Paul Darcy Boles papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Paul Darcy Boles papers
Creator: Boles, Paul Darcy, 1916-
Inclusive Dates: mid-20th century
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Collection Number: ms788
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Paul Darcy Boles was a novelist who also wrote short stories, essays and plays.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of proofs containing both printer's notes and textual corrections, of writings of Paul Darcy Boles. Miscellaneous items include a handwritten note regarding the Lilac Festival (written on a Chateau fleur de lis napkin), The Beggars in the Sun mock-up, and a typewritten letter to Boles from A. L. Hart, Jr., The Macmillan Company, regarding both personal and business matters.

Organization and Arrangement

Organized into four series: 1. Poems; 2. Novels; 3. Short Stories; 4. Miscellanea.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Paul Darcy Boles papers, ms788, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2019.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Poems

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Typewritten Poems

House-Soul; Between Times; No Ghost; Profession; January 2; The Subway; Where Love Was; The Watchers, The Waiters; For a Hostess; Boy & Trumpet; To Begin; Advise; Assignment; Footnote; No Exile; Hush; Music Over Music: The Well; Music Over Music: The Stars; The Sunken Cathedral; Schoolyard Trees; The Hunting Place

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Manuscript Poems

Siamese; Willow; Aunts; Blue Farm; Tornado; The Goat's Eye; Bar; October; Time and the Rose; We Shall Go to the Woods; The Tapestry Cleaners; Lunar; Dream; The Possum in the Closet; E; Young Man

 

Novels
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1	3-7	Deadline typescript
1	8-10	Parton's Island typescript

 

Short stories
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2	1	I Thought You Were a Unicorn and Other Stories proofs, circa 1971
2	2	A Million Guitars and other stories typescripts
			Million guitars; The running of the deer; Swingers
2	3	A Million Guitars and other stories typescripts
			Few notes about the Arabian oryx; Treasure; Charm; Kindred heart
2	4	A Million Guitars and other stories typescripts
			The night watch; A talent for delight; George the sweet singer
2	5	A Million Guitars and other stories typescripts
			The girl in the window; Wet night in Westmont; The big beast
2	6	Short Stories
			The vision then and now; The buffalo hunter; In the egg there is a heart
2	7	Short Stories
			The memoirs of an eager horn-man; Sweet chariot

 

Miscellanea

The beggars in the sun mock-up; napkin; letter

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Miscellanea, 1955, undated

The beggars in the sun mock-up; napkin; letter