Dawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-1965

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Series X: Chronological Materials, 1940s-1960s

This series contains several folders of mixed material that was largely disorganized, but roughly grouped together by time period. The folders include clippings, correspondence, drafts, miscellaneous manuscripts, notes, royalty statements, and other materials.



Box 67 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Materials, 1940s-1950s

Includes clippings, correspondence, drafts, notes, postcards, and manuscript pages from "The Girls in Pink" and "Paris Walkie-Talkie" (1951).


Box 67 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Materials, 1950s-1960

Includes clippings, correspondence, drafts, drafts for "The Pearl Wedding of the Beasley Burrs" and "The Music Lovers", family correspondence, printed materials, royalty statements, and diagrams and memos related to The Wicked Pavillion.


Box 67 Folder 10 Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1956-1959

Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, playbills, etc.


Box 67 Folder 11 Miscellaneous Materials, 1960-1965, undated

Includes family correspondence and other personal correspondence, clippings of reviews by Powell, clippings, notes, drafts, etc.


Box 67 Folder 12 Miscellaneous Clippings and Notes, 1940s-1950s

Various clippings, receipts, notes, etc.