MUM00109
Finding Aid for the Ellen Douglas Collection
(MUM00109)
Finding Aid for the Ellen Douglas Collection
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Descriptive Summary |
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Administrative Information |
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Subject Terms |
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Biographical Note |
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Scope and Content Note |
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User Information |
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Related Material |
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Arrangement |
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Container List |
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received from Ellen Douglas, 1990
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, November 2011.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Formats
Biographical Note
Ellen Douglas (the pen name of Josephine Ayres Haxton) was born in 1921 in Natchez,
Miss. Douglas grew up in small towns throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1942. She has authored eleven
books, including novels, short-story volumes, and nonfiction. Douglas has served as
writer-in-residence at Northeast Louisiana University, Tulane University, and the
University of Mississippi, and has taught at various other institutions, including
the University of Virginia and Millsaps College.
Bibliography:
| 1962 | A Family’s Affairs | |
| 1963 | Black Cloud, White Cloud: Two Novellas and Two Stories | |
| 1968 | Where the Dreams Cross | |
| 1973 | Apostles of Light | |
| 1979 | The Rock Cried Out | |
| 1982 | A Lifetime Burning | |
| 1986 | A Long Night | |
| 1987 | The Magic Carpet | |
| 1988 | Can’t Quit you, Baby | |
| 1998 | Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell | |
| 2004 | Witnessing |
Scope and Content Note
The collection chiefly contains annotated drafts (typed and handwritten) of nine of
Douglas’s books. Also included are notes written by Douglas pertaining to the books;
research materials; galley proofs; and printers’ typescripts. Box 36 contains drafts
of and notes on various stories, published and unpublished. Box 37 contains book reviews,
essays, and other writings by Douglas, some of which appear in published periodicals.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Ellen Douglas Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library,
The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Ellen Douglas 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
Archival Resources at the University of Mississippi
Ellen Douglas Small Manuscripts Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library
Other Resources at the University of Mississippi
The circulating collection at the University of Mississippi contains many works by
and about Douglas. These titles can be accessed by searching for “Douglas, Ellen” in the University’s library catalog.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Container List
Unless otherwise specified, each file group contains various drafts, notes, manuscripts,
and research materials pertaining to the book specified in the title of the file group.
| Box 1-7 | Apostles of Light | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 8-11 | A Family’s Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 11a-14 | Black Cloud, White Cloud | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 15-20 | The Rock Cried Out | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 21-26 | A Lifetime Burning | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 27-31 | Where The Dreams Cross | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 32-35 | Can’t Quit You, Baby | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 36 | Miscellaneous publications | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Includes versions of the stories “The Teacher’s Pet,””Oh, to Die for Love,””The Late-Blooming Patriarch,” and “A Weekend in New Orleans.” | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Box 37 | Materials added to 1990 accession | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Includes reviews of two books by Walker Percy, The Last Gentleman and Love in the Ruins; essays on the work of William Faulkner; and published articles about Douglas’s work, written by others. |
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| Box 38 | “Jesse” | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: “Jesse” is a short story contained in the book Black Cloud, White Cloud. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Box 39 | A Long Night | ||||||||||||||||||
| Box 40-41 | The Magic Carpet | ||||||||||||||||||
