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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, 1986-1987).
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 Special Collections 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.
Please note that W.W. Norton holds copyright to all of Faulkner's published works. If you would like to reproduce original manuscript materials from our collection that pertain to these published works, including holograph drafts and typescripts, please contact:
Ms. Claire Reinertsen, W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110, USA (fax: +1-212-869-0856)
For permission to quote from or reproduce any of Faulkner's unpublished works or correspondence, please contact:
Lee Caplin, Picture Entertainment Corporation, 8332 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, California 90069, USA (Telephone: +1-310-657-9092)
William Faulkner Foundation Collection, 1918-1959, Accession #6074 to 6074-d, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection of William Faulkner's manuscripts was originally deposited in the Library by the author on 11 June 1959. It remained in the Library as Mr. Faulkner's property until 19 December 1966, when, under the terms of Mr. Faulkner's will, the collection became the property of the William Faulkner Foundation. On 13 April 1970 the announcement was made that title to the collection had been deeded by the Foundation to the University of Virginia. Additions to the collection have been made at various times.
The Collection includes holograph and typescript material from nineteen published novels, two unpublished novels, thirty-two published and ten unpublished short stories, twenty-five published and eight unpublished pieces of verse eight movie or television scripts, two miscellaneous manuscripts, three essays, five speeches, and twenty miscellaneous items.
The series and items have been arranged in the order used by Meriwether in his volume, The Literary Career of William Faulkner ( Princeton, 1961). Where it has been impossible to follow Meriwether's system exactly, notes facilitating comparison of the present Guide to his book have been included. References to "Massey" are to Linton R. Massey's William Faulkner: "Man Working," 1919-1962, A Catlogue of the William Faulkner Collections at the University of Virginia Library (Charlottesville, 1968). The latter volume contains chiefly information on the printed William Faulkner materials held by Special Collections but has a section devoted to the manuscripts.
All items are accession 6074 except as otherwise noted. Abbreviations: p. (pages); R (rectos); V (verses); l. (leaves)
with autograph corrections.
with autograph corrections.
with autograph corrections. Note: volume has been debound. Original covers are boxed.
Note: pages 1 and 1a (which were not, however, the original first pages of the manuscript) were removed on the instructions of Mr. Faulkner on 11 July 1959. The original first page is presently in the Massey- Faulkner Collection (accession 6271-a). Page 5 was not received with the manuscript.
with autograph corrections.
"Appendix." (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey p. 225) [6074-a]
with autograph corrections. Note: versos contain portions of an autograph manuscript.
chronology.
with autograph corrections.
with autograph corrections.
Certificates of limitation for the Haddon Craftsmen Limited Edition. 25 unsigned and 10 signed by the author.
"An Odor of Verbena " .
"An Odor of Verbena " . with autograph corrections.
"Wild Palms " .
"Old Man " . Several revisions of scattered passages.
Includes autograph corrections and miscellaneous front material. 5 p. (5 R, 0 V) on 5 l.
"Abraham's Children " .
Father Abraham . (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 228, under " Spotted Horses . ") [6074-a]
"Father Abraham " . incomplete. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 228, under "Spotted Horses. " ) [6074-a]
"Fool About A Horse " . (Meriwether no. 12, b, 1)
"Fool About A Horse " . with autograph corrections. (Meriwether no. 12, b, 2)
"Fool About A Horse " . with autograph correction. (Meriwether no. 12, c, 2)
"Barn Burning " (Meriwether no. 12, c, 1)
"Barn Burning " (Meriwether no. 12, c, 2)
"Barn Burning " (Meriwether no. 12, c, 2)
"The Hound " . Printed copy from Harpers' , p. 266-274. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226)
"The Hound " . (Meriwether no. 12, d)
"The Hound " . Miscellaneous pages, principally of revisions. (Meriwether no 12, e)
"The Hound " . Miscellaneous portions. (Meriwether no. 12, f)
"The Hound " . with autograph corrections. Miscellaneous portions. (Not listed in Meriwether; includes the 57 p. listed by Massey, p. 225) [6074-a]
"The Hound " . Miscellaneous portions. (Not listed in either Meriwether or Massey) [6074-a]
"The Hound " . Includes autograph corrections and miscellaneous front material. 8 p. (8 R, 0 V) on 8 l.
"Was " with autograph correction. (Meriwether no. 13, a)
"Was " portions. (Not listed in Meriwether, see Massey, p. 225)
"The Fire and the Hearth " , A Point of Law, with autograph corrections.
"The Fire and the Hearth " , Gold Is Not Always .
"The Fire and the Hearth " , Gold Is Not Always .
"The Fire and the Hearth " , An Absolution [ Apotheosis ] with autograph corrections.
"The Fire and the Hearth " , with autograph corrections.
"The Fire and the Hearth " , Chapters One and Two.
"Pantaloon in Black " , with autograph corrections.
"The Old People " , with autograph corrections.
"The Bear " .
"Delta Autumn " , with autograph corrections.
"Go Down, Moses " , with autograph correction. Note: versos contain typescript of another version.
"Go Down, Moses " .
"Go Down, Moses " .
Genealogical chart in pencil showing the McCaslin-Edmonds-Beauchamp connections.
Includes autograph corrections and miscellaneous front material. 3 p. (3 R, 0 V) on 3 l.
(Meriwether no. 14, a)
Dialogue portions. (Meriwether no. 14, a)
Includes miscellaneous typescripts. 172 p. (138 R, 34 V) on 138 l. Note: some versos contain earlier versions. (Meriwether no. 14, b)
Front material. Notes: some versos contain portions of another typescript. (Meriwether no. 14, c) Miscellaneous front material boxed. 3 p. (3 R, 0 V) on 3 l.
"Smoke "
"Smoke " , Printed copy from Harper's Magazine
"Monk " . see below (item IA:15 g, 2)
"Hand Upon the Waters " .
"Hand Upon the Waters " , with autograph corrections.
"Hand Upon the Waters " , with autograph corrections. (numbered 1-33; missing p. 25, 26, 28)
"Hand Upon the Waters " , Tomorrow , with autograph corrections.
"Hand Upon the Waters " , An Error in Chemistry , with autograph corrections.
"Knight's Gambit " , with autograph corrections.
"Knight's Gambit " with autograph corrections. Note: includes TMs fragment of A FABLE 1 p. on 1 l.
"Knight's Gambit " , with autograph corrections. Note: some versos contain portions of another typescript. (not listed in Meriwether; see Massey p. 226) [6074-a]
"Smoke " , setting copy; Printed copy from [ Doctor Martino and Other Stories ]
"Monk " , Printed copy from Scribner's , setting copy.
"Hand Upon the Waters " , Printed copy from Saturday Evening Post , setting copy.
"Tomorrow " , Printed copy from Saturday Evening Post , setting copy
"An Error in Chemistry " , Printed copy from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , setting copy.
"Knight's gambit " , with autograph revisions; setting copy.
For front material for the 1949 Random House edition of Knight's Gambit . (Meriwether no. 15, h and I)
Miscellaneous portions
Miscellaneous portions with autograph corrections.
With autograph revisions. Note: some versos contain portions of another typescript of Requiem, also with autograph revisions. Front material 6 p. (6 R, 0 V) on 6 l.
With attached sheet of typescript additions and with autograph corrections.
(Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6074-a]
Lemuel Ayers to William Faulkner, enclosing notes for suggested revisions of Requiem. (Meriwether no. 16, g)
Miscellaneous portions.
Miscellaneous portions with autograph corrections. Note: some versos contain earlier versions.
Miscellaneous portions with corrections. Note: versos contain parts of this and other manuscripts. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6074-a]
With autograph corrections and miscellaneous front material. 7 p. (7 R, 0 V) on 7 l. Note: some versos contain an earlier version. (Meriwether no. 17, c)
Prelude.
"The Bear " .
Interlude.
"The Old People " .
Interlude.
"The Bear Hunt " with typescript and autograph additions.
Interlude.
"Race at Morning " .
Epilogue.
Front material, layout, and instruction. [6451]
[6451]
"A Mule in the Yard " [6451-a]
"A Mule in the Yard " , with autograph correction.
Includes autograph correction and front material, 10 p. (10 R, 0 V) on 10 l. [6451-a]
With autograph corrections. Note: some versos contain letters, parts of other manuscript (including portions of The Mansion) and an essay. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 171) [6074-a]
(Meriwether no. 19, d) [6451-a]
(Meriwether no, 19, e) [6451-a]
(Meriwether no. 19, f) [6451-a]
Specifications and print sample. (Meriwether no. 19, g) [6451-a]
With autograph corrections. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6094-a] Note: some versos contain typescript of an unproduced television series. [6074-f]
With autograph corrections. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [60734-b]
With corrections (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [60734-b]
With corrections. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6074-b]
(Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6074-b]
Preliminary material from above. (Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6074-b]
(Not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 226) [6074-b]
With autograph corrections. (Meriwether no. 1, b)
(Meriwether no. 1, b)
"Portrait of Elmer Hodge " . (Meriwether no. 1, b)
The manuscript of short stories that were later integrated into novels are kept with the other material from those novels; they therefore have no numbers below and are provided with references to their current locations among the longer works.
"Barn Burning " . See The Hamlet; The Bear . See Go Down, Moses; A Bear Hunt . See Big Woods.
With autograph corrections
With autograph corrections. See also " Shall Not Perish .
from Scribner's " Delta Autumn . " See Go Down, Moses.
from Scribner's
from La Nouvelle Revue Francaise
("Selvage")
With autograph corrections. ("Selvage")
"An Error in Chemistry " . See Knight's Gambit ; Fool about a Horse . See The Hamlet .
With autograph corrections.
From Harper's . " Gold Is Not Always " See Go Down, Moses ; " Go Down Moses " See Go Down, Moses ; " Hand Upon the Waters " See Knight's Gambit ; " The Hound " See The Hamlet .
"Lizards in Jamshyd's Courtyard " , printed copy from The Saturday Evening Post , 8 p. (4 R, 4 V) on 4 l. (see Meriwether, p. 29 and 173)
With autograph corrections.
copyright registration.
"Monk " . See Knight's Gambit .
"Mule in the Yard " . " See The Town .
"The Old People " . See Go Down, Moses and Big Woods ; Pantaloon in Black . See Go Down, Moses .
With autograph corrections. " A Point of Law . " See Go Down, Moses ; " Race at Morning . " See Big Woods .
from Saturday Evening Post
from Forum
from The Golden Book Magazine
in French, (uncut)
With autograph corrections. (Meriwether #25, a and c) Portions of " A Courtship on some versos.
with autograph corrections
"Smoke " . See Knight's Gambit ; Spotted Horses ; Abraham's Children . See The Hamlet ; Father Abraham . See The Hamlet .
(Meriwether, #28)
(Meriwether, #27)
from The American Mercury (Meriwether, #27)
with corrections
from The Saturday Evening Post . " Tomorrow . " See Knight's Gambit .
from The Saturday Evening Post
with autograph corrections
"An Absolution " [ Apotheosis ]. See " The Fire on the Hearth .
with autograph corrections. " The Fire on the Hearth . " See Go Down, Moses ; " Knight's Gambit . " See Knight's Gambit .
with autograph corrections
incomplete. " An Odor of Verbena , " see The Unvanquished .
with autograph corrections
"Was " , see Go Down, Moses .
with autograph corrections. (not listed in Meriwether; see Massey, p. 229). [#6074-a]
with autograph corrections. (Meriwether #7) Published posthumously by Random House
missing p. 25 (not listed in Meriwether; see Massey p. 229) [#6074-a] Published posthumously by Random House
(not listed by Meriwether; see Massey p. 229) [#6074-a] Published posthumously by Random House
(Meriwether #8)
with autograph corrections. (Meriwether #8)
(Meriwether #9)
with one holograph correction. Published first in The Mississippian (1919 November 12) and in the Oxford Eagle (1919 November 13). [Massey, p. 229]
First line: "I Will Not Weep for Youth . . .
First line: "Knew I Love Once . . .
First line: "Beyond the hill the sun swam downward . . ." ( The Green Bough , X)
First line: "Winter is Gone . . .
( The Green Bough , II)
w/AMs note on verso. ( The Green Bough , V)
First line: "Man Comes, Man Goes . . ." ( The Green Bough , VI)
w/AMs note on verso. First line: "Trumpets of sun in silence fall . . ." ( The Green Bough , VII)
First line: "The Sun lay long upon the hills . . ." ( The Green Bough , IX)
First line: "When evening shadows grew around . . ." (variant extra verse) ( The Green Bough , XI)
First line: "Young Richard, striding toward town . . ." ( The Green Bough , XII)
First line: "When I was young and proud and gay . . ." ( The Green Bough , XIII)
( The Green Bough , XVI. Also, Mississippi Verse )
( The Green Bough , XVII)
First line: "The Flowers That Died . . .
First line: "Sweet will it be to us who sleep . . .
First line: "Where I am dead the clover loved of bees . . .
dialogue, Vivian ,
Pagination: 1-30, 30A, 31-37
"Story Line on Old Man " , with autograph corrections, w/env. Pagination: 1-16, 16A, 16B, 17-20. Typescripts of portions of other manuscripts, including Shall Not Perish and Mississippi are on versos of pages following page 2.
with autograph corrections
Saxe Cummins to Martin Jurrow
with autograph corrections
w/ cover, Also Warner Bros. house telegram, 1943 January 6, Robert Buckner to William Faulkner.
Morningstar[?] see folder VIII-17
Pagination: 29-30, 56-58, 58A, 59-82, 113. Unidentified typescript on verso of page 113.
unproduced series, located on the versos of pages 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 11C of chapter xvii of The Mansion (Series IA, Item 20A) (not listed in Meriwether). [#6074-f]
Appendix on Compson family ,
"Dilsey" section, pencilled notes on verso of last page concerning horseshow program.
with autograph corrections
with autograph corrections. [#6074-a]
[#6074-a] " On Privacy: The American Dream: What Happened to It. " See under speeches, " Freedom American Style .
[#6074-a]
"I Decline to Accept the End of Man," printed by Press of the Good Mountain, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N. Y. [#6074-a] uncut page with cover.
" William Faulkner's 'The Nobel Prize Speech,'" printed by Spiral Press, N. Y., 5 p. [#6074-a]
[#6451]
[#6451]
in amount of $103.25 signed, John Faulkner III to order of " William, Faulkner. " [#6451]
to William Faulkner. [#6451] fragment
from Quick Repair Shoe Shop to William Faulkner [#6451]
beginning, "Well, dear friends, here we are again. Back in our beloved school . . .
[#6451]
[#6451]
[#6451] [ Malcolm Franklin ?]
[#6451]
[#6451]
Relating to William C. Faulkner's service as Postmaster of the University of Mississippi. Items include: 1924 October 31, Receipt for Mail keys, 2 p. (1 R, 1 V) on 1 l.; 1924 October 31, Certificate for transfer of postal forms and funds, signed by " W. C. Faulkner, " Outgoing Postmaster and James W. Bell, Jr., Acting Postmaster, 1 p. on 1 l.; 1924 October 31, Receipt for Internal Revenue Documentary Stamp Fixed Credit at District Post Office, signed by James W. Bell, Jr. 1 p. on 1 l.; 1924 October 31, Receipt for stamps, forms, etc. signed by James W. Bell, Jr.; 1925 October 19, Form letter informing " M. C. Faulkner " of his accounting with the General Accounting Office, 1 p. on 1 l.; 1925 October 26, TL carbon, W. C. Faulkner to General Accounting Office, 1 p. on 1 l.; 1925 November 9, TLS, J. R. McCarl (signed by R. S. Tower ) to "Mr. M. C. Faulkner, " 1 p. on 1 l.; Forms, 2 p. on 2 l., and five envelopes of the General Accounting Office; 1926 March 3, Form letter from J. R. McCarl to " William C. Faulkner "; 1926 March 18, TLS, B. G. Lowrey to Phil Stone, 1 p. on 1 l. with enclosures of two statements of account for October 19 and November 9, 1925, 6 p. on 6 l.
Autograph manuscript notes and drawings on aeronautics, 36 p. (19 R, 17 V) on 19 l.; Honorary Commission, 12 November 1920, of William Faulkner as 2nd Lieutenant, 1 p.; Covering letter for money order, 13 January 1919, R. A. F. to William Faulkner, 1 p.; Mimeographed letter, 21 November 1918, Imperial Royal Flying Corps to airmen and cadets regarding uniforms, 1 p.; Printed table of pay allowances in R. A. F., 1 p.
Carte des Environs de Paris, 1 p.; Lafayette County, Mississippi, Soil Map, 1912, 1 p.
1944 November 20, TL fragment, [ William Faulkner ] to "Mr. Ballinger," 1 p.; 1948 February 12, TL fragment, [ William Faulkner ] to Cleveland, 1 p. (date and address only).; 1948 June 18, TL, [ William Faulkner ] to [Howard] Hawks, 2 p. (1 R, 1 V) on 1 l.; 1948 June 29, TL, [ William Faulkner ] to Howard hHawks, 2 p. (2 R, 0 V) on 2 l.; "Monday," TL fragment, [ William Faulkner ] to Saxe [Commins], 1 p.; "Saturday," TL, [ William Faulkner ] to "Bill," 1 p.; "Saturday," TL with autograph corrections, [ William Faulkner ] to "The Editors, Commercial Appeal , 2 p. (1 R, 1 V) on 1 l. Brief, Unidentified typescript fragment [possibly from Requiem for a Nun ?] and autograph arithmetical notes on verso. ; n. d., AL, [ William Faulkner ] to "Mr. Thompson," concerning " Spotted Horses , " 1 p. (1 R, 0 V) on 1 l.
(not listed in Massey) [#6451] Including: 1941 May 23, mimeographed LS, Clyde McGhee to [ William Faulkner ], 1 p.; 1941 May 23, TLS, William Herndon to William Faulkner, 1 p.; 1949 January 10, copy of TL, Random House to William Faulkner, 2 p. (1 R, 1 V) on 1 l. Unidentified typescript fragment on verso.; 1951 September 4, TLS, w/env, Saul N. Wernick to William Faulkner, 1 p.; 1951 September 4, TLS, w/env, Leighton M. Ballew to William Faulkner, 1 p.; [1951 September 5], one envelope, Random House to William Faulkner; n. d., A draft in pencil, unsigned, lacking addressee, concerning transfer of ownership of a horse, 2 p. (1 R, 1 V) on 1 l.
#6451-c. (not listed in Massey) Including: 1929 February 15, TL, [ Harcourt, Brace ] to William Faulkner, 1 p.; 1929 February 18, TLS, William Faulkner to Mr. Harcourt, 1 p.; 1929 February 25, TL, [ Harcourt, Brace ] to William Faulkner, 1 p.; [1929 April 13], TLS, William Faulkner to Mr. Chase (of Harcourt, Brace ), 1 p.; 1933 July 19, TLS, William Faulkner to Sam Marx (of MGM Studios ), 1 p.; 1949 October 12, TLS, William Faulkner to Sam [Marx], 1 p.
[#6451-b] including: poetry by Col. W. C. Faulkner; typescript poems by William Faulkner; 6 letters of William Faulkner to his "Aunt Bama"; 1 letter of William Faulkner to "May Bell"; the Nobel Prize Speech as published by the Spiral Press, 1951; A Catalogue of the Writings of William Faulkner , by Robert W. Daniel; numerous clippings, family letters and others material (none of this material listed in Massey).
with a photograph of a plane being flown by William Faulkner. (not listed in Massey). [#6074-c]
including an article by Jill Faulkner describing the Nobel Prize ceremonies. (not listed in Massey). [#6074-c]
Including Unidentified scraps, a typing paper box and envelopes that originally held manuscripts, old folders, etc. (The "Remcraft" folders in this box are not likely to have originated with Faulkner himself, but to have been used in an early cataloging system, such as Princeton's.