Writings and Research Series, 1806-1988 and undated

Extent:
12 boxes
Scope and content:

Comprises the bulk of the collection and provides a record of Anderson's intellectual life, covering the scope of Anderson's writing and editing work, including research files; drafts and proofs; lectures; and correspondence with publishers. Organized into the following subseries: American Literary Masters, Charleston, Emily Dickinson, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Henry James, Sidney Lanier, Herman Melville, Henry David Thoreau, Other Writings, and Research Files. Much of the series consists of files either related to research or publishing. Research files are chiefly copies or reprints of scholarly articles but also include a number of copies of correspondence by research subjects. Copies of letters from Emily Dickinson, and numerous letters by or to Paul Hamilton Hayne, to which the earliest dates in this series refer, can be found in the subseries for each author. Copies of letters by Thomas Gayarre, Flannery O'Connor, and between Sarah Helen Whitman and James Wood Davidson are in the Research Files Subseries.

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