Tennessee Williams papers, 1920-1983

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Series V: Works by Others

1934-1982. 5 linear ft. This material has been arranged alphabetically by author. It includes manuscripts from friends, from aspiring writers, and those sent by agents. There is a collection of material by and about the writer and friend Carson McCullers, several manuscripts by Williams' companion Robert Carroll, short stories by Williams' brother Dakin, and the poetry of Williams' friend Marion Black Vaccaro.



Box 52 Folder 5 Acuff, Donald Prandles and Prazads, 1971, 1 poem



Box 33 Folder 6 Albee, Edward Seascape, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 Mimeograph of play inscribed to Williams by Albee



Box 52 Folder 5 Alexander, David Erotic Drawings and Lithographs by Regis Dho, 1978, 1 catalog published and inscribed by David Alexander



Box 61 Folder 8 "Andy Warhol's Interview". Mss. notes


Box 61 Folder 9 Arnould, Eugene R. "Mister Tennessee Williams: The Past Ten Years" 40 pages



Box 33 Folder 7 Bachardy Don; Bennet, Penelope Agnes Drawing; 2 short stories, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 33 Folder 8 Bernstein, Walter Front, The, [n.p.], August 13, 1975, 1 Screenplay revised


Box 33 Folder 9 Bowles, Paul Without Stopping [autobiography], [n.p.], 1972, 1 Uncorrected proof


Box 33 Folder 10 Braden, A; Brainard, Joe; Brandes, C. Simon Drawings, [n.p.], 1971, n.d.


Box 33 Folder 11 Brown, Dawn and Sterling Prints and short stories, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 33 Folder 12 Brown, Frank Chouteau Dwellings of Newbury Old Town, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 article printed in The Monograph Series


Box 33 Folder 13 Burkhart, Brian Georgia 1934, [n.p.], 1970, Song lyrics


Box 33 Folder 14 Burke, Patricia K. Weary Purple Mums [short story], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 33 Folder 15 Capobianco, Marc The Love Story of Big Daddy's Poshlost [play], [n.p.], 1978



Box 34 Folder 1 Carrie, Jacques Bridge of Movie Producer Louis King, [n.p.], 1981, Review proofs of novel


Box 34 Folder 2 Calisher, Hortense False Entry, [n.p.], 1961, Uncorrected proof of novel


Box 34 Folder 3-7 Carroll, Robert Several works, [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 35 Folder 1-2 Carroll, Robert Several works, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 35 Folder 3 Castro, Virginia With Whom Did Christina Lose Her Virginity? [play], [n.p.], 1979


Box 35 Folder 4 Chekhov, Anton The Gull [play translated by Wendel Agne], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 35 Folder 5 Cobelle; Cocteau, Jean; Coply, William J. Drawings, Calendar, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1979



Box 52 Folder 5 Congdon, Kirby Magazine Four, 1969, 1 magazine edited by Congdon



Box 35 Folder 6 Corbeil, Michel Meet me at the Automat [One-act], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 35 Folder 7 Darrid, William The Long Way Home. Hart Crane [screenplay], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 35 Folder 8 De Luca, Angelo Romancement, [n.p.], 1968, Pamphlet of poem


Box 35 Folder 9 Derwent, Clarence Red Beard [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 35 Folder 10 Dickman, Kenneth George Axiomatic Smiles, [n.p.], 1980, Short stories


Box 35 Folder 11 Dunphy, Jack Nightmovers, [n.p.], 1968, Proof of novel



Box 36 Folder 1 Dunphy, Jack Saturday Night Kid [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 36 Folder 2 Evans, Oliver Terminal Station [short story], [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 55 Folder 6 Hintz, Evelyn Mosaic, 1980, 1 journal



Box 67 Folder 6 Camino Real. Al Hirschfeld cartoon from The New York Time, March 15, 1953. Lacquered to wood, 11x13



Box 36 Folder 3 Hoffman, Jill Journey to the Day [play], [n.p.], 1976

[ First draft]


Box 36 Folder 4 Hood, Henry Dinner at Antoine's, [n.p.], 1 Treatment


Box 36 Folder 5 Hotchkis, Joan Last Roundup [short story], [n.p.], 1981


Box 36 Folder 6 Hutchison, Stuart Just Before the Dawn [one-man play], [n.p.], 1978-1980


Box 36 Folder 7 Kayopoulos, Denis Coming Home [play], [n.p.], 1980


Box 36 Folder 8 Kingsley-Smith,Terry Catholic Hour [novel], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 36 Folder 9 Kroll, Leon; Krause, Franka Caricature of Williams; My Maiden Fair, [n.p.], [n.d.], Drawing; sheet music


Box 36 Folder 10 Lambert, Gavin Inside Daisy Clover, [n.p.], [n.d.], Unrevised proof


Box 36 Folder 11 Leverich, Lyle Julian and Maddalo, [n.p.], [n.d.], Treatment for a teleplay series


Box 36 Folder 12 Lewis, M. K. Locust Lane [play], [n.p.], 1982


Box 36 Folder 13 Lyndon, Andrew Acting Out [play], [n.p.], 1977


Box 36 Folder 14 Lowe, Jim Gather Round, Children [play], [n.p.], 1981



Box 37 Folder 1 Malanga, Gerard Where Else Can We Go to Escape from the Shimmering Chalice [poem], [n.p.], 1965


Box 37 Folder 2 Maugham, W. Somerset Outstation [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 61 Folder 3 Tory, Jane. KCMS radio interview transcript. T.ms, 3 pages



Box 37 Folder 3 Virginia Spencer Carr Carson McCullers and the Search for Meaning [dissertation], [n.p.], 1969


Box 37 Folder 4 Works by and about Carson McCullers, [n.p.], [n.d.]

[IncludesThe Square Root of WonderfulandArt and Mr. Mahoney]



Box 52 Folder 7 Works by and about Carson McCullers, 1962, 1 reprint of article "The Achievement of Carson McCullers" by Oliver Evans



Box 37 Folder 5 McCulloch, Samuel C. Feast of Sant Urbano [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 37 Folder 6 McGuane, Thomas Bushwhacked Piano, [n.p.], 1972, Advance uncorrected proof


Box 37 Folder 8 Merten, Julie Diane Scrapbook, [n.p.], [n.d.], Photographs, poems, essays, drawings



Box 38 Folder 1 Minoca [?]; Mitrovich, Marta Drawing of Frank Merlo; Play, [n.p.], [n.d.] & 1968


Box 38 Folder 2 Nikolov, Nikola Short stories, [n.p.], 1978


Box 38 Folder 3-4 Nizer, Louis Chapter From My Life in Court, [n.p.], [n.d.], Memoir


Box 38 Folder 5 Ozag, Lisa Spellbound The Red River [poetry], [n.p.], 1977-1979


Box 38 Folder 6 Paglia, James Summer Ennui [play], [n.p.], 1981


Box 38 Folder 7 Parks, Jarvin Selected Poems, [n.p.], 1967, Booklet of poems


Box 38 Folder 8 Perret, Edmund Red Rocker Light [short story], [n.p.], 1980

[Inscribed by author]


Box 38 Folder 9 Pinckert, Francine Knight's Landing, [n.p.], 1967, Unrevised proof


Box 38 Folder 10 Ramington, John Poems for Private Distribution, [n.p.], 1971

[Inscribed by author]


Box 38 Folder 11 Rasky, Harry No Big Deal [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 38 Folder 12 Rasky, Harry Nobody Swings on Sunday [memoir], [n.p.], [n.d.], 149 pages (1-149)

[With introduction by Tennessee Williams]



Box 39 Folder 1-2 Rasky, Harry Nobody Swings on Sunday [memoir], [n.p.], [n.d.], 41 pages (150-591)


Box 39 Folder 3 Rayman, Robert Bedrock [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 61 Folder 11 Robinson, Lou "Review of Clothes for a Summer Hotel"



Box 39 Folder 4 Rorem, Ned Pastry Shop, [n.p.], [n.d.], Monolog-Burlesque


Box 39 Folder 5 Sexton, Anne Live or Die [book of poetry], [n.p.], 1966

[Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston]


Box 39 Folder 6 Schulberg, Budd From the Ashes, [n.p.], 1967, 1 Copy of introduction


Box 39 Folder 7 Silbert, Eve Stranieri [short story], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 39 Folder 8 Smith, William Jay Straw Market and Tall Poets, [n.p.], 1966-1979, Play and Poem


Box 39 Folder 9 Sorrentino, Gilbert Neon, [n.p.], n.d., Literary magazine


Box 39 Folder 10 Stewart, Joe B. Mindfucke, [n.p.], 1968, Magazine

[Inscribed by editor]



Box 52 Folder 7 Stewart, Joe B. The Circle, 1968, 1 magazine inscribed by Stewart



Box 39 Folder 11 Tchelitchew, Pavel and Thom, Robert Drawing; Play, [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 61 Folder 12 Teitle, Nathan "In the Country of Tennessee Williams"



Box 40 Folder 1 Thompson, Ernest Lessons [play], [n.p.], 1978


Box 40 Folder 2 Tillinghast, Richard Sewanee in Ruins [poems], [n.p.], 1982


Box 40 Folder 3 Torres, A. M. Infinite Intermezzo, [n.p.], [n.d.], Novel


Box 40 Folder 4 Trocchi, Alexander Cain's Book, [n.p.], 1960, Uncorrected proof


Box 40 Folder 5 Turner, Dennis Give my Regards to Broadway [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 40 Folder 6 Vaccaro, Marion Black Poem book, [n.p.], 1974


Box 40 Folder 7 Vass, Viola Veidt, Frank Ventgen and Vertes [drawings, poster, story], [n.p.], [1979-1981, n.d.]


Box 40 Folder 8 Welty, Eudora Why I Live at the P.O. [play], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 40 Folder 9 Williams, Dakin Walter Short stories, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 40 Folder 10 Wilson, Julia Homer; Donald Windham, Workman, Chuck Drawing; Program; Screenplay, [n.p.], [1971 & n.d.]

[Program forThe Starless Air, May 13, 1943 is acq. 304754]



Box 61 Folder 13 Wilson, Lanford. "The Migrants", August 7, 1973



Box 41 Folder 1 Yates, Richard Eleven Kinds of Loneliness [short stories], [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 52 Folder 7 Yoo, Chi-jen Korean paperback, n.d.



Box 41 Folder 2 Youghn, Pat Writings, [n.p.], 1977-1978


Box 41 Folder 3 & 4 Young, Frederic Many Ingenious Lovely Things [novel], [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 41 Folder 5 Young, Marguerite Miss McIntosh, My Darling, [n.p.], [n.d.], Reviews of novel


Box 41 Folder 6-12 Unidentified writings, drawings and poems, [n.p.], [n.d.], 7 folders



Box 42 Folder 1-11 Unidentified writings, drawings and poems, [n.p.], [n.d.], 11 folders



Box 78 Folder 13 Unidentified reviewer: "Tennessee Williams and the World of Reason", [n.d.]

Review of "Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed" and "Moise and the World of Reason".