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A Guide to the Tennessee Williams Collection Williams, Tennessee. 6694-e

A Guide to the Tennessee Williams Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6694-e


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6694-e
Title
Tennessee Williams Collection ca. 1927-1956
Extent
19 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Tennessee Williams Collection, Accession 6694-e, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1986 October 14

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Edwina [Dakin Williams ?]
  • Harold Clurman
  • Irwin Shaw
  • Molly Day Thacker
  • Tennessee Williams
  • Wilbur Schramm
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Europe
  • Los Angelos
  • St. Louis, Missouri
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Item Listing

Manuscripts
  • Two copies of the poem " The Blanket Roll Blues , "
    n.d.
    TMs, 2 p.

    one signed "10 Wms" in pencil

  • The poem " A Call " by Tennessee Williams
    n.d.
    TMs, 1 p

    written while living in St. Louis, Missouri .

  • Poem beginning, "Come to me like a deep breath," by Tennessee Williams
    1956 Sep 10
    TMs, 2 p.

    undated, with a note on the verso, dated September 10, 1956, by Edwina [Dakin Williams ?] , describing this poem as "the original and only copy"

  • The poem " Elegy For An Artist (For Florence Biddle VerSteeg) " by Tennessee Williams
    n.d.
    TMs, 2 p.
  • Poem beginning "I dream and in my dream the ghosts appear of Chaucer, Milton, [glittering] Shakespeare," by Tennessee Williams
    n.d.
    AMs, 2 p.
  • Poem beginning, "My eyes sometimes swim past enormous crowds," by Tennessee Williams
    n.d.
    TMs, 2 p.
  • The poem, " The Painted Masque , " by Tennessee Williams
    n.d.
    TMs, 1 p.
  • The poem, " Roses , " by Tennessee Williams
    1938 Apr
    TMsS, 1 p.

    probably about his sister Rose who had recently undergone a prefrontal lobotomy as a cure for her schizophrenia

  • The poem, " The Vanished Nymph , " by Tennessee Williams
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • An elegy, "Virginia H. Jones An Appreciation," by [ Tennessee Williams ]
    n.d.
    TMs, 1 p.

    perhaps commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution for a deceased member

  • Fragment of a short story entitled " The Christmas Blocks , " and other incidents from Tennessee Williams early childhood
    n.d.
    TMs, 5 p.

    possibly later incorporated into his Memoir

  • Fragment in which Tennessee Williams gloats over the prospects of being a passenger on a ship during the summer and describes his anger over the University [City High School ?] dropping "World History" from its curriculum
    [ca. 1927?]
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Fragment of a short story about a young man's discovery that he has tuberculosis
    n.d.
    AMs, 3 p.
  • Fragment of a short story by Tennessee Williams ,
    1930 Feb 21
    AMsS, 1 p.

    possibly based upon his experiences on his voyage to Europe when sixteen

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Letters
  • Various stages of a letter drafted by Tennessee Williams to Wilbur Schramm at the University of Iowa
    1937 Aug 22
    7 TL , 7 p.

    [writes about entering the University of Iowa 's drama department]

  • Draft of a letter from Tennessee Williams to the Registrar of the University of Iowa
    [1937]
    TL , 1 p.

    [writes concerning their drama department and requests a catalogue]

  • Two drafts of a letter from Tennessee Williams to judges Harold Clurman , Irwin Shaw , and Molly Day Thacker
    [1939]
    ALS , 2 p.

    [thanks them for the Group Theater Prize of one hundred dollars awarded to him for American Blues and mentions his employment as a featherpicker on a squab ranch near Los Angelos and his new job in a shoe store]

  • Draft of a notice to "potential producers"
    [ca. 1940]
    TLS, 1 p.

    [decribes how Tennessee Williams ' play Stairs to the Roof was based on his shoe store job], initialed by Williams

  • An incomplete farcical "letter" addressed to "Honey Chile"
    n.d.
    TL , 1 p.

    [concerns limited letter writing]

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