurm, Prague and others, 1932-1934 14 items, 1932-1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder
English edition of Look Homeward, Angel, correspondence with A.S. Frere-Reeves, director, William Heinemann, including three royalty statements, 1929-1933 15 items, 1929-1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder
French edition of Look Homeward, Angel, correspondence with Denise Clariouin, 1931, and TLS (carbon) to Jean Fayard, 1932 April 21 seven items, 1932 April 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder
German edition of Look Homeward, Angel, correspondence, 1930-1932 17 items, 1930-1932. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Italian edition of Look Homeward, Angel, correspondence, 1933 seven items, 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Norwegian edition of Look Homeward, Angel, correspondence with Steenske Forlag, Oslo, and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933 14 items, 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
"Invitation to Learning" TMs (carbon) of script for television program on Look Homeward, Angel, featuring John D. Morse, Maxwell Geismar and Hamilton Basso, ed. by Adele A. Cardiff, 1946 August 4 15 leaves, 1946 August 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
his annotations in Shielah Graham's copy of You Can't Go Home Again, 4th ed., 6 negative photostats, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
Reader's Report for "O Lost," by Thomas Wolfe, typescript, 1 p., rejecting the manuscript of Look Homeward, Angel, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
Writers in Crisis, The American Novel Between Two Wars, [Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.], 1942 galley proof, bound, 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
ALS to [H.S.] Canby, 1931 May 18 2 pp., includes comments on Look Homeward, Angel, 1931 May 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
2 TLsS to Walter Prichard Eaton, 1924 November 3-December 3 each 1 p., with one envelope, concerning The Carolina Playmakers, 1924 November 3-December 3. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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"American Pilgrimage," 1941 January 26 WJZ, (NBC affiliate) broadcast written and presented by Ted Malone from 48 Spruce Street, Asheville, N.C. (the boyhood home of Thomas Wolfe), mimeographed typescript of script 1941 February 18, 9 pp. [orig. filed under Russell, Frank], 1941 January 26. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
Thomas Wolfe: A Biography [Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960], final galley proof, bound in plain wrappers, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
TL (carbon), 1961 September 2 by Emil Hilb to Elizabeth Nowell, enclosing photograph (Hilb is in the photograph) and discussing Wolfe's flirtation on the oceanliner with Hilb's wife [photograph is in Box 4], 1961 September 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder
TLS (carbon), 1961 October 6 by Emil Hilb to Elizabeth Nowell, asking for return of the photo because his first letter had remained unacknowledged, 1961 October 6. 1 folder.
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1 folder
TLS, 1961 September 4 by Jan-Albert Goris of the Belgian Government Information Center, to Emil Hilb, 1961 September 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
"When Wolfe Came Home," telegraphed typescript addressed to Arthur Gelb, The New York Times, 1958 September 9 with autograph corrections, on the 20th anniversary of Wolfe's death, 6 leaves, 1958 September 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
editor to author: The Letters of Maxwell E. Perkins [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950] unmarked galley proof, numbered 1-87 excluding preliminary pages and index, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
Thomas Wolfe: A Bibliography [New York: Charles S. Boesen, 1943], partially marked galley proof, numbered 1-21 (on poor paper), lacking preliminary material, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Thomas Wolfe: A Bibliography [New York: Charles S. Boesen, 1943], paste-up page proofs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
ALS to David Garnett, undated 2 pp., with envelope postmarked 1930 November 10 and snapshot of Prokosch [no reference to Thomas Wolfe], 1930 November 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
"The Modern Novel," AMs draft of essay published in TLS, 8 leaves, with 1 leaf of a manuscript of another work, includes mention of Thomas Wolfe, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
2 postcards of the Wolfe home in Asheville, N.C., brochure, 1 TLS, 1 ALS by George W. McCoy, secretary of the association, to A.D. Wainwright, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
notes for two lectures on Thomas Wolfe: (1) to NYU students, 1929 October two sheets of yellow paper; (2) to his class in the Contemporary Novel (English 68), probably in 1929 November-December on both sides of two sheets of white paper, with 2 AlsS to L.H. Cohn, 1944 November 20-December 7 each 1 p., 1929 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
1 TLS to Mrs. Frederick H. Koch, 1963 June 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
"Autobiography and Ideology in the South: Thomas Wolfe and the Vanderbilt Agrarians," American Literature, 1989 March galley proof (20-29), inscribed by author to A.D. Wainwright, 1989 March. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
TLS to Edmund Wilson from H. Vincent Feldmann, 1968 June 12 2 pp., containing reference to Thomas Wolfe, with marginal comments and reply by Wilson, who returned letter to Feldmann, 1968 June 12. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
correspondence 2000 June with Margaret Sherry, reference archivist in the Dept. of Special Collections at Princeton University Library, regarding his reminiscences of Wolfe, 2000 June. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists of postcards, a printed map, bookplates, and postage stamps.
Arrangement
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description1 box
TLS by Edward Aswell to Capt. Louis Cohn, 1943 July 2 accompanied by clipped picture of Aswell, taken from Publishers' Weekly, 1943 July 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Post cards: 5 of Thomas Wolfe, mounting the steps of a streetcar in pre-war Berlin, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Post card, black & white, showing the Altamont Hotel in modern Asheville, named after the Altamont boarding house in Look Homeward, Angel, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Printed map of the western United States showing the "Route of the Western Journey of Thomas Wolfe, ", 1938 June 20-July 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bookplate for the Thomas Wolfe Collection at the Pack Memorial Public Library, Gift of Aldo Magi, 1994 April. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Postage stamps: 3 sets of plate block stamps, (Shakespeare, 100th Anniversary Dante, & Fort Duquesne, 1758-1958), designed by [Gorsline?], 1758-1958. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Princeton Alumni Weekly 1950 March 17 article on Gorsline's portrait of Wolfe, p. 7, 1950 March 17. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Scope and Contents
Consists primarily of oversized drawings and proofs.
Arrangement
Arranged by artist.
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2 boxes
14 matted and 1 unmatted pen-and-ink drawings for The Face of a Nation: Poetical Passages From the Writings of Thomas Wolfe, selected and edited by John Hall Wheelock, [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, ], 1939. 1 box.
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1 box
18 matted pen-and-ink drawings for The Face of a Nation: Poetical Passages From the Writings of Thomas Wolfe, selected and edited by John Hall Wheelock [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, ], 1939. 1 box.
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1 box
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1 box
a portfolio of proofs (1 of 200) in two colors with text in calligraphy [1947], includes two copies of the prospectus, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
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3 boxes
Photographs: 3 by Carl Van Vechten of Wolfe, all dated 1937 April 14 in original envelopes, together with mailing envelope in which they were originally sent to ADW [1952]-two head shots, one is darker and larger (27.5cm x 35.5cm) the other (27.5cm. x 31.5cm), one ¾-length portrait of Wolfe , 14" x 11", 1937 April 14. 1 box.
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1 box
Drawing: original pencil portrait, head only, of Thomas Wolfe by Douglas W. Gorsline, 1937, 7 ½" x 8" (matted, 16" x 16"), only known portrait done from life, done as a study for full portrait [AM 2000-69], dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Print: pencil portrait of Thomas Wolfe by Frank Mason, inscribed by Mason, 1979 18" x 16" ("20/150"), 1979. 1 box.
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1 box
Print: portrait of Thomas Wolfe by Charles T. Mayer, used for the cover of Madeleine Boyd's Thomas Wolfe: The Discovery of a Genius (Thomas Wolfe Society, 1981), #4 of 100, signed by Mayer, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Print: portrait of Thomas Wolfe by Terry Carroll (1971), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Plaque: Wolfe portrait on blue background, 3" x 4", dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box
Bas relief: Wolfe portrait, metal, on wooden base, 6" high, inscribed on verso "Wawrytko, ", 1991. 1 box.
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1 box
Pastel Drawings by Benton Spruance: "A Wind Is Rising and the Rivers Flow", dates not examined. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents
Color version and black and white version
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Poster: "Princeton Community Players present Look Homeward, Angel...", 14" x 21", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bronze head of Thomas Wolfe by Nat Werner, undated 6 ¾" high on a 3 ½" base, 1 of 12 made, and catalog description, dated 1957 November, 1957 November. 1 box.
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1 box
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Carl Van Vechten, Andrew Turnbull, Richard Kennedy, and Aldo P. Magi, as well as others.
Arrangement
Arranged by correspondent.
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1 box
Aswell, Edward C.: TLS to ADW, 1950 February 16 with envelope; carbon of ADW's reply, 1950 March 1 re: Wolfe's estate, 1950 February 16. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Bernstein, Aline: ALS to ADW, 1942 March 1 with envelope; ACS to ADW, 1942 March 5 with envelope, 1942 March 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Darrow, Whitney, Jr.: carbon, ADW to Darrow, 1961 August 19 ALS, his reply, undated carbon, ADW to Darrow, 1961 September 5, 1961 August 19. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Donald, David Herbert: 4 TLsS to ADW, copies of ADW's five replies, 1986-1988. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Field, Leslie A.: 3 TLsS and 1 ACS to ADW, carbons of 3 TLsS from ADW to Field, 1964-1966 brochure for Wolfe's Purdue Univ. speech, 1964-1966. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Frings, Ketti: TLS to ADW, 5 carbons of TLsS from ADW to Frings, and related correspondence, 1958. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Gelb, Arthur: 2 TLsS to ADW, carbons of 4 TLsS from ADW to Gelb, 1957-1958. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Gorsline, Douglas W.: 5 AlsS to ADW, 1942-1946 Marie Gorsline, TLS to ADW, 1992 January 18 with envelope; two printed items, 1994, 1942-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Holman, C. Hugh: ALS and 3 TLsS to ADW, carbons of 8 TLsS from ADW to Holman, 1959-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
Kennedy, Richard S.: 3 AlsS to ADW, 2 TLsS from ADW to Kennedy, 1950. 1 folder.
Physical Description
1 folder
Meriwether, James B.: carbon of TLS by ADW, 1963 March 11. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Perkins, Maxwell E.: TLS to ADW, 1942 May 21 with envelope, 1942 May 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Preston, George R.: 4 TLsS and 1 ALS to ADW, with carbon of 1 reply, 1946-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Shenton, Edward: 6 AlsS to ADW, carbons of 7 TLsS from ADW to Shenton, two checks endorsed by Shenton, 1965-1968. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Spruance, Benton: 2 AlsS to ADW and 1 check endorsed by Spruance, 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Turnbull, Andrew: TLS and ACS to ADW and carbon of TLS from ADW, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
Van Vechten, Carl: TLS to ADW and carbons of 2 TLsS from ADW to Van Vechten, 1952. 1 folder.
Physical Description
1 folder
Vendys, Vladimir: 5 TLsS and 1 ACS to ADW, carbons of 3 TLsS from ADW to Vendys, 13 items of related correspondence and enclosures, 1946-1963. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
1947-1958, 1947-1958. 1 folder.
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1 folder
1959-1979, 1959-1979. 1 folder.
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1 folder
1980-1987, 1980-1987. 1 folder.
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1 folder
1988-1997, 1988-1997. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
1941-1946, 1941-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder
1947-1956, 1947-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder
1957-1970, 1957-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder
non-Wolfe, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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1 box
1984-1993, 1984-1993. 1 folder.
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1 folder
1994-1998, 1994-1998. 1 folder.
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1 folder
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4 items
Underwood, Thomas A. : "Thomas Wolfe's Trip to Richmond: Détente at the 1936 MLA Meeting," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 95, No. 3 1987 July page proof dated 1987 May 26 signed by author, 1987 July. 1 item.
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1 item
Van Gelder, Robert: Writers and Writing, unmarked galley proof from "Thomas Wolfe as Friends Remember Him," 2½ galleys, 32-34, dates not examined. 1 item.
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1 item