Frances Barton Fox papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Frances Barton Fox papers
- Date
- circa 1918-1967 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 2.9 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Authors, American -- 20th century.
- Authors, American -- Kentucky.
- Women authors.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by title.
- Preferred Citation
- 75m24: [Identification of item], Frances Barton Fox papers, circa 1918-1967, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Frances Barton Fox was born January 19, 1887 to Frances Barton and Fontaine Talbot Fox in Bullit County, Kentucky. Frances Barton Fox was the second eldest of five siblings. One year after her birth, her family relocated to Louisville. In 1894, her mother died due to complications after the birth of her fifth child. The children were primarily raised by their father. Frances Barton Fox became a novelist, best known for her story, The Heart of Arethusa, written in 1918. Her novel Ridgeways, was published using her pen name, Frances Renard. In additin to her novels, Frances Barton Fox wrote poetry and short stories. She lived primarily in New York, but returned to Louisville where she died in 1967.
- Her brother, Fontaine T. Fox, was a successful cartoonist, with comics published daily in the Chicago Tribune from 1908 through the 1920s.
- Sources:
- "Bullitt Memories: The Barton-Fox Family at Huber's Station", [Bullitt County History Museum, https://bullittcountyhistory.org/memories/fox_barton.html, accessed 2020 July 16.
- "Miss Fox's Estate Left In Trust for Relatives", [Courier-Journal, 1967 February 15.
- Scope and Content
- The Frances Barton Fox papers (dated circa 1918-1967; 2.9 cubic feet; 6 boxes, 1 folder) comprise the author's manuscript writings of her poetry, short stories, and novels. The collection also includes the original draft of Ridgeways, which was cut considerably before publication at the request of Fox's publisher. Her most well known work, The Heart of Arethusa, published in 1918, is not included in the collection.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Battle for Rowland, Parts One and Two, typescript, undated
Bruised Marriage, Parts One, Two, and Three, typescript, undated
Cain Smith's Sally, rough copy, typescript, undated
Cain Smith's Sally, Parts One, Two and Three, typescript, undated
Cause and Effect, typescript, undated
The Episode of Amos Forester, typescript, undated
Fairy in the Telephone, typescript, undated
Female - Unidentified, Parts One and Two (290 l.), typescript, undated
Female - Unidentified, Parts One and Two (287 p.), typescript, undated
The Ghost Loved His House, typescript, undated
Grandmother's Draft Number, typescript carbon, undated
Happiness in a Little House, typescript, undated
In A Child's Heart (May Lizbuth), Parts One and Two, typescript, undated
Iva Jones, Parts One, Two, and Three, typescript, undated
Letters from Napoleon to Josephine, collected and prefaced by Dr. Leon Cerf, typescript, carbon, undated
Loneliness, typescript, carbon, undated
A Love Story, typescript, carbon, undated
A Man for His Friend, Parts One and Two, typescript, undated
Mandy Rested, typescript carbon, undated
Mother Love (15 l.), typescript, undated
Mother Love (17 l.), typescript, undated
Mother Love (20 l.), typescript, undated
My Apartment Is Re-Decorated, typescript, undated
Poems?, typescript, undated
Ridgeways original draft, before 1934
Santa Claus Brought Lucy, typescript, undated
A Song and Sally, typescript, undated
Sorry Her Lot, typescript, undated
Time to One Woman, Parts One, Two, and Three, typescript, undated
Torn Colors, Parts One, Two, and Three, typescript, undated
Understudy for Mr. Micawber, Parts One and Two, typescript, undated
Who Shall Decide!, Parts One and Two, typescript, undated
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