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Matthew J. Bruccoli collection of Jules Furthman
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2018-5
Scope and Contents
Jules Furthman was a screenwriter who worked on many Hollywood films. He was also a collector of rare books and manuscripts, including a Shakespeare second folio and an original copy of a work by Montaigne. This collection was gathered by Matthew J. Bruccoli and focuses on the work
by Montaigne. The majority of the collection is composed of correspondence exchanged as Bruccoli gathered information and of various drafts of a “Birthday Sketch” written by Furthman that describes the contents...
Dates:
2001 - 2003
Matthew J. Bruccoli papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RB-2010-1
Scope and Contents
Matthew Joseph Bruccoli,1931-2008, was professor of English at the University of South Carolina; expert on F. Scott Fitzgerald and wrote about Fitzgerald as well as other writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe and John O'Hara; an avid collector of these authors and other subjects, including World War One memorabilia; authored or edited over 50 books; editor of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, published by Bruccoli Clark Layman Inc, a publishing company where he served as...
Dates:
1894 - 2015
Maureen Donnelly Lee collection of Sissieretta Jones
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2021-2
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of research material, newspaper clippings, manuscripts and drafts for Maureen Donnelly Lee’s book Sissieretta Jones: The Greatest Singer of Her Race. Lee wrote down extensive notes on Jones’ life largely from her time as a professional singer with her various concert appearances and tours around the United States and beyond. Also included are the various stages Lee’s book took from its initial outline to the final revised draft that was released. After the book...
Dates:
1833-2018; Majority of material found within 2008-2012
Maurice J. Speiser papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2001-9
Scope and Contents
This collection is chiefly comprised of correspondence between Maurice J. Speiser and his clients and friends, as well as correspondence between Hemingway and associates, and third-party correspondence. Part of the Speiser and Easterling-Hallman Collection of Ernest Hemingway, this archival collection was held by Ellen Speiser Katz, Maurice Speiser’s granddaughter and was acquired through her generosity and the generosity of the Easterling-Hallman Foundation, a foundation that was formed by...
Dates:
1913-1986
Maurice Sendak and Leroy Richmond collection of correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2015-3
Scope and Contents
The Maurice Sendak Archive contains letters, illustrations and other items created by Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) and sent to his friend, Leroy “Eero” Richmond. Sendak was an American Children's book author and illustrator best known for Caldecott Medal Winners, "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen." Items include: two signed original small drawings; ten signed handwritten letters; seven signed postcards; ten greeting cards; one inscribed book with an...
Dates:
1965 - 2007
Mitchell and Morley Kennerley papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2005-7
Scope and Contents
Chiefly correspondence from Mitchell Kennerley to authors and others in the booktrade such as, Robert O. Ballou, Francesco Bianco [auctioneer with Anderson Galleries], Edwin F. Edgett, Richard Ellis, Norman Forgue, Lazette van Houten, Samuel Loveman, Donald A. Roberts, and F.E. Voelker. Additional items include letters to Mitchell Kennerley from John Drinkwater, a letter from Ernest G. Henham to Edwin F. Edgett about Kennerley's business ethics, a letter from W.K. Bixby (a partner in the...
Dates:
1902 - 1975
Nathalie Dupree archive
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2017-11
Scope and Contents
The Nathalie Dupree archive contains over 200 boxes of material relating to the personal life and career of the renowned Southern chef, author and television show host. Focusing on Southern cuisine, Dupree has authored 14 cookbooks, hosted 300 cooking shows and is the Founding Chairman of the Charleston Food and Wine Festival, a founder of: the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Atlanta and Charleston Chapters of Les Dames d’ Escoffier, the American Institute of Wine and Food and the...
Dates:
1939-2017
National Endowment for the Arts publications
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2008-2
Scope and Contents
This group of publications reflects the activities and major initiatives of the National Endowment for the Arts during 2003-2008. The collection was a gift to the university from Director Dana Gioia's office in 2008 and is especially comprehensive in its documentation of The Big Read program, which debuted in 2006. One of the first novels chosen for The Big Read was The Great Gatsby.
Dates:
2003 - 2008
Papers of Joseph Cohen
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2002-6
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed materials related to Joseph Cohen's research on World War I literature, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Robert Graves, in particular.
Joseph Cohen, retired Professor of English at Tulane University, dedicated his career to the literature of the first World War. His dissertation, directed by Harry Ransom, explored the life and writings of Wilfred Owen. His research involved extensive correspondence and interviews...
Dates:
1950-1980
Pat Conroy archive
Collection
Identifier: SCU-RBSC-2014-3
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the life and work of Pat Conroy (1945-2016), considered to be one of the preeminent figures in contemporary Southern literature. Born in 1945, Conroy has written best-selling novels and memoirs as well as poetry, essays and screenplays and even a cookbook, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life (1999).
His works are primarily autobiographical in nature. His experience as the oldest of seven children born to an abusive Marine father inspired his works The...
Dates:
1850
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- Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965 1
- Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 1
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- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 1
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- National Endowment for the Arts 1
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