MUM00163
Finding Aid for the Carl Petersen Collection
(MUM00163)
Finding Aid for the Carl Petersen Collection
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Descriptive Summary |
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Administrative Information |
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Subject Terms |
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Scope and Content Note |
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User Information |
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Related Material |
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Separated Material |
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Arrangement |
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Container List |
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Carl Petersen, 3 August 1978.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 15 May 2009.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Authorship
Formats
artifacts)
Scope and Content Note
The Carl Petersen Collection contains materials related to the acquisition
of Petersen’s significant Faulkner collection. Primarily, the collection contains
correspondence between Petersen and major booksellers and collectors and
documentation about Petersen’s collection. Also contains materials related to other
collections as well as auction information.
Collection contains manuscript items for Petersen’s various works as well, including On the Track of the Dixie Ltd., Another Turn: Imperfect Notes on a Faulkner Collection, Each in its Ordered Place and Eiiop.
User Information
Prefered Citation
Carl Petersen Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D.
Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Carl Petersen 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
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
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed from this collection.
Arrangement
Correspondence pertaining
to Petersen’s acquisition of his Faulkner collection is included in
boxes 1-8, 10 and arranged alphabetically. Miscellaneous clippings, auction information and collection
lists related to William Faulkner materials are located in boxes 8-11.
Container List
| Folder 8.2 | Cash Journal | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: All of Petersen’s Faulkner purchases listed by invoice total, broken down by seller, date and purchase price. |
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| Folder 8.3 | Another Turn: Imperfect Notes on a Faulkner Collection revised and expanded version of Each in its Ordered Place between 1985-1986. |
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| Folder 8.4 | Photocopy of Transcript | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 8.5 | Holograph of Eiiop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 8.6 | Copy of 1st edition of Eiiop | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Eiiop with Petersen’s Notes, Corrections | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 8.7 | 2nd Proof, loose sheets with Petersen’s holograph corrections with photocopy of some pages |
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| Folder 8.9 | Permissions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 8.10 | Photocopies of Index Cards in chronological order | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 8.11 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 8.12 | Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Includes photos of illustrations for book | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 9.1 | Extra pinted pages of Eiiop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 9.2 | Photocopy of 2nd proof Eiiop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 9.3 | Publisher’s copy Eiiop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 9.4 | 1st proofs Eiiop with Petersen’s holograph corrections |
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| Folder 9.5 | Individual types Index Cards | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 9.6 | Eiiop copy with holograph changes and inserts; re: photos |
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| Folder 9.7 | Black Notebook | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 10.1 | On the Track of the Dixie Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Typescript with corrections plus related correspondence | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 10.2 | Insurance Materials | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Delcaration of Value of Petersen’s Faulkner Collections 69, 72, 75, 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 10.3 | Translations | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Includes over 30 invoices, letters between Petersen or House of Books and foreign publishers and booksellers, journal articles pertaining to Faulkner translation, correspondence regarding Faulkner translation, copies of Faulkner foreign title pages. |
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| Folder 10.4 | Photographs: over 89 contact sheets with negatives, including 1978 University of Mississippi exhibit |
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| Separated Material: Photographs have been removed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 10.5 | Display cards: University of Mississippi exhibit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 10.6 | Index Cards: several attempts at chronology | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 10.7 | Friends of the Library, 7 November 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.1 | Manuscripts and Typescripts of articles written by Petersen on his Faulkner Collection |
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| Folder 11.2 | Publishers’ catalogues describing books about Faulkner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.3 | Periodicals and photocopies of periodicals describing the Faulkner collections belonging to other collectors, including libraries and individuals |
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| Checklists of holdings belonging to other collectors | |||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.4 | Petersen’s notes as to Faulker appearances in book auctions and book dealer’s catalogs |
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| Folder 11.5 | Newspaper Clippings | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item A | “The Burning of the Cofield Studio” | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item B | Reviews of Faulkner books, circa 1930-1960 (10 reviews) |
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| Item C | “Faulkner Manuscript is Bought” (by Virginia), etc. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.6 | Photocopies of Faulkner letters, inscriptions, etc. sent by fellow collectors, librarians and book dealers |
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| Folder 11.7 | Lists of desired Faulkner materials | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.8 | Photocopies of bibliographical work done by others | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Includes Joan Crane | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.9 | Quotes of Faulkner materials by major book dealers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Contains clippings from book catalogues | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 11.10 | Personal Materials | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item A | Listing of Faulkner materials in Petersen’s bank deposit boxes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item B | Request to withdraw funds from company savings plan to purchase Warner contract manuscript materials |
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| Folder 11.11 | Listings, Charts and Commentary by Petersen | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Materials concern Faulkner publication prices, dates of reprints and contemporary values |
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