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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately About 450 items) |
Abstract | Peirson Ricks was an author, advertising agent, and native of Winston-Salem, N.C. The collection includes correspondence, writings, memoranda, clippings, drawings, and photographs of Ricks. Approximately half the collection consists of correspondence, 1925 and 1940-1950, between Ricks and his relatives, literary agent Jacques Chambrun, and publishers. Included is correspondence with Burroughs Mitchell of Scribners' relating to the publication of Ricks's novel, The Hunter's Horn, in 1945. The remainder of the collection consists of typed drafts of short stories and novelettes by Ricks, memoranda, clippings, drawings, and photographs. |
Creator | Ricks, Peirson, 1908-1950. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Pierson Ricks (1908-1950) was an author, advertising agent, and native of Winston-Salem, N.C. Ricks was the oldest of the four children of David Absalom Ricks and Jessie Pierson Whitaker Ricks. He graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, N.C., attended the University of North Carolina, worked at Hanes Knitting Company and at advertising agencies in Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y., and Winston-Salem. He also wrote for the Winston-Salem Journal and worked for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D.C., during World War II. As an author, Ricks wrote about 50 stories and novelettes, of which 20 were published. A novel, The Hunter's Horn, was published by Scribners' in 1947.
Back to TopThe collection includes the correspondence, writings, memoranda, clippings, drawings, and photographs of Pierson Ricks. Approximately half the collection consists of correspondence, 1925 and 1940-1950, between Ricks and his relatives, literary agent Jacques Chambrun, and publishers. Included is correspondence with Burroughs Mitchell of Scribners' relating to the publication of Ricks's novel, The Hunter's Horn, in 1945. The remainder of the collection consists of typed drafts of short stories and novelettes by Ricks, memoranda, clippings, drawings, and photographs.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Introductory material |
Folder 2-5
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
1925 |
Folder 6-10
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
1940-1944 |
Folder 11-13
Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13 |
1945-1946 |
Folder 14-19
Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19 |
1947-1949 |
Folder 20 |
1950-1952 |
Folder 21 |
Miscellaneous memoranda and collected clippings |
Folder 22 |
Photographs |
Image Folder PF-3989/1-2
PF-3989/1PF-3989/2 |
Photographs |
Folder 23 |
Clippings: The Hunter's Horn, 1947 |
Folder 24 |
Publishing information and notes on manuscript |
Folder 25-44
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44 |
Writings: typed manuscripts of short fiction |
Photographs (PF-3989/1-2).
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