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                 Harriette Simpson Arnow papers, 1907-2004
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             Harriette Simpson Arnow papers 
             81M2 
             
                 University of Kentucky Special Collections 
             
             
                 
             
             
                 54.71 Cubic feet 
                 148 boxes 
             
             1907-2004 
             
             
                 Arnow, Harold B. 
             
             
                 Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson, 1908-1986 
             
         
         
             Conditions Governing Access note 
             Collection is open to researchers by appointment. Box 136 in the Harold B. Arnow Series is restricted. 
         
         
             Conditions Governing Use note 
             The physical rights to the material in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections. 
             Permission must be provided in writing from the Arnow family before quotations and reproductions are allowed for publication or public use of the material. 
         
         
             Preferred Citation note 
             81M2: [identification of item], Harriette Simpson Arnow papers, 1907-2004, University of Kentucky Special Collections. 
         
         
             Biographical Note 
             Born in Wayne County, Kentucky, Harriette Simpson Arnow (1908-1986) grew up in the rugged foothills of the Appalachians, where the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River emerges from the East Kentucky Coalfield. Arnow’s parents, Mollie Jane Denney and Elias Thomas Simpson, were schoolteachers before having their six children. After attending Berea College, Arnow became a teacher herself, at a one-room school in Pulaski County, Kentucky. In 1931, she earned a BS in education from the University of Louisville and taught until she moved to Cincinnati in 1934. In Cincinnati, as Arnow was writing her first novel, 
                 Mountain Path , she also worked as a waitress and typist and, eventually, as a writer for the Works Progress Administration, where she met journalist Harold Arnow. They married in 1939 and moved to Keno, Kentucky, to write and farm. During World War II, they moved to Detroit where Harold took a job at the Detroit Times and Harriette finished Hunter’s Horn. The Arnows had two children, Marcella and Thomas. Arnow's parents and grandparents were storytellers, inspiring Harriette to become a writer. She published short stories, five novels, and three works of non-fiction from the 1930s to 1977. Her acclaimed and best-selling novels, 
                 Hunter’s Horn  (1949) and 
                 The Dollmaker  (1954), are part of a Kentucky trilogy that includes 
                 Mountain Path  (1936). In these works of fiction, Arnow explores how the social and economic fabric of rural Kentucky hill communities in the first half of the 20th century was changed by the coming of roads, electricity, and the World Wars. Arnow also completed two social histories, 
                 Seedtime on the Cumberland  (1960) and 
                 Flowering of the Cumberland  (1963), which examine the settlement of the Cumberland River Valley at the end of the 18th century, as well as a memoir, 
                 Old Burnside  (1977), that focuses on her childhood in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Two final novels, 
                 Weedkiller’s Daughter  and 
                 The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution  were published in the early 1970s. She died in Michigan in 1986. A collection of short stories and a novel, 
                 Between the Flowers , were released posthumously. 
         
         
             Scope and Contents note 
             The Harriette Simpson Arnow papers (54.71 cubic feet, dated 1907-2004) provide a broad look at a writer’s life and work. Included are materials that document her writing process, from first-draft manuscripts on dime store tablets, through various iterations and drafts, to printer page proofs. Also included are correspondence with family, editors, publishers (especially Alfred A. Knopf and Macmillan Company), and literary agents such as Russell and Volkening, Inc. Researchers will find mail from readers, photographs, speeches, and materials documenting Arnow’s political interests such as McCarthy’s House Un-American Activities Committee, the Vietnam War, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Book reviews, scholarly articles, and dissertations written about Arnow’s work are also featured in the papers. 
         
         
             Arrangement note 
             Arranged into nine series by subject or format: Biographical Materials, Correspondence, Creative Works, Nonfiction, Critical Works, Promotional Materials, Subject Files, Photographs, and Harold B. Arnow. 
         
         
             Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 
             Macmillan Publishing Company. 
             Russell and Volkening. 
             American literature--Appalachian Region. 
             Appalachian Region--History. 
             Appalachian Region--In literature. 
             Appalachian Region--Social life and customs. 
             Appalachians (People) in literature. 
             Authors and publishers. 
             Authors, American--20th century. 
             Authors, American--Kentucky. 
             Authors--Correspondence. 
             black-and-white photographs 
             Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 
             Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) 
             Families--Photographs. 
             Fiction--20th century 
             Kentucky--Social Conditions. 
             Literary agents. 
             Manuscripts, American--Kentucky. 
             Manuscripts. 
             Mountain life in literature. 
             Publishers and publishing--United States. 
             Short stories, American. 
             Short stories. 
             Social history. 
             Women authors--20th century. 
         
         
             
                 
                     Biographical Materials 
                     I 
                     1-22 
                     
                         9.55 Cubic feet 
                         22 boxes 
                     
                     1907-2004 
                 
                 
                     
                         Journals and Calendars 
                         i 
                         1958-1985 
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             1 
                             1958 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             2 
                             1960-1961 
                         
                         
                             Scope and Contents note 
                             1960 is in black ink; 1961 is in blue ink; 
                                 DD  is frequently mentioned [DD is a character in an unpublished manuscript, originally titled 
                                 A Journey for Lucinda , but later changed to 
                                 To You No Place ] 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             3 
                             1967 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             4 
                             1968 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             5 
                             1970 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             6 
                             1979 
                         
                         
                             Scope and Contents note 
                             Contains some notes about 
                                 Belle . 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             7 
                             1982-1983 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             8 
                             1984 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             1 
                             9 
                             1985 
                         
                         
                             Scope and Contents note 
                             Wall calendar and pocket calendar, in which HSA notes that Harold Arnow died on February 20, 1985 
                         
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Clippings 
                         ii 
                         1936-2004 
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             1 
                             1936 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             2 
                             1940-1949 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             3 
                             1950-1959 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             4 
                             1960-1969 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             5 
                             1970-1979 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             6 
                             1980-2004 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             7 
                             undated 
                         
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Michigan Council for the Arts 
                         iii 
                         1955-1971 
                     
                     
                         
                             Meeting minutes and membership rosters 
                             2 
                             8 
                             1955 May- 1971 January; undated 
                         
                         
                             Scope and Contents note 
                             HSA was a member of the Literature and Cultural Committee 
                         
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Obituaries 
                         iv 
                         1986 
                     
                     
                         Scope and Contents note 
                         HSA died on March 22, 1986. 
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Family Genealogy 
                         v 
                         undated 
                     
                     
                         
                             
                             2 
                             10 
                             undated 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Daughters of the American Revolution Materials 
                             2 
                             11 
                             undated 
                         
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Awards and Honors 
                         vi 
                         1929–1990 
                     
                     
                         
                             Chi Delta Phi 
                             3 
                             1 
                             1929 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Hamilton County [Ohio] Authors and Composers of 1949 
                             3 
                             2 
                             1949 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Friends of American Writers’ Award 
                             3 
                             3 
                             1955 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Albion College honorary degree 
                             3 
                             4 
                             1955 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Berea College Centennial Award 
                             3 
                             5 
                             1955 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Michigan Authors’ Breakfast 
                             3 
                             6 
                             1955 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Home Library of the White House Presentation 
                             3 
                             7 
                             1957 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Michigan Authors 
                             3 
                             8 
                             1960 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Commendation for 
                                 Seedtime on the Cumberland , Tennessee Historical Commission 
                             3 
                             9 
                             1961 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                                 Award of Merit  for 
                                 Seedtime on the Cumberland 
                             3 
                             10 
                             1962 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             American Association for State and Local History Merit Award 
                             3 
                             11 
                             1962 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Michigan State Council for the Arts 
                             3 
                             12 
                             1966 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Question posed to 
                                 Ask the Professor  in which HSA is featured 
                             3 
                             13 
                             1969 January 1 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             P.E.N. 
                             3 
                             14 
                             1972 and 1974 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Cranbrook Writer’s Guild Literary Medal of Honor 
                             3 
                             15 
                             1975 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             International Authors and Writers Who’s Who 
                             3 
                             16 
                             1976 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Honorable recognition by Alice Lloyd College 
                             3 
                             17 
                             1976 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Honorary Degree – Transylvania University 
                             3 
                             18 
                             1979 May 27 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             
                                 Special Award  from Berea College 
                             3 
                             19 
                             1978 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Distinguished Alumna of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Louisville 
                             4 
                             1 
                             1979 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Recognition Award, A Celebration of Kentucky Writing 
                             4 
                             2 
                             1979 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Certificate of Commemoration by the Commonwealth of Kentucky 
                             4 
                             3 
                             1979 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Kentucky 
                             4 
                             4 
                             1980 
                         
                         
                             Scope and Contents note 
                             Includes induction pin, program, certificate, and Gurney Norman's introduction for HSA. 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Honorary degree, University of Kentucky 
                             4 
                             5 
                             1981 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Kentucky Arts Council Milner Award 
                             4 
                             6 
                             1983 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame 
                             4 
                             7 
                             1983 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Mark Twain Award 
                             4 
                             8 
                             1984 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Harriette Simpson Arnow Prizes, 
                                 The American Voice 
                             4 
                             9 
                             1990 Spring 
                         
                         
                             Scope and Contents note 
                             Award named in HSA’s honor 
                         
                     
                 
                 
                     
                         Plaques 
                         vii 
                         1965, 1983-1984 
                     
                     
                         
                             Outstanding Citizen, Wayne County, Kentucky 
                             5 
                             1 
                             1965 
                         
                     
                     
                         
                             Memorabilia 
                             viii 
                             1907-2004 
                         
                         
                             
                                 David Levine sketchbooks (3) 
                                 6 
                                 1 
                                 circa 1960s 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Guest Register for Harriette Arnow Memorial Service, Ann Arbor 
                                 6 
                                 2 
                                 1986 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 HSA’s Christmas Card List 
                                 6 
                                 3 
                                 c. early 1980s 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Literary Map of Kentucky 
                                 6 
                                 4 
                                 undated 
                             
                             
                                 Scope and Contents note 
                                 HSA is designated by the number 25 on the map 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Marcella and Tom Arnow Memorabilia 
                                 6 
                                 5 
                                 1955 May-1964 February 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Map, 
                                     proposed relocations of U.S. 23 from Milan to north of Ann Arbor 
                                 6 
                                 6 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Place holders 
                                 6 
                                 7 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Roster of names, street addresses, phone numbers, appearing to be in Ann Arbor, Michigan [original purpose unknown] 
                                 6 
                                 8 
                                 1952 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Supreme Court of the United States Memo Pad 
                                 6 
                                 9 
                                 circa 1940s 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 University of Kentucky Extension course on literature and composition 
                                 6 
                                 10 
                                 1926 November 1-1927 February 12 
                             
                             
                                 Scope and Contents note 
                                 Assignments 1-5, 7; includes a note from HSA about this experience 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 University of Kentucky Extension course on literature and composition 
                                 6 
                                 11 
                                 1926 November 1-1927 March 31 
                             
                             
                                 Scope and Contents note 
                                 Assignments 8-11, 13, 17 and 18; on assignment 17-18 page or pages are missing between 13 and [13.1] 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 William Rufus Morgan: In Memoriam Booklet with inscription to HSA by Marjorie Morgan 
                                 6 
                                 12 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Readers’ Choice of Best Books 
                                 6 
                                 13 
                                 1954 September-1955 March 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Paper accompanying presentation of 
                                     Seedtime on the Cumberland  from Lucius E. Burch, Jr., to each of his daughters 
                                 6 
                                 14 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Educational Materials 
                                 6 
                                 15 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Notes 
                                 6 
                                 16 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Miscellaneous 
                                 6 
                                 17 
                                 undated 
                             
                             
                                 Scope and Contents note 
                                 Includes biographical materials, notes to receive rations, and a curriculum vita. 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Hymnal 
                                 7 
                                 1 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Postcards 
                                 7 
                                 2 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 [This seems to be a wallet or card carrying case with 
                                     H.Arnow  printed inside] 
                                 7 
                                 3 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) membership cards 
                                 7 
                                 4 
                                 1953, 1957, 1959 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Bookplates 
                                 7 
                                 5 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Six Place Tables [signed Harriette L. Simpson] 
                                 7 
                                 6 
                                 1925 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Passports 
                                 7 
                                 7 
                                 undated 
                             
                         
                         
                             
                                 Rosters for Somerset Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
                                 7 
                                 8 
                                 1954-1955, 1957-1958