JONES, MADISON, 1925-
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Scope and Content Note

Series 2, Correspondence, 1956-1989, contains letters from family, friends and associates, publishing companies, presses, production companies, students, and readers of his works. Other correspondence includes letters about speaking engagements and honors and awards. Among the many notable correspondents are Jewel Spears Brooker, Cleanth Brooks, Fred Chappell, Brainard Cheney, William Cobb, Harry Crews, Donald Davidson, James Dickey, Sally Fitzgerald, Jessie Hill Ford, Ben Forkner, Michael Hargraves, Walter Havighurst, Harper Lee, Andrew Lytle, Frederick Manfred, Flannery O'Connor, M. L. Rosenthal, Monroe K. Spears, William Styron, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Floyd Watkins, and Melvin B. Yoken. This correspondence has been divided according to type, i. e, individual correspondents; publishing companies, presses, production companies, readers' services; and readers and students. It is then arranged alphabetically by name within each heading.

The correspondence soliciting Madison Jones's papers by Boston University and Auburn University located in Box 14: folder 20 have been removed and placed in the office files of the Special Collections department. Placeholder pages have been inserted in the file noting the items which have been removed.

Scope and Content Note Series 2, Correspondence, 1956-1989, contains letters from family, friends and associates, publishing companies, presses, production companies, students, and readers of his works. Other correspondence includes letters about speaking engagements and honors and awards. Among the many notable correspondents are Jewel Spears Brooker, Cleanth Brooks, Fred Chappell, Brainard Cheney, William Cobb, Harry Crews, Donald Davidson, James Dickey, Sally Fitzgerald, Jessie Hill Ford, Ben Forkner, Michael Hargraves, Walter Havighurst, Harper Lee, Andrew Lytle, Frederick Manfred, Flannery O'Connor, M. L. Rosenthal, Monroe K. Spears, William Styron, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Floyd Watkins, and Melvin B. Yoken. This correspondence has been divided according to type, i. e, individual correspondents; publishing companies, presses, production companies, readers' services; and readers and students. It is then arranged alphabetically by name within each heading. The correspondence soliciting Madison Jones's papers by Boston University and Auburn University located in Box 14: folder 20 have been removed and placed in the office files of the Special Collections department. Placeholder pages have been inserted in the file noting the items which have been removed.

Individual Correspondents
Box	Folder	Content
11	1	Family: Carroll Jones, 1967, 1969-1970, no date
11	2	Family: Madison Jones, III, no date
11	3	Family: Michael Jones, no date
11	4	Family: Percy Jones,no date
11	5	Bill M. Barnett, 1987
11	6	Rick Barnett, 1984
11	7	Henry Denmark Bell, 1968
11	8	Madison Smartt Bell, 1979, 1985
11	9	Madison Smartt Bell: Endorsement of Last Thing, 23 March 1989
11	10	Christine Benagh, 1982
11	11	John Bensko, no date
11	12	John W. Bowling, 1972
11	13	Emily Hope Brooker, 1985
11	14	Jewel Spears Brooker, 1983-1986
11	15	Cleanth Brooks, 1982
11	16	Ashley Brown, 1982
11	17	Fred Chappell, 1983-1986
11	18	Brainard (Lon) Cheney, 1963, 1978, 1984
11	19	Fannie Cheney, 1982
11	20	William Cobb, 1984
11	21	Roger Cole, 1974, 1982
11	22	Jack Conroy, 1968, 1971, 1978
11	23	Malcolm Cowley, 1963
11	24	Elizabeth Cox, 1986
11	25	Harry Crews: Endorsement of Last Thing, 7 March 1989
11	26	Donald Davidson, 1968
11	27	Donald Davie, 1988
11	28	James Dickey, 1985
11	29	Walter P. Edge, 1985
11	30	O. B. Emerson, 1982
11	31	Michel Fabre, 1971
11	32	Irving Feldman, 1976
11	33	Sally Fitzgerald, 1979
11	34	Jessie Hill Ford, 1960, 1970, 1978-1979, 1982, 1986
11	35	Ben Forkner, 1985
11	36	Herbert E. Francis, 1984
11	37	Stanley Gettle, 1979
11	38	Richard J. Gray, 1969
11	39	Frank Green, 1986
11	40	Jan Nordby Gretlund, 1978, 1980-1986, 1988
11	41	E. R. Hagemann, 1967
11	42	James B. Hall, 1971
11	43	Michael Hargraves, 1982, 1985
11	44	Yolande C. Hasson, 1978
11	45	Walter Havighurst to Wickenden, 1960
11	46	Edward H. Hobbs, 1978
11	47	William Hoffman, 1989
11	48	Gene L. Howard, 1986
11	49	Jeff Humphries, 1985
12	1	Bowen Ingram, 1971
12	2	Harper Lee, 1987
12	3	Denver Lindley, no date [For additional Denver Lindley correspondence SEE ALSO Box 13: folders 13 and 28.]
12	4	Andrew Nelson Lytle, 1971, 1981, 1985, no date
12	5	Viola Goode Liddell, 1970
12	6	David McDowell, 1981 [Jessamyn West McPherson to Denver Lindley SEE Jessamyn West]
12	7	Frederick Manfred, 1974-1975, 1981
12	8	Wright Morris, 1983
12	9	John H. Napier, 1982
12	10	Flannery O'Connor, 1963
12	11	Douglas Paschall, 1985
12	12	William Parrill, 1985-1986
12	13	James Patrick, 1986
12	14	George [Peabody?], 1976
12	15	Walker Percy, 1971
12	16	Devin Perkins, 1990
12	17	Stuart Phillips, 1968
12	18	Jack Rook, 1972
12	19	M.L. Rosenthal, 1986-1987 [For additional M. L. Rosenthal correspondence SEE ALSO Box 13: folder 22.]
12	20	Elise Sanguinetti, 1982
12	21	Roy Simmonds, 1986
12	22	William Slavick, 1981
12	23	Miller Solomon, no date
12	24	Monroe K. Spears, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1980-1982, 1985-1986
12	25	Monroe K. Spears: Endorsement of Last Things, Apr 13, 1989
12	26	William Styron, 1980
12	27	Allen Tate, 1969, 1971, 1976, no date
12	28	Peter Hillsman Taylor, 1985
12	29	Simone Vauthier, 1975
12	30	Bill Walsh: Endoresement of Last Things, 22 Mar 1989
12	31	Robert Penn Warren, 1984-1985
12	32	Floyd C. Watkins, 1985
12	33	Sterling Watson, 1978, 1987
12	34	Jessamyn West to Denver Lindley, no date
12	35	John Wisner, 1950
12	36	Melvin B. Yoken, 1970, 1982
12	37	Peter D. Zivkovic, 1984, 1986
12	38	Envelopes: Glenn W. Jones, Mark Morrow, Dale Short, HDR, Jr.
Unidentified Correspondents
12	39	Brooks [?], 1970
12	40	Ilde [?], 1982
12	41	[Jervie ?], 1980
12	42	Maltby [Sykes?], 1970
12	43	Mel [?], 1978
Publishing Companies, Presses, Production Companies, Readers' Services
13	1	Ace Books: Margaret Blackstone, 1982
13	2	Argus Communications: Edmund L. Leach, 1982
13	3	Bright Leaf Press: Louis D. Rubin, 1982-1983
13	4	Cesco: Stewart Phillips, 1979
13	5	Chelsea House: Jeffrey Kosakov, 1986
13	6	Crown Publishers: Kaufman, Van Duym, Whipple, Schaffner, Seaver to David McDowell, 1971
13	7	Doubleday and Company, Inc.: Shaye Areheart, 1982, 1987
13	8	Doubleday and Company, Inc.: Randall E. Greene, 1980
13	9	Doubleday and Company, Inc.: Susan Schwartz, 1981-1982
13	10	Doubleday and Company, Inc.: Envelope, 1982
13	11	Frederic C. Beil Publisher: Frederic C. Beil III, 1986
13	12	Halcyon Productions, Inc.: Harold [Colie?], 1969
13	13	Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.: Denver Lindley, 1956 [For additional Denver Lindley correspondence SEE ALSO Box 12: folder 3 and Box 13: folder 27.]
13	14	Harold Matson Company, Inc.: Elizabeth McKee, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1983-1984, 1986
13	15	Harper and Row Publishers, Inc.: Sallie W. Coolidge, 1986
13	16	Harper and Row Publishers, Inc.: Ted Solotaroff, 1986
13	17	Houghton Mifflin Company: Joyce F. Hartman, 1953
13	18	Keystone Readers' Service of Birmingham: Don Bradshaw, 1968
13	19	Louisiana State University Press: Beverly Jarrett, 1984
13	20	Louisiana State University Press: Leslie E. Phillabaum, 1976, 1982
13	21	Louisiana State University Press: Michael Pinkston: Included are endorsements of Last Things by M. L. Rosenthal and Allen Wier, 1989 [For additional M. L. Rosenthal correspondence SEE ALSO Box 12: folder 19]
13	22	Louisiana State University Press: Walter Sullivan to Lloyd G. Lyman with review of Passage Through Gehanna, 1976
13	23	Louisiana State University Press: Richard L. Wentworth, 1967
13	24	Oxmoor House: John Logue, 1976
13	25	Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.: Chuck Perry, 1986
13	26	Permanent Press/Second Chance Press: Martin Shepard, 1987
13	27	Viking Press, Inc.: Denver Lindley, 1963, no date [For additional Denver Lindley correspondence SEE ALSO Box 12: folder 3 and Box 13: folder 13.]
13	28	Viking Press, Inc.: Ursula Bender, 1970
13	29	W.W. Norton and Company: Katie Nelson, 1985-1986
Reviews
13	30	Chattahooche Review: Lamar York, 1981-1986
13	31	Southern Review: Lewis P. Simpson, 1984
Speaking Engagements and Symposia
13	32	Alabama Journal and Advertiser: Jubilee Writer's Symposium: May Lamar, 1984
13	33	Bellarmine College: Wade Hall, 1982
13	34	Institute for Southern Studies: Syposium on Robert Penn Warren: Walter P. Edgar, 1981-1982
13	35	Institute for Southern Studies: Symposium on Robert Penn Warren: H. Thorne Compton, 1983
13	36	South Atlantic Modern Language Association: Christel Bell, 1982
13	37	Speech about Andrew Lytle: Manuscript, no date
Honors and Awards
13	38	Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors: Lee N. Allen, 1982
13	39	Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors: Speech about Madison Jones: Author unknown, no date
13	40	Alabama Library Association: Literary Awards Committee: W. Stanley Hoole, 1968
13	41	Auburn University Award for Faculty Achievement in the Humanities: Leah Rawls Atkins, 1986
13	42	Bruccoli Clark, Inc.: Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: J. M. Brook, 1986
13	43	Bruccoli Clark, Inc.: Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: Jean W. Ross, 1986
13	44	John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Fellowship 1973-1974: Stephen L. Schlesinger, 1973
Correspondence from Readers and Students
14	1	George Andrews, 1969
14	2	Evelyn Bickford, 1985
14	3	Brad Byrd, 1986
14	4	Johnathan Carroll, no date
14	5	Cecil N. Dern, 1977
14	6	Lee Anne Edwards, 1983
14	7	First National Bank of Auburn, 1970
14	8	Father Gene: St. Michael's Church, 1978
14	9	Ken Hubner, no date
14	10	Steve Juscik, 1986
14	11	Sister Joseph Marie, S.S.N.D., 1970
14	12	Dan Monte, 1983
14	13	Raymond Moses, 1983
14	14	Mrs. Billie S. Mosiman, 1978
14	15	Glen Pourciau, 1978
14	16	Dave Smith, 1979
14	17	Cecil I. Warren, 1963
14	18	Harris Westerfield, 1961
14	19	Thomas Worthington to Madison P. Jones (father), 1957
Correspondence soliciting Jones's papers
14	20	1967, 1982, 1989