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University of Mississippi Libraries
Eudora Welty Sall Manuscripts Collection
MUM00471
Table of Contents
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01774/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Title
- Eudora Welty Small Manuscripts Collection
- ID
- MUM00471
- Date
- 1925-2005
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear feet 5 boxes (B-8) + 1 oversize box (G-11)
- General Physical Description note
- 6 boxes.
- Location note
- B-8 (5 boxes) & G-11 (1 oversized box).
- Abstract
- Collection contains invitation, programs, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, broadsheet, and galleys related
to the life of Eudora Welty. Items were created 1925-2005.
Preferred Citation
Eudora Welty SMMSS (MUM00471). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of
Mississippi.
Scope and Contents Note
Collection contains invitation, programs, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, broadsheet, and galleys related
to the life of Eudora Welty. Items were created 1925-2005.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries 2005
Revision Description
Chatham Ewing, Stub finding aid created, 2005. Accretion added 2016 by Lauren Rogers. 2016
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.
Custodial History
Accruals
Source of Collection
Processing Information
Processed by University of Mississippi Department Special Collections Staff
. EAD encoded finding-aid begun September 2005.
Collection Inventory
Box 1 |
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French insert for |
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Invitation to Mississippi State Historical Museum exhibit, “Welty: An Exhibition of photographs by Eudora Welty,” 22 September |
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Small card bearing autograph of Eudora Welty, n. d. (00-615). |
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Announcement for exhibit “Eudora Welty: A Mississippi Album,” at University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, 20 |
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Pamphlets for Eudora Welty Symposium at the University of Mississippi, 1977 (20 copies). |
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“An Evening with Eudora Welty,11 program from Millsaps Arts and Lecture Series, 2 March 1982. |
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Program from the Inauguration of the Eudora Welty Chair in Southern Studies at Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 15 |
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Pre-publication notice for |
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Letter from Eudora Welty to John Sykes Hartin, Director of Libraries at University of Mississippi, 29 October 1954. |
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River (March 1937), with Welty’s “Retreat” (00-81). |
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Silhouette (Spring 1979), with “Eudora Welty Speaks to Young Writers” (00-91). |
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Photocopies of Eudora Welty letters to Bill Ferris. Originals in Ferris Collection (89-44). |
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Program from reception honoring Eudora Welty and Richard Ford, hosted by Friends of the Jackson-George Counties Regional Library, |
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Program from New State Theatre production of “The Ponder Heart,”10-19 September 1982. |
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Transcription of remarks at “Evening to Honor the Memory of Hubert Creekmore,” Price George Hotel, New York City, 10 February |
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Program from the National Book Award, 1951 (93-119). |
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Program from “An Evening with Eudora Welty,” at Panola Playhouse, 31 March – 2 April, no year (00-1109). |
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Program from “Eudora Welty — Words into Fiction,” at University of Mississippi, 12 March 1964 (00-687). |
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Letter from Eudora Welty to Seymour Lawrence, 4 September 1961 (86-19). |
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Books for Spring and Summer 1999, University Press of Mississippi, with advertisement for “The First Story” by Eudora Welty, |
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Program. “The Eudora Welty Film & Fiction Festival” (Mississippi Writers Association; Jackson, MS; May 1996). |
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Catalogue. “Eudora Welty: The Robert E. Finley Collection” (Bertram Rota Ltd., Booksellers; 2000). |
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Pamphlet. “The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y: Eudora Welty, April 22, 1985” (NY) [signed by Welty]. |
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Pamphlet. “The Writer’s Voice of the Center for the Arts at the West Side Y presents ‘A Benefit for Columbia: A Magazine of |
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Pamphlet. “Eudora Welty Library” (Jackson, MS) [signed by Welty]. |
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Eudora Welty. “White Fruitcake” (NADJA for Albondocani Press, December 1980). With envelope. 2 copies one donated by Mrs. |
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“The American Experience #114” (PBS series on January 3, 1989 — “Eudora Welty — One Writer’s Beginnings”). |
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Program. “New State Theatre Presents ‘The Ponder Heart'” (Jackson, MS; September 10-19, 1982). Two copies signed by Welty. |
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“The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected |
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Program. “Panola Playhouse: ‘An Evening With Eudora Welty’ March 31-April 2 8:00P.M.” (MS; no year). |
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August 20, 1978. Eudora Welty in Jackson, MS to James C. Mitchell in Mansfield, MA. Re: signing copy of The Eye of the Story; |
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Articles on Eudora Welty’s death (July 2001). |
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Program for Welty’s Funeral Service (Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, 2001). 6 copies. |
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Box 2 |
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Galleys of Noel Polk’s Eudora Welty: A Bibliography of Her Works (3 folders) (00-159). |
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Galleys of Eudora Welty: A Keepsake, University of Mississippi, 1987. |
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Eudora Welty: A Keepsake, University of Mississippi, 1987; 5 signed copies |
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Memorandum of Agreement, “Music from Spain,” 1948 (82-3). |
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Typed Transcription of a Tape-Recorded Conversation with Eudora Welty in her Home on August 8, 1978/Martha van Noppen. 35pp. |
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Promotional Pamphlet for the 1987 Edition of Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom, Designed and Illustrated by Barry Moser |
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The Library of America, Fall 1998 and Complete List of Titles. Note: Includes Library of America listing for the work Eudora |
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Program. May 1-4, 1996. Program for the Eudora Welty Film and Fiction Festival, “Eudora Welty’s Sense of Place”/ Presented |
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CD-ROM Insert for “The Memory Is a Living Thing: Words of Eudora Welty.” |
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Program. May 29-31, 1997. Program from the Eighth Annual Natchez Literary Celebration, “Famous Southern Families In Fiction |
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December 5, 1940. Eudora Welty to Enda Frederikson. 1p. |
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October 16, 1940. Edna Frederikson to Eudora Welty. 2pp. Carbon. |
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Limited Edition Broadside “Toast Offered in Celebration of the Publication of the Library of America’s WELTY, on the anniversary |
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University Press of Mississippi Bookmark Commemorating the Ninetieth Birthday of Eudora Welty, April 13, 1999. |
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Hill Street Press Printed Tribute to Eudora Welty, Eudora Welty: Writers’ Reflections On First Reading Welty. April 13, 1999. |
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Antigua & Barbuda Stamp Sheet, “Super Seniors of the Twentieth Century,” which contains a stamp of Eudora Welty. |
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‘Gothicism up to Date’ by Benjamin F. Fisher, 1996. Review of Gothic Tradition and Narrative Techniques in the Fiction of |
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Box 3 |
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Promotion for “A Mississippi Album” (University of North Dakota Art Galleries, 1978). Signed by Welty. From the Leila & Douglas |
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Program for “An Evening with Eudora Welty” (Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, 1982). Signed by Welty. From the Leila & Douglas |
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Announcement of Bye, Bye Brevoort in limited edition (1980). From the Leila & Douglas Wynn Collection. |
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Invitation to Governor’s Mansion & an after-theatre supper, both in honor of the world premier of “The Ponder Heart” (1982). |
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Postcard for Welty photograph exhibition at the University of North Carolina (1982). From the Leila & Douglas Wynn Collection. |
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Promotion for Fritz Peters’ The World Next Door (1949). Signed by Welty. From the Leila & Douglas Wynn Collection. |
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Spriral bound typed manuscript of an article on Welty by Henry Mitchell of the Washington Post (1972). From the Leila & Douglas |
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Pamphlet for Mississippi Museum of Art exhibit “Passionate Observer: Eudora Welty among Artists of the Thirties” (2002). |
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Program. “Welty Weekend at the W. Reception and Art Exhibit featuring work by David Rae Morris and MUW Faculty, October 17, |
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Program. “An Evening with Eudora. New Stage Theatre. Jackson, Mississippi. February 28th, 1986.” |
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Lithograph of Eudora Welty by Marc A. Snyder (2003). 1 of 20. With vita of Snyder. |
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| [1941-1945]. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: Recent visit, traveling in wartime, Robber Bridegroom, and Doubleday. | ||||
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[Spring 1942]. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: Guggenheim Fellowship, American Prefaces and “Still Moment,” looking for southern writers, and Diarmuid Russell. |
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July 20, 1942. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: Attached newspaper advertisement for Tourist City Goat Dairy, |
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November 7, [1942]. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: the printing of the Robber Bridegroom, reviews of the work, |
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August 29, 1966. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Written on Eudora Welty’s letterhead. Re: working in the summer |
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July 18 [year not listed]. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: Fulbright Conference at Cambridge, and the play version |
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August 4 [year not listed]. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: elated about receiving a recent check in the mail. |
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October 10 [year not listed]. Eudora [Welty] to Henry [Volkening]. 1p. Re: ‘Cecil White, the Mississippi Department of Archives |
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Pamphlet. “Eudora Welty House” (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, c.2004). |
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“Eudora Welty House” (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, c.2004). Information packet. |
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March 22, 2005. Eudora Welty Foundation information on a proposed capital campaign. Includes questionnaire. |
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Undated. Hand colored valentine by Eudora Welty for her brother Edward. Accompanied by ALS. Undated. Eudora Welty to Russel |
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Program. “Eudora Welty — A Remembrance” April 25, 2002. Millsaps College |
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Program. “Passionate Observer” Symposium, Mississippi Museum of Art. (2002) |
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Program. “Outdoors at Eudora’s” April 19, 2001. Belhaven College |
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Program. “Service of Death and Resurrection for Alice Eudora Welta, April 13, 1900 to July 23, 2001” Galloway Memorial United |
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Photograph of Eudora Welty’s gravesite. |
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Production folder for Palaemon Press’ publication of “Retreat” by Eudora Welty. 1981. Note: First published in River, March |
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Items relating to the privately printed publication “For Reynolds Price.” 1982-1983. Includes several Welty items: 1) TLS. |
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Box 4: Oversize |
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Broadsheet. February 15, 1925. The Commercial Appeal, Jackson, Mississippi Rotogravure Edition. Includes a photograph of Welty’s Scope and ContentWelty’s father was then the Vice President and General Manager of the Lamar Life Insurance Company. |
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Catalogued Item: PS 3545 E 537 R6 1943. “The Robber Bridegroom”/ Eudora Welty, published by The Philadelphia Inquirer. April |
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Photograph. C. 1987. Black and White Photograph of Eudora Welty/ Hubert Worley, Jr. |
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Prints. Undated. Home of Eudora Welty, Two Prints/ Michael Holloway. (00-79) |
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Limited Edition Prints. Set of five limited edition Eudora Welty photographs from the Welty Collection at the Mississippi |
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Proofs. Eudora Welty Photographs (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1989). 14 pages, 3 of which are mounted. (2001-89). |
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Newspaper poster advertisement upon Welty’s death. “Eudora Welty, 1909-2001” (Jackson, MS: Clarion Ledger, 2001). (2002-107) |
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“Eudora Welty, c.1990,” a print by Barry Moser. Number 24 of a limited series of 100 signed by the artist and sold by the |
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“Eudora Welty, print #2”, a print by Barry Moser. Number 24 of a limited series of 100 signed by the artist and sold by the |
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“Eudora Welty, print #3”, a print by Barry Moser. Number 24 of a limited series of 100 signed by the artist and sold by the |
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Print “Four Photographs by Eudora Welty”; 47 or 150 signed (1984). |
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Charcoal portrait of Eudora Welty by Barnaby Amaud. |
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Print “The Robber Bridegroom” (Jackson, MS: Lemuria Bookstore, 1987); signed by artist Barry Moser. |
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Poster. “Mississippi’s Eudora Welty,” re: A Year With Welty: A Scholar-in-Residence Program for Mississippi Schools and Libraries |
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Poster. “Welty: Photographs and Text by Eudora Welty” (Mississippi State Historical Museum, 1977). |
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Poster. “Eudora: An Exhibition at the Mississippi Historical Museum, a Division of the Archives & History” (undated). 2 copies. |
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Poster. “Passionate Observer: Eudora Welty among Artists of the Thirties” (Mississippi Museum of Art, 2002) |
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Poster. “Eudora Welty 1909-2009 Centennial” (#145 of 500 limited edition). |
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Letter from Welty to “Dear Swift,” written on margin of |
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Box 5: Yearbooks |
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1925 “Quadruplane” |
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1930 “Badger” |
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Box 6: Yearbooks |
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1927 “Meh Lady” |
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1925 “Quadruplane |
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1926 “Meh Lady” |
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Framed Item |
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Framed Item #639. Photograph of Eudora Welty by Maude Schuyler Clay; signed by photographer. On display in Library Administration |
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