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Eudora Welty research and writings
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Subseries 2.3
Eudora Welty research and
writings
Boxes 29 - 30a
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains writings, correspondence, subject files, printed material, and audiovisual material relating to his writing on Eudora Welty. The writings include typescripts of three articles that Floyd Watkins wrote on Eudora Welty. The correspondence includes letters between Floyd Watkins and Eudora Welty (between 1982 and 1985), and Floyd Watkins' correspondence with a number of other individuals regarding Eudora Welty. One folder contains the photocopied correspondence of Eudora Welty from the Boston University library.
The printed material includes two articles that Floyd Watkins published on Eudora Welty, as well as several other articles written by other people. Also present here is a map of Hocking County, Ohio, and pamphlets from Clay County, West Virginia. This material is related to Floyd Watkins' research into Eudora Welty's family history. The subject files includes source material from Floyd Watkins' research on Welty, a variety of notes on Welty, and several student papers saved by Floyd Watkins. Audiovisual material is comprised of a videocassette on Welty produced by WNET.
Arrangement Note
Organized into (1) Writings by Floyd Watkins, (2) Correspondence, (3) Printed material, (4) Subject files, and (5) Audiovisual material.
| Writings by Floyd Watkins | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | "Flat Lands and Far Mountains in The Optimist's Daughter": typescript with revisions |
| 29 | 2 | "The Journey to Baltimore in The Optimist's Daughter," typescript with revisions |
| 29 | 3 | "The Natchez Trace in the New World": introduction for proposed book on Eudora Welty |
| 29 | 4 | " The Optimist's Daughter, Death, and the Mountains of West Virginia": typescript with revisions |
| Correspondence | ||
| 29 | 5 | Cleland, Lois, Oct 1984 |
| 29 | 6 | Nichols, Clinton, 1984 |
| 29 | 7 | Smith, W. Murray, 1984 |
| 29 | 8 | Waldron, Ann, 1994 |
| 29 | 9 | Welty, Eudora, n.d. |
| 29 | 10 | Welty, Eudora, 1982 |
| 29 | 11 | Welty, Eudora, 1983 |
| 29 | 12 | Welty, Eudora, 1984 |
| 29 | 13 | Welty, Eudora, 1985 |
| 29 | 14 | Correspondence re "Death in the Mountains in The Optimist's Daughter" |
| 29 | 15 | Correspondence re Eudora Welty Papers |
| 29 | 16 | Correspondence re FCW's Proposed Book on Welty, 1985 |
| 29 | 17 | Correspondence re Honorary Degree for Welty, 1982 |
| 29 | 18 | Correspondence re Proposed Study of Welty |
| 29 | 19 | Correspondence re Welty Family History |
| 29 | 20 | Correspondence of Eudora Welty at Boston Univ. (photocopies) |
| Printed material | ||
| 29 | 21 | "Death and the Mountains in The Optimist's Daughter," Essays in Literature, Spring 1988 |
| 29 | 22 | Eudora Welty, by Neil Isaacs, Southern Writers Series, no. 8, Steck-Vaughn Co., 1969 |
| 29 | 23 | "Eudora Welty's Natchez Trace in the New World," Southern Review, Autumn 1986 (photocopy) |
| 29 | 24 | Firing Line: transcript of interview with Eudora Welty and Walker Percy, 1972 |
| 29 | 25 | Invitations to readings by Eudora Welty, and FCW's notes about her speaking |
| 29 | 26 | Map of Hocking County, Ohio |
| 29 | 27 | Pamphlets on Clay County, West Virginia |
| Subject files | ||
| 30 | 1 | Andrews, E. R.: death certificate, 1897 (photocopy) |
| 30 | 2 | Census records on Welty family and FCW's notes |
| 30 | 3 | Clay County Railroad: 1910 and 1917 Geological Surveys (photocopies) |
| 30 | 4 | Clippings: newspapers articles by and about Welty |
| 30 | 5 | A Curtain of Green: notes |
| 30 | 6 | A Curtain of Green: student papers, "Lilly Daw and the Three Ladies" |
| 30 | 7 | A Curtain of Green: student papers, "The Whistle" |
| 30 | 8 | A Curtain of Green: student papers, "Death of a Traveling Salesman" |
| 30 | 9 | A Curtain of Green: student papers, "Old Mr. Marblehall" |
| 30 | 10 | Eudora Welty Trip: notes |
| 30 | 11 | Mississippi Archives: notes on proposed Welty project |
| 30 | 12 | Mississippi Archives: notes on proposed Welty project |
| 30 | 13 | MUW: notes |
| 30 | 14 | Notes on Interview with Eudora Welty, 1985 |
| 30 | 15 | One Writer's Beginnings: notes |
| 30 | 16 | "The Optimist's Daughter": New Yorker version (photocopy) |
| 30 | 17 | "The Optimist's Daughter": notes |
| 30 | 18 | Rubbings made on Eudora Welty trip |
| 30 | 19 | Welty, C. W. and Chestina Andrews: marriage license, 1904 (photocopy) |
| 30 | 20 | Welty notes |
| 30 | 21 | Welty notes |
| 30 | 22 | Welty notes |
| 30 | 23 | Welty photograph of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Port Gibson, Mississippi (1940): photocopied from Church Bulletin, 1983 |
| 30 | 24 | "The Wide Net": notes |
| Audiovisual material | ||
| 30a | 1 | Videocassette: The Originals: The Writer in America, (feature on Eudora Welty) |
| 30a | 2 | Photographs: Eudora Welty research trip, 1984 |
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