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Finding aid for the Yoknapatawpha Press Collection

MUM00499

PURL

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00499/

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Wells, Dean Faulkner; Wells, Lawrence
Title
Yoknapatawpha Press Collection
ID
MUM00499
Date [inclusive]
1979-1992
General Physical Description note
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Location:
General Special Collections
Abstract:
Contains materials related to Yoknapatawpha Press, a southern regional small press in Oxford, Miss.

Preferred Citation

Yoknapatawpha Press Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Historical Note

Founded in 1975, Yoknapatawpha Press is a southern regional small press which publishes works by southern writers. It was founded by the late Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells, who served as co-publishers and editors, and is owned and operated by Lawrence Wells. Yoknapatawpha Press is named for William Faulkner's fictional county, Yoknapatawpha, from the Chickasaw word meaning "gentle water."

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Scope and Content Note

The collection contains materials, chiefly promotional items and news clippings, related to Yoknapatawpha Press.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 28 June 2012

Access Restrictions

The Yoknapatawpha Press 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

Donated by Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells, 1995

Processing Information

Collection processed by Joel Gillaspie, June 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, June 2012.

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Related Materials

Resources at the University of Mississippi

For more collections related to William Faulkner, please see the Archives' William Faulkner Subject Guide.

The Faulkner Newsletter & Yoknapatawpha Review, published by Yoknapatawpha Press, is available in Archives and Special Collections as well as online as a digital collection: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/faulkner_nl/.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Yoknapatawpha Press

Format(s)

  • broadsides (notices)
  • clippings (information artifacts)
  • newsletters
  • order forms
  • pamphlets
  • photocopies
  • postcards

Personal Name(s)

  • Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
  • Wells, Dean Faulkner
  • Wells, Lawrence

Subject(s)

  • Publishers and publishing -- Mississippi -- Oxford
  • Small presses -- Mississippi -- Oxford

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 

Folder 1: Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review. 

 2 Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review. October–December 1982 

 1 Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review. October–December 1983 

Scope and Contents note

Two copies

Folder 2: Promotional materials. 

 1 "Nostalgia and Pain," The Charlotte Observer (photocopy). October 1981 

 2 News release from Yoknapatawpha Press (photocopy). No date 

 3 "Turning Over a New Leaf," the Times–Picayune (photocopy). 01 November 1981 

 4 "The Faulkner Connection" (article). No date 

 5 Publication announcement for Faulkner’s Helen: A Courtship (photocopy). 1981 

 6 News release regarding the publication of "Always Stand in Against the Curve" by Willie Morris. No date 

 7 Announcement about Yoknapatawpha Press (photocopy). No date 

Folder 3: Miscellaneous. 

 1 Business cards, a packing slip, empty envelope, and a postcard with a photograph of Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells. 

Folder 4: Magazine articles. 

 1 "Passage", by Willie Morris Veranda. 

 2 "War of the Words", American Way. 

 3 "Pound and Fury", American Way. 

Folder 5: Catalogs and order forms. 

Folder 6: Broadsides/Broadsheets. 

 1 Advertisement for "The Ghosts of Rowan Oak – William Faulkner’s Ghost Stories for Children", recounted by Dean Faulkner Wells, and Willie Morris’s "Good Ole Boy". No date 

 2 Proof dustjacket for William Faulkner’s "The Wild Palms", published by Picador Classics. No date 

 3 Proof dustjacket for William Faulkner’s "Soldier's Pay", published by Picador Classics. No date 

Folder 7: Articles and pamphlets. 

 1 "A Christmas Remembered", The Oxford Times. 20 December 1985 

Scope and Contents note

Dean Faulkner Wells's reminiscence of a Christmas with William Faulkner

 2 Yoknapatawpha Press catalog. 1985 

 3 "In the Heart of the Literary South, a Tradition Lives on", The Boston Globe. 19 December 1986 

 4 "Home Fires Burning", by Lawrence Wells, The Commercial Appeal Mid – South Magazine. 28 September 1986 

 5 "Does the ‘Southern Writer’ Really Exist?", The Boston Globe. 9 December 1986 

 6 "Belle Duck’s Story", by Dean Faulkner Wells, The Commercial Appeal Mid – South Magazine. 18 November 1984 

 7 "Faulkner Fan With a Purpose", by Lawrence Wells, The Times – Picayune Dixie. 25 April 1976 

Scope and Contents note

Two copies

 8 "William Faulkner – The Cofield Collection" (promotional pamphlet). No date 

 9 "A Christmas Remembered", Parade magazine. 

Folder 8: Promotional postcards and brochures. 

Folder 9: Miscellaneous. 

 1 Registration card and envelope for Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society. Invitation to Author Awards Gala. 

 2 Invitation to celebrate part for The Great American Writer’s Cookbook. 22 September 1981 

 3 Announcement for "Of Dining and Dynasties", presented by Cave Creek Productions. 23 September 1994 

Folder 10: Promotional brochure, cover featuring "The Ghosts of Rowan Oak", published by Yoknapatawpha Press. 1980 – 1981 

Folder 11: "William Faulkner – A Perspective From the Brodsky Collection", by Robert W. Hamblin and Louis Daniel Brodsky. 02 October 1979 – 13 December 1979 

Folder 12: DVD Recordings. 

 1 "A Life on Paper". Recording includes a MIssissippi ETV interview with Dean Faulkner Wells in which she discusses her book "The Ghosts of Rowan Oak". 1978 

 2 Washington D.C. Interviews. Larry and Dean Wells discuss her book, "The Great American Cookbook". 1981 

 3 Biloxi Television Interview. Dean Faulkner Wells and Willie Morris discuss the publication of Morris "Good Old Boy" and Wells "The Ghosts of Rowan Oak". 1980 

 4 Memphis, Tennessee television interviews. Dean Faulkner Wells and Willie Morris discuss literature and Oxford. 1976, 1980 

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