James Jackson Kilpatrick Papers, 1908, 1963-1997,
Accession #6626-s, Special Collections Department,
University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These papers were given to the University of Virginia
Library by James J. Kilpatrick on June 8, 1998
This collection consists of the additional papers of James
J. Kilpatrick, ca. 1908, 1963-1997, including typescripts of
his columns, "A Conservative View," "The Writer's Art and
Covering the Courts," and "The Writer's Art," bound into
volumes. Some of the typescripts have autographs changes and
corrections and others are labeled "scanner ready copy."
Other papers include reporter's notebooks, 1978-1994;
publication agreement and correspondence with EPM
Publications, chiefly regarding his book,
The Foxes' Union ;
correspondence and contract with Universal Press Syndicate
concerning a weekly column discussing language, its usage, and
the art of writing, and the eventual publication of his
columns in book form, including two publicity photographs of
Kilpatrick; correspondence with
National Geographic Traveler ,
concerning his travel story, "Richmond on The Noble James,"
and the typescript of the story; papers pertaining to his
participation in the Black-Eyed Pea Society of America; and
correspondence with readers concerning his column, "The
Writer's Art."
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