A Guide to the Erskine Caldwell Papers, 1970-1989
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 4076-p
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Preferred Citation
Erskine Caldwell Papers, Accession #4076-p, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Library by Virginia Fletcher Moffett Caldwell of Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 9, 1990, and has no restrictions.
Scope and Content Information
There are 87 items, 1930(1970-1989), pertaining to Erskine Caldwell, which consist of manuscripts and miscellaneous and printed material. There is a 152-page typed uncorrected first draft of Writing in America by Erskine Caldwell. Among the miscellaneous material is a copy of a letter, March 24, 1930, from Caldwell to his parents, concerning his determination to win one of that year's Guggenheim Fellowship awards and his ambition to write a novel that will win the Pulitzer Prize. Other miscellaneous items include a manuscript, "Various Veracious Verses," 1966, by Caroline Bell Caldwell; Erskine Caldwell's closing remarks for the International Writer's Meeting on "Peace, the hope of the Planet," October 25, 1984; a witty essay on the controversy of marriage by Erskine Caldwell; a print of a sketch of Caldwell by his wife Virginia Caldwell; and, a photograph of Caldwell. Printed material about Caldwell and his works include newspaper and magazine articles, reprints, pamphlets, programs, and posters. In addition, there are three bound volumes: Pres De La Maison (1989), a French translation of Close to Home (1962) by Erskine Caldwell; The Legacy of Erskine Caldwell (1989) by Stanley W. Lindberg; and, a special issue of The Southern Quarterly , Spring 1989, devoted to Caldwell.