Gail Godwin Papers, 1913-2017

Collection Number: 05055

Collection Title: Gail Godwin Papers, 1913-2017

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Size	62.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 15,000 items)
Abstract	Gail Godwin, a white author, was born in Birmingham, Ala.; grew up in Asheville, N.C.; was graduated in 1959 from the University of North Carolina with a B.A. in journalism; and studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, earning an M.A. in creative writing and Ph.D. in English literature. She has published widely in fiction and non-fiction and taught in various colleges and universities. Godwin lives in Woodstock, N.Y. The Gail Godwin Papers consist of literary material related to her published and unpublished books, book reviews, essays, excerpts, libretti, novellas, and short stories. There are also publicity materials that document appearances, speaking engagements, honors, awards, interviews, book reviews, and articles about Godwin and her work. Personal materials include correspondence with family members, friends, fans, and other literary figures. Family correspondence and related materials pertain to members of the Cole, Godwin, Krahenbuhl, Rogers, and Zeigler families, but the bulk documents Godwin's relationships with her mother, Kathleen Cole, and with her grandmother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl. Other materials include Godwin's writings on writing and teaching, photographs, scholarly writing about Godwin, drawings, materials related to St. Hilda's Press, writings by others, dream diaries, and journals.
Creator	Godwin, Gail.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Gail Godwin Papers #5055, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Purchased from Gail Godwin in April 2001 (Acc. 98921). Additions received in June 2006 (Acc. 100438), October 2009 (Acc. 101178), February 2014 (Acc. 102000), April 2017 (Acc. 103051), and July 2018 (Acc. 103383).

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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2001

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2001

Finding aid updated because of additions in January 2007 and August 2012 by Nancy Kaiser; in May 2017 by Mary Oliva; August 2018 by Nancy Kaiser and Anne Wells; August 2021 by Dawne Howard Lucas.

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Gail Godwin (1937- ) was born in Birmingham, Ala., to Mose W. Godwin and Kathleen Krahenbuhl Godwin (later Cole). Her parents divorced when she was a child and she was raised by her mother and maternal grandmother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl. Kathleen was both parent and friend to Gail, and the close relationship between mother and daughter would be lifelong.

Kathleen (1912-1989) grew up in western North Carolina with her parents, Tom Krahenbuhl and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl. She attended Greenville Womans College and then transferred to Furman University to finish her B.A. In 1935 she earned an M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina. Kathleen married Mose W. Godwin in 1936 and gave birth to Gail the following year. The marriage was shortlived. After the divorce, Kathleen supported her daughter and mother by teaching college English, reporting for the Asheville Citizen Times, and writing romance fictions under the names Kathleen Godwin and Charlotte Ashe. In 1948, she married Frank Cole and with him had three more children: Franchelle Cole, Tommy Cole, and Rebel Cole. Kathleen returned to creative writing after her children were grown, although not for financial gain. She also divorced Frank Cole and became active in local Episcopal churches and in the volunteer community of Asheville, N.C. Kathleen Cole died in 1989.

Kathleen's influence in her daughter's life is particularly evident in Gail's educational training and career path as a writer. As a child, Gail attended St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines Academy, a school run by Roman Catholic nuns in Asheville, N.C. She graduated from high school in 1955 in Portsmouth, Va., and enrolled in Peace Junior College in Raleigh, N.C. She continued her studies at the University of North Carolina, where she graduated in 1959 with a B.A. in journalism. While at the University of North Carolina, Gail wrote columns and feature articles for the student newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel.

After college, Gail moved to Florida to take a job as a reporter for the Miami Herald. A year later, she was fired by the bureau chief, who felt they had both failed to develop Gail's writing ability into good reporting. Frustrated by this setback in her writing career, she married Miami Herald photographer Doug Kennedy. The union, which lasted only three months, is described in her unpublished first novel, "Gull Key." Upon dissolution of her marriage, Gail returned briefly to western North Carolina, then embarked on an open-ended trip to Europe. She stayed six years. For most of that time, she worked for the U.S. Travel Service at the American Embassy in London and wrote novels and short stories in her spare time. In 1965, she married Ian Marshall, an English psychiatrist she met in a creative writing class. This marriage also proved to be brief, though it provided her with material for her first published novel, The Perfectionists.

After six years abroad, Godwin returned to the United States and enrolled in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she earned an M.A. in creative writing and a Ph.D. in English literature. The Perfectionists (1970) would serve as her dissertation. While at the Writers' Workshop, Gail studied creative writing under Kurt Vonnegut and with John Irving. Both would remain good friends of Godwin's, and the latter a regular correspondent and friendly critic.

After leaving Iowa City, Godwin accepted a fellowship at the University of Illinois, spent time at the Yaddo artist community in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and occasionally taught writing courses at various New York schools, including Vassar College and Columbia University. In 1976, Godwin settled in Woodstock, N.Y., with composer Robert Starer, her companion until his death in April 2001.

In the course of several decades of full-time writing, Godwin has published extensively, including an number of bestselling and award-nominated books, dozens of short stories and essays, and ten musical works in collaboration with Starer. Godwin's body of work has garnered many honors, including three National Book Award nominations, a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Five of her novels have been on the New York Times best seller list.

Godwin lives and writes in Woodstock, N.Y.

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The collection consists of published and unpublished literary materials, correspondence, and other materials documenting the writing life of Gail Godwin, a white author with ties to North Carolina, Iowa City, Ia., and Woodstock, N.Y. The collection remains largely in the order as received.

Series 1 includes fiction and non-fiction books, book reviews, essays, excerpts, libretti, novellas, short stories, and other materials related to writing and publishing. For some published materials, there is only one draft; for others, there are several versions, which may range from typescript rough drafts to page proofs. In addition, for many of the published books, there are dust jackets; correspondence with publishers, editors, and other literary figures; plot, character, and theme notes; background research materials; draft folders with illustrations and writing timelines; reviews; and marketing and financial materials. The unpublished and abandoned writings often include partial drafts, but sometimes constitute no more than background research.

Other materials related to writing and publishing are located in Series 2. Included are writing notebooks; notes on writing and teaching; and research files with background material for "Mountain City," a fictional town created by the author that appears in some of her writings. Also included in this series are publicity files and scrapbooks that document appearances, speaking engagements, awards, honors, and newspaper clippings of interviews and feature articles about the author and her writing. Texts for some of the speeches given at appearances and speaking engagements are available. In addition, some of the appearances, speaking engagements, and interviews are also documented in the audio-visual materials series. A few of the publicity-related audio-visual materials are in Swedish. Separate subseries exist for scholarly writing about the author and for book reviews, some of which duplicate those collected in the scrapbooks. There is some material related to the establishment of St. Hilda's Press, formed by the Episcopal diocese of western North Carolina and interested individuals and funded by Gail Godwin. Miscellaneous materials in the projects series include drawings that may be related to the author's writing and photograph albums documenting the construction of her home in Woodstock, N.Y.

Many of the writing- and publishing-related series and subseries contain correspondence, but the vast majority of letters can be found in Series 3 and 4.1. The bulk of the correspondence in Series 3 consists of incoming letters from literary figures, including John Irving, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kurt Vonnegut; Godwin's agent, John Hawkins; her spiritual mentor, Gale Webbe; fans; family members; and friends. Topics include both personal and professional concerns. Friendships, family, the creative life, writing, and life events are often discussed. Family correspondence in Series 4.1 documents in great detail Godwin's relationships with her mother, Kathleen Cole, and with her grandmother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, and the relationship between her mother and grandmother. Letters discuss home and school life, family news, money, love, and writing. There is some miscellaneous correspondence of Cole, Godwin, Krahenbuhl, and Zeigler family members, and some early correspondence of Gail Godwin.

Other materials in the family series include writing and research materials of Kathleen Cole; early writing of Gail Godwin, from childhood through her time at the Iowa Writers' Workshop; a small amount of family history materials; photographs; and miscellaneous personal items belonging to Gail Godwin, Kathleen Cole, Tommy Cole, and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, including calendars, school mementos, teenage scrapbooks, notebooks, drawings, a yearbook, diary, address book, and some financial materials. Materials created by non-family members, including Godwin's second husband, Ian Marshall, and her companion, Robert Starer, are located in the miscellaneous materials series.

Writings by others are collected in Series 6. Gail Godwin often served as critic to other writers with whom she had long friendships, including Robb Forman Dew, John Irving, and Gale Webbe.

With the Addition of 2006, Series 8 and Series 9 were created for Godwin's dream diaries and journals.

The additions of 2006-2018 are intellectually integrated with similar materials from the original deposit but are physically separated.

As there is considerable overlap among series, researchers are advised to check all possible locations for materials of interest. Researchers should also note that various surnames are associated with the author, including Godwin, Cole, Kennedy, and Marshall. Likewise, there are several surnames associated with her mother Kathleen, including Krahenbuhl, Godwin, and Cole.

Contents list

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1. Writings and Related Materials, 1962-2001.
1.1. Published Books, 1967-2001.
1.1.1. The Perfectionists, 1967-1971 and undated.
1.1.1A. The Perfectionists, circa 1970 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.2. Glass People, 1972.
1.1.3. The Odd Woman, 1972-1984 and undated.
1.1.4. Dream Children, 1976.
1.1.4A. Dream Children, 1984 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.5. Violet Clay, 1975-1978 and undated.
1.1.6. A Mother and Two Daughters, 1979-1994 and undated.
1.1.7. Mr. Bedford and the Muses, circa 1983.
1.1.8. The Finishing School, circa 1983-1998 and undated.
1.1.9. A Southern Family, 1985-1988 and undated.
1.1.9A. A Southern Family, 1987 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.10. Father Melancholy's Daughter, 1990-1999 and undated.
1.1.10A. Father Melancholy's Daughter, circa 1991 (Addition of 2006).
1.1.10A. Father Melancholy's Daughter, 1991 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.11. The Good Husband, 1993-1997 and undated.
1.1.11A. The Good Husband, 2002-2003, 2010 (Additions of 2006 and 2017).
1.1.11A. The Good Husband, 1994 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.12. Evensong, 1996-2000 and undated.
1.1.13. Heart, 2000-2001 and undated.
1.1.13A. Heart, 2000-2001 (Addition of 2006).
1.1.14A. Evenings at Five, 2002-2004 and undated (Addition of 2006).
1.1.14A. Evenings at Five, 2007-2008 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.15A. Queen of the Underworld, 1959-1961, 2000-2006 (Addition of 2006).
1.1.15A. Queen of the Underworld, 2004-2007 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.16A. The Making of a Writer, 2003-2006 (Addition of 2006).
1.1.16A. The Making of a Writer, 2009 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.16A. The Making of a Writer, undated (Addition of 2018).
1.1.17A. Unfinished Desires, 2004-2011 (Additions of 2009 and 2017).
1.1.17A. Unfinished Desires, 1999-2010 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.18A. Flora, 2012 (Addition of 2014).
1.1.18A. Flora, 2008-2013 (Addition of 2017).
1.1.18A. Flora, 2009 (Addition of 2018).
1.1.19A. Publishing: A Writer's Memoir, 2014 (Addition of 2017).
1.1.20A. Grief Cottage, 2012-2016 (Addition of 2006).
1.1.20A. Grief Cottage, 2015 (Addition of 2018).
1.1A. Published Writings, 1970-2017 (Addition of 2018).
1.2. Other Published Writing, 1970-2000.
1.2.1. Book Reviews, 1970-1994.
1.2.2. Essays, 1971-2000.
1.2.3. Excerpted Novels and Short Story Collections, 1978-1981.
1.2.4. Libretti, 1975-2000.
1.2.5. Short Stories, 1969-1995 and undated.
1.2.6A. Solo Notes, 2011 (Addition of 2006).
1.2A. Other Published Writing, 1970s-2000s (Addition of 2014).
1.2A. Other Published Writing, 2015 (Addition of 2018).
1.3. Unpublished and Abandoned Writings, 1962-1993 and undated.
1.3.1. Novels, 1962-1993.
1.3A. The Guardian's Tale, 2013 (Addition of 2018).
1.3.2. Novellas, 1970s.
1.3.3. Short Stories, 1970-1976 and undated.
1.4. Financial Materials, 1982-1996.
1.5. Miscellaneous Writings and Other Publishing-Related Materials, 1974-2001.
1.5A. Miscellaneous Writings and Other Publishing-Related Materials, undated (Addition of 2006).
2. Project Files, 1970-2001 and undated.
2.1. Writing Notebooks, 1975-1994 and undated.
2.2. Notes on Writing and Teaching, 1970s-1980s.
2.2A. Notes on Writing and Teaching, 2015 (Addition of 2017).
2.3. Publicity, 1982-1996.
2.3.1. Appearances and Speaking Engagements, 1972-1999.
2.3.2. Awards and Honors, 1975-1994.
2.3.2A. Awards and Honors, 2005 (Addition of 2006).
2.3.3. Clippings, 1970-2000.
2.3.4. Other Publicity Materials, 1970s-1980s.
2.3A. Publicity, 2000s (Addition of 2014).
2.4. Book Reviews, 1970-1994.
2.5. Scrapbooks, 1970s-1980s
2.6. Photograph Albums, 1980s.
2.7. Research Notes, undated.
2.8. Family History, undated.
2.9. Scholarly Writings on Gail Godwin, 1974-2001.
2.9A. Scholarly Writings on Gail Godwin, 1991-2010 (Addition of 2014).
2.10. Drawings, 1974-1990s.
2.11. St. Hilda's Press, 1988-1993.
3. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1950-2001.
3.1. Personal Correspondence, 1950-2001 and undated.
3.1A. Personal Correspondence, 1969-2006 (bulk 2001-2006) (Addition of 2006).
3.1A. Personal Correspondence, 1975-2014 (Addition of 2018).
3.2. Fan Mail, 1988-1993.
3.2A. Fan Mail, 1991, 2002-2005 (Addition of 2006).
3.3A. Email, 2001-2006 and undated (Addition of 2006).
4. Family Materials, 1913-1989 and undated.
4.1. Family correspondence, 1931-1993.
4.1.1. Kathleen Cole and Gail Godwin, 1940s-1989.
4.1.1A. Kathleen Cole and Gail Godwin, 1963 (Addition of 2017).
4.1.2. Kathleen Cole and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1931-1971.
4.1.3. Gail Godwin and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1940s-1971.
4.1.3A. Gail Godwin and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1953-1969 (Addition of 2017).
4.1.4. Other Correspondence, 1936-1989.
4.1.4A. Other Correspondence, 1963 (Addition of 2017).
4.2. Kathleen Cole Writings and Research Notes, 1931-1989.
4.2A. Kathleen Cole Writings, 1947 (Addition of 2014).
4.2A. Kathleen Cole Writings, 1937 (Addition of 2018).
4.3. Early Gail Godwin Writings, 1946?-1971.
4.3A. Early Gail Godwin Writings, 1967 (Addition of 2017).
4.4. Photographs, circa 1900-1990.
4.4A. Photographs, 1952, circa 1959, 1975-2001, and 2013 (Additions of 2006 and 2017).
4.5. Miscellaneous Family Materials, 1913-1989.
4.5.1. Kathleen Cole, 1951-1989.
4.5.2. Tommy Cole, 1974-1986 and undated.
4.5.3. Gail Godwin, 1937-1972.
4.5.4. Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1913-1957 and undated.
4.5.5. Family and Other Clippings, 1937-1965.
5. Audiovisual Materials, 1979-2006.
5.1. Audiocassettes, 1979-2001.
5.2. Videotapes, 1983-1996.
5.3. Compact Discs, 1986-2002, undated.
6. Other Writers, 1970s-2001.
6.1. Robb Forman Dew, undated.
6.2. John Irving, 1978-2001.
6.3. Gale Webbe, 1970s?-2000.
7. Miscellaneous, 1966-2000, 2005, and 2010.
7A. Miscellaneous Materials, 2001-2005 (Addition of 2006).
8A. Dream Diaries and Related Materials, 1997-2006 (Additions of 2006 and 2017).
8.1A. Dream Diaries and Notes, 1998-2006 (Addition of 2006).
8.2A. Dream Diaries, 1997-2005 (Addition of 2017).
9A. Journals, 1959 (Addition of 2006).
Closed Materials.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Writings and Related Materials, 1962-2001.

About 5000 items.

Published and unpublished books, book reviews, essays, excerpts, libretti, novellas, short stories, and materials related to writing and publishing, including correspondence, financial materials, notes, research, and marketing materials.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Published Books, 1967-2001.

About 4000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly typescript drafts and related materials, including notes on characters, plot, and themes; background research; the author's draft folders with illustrations and writing time lines; correspondence; and some publicity materials. Where possible, drafts have been arranged in chronological order.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.1. The Perfectionists, 1967-1971 and undated.

About 65 items.

Published in 1970. Originally called "The Beautiful French Family." Includes the short story version submitted to a writing workshop taught by Kurt Vonnegut; subsequent typescript drafts and the thesis version; notes; book reviews; the dust jacket; letters from the publisher; and congratulatory notes. See also Series 2.4 for additional book reviews.

Folder 1	Short story, 1967
Folder 2-4 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4	Draft, May 1967
Folder 5-8 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8	Draft, undated
Folder 9	Thesis, 1971: submitted to the University of Iowa in partial fulfillment of a doctorate in English literature
Folder 10	Notes, 1967-1969 and undated
Folder 11	Dust jacket: see also Series 1.5 for dust jacket to a subsequent edition
Folder 12	Letters, 1968-1971

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.1A. The Perfectionists, circa 1970 (Addition of 2014).

3 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Readers copy, proof copy, manuscript

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.2. Glass People, 1972.

10 items.

Published in 1972. Comprised of letters relating to book publicity and reviews. Includes a letter from Kurt Vonnegut. See also Series 1.5 for dust jacket and Series 2.4 for additional reviews.

Folder 13

Letters, 1972

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.3. The Odd Woman, 1972-1984 and undated.

75 items.

Published in 1974. Includes various undated typescript drafts and proof stages of the manuscript; notes; and publicity. Correspondence with the editor and other staff members at Knopf Publishing relates to publication of the novel and includes some reviews. Other correspondence includes an exchange with Nina Baym, upon whom the character of Sonia Marks is based, and a few writers who received publicity copies. See also Series 1.5 for dust jacket; Series 2.4 for additional book reviews; and Series 2.5 for fan letters, related publicity materials, and additional book reviews.

Folder 14-16 Folder 14 Folder 15 Folder 16	First draft
Folder 17a-17b	Early draft: 1905 section
Folder 18	Late draft: chapter one
Folder 19-27 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27	Setting manuscript
Folder 28	Uncorrected proof
Folder 29	Printer's proof
Folder 30-32 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32	Blues corrections
Folder 33-34 Folder 33 Folder 34	Notes, 1972-1973 and undated
Folder 35	Correspondence, 1974-1984

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.4. Dream Children, 1976.

3 items.

Published in 1976. Includes a contract for international publication and the jacket copy. See also Series 1.2.5 for stories included in this collection that were published individually and Series 2.4 for reviews.

Folder 36	Contract, 1976
Folder 37	Jacket copy

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.4A. Dream Children, 1984 (Addition of 2014).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Screenplay, 1984

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.5. Violet Clay, 1975-1978 and undated.

About 200 items.

Published in 1978. Earlier titles include "Children of Romantics" and "The Last Gothic Heroine." Materials include various undated typescript drafts and an uncorrected proof; notes on characterization, symbolism, and themes; and background research on travel, art, and artist motivations. Correspondence relates to manuscript changes; solicitation of reviews of the manuscript; attempts to sell excerpts to magazines; and discussion of possible titles. See also Series 2.4 for additional book reviews and Series 2.5 for fan mail, articles, other marketing materials, and additional reviews.

Folder 38	First draft
Folder 39	Second draft, October-December 1975
Folder 40	Other early drafts
Folder 41-47 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47	Semi-final draft
Folder 48-56 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56	Final draft
Folder 57	Draft fragments
Folder 58	Uncorrected proof, 1978
Folder 59-64 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64	Notes
Folder 65-66 Folder 65 Folder 66	Research
Folder 67	Correspondence, 1977-1978

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.6. A Mother and Two Daughters, 1979-1994 and undated.

About 300 items.

Published in 1982. Includes various undated typescript draft stages and an uncorrected proof; notes on character and themes; research on breast cancer, stroke, fire, measles, World War I military service, North Carolina beaches, apocalyptic events, television directors, bankers, pesticides, and feminism; and a publicity file with introductions to be read at book readings and signings. Correspondence with publisher relates to author's decision to be published by Viking Press. See also Series 2.1 for a writing notebook with related notes; Series 2.4 for reviews; Series 2.5 for related articles, fan mail, publicity materials, and additional reveiws; and Series 4.1.1 for research-related correspondence with Kathleen Cole, regarding the "old guard" of Asheville, N.C.

Folder 68	First draft, undated: short story
Folder 69	Second draft, spring 1979: short story
Folder 70-72 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72	First draft
Folder 73	Early draft fragments
Folder 74	Draft: Ocracoke section
Folder 75-84 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84	Final draft
Folder 85	Unrevised and unpublished proof, 1982
Folder 86-87 Folder 86 Folder 87	Notes: includes a 1979 notebook with chronology of events of the story
Folder 88-96 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96	Research
Folder 97	Publicity
Folder 98	Correspondence, 1980-1982; 1994

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.7. Mr. Bedford and the Muses, circa 1983.

5 items.

Published in 1983. Includes undated typescript drafts and various stages of proofs. See also Series 1.2.5 for drafts of individual stories; Series 2.4 for reviews; and Series 2.5 for reviews, notes, and correspondence with publisher and agent.

Folder 99-100 Folder 99 Folder 100	Semi-final draft
Folder 101-102 Folder 101 Folder 102	Final draft
Folder 103-106 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106	Setting manuscript
Folder 107-108 Folder 107 Folder 108	Galley proofs
Folder 109	Unrevised and unpublished proofs

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.8. The Finishing School, circa 1983-1998 and undated.

About 400 items.

Published in 1984. Includes several undated typescript drafts (one with comments from Robb Forman Dew) and stages of proofs; notes on plot, characterization, themes, and motivations; research, including notes and notebooks with information about plot, themes, scenes, and descriptions of characters; information on France, IBM, life in wartime London, American volunteers, child evacuation, convoys, music in Argentina, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and houseboats; and publicity materials. Correspondence pertains to publication of the novel. See also Series 1.5 for dust jacket; Series 2.4 for book reviews; and Series 2.5 for fan letters, marketing materials, a published excerpt of the novel, and additional book reviews.

Folder 110-112 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112	Early drafts
Folder 113-116 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116	Semi-final draft
Folder 117-119 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119	Draft: with Robb Forman Dew's comments
Folder 120-126 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125 Folder 126	Final draft
Folder 127	Unrevised and unpublished proof
Folder 128	Uncorrected book proof
Folder 129-132 Folder 129 Folder 130 Folder 131 Folder 132	Notes
Folder 133-145 Folder 133 Folder 134 Folder 135 Folder 136 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141 Folder 142 Folder 143 Folder 144 Folder 145	Research
Folder 146-147 Folder 146 Folder 147	Publicity
Folder 148	Correspondence, circa 1983; 1998

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.9. A Southern Family, 1985-1988 and undated.

100 items.

Published in 1987. Includes various undated typescript drafts and stages of proofs; notes and notebooks on character, themes, and copyediting; a plan for writing the novel; research materials on forestry and teaching history; folders for early drafts of chapters, with timelines for pages written. Correspondence relates to domestic and international publishing of novel; attempts to sell excerpts of novel to magazines; cover art; advertising, publicity materials, and marketing plans; and reader responses. See also Series 1.5 for dust jacket; Series 2.4 for reviews; Series 2.5 for marketing materials, some correspondence, articles, and additional reviews; and Series 4.5.2 for additional research materials on Tommy Cole, upon whom the character of Theo Quick is based.

Folder 149-163 Folder 149 Folder 150 Folder 151 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162 Folder 163	Draft
Folder 164-173 Folder 164 Folder 165 Folder 166 Folder 167 Folder 168 Folder 169 Folder 170 Folder 171 Folder 172 Folder 173	Setting manuscript
Folder 174-180 Folder 174 Folder 175 Folder 176 Folder 177 Folder 178 Folder 179 Folder 180	Author's galleys
Folder 181-186 Folder 181 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184 Folder 185 Folder 186	Editor's galleys
Folder 187-193 Folder 187 Folder 188 Folder 189 Folder 190 Folder 191 Folder 192 Folder 193	Final proof
Folder 194	Final corrections
Folder 195-210 Folder 195 Folder 196 Folder 197 Folder 198 Folder 199 Folder 200 Folder 201 Folder 202 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205 Folder 206 Folder 207 Folder 208 Folder 209 Folder 210	Notes
Folder 211	Plan for writing
Folder 212	Research
Folder 213	Folders
Folder 214	Correspondence, 1985-1988 and undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.9A. A Southern Family, 1987 (Addition of 2014).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.10. Father Melancholy's Daughter, 1990-1999 and undated.

About 110 items.

Published in 1991. First called "Vinca." Includes various undated typescript drafts and stages of proofs; notes on character, plot, themes, and sentence drafts, with a plan for the novel and "blue papers," or reports, on what the author knew about her characters; research on women in theater, scenic design, and religion; sketches; and folders, some decorated, with time lines of pages written. Correspondence relates to publication, reviews, advertising, and cover design. There are some letters from fans, including clergy. See also Series 1.5 for dust jacket; Series 2.1 for a writing notebook with related notes; Series 2.4 for additional book reviews; and Series 2.5 for marketing materials, related correspondence, and additional reviews.

Folder 215-220 Folder 215 Folder 216 Folder 217 Folder 218 Folder 219 Folder 220	Early drafts ("Vinca"): Prologue
Folder 221-227 Folder 221 Folder 222 Folder 223 Folder 224 Folder 225 Folder 226 Folder 227	Early draft
Folder 228-240 Folder 228 Folder 229 Folder 230 Folder 231 Folder 232 Folder 233 Folder 234 Folder 235 Folder 236 Folder 237 Folder 238 Folder 239 Folder 240	Final draft
Folder 241-247 Folder 241 Folder 242 Folder 243 Folder 244 Folder 245 Folder 246 Folder 247	Setting manuscript
Folder 248-251 Folder 248 Folder 249 Folder 250 Folder 251	Author's galleys
Folder 252-255 Folder 252 Folder 253 Folder 254 Folder 255	Master proof
Folder 256-267 Folder 256 Folder 257 Folder 258 Folder 259 Folder 260 Folder 261 Folder 262 Folder 263 Folder 264 Folder 265 Folder 266 Folder 267	Notes
Folder 268-272 Folder 268 Folder 269 Folder 270 Folder 271 Folder 272	Research
Folder 273	Sketches
Folder 274-276 Folder 274 Folder 275 Folder 276	Folders
Folder 277-278 Folder 277 Folder 278	Correspondence, 1990-1991
Folder 279	Fan mail, 1991-1995: received from clergy
Folder 280	Fan mail, 1991-1999 and undated
Folder 281	Book tour

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.10A. Father Melancholy's Daughter, circa 1991 (Addition of 2006).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1049-1054

Folder 1049

Folder 1050

Folder 1051

Folder 1052

Folder 1053

Folder 1054

Final draft

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.10A. Father Melancholy's Daughter, 1991 (Addition of 2014).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.11. The Good Husband, 1993-1997 and undated.

About 400 items.

Published in 1994. First called "Misericord." Includes various typescript drafts and stages of proofs; notes on themes and characters, including comments from Robert Starer; research on monastic life, seminaries, misericords, parenting of gay and lesbian children, cancers, and illiteracy; and draft folders, decorated with misericords, with time lines of writing for each chapter. Correspondence pertains to the dedications, cover art, editing, and marketing materials; feedback from editor, publisher, and John Irving; and a letter from "Alice," who served as inspiration for the character in the novel. In addition, there are fan letters; media materials used in preparation for book tour and interviews; book tour materials, including notes, itineraries, and a journal with a record of impressions of her agent, interviews, hotels, meals, travel, conversations, readings and signings, and fans; and reviews. See also Series 2.1 for a writing notebook with related notes; Series 2.4 for additional reviews; and Series 3.2 for more fan mail.

Folder 282	Early drafts (incomplete)
Folder 283-285 Folder 283 Folder 284 Folder 285	Early drafts ("Misericord")
Folder 286-293 Folder 286 Folder 287 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290 Folder 291 Folder 292 Folder 293	Unrevised manuscript
Folder 294-302 Folder 294 Folder 295 Folder 296 Folder 297 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300 Folder 301 Folder 302	Master copy
Folder 303-312 Folder 303 Folder 304 Folder 305 Folder 306 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310 Folder 311 Folder 312	Final I
Folder 313-321 Folder 313 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321	Final II
Folder 322-323 Folder 322 Folder 323	Uncorrected proof
Folder 324-325 Folder 324 Folder 325	Notes
Folder 326-333 Folder 326 Folder 327 Folder 328 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331 Folder 332 Folder 333	Research
Folder 334-338 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337 Folder 338	Folders
Folder 339	Correspondence, August 1993-January 1994
Folder 340	Correspondence, February 1994-May 1995
Folder 341	Fan letters, 1994-1997
Folder 342	Media blitz
Folder 343	Book tour: includes itineraries and notes
Folder 344	Book tour journal
Folder 345-347 Folder 345 Folder 346 Folder 347	Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.11A. The Good Husband, 2002-2003, 2010 (Additions of 2006 and 2017).

5 items.

Folder 1055

Correspondence, 2002-2003

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1259

Correspondence, 2010

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.11A. The Good Husband, 1994 (Addition of 2014).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.12. Evensong, 1996-2000 and undated.

about 550 items.

Published in 1999. First called "Vespertide," then "An Evening Gone." Includes various typescript drafts; notes on character, theme, chapter organization, and notepads with sentence and phrase drafts; background research materials on St. Mary's parish, the history of Asheville, N.C., spirituality and religious beliefs, Cloisters, England, music, General Theological Seminary, Holy Week, burial instructions, and other ministerial materials; Advent journal of The Reverend Janet Vincent-Scaringe; folders decorated for each chapter draft; and book reviews. Personal and professional correspondence pertains to publication of the book and includes some publicity materials. In addition, there is fan mail. See also Series 1.5 for dust jacket; Series 2.4 for additional book reviews; and Series 2.3.1 for materials related to the book tour.

Folder 348	Early draft ("Vespertide")
Folder 349-352 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352	Early draft fragments
Folder 353-358 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358	Early draft
Folder 359-366 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366	Pre-edited draft
Folder 367-381 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381	Corrected manuscript
Folder 382-389 Folder 382 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386 Folder 387 Folder 388 Folder 389	Notes
Folder 390-409 Folder 390 Folder 391 Folder 392 Folder 393 Folder 394 Folder 395 Folder 396 Folder 397 Folder 398 Folder 399 Folder 400 Folder 401 Folder 402 Folder 403 Folder 404 Folder 405 Folder 406 Folder 407 Folder 408 Folder 409	Research
Folder 410-411 Folder 410 Folder 411	Working copy of Father Melancholy's Daughter
Folder 412-418 Folder 412 Folder 413 Folder 414 Folder 415 Folder 416 Folder 417 Folder 418	Folders
Folder 419-421 Folder 419 Folder 420 Folder 421	Reviews
Folder 422	Correspondence, December 1996-May 1998
Folder 423	Correspondence, June-December 1998
Folder 424	Correspondence, January-February 1999
Folder 425	Correspondence, March-April 1999
Folder 426	Correspondence, May 1999-July 2000 and undated
Folder 427	Fan mail, 1998-1999

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.13. Heart, 2000-2001 and undated.

About 550 items.

Published in 2001. Includes various undated typescript drafts; notes for phone interviews and a marketing pamphlet; research on cardiology and ideas about the heart; an idea journal; illustrations; publicity materials; and book reviews. Correspondence pertains to publication and marketing of the book. See also series 1.5 for dust jacket.

Folder 428	Early draft
Folder 429-433 Folder 429 Folder 430 Folder 431 Folder 432 Folder 433	First draft
Folder 434	Manuscript plan
Folder 435-453 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437 Folder 438 Folder 439 Folder 440 Folder 441 Folder 442 Folder 443 Folder 444 Folder 445 Folder 446 Folder 447 Folder 448 Folder 449 Folder 450 Folder 451 Folder 452 Folder 453	Notes and research
Folder 454	Idea journal
Folder 455	Illustrations
Folder 456	Publicity materials: see also cassette of Diane Rehm Show , March 2001, in Series 5.1
Folder 457	Reviews
Folder 458	Correspondence, April-June 2000
Folder 459	Correspondence, July-August 2000
Folder 460	Correspondence, September-December 2000
Folder 461	Correspondence, January-March 2001

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.13A. Heart, 2000-2001 (Addition of 2006).

About 30 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1056-1058 Folder 1056 Folder 1057 Folder 1058	Manuscript I
Folder 1059-1061 Folder 1059 Folder 1060 Folder 1061	Manuscript II
Folder 1062	Manuscript (electronic version/FD-5055/1)
Folder 1063-1065 Folder 1063 Folder 1064 Folder 1065	Page Proofs I
Folder 1066-1068 Folder 1066 Folder 1067 Folder 1068	Page Proofs II
Folder 1069	Paperback cover (Bloomsbury PBKS edition)
Folder 1070	Publicity materials
Folder 1071	Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.14A. Evenings at Five, 2002-2004 and undated (Addition of 2006).

About 200 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1072	Manuscript I
Folder 1073	Manuscript II
Folder 1074	Manuscript III
Folder 1075	Manuscript IV
Folder 1076	Page proofs, first pass
Folder 1077	Page proofs, second pass
Folder 1078	Confirming page proofs
Folder 1079-1081 Folder 1079 Folder 1080 Folder 1081	Evenings at Five: A Novel and Five Stories (2004): Page proofs
Folder 1082	Audio book script
Folder 1083-1084 Folder 1083 Folder 1084	Correspondence and publicity, 2002-2004 and undated
Folder 1085	Email
Folder 1086-1087 Folder 1086 Folder 1087	Frances Halsband/Illustrations
Folder 1088	Notepad
Folder 1089-1090 Folder 1089 Folder 1090	Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.14A. Evenings at Five, 2007-2008 (Addition of 2014).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Publicity

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.15A. Queen of the Underworld, 1959-1961, 2000-2006 (Addition of 2006).

About 550 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1091	Early draft: Chapters 1-3, 6 June 2002
Folder 1092-1094 Folder 1092 Folder 1093 Folder 1094	Editor's galleys, April 2005 With Nancy Miller's corrections and queries
Folder 1095-1096 Folder 1095 Folder 1096	Galley proof, undated
Folder 1097	Art
Folder 1098-1099 Folder 1098 Folder 1099	Audio book script (abridged)
Folder 1100	Journal (Miami), June 1959-October 1960 Typescript copy; original is filed in Series 9
Folder 1101-1103 Folder 1101 Folder 1102 Folder 1103	Gail Godwin's Miami Herald stories Chiefly from Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale bureaus
Folder 1104	Notebook, 2000
Folder 1105-1106 Folder 1105 Folder 1106	Notebook, August 2004 Notes for the final 100 pages of Queen of the Underworld
Folder 1107	Notebook, September 2004
Folder 1108-1113 Folder 1108 Folder 1109 Folder 1110 Folder 1111 Folder 1112 Folder 1113	Notepads
Folder 1114	Notes, 2000-2002
Folder 1115	Notes, 2003
Folder 1116	Notes, 2004
Folder 1117	Notes, 2004-2005 and undated
Folder 1118	News events of June-August 1959
Folder 1119	Don Waldo, 2004
Folder 1120	Stella, 2004
Folder 1121	Other writings by Gail Godwin, 1959, 1961 "The Raising of Lazarus," an unpublished story written in Miami, and "Trip Across East Germany Not Easy, Reporter Finds," Asheville Citizen-Times, 24 December 1961
Folder 1122	Publicity
Folder 1123	Deleted sections
Folder 1124	Research: Cuba, Cubans, Cuban surnames
Folder 1125	Research: Miami, Miami Beach, 1959
Folder 1126-1131 Folder 1126 Folder 1127 Folder 1128 Folder 1129 Folder 1130 Folder 1131	Research: Miami Herald, June-August 1959
Folder 1132-1134 Folder 1132 Folder 1133 Folder 1134	Research: Miami night life, June-August 1959
Folder 1135-1136 Folder 1135 Folder 1136	Research: Minot Jelke case
Folder 1137	Research: Newspaper industry history
Folder 1138	Research: Perfume
Folder 1139	Research: Miscellaneous
Folder 1140	Research: Useful for second half of novel
Folder 1141	Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.15A. Queen of the Underworld, 2004-2007 (Addition of 2014).

About 100 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Manuscripts, reviews, publicity, book club

Includes materials relating to The Making of a Writer and contract with Ballantine Books.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.16A. The Making of a Writer, 2003-2006 (Addition of 2006).

About 200 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Note that the correspondence includes draft material. See also Series 1.1.15. for publicity materials relating to both Queen of the Underworld and The Making of a Writer.

Folder 1142	Draft: Journals 2, 3, 4
Folder 1143	Draft: Journals 5(2), 6
Folder 1144	Draft: Journal 7(2)
Folder 1145	Draft: Journals 8, 9, 12
Folder 1146	Draft: Journals 13, 14, 15
Folder 1147	Draft: Journal 16
Folder 1148	Draft: Journals 17, 17.5
Folder 1149	Draft: Journal 18, 18.5, 19
Folder 1150	Manuscript I, parts 1-5
Folder 1151	Manuscript II, parts 2-6
Folder 1152-1153 Folder 1152 Folder 1153	Manuscript III
Folder 1154-1156 Folder 1154 Folder 1155 Folder 1156	Manuscript IV
Folder 1157-1159 Folder 1157 Folder 1158 Folder 1159	Manuscript V
Folder 1160-1162 Folder 1160 Folder 1161 Folder 1162	Page proofs, 2nd pass
Folder 1163-1164 Folder 1163 Folder 1164	Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2003
Folder 1165-1167 Folder 1165 Folder 1166 Folder 1167	Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2004
Folder 1168	Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2005
Folder 1169	Reviews
Folder 1170	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.16A. The Making of a Writer, 2009 (Addition of 2014).

1 item

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110

Manuscript

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.16A. The Making of a Writer, undated (Addition of 2018).

1 item

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 112

Manuscript for Working on the Ending: Diaries, 2001-2005

Edited by Rob Neufeld; part 1 of a 3 part project that is part of The Making of a Writer.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.17A. Unfinished Desires, 2004-2011 (Additions of 2009 and 2017).

About 50 items.

The addition is comprised of the original final draft of "The Red Nun: A Tale of Unfinished Desires" (retitled Unfinished Desires for publication), related notes, and reviews and correspondence.

Folder 1241-1253

Folder 1241

Folder 1242

Folder 1243

Folder 1244

Folder 1245

Folder 1246

Folder 1247

Folder 1248

Folder 1249

Folder 1250

Folder 1251

Folder 1252

Folder 1253

Final draft, circa 2008

Acquisitions Information: Accession 101178

Without prologue; before reformatting and cut suggestions; 837 pages

Folder 1254-1258

Folder 1254

Folder 1255

Folder 1256

Folder 1257

Folder 1258

Notes, 2004-2008

Acquisitions Information: Accession 101178

Folder 1260

Reviews and correspondence, 2010-2011

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.17A. Unfinished Desires, 1999-2010 (Addition of 2014).

About 100 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 110-111

Box 110

Box 111

Manuscript, notebook, publicity, interviews, reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.18A. Flora, 2012 (Addition of 2014).

5 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 111

Manuscript

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.18A. Flora, 2008-2013 (Addition of 2017).

About 50 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Comprised of drafts of Flora, related notes, and publicity.

Folder 1261-1263 Folder 1261 Folder 1262 Folder 1263	Next to final draft, 2011-2012 With prologue and veerings.
Folder 1264	Early notes, undated
Folder 1265	Notebook, 11 December 2008-31 August 2011
Folder 1266-1267 Folder 1266 Folder 1267	Research folders, 2009-2010
Folder 1268	"Flora I" notebook, 19 August 2009-19 May 2011
Folder 1269	"Flora II" notebook, 22 May 2011-4 September 2011
Folder 1270	"Flora III" notebook, 26 September 2011-8 February 2012
Folder 1271-1272 Folder 1271 Folder 1272	Reviews, interviews, and readings on tour, 2013

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.18A. Flora, 2009 (Addition of 2018).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 112

Drawings

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.19A. Publishing: A Writer's Memoir, 2014 (Addition of 2017).

2 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Comprised of the original final draft of Publishing: A Writer's Memoir and related notes and research.

Folder 1273-1274

Folder 1273

Folder 1274

Final draft, 2014

Folder 1275

Notebook, undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.20A. Grief Cottage, 2012-2016 (Addition of 2006).

About 40 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Comprised of original drafts of Grief Cottage and related notes and research.

Folder 1276-1278 Folder 1276 Folder 1277 Folder 1278	Next to final draft, 7 September 2015 No epilogue yet; other additions not here; with Moses Cardona's edits.
Folder 1279-1280 Folder 1279 Folder 1280	Final draft, July 2016 With epilogue and Nancy Miller's notes
Folder 1281-1282 Folder 1281 Folder 1282	Research and early writing, 2012-2015
Folder 1283	"Grief Cottage II" notebook, 12 September-25 October 2014
Folder 1284	"Grief Cottage III" notebook, 22 October 2014-8 July 2015
Folder 1285.	"Grief Cottage IV" notebook, 11 February 2015-6 July 2016

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.20A. Grief Cottage, 2015 (Addition of 2018).

About 20 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 112

Composition notebook, research, publicity, reviews, and drawings.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1A. Published Writings, 1970-2017 (Addition of 2018).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 114-115

Box 114

Box 115

Signed copies of hardback publications

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Other Published Writing, 1970-2000.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: by genre.

Materials include published book reviews, essays, excerpts of novels and novellas, libretti, and short stories, with some related correspondence.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2.1. Book Reviews, 1970-1994.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Reviews written by Gail Godwin and published in the Chicago Tribune Book World , New Republic, New York Times , New York Times Book Review, and North American Review. Authors reviewed include James Agee, Nina Baym, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Pat Conroy, Shirley Ann Grau, Doris Lessing, Joyce Carol Oates, Walker Percy, Reynolds Price, Mary Lee Settle, Paul Theroux, Anne Tyler, John Updike, and Shirley Fay Weldon.

Folder 462	1970-1975
Folder 463	1976-1977
Folder 464	1978-1982
Folder 465	1983-1984
Folder 466	1985
Folder 467	1987-1994

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2.2. Essays, 1971-2000.

About 40 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Essays and incidental pieces published in magazines and journals such as Antaeus, Art and Antiques, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Gourmet, Harper's, James Joyce Quarterly, Ms., New Times, New York Times Book Review , and The Writer; as introductions to novels; in book length collections of essays; and online. It is not clear where some of the essays were published. Includes some related correspondence.

Folder 468	"To Noble Companions," 1973
Folder 469	"Towards a Fully Human Heroine: Some Worknotes," 1973
Folder 470	"If She Hadn't Called Herself George Eliot, Would We Have heard of Marian Evans?" 1974
Folder 471	"The Iowa Experience," 1974
Folder 472	"The Southern Woman: A Beguiling Stereotype," 1974-1975
Folder 473	"Fiction in the Year 2000," 1975
Folder 474	"Finding the Right Shape for your Story," 1975
Folder 475	"A Diarist on Diarists," 1975
Folder 476	"The Haunted Interior," 1975
Folder 477	"Discovering the Form for Your Fiction," 1976
Folder 478	"The Watcher at the Gates," 1977
Folder 479	"Southern Men, Southern Lies," 1977
Folder 480	"Inner and Outer Landscapes," 1978
Folder 481	"A Writing Woman," 1979
Folder 482	"Being on Everybody's Side," 1979
Folder 483	"My Face," 1981
Folder 484	"Keeping Track: Journal Excerpts: 1962-1981," 1981
Folder 485	"God Bless You, Kurt Vonnegut," 1982
Folder 486	"Becoming the Characters in Your Novel," 1982
Folder 487	"Hers," 1982: series of four essays published in the New York Times
Folder 488	"Introduction to Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses," 1984: correspondence only
Folder 489	"Antiques Tell a Tale," 1985
Folder 490	"A Novelist Sings A Different Tune," 1985
Folder 491	"How I Write," 1985
Folder 492	"Six Decades at Yaddo," 1986
Folder 493	Untitled, 1987: on reviewing books
Folder 494	"Journals, 1982-1987," 1987
Folder 495	"What Should the Candidates Be Reading This Summer," 1988
Folder 496	"My Mother, the Writer: Master of a Thousand Disguises," 1989
Folder 497	Foreword to Sawdust and Incense: Worlds that Shape a Priest , 1989
Folder 498	"Angel of Revelation," 1990
Folder 499	Introduction to You Can't Go Home Again, 1990
Folder 500	"Nightwalk," 1992
Folder 501	"The Girl in the Basement," in Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self Portraits, 1995
Folder 502	"Uncle Orphy," 1996
Folder 503	"A Book that [Really Did] Change My Life," 1998
Folder 504	"The Situation of American Writing, in American Literary History," 1999
Folder 505	"A Memorable Meal of Friends and Food," 1999
Folder 506	"Kurt Vonnegut: Waltzing with the Black Crayon," 1999
Folder 507	"The Pleasures of Reading," 199?
Folder 508	Introduction to Fifth Business, 2000

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2.3. Excerpted Novels and Short Story Collections, 1978-1981.

4 items.

Published excerpts from novels and short story collections, including "The Fate of Fleeing Maidens" (from Violet Clay); "Violet Clay" (from Violet Clay); "The Unlikely Family" (from Mr. Bedford and the Muses); and "A Mother and Two Daughters" (from A Mother and Two Daughters ).

Folder 509

1978-1981

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2.4. Libretti, 1975-2000.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Text and music collaborations with composer Robert Starer.

Folder 510	"The Last Lover," 1975
Folder 511	"Journals of a Songmaker," 1976
Folder 512	"Apollonia," 1978-1979
Folder 513	"Remembering Felix," 1987
Folder 514	"Gregory the Great: A Vespers Pageant," 1996
Folder 515	"The Other Voice," 1998
Folder 516	Miscellaneous, 1992-1993; 2000; and undated: chiefly Episcopal parish bulletins relating to performances, including "Magdalen at the Tomb"

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2.5. Short Stories, 1969-1995 and undated.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Includes drafts and tearsheets of short stories published in magazines such as Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Harpers, McCall's, Ms., Redbook, and USA Weekend. Some stories later appeared in Godwin's short story collections, Dream Children and Mr. Bedford and the Muses . A small amount of related correspondence is included.

Folder 517a	"St. George," 1969
Folder 517b	"Liza's Leaf Tower," 1969
Folder 518	"The Dandelion, a Hardy Soul, Far from Its Proper Home," circa 1970
Folder 519	"An Intermediate Stop," 1970: in Dream Children ; republished in 1995 in Trinity News; see also Series 1.3.3 for an early version of this story
Folder 520	"A Sorrowful Woman," 1971: published again in Dream Children
Folder 521	"For Samuel Beckett: More," 1971
Folder 522	"Interstices," 1972: in Dream Children
Folder 523	"My Lover, His Summer Vacation," 1972: published again in Dream Children
Folder 524	"Layover," 1973: in Dream Children
Folder 525	"The Woman Who Kept Her Poet," 1973: in Dream Children
Folder 526	"False Lights," 1975: published again in Dream Children
Folder 527	"Nobody's Home," 1975: published again in Dream Children
Folder 528	"The Angry Year," 1975: in Dream Children
Folder 529	"Dream Children," 1976: in Dream Children
Folder 530	"Indulgences," 1976, in Dream Children
Folder 531	"A Cultural Exchange," 1978: see also Series 1.3.3 for an earlier version of this story
Folder 532	"A Tale of the Literary Life," 1979: originally entitled "Amanuensis" (see folder 534)
Folder 533	"Over the Mountain," 1983
Folder 534	"Amanuensis," circa 1983: in Mr. Bedford and the Muses ; originally published as "A Tale of the Literary Life" (see folder 532)
Folder 535	"A Father's Pleasures," circa 1983: in Mr. Bedford and the Muses
Folder 536	"St. John," circa 1983: in Mr. Bedford and the Muses
Folder 537	"Last Summer on Pelican Island," 1995

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2.6A. Solo Notes, 2011 (Addition of 2006).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Solo Notes is a work in progress comprised of Gail Godwin's journal entries, and is intended as a companion to The Making of a Writer. Some of the entries have been published online. This collection contains correspondence between Godwin and Rob Neufeld regarding the editing of the collection.

Folder 1286

Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2011

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2A. Other Published Writing, 1970s-2000s (Addition of 2014).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 111

The Rising of Lazarus, Anna Margarita's Will, Jane the Provider, Tale Teller, Tracking the Storm, Iowa Story, and other essays and reviews.

Also includes a photocopy of "Gull Key."

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2A. Other Published Writing, 2015 (Addition of 2018).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 113

Writings about Robert Starer and Grief Cottage

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3. Unpublished and Abandoned Writings, 1962-1993 and undated.

About 165 items.

Arrangement: by genre.

Includes unpublished and abandoned novels, novellas, short stories, and story ideas. See also Series 4.3 for other earlier unpublished writing.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.1. Novels, 1962-1993.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Includes typescript and handwritten drafts, notes and notebooks, and research for unpublished and abandoned novels.

Folder 538-539 Folder 538 Folder 539	"Gull Key," 1962: the author's first novel and the only copy in existence; based on first marriage
Folder 540-542 Folder 540 Folder 541 Folder 542	"Possibilitarian," 1966: also called "The Gift of Insight" and "The Ruptured Link"; based on author's father, Mose W. Godwin; first draft handwritten in notebook
Folder 543	"The Interviewer," 1974: also called "Castle"; includes note to self on beginning a novel
Folder 544-546 Folder 544 Folder 545 Folder 546	"The Last of the Nightingales," 1977: three notebooks containing first draft and notes of a romance story
Folder 547	"A Woman of Property," 197?: abandoned, and then revisited in 1987 as "Castles" in a note to self
Folder 548	"Gotham," 1983: notes for a novel not written
Folder 549	"The Very Rich Hours of Freddy Stratton," 1988-1989: correspondence and clippings gathered for unwritten novel; Freddy Stratton first appeared as a minor character in A Southern Family and later as a character in "My Last Protégé"
Folder 550	"My Last Protégé," 1991: draft 1
Folder 551	"My Last Protégé," 1991: draft 2
Folder 552-555 Folder 552 Folder 553 Folder 554 Folder 555	"My Last Protégé," 1991: two notebooks with sketches, quotes, character studies, photographs, and chapter notes; heroine Augusta Eubanks later appears in Evensong
Folder 556-559 Folder 556 Folder 557 Folder 558 Folder 559	"My Last Protégé," 1991: research notes on jobs for Edmund; funeral for Freddy Stratton; and architecture; includes correspondence and clippings
Folder 560-561 Folder 560 Folder 561	"My Last Protégé," 1991: illustrated folders for drafts and writing log
Folder 562	"My Last Protégé," 1991: clippings
Folder 563	"A Book of Hours," 1993: notes for a novel

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3A. The Guardian's Tale, 2013 (Addition of 2018).

About 10 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 113

Drafts and notebooks

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.2. Novellas, 1970s.

2 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Typescript drafts of unpublished novellas.

Folder 564	"Summer Suite," 1979?
Folder 565	"Godchild," 197?: unfinished

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.3. Short Stories, 1970-1976 and undated.

About 15 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly undated stories, probably written while Godwin was a student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Multiple drafts exist for some items.

Folder 566	"The Illumined Moment, and Consequences," circa 1970: early draft of "An Intermediate Stop," 1970, in Series 1.2.5.
Folder 567	"Summons to a Brimstone Farm," 1970
Folder 568	"A Dollar's Worth of Hygge," circa 1970: early draft of "A Cultural Exchange," 1978, in Series 1.2.5.
Folder 569	"The Man on the Sofa," circa 1970
Folder 570	"A Day of Projects for the Unemployed Angel," circa 1970
Folder 571	"Crackup at Chipmunk Lake," 1976
Folder 572	"A Dream of Insurrection," undated
Folder 573	"First Love," undated
Folder 574	"Incorrigible Hearts," undated
Folder 575	"The Money Twins," undated
Folder 576	Empty
Folder 577	"Stalemate," undated
Folder 578	"Wednesday," undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.4. Financial Materials, 1982-1996.

About 400 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly accounts payable notices from Gail Godwin's agent, John Hawkins, for royalties received for written works and earnings from appearances. Also included is a record of unearned advances.

Folder 579	1982-1983
Folder 580	1984
Folder 581	1985
Folder 582	1986
Folder 583	1987
Folder 584	1988
Folder 585	1989
Folder 586	1990
Folder 587	1991
Folder 588	1992
Folder 589	1993
Folder 590	1994
Folder 591	1995
Folder 592	1996
Folder 593	Unearned advances, 1984-1987

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.5. Miscellaneous Writings and Other Publishing-Related Materials, 1974-2001.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Materials include incidental writings and writing fragments, a collection of essays gathered for a possible book, and dust jackets.

Folder 594

1974-1989 and undated: incidental writings and writing fragments that may or may not have been published previously. Titles include "To Three Friends Who Died Within the Year"; "10 Sept. 1989"; "June Eighteenth"; "A Soiree in Gotham"; "What's Really Going On"; and "The Witch's Treasure"

Folder 595

1994: letter from Gail Godwin to her agent, John Hawkins, soliciting interest in marketing a collection of her previously published essays on writing; enclosures are her suggested essays

Folder 596-597

Folder 596

Folder 597

Dust jackets: The Perfectionists, Glass People, The Odd Woman, The Finishing School, A Southern Family , Father Melancholy's Daughter, Evensong, and Heart

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.5A. Miscellaneous Writings and Other Publishing-Related Materials, undated (Addition of 2006).

2 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1171	St. Gregory's Parish Lives: Marie Dunphy
Folder 1172	"Discoveries in a Sacred Space": Foreward by Gail Godwin

Expand/collapse 2. Project Files, 1970-2001 and undated.

About 1600 items.

Materials include writing notebooks; notes on writing and teaching; publicity materials; book reviews; scrapbooks; photograph albums; research notes; family history; scholarly writings about Gail Godwin; drawings; and materials related to St. Hilda's Press.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Writing Notebooks, 1975-1994 and undated.

About 25 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly notebooks kept while traveling, with commentaries on friends visited, fellow travelers, self-esteem, notes on characters and themes for novels, and dreams. Includes some notes and research for A Mother and Two Daughters, Father Melancholy's Daughter, and The Good Husband .

Folder 598	1975: trip to Norway; notes on diaries, diarists, and other writers
Folder 599	1979: notes on A Mother and Two Daughters
Folder 600	1981: reflections on self-esteem while visiting with family and friends in Selma, Ala., and Raleigh, N.C.
Folder 601	1983?: visiting with family in Selma, Ala.
Folder 602	1984: trip to France and Switzerland
Folder 603	June 1989: trip to England with notes for Father Melancholy's Daughter
Folder 604	July 1989: "Journey into Wholeness" at Kanuga Conference Center; reflections on personality type and archetypal images
Folder 605	1980s I: trip to Selma, Ala., and Asheville, N.C.; commentary on friends and family
Folder 606	1980s II: trip to London
Folder 607	1980s III: publicity trip to Richmond, Va.
Folder 608	1991: cruise with Book of the Month Club to British Isles; includes notes on a story idea that would become "Misericord" ( The Good Husband )
Folder 609-610 Folder 609 Folder 610	May-June 1993: trip to England with Father Gale Webbe and the Reverend David Bronson; two notebooks with enclosures
Folder 611-613 Folder 611 Folder 612 Folder 613	Empty
Folder 614	1994: travel related to book publishing with Ballantine Books; how to present self to others

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Notes on Writing and Teaching, 1970s-1980s.

About 50 items.

Chiefly materials gathered for "Mysteries of the Writing Life," a seminar given at Manhattanville College in 1988. Includes texts and notes of lectures, presentations, and articles given in previous appearances at Breadloaf, New York University, Mars Hill College, and other institutions; also some miscellaneous materials accumulated while teaching. See also Series 2.3.1 for text of speech given at this seminar.

Folder 615-618

Folder 615

Folder 616

Folder 617

Folder 618

Notes on writing and teaching

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2A. Notes on Writing and Teaching, 2015 (Addition of 2017).

5 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Materials gathered for "Stuck: A Writer's Companion to the Dark Days," a master class given at Kratz Center for Creative Writing at Goucher College in 2015. Included are texts and notes for the class.

Folder 1287	Notebook, 2015
Folder 1288	Notes and drafts, 2015

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Publicity, 1982-1996.

About 750 items.

Materials pertain to Gail Godwin's appearances and speaking engagements, awards and honors received, and interviews and articles written about her. Includes correspondence, brochures, posters, and clippings. See also Series 5 for related audio-visual materials.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3.1. Appearances and Speaking Engagements, 1972-1999.

About 400 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Materials include text of some speeches given at appearances and speaking engagements with related correspondence; may include materials from award presentations and writing conferences, workshops, and lectures; some materials in Swedish.

Folder 619	1972-1978 and undated: except 1976 South American tour
Folder 620	1976: South American tour as American Specialist for the United States Information Service of the State Department
Folder 621	1980-1983: except 1981 Frankfurt, Germany, book fair
Folder 622	1981: Frankfurt, Germany, Book Fair
Folder 623	1984-1987: except University of North Carolina at Greensboro commencement
Folder 624	1987: University of North Carolina at Greensboro commencement
Folder 625	1988: includes text of speech given at Manhattanville College seminar on "The Mysteries of the Writing Life." See also Series 2.2 for background materials gathered for this seminar
Folder 626	1989-1990
Folder 627	1991: except Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction gala
Folder 628	1991: Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction gala
Folder 629	1992
Folder 630	1993-1994: except book promotion trip to Stockholm, Sweden
Folder 631	1994: promotion of The Good Husband in Stockholm, Sweden
Folder 632	1996-1997
Folder 633	1998: Trinity Institute
Folder 634	1999-2001 and undated: except Dekoven Center and Trinity Conference Center; Evensong book tour; Kanuga Conference; and Peace College
Folder 635	1999: DeKoven Center writers workshop and Trinity Conference Center retreat for women in the ministry
Folder 636	1999: Evensong book tour
Folder 637-638 Folder 637 Folder 638	1999: Kanuga Conference on the Faith and Fiction of Gail Godwin
Folder 639	1999: Peace College visiting scholar

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3.2. Awards and Honors, 1975-1994.

About 20 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Honors include Guggenheim fellowship, 1976; a citation from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1981; a distinguished alumni award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988; several honorary degrees; and other awards.

Folder 640

Awards and honors, 1975-1994

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3.2A. Awards and Honors, 2005 (Addition of 2006).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Folder 1173

Awards and honors, 2005

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3.3. Clippings, 1970-2000.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Interviews, feature articles, advertising, and a small amount of correspondence related to Gail Godwin and her published books.

Folder 641	1970-1973
Folder 642	1976-1978
Folder 643	1980-1982
Folder 644	1983
Folder 645	1984
Folder 646	1985
Folder 647	1986: includes an interview with John Irving for Paris Review
Folder 648	1987: includes publicity for A Southern Family
Folder 649	1987: Book of the Month Club interview
Folder 650	1988
Folder 651	1989
Folder 652-653 Folder 652 Folder 653	1990-1993: includes publicity for Father Melancholy's Daughter
Folder 654	1994-1995
Folder 655	1996-1997
Folder 656	1998-2000

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3.4. Other Publicity Materials, 1970s-1980s.

About 25 items.

Posters advertising upcoming readings and talks, and correspondence and marketing materials related to the Gail Godwin room at the Richmond Hill Inn.

Folder 657

Posters, 1970s-1980s

Folder 658

Richmond Hill Inn, 1988-1989

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3A. Publicity, 2000s (Addition of 2014).

About 100 items.

Box 111-112

Box 111

Box 112

Speaking engagements, awards and honors, National Book Award, Pen Faulkner, National Book Festival, newspaper articles, interviews

Oversize Box OB-5055/1

Magazine interview

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.4. Book Reviews, 1970-1994.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

A small sampling of reviews of Gail Godwin's novels and short story collections. See also Series 1.1 and Series 2.5 for additional reviews.

Folder 659	The Perfectionists
Folder 660	Glass People
Folder 661	The Odd Woman
Folder 662	Dream Children: includes some correspondence with reviewers
Folder 663	Violet Clay
Folder 664	A Mother and Two Daughters
Folder 665	Mr. Bedford and the Muses
Folder 666	The Finishing School
Folder 667	A Southern Family
Folder 668	Father Melancholy's Daughter
Folder 669	The Good Husband

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.5. Scrapbooks, 1970s-1980s

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Book reviews, feature articles, marketing materials, and some correspondence surrounding publication of The Odd Woman, Violet Clay , A Mother and Two Daughters, Mr. Bedford and the Muses, The Finishing School , and A Southern Family. In a few cases, the enclosures are more substantial than the materials collected in the volumes.

Photograph Album PA-5055/1-2 PA-5055/1 PA-5055/2	The Odd Woman scrapbook: two books and enclosures of marketing materials, reviews, and related feature articles
Photograph Album PA-5055/3-4 PA-5055/3 PA-5055/4	Violet Clay scrapbook: two books and enclosures of marketing materials, reviews, related feature articles, and fan letter correspondence
Photograph Album PA-5055/5-7 PA-5055/5 PA-5055/6 PA-5055/7	A Mother and Two Daughters scrapbooks: three books and enclosures of marketing materials, reviews, related feature articles, bestseller lists, congratulatory telegrams, fan letters, and a mini scrapbook of guests at the Junior League of Richmond Book and Author Dinner, 1982
Photograph Album PA-5055/8	Mr. Bedford and the Muses scrapbook: one book and enclosures of reviews, notes, and correspondence with publisher and agent
Photograph Album PA-5055/9-10 PA-5055/9 PA-5055/10	The Finishing School scrapbook: two books and enclosures of reviews, feature articles, fan letters, marketing materials, and a published excerpt
Photograph Album PA-5055/11	A Southern Family scrapbook: one book and enclosures of reviews, feature articles, marketing materials, advertising, congratulatory notes, correspondence, and a certificate for the Western North Carolina Historical Association Thomas Wolfe Literary Award for 1987

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.6. Photograph Albums, 1980s.

4 items.

Chiefly documentation of construction of Woodstock, N.Y., house. Some family photographs are included.

Folder 670-676

Folder 670

Folder 671

Folder 672

Folder 673

Folder 674

Folder 675

Folder 676

Photograph albums 1-3: clearing of land and construction of house in Woodstock, N.Y.

Folder 677-678

Folder 677

Folder 678

Photograph album 4, 1970s-1980s: chiefly photographs of Gail Godwin and Robert Starer entertaining guests and family, including Godwin's brother Tommy Cole and nephew Justin Cole

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.7. Research Notes, undated.

About 100 items.

Miscellaneous research and story ideas. Includes background material for developing "Mountain City," a fictional town based on Asheville, N.C.

Folder 679-682 Folder 679 Folder 680 Folder 681 Folder 682	Asheville, N.C.: research notes on history, architecture, the arts, St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines Academy, Pisgah Inn, and Coleman House of Asheville; 1987 "Cardinal," yearbook for St. Genevieve/Gibbons Hall School
Folder 683	Story ideas: a letter to a past self; a recap of the 1980s
Folder 684	Witches
Folder 685	Miscellaneous notes and quotes

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.8. Family History, undated.

About 50 items.

A small amount of Godwin, Krahenbuhl, and Rogers family history materials, including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and lineage charts.

Folder 686-687

Folder 686

Folder 687

Godwin: includes family correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other family history materials

Folder 688-689

Folder 688

Folder 689

Krahenbuhl-Rogers: includes correspondence with Sophie Krahenbuhl ("Totsie") and Ida [Krahenbuhl?]; Sophie Krahenbuhl's description of Gail Godwin's birth; photographs, clippings, family writings, and lineage charts

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.9. Scholarly Writings on Gail Godwin, 1974-2001.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Includes articles written about Gail Godwin and some related correspondence with the authors. Articles appeared in various reference books, journals, and magazines, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography and the Mississippi Quarterly.

Folder 690	1974-1978
Folder 691	1979-1980
Folder 692	1982-1988
Folder 693	1989-1990
Folder 694	1991-1992
Folder 695	1993-1995
Folder 696	1996-1998
Folder 697	1999
Folder 698	2000-2001

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.9A. Scholarly Writings on Gail Godwin, 1991-2010 (Addition of 2014).

About 10 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 112

Writings on Gail Godwin, 1991-2010

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.10. Drawings, 1974-1990s.

About 25 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Items include a 1974 water color painting and copies of colored pencil drawings, probably created during the 1990s.

Folder 699	1974
Folder 700	1990s

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.11. St. Hilda's Press, 1988-1993.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Materials related to the establishment and funding of St. Hilda's Press, formed by the Episcopal diocese of western North Carolina and interested individuals and funded by Gail Godwin. Includes correspondence with some financial materials and minutes from board of directors meetings; marketing and publicity materials; and materials related to the publication of Gale Webbe's Sawdust and Incense: Worlds that Shape a Priest.

Folder 701	Correspondence, 1988
Folder 702	Correspondence, January-April 1989
Folder 703	Correspondence, May-November 1989
Folder 704	Correspondence, 1990-1993
Folder 705	Logo design
Folder 706	Publicity, 1989-1990
Folder 707	Sawdust and Incense: includes reviews, letters from author Gale Webbe, price quotes for publishing, cover photograph, and dust jacket design

Expand/collapse Series 3. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1950-2001.

About 5500 items.

Includes personal correspondence and fan mail. See Series 4 for family correspondence.

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Personal Correspondence, 1950-2001 and undated.

About 3600 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Includes correspondence with family, friends, publishers, editors, agents, and colleagues. Topics include both personal and professional concerns. Friendships, the creative life, writing, and life events are often discussed. Correspondents include Nina Baym, Prissy Hursh Benander, Doris Betts, Bill Cathey, Frank Cole, Justin Cole, Rebel Cole, Robert Coover, Frank Crowther, Roberston Davies, Robb Forman Dew, Marie Duane, William Godwin, Allan Gurganus, John Hawkins, John Irving, Norval Neil Luxon, Ian Marshall, Franchelle Cole Millender, Pat Merchant Verhulst, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Spearman, Anne Tyler, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Gale Webbe, Sister Kathleen Winters, Jonathan Yardley, and others. Some correspondents in Series 3.1. also appear in Series 3.2. and Series 4.1.4.

Note that correspondents who changed their last names may appear under both previous and new names. See Series 4.1 for the bulk of the family correspondence and early Gail Godwin correspondence.

Folder 708	A
Folder 709	B (except Nina Baym)
Folder 710-712 Folder 710 Folder 711 Folder 712	Baym, Nina, 1972-1998 and undated
Folder 713	Bee-Bena
Folder 714	Benn-Bl
Folder 715	Bo
Folder 716	Br
Folder 717	Bu
Folder 718	Ca (except Bill Cathey)
Folder 719-721 Folder 719 Folder 720 Folder 721	Cathey, Bill, 1993-2001
Folder 722	Ch-Cl
Folder 723	Col-Coo
Folder 724	Cos-Cow
Folder 725	Cr
Folder 726	Da-Di
Folder 727	Do-Dua
Folder 728	Dun-Dy
Folder 729	E
Folder 730	F
Folder 731	Ga-Go
Folder 732	Gr
Folder 733	Gu
Folder 734	Hac-Hal
Folder 735	Ham
Folder 736	Han-Hau
Folder 737	Haw-Hay
Folder 738	He-Hi
Folder 739	Ho-Hu
Folder 740	I (except John Irving)
Folder 741-750 Folder 741 Folder 742 Folder 743 Folder 744 Folder 745 Folder 746 Folder 747 Folder 748 Folder 749 Folder 750	Irving, John, 1973-2001
Folder 751	Irw-Je
Folder 752	Jo
Folder 753	K
Folder 754	La-Lew
Folder 755	Li-Lu
Folder 756	Ly
Folder 757	Ma (except Ian Marshall)
Folder 758-760 Folder 758 Folder 759 Folder 760	Marshall, Ian, 1965-1991
Folder 761	Mc
Folder 762	Me (except Pat Merchant)
Folder 763-776 Folder 763 Folder 764 Folder 765 Folder 766 Folder 767 Folder 768 Folder 769 Folder 770 Folder 771 Folder 772 Folder 773 Folder 774 Folder 775 Folder 776	Merchant, Pat (Verhulst), 1950-1993 and undated
Folder 777	Mic-Mile
Folder 778	Millender, Franchelle Cole
Folder 779	Miller
Folder 780	Mo
Folder 781	N-Oa (except Joyce Carol Oates)
Folder 782-787 Folder 782 Folder 783 Folder 784 Folder 785 Folder 786 Folder 787	Oates, Joyce Carol, 1969-2000
Folder 788	O (except Carrie Hayes O'Brien)
Folder 789-791 Folder 789 Folder 790 Folder 791	O'Brien, Carrie Hayes, 1979-2000 and undated: includes writings
Folder 792	Pa-Pf
Folder 793	Pi-Por
Folder 794	Pot-Pr
Folder 795	Q-R (except Tom Rosenthal)
Folder 796	Rosenthal, Tom
Folder 797	Sa-Sm
Folder 798	Spa
Folder 799	Spe-Spi
Folder 800	St-Su
Folder 801	Ta-Th
Folder 802	Ti-Ty
Folder 803	Updike, John
Folder 804	Va-Ve
Folder 805	Vincent-Scaringe, Janet
Folder 806	Vonnegut, Kurt
Folder 807	Wa-We (except Gale Webbe)
Folder 808-813 Folder 808 Folder 809 Folder 810 Folder 811 Folder 812 Folder 813	Webbe, Gale, 1965; 1977-2000; undated
Folder 814	Wic-Wil
Folder 815-817 Folder 815 Folder 816 Folder 817	Winters, Sister Kathleen, 1972-1999
Folder 818	Wo-Wy
Folder 819	X-Y
Folder 820	Z
Folder 821	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1A. Personal Correspondence, 1969-2006 (bulk 2001-2006) (Addition of 2006).

About 1200 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly incoming letters, but there are a few replies by Gail Godwin. See especially her exchanges with Joyce Carol Oates and letters from John Irving. Includes compact disc of a poetry reading.

Folder 1174	A
Folder 1175-1177 Folder 1175 Folder 1176 Folder 1177	B
Folder 1178-1180 Folder 1178 Folder 1179 Folder 1180	C
Folder 1181	D
Folder 1182	E
Folder 1183	Sister Elise
Folder 1184	F
Folder 1185	G Includes compact disc (CD-5055/1)
Folder 1186-1187 Folder 1186 Folder 1187	H
Folder 1188	Irving, John
Folder 1189	J
Folder 1190	K
Folder 1191-1192 Folder 1191 Folder 1192	L
Folder 1193-1196 Folder 1193 Folder 1194 Folder 1195 Folder 1196	M
Folder 1197	N
Folder 1198	O
Folder 1199-1200 Folder 1199 Folder 1200	Oates, Joyce Carol Letters, 1969-1974, are photocopies of letters written by Gail Godwin to Joyce Carol Oates; see also folders 782-787
Folder 1201	P
Folder 1202	Q
Folder 1203	R
Folder 1204-1206 Folder 1204 Folder 1205 Folder 1206	S
Folder 1207	T
Folder 1208	U-V
Folder 1209	Vonnegut, Kurt
Folder 1210-1211 Folder 1210 Folder 1211	W-X
Folder 1212	Y-Z
Folder 1213	Zoning Board of Appeals

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1A. Personal Correspondence, 1975-2014 (Addition of 2018).

About 100 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 113	John Irving, 2007-2014
	Joyce Carol Oates, 2006-2010
	Jeremy Shaw, 2009-2010 A housemate of Gail Godwin's in Iowa City.
	Father Webbe, 1982-1999

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Fan Mail, 1988-1993.

About 400 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly letters with descriptions of emotional responses to the characters and writing in Godwin's novels, especially Violet Clay, A Southern Family, The Finishing School , and Father Melancholy's Daughter. Some letters ask questions about characters and textual analysis. See also Series 1.1 and Series 2.5 for additional fan mail related to specific titles.

Folder 822	A
Folder 823	B
Folder 824	C
Folder 825	D
Folder 826	E
Folder 827	F
Folder 828	G
Folder 829	H
Folder 830	I-J
Folder 831	K
Folder 832	L
Folder 833	M
Folder 834	N-O
Folder 835	P
Folder 836	R
Folder 837	S
Folder 838	T-V
Folder 839	W
Folder 840	Y-Z

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2A. Fan Mail, 1991, 2002-2005 (Addition of 2006).

About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly incoming letters, but there are a few replies by Gail Godwin.

Folder 1214

1991, 2002-2005

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3A. Email, 2001-2006 and undated (Addition of 2006).

About 275 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly incoming fan mail, but there are a few personal letters included.

Folder 1215	2001
Folder 1216	2002
Folder 1217	2003
Folder 1218	2004
Folder 1219	2005
Folder 1220	2006 and undated

Expand/collapse Series 4. Family Materials, 1913-1989 and undated.

About 2800 items.

Materials include the family correspondence of Kathleen Cole, Gail Godwin, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, and extended family members and friends; writing and research materials of Kathleen Cole; early writing of Gail Godwin; and family photographs. In addition, there are miscellaneous family materials, including items related to the deaths of Tommy Cole and Kathleen Cole, personal calendars, diaries and notebooks, school mementos, scrapbooks, and drawings. Materials in Series 4 are arranged largely in the order in which they were received, with the exception of the family correspondence. Materials in Series 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3 have been rearranged to reflect the dialogue between mother and daughters and grandmother and granddaughter.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1. Family correspondence, 1931-1993.

About 1500 items.

Includes correspondence between two generations of mothers and daughters and grandmother and granddaughter. Also included is correspondence of extended family members and friends.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.1. Kathleen Cole and Gail Godwin, 1940s-1989.

About 900 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence between Kathleen Cole and her daughter, Gail Godwin. Extensive correspondence chronicles relationship between mother and daughter for nearly fifty years. Letters discuss home and school life, family news, money, love, work, fashion, and writing.

Folder 841	1940s: childhood letters and postcards
Folder 842	1952-1953
Folder 843-844 Folder 843 Folder 844	1954-1955
Folder 845-849 Folder 845 Folder 846 Folder 847 Folder 848 Folder 849	1956
Folder 850	1957
Folder 851	1958
Folder 852	1959
Folder 853	1950s: undated
Folder 854	1960-1961
Folder 855	1962
Folder 856-857 Folder 856 Folder 857	1963-1964
Folder 858	1965-1966
Folder 859-860 Folder 859 Folder 860	1967-1968
Folder 861	1969
Folder 862	1970
Folder 863	1971-1972
Folder 864	1973
Folder 865	1974
Folder 866	1975
Folder 867	1976
Folder 868	1977
Folder 869	1978
Folder 870	1979
Folder 871	1970s: undated
Folder 872	1980-1981
Folder 873	1982-1983
Folder 874	1984-1985
Folder 875	1986-1989
Folder 876	Undated: chiefly greeting cards

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.1A. Kathleen Cole and Gail Godwin, 1963 (Addition of 2017).

About 20 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Arrangement: chronological.

Letters from Gail Godwin to her mother, Kathleen Cole. Letters discuss love, money, and family news.

Folder 1289

1963

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.2. Kathleen Cole and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1931-1971.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence between Kathleen Cole and her mother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl. Chiefly letters from daughter to mother, describing family life.

Folder 877	1931-1938
Folder 878	1954-1955
Folder 879	1956
Folder 880	1957
Folder 881	1961-1971

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.3. Gail Godwin and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1940s-1971.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence between Gail Godwin and her grandmother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, whom she addressed as "Monie." Chiefly letters from granddaughter to grandmother, regarding boyfriends, family relations, money, and school life. Includes some childhood drawings by Gail Godwin.

Folder 882	1940s
Folder 883	1952-1956
Folder 884	1957
Folder 885	1960-1963
Folder 886	1964-1967
Folder 887	1968-1969
Folder 888	1970-1971

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.3A. Gail Godwin and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1953-1969 (Addition of 2017).

11 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Arrangement: chronological.

Letters from Gail Godwin to her grandmother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, whom she addressed as "Monie." Chiefly letters regarding boyfriends, family relations, money, and school life.

Folder 1290

1953-1969

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.4. Other Correspondence, 1936-1989.

About 300 items.

Miscellaneous correspondence of various family members and friends of the Cole, Godwin, Krahenbuhl, and Zeigler families. Unless otherwise noted, correspondence is with Gail Godwin.

The chronological correspondence at the end of this subseries is comprised chiefly of miscellaneous letters Gail Godwin exchanged with male friends, including Stacy Barbour, Garland Radford, Frank Crowther, and "Robert" while she lived in North Carolina and Denmark. Other Gail Godwin correspondents include Lorraine O'Grady, a friend she met in Copenhagen, Denmark; Norval Neil Luxon, dean of the journalism school at the University of North Carolina while Gail was a student there; and Sister Kathleen Winters, a childhood mentor from St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines Academy. In addition, there are some letters pertaining to scholarships and fellowships and to legal matters related to divorce and inheritance.

Folder 889	Kathleen Cole, 1952-1989: letters from various friends; includes sympathy notes following the death of her mother, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl
Folder 890	Cole family, 1953-1965 and undated: correspondence with stepfather, Frank Cole; sister, Franchelle Cole; and brother, Tommy Cole
Folder 891	Dora Godwin, 1942-1944; 1956: letters to her son, William Godwin, and her granddaughter, Gail Godwin
Folder 892	Mose W. Godwin, 1937-1957: letters to his mother, Dora Godwin; his wife, Kathleen Godwin (later Kathleen Cole); and daughter, Gail Godwin
Folder 893	William Godwin, 1958-1961: chiefly letters to his niece, Gail Godwin; includes letter to his brother, Mose W. Godwin; clippings; and copies of legal documents
Folder 894	Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1943-1971: letters from various family members and friends
Folder 895	Jack Krahenbuhl, 1945-1947; 1957; undated: correspondence with niece, Gail Godwin
Folder 896	Krahenbuhl family, 1924-1962 and undated: chiefly letters from Sophie Krahenbuhl to her son and daughter-in-law, Tom Krahenbuhl and Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl; also includes letters from Tom Krahenbuhl to his wife, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, and daughter, Kathleen; and various other family members
Folder 897	Sophie Zeigler, 1947-1969: correspondence with her niece, Gail Godwin
Folder 898	Zeigler family, 1936-1975 and undated: correspondence of Rebel Zeigler and Sophie Krahenbuhl Zeigler with Franchelle Cole, Kathleen Cole, Mose W. Godwin, Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, and Tom Krahenbuhl; includes Sophie Krahenbuhl Zeigler's description of Gail Godwin's birth
Folder 899	1940s
Folder 900	1952-1956
Folder 901	1957-1960
Folder 902	1957-1958: reactions to column written by Gail Godwin for the Daily Tar Heel
Folder 903	1961: pertains chiefly to making plans to travel abroad
Folder 904	1962-1972

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.4A. Other Correspondence, 1963 (Addition of 2017).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Miscellaneous correspondence of various family members and friends of the Cole, Godwin, Krahenbuhl, and Zeigler families. Unless otherwise noted, correspondence is with Gail Godwin.

Folder 1291

Franchelle Cole, 1963

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Kathleen Cole Writings and Research Notes, 1931-1989.

About 500 items.

Writings from college and graduate school; romance short stories; unpublished novels; numerous short stories; research materials gathered for teaching a course on the history of Asheville, N.C.; and a card file with with research, notes, and recordkeeping. Many items are undated. See also Series 4.3 for an unpublished novel rewritten by her daughter, Gail Godwin.

Folder 905	"Voltaire," 1931: essay published in The Isaqueena, a student publication of Greenville Womans College
Folder 906	Master's thesis, 1935: "The Influence of Inigo Jones on Ben Johnson's Masques," submitted to the Department of English at the University of North Carolina
Folder 907-910 Folder 907 Folder 908 Folder 909 Folder 910	Romance stories, 1942-1946: love-themed short stories published under the names Kathleen Godwin and Charlotte Ashe by Sweetheart Stories and Love Short Stories
Folder 911-913 Folder 911 Folder 912 Folder 913	"The Everlasting Door," circa 1960: draft of a novel
Folder 914-918 Folder 914 Folder 915 Folder 916 Folder 917 Folder 918	"Darling, You Can't Have Two," circa 1976: draft of a novel
Folder 919-921 Folder 919 Folder 920 Folder 921	"Darling, You Can't Have Two," circa 1976: revisions
Folder 922-925 Folder 922 Folder 923 Folder 924 Folder 925	Autobiography, undated: incomplete draft includes narratives on war years, parents' family histories, life in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Selma, Ala.; also includes other autobiographical essays and notes on writing and planning an autobiography
Folder 926	"Gateway to Love," undated: short story
Folder 927	"The Inconstant Past," undated: short story
Folder 928	"Kind Lady," undated: short story
Folder 929	"The Magic Lipstick," undated: short story
Folder 930	"In Mysterious Ways," undated: short story
Folder 931	"The Quintuple Threat," undated: short story
Folder 932	"Reverse Cinderella," undated: short story
Folder 933	"A Soup çon of Sin," undated: short story
Folder 934	Essay on railroad history, undated
Folder 935-937 Folder 935 Folder 936 Folder 937	Short stories, undated: untitled; some are story fragments
Folder 938-944 Folder 938 Folder 939 Folder 940 Folder 941 Folder 942 Folder 943 Folder 944	Asheville, N.C., history, 1989: chiefly research notes, course plan, correspondence, and lists of contacts for "Asheville Is Your Town," a course taught in fall 1989 by Kathleen Cole at the College for Seniors at the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement at the University of North Carolina at Asheville; also includes some information about history project with Asheville-Buncombe county schools
Folder 945-947 Folder 945 Folder 946 Folder 947	Card file, 1944-1947 and undated: record of story submissions and payment during the 1940s; includes some criticism and writing notes; information on local politics, churches, charities, services for the aging, writing groups, toastmistress club, and other activities
Folder 948	Miscellaneous writing materials, 1946-1954: includes notes on writing, article outlines, rejection letters, and clippings

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2A. Kathleen Cole Writings, 1947 (Addition of 2014).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000

Box 112

"And Not to Yield"

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2A. Kathleen Cole Writings, 1937 (Addition of 2018).

2 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Box 113

"Borrowed of the Hills" and "Where There Is Faith"

For Professor Koch's class, performed in experimental productions.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.3. Early Gail Godwin Writings, 1946?-1971.

About 150 items.

Materials created by Gail Godwin from childhood through the early 1970s at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Includes scrapbooks and journals created in childhood and newspaper columns, articles, essays, and short stories written in high school, college, while living abroad, and in graduate school. Note that Gail Godwin throughout this period used various surnames, including Godwin, Cole, Kennedy, and Marshall.

Folder 949	Childhood writings, 1946?-1952: short stories and essays
Folder 950-951 Folder 950 Folder 951	High school writings, 1951-1955: includes copies of "Cole Slaw," Gail Godwin's column for the high school newspaper; also includes undated short stories and poetry, probably written during high school
Folder 952	Salutatorian speech, 1955
Folder 953-955 Folder 953 Folder 954 Folder 955	College writings, 1955-1959: essays, book reviews, poetry, and short stories written while a student at Peace College and the University of North Carolina; some materials appeared in campus publications, including the Daily Tar Heel ; many items are undated
Folder 956-957 Folder 956 Folder 957	Scrapbook, 1957-1959: chiefly articles and essays published in the Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper of the University of North Carolina; includes a few articles about Gail Godwin and letters related to her newspaper writing
Folder 958	Larry Colet story, circa 1955-1959
Folder 959	Miami Herald, 1960: story ideas submitted to editor; also includes one article and one mileage report
Folder 960	"The Raising of Lazarus," 1960
Folder 961	Poetry, 1955-1966?: probably written during college and before attending the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Folder 962a-962b	Short stories, 1960-1966?: chiefly undated, but probably written while living in Florida, North Carolina, and London, England
Folder 963-966 Folder 963 Folder 964 Folder 965 Folder 966	"The Otherwise Virgins," 1960-1966?: undated rewrite of Kathleen Cole's original novel
Folder 967	Short stories, 1967-1969: undated, but probably written while a student and teacher at the Iowa Writers' Workshop; titles include "His House," "Soliloquy for Three Voices," and "A Gift of Insight"; see also Series 1.2.5 for published short stories and Series 1.3.3 for unpublished stories originally written during this period
Folder 968	Notes to self, 1967: on stories written
Folder 969	Coursework at the University of Iowa, 1968-1970
Folder 970	Acceptances and rejections, 1947-1969 and undated: letters from publishers regarding various submissions, including "Liza's Leaf Tower," "The Dandelion: A Hardy Soul, Far from Its Proper Home," "The Illumined Moment," "The Beautiful French Family" (later published as The Perfectionists, "A Dollar's Worth of Hygge," "The Man on the Sofa," "The Angry Year," "The Sorrowful Mother," and "St. George"; see Series 1.2.5 and Series 1.3.3 for the texts of these short stories
Folder 971	Ph.D. exams, 1971: essays written in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. requirements for the English Department at the University of Iowa
Folder 972	"Some Well Meaning Questions," 1971: short story written in response to the experience of taking Ph.D. comprehensive oral exams at the University of Iowa
Folder 973-975 Folder 973 Folder 974 Folder 975	Miscellaneous notes and writings, 1950s-1960s: includes reflections on life at the Miami Herald ; a dream recorded; an essay on the Iowa Writers' Workshop; a short story fragment; and an autobiography fragment

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.3A. Early Gail Godwin Writings, 1967 (Addition of 2017).

1 item.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Folder 1292

Coursework at Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1967

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.4. Photographs, circa 1900-1990.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly photographs of Gail Godwin and Kathleen Cole, from childhood to adulthood. Includes some photographs of unidentified Godwin, Krahenbuhl, and Rogers family members.

Image Folder PF-5055/1	Cole, Kathleen: childhood
Image Folder PF-5055/2	Cole, Kathleen: adult
Image Folder PF-5055/3	Cole, Kathleen: childhood groups
Image Folder PF-5055/4	Cole, Kathleen: adult groups
Image Folder PF-5055/5	Cole, Kathleen: pets
Image Folder PF-5055/6	Cole, Tommy and Justin Cole
Image Folder PF-5055/7	Godwin, Gail: childhood
Image Folder PF-5055/8	Godwin, Gail: adult
Image Folder PF-5055/9	Godwin, Gail: childhood groups; chiefly photos of mother and daughter
Image Folder PF-5055/10	Godwin, Gail: adult groups; includes wedding photo with first husband, Doug Kennedy
Image Folder PF-5055/11	Godwin, Gail: friends in England, circa 1964
Image Folder PF-5055/12	Godwin, Mose W.
Image Folder PF-5055/13	Godwin, William
Image Folder PF-5055/14	Godwin family: includes photos of Gail and her father, Mose W. Godwin
Image Folder PF-5055/15	Krahenbuhl family
Image Folder PF-5055/16	Rogers family
Image Folder PF-5055/17-18 PF-5055/17 PF-5055/18	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.4A. Photographs, 1952, circa 1959, 1975-2001, and 2013 (Additions of 2006 and 2017).

73 items.

Image Folder PF-5055/19

Godwin, Gail, circa 1959, 1975-2001

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Image Folder PF-5055/20

Cole, Kathleen, 1952

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Image Folder PF-5055/21

Flora Book Tour, May 2013

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.5. Miscellaneous Family Materials, 1913-1989.

About 325 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by name.

Miscellaneous materials belonging to various members of the Cole, Godwin, and Krahenbuhl families. Materials include sympathy cards and letters, a small amount of Cole family correspondence, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous personal items, including calendars, school mementos, scrapbooks, notebooks, drawings, yearbook, diary, address book, and some financial materials.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.5.1. Kathleen Cole, 1951-1989.

About 100 items.

Miscellaneous personal items belonging to Kathleen Cole, including a calendar; notebooks; school mementos; scrapbooks; sympathy cards sent upon her death to her daughter, Gail Godwin; and childhood drawings.

Folder 976	Birthday book
Folder 977	Calendar, 1988-1989
Folder 978	Notebook, 1951: notes for newspaper reporting
Folder 979a-979b	Notebook, 1988-1989: includes appointment and to-do lists; phone numbers; notes on Walking with Loneliness (1982) by Paula Ripple; and financial record-keeping
Folder 980-981 Folder 980 Folder 981	Notebook, 1989: includes notes on journal writing for North Carolina Writers Workshop, February 1990; outlines and notes for teaching course on history of Asheville, N.C.; phone numbers; and appointment and to-do lists
Folder 982	Notes, undated: includes materials related to prayer, loss and grieving, religion and relationship with God; journal writing; household inventories; an outline for an article on southern charm; and other items
Folder 983	School mementos, 1926, 1939-1946 Includes 1926 "The Hillbilly," yearbook for Asheville High School
Folder 984	Scrapbook, undated: cut-out pictures of movie stars
Folder 985-989 Folder 985 Folder 986 Folder 987 Folder 988 Folder 989	Sympathy cards and related materials, 1989-1990: received by Gail Godwin upon the death of her mother, Kathleen Cole, in December 1989
Folder 990	Watercolors and sketches, undated: early art of Kathleen Cole

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.5.2. Tommy Cole, 1974-1986 and undated.

About 75 items.

Materials include correspondence, sympathy cards and letters, notes and a notebook, and miscellanous items related to Tommy Cole's suicide and murder of an ex-girlfriend. These materials may have been gathered together as background research for A Southern Family.

Folder 991	Letters, 1974; 1983-1986: letters to Gail Godwin by or about her brother, Tommy Cole; one letter from Tommy Cole's ex-wife, Kathy, to Gail Godwin; autopsy results for both victims of the murder-suicide; and letters from the child witness to the crime and his guardian
Folder 992	Sympathy notes, 1983: cards and letters sent to Kathleen Cole and Frank Cole upon death of their son, Tommy Cole
Folder 993	Notes, 1983: Kathleen Cole's notes for court hearing for custody of her grandson, Justin Cole
Folder 994	Notebook, undated: an informal letter written by Gail Godwin to Tommy Cole to document the family's response and feelings in the hours and days after he committed suicide and murder and to attempt to understand his actions
Folder 995-996 Folder 995 Folder 996	Miscellaneous: includes some writings by Tommy Cole; mementos from his funeral; and research articles on gunshot wounds, criminal defense, skull fracture, sudden and violent deaths, and a child who murdered his mother and brother

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.5.3. Gail Godwin, 1937-1972.

About 100 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly childhood mementos and a few items from Gail Godwin's life before she achieved publishing success.

Folder 997	Baby book
Folder 998-1002 Folder 998 Folder 999 Folder 1000 Folder 1001 Folder 1002	Childhood mementos: chiefly drawings; also includes invitations and a prayer written or copied by Gail Godwin
Folder 1003-1004 Folder 1003 Folder 1004	Scrapbook, 1952-1953: includes magazine cut-out beauty tips and advice on dating and boys
Folder 1005	Yearbook, 1952: St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines Academy, Asheville, N.C.
Folder 1006-1007 Folder 1006 Folder 1007	"My Private Life," circa 1954: journal with preprinted pages for recording likes and dislikes; names of boyfriends and girlfriends; and evaluations of school, beauty, hobbies, activities, and personality
Folder 1008a-1008b	"Invitation to the Waltz," circa 1954: includes magazine cut outs; essays by Gail Godwin on how to be popular, being sixteen, and her first three loves; list of boys dated, with ratings
Folder 1009	Address book, 1955-1959
Folder 1010	School mementos, 1956-1972: materials related to tuition, grades, scholarships, awards, and commencements for grammar school through graduate school
Folder 1011	Diary, 1961: Key Biscayne, Fla.
Folder 1012	Miscellaneous: includes a wedding announcement for Gail Godwin's first marriage, a recipe, a personality test, a receipt for room and board, expired passports, and stenciled design of cats in ink on cloth

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.5.4. Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, 1913-1957 and undated.

About 25 items.

Personal items belonging to Edna Rogers Krahenbuhl, including an address book and financial materials.

Folder 1013	Address book, undated
Folder 1014	Financial materials, 1913-1957: chiefly related to the 1939 death of her husband, Tom Krahenbuhl

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.5.5. Family and Other Clippings, 1937-1965.

About 25 items.

Newspaper clippings relating to family and friends, including two columns written by Frank Crowther, a college friend of Gail Godwin's; and an article on Larry Colet, a former boyfriend.

Folder 1015a-1015b

Family and Other Clippings

Expand/collapse Series 5. Audiovisual Materials, 1979-2006.

41 items.

Arrangement: by format.

Audio-visual materials arranged by format.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Audiocassettes, 1979-2001.

28 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Acquisitions information: C-5055/24-25 received as Addition of February 2014 (Acc. 102000). C-5055/26-28 received as Addition of July 2018 (Acc. 103383).

Recordings include radio interviews, book readings, and conference lectures and presentations. One item in Swedish. Series also includes folder of original audiocassette enclosures. See also Series 2.3.1 for some related publicity materials.

Folder 1016a	Audiocassette enclosures
Audiocassette C-5055/1	Presentation given at Mars Hill College on "Growing Up Southern", 25 October 1979: tape 1 of 2
Audiocassette C-5055/22	Presentation given at Mars Hill College on "Growing Up Southern", 25 October 1979: tape 2 of 2 See Series 2.2 for text of speech on tape C-5055/22, "How Southerners make decisions" Processing information: formerly listed as C-5055/1b
Audiocassette C-5055/2	Lawyer answers family's questions about the evidence in the murder-suicide case of Tommy Cole, 4 February 1984: tape 1 of 2
Audiocassette C-5055/23	Lawyer answers family's questions about the evidence in the murder-suicide case of Tommy Cole, 4 February 1984: tape 2 of 2 Side 1 describes possible scenario of events based on evidence Processing information: formerly listed as C-5055/2b
Audiocassette C-5055/3	All Things Considered interview, 5 March 1985
Audiocassette C-5055/4	Book Beat with Don Swaim, 2 parts, 28-29 March 1985
Audiocassette C-5055/5	"Current American Fiction and Non-fiction" on Soundings, from the National Humanities Center, 27 July 1986 Includes Gail Godwin discussing her recent novels
Audiocassette C-5055/6	Reading from Dream Children for American Audio Prose Library, 1986
Audiocassette C-5055/7	American Audio Prose Library interview, 1986
Audiocassette C-5055/24	Diane Rehm Show interview with Gail Godwin, 20 March 1991 Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000
Audiocassette C-5055/8	Florida Humanities Council report on National Book Foundation event at a South Florida public library, circa 1993
Audiocassette C-5055/9	Reading from The Good Husband on Authors' Voices, fall 1994
Audiocassette C-5055/10	Interview with Monica Lauritzen, 8 February 1995 Chiefly in Swedish, except for Gail Godwin's spoken parts
Audiocassette C-5055/11	Birthday is announced on 18 June 1997 on Writer's Almanac, 16-20 June 1997
Audiocassette C-5055/12	Reading from Evensong; part of Gail Godwin interview of Kurt Vonnegut for Yale Review, December 1998
Audiocassette C-5055/13	"Character as Plot," a lecture given at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. 1998
Audiocassette C-5055/14	Fresh Air interview, 1 March 1999 Includes reading from Evensong
Audiocassette C-5055/15	Pen Faulkner event, April 1999 Includes reading from Evensong. See also Series 2.3.1 for related publicity materials
Audiocassette C-5055/16	Reading from Evensong at Retreat for Women in Ministry at Trinity Church, April 1999 See also Series 2.3.1 for related publicity materials
Audiocassette C-5055/17	Evensong service at the Cathedral of All Souls, followed by a presentation by Gail Godwin, 7 November 1999 See also Series 2.3.1 for related publicity materials
Audiocassette C-5055/18	Two lectures by Gail Godwin given at the "Gail Godwin: Her Faith and Fiction" conference at Kanuga Conference Center, 13-16 November 1999 See also Series 2.3.1 for related publicity materials
Audiocassette C-5055/26	"Gail Godwin: Her Faith and Fiction"; "Gail Godwin: My Story", undated Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383
Audiocassette C-5055/19	Evening prayer at preaching conference; readings from Evensong, 29 May-2 June 2000
Audiocassette C-5055/20	Interview and discussion of Heart on Ideas Network , January 2001
Audiocassette C-5055/21	Diane Rehm Show interview, March 2001
Audiocassette C-5055/25	"Magdalen at the Tomb" excerpts, undated Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000
Audiocassette C-5055/27	Father Webbe's introduction to Gail Godwin, undated Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383
Audiocassette C-5055/28	Trinity Institute National Conference speech, "Lover, Griever, Antagonist: Three Encounters", undated Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Videotapes, 1983-1996.

13 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly recordings of television interviews; includes a media training tape and footage of St. Gregory's Pageant. Series also includes folder of original videotape enclosures.

Folder 1016b	Videotape enclosures
Videotape VT-5055/1	Swedish television show interview, 1983
Videotape VT-5055/2	Today Show interview, circa 1984
Videotape VT-5055/3	Lecture at Dinner with Authors, Orlando Fla., 1985
Videotape VT-5055/4-5 VT-5055/4 VT-5055/5	Their Native Earth, 1989 Interviews with literary figures of North Carolina, including Gail Godwin, who appears in part 2
Videotape VT-5055/6	Bookmark with Lewis Lapham; interview of Gail Godwin, Josephine Humphreys, and Kaye Gibbons, 1991
Videotape VT-5055/7	Today Show interview, circa 1991
Videotape VT-5055/8	Media training, 24 August 1994
Videotape VT-5055/9	Literatti interview with Toni Morrison, circa 1994
Videotape VT-5055/10	Four takes of an interview, circa 1994
Videotape VT-5055/11	Swedish television interview, circa 1994
Videotape VT-5055/12	St. Gregory's Pageant, October 1996 See also Series 1.2 for related libretto materials
Videotape VT-5055/13	Listening for God, volume 2, 1996 From the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series: reading from Dream Children, with discussion questions

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3. Compact Discs, 1986-2002, undated.

5 items (2 gigabytes).

Acquisitions Information: Addition of 2014 (Acc. 10200). Materials are available online via the Digital Collections Repository.

Contains interviews with Gail Godwin and musical collaborations with Robert Starer.

Digital Folder DF-5055/1	"The Book Show" radio interview with Gail Godwin, 2006 Contains audio of a radio interview with Godwin on "The Book Show" program with Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina on WAMC, a public radio network headquartered in Albany, N.Y.
Digital Folder DF-5055/2	BBC interview, 14 February 2002 Contains audio of a 2002 BBC interview with Godwin.
Digital Folder DF-5055/3	John Irving interviews Gail Godwin at 92nd Street Y, 1986 Contains audio of a 1986 interview of Godwin by fellow writer John Irving. The interview took place at the 92nd St. Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center, sponsored by the Paris Review.
Digital Folder DF-5055/4	Music of Robert Starer Contains audio tracks from the recording "Music of Robert Starer" from the CRI American Masters series. Starer and Godwin were longtime companions and collaborators until Starer's death in 2001. Godwin contributed the libretto for the song cycle "Anna Margarita’s Will" on the recording.
Digital Folder DF-5055/5	The Woodstock Cycle performance of "Magdalen at the Tomb" contains audio tracks from the recording "The Woodstock Cycle," the product of a collaboration between Robert Starer and Gail Godwin, for which Godwin contributed the libretti.

Expand/collapse Series 6. Other Writers, 1970s-2001.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly undated writings sent to Gail Godwin by her friends, Robb Forman Dew and John Irving, and her mentor, Father Gale Webbe.

Expand/collapse Subseries 6.1. Robb Forman Dew, undated.

1 item.

Essay by Robb Forman Dew on coming of age in the segregated South.

Folder 1017

"The Power and the Glory," undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 6.2. John Irving, 1978-2001.

About 20 items.

Chiefly undated writings, including excerpts, a draft stage, and an uncorrected proof of various John Irving novels, and an undated essay. Irving and Gail Godwin met at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and have been friends, friendly critics, and regular correspondents for more than 30 years.

Folder 1018-1020 Folder 1018 Folder 1019 Folder 1020	The World According to Garp excerpts: includes "Pictures of the Writer", "Garp in Action, Garp in Retreat", "The Pension Grillparzer", and "The World According to Bensenhaver"
Folder 1021	Cider House Rules excerpt: "The Boy Who Belonged to St. Cloud's"
Folder 1022-1033 Folder 1022 Folder 1023 Folder 1024 Folder 1025 Folder 1026 Folder 1027 Folder 1028 Folder 1029 Folder 1030 Folder 1031 Folder 1032 Folder 1033	A Widow for One Year: draft
Folder 1034	The Fourth Hand: uncorrected proof
Folder 1035	"In Praise of Creative Writing": undated essay
Folder 1036	Clippings; text of John Irving's introduction of Gail Godwin at a reading; a small amount of correspondence about John Irving; and photographs

Expand/collapse Subseries 6.3. Gale Webbe, 1970s?-2000.

About 25 items.

Chiefly undated materials, including sermons, a television movie manuscript, essays, and clippings. Father Gale Webbe, an Episcopal priest, served as spiritual mentor, travel companion, and correspondent to Gail Godwin.

Folder 1037	Sermons
Folder 1038	"Out of the Silence": manuscript for a television movie presentation
Folder 1039	A Retiring Disposition: Reflections on Leavetakings and Homecoming
Folder 1040	The View from Sunset Mountain: Spirituality for the Retired: draft 1
Folder 1041	The View from Sunset Mountain: Spirituality for the Retired: draft 2
Folder 1042	Mysteries Project at St. Mary's Church
Folder 1043	Miscellaneous: clippings, including an article written by Gail Godwin upon her mentor's death

Expand/collapse Series 7. Miscellaneous, 1966-2000, 2005, and 2010.

About 20 items.

Personal items of Gail Godwin; of her second husband, Ian Marshall; and of her longtime companion, Robert Starer.

Folder 1044-1046

Folder 1044

Folder 1045

Folder 1046

Gail Godwin: date books, 1993-1994; "Journey into Wholeness," July 1989: workshop attended by Gail Godwin and Kathleen Cole at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, N.C., includes program materials and results of Myers Briggs personality assessment for Gail and her mother; notes on "Who I am," 2010; and a blank card

Folder 1047

Ian Marshall: includes an undated short story and a 1966 note about finances

Folder 1048

Robert Starer: miscellaneous items, including an advertisement and program for performances of Starer compositions; a letter regarding travel in Italy; a photograph; and review notes for one of Gail Godwin's novels

Expand/collapse Series 7A. Miscellaneous Materials, 2001-2005 (Addition of 2006).

3 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Arrangement: chronological.

Restriction: Some financial materials are CLOSED to researchers until the author's death.

Folder 1222

Financial papers

Expand/collapse Series 8A. Dream Diaries and Related Materials, 1997-2006 (Additions of 2006 and 2017).

About 55 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438 and 103051

Expand/collapse Subseries 8.1A. Dream Diaries and Notes, 1998-2006 (Addition of 2006).

About 50 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly photocopies of diaries, but there are some original handwritten notes included and correspondence and a few writings by C. T. B. Harris ("Bud"), a Jungian analyst in Asheville, N.C.

Folder 1223-1225 Folder 1223 Folder 1224 Folder 1225	1998
Folder 1226-1227 Folder 1226 Folder 1227	1999
Folder 1228	2000
Folder 1229	2001
Folder 1230-1231 Folder 1230 Folder 1231	2002
Folder 1232-1233 Folder 1232 Folder 1233	2003
Folder 1234-1235 Folder 1234 Folder 1235	2004
Folder 1236	2004-2005
Folder 1237	2005-2006

Expand/collapse Subseries 8.2A. Dream Diaries, 1997-2005 (Addition of 2017).

5 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051

Five wire bound notebooks containing pastel drawings and accompanying notes.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1293	1, 18 July-7 November 1997
Folder 1294	2, 8 November 1997-12 June 1998
Folder 1295	3, 13 June 1998-29 May 1999
Folder 1296	6, 12 June 2000-17 March 2001
Folder 1297	2004-2005, 10 March 2004-1 April 2005

Expand/collapse Series 9A. Journals, 1959 (Addition of 2006).

2 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1238-1239

Folder 1238

Folder 1239

1959

Typescript copy is filed in Series 1.1.15.

Folder 1240

Circa 1959

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Restriction: Materials are CLOSED to researchers until the author's death.

Box 103

Closed materials: See folder 1222

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Scrapbooks (PA-5055/1-11)
Audiocassettes (C-5055/1-22)
Videotapes (VT-5055/1-13)
Audio Compact Disc (CD-5055/1)

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Expand/collapse Series 1. Writings and Related Materials, 1962-2001.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Published Books, 1967-2001.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.1. The Perfectionists, 1967-1971 and undated.

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Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.1A. The Perfectionists, circa 1970 (Addition of 2014).

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.2. Glass People, 1972.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.3. The Odd Woman, 1972-1984 and undated.

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Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.4. Dream Children, 1976.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.4A. Dream Children, 1984 (Addition of 2014).

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.5. Violet Clay, 1975-1978 and undated.

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Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1.6. A Mother and Two Daughters, 1979-1994 and undated.

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Collection Number: 05055

Collection Title: Gail Godwin Papers, 1913-2017