Papers Relating to Thomas Wolfe from Various Sources, 1917-1985

Collection Number: 70005

Collection Title: Papers Relating to Thomas Wolfe from Various Sources, 1917-1985

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Size	6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 300 items)
Abstract	The collection contains original letters from Thomas Wolfe to Albert Coates, Benjamin Cone, Julian Meade, Corydon Spruill, James Holly Hanford, Archibald Henderson, J. Maryon Saunders, and others. There are photocopies of letters from Thomas Wolfe to various recipients, including Lora French and Horace Williams. There are also two original letters from William Faulkner to Richard Walser and one from Sinclair Lewis to Julian Meade. The collection also contains printed material, reminiscences, material gathered by Don Bishop when he was writing about Thomas Wolfe, a bibliography of Wolfe material in the scrapbooks of the Carolina Playmakers, a photocopied galley proof of Of Time and the River, scripts, essays, and articles about Wolfe. There is also material from the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association of Asheville, N.C.; the Thomas Wolfe Society; the Thomas Wolfe 75th Anniversary Celebration; the annual Wolfe Fest at St. Mary's College in Raleigh, N.C.; the North Caroliniana Society; and the University of North Carolina.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. North Carolina Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting this collection.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Papers Relating to Thomas Wolfe from Various Sources (#70005), North Carolina Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.; [Note: Collection number changed from #CW2 to #70005 in April 2020.]

Acquisitions Information: The items in this collection were obtained by gift or purchase from sources other than the Wolfe family, the Terry family, or Edward Aswell. Among the donors to this collection are Albert Coates, Benjamin Cone, Mrs. Archibald Henderson, Richard Walser, Beverly Moore, Corydon P. Spruill, Edward M. Miller, Aldo Magi, James Holly Hanford, Don Bishop, and others. Six original Thomas Wolfe letters were purchased from the family of Julian Meade. Other items are from the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association, the Thomas Wolfe Society, the Wolfe Fest at St. Mary's College, and the Thomas Wolfe 75th Anniversary Celebration.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: Frances Weaver, A. Hope Shull, Nicholas Graham, 1998

Encoded by: Benjamin Bromley, September 2009

Finding aid updated by Dawne Howard Lucas in April 2020 to change the collection number from CW2 to 70005.

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The collection contains original letters from Thomas Wolfe to Albert Coates, Benjamin Cone, Julian Meade, Corydon Spruill, James Holly Hanford, Archibald Henderson, J. Maryon Saunders, and others. There are photocopies of letters from Thomas Wolfe to various recipients, including Lora French and Horace Williams. There are also two original letters from William Faulkner to Richard Walser and one from Sinclair Lewis to Julian Meade. The collection also contains printed material, reminiscences, material gathered by Don Bishop when he was writing about Thomas Wolfe, a bibliography of Wolfe material in the scrapbooks of the Carolina Playmakers, a photocopied galley proof of Of Time and the River, scripts, essays, and articles about Wolfe. There is also material from the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association of Asheville, N.C.; the Thomas Wolfe Society; the Thomas Wolfe 75th Anniversary Celebration; the annual Wolfe Fest at St. Mary's College in Raleigh, N.C.; the North Caroliniana Society; and the University of North Carolina.

Preliminary Box list

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About 300 items.

Box 1	Thomas Wolfe letters, 1917-1938 (original) Original letters written by Thomas Wolfe, including letters from Wolfe to Albert Coates, Benjamin Cone, Julian Meade, Corydon Spruill, James Holly Hanford, Archibald Henderson, J. Maryon Saunders, and others.
	Thomas Wolfe letters, 1920-1938 (photocopies) Photocopies of letters written by Thomas Wolfe to Lora French, Horace Williams, and other recipients.
Box 2	William Faulkner letters, 1950-1952 Two original letters from William Faulkner to Richard Walser, clarifying Faulkner's statement that Thomas Wolfe was the best writer of his generation.
	Other letters, 1921-1978 Letters and telegrams written in response to Thomas Wolfe's death, letters regarding the publication of Wolfe's unfinished work A Western Journey, and other letters. Included is a letter from Sinclair Lewis to Julian Meade.
Box 3	Notes, scripts, reminiscences, reviews Reminiscences about Thomas Wolfe, a photocopy of Thomas Wolfe's transcript from the University of North Carolina, a certificate given to Wolfe by the General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina, and other items.
Box 4	Thomas Wolfe Society, 1978-1985 Promotional material, agendas, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
Box 5	"Thomas Wolfe at North Carolina," North Caroliniana Society imprint number 6, 1982 Material related to the production and release of "Thomas Wolfe at North Carolina."
Box 6	Wolfe Fest, 1977-1982 Promotional materials and schedules of events for Wolfe Fest, 1977-1982.
	Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association Promotional material, budgets, and annual reports, among other items, of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association, Asheville, N.C.
	Modern Language Association session on Thomas Wolfe, 1979
	Thomas Wolfe 75th Anniversary Celebration, 1975
Box 7	Galley proof of Thomas Wolfe's Of Time and the River (photocopy)

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Cassette tapes that were made at the 75th Anniversary Celebration in Asheville in 1975 were transferred to the Wolfe collection of records and tapes.

Collection Number: 70005 Collection Title: Papers Relating to Thomas Wolfe from Various Sources, 1917-1985