Henry and Katherine Bellamann Collection

MUM00031

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Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Controlled Access Headings

PURL

Collection Inventory

Original Deposit, 1978

Accretion, 1986

PURL

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00031/

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Summary Information

Repository

University of Mississippi Libraries

Creator

Bellamann, Henry, 1882-1945

Creator

Bellamann, Katherine

Title

Henry and Katherine Bellamann Collection

Date [inclusive]

1906-1954

Extent

42 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection chiefly contains manuscripts of works by authors Henry Bellamann and Katherine Jones Bellamann. Also included are correspondence between the two authors and miscellaneous other items.

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Biographical Note

Heinrich Hauer "Henry" Bellamann was born 28 April 1882 in Fulton, Mo. He attended the University of Denver. Later he pursued musical studies in New York, London, and Paris. In 1907 he married Katherine Jones of Carthage, Miss.

For seventeen years Bellamann was Dean of the Arts at Chicora College for women in Columbia, S.C. During this period Bellamann also served as editor of the Book and Music page of The State, one of South Carolina’s most widely-read newspapers. In 1924 he moved to New York to teach music and to serve as chairman of the examining board of the Julliard Musical Foundation, for which he also was instrumental in assembling the first faculty. Bellamann successively served as acting professor at Vassar College and Dean of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he edited the musical publication  Overtones. In 1920 Bellamann published a book of poetry,  A Music Teacher’s Note Book, and in 1926 he published a novel,  Petenera’s Daughter.

Bellamann's novel Kings Row, a study of life in a midwestern town, was greeted with enthusiasm when it appeared on 1940. The novel became a bestseller and later was made into a movie. Other novels by Bellamann include  Crescendo Interlude (1928),  The Richest Woman in Town (1932),  The Gray Man Walks (1936),  Floods of Spring (1942), and  Victoria Grandolet (1943). He was at work on a sequel to  Kings Row at the time of his death on 16 June 1945. The sequel was completed by Katherine Bellamann and published under the title  Parris Mitchell of Kings Row (1948).

In 1925 De Pauw University conferred on Bellamann the honorary degree of Doctor of Music. France made him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1931.

Katherine Jones was born in Carthage, Mississippi, 7 October 1877. At Chicora College she taught voice while her husband served as Dean. Her first novel, My Husband’s Friends (1931), is a fictitious account of the life of a woman married to a brilliant university scientist. The author’s experiences undoubtedly colored the book, which is as deeply penetrating a psychological study as she produced. Later novels include the collaborative  Parris Mitchell of Kings Row (1948) and  The Hayvens of Demaret (1951). This last book is a set in Mississippi, to which she returned as a widow.

A prolific poet, Katherine Bellamann became an important voice in Mississippi poetry circles during her later years. She was president of the Mississippi Poetry Society. In 1953 she won the Lyric Sonnet Award and, in 1954, the Allen Swallow Publications Award. She died 8 November 1956. A collection of her poems titled A Poet Passed This Way was published in 1958 by the H. Bellamann Foundation.

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Scope and Content

The collection chiefly contains manuscripts of works by authors Henry Bellamann and Katherine Jones Bellamann. Also included are correspondence between the two authors, scripts for speeches, miscellaneous notes, and other items.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two accretions:

Original Deposit, 1978

Accretion, 1986

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries November 2012

Access Restrictions

The Henry and Katherine Bellamann Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Received from Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid created by Kathryn Michaelis, November 2012.

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Related Materials

Related Materials at the University of Mississippi

For more literary collections, please see the Archives and Special Collections' Literary Collections Subject Guide.

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Controlled Access Headings

Format(s)

• clippings (information artifacts)
• correspondence
• manuscripts for publication

Personal Name(s)

• Bellamann, Henry, 1882-1945 -- Archives
• Bellamann, Katherine -- Archives

Subject(s)

• Authors, American -- 20th century

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Collection Inventory

Original Deposit, 1978
Box 1 Autograph manuscript of  Kings Row, pp. 3-193
Box 2 Autograph manuscript of  Kings Row, Books II, III, and part of IV, laminated and in black notebooks
Box 3 Autograph manuscript of  Kings Row, Books IV (second half), V, and VI, laminated and in black notebooks
Box 4 Two partial typescripts of  Kings Row (126 pages and 160 pages, with synopsis)
Box 5 Typescript of  Kings Row (three parts)
Box 6 Autograph manuscript of  Victoria Grandolet, originally titled  White Cloud  Scope and Content Pages 59-82 missing
Box 7 Typescript of and work sheets for  Victoria Grandolet
Box 8 Autograph manuscript and carbon copies of  Red Shoes Run Faster  Scope and Content Also titled Petenera's Daughter
Box 9: Two manuscripts:
Typescript (title page stamped “Ann Watkins, Inc.”) of Red Shoes Run Faster
Autograph copy of Richest Woman in Town
Box 10 Autograph copy of  Crescendo Interludes in ten notebooks
Box 11 Two manuscripts:
Typescript, Richest Woman in Town (originally titled  Gracey’s Woman)
Murder in the Social Register (early version and autograph copy)  Scope and Content Early version was titled Locked and Bolted
Box 12 Autograph copy of  Floods of Spring in three black notebooks
Box 13 Worksheets for and amended typescript of  Floods of Spring
Box 14 Two manuscripts:
The Gray Man Walks (autograph copy and typescript)
Lule (unpublished novel)
Box 15 Plays/Notes:
Marsh Water  Scope and Content Three-act play
Play version of Richest Woman in Town
Early draft of a verse play
Petition of a play (title?): conversation between characters "Bob" and  "Mark"
Notebook with notes on music  Scope and Content First page labeled "Paris, 1908"
Notebook with notes from L’Asthetique on J.S. Bach
Black notebook labeled "Columbia, S.C., May 15, 1921"   Scope and Content List of publishers and poems published
Workbook with New York City address, 27 July 1929  Scope and Content Early draft of Infinite Angels on a Needle Point (  Kings Row) and other notes. Includes some poetry by Katherine Bellamann.
Preliminary notes for Kings Row
"Metropolitan" composition book containing an early version of  Kings Row in which the town is called  "Cameron" . Also notes for the sequel to  Kings Row. and Interludes.
Kings Row,  The Biography of a Town,  "synoptic notes" , autograph  Scope and Content Very brittle condition
Starts on two untitled novels
Box 16 Five notebooks containing notes for essays and novels (  Floods of Spring and a  "Fulton novel" ), poetry by Katherine Bellamann, and a photograph of a 19th century man
Box 17 Essays and manuscripts on art, music, and poetry, 1920-1923  Scope and Content Works by Henry and Katherine Bellamann. Some essays are versions published in journals.
Box 18 Articles/Essays/Lectures:
“Of Course It’s None of My Business.” Typescript.  Scope and Content Article from a series under this title. This article is about cities and progress.
“Paris-Again.” Typescript.
Lecture on responsibilities of music teachers
Chapters on the sonnet and music
“Sources of Musical Inspiration.” Typescript copy and autograph copy.
“You and Music.” Transcription.
“Forward” and comments on intellectual hobbies and great men
Untitled essay on age
Start of an article on diaries
Essay on economic depression
Essay on the southern drawl
Essay on music
Notes for essay on music
Article on musicians
Article on Dante
Pages 13-15 holograph of talk on article on music
Introduction of a book on music
Impressionistic History of the Midwest, 8 chapters
Editorials and contents pages from Overtones, edited by Henry Bellamann, 1931-1932
Henry Bellamann’s newspaper page from The State (Columbia, S.C.), 1 February 1931
Notes for an essay or lecture on music
Release request from Henry Bellamann to Curtis Institute, Philadelphia
Notebook labeled “Articles: H. B.” Plans for essays. Early draft of “Ideographic Elements” and "Poetic Imagery and the Freudians.”
“Psyche’s Nocturnal Wood.” Pages from Stratford Monthly, undated
Notebook labeled “Translations.” Contains poetry by Henry Bellamann.
Box 19 Miscellaneous:
Seven Kings Row radio scripts
Humorous account of returning servicemen
Notes for article on the subject of hobbies
Miscellaneous notes, including notes or plot outline for an undetermined work
Material on Gauguin, including notes in a hand other than that of Henry Bellamann or Katherine Bellamann
Poetry
Correspondence related to Kings Row
Correspondence related to Victoria Grandolet
Correspondence relative to Peterna’s Daughter (  Red Shoes Run Faster)
Correspondence related to Floods of Spring
Correspondence related to Crescendo Interludes
Correspondence related to young Jewish boy, Emmanuel Konisberg, who was attacked and wounded. Bellamann offered assistance.
Letter to Matthew…(?) about intellectual appreciation and “the art of living in the South”
Box 20 Correspondence:
Charles Ives correspondence
Pearl Buck correspondence
Carl Sandburg correspondence
Vincent d’Indy correspondence
Amy Lowell correspondence
Chicora College correspondence
Employment recommendations, 1933
Correspondence related to poetry
General correspondence, 1906-1919
General correspondence, 1921-1927
General correspondence, 1928-1940
General correspondence, 1941-1946
Box 21 Typescripts of  Hayvens of Demaret
Box 22 Typescript carbon copies of  Hayvens of Demaret
Box 23 Materials pertaining to  Slave Bells of Glenallen (unpublished)  Scope and Content Notes and a rough draft with suggested revisions by Dr. Louis Dollarhide
Box 24 Typescript,  Slave Bells of Glenallen
Box 25 Three typescripts:
Slave Bells of Glenallen
My Husband’s Friends
Parris Mitchell  Scope and Content Some pages missing
Box 26 Typescript,  I, Virginia Ross
Box 27 Five black notebooks of verse by Katherine Bellamann
Box 28 Miscellaneous Katherine Bellamann Materials:
Red “National Diary 1924.” Contains addresses.
Black and white composition book containing poetry
Black and white composition book containing poetry and notes pm “compilation”
Two notebooks containing poetry
Notebook labeled “Outline Material, December 23, 1928, H.B.”  Scope and Content Actually contains poetry of Katherine Bellamann
Notebook labeled “The Chain, A Novel by Henry Bellamann, Book I, July eleven, 1929”  Scope and Content Contains poetry by Katherine Bellamann
Notebook labeled “H. H. Bellamann, Address Hotel Ansonia, N.Y.C, Stamps”  Scope and Content Poetry by Katherine Bellamann
Three notebooks containing poetry by Katherine Bellamann
Black notebook with “FE” on front  Scope and Content Some notes by Henry Bellamann, but more by Katherine Bellamann
Box 29 “Hobby into Pegasus,” typescript of essay by Katherine Bellamann. Verse by Katherine Bellamann on loose sheets (foldered).
Box 30 Verse by Katherine Bellamann on loose sheets (foldered)
Box 31 Poems and a verse play by Katherine Bellamann
Box 32 Miscellaneous:
Play in black dialect based on episodes from the Old Testament
Prospectus by Katherine Bellamann for “Aunt Easter” radio program
Scripts for “Aunt Easter”
Box 33 Miscellaneous:
“Aunt Easter” scripts
Juvenile program notes
Notebooks, notes and poetry for children
Music books - songs for “Aunt Easter” program
Sheet music for “Aunt Easter”
Radio talks on poetry, scripts, and notes
Box 34 Correspondence and Other Items:
Radio talks on poetry, scripts, and notes
Katherine Bellamann’s correspondence related to death of Henry Bellamann, 1945
Katherine Bellamann’s correspondence related to her novel My Husband’s Friends
Correspondence with Ann Watkins, Inc.
Box 35 Correspondence and Other Items:
Miscellaneous correspondence of Katherine Bellamann. First folder contains letter from actor James Coburn and one from Mrs. Charles Ives with portion of letter by Charles Ives.
Correspondence with Simon and Schuster, Inc.  Scope and Content Suggested revisions for Hayvens of Demaret
“A rainy Afternoon” by Katherine Bellamann
“A Slight Miscalculation” by Katherine Bellamann
“Pink Taffeta and Water-Works” by Katherine Bellamann
“Hobby into Pegasus” by Katherine Bellamann
“Not a Ghost of a Chance” by Katherine Bellamann
Speeches for women’s club
Untitled manuscript
Miscellaneous manuscripts of Katherine Bellamann
Katherine Bellamann, lists of awards and memberships
Katherine Bellamann, notes apparently pertaining to her will
Suggested revisions (by publisher?) for poems by Katherine Bellamann
Boxes 36-39 Clippings
Box 40 Miscellaneous Items  Scope and Content Includes clippings; photographs of Henry and Katherine Bellamann; photographs of Gittman's Book Shop (Columbia, S.C.), the world premiere of the film version of Kings Row, and other subjects; promotional materials; magazine publications; other items
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Accretion, 1986
Box 41 Notes on  Kings Row; correspondence from Henry Bellamann to Katherine Bellamann, 1906-1921
Box 42 Correspondence/Miscellaneous:
Henry to Katherine Bellamann, 1924-1938 and undated
From Vincent D’ Indy
From DuBose Heyward, 1921-1922 and undated
From Isidor Philippe, 1908-1913, 1924
From Evelyn Scott, undated
From Widor, 1912
Miscellaneous, to Henry Bellamann, 1911-1919
Correspondence, from Katherine Bellamann to Norma Bricknell, 2 June 1946
Postcards
Wedding announcement
Clippings
Envelopes
Types manuscript of “Madame Arndt” plus handwritten notes, Henry Bellamann
Mystery Fancier, journal with articles about H. Bellamann’s “The Gray Man Walks”
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