Flannery O'Connor correspondence, 1957-1964
Scope and Contents
Consists of 8 handwritten and 93 typed letters, most with envelopes, from O'Connor to Cecil Dawkins. Included are a program for the 1963 commencement of Smith College at which O'Connor was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree and a photograph of O'Connor with Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, College President.
Dates
- Creation: 1957 - 1964
Language
These materials are in English.
Access
This material is open for research use by any registered reader.
Use and Copyright
This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Physical Location
Collection shelved on 3rd floor.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase
Source
- Joseph the Provider Books (Organization)
Subject
- Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin, 1910-1998 (Correspondent, Person)
- O'Connor, Mary Flannery, 1925-1964 -- Correspondence (Correspondent, Person)
- Smith College (Organization)
- O'Connor, Mary Flannery, 1925-1964 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Dawkins, Cecil, 1927-2019 (Correspondent, Person)
- Title
- Flannery O'Connor correspondence, 1957-1964
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Milissa Burkart, updated by Danielle Alum
- Date
- 1993 May, updated 2023 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
2933 E. 6th St
Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
(918) 631-2496
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