Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on access to the Library's microfilms of the William Faulkner manuscripts in its custody; the microfilm may be consulted by any interested party, and it will be lent through the interlibrary loan system. Materials are constantly added. Long-term loans may be arranged. Use of the microfilm will be restricted to the premises of the borrowing library. No loans will be made to individuals. Researchers should enquire of the Manuscripts Division concerning availability of microfilm of manuscripts that are pertinent to their work. Most of the literary manuscripts in our collections written by Faulkner, both holograph and typescript, have also been published in facsimile in William Faulkner Manuscripts , 25 vols (New York: Garland, 1986-87).

By the terms of the agreement by which the William Faulkner Foundation transferred the original manuscripts to the University, access to the original manuscripts is restricted (to ensure the survival of the physically-delicate originals) to doctoral candidates at the dissertation stage of their programs, and to certain mature scholars and critics. But even these researchers must demonstrate need to see the originals that goes beyond the requirements of most routine research. A doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage, or other qualified researcher who believes that his or her work requires access to the originals must correspond with the Curator of Manuscripts prior to arrival at the Library to obtain permission for access.

No microfilm, electrostatic, or other types of copies may be made of materials written by William Faulkner that are in our William Faulkner Collections. Other materials in the collections may be copied subject to the normal rules of the Library established under the conditions of the Copyright Act. All copying is performed by the Printing Services Department of the University.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

William Faulkner Foundation Collection, Accession 10677, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

The records of the Ibero-American Novel Project were donated to the Library by Arnold Armand Del Greco of Charlottesville, Virginia , on December 30, 1985 .

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

The records of the Ibero-american Novel Project of the William Faulkner Foundation , 1961-1969 (1973), include ca. 1000 items of correspondence, certificates of merit, brochures listing award winners, announcements and statements regarding the project, printed items, and related material. Also present is a plaque awarded by the Foundation in 1964 for the most notable Ibero-American Novel, 1947-1962, to Ramon Diaz Sanchez for Cumboto .

During January through April 1961, William Faulkner visited Venezuela where he developed an interest in expanding his knowledge of the Spanish language. Upon his return to the United States , he set forth an idea concerning Latin American writers which involved the newly established William Faulkner Foundation . Faulkner, with the help of Linton Reynolds Massey and Arnold Armand Del Greco , made plans for a program in which three judges (under the age of twenty five) from each participating Latin American country would select an outstanding novel which had been published since World War II and that had not been translated into English. In assition, a grand award in the form of a plaque would be presented to one of the participants. The Foundation would then use its influence to have those novels that were nominated translated and published in the United States . The Ibero-American Novel Project evolved, and authors from fourteen countries were honored.

Award winners for 1962 were Eduardo Mallea , Argentina ; Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz , Bolivia ; Graciliano Ramos , Brazil ; Jose Donoso , Chile ; Carlos Luis Fallas Sibaja , Costa Rica ; Marcio Veloz Magiolo , Domninican Republic ; Miguel Angel Asturias , Guatemala ; Enna Godoy , Mexico ; Joaquin Beleno , Panama ; Augusto Roa Bastos , Paraguary ; Jose Maria Arguedas , Peru ; Rene Marques , Puerto Rico ; Juan Carlos Onetti , Uraguay ; and Ramon Diaz Sanchez , Venezuela . Included is correspondence, in Spanish, between these novelists and Arnold Del Greco , a professor at the University of Virginia and director of the Ibero-American novel project.

Other correspondents include Jose Antonio Cordido-Freytes , Jorge Edwards , Donald Simon Klopfer ( Random House ), William A. Koshland ( Alfred A. Knopf ), Roy Land , Linton Reynolds Massey , Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr. , Paul D. Summers, Jr. , and Frank Harper Wardlaw, Jr. , ( University of Texas ). Del Greco also corresponded with many persons interested in the project, including interpreters and translators, editors, publishers, critics, professors, and American and foreign officials.

Organization

This collection in divided into two series: I. Correspondence, and, II. Topical. Folders were maintained in the original alphabetical order; modifications have been made to some folders.