Stuart Wright Collection: William Styron Papers

1930-2007, undated
Manuscript Collection #1169-011
Creator(s)
Styron, William, 1925-2006
Physical description
1.15 Cubic Feet, 2 archival boxes, 4 oversized folders, 82 items, 929 p., Stuart Wright Collection: William Styron Papers (#1169-011) consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographic prints, proofs of published materials, printed material, loose manuscript items transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection and oversized materials, by or about William Styron, Malcom Cowley, James Jones, Eugene Genovese, and others.
Preferred Citation
Stuart Wright Collection: William Styron Papers (#1169-011) East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
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Papers of William Styron (1930-2007, undated) documenting the life and literary career of the noted Newport News, Virginia-born American novelist and essayist, including correspondence; manuscripts, photographic prints, proofs of published materials, printed material, loose manuscript items transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection and oversized materials, by or about William Styron, Malcom Cowley, James Jones, Eugene Genovese, and others.


Biographical/historical information

William Styron [William Clark Styron, Jr.] the noted American novelist and essayist, was born on 11 June 1925 in Newport News, Virginia. Descended from enslavers, he received a liberal upbringing from his northern-born mother and progressive father. He attended local public schools and then entered Christchurch School, an Episcopal college preparatory school. Upon graduating high school, Styron enrolled in Davidson College, in North Carolina, but dropped out to serve in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant.

When World War II ended, Styron enrolled at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, graduating with a B.A. in English in 1947. He then took an editorial position with McGraw-Hill publishers, in New York, but hated the work and provoked the company into firing him. He then started his writing career, publishing his first novel, Lie Down in Darkness, in 1951. He later returned to the Marine Corps to serve during the Korean War but was discharged in 1952 for eye problems.

Styron is known principally as a novelist. The collection contains significant references to his major works, including:

The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), a fictional account of an 1831 Virginia uprising lead by enslaved persons, narrated by the leader of the uprising; and

Sophie's Choice (1979), a story "told through the eyes of a young Southern writer, about a Polish Catholic survivor of Auschwitz and her Jewish lover in postwar Brooklyn."

Styron died at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on 1 November 2006 at age 81.

Sources: "William Styron." [Briographical Sketch] Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Styron

Author: Jonathan Dembo, 11/3/2011, revised 1/23/2012, 9/17/2012, 11/1/2016.

Stuart Wright. The William Styron Papers were collected and compiled by Stuart T. Wright. Wright was born on 30 March 1948 in Roxboro, North Carolina. He was the son of Frances Critcher Wright (1919-2010) and Wallace Lyndon Wright (1921-1965). An avid reader as a boy, Wright developed a strong interest in the American Civil War and with his father toured many of the war's battlefields searching for artifacts and studying the history of the era. At the age of 12, he won a statewide "Johnny Reb" essay contest and by the age of 15 had visited every major battlefield of the Civil War. Wright attended Roxboro High School, from which he graduated in 1966. It was during these years that he developed an interest in collecting historical books and manuscripts and began relationships with a number of local collectors and dealers.

In the fall of 1966, Wright enrolled at Wake Forest University as a pre-med, history, German and music student. Wright earned a B.A. in German and music in 1970. As a graduate student at Wake Forest University, Wright focused his studies on Southern history and literature, his ambition being to build an authoritative Southern Studies collection for the university. He received a master's degree in Southern Studies in 1973 and a second master's degree in U.S. History in 1980. Additionally Wright holds a professional degree from England in a medically related field. It was while studying there that he became interested in Thomas Wolfe, the noted North Carolina native and novelist.

Following his graduation from Wake Forest, Wright began to develop his collections more systematically, acquiring many first editions of Southern writers. In 1976 he began teaching at Reynolda House, a Wake Forest University affiliate dedicated to the arts and arts education. Wright taught classes in American music as well as human anatomy for art students. In 1978 Wright became Lecturer in Education at Wake Forest University. During his 10 years teaching at Wake Forest University, Wright authored numerous works of Civil War and North Carolina history, and dozens of articles, bibliographies, essays and reviews on Southern literature and the writers whose papers he collected. In addition, he developed a strong interest in the writings of the English poet Donald Davie and the Minnesota-born poet Richard Eberhart, whose works he also collected.

At the same time, Wright also began a career as a publisher by starting Palaemon Press in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. By 1984, Palaemon Press had produced 316 titles, consisting mainly of broadsides and limited editions, of the poetry and essays of such Southern writers as A. R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, James Dickey, William Goyen, George Garrett, and Eudora Welty. He also built comprehensive collections and compiled book-length descriptive bibliographies of A.R. Ammons, Andrew Lytle, Reynolds Price, James Dickey, William Goyen, Walker Percy, Randall Jarrell, Peter Taylor, George Garrett, Richard Eberhart, and Donald Davie. As well as serving as editor of the contemporary literature section of the Bulletin of Bibliography throughout the 1980s, Wright also contributed pioneering checklists of the writings of Southern poets Henry Taylor, Charles Wright, and Robert Morgan. For Meckler Publishing he served as series editor for a number of book-length bibliographies and checklists. In recognition of these accomplishments, when he was just 32, Wright was elected to membership in New York's prestigious Grolier Club.

All of these works are represented in the Stuart Wright Collection. In his dealings with these various authors Wright made consistent efforts to acquire personal papers, letters and documents, photographs, manuscripts, drafts, proofs, and published materials to supplement his continuing activities as a purchaser of their works. In this way, Wright acquired perhaps a majority of his overall collection. Over the years a number of biographers used Wright's collection to aid their research. For example, James A. Grimshaw, Jr. used the collection extensively for his Robert Penn Warren: A Descriptive Bibliography, 1922-1979 published by the University Press of Virginia, in 1981 and Craig S. Abbott did so as well for John Crowe Ransom: A Descriptive Bibliography, published by Whitston Publishing Company, Inc. in 1999. Joseph Blotner also used the Wright collection in researching Robert Penn Warren: A Biography, published by Random House in 1997.

Nevertheless, from the mid- to late 1980s, Wright began to look for a permanent home for his collection, which he felt had grown too large and yet had been too little used. Unable to find a repository willing to accept the entire collection under suitable conditions, he sold a number of individual author collections to Vanderbilt University, Duke University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Emory University. It was not until 2010 that he reached agreement to house the remaining, and largest part of his collection at East Carolina University. The Stuart Wright Collection in the East Carolina Manuscript Collection of J.Y. Joyner Library includes 22 sub-collections of the papers of Southern American writers. The related Stuart Wright Book Collection holds several thousand volumes by or about many of the same writers. Many of these volumes contain annotations, inscriptions, and insertions that reveal much about the authors in the collection and their relationships with one another. In 1998 Wright moved to England, and since 2001 he has resided in the medieval market town of Ludlow, in Shropshire.


Scope and arrangement

Stuart Wright Collection: William Styron Papers (#1169-011) document the life and literary career of William Styron, 1930 – 2007, undated. The Styron Papers are arranged in original order in 6 series except as noted. The collection consists of an original acquisition of 4 series and the Cary Addition #1 and the Ludlow Addition #2. The collection includes proofs of the published works of other authors, including Eugene V. Genovese, James Jones and Lewis J. Blair which Styron reviewed for their publishers. It also contains a significant number of photographic prints and loose manuscripts transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection.

Series 1: Manuscript Materials and Photographic Prints consists of a news release, letters received and photographic prints relating to William Styron and his family, 1967, 1979. Series 1 is held in Box 1.a – 1.c

Series 2: Proofs and Printed Materials consists of printed books covers and brochures for William Styron's publications and proofs of books Styron reviewed for publication, including "Roll Jordan Roll: The World the Slaves Made, by Eugene D. Genovese"; Whistle, by James Jones; and A Southern Prophesy, by Lewis J. Blair, 1964-1979, undated. Series 2 is contained in Box 1.d - 1.i.

Series 3: Loose Manuscripts from Stuart Wright Book Collection consists of loose manuscript and other materials found between the leaves of volumes in the Stuart Wright Book Collection. The material consists of notes ca. 1970-1971, relating to William Styron. The loose manuscripts are linked to the book of origin by their Stuart Wright Book Collection Number (e.g. Stuart Wright Book Collection #38.4). Series 3 is held in Box 1.j – 1.k

Series 4: Oversized Materials consists of three oversized folders of clippings, a proof, and oversized photographs. Series 4 is held in Folder 1.k.os.1 – 1.m.os.1

Series 5: Cary Addition #1 to the Stuart Wright Collection contains photographic materials, proofs, manuscript materials, and a pamphlet signed by the novelist William Styron (1978). Also included are loose manuscript materials that were transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection, 1960-1980. Series 5 is held in Box 2.a - 2.g

Series 6: Ludlow Addition #2 to the Stuart Wright Collection contains correspondence, clippings, oversized materials, and loose manuscript items transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection, 1965-2007. Series 6 is held in Box 2.h - 2.v, os.4

Note to Researchers: Series 3: Loose Manuscripts Transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection consists of items found laid in works in the Stuart Wright Book Collection by, about, associated with, or owned by William Styron. They include notes and bookmarks inserted by Styron, Stuart Wright, and others; also notes, cards, correspondence, clippings, advertising, reviews, ephemera, etc. relating to his published works. The loose manuscripts are linked to the books from which they came by their Stuart Wright Book Collection Number (e.g. Stuart Wright Book Collection #40.15).


Administrative information
Custodial History

21 June 2010, 0.8 cubic feet; 1 archival box & 3 oversized folders; 31 items; 805 p. Papers (1930-1987, undated) documenting the life and literary career of William Styron, the noted American novelist and essayist, including correspondence; manuscripts, photographic prints, proofs of published materials, printed material, loose manuscripts from the Stuart Wright Book Collection and oversized materials, by or about William Styron and others. Vendor: Stuart Wright.

27 October 2011, (Cary Addition #1), 0.2125 cubic feet; 0.85 archival box; 17 items; 72 p. Papers (1958) documenting the life and literary career of William Styron (1925-2006), the noted American novelist and essayist, including manuscript materials, loose manuscripts transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection, photographic materials, proofs, of published works & printed materials. Vendor: Stuart Wright.

20 July 2012, (Ludlow Addition #2), 0.1375 cubic feet; 0.15 archival box & 1 oversized folder; 34 items; 52 p. Papers (1964-2000) documenting the life and literary career of William Styron (1925-2006), the noted American novelist and essayist, consisting of correspondence, clippings & loose manuscripts transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection & oversized printed material. Vendor: Stuart Wright.

Source of acquisition

Purchased from Stuart Wright, 6/21/2010, 10/27/2011, 7/20/2012

Processing information

Processing, Preliminary inventory & Container list by Jonathan Dembo, with the assistance of Nathaniel King, Stephanie Biggs & Shelby Sapp, & Jay Colin Menees, 10/26/2010, 10/24/20154/20/2016; revised by Jonathan Dembo, 11/19/2010, 7/7/2011, 2/15/2016, 11/1/2016, 9/7/2016; Final inventory by Krystal Cook, revised 2/27/2011; Finding aid by Jonathan Dembo, 11/3/2011, revised 1/23/2012, 11/1/2016; Encoded by Jonathan Dembo, 7/9/2012, 5/21/2013; Encoding revised by Jonathan Dembo, 7/18/2012, 11/1/2016; Stuart Wright biography revised by Jonathan Dembo, 9/17/2012, 11/1/2016

Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Language of material

English

Related material

William Styron Papers, 1855-2007, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Libraries, Durham, NC USA

Reid and Susan Overcash Literary Collection - A. R. Ammons Papers (#1096-001) Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC USA


Key terms
Personal Names
Styron, William, 1925-2006
Styron, William, 1925-2006--Family
Topical
Novelists, American--20th century

Container list
Box 1 Folder a William Styron Only Living Writer Named In National French Literary Examinations. News from Random House, Inc., New York, NY [News Release] (ca. 1979) Mimeographed Typescripts. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder b Sophie's Choice [Brochure] (30 Aug. 1979) TLS and Printed. 2 items. 5 p. Note: also includes cover letter from Liz Knights at Jonathan Cape Limited, London, U.K., 30 Aug. 1979
Box 1 Folder c William Styron and Family Portraits [Portraits] (ca. 1967) Photographic prints. Black & White. 8" x 10" 12 items. 12 p
Box 1 Folder d Auschwitz 1940 - 1945 Guide Book Through the Museum [Book Covers] (undated) Printed. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Text block missing; plans of Camp Auschwitz and Camp Birkenau on inside of covers
Box 1 Folder e Other Side of the Poem, The: A Little Anthology of Responses [Brochure] [1963] Printed. 1 item. 4 p. Note: Gotham Book Mart's advertisement for responses to Ruth Stephan's [Charlotte Ruth Stephan Dart 1910-1974] poems
Box 1 Folder f Major Publishing Event: Sophie's Choice by William Styron, Book of the Month Club News [Periodical] (Midsummer 1979) Printed. 1 item. 16 p. Note: Articles on Styron and Sophie's Choice on pp. 2, 3-6
Box 1 Folder g "Roll Jordan Roll: The World the Slaves Made," by Eugene D. Genovese [Proof] (New York, NY: Pantheon Books: A Division of Random House, © 1974) Uncorrected proof. ISBN: 0-394-49131-9. Soft cover bound. 1 item. 402 p. Note: Autographed "p. 115 laboring class" on cover & "Wm. Styron's copy" on title page; some underlining and notes in Book 5; Transferred from Stuart Wright Collection Printed Works #5033 (9/24/2010)
Box 1 Folder h Whistle, by James Jones [Proof] (New York, NY: Delacorte Press, © 1978) Uncorrected Proof. ISBNP 0-440-09548-4. Soft cover bound. 1 item. 233 p. Note: Autographed "William Styron" on title page; "Poll - Bed for you is in F is in upstairs - open - Love, Mum. " Transferred from Stuart Wright Collection Printed Works #50.23 (9/24/2010)
Box 1 Folder i A Southern Prophecy, by Lewis J. Blair [Proof] (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., [1964]) Uncorrected Advance Proof. Soft cover. Spiral bound. 1 item. 107 p. Note: Annotated on cover on title page & marginalia in William Styron's hand; Transferred from Stuart Wright Collection Printed Works #50.33 (9/24/2010)
Box 1 Folder j The Joint, by James Blake [Book] (1971) Printed. 1 item. 1 p. Note: William Styron, Roxbury, Connecticut. Note to "Dear Francine: The enclosed is for Vinnie, Love Bill" (undated) Holograph; Transferred from Stuart Wright Book Collection #50.10
Box 1 Folder k The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Edited by Arthur M. Eastman [Book] (1970) Printed. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Stuart Wright note: "Styron's copy pp. 851-52 (but see p. 854); See Sophie's Choice, p. 512, passim" (undated) Holograph [Styron used this copy to locate a suitable poem for Sophie to memorize]; Transferred from Stuart Wright Book Collection #50.22
Folder os1 "Encouragement and a Kick Made Bill Styron a Writer: Teacher Guided, Publisher Fired Him," by Robert Mason, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot (9 September 1951), p. 5-8; "A Second Flowering: Works and Days of the Lost Generation", by Malcolm Cowley, reviewed by William Styron, New York Times Books Review, (6 May 1973), pp. 8-14; "Confessions of William Styron," by Francine du Plessiz Gray, Washington Post Book World (20 May 1979), p. E1-6; "'Sophie's Choice' Is Filmmaker's Choice Too," by Charles Champlin, Winston-Salem, NC Sentinel (20 May 1982), p. 28 (1951-1982) Oversized Clippings, etc. (1951-1982) 4 items. 10 p. Transferred from 1169-011.1.k
Folder os2 Commentary, by John Thompson [Review of Confessions of Nat Turner, by William Styron] (27 Sept. 1967) Edited First Proof. 1 item. 8 p. Note: Brittle, torn, pressure sensitive tape; needs conservation. Transferred from 1169-011.1.l
Folder os3 William Styron Close-up, by Ted Polumbaum, Life Photo (23 August 1967); William Styron with Unknown Elderly Man, by Ted Polumbaum, Life Photo (11 September 1967); William Styron Seated on Porch #79503-2C3-20A-8E by Life Photo, marked "Scratched in Neg" (undated) Oversized Photographic prints. Black & White. Various sizes. 3 items. 3 p. Transferred from 1169-011.1.m
Box 2 Folder a Newsweek Magazine [Magazine Cover] : "Novelist William Styron" (16 Oct. 1967) Clipping. On Poster board. 1 item. 1 p. ; Note : Autographed "William Styron" on cover ; faded, brittle ; needs conservation ; Source : Cary Addition Box #145.000
Box 2 Folder b Punch, Or The London Carnival [Magazine Cover] (14 Jan. 1861 - 3 Dec. 1864) Clippings. 8 items. 8 p. ; Note : Covers only ; brittle, fragile ; needs conservation ; Source : Cary Addition Box #145.000
Box 2 Folder c Olive of Minerva or The Comedy of a Cuckold [Book] by Edward Dahlberg (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Publishers, New York, NY, © 1976) Note : 1) Nick Ellison, Senior Editor, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Inc., Publishers, New York, NY. Letter to William Styron enclosing galley proof of Olive of Minerva, requesting he read it and send comments (27 Aug. 1975) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 2) "'A magnificent genius -- Ford Maddox Ford' : The Olive of Minerva, or The Comedy of a Cuckold" [Advertisement] (ca. 1976) Photocopy clipping. 1 item. 1 p. ; Note : ; Source : Cary Addition Box #133.002
Box 2 Folder d William Styron [Publicity Portraits] by Jill Krementz (ca. 1980s) Photographic prints. Black & White. 5" x 7" 2 items. 2 p. ; Note : Autographed "William Styron" on face ; rights to photographs restricted ; Source : Cary Addition Box #147.000
Box 2 Folder e William Styron [Publicity Portraits] by Newsweek photographer, Bernard Gotfried (ca. 1960s) Photographic prints. Black & White. 8" x 10" 2 items. 2 p. ; Note : Autographed "William Styron" on face ; rights to photographs restricted ; Source : Cary Addition Box #147.000
Box 2 Folder f Olive of Minerva or The Comedy of a Cuckold [Book] by Edward Dahlberg (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Publishers, New York, NY, © 1976) Galley Proof. Soft cover. 1 item. 44 p. ; Note: Holograph inscription on cover : "by Edward Dahlberg" (ca. 1975) AN ; Source : Cary Addition Box #133.002
Box 2 Folder g Admiral Robert Penn Warren and the Snows of Winter : A Tribute [Literary Essay] by William Styron (Winston-Salem, NC : Palaemon Press, Ltd. © 1978) Printed Pamphlet. 1 item. 13 p. ; Note: Autographed "William Styron" after p. 18 ; Coy "Y" of 276 copies printed ; Source : Cary Addition Box #155.000
Box 2 Folder h Buckley, William F., Jr., Editor, National Review, New York, NY. Note & Order form to Stuart Wright, Winston-Salem, NC (20 July 1983) TLS, Printed form & Envelope. 1 item. 3 p. ; Note : Concerns Stuart Wright's reaction to Buckley's column entitled "What Goes on Behind the Scenes at Box 7527?" [Address of Palaemon Press] ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.015
Box 2 Folder i Communique From the Armed Resistance Unit, Washington, DC (17 Aug. 1983) Photocopy typescript & Envelope. 1 item. 2 p. ; Note : Stuart Wright's holograph note on envelope : "This is the one I turned over to the FBI" ; See also oversized folder : #1169.030.172.015.i.os ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.015
Box 2 Folder j Styron, William. Letter to Stuart Wright including Styron's negative reaction to seeing / hearing "Maya Jigaboo [Angelou]" speak on television on 29 April (30 April 1983) Photocopy TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; Note : Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.015.j
Box 2 Folder k Styron, William, Roxbury, CT. Christmas Card to Stuart Wright, Winston-Salem, NC (Dec. 1979) ALS. 1 item. 3 p. ; Note : Includes letter rejecting publication of "Sophie's Choice" by the Republic of South Africa for use of "grossly offensive" language ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box 174.024 ; transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection, 1 Dec. 2014
Box 2 Folder l Address at the 204th Commencement of Hampden - Sydney College, An, by William Styron (23 May 1980) Note : 1) William Styron, Roxbury, CT. Envelope addressed to Stuart Wright, C.S.A. ; no content (19 Dec. 1980) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.031
Box 2 Folder m All The King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (© 1946) Note : 1) Palaemon Press Limited, Winston-Salem, NC. A Handlist of Publications (ca. 1980) Brochure. 1 item. 2 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #167.011
Box 2 Folder n Breast, The, by Philip Roth (© 1972) Note : 1) Stuart Wright note : "Styron's Copy" (undated) AN. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.018
Box 2 Folder o Confessions of Nat Turner : A Novel, The, by William Styron (© 1966, 1967) Note : 1) Stuart Wright note : "Styron's Copy w/notes laid in" (undated) AN. 1 item. 1 p. ; 2-4) William Styron. Biographical notes on Gen. David M. Shoup, USMC & James M. Gavin, USA and their anti-war activities (ca. 1960s) AN. 3 items. 4 p. ; Brittle, fragile ; needs conservation ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.012
Box 2 Folder p In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote (© 1965) Note : 1) Stuart Wright note : "Styron's Copy" (undated) AN. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.019
Box 2 Folder q Letter to the Editor of The Paris Review, by William Styron (© 1986) Note : 1) Des, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. Letter to "Sweetums" [Stuart Wright] regarding news that SW is "selling off all your books" ; requests to purchase William Styron volumes & encloses check (1 Dec. 1986) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.030
Box 2 Folder r Long March, The, by William Styron (© 1952) Note : 1) Stuart Wright Post-it note : "George Garrett's notations - See George's story, "Tanks", in Empty Bed Blues (2006) AN. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.027
Box 2 Folder s Message of Auschwitz, The, by William Styron (© 1979) Note : 1) Jim West, Press de la Warr, Inc., Blacksburg, VA. Letter to Count Palaemon [Stuart Wright] enclosing copy of "The Message of Auschwitz" [written in scatological southern dialect] (3 Jan. 1980) ALS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 2) Jim West, Department of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Letter to Dear Stuart [Wright] enclosing copy of an unidentified essay he wrote (Friday, ca. 1980) ALS. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.029
Box 2 Folder t Sophie's Choice, by William Styron (© 1979) Note : 1) Deidre Bastian, Business Manager, The Edwin Booth Theater, Bel Air, MD. Letter to Stuart Wright thanking him for the package ; is enclosing photographs & negatives taken on Martha's Vineyard (1 Aug. 1978) TLS & Envelope. 1 item. 2 p. ; 2) Stuart Wright and Female Companion aboard ferry boat (July 1978) Photographic print. Color. 3.5" x 5". 1 item. 1 p. ; 3) Stuart Wright seated on bench smoking a pipe (Set, 1978) Photographic print. Color. 3.5" x 5". 1 item. 1 p. ; 4) William Styron, Roxbury, CT. Letter to Dear Alyce responding to her questions about Sophie's Choice (18 March 1979) ALS. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.022
Box 2 Folder u Sophie's Choice, by William Styron (© 1979) Note : 1) Robert D. Loomis, Editor, Random House, Inc., New York, NY. Business card (ca. 1979) Printed. 1 item. 1 p. ; 2) Sophie's Choice Special Reservation Form (ca. 1979) Printed form. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.024
Box 2 Folder v William Styron : A Life, by William Styron (© 1946) Note : 1) [James L. W. West, III] Card to Stuart Wright (ca. undated) TN. 1 item. 1 p. ; 2) Toots [James L. W. West, III] Letter to "Dear Sweetums" [Stuart Wright] (16 Nov. 1983) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 3) Plum Bob [James L. W. West, III] Letter to "Sweet Peaches" [Stuart Wright] (17 Sept. 1986) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 4) Desi [James L. W. West, III] Letter to "Poopsie" [Stuart Wright] (7 Oct. 1986) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 5) James L. W. West, III, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Letter to Jacque Voegeli, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN regarding Stuart Wright's William Styron collection (18 Aug. 1988) Photocopy TLS. 1 item. 2 p. ; 6) James L. W. West, III, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Letter to Stuart Wright regarding work on the Styron biography ; attaches off-print of "The Scholarly Editor as Biographer", by James L. W. West, III [Studies in the Novel. Vol. 27, No. 3, Editing Novels and Novelists, Now (Fall 1995), pp. 295-303 (6 Dec. 1995) TLS & Inscribed off-print. 2 items. 7 p. ; 7) James L. W. West, III, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Postcard to Stuart Wright saying he is recently divorced (16 April 1998) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 8) James L. W. West, III, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Letter to Stuart Wright inquiry about purchasing William Styron items relating to Auschwitz (24 June 1999) TLS. 1 item. 1 p. ; 9) James L. W. West, III, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Letter to Stuart Wright requesting the return of the originals of letters containing possibly "near-scurrilous" passages (12 Nov. 2007) ALS & Envelope. 1 item. 3 p. ; [Stuart Wright] Draft of Letter to James L. W. West, III saying he had destroyed the letters in question when he received the "Dear John" letter ; verso : Email from Kay Miller to Phil Winstead with comic cartoon of the 2008 presidential campaign dated 28 Dec. 2007 (ca. Dec. 2007) ALS. 1 item. 1 p. ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #188.006
Box os4 1) To the People of the United States . . . Sponsored by William Styron, et. al. [Advertisement] The New York Times (17 April 1983), p. 25 ; 2) Many Wondering About Mysterious Political Ad, by Tracie Cone, Winston-Salem Journal (21 April 1983), p. 17 ; 3) What Occurs Behind the Scenes at Box 7527?, by William F. Buckley, Jr., New York Times (April 1983) Clippings. 3 items. 4 p. ; Note : Filed oversized ; Stuart Wright's holograph note on envelope : "This is the one I turned over to the FBI" ; See also legal folder : #1169.011.172.015.1 ; Source : Ludlow Addition Box #172.015