Scope and Contents The Erwin Ford Collection of George V. Higgins contains materials collected by Erwin Ford, George V. Higgins scholar and author of George V. Higgins: The Life and Writings, 2014. This collection contains correspondence written by Higgins to Ford and interviews of Higgins conducted by Ford. Interviews are located in the audio/video series with the corresponding notes located in a different series. Also included is an extensive collection of materials that Higgins wrote including manuscript...

Scope and Contents This finding aid documents the life and works of American author George V. Higgins (1939-1999) found in the Higgins Archive at the University of South Carolina. The archive is a comprehensive collection of the author’s manuscripts and personal papers acquired in 2003 from the Higgins family. George V. Higgins, the author of The Friends of Eddie Coyle and 25 other novels, wrote gripping, ultra-realistic stories about individuals in crisis: criminals,...