Robert Penn Warren papers
Abstract
The Robert Penn Warren papers (dated 1916-1971; 28 cubic feet; 57 boxes) primarily consists of prepublication drafts for many of Warren's works, documenting his career as an author, poet, and playwright.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Robert Penn Warren papers
- Date
- 1916-1971 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 28 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Authors, American -- 20th century.
- Poets laureate -- United States.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 78m1: [identification of item], Robert Penn Warren papers, 1916-1971, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) was born in Guthrie, Kentucky in 1905. He was educated in public schools, graduated from Vanderbilt University and was a Rhodes Scholar. He was a professor of English and playwriting at several American universities. A writer of novels, plays and poetry, Warren received numerous awards during his career, including Pulitzer prizes for both fiction and poetry as well as serving as the Poet Laureat of the United States.
- Scope and Content
- The Robert Penn Warren papers (dated 1916-1971; 28 cubic feet; 57 boxes) primarily consists of prepublication drafts for many of Warren's works, documenting his career as an author, poet, and playwright. Included are manuscripts, rough drafts, notes, holographic copies, worksheets, typescripts with corrections, proofreaders' copies, galley proofs, cancelled material and printed copies. Works include fiction, nonfiction plays, poems, articles, essays, book reviews, speeches, lectures, tributes, textbooks and transcriptions of interviews. Miscellaneous items such as postcards, letters, articles, clippings and pamphlets are also contained in the Warren papers, as are his Oxford thesis, National Book Award acceptance speeches, material dealing with the National Institute of American Arts and Letters, and other materials.
- Among Warren's fiction represented in this collection are ALL THE KING'S MEN;BAND OF ANGELS ; THE CAVE; FLOOD: A ROMANCE OF OUR TIME; and WILDERNESS. Poetry inclues works such asPROMISES: POEMS 1954-1956; YOU, EMPEROR, AND OTHERS: POEMS 1957-1960; and TALE OF TIME: NEW POEMS 1960--1966.
- Organized by genre: manuscripts of fiction, short fiction, plays, poems, nonfiction, articles and essays, book reviews, speeches, lectures and tributes, textbooks, interviews and tapes, miscellaneous material, and manuscripts of deposit items.
- There is also an unpublished manuscript entitled GOD'S OWN TIME, a novel set in Kentucky in 1910-1914. Warren wrote this novel between 1930 and 1932.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Fiction, 1930-1934, 1956, 1959, 1963, undated
All the King's Men. Introduction to the Time edition. Ms., holograph (original); typescript with holographic corrections., 1963
Band of Angels. Background outline to novel. Incomplete. Ms., typescript with holographic corrections., undated
Band of Angels. Warner Brothers movie script, 1956 December 26
"Miscegenation as Symbol: Band of Angels". Leonard Casper. Audience VI, 1959 Autumn
The Cave. First draft. Ms., typescript with corrections (carbon), chapters II and III wanting., undated
The Cave. Rejected material in Version C. Ms., typescript (carbon). Notes by David Clay for the revision., undated
The Cave. Revision of Version C. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
The Cave. Cancelled material to revision to Version C. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
The Cave. Notes on resuming novel. Ms., holograph (carbon?)., 1959 January 4
The Cave. Excerpts published in Esquire, and Partisan Review. Granville Hicks, Review, Saturday Review., 1959 Summer, August 22, September
The Cave. Galley proofs., undated
Escape. Chapters I-IV, first drafts. Ms., holograph (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters I-III. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters I-II. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters IV-VI. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters IV-VI. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters VII-X. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters VII-X. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters XI- Ms., typescript(carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters XI-XIII. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters XIV-XVI. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters XIV-XVI. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters XVIII-XXI. Ms., typescript (carbon). note: Chapter XVII wanting., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters XVII-XXI. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A first draft of Chapters XXII-XXV. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters XXII-XXV. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. First draft of Chapters XXVI-XXVIII. Ms., typescript (carbon). Also Holographic Version of Chapter XXVIII. note: Chapter XXVII wanting., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters XXVI-XVIII. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time.. First draft of Chapters XXIX-XXXI. Ms., typescript (carbon). Holographic additions to Chapters XXVIX and XXXI., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. A second draft of Chapters XXIX-XXXII. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Flood: A Romance of our Time. Essay by Robert Penn Warren for Wings: The Literary Guild Review. Ms., holograph (original); revised typescript (carbon). Also a copy of the published article., 1964 May
Flood: A Romance of our Time.. Excerpt printed in the Saturday Evening Post. Ms., holograph (original); revised typescript (carbon). Also a copy of the published excerpt., 1964 April 4
Flood: A Romance of our Time.. Galley proofs., undated
Gods Own Time. First revised draft of an unpublished manuscript, Robert Penn Warren's first. Ms., typescript (carbon). According to James A. Perkins, Professor of English, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, the manuscript identified as God's Own Time (Folder 34) is similar to a version in the Beinecke Library, Yale, which is entitled The Apple Tree. The untitled manuscript in Folder 37 is a draft of God's Own TimeMarch, 1990., 1930-1932
Night Rider. Background material on novel., undated
So Clear, 0 Victory. Originally entitled Can Me Early an unfinished novel. Ms., chapter one holograph, pp. 2-8 missing (carbon); typescript (carbon)., 1966
Untitled manuscript. First revised draft of second novel written by Robert Penn Warren, in Tennessee. Ms., typescript (some carbons)., 1933-1934
Wilderness. Notes on the novel. Ms., holograph (original), undated
Wilderness. Summary of the projected novel. Ms., typescript (original and revised carbon)., undated
Wilderness. First draft of Chapters I-V. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Wilderness. Second draft without corrections of Chapters I-V. Ms., typescript (original)., undated
Wilderness. Same draft with corrections. Ms., typescript (carbon)Proofreader's copy., undated
Wilderness. First draft of Chapters VI-VIII. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Wilderness. Second draft without corrections of Chapters VI-VIII. Ms., typescript (original)., undated
Wilderness. Same draft with corrections. Ms., typescript (carbon). Proofreader's copy., undated
Wilderness. First draft of Chapters IX-X Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Wilderness. Second draft without corrections of Chapters IX-X. Ms., typescript (original)., undated
Wilderness. Same draft with corrections. Ms.,- typescript (carbon). Proofreader's copy., undated
Wilderness. First draft of Chapters XI-XII. Ms., holographic copy., undated
Wilderness. Second draft without corrections of Chapters XI-XV. Ms., typescript (original)., undated
Wilderness. Same draft with corrections. Ms., typescript (carbon). Proofreader's copy., undated
Wilderness. Essay by Robert Penn Warren for Wings: The Literary Guild Review. Ms., typescript with corrections (original). Also copy of the published article., 1961 December
Short Fiction, 1943, 1960, undated
"Blackberry Winter: A Recollection", Several versions. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
"On the Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger", First and revised drafts. Ms., holograph (original) of first draft; typescript (carbon) of revision., undated
Waldo, The Good Wolf, a childrens story. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1960 July
"Statement of Ashby Wyndham", Sewanee Review., 1943 April-June
Plays, 1957, undated
Poems, 1916, 1918-1919, 1944, 1949-1966
"News Photo of Man Coming Down Court House Steps After..." Or Else, Poems 1968-74. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon). Folders 61-73 from Tale of Time: New Poems 1960-1966, undated
"Blow, West Wind", Part III of "Notes on a Life to Be Lived" Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Little Boy and Lost Shoe", Part V of "Notes on a Life to beLived". Ms., holograph (original)., undated
"Dragon-Tree", Part VII of "Notes on a Life to be Lived". Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Chain Saw at Dawn in Vermont in Time of Drouth", Part IX of "Notes on a Life to be Lived". Ms., holograph (carbon) ; typescript (carbon), undated
"Vision Under the October Mountain: A Love Poem", Part VIII of "Notes on a Life to be Lived". Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Ways of Day", Part X of "Notes on a Life to be Lived". Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Tale of Time", complete in six parts. Former titles:"By Way of Solution" and "Toward Solution". Ms., holographs (carbon); typescripts (carbon)., Dates on various parts.
"Homage to Emerson, On Night Flight to New York", complete in seven parts. Ms., one set holograph (carbon); one set typescript (carbon); one incomplete set typescript (carbon)., 1965 December 28
"Shoes in Rain Jungle"; or: "Some People Can't Tell History From what They Think is Wild Honey". Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Fall Comes in Back-Country Vermont", originally entitled "Life and Death in Back-Country Vermont", complete in four parts. Ms., one set holograph (carbon); one set holograph (original); one set typescript (carbon)., 1965 August 15-21
"The Day Dr. Knox Did It", complete in five parts. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., 1965 December 8-20
"Holy Writ", complete in two parts. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., Begun 1960, Finished 1965
"Delight", complete in seven parts. Ms., Part I "Into Broad Daylight", holograph (carbon), typescript (carbon). Part II "Love: Two Vignettes", holograph (carbon) typescript (carbon). Part III "Something is going to Happen", holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon), photostatic copy with corrections. Part IV "Dream of a Dream", holograph (original); typescript (carbon). Part V "Two Poems About Suddenly and a Rose", holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon). Part VI "Not to be Trusted", originally "Delight IV", holograph (carbon), typescript (carbon). Part VII "Finisterre", originally entitled "Brittany Sunset", holograph (original)., 1960 October 24-25, 1965, undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Garland for You", complete in eight parts. Ms., holographs (carbon); typescripts (carbon) 1. "Clearly About You". 2. "Lullaby: Exercise in Human Charity and Self Knowledge". 3. "Man in the Street". 4. "Switzerland". 5. "A Real question Calling for Solution". 6. "The Letter About Money, Love, or Other Comfort, If Any". 7. "Arrogant Law". 8. "The Self that Stares"., undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Two Pieces After Suetonius", complete in two parts. Ms., holographs (original); typescripts (original). Complete in two parts. "In Praise of Domitan" (published as "Apology for Domitan") and "Tiberius on Capri"., undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Mortmain", published in five parts, part one wanting. Ms., parts II-V holographs (carbon), part V typescript(carbon). Note to accompany the poem in an anthology edited by P. Engle and J. Langland. Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon). 1. "After Night Flight Son Reaches Bedside..." 2. "A Dead Language: circa 1885." 3. "Fox-fire: 1956" 4. "In the Turpitude of Time N.D." 5. "A Vision: circa 1880", 1961 December 28
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Penthelesea and Achilles: Fatal Interview"Published as "Fatal Interview: Penthesilea and Achilles" Ms., holograph (carbon), typescript (carbon)., undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Some Quiet, Plain Poems", complete in six parts. Ms., holographs (carbon); typescripts (carbon) 1. "Ornithology in a World of Flux". 2. "Holly and Hickory". 3. "The Well House". 4. "In Moonlight: Somewhere They are Singing". 5. "In Italian They Call the Creature Avetta". Published as In Italian "They Call the Bird Avetta". 6. "Debate, Question, Quarry, Dream"., undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Ballad: Between the Boxcars", complete in three parts. Ms., part one holograph (original and carbon), parts two and three (carbon), parts one through three typescripts (carbon) 1. "I Can't Even Remember the Name". 2. "He was Formidable". 3. "He Has Fled"., 1958 October 6-7
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Two Studies in Idealism: Short Survey of American, and Human, History", complete in two Parts. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon). 1. "Bear Track Plantation: Shortly after Shiloh". 2. "Harvard 161: Battle Fatigue"., 1958 October
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Nocturne: Traveling Salesman in Hotel Bedroom". Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., Begun 1949 August, Finished 1959 March 1-2
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "So You Agree With What I Say? Well, What Did I Say?". Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., 1959 July 17-25
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Prognosis: A Short Story, The End of Which You Will Know Soon Enough", complete in three parts. Ms., holographs (original); typescripts with carbon copy. 1. "And Oh". 2. "What the Sand Said". 3. "What the Joree Said, the Joree Being Only a Bird"., undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Autumnal Equinox on Mediterranean Beach", Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., 1958 September 11-15
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Nursery Rhymes", complete in four parts. Ms., holographs (carbon); typescripts (carbon). 1. "Knockety-Knocket-Knock". 2. "News of Unexpected Demise of Little Boy Blue". 3. "Mother Makes the Biscuits". 4. "The Bramble Bush"., 1958 March 16-September 27
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960 Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences. "Short Thoughts for Long Nights", complete in nine parts with an additional two parts unpublished. Ms., holographs (carbon), typescripts (carbon). 1. "To Nightmare of Mouse"; typescript only. 2. "Nightmare of Man", typescript only. 3. "Colloguy with Cockroach"; typescript only. 4. "Little Boy on Voyage"; typescript only. 5. "Obsession". 6. "Joy" 7. "Cricket, on Kitchen Floor, Enters History". 8. "Little Boy and General Principle". 9. "Grasshopper Tries to Break Solipsism". Apparently not published as part of this poem. 10. "Theology". Apparently not published as part of this poem. 11. "Ornithology in a World of Flux"., 1958 June 8, undated
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960. Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences.You, Emperors, and Others. Master copy. Ms., typescript heavily revised (mixed)., undated
from You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960. Titles used are the finally published versions and sequences.You, Emperors, and Others. Galley proofs., undated
Promises, Poems 1954-1956. Early manuscript as used by Denis Devlin. Ms., typescript with marginal notes by Devlin (carbon). 1. "What was the Promise that Smiled from the Maples at Evening?" 2. "Court-martial". 3. "Gold Glade". 4. "Dark Woods". 1. "Tonight the Woods are Darkened". 2. "The Dogwood". 3. "The Hazel Leaf". 5. "Country Burying". 6. "School Lesson Based on Word of Tragic Death of Entire Gillum Family". 7. "Summer Storm, and God's Grace". 8. "Founding Fathers, Nineteenth-Century Style, Southeast U.S.A." 9. "Foreign Shore, Old Women, Slaughter of Octopus". 10. "Dark Night of". 11. "Infant Boy at Midcentury". 1. "When the Century Dragged". 2. "Modification of Landscape". 3. "Brightness of Distance". 12. "Lullaby: Smile in Sleep". 13. "Man in Moonlight". 1. "Moonlight Observed" from "Ruined Fortress". 2. "Walk by Moonlight in Small Town". 3. "Lullaby: Moonlight Lingers". 14. "Mad young Aristocrat on Beach". 15. "Dragon Country: To Jacob Boehme". 16. "Ballad of a Sweet…
Promises, Poems 1954-1956. Duplicate copies of several parts. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
"The Ballad of Billie Potts", Partisan Review. "To A Little Girl: Five Poems", Partisan Review., 1944 Winter, 1955 Spring
"Three Poems", and a short story "The Unvexed Isles", Perspectives., 1955 Autumn
"Three Poems", Saturday Review. Includes: "Dream of a Dream the Small Boy Had". "Two Poems about Suddenly and a Rose". "Love: Two Vignettes"., 1966 August 15
"Nocturne: Traveling Salesman in Hotel Bedroom". The American Scholar., 1959 Summer
Non-Fiction, 1929, 1958, 1961, 1965-1966, undated
Remember the Alamo! Random House. Ms., typescript with corrections (mixed)., 1958
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. Worksheets and notes. Ms., holograph (original), 1966
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. "The South and the Negro". Originally a speech given at the University of Mississippi, at Southern Literary Festival. See page 101 of Robert Penn Warren: A bibliography by Mary Nance Huff., 1965 April 23, 1966
John Brown: The Making of a Martyr. Payson and Clarke. Ms., holograph (original) Note: Sketchings used for John Brown. R.P.W. Ms., holograph (original)., 1929
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. "The South and The Negro". Ms., typescript pages 1-11 (original)., 1966
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. "The South and The Negro". Ms., typescript pages 1-25 (carbon)., 1966
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. "The South and the Negro". Ms., revised typescript (mixed)., 1966
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. "Faulkner: Past and Future". Ms., holograph (carbon)., 1966
From Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Edited by Robert Penn Warren. Prentice-Hall. "Faulkner: Past and Future". Ms. typescript (carbon)., 1966
Legacy of the Civil War: Meditations on the Centennial. Random House. Notes and worksheets. Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon)., 1961
The Civil War and the American Imagination, published as Legacy of the Civil War. Ms., holograph (original) typescript (carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Random House. Preface. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., 1965
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter I, first draft. Ms., holograph (Carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter I, proofreader's copy. Ms., typescript with revisions mostly carbon., undated
Whose Speaks for the Negro? Chapter II, first draft and inserts. Ms., typescript with revisions (mixed)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter II, proofreader's copy. Ms., typescript with revisions (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter III, first draft. Ms., typescript with revision (carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter III, proofreader's copy, pages 1-68z. Ms., typescript with revision (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter III, proofreader's copy, pages 68AA-166. Ms., typescript with revisions (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter IV, proofreader's copy, pages 1-74. Ms., typescript with revision (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter IV, proofreader's copy, pages 75A-135. Ms., with revision (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter V, proofreader's copy. Ms., typescript with revisions (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter VI. Ms., typescript with revision (mostly carbon)., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Chapter VI, proofreader's copy. Ms., typescript (carbon) with revision., undated
Who Speaks for the Negro?Inserts to different chapters and tearsheets from The Congressional Record on related Civil Rights issues. Inserts-Ms., typescript (carbon), undated
Who Speaks for the Negro? Galley proofs, three sets., undated
Articles and Essays, 1927, 1931-1932, 1947, 1958, 1960-1963, undated
"An American Tragedy", published in Yale Review and later as the Introduction to An American Tragedy, World Publishers. Ms., typescript, with revisions (photocopy)., 1962
"Luigi Berti A Recollection", first draft. Ms., holograph (original) ; typescript (carbon)., undated
On Browning's, "My Last Duchess", worksheets and final draft. Ms., typescript (mixed)., undated
"James Fenimore Cooper", first draft. Lacks introduction. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Denis Devlin: A Recollection". Ms., holograph (original) ; typescript (carbon)., undated
"Preface" to Selected Poems of Denis Devlin, Holt, first draft. Ms., holograph (original)., 1963
Memorandum on an award given in Denis Devlin's name. Ms., typescript; (carbon)., undated
Edmund Wilson's "Patriotic Gore", notes and worksheets, corrected drafts, Ms., holograph (original); typescript with revision (original and carbon). Published as "Edmund Wilson's Civil War", Commentary, 151-158., 1962 August
"Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Life is From Within", Saturday Review. 1. notes and worksheets, Ms., holograph (original), 2. first draft, Ms., holograph (original) 3. revised draft, Ms., typescript (carbon) 4. publisher's ms, Ms., typescript (original) 5. galley proofs 6. copy of published article, 1963 March 2
"Episode in Dime Store". Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon)., 1960 April 1
"Garrick and the Plays of Shakespeare". Class paper written while an Yale graduate student. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1927
"On Hawthorne", various parts to a long study on Hawthorne and his works. See also deposit item Box 63, Folders 426-427. Ms., typescripts heavily revised (carbon and photocopy)., undated
"How Texas Won Her Freedom", Holiday. Later published as a monograph. Ms., worksheets and notes holographs (original); typescripts (carbon), galley proofs, copy of printed article., 1958 March
"On Longfellow", first draft and revised typescript. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (mixed)., undated
"On James Russell Lowell", first draft. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Malcolm X", worksheets and revised draft. Published as "Malcolm X: Mission and Meaning", Yale Review, 161-171. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon) (mixed)., 1967 Winter
"Melville's Poems", Published as titled in Southern Review, 799-855. Ms., first draft holograph (carbon); revised typescript (carbon) ; final typescript (carbon), 1967 Autumn
"On Modern Poetry", untitled. Ms., holograph (original) ; typescript (carbon), undated
Notes on Fletcher, Davidson and Ransom, Published as "A Note on Three Southern Poets". Poetry 103-113. Ms., heavily revised typescript (carbon), 1932 May
"A Poem of Pure Imagination: An Experiment in Reading", Selected Essays. Ms., typescript (carbon). Incomplete, Footnote 12 only., undated
"Preface", from Selected Essays, first draft with John E. Palmer's notes and corrections. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
"Reading Modern Poetry" first draft, for Life. Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Regionalism Revisited", first draft. Ms., typescript with typed and Ms. revisions (carbon)., undated
"The Alamo", Holiday. Later expanded into book format for Random House. See also Box 13, item number 95. Ms., first draft, typescript (carbon) revised draft typescript (carbon), galley proofs., 1958 February
Two essays on Paul Rosenfeld. (a) "Paul Rosenfeld", Jewish Journal, copy of the printed article. (b) First draft of an essay written for a memorial volume on the writer. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1931 September 9
"One T.S. Stribling's Teeftallow". Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
"William Styron", Book of the Month Club. Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon)., 1967
"The Themes of Robert Frost", Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review. Copy of printed article., 1947 December 6
"Two Tramps in Mud Time". First draft. Ms., worksheets (original) ; typescript (carbon), undated
"On J. Webster's White Devil", introductory notes for a Harvard production. Ms., revised typescript (carbon)., 1961
"On Whittier", published as an introduction to J.G. Whittier's Poetry, edited by Robert Penn Warren. Ms., worksheets and notes holograph (original); first draft holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"On William Carlos Williams". Obituary note on Williams Box 20, item 187. Ms., notes and inserts holograph (original) (carbon)., 1963 May 22
"Why do We Read Fiction", American Journal. Copy of the printed article., 1963 June
"The World of Daniel Boone", Holiday. Ms., random notes on the essay holograph (original galley proofs)., 1963 December
"The World of Daniel Boone", Holiday. Copy of the printed article., 1963 December
Book Reviews, 1928-1934, 1957, 1964, 1966, undated
Beale, Howard K. "The Critical Year", Virginia Quarterly Review, VII , 282-287. Milton, George F. "The Age of Hate", Virginia Quarterly Review, 287-288. Ms. typescript with revisions., 1931 April
Blunden, Edmund. "Halfway House", Poetry, XLIII, 287-290. Ms., typescript with revisions., 1934 February
Coffin, R.P.T. "Ballads of Square-toed Americans", Poetry, XLIV, 334-336. Coffin, R.P.T. "The Yoke of Thunder", Poetry, XLIV 336-337. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1934 September
Farmer, James. "Freedom When?", New York Review of Books, VII, 22-25. Ms., typescript with carbons., 1966 August 18
"Five Books on the Race Crisis" The New York Review of Books, III, 7-9. Silberman, Charles E. "Crisis in Black and White". Hentoff, Nat. "The New Equality". Lubell, Samuel. "White and Black: Test of a Nation". King, Martin Luther. "Why We Can't Wait?". Young, Whitney. "To Be Equal". Ms., typescript (carbon, first draft); second carbon is incomplete; several odd pages (carbon); also two copies of printed articles., 1964 October 8
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Study in Solitude" Reviews of works on Hawthorne, Frost and Anderson. Gorman, Herbert. "Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Study in Solitude", New Republic LIV, 399-400. Munson, Gorham B. "Robert Frost: A Study in Sensibility and Common Sense", New Republic, LIV , 400. Chase, Cleveland B. LIV, 400. Fagin, N. Bryllion. "The Phenomenon of Sherwood Anderson: A Study in American Life and Letters", New Republic, LIV, 401. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1928 May 16
Graves, Robert. "Wife to Mr. Milton"typescript (carbon?) with revisions., undated
Handlin, Oscar. "Fire-Bell in the Night", New York Review of Books, III, 8, 10. Stringfellow."My People is the Enemy", New York Review of Books, III, 8, 1. Two copies of printed article., 1964 October 22
Jones, Madison. "The Innocent", Sewanee Review, LXV, 347-352. Ms., typescript with revisions; also original article in Warren's handwriting., 1957 Spring
Moore, Merrill. "The Noise That Time Makes", New-Republic, LXI, 280. Ms., typescript with revisions. Title: "According to Principles"., 1930 January 29
Peeples, Edwin. "Swing Low" Ms., holograph (original), undated
Porter, Katherine Anne. "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter", Yale Review, LV, 280-290. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon) with revisions., 1966 Winter
Rice, Cale Young. "High Perils", Poetry, XLII, 342-345. Ms., typescript (carbon) with revisions., 1933 September
Sansom, William. "Firemen Flower and Other Stories". Ms., typescript with revisions., undated
Tolbert, Frank. "The Day of San Jacinto". Ms., typescript; first draft and revised copy (carbon)., undated
Williams, Joan. "Old Powder Man". Ms., holograph (original); typescript (original and carbons) with revisions., undated
Winston, Robert W. "High Stakes and Hair Trigger: The Life of Jefferson Davis", New Republic, LCVI, 158-159. Cutting, Elizabeth. "Jefferson Davis: Political Soldier", New Republic, LXVI, 158-159 Ms., typescript with revisions., 1931 March 25
Wolfe, Humbert. "Requiem"; "Kensington Gardens"; "News of the Devil"; and "Lampoons: Collections of Poetry." Ms., typescript., undated
"Notes on W.H. Auden, F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Crowe Ransom". Ms., typescript with revisions., undated
Speeches, Lectures, and Tributes, 1938, 1942, 1958, 1961-1966, undated
"On T.S. Eliot", obituary piece written for Channel 13 in New York City. Ms., typescript (carbon) with revisions., undated
"On T.S. Eliot", an introductory speech to a lecture given by Eliot at the Poetry Center of the YMHA in New York City. Ms., holograph (original); typescript (carbon)., 1961 November 23
"On Robert Frost", an introductory speech for Frost at the White House Birthday Party, hosted by the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Ms., holograDh (original), typescript (carbon) with revisions., 1963
A series of lectures written for a Radio Program broadcasted from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1943
"A Lesson Read in American Books", Rough and final drafts. Ms., typescripts (carbon) with revisions., undated
"Lecture on Metaphor". Ms., holograph (original); typescript., 1963 February 14-15
"On Moravia", an introductory speech for Moravia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ms., holograph (original); typescript., 1964 April
Warren's acceptance speech for the National Book Award for Poetry. Ms., holograph (original)., 1958
"Poetry and Patriotism" read at the Louisiana Poetry Society. Ms., typescript (carbon). Part of first and last page missing., 1942 Spring
"Pure Poetry and the Structure of Poems", read at Princeton University at the Measures Lectures. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1942 Spring
A lecture read at the Response Symposium of World Affairs, Princeton University. Ms., holograph (original); also a copy of the program., 1963 April
"Tradition in Literature", speech read at the Modern Language Association Convention. Ms., typescript (carbon) with revisions., 1938 Spring
"Trends in Fiction", speech read at the 50th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1966 May 10
"On Dixon Wecter", an address later published in the Saturday Review of Literature. Ms., typescript (carbon) with revisions., undated
"William Carlos Williams", Obituary read at the Meeting of the American Academy. Published in its Proceedings. Ms., typescript (carbon) with revisions., 1963 December 6
Textbooks, 1941-1950, 1952, 1954-1960, 1963-1964, undated
An Approach to Literature, by Cleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser and Robert Penn Warren. 3rd edition. New York, Appleton Century Crofts., 1952
Correspondence, 1944 July 13-1951 November 20
Correspondence, Permission file., 1950 January 12-1951 October 4
Galley proofs, Incomplete., undated
Galley. Page proofs, Incomplete, missing pp. 806-820., undated
An Approach to Literature, by Cleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser and Robert Penn Warren. 4th edition. New York, Appleton - Century Crofts., 1964
Setting copy manuscript. Acknowledgments, preface and contents. Includes first draft of preface (original holograph) and typescripts (original and carbon)., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1-105. "General Introduction" John Steinbeck's "Flight.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 106-202. James Joyce's "Clay" - J.F. Powers's "The Valiant Women"., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 203-317. Eudora Welty's"Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden" - Katherine Anne Porter's "Noon Wine"., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 318-401. F. Scott Fitzgerald's"The Rich Boy." - Joseph Conrad's "The Lagoon"., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 402-513. Andrew Nelson Lytle's"Jerico, Jerico, Jerico" - Thomas Mann's "Disorder and Early Sorrow". Peter Taylor's "What You Hear From 'Em?" not used., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 601-700. Andrew Marvell's "The Mower to the Glow-Worms" - Robert Browning's "A Serenade at the Villa"., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 701-804. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla-Khan: Or, a Vision in a Dream" John Keats's "To Autumn"., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 805-900. Robert Frost's "The Wood-Pile" - B.F. Skinner's "Freedom and the Control of Man.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 901-1001. Joseph Wood Krutch's "On Walden Two" - Jacques Barzun's "In Favor of Capital Punishment.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1002-1100. Mary McCarthy's "Artists in Uniforms" - Robert Penn Warren's "Why Do We Read Fiction?", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1101-1194. "Biography"Introduction to Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1195-1289. Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1290-1378. Sophocles's Oedipus Rex., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1379-1485. Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1485a-1610. Shaw's Saint Joan., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 514-600. Peter Taylor's "A Wife of Nashville" - Robert Herrick's "The Night-Piece to Julia."Taylor's article is an insert., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1611-1737. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral - Maugham's The Circle., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1738-1833. Wilder's The Skin of our Teeth., undated
Setting copy manuscript, "Glossary.", undated
Correspondence., 1963 March 1-1964 March 2
Galley proofs. Reader's set, pp. 1-544, undated
Galley proofs. Reader's set, pp. 545-792., undated
Galley proofs. Page proofs. Reader's set., undated
Modern Rhetoric, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. New York, Harcourt, Brace., 1949
Introduction; Chapter 2, "The Kinds of Discourse." Drafts., undated
Chapter 3, "Exposition." Drafts., undated
Chapter 4, "Argument." Discarded ideas?, undated
Chapter 5, "Description." Drafts., 1948 September 29
Chapter 7, "The Paragraph." Draft., undated
Chapter 8, "The Sentence." Draft., undated
Chapter 9, "Style." Various drafts and notes., undated
Chapter 10, "Style." Drafts., undated
Chapter 11, "Metaphor." Drafts., undated
Modern Rhetoric, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. New York, Harcourt, Brace., 1949
Chapter 12, "Situation and Tone." Drafts., undated
Chapter 13, "The Final Integration" Drafts., undated
Harold Whitehall material., undated
Correspondence, 1946 May 21-1950 January 6
Modern Rhetoric, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. New York, Harcourt, Brace., 1949
Page proofs. Incomplete., undated
Modern Rhetoric by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 3rd. edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace., 1958
The Essentials of Rhetoric Section, undated
Preface, incomplete; Chapter 1, "Language, Thinking and Rhetoric", rough draft., 1958
Chapter 2, "The Problems of Making a Beginning," Rough draft., undated
Chapter 3, "Organizing the Composition." Drafts., undated
Chapter 4, "The Main Intention." Rough draft., undated
Chapter 5, "The Methods of Expositon." Rough draft number 1, undated
Chapter 5, "The Methods of Exposition." Draft number 2, undated
Chapter 5, "The Methods of Exposition." Draft number 2, copy 2., undated
Chapter 5, "The Methods of Exposition." Draft number 3., undated
Chapter 6, "Argument", First draft., undated
Chapter 6, "Argument." Draft., 1956 August
Chapter 6, "Argument." Corrected copy., undated
Chapter 7, "Description." Rough draft., undated
Chapter 7, "Description." Draft., undated
Chapter 7, "Description." Final draft., 1956 September 1
Chapter 8, "Narration." Rough draft, undated
Chapter 8, "Narration." Draft., 1956 September
Chapter 8, "Narration." Apparently discarded version., undated
Chapter 9, "The Paragraph and the Sentence." Draft, revised., 1956 October 29
Chapter 10, "Diction." Rough draft., undated
Chapter 11, "Metaphor." Various drafts and discarded material., undated
Chapter 12, "Tone and Other Aspects of Style." First draft; revised copy., undated
Chapter 13, "Preparation and Note-Taking." Draft, incomplete., undated
Chapter 14, Drafts. "The Final Version: Writing and Rewriting.", undated
Handbook of Grammar, Punctuation and Mechanics Section., undated
Notes., undated
Drafts., undated
Drafts., 1956 December 17
The Essentials of Rhetoric Section, undated
Setting copy manuscript, preliminary paging, preface, contents., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1-57. Chapters 1-4., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 58-200. Chapter 5., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 202-310. Chapter 6., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 311-426. Chapters 7-8., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 427-550. Chapters 9-10., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 551-656, Chapters 11-12., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 657-741. Chapters 13-14., undated
A Book of Readings Section, undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1-116. T.H. Huxley's "The Method of Scientific Investigations" - C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 117-233. Arthur Koestler's"The Seven Deadly Fallacies" - George Santayana'sDickens., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 234-344. James Gray's"Thomas Wolfe" - Hortense Calisher's "I1 Ploe:rda mo Koe:r.", undated
Hand book of Grammar, Punctuation and Mechanics Section., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp.1-98."The Parts of Speech - Mechanics.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 99-120. "Index of Usage and of Grammatical Terms Used in the Handbook.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1-55, A 1-21, S 1-23, "Author-Title Index," "Appendices," and "Subject Index." Also Theme Correction Symbols used as end papers., undated
Modern Rhetoricby Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York, Harrcourt, Brace., 1958
Miscellaneous notes and drafts., undated
Modern Rhetoric by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd ed. New York, Harrcourt, Brace., 1958
Miscellaneous notes and drafts., undated
Material marked obsolete., undated
Modern Rhetoric by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York, Harrcourt, Brace., 1958
Material marked obsolete., undated
Modern Rhetoric by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York, Harrcourt, Brace., 1958
Preliminary paging. Duplicate proofs., 1957 November 1
The Essentials of Rhetoric Section, undated
Printer's galley, marked author's proofs, 1st revise., 1957 May
Author's proofs. Master proof., 1957 July
Author's proofs., 1957 July
Duplicate proofs., 1957 July
A Book of Readings Section., undated
Author's proofs., 1957 April-May
Author's proofs., 1957 July
Handbook of Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics Section., undated
Master galley with corrections of Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, 1957 April 5
Authors' proofs. Marked 1st revise., 1957 August 21
Index of Usage and of Grammatical Terms Used in the Handbook. Duplicate proofs, 1957 August 22
Author's proofs (page). Also includes duplicate proofs of pp. 836-837 of Appendix five., 1957 September 26
Handbook of Grammar,Punctuation, and Mechanics Section., undated
Author's proofs (page). Also few pages 1st revise., 1957 September 26, November 7
Duplicate proofs (page). Notes on back of last page: Author's page proof, Robert P. Warren's proof with corrections., 1957 September 26
Duplicate proofs (page). Note on first page; Red's copy., 1957 September 26
Author-Title Index; Subject Index. Author's proofs (page). Also includes, duplicate proofs (2 copies)., 1957 November 1
Modern Rhetoric by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace., 1958
Theme Correction Symbols used as end papers., undated
Correspondence, 1954 September 3-1957 November
Criticisms and comments., undated
Letter to selected instructors., undated
Understanding Fiction by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. New York, F.S. Crofts and Co., 1943
Correspondence, 1941 October 14-1944 May 21
Understanding Fiction, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York Appleton - Century - Crofts, 1959
Section I. "The Intentions of Fiction". Drafts., undated
Section II. "How Plot Reveals." Drafts., undated
Section III. "What Character Reveals." Drafts., undated
Section IV. "What Theme Reveals." Drafts., undated
Section V. "Stories for Study.", undated
Section VI. "Fiction and Human Experience. How Four Stories Came to be Written.", undated
Biographical notes., undated
Contents and Glossary., undated
Miscellaneous notes., undated
Early drafts and carbons., undated
Stories not used., undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 1-130. "The Intentions of Fiction" Henry's "The Furnished Room.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 131 -281. John Collier's"De Mortuis" - James Purdy's "Eventide.", undated
Understanding Fiction, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York Appleton - Century - Crofts., 1959
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 282-443. Caroline Gordon's"Old Red" - Colette's "The Bitch.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 444-600. Saul Bellow's"A Father-to-Be" - Eudora Welty's "How I Write.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 601-694. John Cheever's"Goodbye, My Brother." - Robert Penn Warren's"Blackberry Winter.", undated
Setting copy manuscript. pp. 695-799. "Appendix" "Glossary.", undated
Correspondence, 1958 December 30-1960 March 11
Understanding Fiction, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York Appleton - Century - Crofts, 1959
Page proofs, pp. 1-677, undated
Page proofs. Master set, received, 1959 September 30
Understanding Fiction, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition. New York, Appleton - Century - Crofts, 1959
Plate proofs. Master set, received, 1959 October 12
The Scope of Fiction, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. New York, Appleton - Century - Crofts, 1960
Page proofs., undated
Page proofs, pp. 1-335. (manuscript corrected by C.B.), undated
The Scope of Fiction, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. New York, Appleton - Century - Crofts, 1960
Understanding Poetry, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1950
Contents. Drafts, undated
"Ambiguity, Added Dimension, and Submerged Metaphor." Draft., undated
"The Poem Viewed in Wider Perspective." Draft., undated
"Index of Stanza Forms, Postscript, Glossary." "Index of Stanza Forms, Postscript, Glossary." Draft., undated
Notes and miscellaneous material., undated
Correspondence, 1942 December 18-1950 June 12
Correspondence, undated
Galley proofs. Incomplete., undated
Understanding Poetry, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 2nd edition, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1950
Galley proofs. Marked: Red's copy. Complete., undated
Page proofs. No corrections., undated
Page proofs. Complete., undated
Understanding Poetry, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 3rd edition, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960
"Section IV, Tone." Draft., undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts., undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts., undated
Miscellaneous notes and drafts., undated
Obsolete material, undated
Bibliographical copyright citations., undated
Correspondence, 1957 May 22-1960 July 28
Understanding Poetry, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 3rd edition, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960
Setting copy manuscript. Preliminary paging, preface pp. 1-58, "Contents - Narrative Poems.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 59-115, "Descriptive Poems.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 116-181, "Metrics.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 181A-293, "Tone.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 294-384,"Imagery.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 385-493,"Theme, Statement and Idea.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 494-585, "Poems for Study.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, pp. 585-625, "How Poems Come about: Intention and Meaning, Glossary; Index of Authors and Titles.", undated
Setting copy manuscript, [Note on Versification.], undated
Galley proofs; page proofs of Introduction., undated
Galley proofs; page proofs of Introduction., undated
Plate proofs., undated
Understanding Poetry, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 3rd edition, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960
Understanding Poetry, by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. 3rd edition, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960
Page proofs., undated
Interviews and Tapes, 1935-1942, 1945-1964, undated
Interview with Warren by Ralph Ellison for the Paris Review. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
""A Study of John Marston's Satires,"" Warren's Oxford Dissertation. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
Introduction to Six Centuries of Great Poetry, Dell Publishers. Ms., typescript (carbon) with manuscript revisions., 1955
Material on the Columbia University Symposium, Unity of Knowledge., 1954 October 27-30
Article on Censorship for the "Yale Political". Ms., typescript (carbon) with manuscript revisions., undated
Letter on Censorship addressed to the National Institute and Academy Committee on Censorship. Ms., typescript (carbon) with manuscript revisions., 1959 December 10
Checklist of the Southern Review correspondence while Warren was the editor. Ms., typescript (carbon)., 1935-1942
A copy of Lenny Bruce Petition, sent to Warren with letter from Helen Weaver., 1964 June 13, June 16
A copy of the Poetry Pilot, edited by Warren, poetry editor of the month., 1962 November
Material dealing with the dismissal of W. T. Couch from the University of Chicago., 1950 November 20
"Report on Academic Conditions at Louisiana State University", 1940 February
National Book Award acceptance Speeches. Aiken, Conrad. Auden, W.H. Ellison, Ralph. MacLeish, Archibald. Moore, Marianne. O'Hara, John. Stevens, Wallace. Wilbur, Richard., 1952 January 29, 1953 January 27, 1954 January 26, 1955 January 25, 1956 February 7, 1957 March 12
Nomination of Katherine Anne Porter to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ms., holograph (original)., undated
Material dealing with the National Institute of American Arts and Letters., undated
Commission issued by Governor Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut to Warren, 1959 August 25
European postcards from Warren, 1961
Letter to M. Larremendy. Original letter accompanied facsimile of visit of General Lafayette to the Lafayette Female Academy in Lexington, Kentucky, 1825 May 16. M. Larremendy was mayor of St. Jean de Luz where a Lafayette festival was being held., 1962 August 16
"Background Notes on the United States," by Lewis Galantiere, for RFE Symposium., 1962 January, December 17
Documents on Jewish Minority Research., undated
New American Poetry. Grove Press. Galley proofs., 1945-1960
Miscellaneous items., undated
Articles and clippings about Warren and his work., undated
The Poetry Center. Calendar of Events. Warren listed as participant., 1962-1963
A copy of William Faulkner's speech on segregation in the South and related material. Ms., typescript (carbon), undated
Newspaper clippings on the segregation issue, 1955 August
Newspaper clippings on the segregation issue, 1955 September
Newspaper clippings on the segregation issue, 1955 October
Newspaper clippings on the segregation issue, 1955 November 1-15
Newspaper clippings on the segregation issue, 1955 November 16-30
Newspaper clippings on the segregation issue, 1955 December
Pamphlets and handouts relating to segregation, 1954 July 6-1958 April 18
News reports gathered on segregation issue, 1955 July-August
News reports gathered on segregation issue, 1955 September 1-6
News reports gathered on segregation issue, 1955 September 7-30
News reports gathered on segregation issue, 1955 October-November
News reports gathered on segregation issue, 1955 December-1956 January
Deposit Items, 1967, 1971, undated
Prefatory note to the Cass Mastern episode in All the King's Men for inclusion in This Is My Best, edited by Whit Burnett., undated
Love in the Valley. Published as Meet Me in the Green Glen, Random House. Chapter V. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon); with manuscript revisions., 1971
Love in the Valley, Chapter VI. Ms., holograph (carbon) first draft; typescript (carbon) with manuscript revisions., undated
Love in the Valley, Chapter VII. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon), first draft., undated
Love in the Valley, Chapter VIII. typescript (carbon), first draft Ms., holograph (carbon), undated
Love in the Valley, Chapter IX. typescript (carbon). Ms., holograph (carbon), undated
Love in the Valley, Chapter X. typescript (carbon). Ms., holograph (carbon), undated
Love in the Valley, Chapter XI. typescript (carbon). Ms., holograph (carbon), undated
Love in the Valley, Chapter XII. typescript (carbon). Ms., holograph (carbon), undated
"Island of Summer," from Incarnations. Published in fifteen parts. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Penological Study Southern Exposure," from Incarnations. Published in seven parts. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon). Note-- "We are Pulling for You Jake," unpublished., undated
"The True Nature of Time," from Incarnations. Published in two parts. Ms., worksheets holograph (original and carbon)., undated
Incarnation, duplicate author's galley proofs., undated
Incarnations, plate proofs., undated
"Bad Year, Bad War," from Or Else. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon), undated
"Homage to Dreiser," from Or Else. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Folly on Royal Street," from Or Else. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
From Audubon: A Vision. Ms., worksheets and typescript (carbon)., undated
Selected Poems: New and Old, galley proofs (three sets)., undated
The Gods of Mount Olympus, non-fiction. Ms., typescript (carbon)., undated
"History of American Literature 1826-1861," article. Ms., first draft holograph (carbon) ; typescript (carbon), undated
"History of American Literature 1865-1914," article. Ms., first draft holograph (carbon); first draft typescript (carbon)., undated
"Literature of the Non-Literary World," article. Ms., first draft holograph (original), typescript (carbon)., undated
"F. Scott Fitzgerald," essay Ms., holograph (carbon) typescript (carbon)., undated
"Harlem Renaissance," essay. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
Material on Hawthorne study, 112 pages. Ms., typescript (mixed)., undated
"Scarlet Letter" essay. Ms., holograph (original)., undated
"Hemingway," essay. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon). "Farewell to Arms," essay Ms., holograph (carbon)., undated
"Irving," essay. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon)., undated
"Notes on the Poetry of John Crowe Ransom," essay. (carbon); typescript (carbon). "John Crowe Ransom: Some Random Remarks," essay. Ms., typescript (carbon). typescript (carbon)., undated
"A Note on Eudora Welty,"Essay. Ms., first draft holograph (carbon)., undated
"Richard W. Wright," essay. Ms., holograph (carbon); typescript (carbon), undated
An address given at the University of California at La Jolla. Ms., first draft holograph (carbon)., 1967 October
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Fiction, 1930-1934, 1956, 1959, 1963, undated
- Short Fiction, 1943, 1960, undated
- Plays, 1957, undated
- Poems, 1916, 1918-1919, 1944, 1949-1966
- Non-Fiction, 1929, 1958, 1961, 1965-1966, undated
- Articles and Essays, 1927, 1931-1932, 1947, 1958, 1960-1963, undated
- Book Reviews, 1928-1934, 1957, 1964, 1966, undated
- Speeches, Lectures, and Tributes, 1938, 1942, 1958, 1961-1966, undated
- Textbooks, 1941-1950, 1952, 1954-1960, 1963-1964, undated
- Interviews and Tapes, 1935-1942, 1945-1964, undated
- Deposit Items, 1967, 1971, undated
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