Finding-Aid for the Young/John Pilkington Collection
MUM00503
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Controlled Access Headings
- PURL
- Collection Inventory
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Pilkington Correspondence
- Series III: Series: Pilkington Research/Subject Files
- Series IV: Stark Young Works
- Series V: Pilkington Manuscripts
- Series VI: Miscellaneous
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00503/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Pilkington, John, 1918-2012
- Creator
- Young, Stark, 1881-1963
- Title
- Stark Young/John Pilkington Collection
- ID
- MUM00503
- Date
- 1917-1986
- Extent
- General Physical Description note
- 92 boxes.
- Abstract
- This collection includes a compilation of materials accrued by Pilkington preparatory to his publications Stark Young and Stark Young, A Life in the Arts, Letters 1900-1912. A native of Como, Mississippi, Stark Young was a teacher, playwright, novelist, painter, literary critic and essayist.
Preferred Citation
Stark Young/John Pilkington Collection (MUM00503). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries 2019
Access Restrictions
Open.
Use Restriction
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.
Source of Collection
Donated by John Pilkington in 1990.
Related Materials
Related Materials at the University of Mississippi
Stark Young Small Manuscripts contains correspondence, programs, newsletter, and various articles related to the life and work of Stark Young. Items were created 1906-1982.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Authors -- Mississippi
Collection Inventory
Series I: Correspondence |
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Box 1: Correspondence A-BScope and ContentIncludes correspondence to Mrs. Ferriday Byrnes (Roane Fleming Byrnes), president of the Natchez Trace Associations. Dated 1936-1937. |
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Box 2: Correspondence C-DavScope and ContentIncludes correspondence with Lawton Campbell, playwright and ad man. Subject range from the theater, plays, actors, fiction, and social gatherings. |
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Box 3: Correspondence Dav-GScope and ContentIncludes correspondence with Ellen Glasgow. |
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Boxes 4-5: Goldmann Correspondence 1911-1954Scope and ContentPauline and Mary Goldmann were cousins of Stark Young and lived in Austin, Texas. |
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Boxes 6-7: Huxley Correspondence 1913-1958Separated MaterialsOriginal and photocopied letters from Young to Sir Julian and Lady Huxley. Julian Huxley was an English biologist and scientific writer. |
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Box 8: Correspondence H-N |
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Boxes 9-12: Nelson Correspondence 1900-1955 |
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Box 13: Correspondence O-Pa |
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Box 14: Correspondence Ph-Str |
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Box 15-20: Robertson Correspondence 1935-1939Scope and ContentPersonal letters by Stark Young from New York to his sister (Julia Young Robertson), her husband (John Benjamin Robertson) and their son (Stark Young Robertson), who lived in Austin, Texas. Mainly concentrated to 1935-1938. Letters in 1938 contain first hand accounts of Young's work with the Lunts on Chekov's The Sea Gull. |
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Boxes 21-22: Scribner Correspondence |
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Box 23: Correspondence T |
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Box 24: Correspondence V-Y |
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Box 25-26: MiscellaneousScope and ContentHoliday cards and correspondence. |
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Series II: Pilkington Correspondence |
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Box 27: Correspondence A-E |
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Box 28: Correspondence E-H |
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Box 29: Correspondence I-P |
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Box 30: Correspondence R-Z |
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Series III: Series: Pilkington Research/Subject FilesScope and ContentCompilation of materials accrued by Pilkington preparatory to his publications Stark Young, Henry Blake Fuller and Stark Young: A Life in the Arts:Letters 1900-1962. |
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Boxes 31-34: Henry Blake Fuller materialsScope and ContentMicrofilm transcripts |
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Box 35: Pilkington Subject Files A-F |
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Box 36: Pilkington Subject Files G-R |
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Box 37: Pilkington Subject Files S-Z |
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Box 38: Pilkington Dated Files 1900-1940 |
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Box 39: Pilkington Dated Files 1941-1963 |
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Box 40: Allen Tate, Stark Young research |
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Boxes 42-44: Young family Genealogical materials |
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Box 49: Young Bibliographic materials |
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Boxes 50-51: Miscellaneous composition books, sketches, business transactions |
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Series IV: Stark Young Works |
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Box 53: New Republic, 1917-1928 |
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Box 54: New Republic, 1929-1933 |
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Box 55: New Republic, 1934-1943 |
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Box 56: New Republic, 1943-1947 |
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Box 56B: New York Times, |
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Boxes 57-58: Miscellaneous Articles |
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Boxes 59-60: Pavilion Note:Contains various drafts, notes, manuscripts, and research materials pertaining to the work |
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Boxes 61-65: Plays Note:Includes material related to Guenevere, Addio, Madretta, At The Shrine, Belle Isle, Artemise, Twilight Saint, Colonnade, The Dead Poet, and The Queen of Sheba. |
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Boxes 66-67: So Red the Rose Note:Includes material related to the 1935 film. |
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Box 68: Southern Treasury of Life and Literature Note:Edited by Stark Young |
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Box 69: White Roads |
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Box 70: Galley Sheets |
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“Cousin Micajah” |
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“Notes on a Vigil” |
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“Mary in Heaven” |
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“Shadows of the Terrebone” |
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So Red the Rose |
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“Virgilian Ladies” |
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Series V: Pilkington ManuscriptsScope and ContentContains various drafts, notes, manuscripts, and research materials pertaining to the work specified in the title of the file group. |
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Boxes 71-76: A Life in Letters, 1900-1962 |
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Box 77: Henry Blake Fuller |
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Boxes 78-82: Heart of Yoknapatawpha |
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Series VI: Miscellaneous |
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Box 83: Composition books, sketches, painting facsimiles, business transactions. |
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Boxes 84-85: Microfilm (8 boxes) |
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Box 86: Warren, Tate, Wheelock material (photocopies) |
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Box 87: Pilkington publicity and reviews |
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Boxes 88-90:Typescripts of Stark Young letters in notebooks |
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Box 91: Book Covers |
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Box 92: Ella Somerville/Stark Young Correspodence, 1934-1960 |
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