Finding Aid for the Paul Flowers Collection
(MUM00142)
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Finding Aid for the Paul Flowers Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00142/ |
| Title: |
Paul Flowers Collection |
| Dates: |
circa 1948-1962 |
| Collector: |
Flowers, Paul A. (Paul Abbott), 1905- |
| Physical Extent: |
2 boxes (.834 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM00142 |
| Language of Material: |
English |
| Abstract: |
Correspondence, photographs, clippings and printed ephemera related to journalist Paul Flowers and William Faulkner. |
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Paul Flowers, 1977.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 19 May 2009.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Flowers, Paul A. (Paul Abbott), 1905-
Journalists -- Tennessee -- Memphis
Formats
correspondence
clippings (information artifacts)
photographs
Biographical Note
Paul Flowers was a journalist for the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee.
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes correspondence during Flowers' tenure as a columnist for the Commercial Appeal; notable are the letters from Faulkner to Flowers. Additionally, the collection includes clippings from the Commercial Appeal and other periodicals concerning Faulkner, photographs of Faulkner and various pieces of printed ephemera.
User Information
Prefered Citation
Paul Flowers Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Paul Flowers 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.
Related Material
Faulkner Resources at the University of Mississippi
For a description of the William Faulkner archival collections housed at the University of Mississippi, please view our William Faulkner Subject Guide
Resources on Paul Flowers
William Faulkner Foundation Collection contains Paul Flowers' Wisconsin State College commencement address, 3 August 1962,
"William Faulkner: Paradoxes or Contrasts?". http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00143/
Faulkner Photographs Collection contains an image of Faulkner and Flowers (Folder 1.9). http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00663/
Paul A. Flowers papers, University of Memphis Libraries. Collection includes professional and personal correspondence with
a variety of contemporary figures in politics, literature and the arts, 1949-1979; some clippings and scrapbooks of Flowers’
writings; family letters and photographs, 1894-1980.
Separated Material
Photographs from this collection have been removed for preservation.
Container List
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| Folder 1.1
| TLS. William Faulkner to [Paul] Flowers, Oxford, Miss, "This time of year I'm a farmer", Undated |
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| Folder 1.2
| TLS. William Faulkner to the Commercial Appeal, Oxford, Miss, "I have just read Mr. Clayton Steven's letter...", 3 April 1950
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| Folder 1.3
| TLS. William Faulkner to Editor, Commercial Appeal, Oxford, Miss. "re my letter of yesterday, 23rd, about the Turner trial in Kosciusko, Miss.", 24 March 1950
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| Folder 1.4
| Poem memorializing William Faulkner by Charles Nelson, 16 July 1962 |
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| Broadside: "In Memory of William Faulkner This Business will be Closed" |
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| Folder 1.5
| Paul Flowers Letters |
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| TLS. R. Taylor Keys to Flowers, 4 May 1948 |
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| TL.(carbon) Norman Cousins, editor The Saturday Review, to Flowers , 20 May 1955
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| TNS. Norman Cousins to Flowers, 31 May 1955 |
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| TLS. Mrs. Allene Horton to Henry Mitchess of the Commercial Appeal, 29 April 1957
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| TNS. J.M. Faulkner to Flowers, 15 July 1962 |
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| TNS. Murray C. Falkner to Flowers, 4 September 1963 |
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| ALS. J.M. Falkner to Flowers, Undated |
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| TLS. Louis Cochran to Flowers, 25 February 1962 |
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| TL. David Goforth to Editor, Commerical Appeal, 4 April 1965
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| TLS. James Webb to Flowers, 1 August 1962 |
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| Folder 1.6
| Photographs |
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Separated Material: Removed for preservation
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| Glossy of Goldsborough Portrait of Faulkner (3x4) |
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| Glossy of John and William Faulkner (3.75x6.5) |
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| Glossy of the John Faulkner Family (8x10) |
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| Glossy of William Faulkner and Ole Miss Fraternity (8x11) |
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| Glossy of William Faulkner before Movie Billboard (8x10) |
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| Glossy of William, Murry, John and Dean Faulkner as Children in Formal Portrait (5x7) |
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| Folder 1.7
| Clippings of "Letters to the Editor" of the Commerical Appeal, February-May 1955 (24 letters)
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| T.T. Wolstenholme, 6 February 1955 |
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| William Faulkner. , 20 February 1955 |
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| Fred A. Patterson, 6 March 1955 |
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| M.D. Willett, 6 March 1955 |
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| J.R. Cofield, 13 March 1955 |
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| William Faulkner, 20 March 1955 |
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| William A. Winfield, 20 March 1955 |
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| C.J. Martin, 27 March 1955 |
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| W.C. Neill, 27 March 1955 |
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| William Faulkner, 3 April 1955 |
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| James R. Nation, 10 April 1955 |
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| William Faulkner, 10 April 1955 |
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| Dave Womack, 10 April 1955 |
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| Student (Dorsey, Mississippi), 10 April 1955 |
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| William Faulkner, 17 April 1955 |
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| Talmadge D. Littlejohn, 17 April 1955 |
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| N.E. Dacus, 17 April 1955 |
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| Lee Covington, 17 April 1955 |
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| Charles W. Bell, 17 April 1955 |
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| Mississippi Teacher, 17 April 1955 |
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| Fox Johnson, 24 April 1955 |
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| Billy E. Jones, 24 April 1955 |
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| Dave Womack, 24 April 1955 |
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| C.C. Smith, 15 May 1955 |
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| Folder 1.8
| Pamphlets and Photographs (7 items) |
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| Folder 1.9
| TCS. Mrs. Gene Horton to Flowers, 9 July 1962 |
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| TLS. Bennett Cert to "Book Reviewer" [Flowers], 11 June 1954 |
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| ALS. J.M. Faulkner to Flowers, Undated |
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| Folder 1.10
| Various Correspondence |
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Scope: Including TNS from Phil Stone to Flowers, 5 November 1947
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| Folder 1.11
| Various Correspondence |
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Scope: Including ALS from Mrs. Calvin S. Brown, 8 July 1962.
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| Folder 1.12
| News Relases (4 items) |
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| Folder 1.13
| News Relases (4 items) |
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| Folder 1.14
| News Relases (5 items) |
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| Folder 1.15
| Faulkner Speeches |
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| Faulker's Speech of Acceptance of Nobel Prize in Stockholm, 10 December 1950 |
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| Faulkner's Address for National Book Award, 25 January 1955 |
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| Faulkner's Address before Southern Historical Association, 10 November 1955 |
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| Folder 1.16
| Random House Biographical Sketch of Faulkner (6pp.) |
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| David Goforth and Charles Nelson. "William Faulkner: What Oxford Thinks", 21 July 1962 (4pp.) |
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| Folder 1.17
| William Faulkner. "The South and the Negro" The New Yorker, 23 October 1948
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| Folder 1.18
| Faulkner, William. William Faulkner: The Nobel Prize Speech. New York: The Spiral Press, March 1951.
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Note: "Three thousand five hundred copies..."--Colophon.
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| Folder 1.19
| Negatives of John Faulkner (4 negatives) |
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| Loose Periodicals |
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| Mississippi Quarterly. v.17 no.3, Summer 1964 (2 copies)
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| Arizona Quarterly. v.21 no.2, Summer 1965
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| The Faulkner Feuds by Thomas Felix Hickerson, 1964
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| Studies in English v.6, 1965
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| Three Views of the Segregation Decisions: papers read at a session of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Southern Historical
Association, Memphis, Tennessee, November 10, 1955. William Faulkner, Benjamin E. Mays, Cecil Sims, with a foreword by Bell I. Wiley.
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| Southern Observer, May 1953
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| Informations & Documents. "Au Pays de Faulkner". no296, 1 August 1970
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| The Saturday Review, 28 July 1962
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| Illinois Central Magazine, October 1965
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| Mississippi Magazine, Spring 1962
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| The Delta Review, July-August 1965 ; May 1969 ; Fall 1970
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| The Nation, 15 February 1958
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| Ford Times, June 1975
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| Mississippi Library News, September 1962
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| Folder 2.1
| Magazine Articles Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.2
| Magazine Articles Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.3
| Magazine Articles Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.4
| Magazine Articles Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.5
| Magazine Articles Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.6
| Wire Service Bulletins Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.7
| Wire Service Bulletins Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.8
| Wire Service Bulletins Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.9
| Newspaper Clippings Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.10
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.11
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.12
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.13
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.14
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.15
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.16
| Newspapers Concerning Faulkner |
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| Folder 2.17
| Newspaper Clippings |
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| Folder 2.18
| Southern Historical Association, 21st Annual Meeting, November 1955 |
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| Folder 2.19
| TLS. Phil Stone to Flowers, 3 March 1959 |
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Scope: Regarding Philip Alston
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| Folder 2.20
| Promotional Pamphlet on Paul Flowers |
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| Folder 2.21
| TNS. Jessica Daves, editor of Vogue, to Flowers, 9 June 1954
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