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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 Godwin lives in Woodstock, N.Y. The Gail Godwin Papers consist of literary material related to her published and unpublished books, book reviews, essays, excerpts, libretti, novellas, and short stories.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 |
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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Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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.
Back to TopThe 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.
Back to TopPublished 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.
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.
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 2Folder 3Folder 4 |
Draft, May 1967 |
Folder 5-8
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 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 |
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 |
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 14Folder 15Folder 16 |
First draft |
Folder 17a-17b |
Early draft: 1905 section |
Folder 18 |
Late draft: chapter one |
Folder 19-27
Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27 |
Setting manuscript |
Folder 28 |
Uncorrected proof |
Folder 29 |
Printer's proof |
Folder 30-32
Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
Blues corrections |
Folder 33-34
Folder 33Folder 34 |
Notes, 1972-1973 and undated |
Folder 35 |
Correspondence, 1974-1984 |
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 |
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 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47 |
Semi-final draft |
Folder 48-56
Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56 |
Final draft |
Folder 57 |
Draft fragments |
Folder 58 |
Uncorrected proof, 1978 |
Folder 59-64
Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64 |
Notes |
Folder 65-66
Folder 65Folder 66 |
Research |
Folder 67 |
Correspondence, 1977-1978 |
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 70Folder 71Folder 72 |
First draft |
Folder 73 |
Early draft fragments |
Folder 74 |
Draft: Ocracoke section |
Folder 75-84
Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84 |
Final draft |
Folder 85 |
Unrevised and unpublished proof, 1982 |
Folder 86-87
Folder 86Folder 87 |
Notes: includes a 1979 notebook with chronology of events of the story |
Folder 88-96
Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96 |
Research |
Folder 97 |
Publicity |
Folder 98 |
Correspondence, 1980-1982; 1994 |
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 99Folder 100 |
Semi-final draft |
Folder 101-102
Folder 101Folder 102 |
Final draft |
Folder 103-106
Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106 |
Setting manuscript |
Folder 107-108
Folder 107Folder 108 |
Galley proofs |
Folder 109 |
Unrevised and unpublished proofs |
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 110Folder 111Folder 112 |
Early drafts |
Folder 113-116
Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116 |
Semi-final draft |
Folder 117-119
Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119 |
Draft: with Robb Forman Dew's comments |
Folder 120-126
Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126 |
Final draft |
Folder 127 |
Unrevised and unpublished proof |
Folder 128 |
Uncorrected book proof |
Folder 129-132
Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132 |
Notes |
Folder 133-145
Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145 |
Research |
Folder 146-147
Folder 146Folder 147 |
Publicity |
Folder 148 |
Correspondence, circa 1983; 1998 |
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 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163 |
Draft |
Folder 164-173
Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173 |
Setting manuscript |
Folder 174-180
Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180 |
Author's galleys |
Folder 181-186
Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186 |
Editor's galleys |
Folder 187-193
Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193 |
Final proof |
Folder 194 |
Final corrections |
Folder 195-210
Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210 |
Notes |
Folder 211 |
Plan for writing |
Folder 212 |
Research |
Folder 213 |
Folders |
Folder 214 |
Correspondence, 1985-1988 and undated |
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 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220 |
Early drafts ("Vinca"): Prologue |
Folder 221-227
Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227 |
Early draft |
Folder 228-240
Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240 |
Final draft |
Folder 241-247
Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247 |
Setting manuscript |
Folder 248-251
Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251 |
Author's galleys |
Folder 252-255
Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255 |
Master proof |
Folder 256-267
Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267 |
Notes |
Folder 268-272
Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272 |
Research |
Folder 273 |
Sketches |
Folder 274-276
Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276 |
Folders |
Folder 277-278
Folder 277Folder 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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Folder 1049-1054
Folder 1049Folder 1050Folder 1051Folder 1052Folder 1053Folder 1054 |
Final draft |
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 283Folder 284Folder 285 |
Early drafts ("Misericord") |
Folder 286-293
Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293 |
Unrevised manuscript |
Folder 294-302
Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300Folder 301Folder 302 |
Master copy |
Folder 303-312
Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311Folder 312 |
Final I |
Folder 313-321
Folder 313Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319Folder 320Folder 321 |
Final II |
Folder 322-323
Folder 322Folder 323 |
Uncorrected proof |
Folder 324-325
Folder 324Folder 325 |
Notes |
Folder 326-333
Folder 326Folder 327Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333 |
Research |
Folder 334-338
Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337Folder 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 345Folder 346Folder 347 |
Reviews |
Folder 1055 |
Correspondence, 2002-2003Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438 |
Folder 1259 |
Correspondence, 2010Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051 |
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 349Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352 |
Early draft fragments |
Folder 353-358
Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358 |
Early draft |
Folder 359-366
Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366 |
Pre-edited draft |
Folder 367-381
Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381 |
Corrected manuscript |
Folder 382-389
Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389 |
Notes |
Folder 390-409
Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409 |
Research |
Folder 410-411
Folder 410Folder 411 |
Working copy of Father Melancholy's Daughter |
Folder 412-418
Folder 412Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418 |
Folders |
Folder 419-421
Folder 419Folder 420Folder 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 |
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 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
First draft |
Folder 434 |
Manuscript plan |
Folder 435-453
Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Folder 1056-1058
Folder 1056Folder 1057Folder 1058 |
Manuscript I |
Folder 1059-1061
Folder 1059Folder 1060Folder 1061 |
Manuscript II |
Folder 1062 |
Manuscript (electronic version/FD-5055/1) |
Folder 1063-1065
Folder 1063Folder 1064Folder 1065 |
Page Proofs I |
Folder 1066-1068
Folder 1066Folder 1067Folder 1068 |
Page Proofs II |
Folder 1069 |
Paperback cover (Bloomsbury PBKS edition) |
Folder 1070 |
Publicity materials |
Folder 1071 |
Reviews |
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 1079Folder 1080Folder 1081 |
Evenings at Five: A Novel and Five Stories (2004): Page proofs |
Folder 1082 |
Audio book script |
Folder 1083-1084
Folder 1083Folder 1084 |
Correspondence and publicity, 2002-2004 and undated |
Folder 1085 |
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Folder 1086-1087
Folder 1086Folder 1087 |
Frances Halsband/Illustrations |
Folder 1088 |
Notepad |
Folder 1089-1090
Folder 1089Folder 1090 |
Reviews |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Folder 1091 |
Early draft: Chapters 1-3, 6 June 2002 |
Folder 1092-1094
Folder 1092Folder 1093Folder 1094 |
Editor's galleys, April 2005With Nancy Miller's corrections and queries |
Folder 1095-1096
Folder 1095Folder 1096 |
Galley proof, undated |
Folder 1097 |
Art |
Folder 1098-1099
Folder 1098Folder 1099 |
Audio book script (abridged) |
Folder 1100 |
Journal (Miami), June 1959-October 1960Typescript copy; original is filed in Series 9 |
Folder 1101-1103
Folder 1101Folder 1102Folder 1103 |
Gail Godwin's Miami Herald storiesChiefly from Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale bureaus |
Folder 1104 |
Notebook, 2000 |
Folder 1105-1106
Folder 1105Folder 1106 |
Notebook, August 2004Notes for the final 100 pages of Queen of the Underworld |
Folder 1107 |
Notebook, September 2004 |
Folder 1108-1113
Folder 1108Folder 1109Folder 1110Folder 1111Folder 1112Folder 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 1126Folder 1127Folder 1128Folder 1129Folder 1130Folder 1131 |
Research: Miami Herald, June-August 1959 |
Folder 1132-1134
Folder 1132Folder 1133Folder 1134 |
Research: Miami night life, June-August 1959 |
Folder 1135-1136
Folder 1135Folder 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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000
Box 110 |
Manuscripts, reviews, publicity, book clubIncludes materials relating to The Making of a Writer and contract with Ballantine Books. |
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 1152Folder 1153 |
Manuscript III |
Folder 1154-1156
Folder 1154Folder 1155Folder 1156 |
Manuscript IV |
Folder 1157-1159
Folder 1157Folder 1158Folder 1159 |
Manuscript V |
Folder 1160-1162
Folder 1160Folder 1161Folder 1162 |
Page proofs, 2nd pass |
Folder 1163-1164
Folder 1163Folder 1164 |
Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2003 |
Folder 1165-1167
Folder 1165Folder 1166Folder 1167 |
Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2004 |
Folder 1168 |
Correspondence with Rob Neufeld, 2005 |
Folder 1169 |
Reviews |
Folder 1170 |
Miscellaneous |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383
Box 112 |
Manuscript for Working on the Ending: Diaries, 2001-2005Edited by Rob Neufeld; part 1 of a 3 part project that is part of The Making of a Writer. |
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 1241Folder 1242Folder 1243Folder 1244Folder 1245Folder 1246Folder 1247Folder 1248Folder 1249Folder 1250Folder 1251Folder 1252Folder 1253 |
Final draft, circa 2008Acquisitions Information: Accession 101178 Without prologue; before reformatting and cut suggestions; 837 pages |
Folder 1254-1258
Folder 1254Folder 1255Folder 1256Folder 1257Folder 1258 |
Notes, 2004-2008Acquisitions Information: Accession 101178 |
Folder 1260 |
Reviews and correspondence, 2010-2011Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000
Box 110-111
Box 110Box 111 |
Manuscript, notebook, publicity, interviews, reviews |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051
Comprised of drafts of Flora, related notes, and publicity.
Folder 1261-1263
Folder 1261Folder 1262Folder 1263 |
Next to final draft, 2011-2012With prologue and veerings. |
Folder 1264 |
Early notes, undated |
Folder 1265 |
Notebook, 11 December 2008-31 August 2011 |
Folder 1266-1267
Folder 1266Folder 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 1271Folder 1272 |
Reviews, interviews, and readings on tour, 2013 |
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 1273Folder 1274 |
Final draft, 2014 |
Folder 1275 |
Notebook, undated |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051
Comprised of original drafts of Grief Cottage and related notes and research.
Folder 1276-1278
Folder 1276Folder 1277Folder 1278 |
Next to final draft, 7 September 2015No epilogue yet; other additions not here; with Moses Cardona's edits. |
Folder 1279-1280
Folder 1279Folder 1280 |
Final draft, July 2016With epilogue and Nancy Miller's notes |
Folder 1281-1282
Folder 1281Folder 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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383
Box 112 |
Composition notebook, research, publicity, reviews, and drawings. |
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Box 114-115
Box 114Box 115 |
Signed copies of hardback publications |
Arrangement: by genre.
Materials include published book reviews, essays, excerpts of novels and novellas, libretti, and short stories, with some related correspondence.
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 |
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.
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 |
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" |
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.
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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 |
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." |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383
Box 113 |
Writings about Robert Starer and Grief Cottage |
Arrangement: by genre.
Includes unpublished and abandoned novels, novellas, short stories, and story ideas. See also Series 4.3 for other earlier unpublished writing.
Arrangement: chronological.
Includes typescript and handwritten drafts, notes and notebooks, and research for unpublished and abandoned novels.
Arrangement: chronological.
Typescript drafts of unpublished novellas.
Folder 564 |
"Summer Suite," 1979? |
Folder 565 |
"Godchild," 197?: unfinished |
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 |
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 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Materials include incidental writings and writing fragments, a collection of essays gathered for a possible book, and dust jackets.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Folder 1171 |
St. Gregory's Parish Lives: Marie Dunphy |
Folder 1172 |
"Discoveries in a Sacred Space": Foreward by Gail Godwin |
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.
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 .
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 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618 |
Notes on writing and teaching |
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 |
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.
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.
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 |
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 652Folder 653 |
1990-1993: includes publicity for Father Melancholy's Daughter |
Folder 654 |
1994-1995 |
Folder 655 |
1996-1997 |
Folder 656 |
1998-2000 |
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-1980sSee also OPF-5055/1. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5055/1 |
Posters, 1970s-1980s |
Folder 658 |
Richmond Hill Inn, 1988-1989 |
Box 111-112
Box 111Box 112 |
Speaking engagements, awards and honors, National Book Award, Pen Faulkner, National Book Festival, newspaper articles, interviews |
Oversize Box OB-5055/1 |
Magazine interview |
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 |
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.
Chiefly documentation of construction of Woodstock, N.Y., house. Some family photographs are included.
Folder 670-676
Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676 |
Photograph albums 1-3: clearing of land and construction of house in Woodstock, N.Y. |
Folder 677-678
Folder 677Folder 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 |
Miscellaneous research and story ideas. Includes background material for developing "Mountain City," a fictional town based on Asheville, N.C.
Folder 679-682
Folder 679Folder 680Folder 681Folder 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 |
A small amount of Godwin, Krahenbuhl, and Rogers family history materials, including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and lineage charts.
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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 102000
Box 112 |
Writings on Gail Godwin, 1991-2010 |
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 |
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 |
Includes personal correspondence and fan mail. See Series 4 for family correspondence.
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 710Folder 711Folder 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 719Folder 720Folder 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 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748Folder 749Folder 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 758Folder 759Folder 760 |
Marshall, Ian, 1965-1991 |
Folder 761 |
Mc |
Folder 762 |
Me (except Pat Merchant) |
Folder 763-776
Folder 763Folder 764Folder 765Folder 766Folder 767Folder 768Folder 769Folder 770Folder 771Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774Folder 775Folder 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 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786Folder 787 |
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1969-2000 |
Folder 788 |
O (except Carrie Hayes O'Brien) |
Folder 789-791
Folder 789Folder 790Folder 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 808Folder 809Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812Folder 813 |
Webbe, Gale, 1965; 1977-2000; undated |
Folder 814 |
Wic-Wil |
Folder 815-817
Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817 |
Winters, Sister Kathleen, 1972-1999 |
Folder 818 |
Wo-Wy |
Folder 819 |
X-Y |
Folder 820 |
Z |
Folder 821 |
Miscellaneous |
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 1175Folder 1176Folder 1177 |
B |
Folder 1178-1180
Folder 1178Folder 1179Folder 1180 |
C |
Folder 1181 |
D |
Folder 1182 |
E |
Folder 1183 |
Sister Elise |
Folder 1184 |
F |
Folder 1185 |
GIncludes compact disc (CD-5055/1) |
Folder 1186-1187
Folder 1186Folder 1187 |
H |
Folder 1188 |
Irving, John |
Folder 1189 |
J |
Folder 1190 |
K |
Folder 1191-1192
Folder 1191Folder 1192 |
L |
Folder 1193-1196
Folder 1193Folder 1194Folder 1195Folder 1196 |
M |
Folder 1197 |
N |
Folder 1198 |
O |
Folder 1199-1200
Folder 1199Folder 1200 |
Oates, Joyce CarolLetters, 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 1204Folder 1205Folder 1206 |
S |
Folder 1207 |
T |
Folder 1208 |
U-V |
Folder 1209 |
Vonnegut, Kurt |
Folder 1210-1211
Folder 1210Folder 1211 |
W-X |
Folder 1212 |
Y-Z |
Folder 1213 |
Zoning Board of Appeals |
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Box 113 |
John Irving, 2007-2014 |
Joyce Carol Oates, 2006-2010 |
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Jeremy Shaw, 2009-2010A housemate of Gail Godwin's in Iowa City. |
|
Father Webbe, 1982-1999 |
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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly incoming letters, but there are a few replies by Gail Godwin.
Folder 1214 |
1991, 2002-2005 |
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.
Includes correspondence between two generations of mothers and daughters and grandmother and granddaughter. Also included is correspondence of extended family members and friends.
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 843Folder 844 |
1954-1955 |
Folder 845-849
Folder 845Folder 846Folder 847Folder 848Folder 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 856Folder 857 |
1963-1964 |
Folder 858 |
1965-1966 |
Folder 859-860
Folder 859Folder 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
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.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103383
Box 113 |
"Borrowed of the Hills" and "Where There Is Faith"For Professor Koch's class, performed in experimental productions. |
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.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051
Folder 1292 |
Coursework at Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1967 |
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-5055/17PF-5055/18 |
Miscellaneous |
Image Folder PF-5055/19 |
Godwin, Gail, circa 1959, 1975-2001Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438 |
Image Folder PF-5055/20 |
Cole, Kathleen, 1952Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051 |
Image Folder PF-5055/21 |
Flora Book Tour, May 2013Acquisitions Information: Accession 103051 |
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.
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.
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.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly childhood mementos and a few items from Gail Godwin's life before she achieved publishing success.
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 |
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 |
Arrangement: by format.
Audio-visual materials arranged by format.
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.
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-5055/4VT-5055/5 |
Their Native Earth, 1989Interviews 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 1996See also Series 1.2 for related libretto materials |
Videotape VT-5055/13 |
Listening for God, volume 2, 1996From the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series: reading from Dream Children, with discussion questions |
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, 2006Contains 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 2002Contains audio of a 2002 BBC interview with Godwin. |
Digital Folder DF-5055/3 |
John Irving interviews Gail Godwin at 92nd Street Y, 1986Contains 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 StarerContains 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. |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Chiefly undated writings sent to Gail Godwin by her friends, Robb Forman Dew and John Irving, and her mentor, Father Gale Webbe.
Essay by Robb Forman Dew on coming of age in the segregated South.
Folder 1017 |
"The Power and the Glory," undated |
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 1018Folder 1019Folder 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 1022Folder 1023Folder 1024Folder 1025Folder 1026Folder 1027Folder 1028Folder 1029Folder 1030Folder 1031Folder 1032Folder 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 |
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.
Personal items of Gail Godwin; of her second husband, Ian Marshall; and of her longtime companion, Robert Starer.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Arrangement: chronological.
Restriction: Some financial materials are CLOSED to researchers until the author's death.
Folder 1222 |
Financial papers |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438 and 103051
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 1223Folder 1224Folder 1225 |
1998 |
Folder 1226-1227
Folder 1226Folder 1227 |
1999 |
Folder 1228 |
2000 |
Folder 1229 |
2001 |
Folder 1230-1231
Folder 1230Folder 1231 |
2002 |
Folder 1232-1233
Folder 1232Folder 1233 |
2003 |
Folder 1234-1235
Folder 1234Folder 1235 |
2004 |
Folder 1236 |
2004-2005 |
Folder 1237 |
2005-2006 |
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 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100438
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1238-1239
Folder 1238Folder 1239 |
1959Typescript copy is filed in Series 1.1.15. |
Folder 1240 |
Circa 1959 |
Restriction: Materials are CLOSED to researchers until the author's death.
Box 103 |
Closed materials: See folder 1222 |