Calder Willingham papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Calder Willingham papers
Creator: Willingham, Calder, 1922-1995
Inclusive Dates: 1949-1985
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.25 Linear Feet 13 document boxes, 3 half boxes
Collection Number: ms2443
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Calder Baynard Willingham (1922-1995) was a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He was born in Atlanta and grew up in Rome, Georgia. After completing his education at the University of Virginia, Willingham moved to New York City, where he associated with many of the era's top writers. He was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2008. For additional information see Calder Willingham in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of drafts of manuscripts; drafts and proofs of The Eternal Fire, and annotated screenplays of several film and stage productions that Willingham either wrote or collaborated on. The papers also contain some correspondence to and from other writers, agents, and publishers. In additional, there are unmailed letters by Willingham, written mainly to vent his opinion on a particular matter or situation, not with the intention of mailing them. Included are the annotated screenplays of several film and stage productions that Willingham either wrote or collaborated on, such as The Graduate, Little Big Man, Patton, and Paths of Glory.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Calder Willingham papers, ms2443, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library purchased the papers of novelist and screenwriter Calder Willingham in February of 1986.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

For other Calder Willingham collections in the Hargrett Library, see also Calder Willingham "Rambling Rose" script, ms3779; Calder Willingham "On the Yard" screenplay, ms3351; Calder Willingham "Toscanini and Picasso" script, ms3491; Calder Willingham letter to Wesley Hartley, ms3510; and Calder Willingham typescript and letter, ms3696.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
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1	1	Correspondence, 1949-1959
1	2	Correspondence, 1960-1969
1	3	Correspondence, 1970-1979
1	4	Correspondence - undated
1	5	Unmailed correspondence to Pauline Kael
1	6	"Unmailed letters mailed late"
1	7	Correspondence - Andrew Mayne, 1992-1993
1	8	Correspondence - Steven Spielberg, 1993

 

2. Drafts and Proofs
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2	1	Miscellaneous Drafts
2	2	Miscellaneous Drafts
2	3	Draft; Acidosis
2	4	Draft; Advice to Pinkie
2	5	Draft; After Love Animals are Sad
2	6	Draft; Alcestis
2	7	Draft; Bee and the Blossom
2	8	Draft; Binaural Amplification
2	9	Draft; Blind Date
2	10	Draft; Bus Travel Makes a Man Passionate
2	11	Draft; Clud Rides Again
2	12	Draft; Destination Nowhere
2	13	Draft; Expedience
2	14	Draft; Ham Ector
2	15	Draft; A Hermeneutical Note by The Author
2	16	Draft; Ideas for Musical Comedies
2	17	Draft; I'll Keep You in Mind
2	18	Draft; The Importance of Norway
2	19	Draft; A Little Man is Following Me
2	20	Draft; Magic is So Seldom
2	21	Draft; Me Healt Comes Foist
2	22	Draft; True Myth Maker of the Post Bellum South
2	23	Draft; Notes on a Rotting Goose
2	24	Draft; Notes on Marjorie Morningstar
2	25	Draft; Notes on Revisions of "Family Reunion"
2	26	Draft; The Old Man on the Subject of Jewdom
2	27	Draft; The Peckerpucking Pond
2	28	Draft; Pop Literature
2	29	Draft; Robert Marquales
2	30	Draft; The Sad and Awful Plight of Contemporary Literature
2	31	Draft; The Shrunk Inheritance
2	32	Draft; Something About Dixie
2	33	Draft; Thieves Like Us
2	34	Draft; Torture the Pony
2	35	Draft; A Trip South
2	36	Draft; The Valley of a Thousand Smokes
2	37	Draft; The Voyage of the Espy
2	38	Draft; What Star So Humble
2	39	Draft; What Mrs. Sexsmith Said
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3	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
3	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
3	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
3	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
3	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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4	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
4	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
4	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
4	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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5	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
5	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
5	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
5	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
5	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
5	6	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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6	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
6	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
6	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
6	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
6	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
6	6	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
6	7	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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7	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
7	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
7	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
7	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
7	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
7	6	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
7	7	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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8	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
8	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
8	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
8	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
8	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
8	6	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
8	7	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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9	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	6	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	7	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
9	8	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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10	1	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	2	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	3	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	4	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	5	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	6	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	7	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
10	8	Drafts, Proofs; The Eternal Fire
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15		Galley proof The Coming of Harry Diadem

 

3. Bound Volumes

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11

The Automobile Man

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The Building of Venus Four Part 1

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The Building of Venus Four Part 2, Part 3

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End as a Man

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End as a Man (copy 2)

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The Gold Ram

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The Sign of the Ram

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12

In His Steps

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The Last One Left

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The Last One Left (copy 2)

12

Little Big Man

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Little Big Man (copy 2)

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13

Paths of Glory

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Paths of Glory (copy 2)

13

Patton

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Patton (copy 2)

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Providence Island

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14

The Ten Commandments

14

A Widow's Mite

14

Time and Tide

14

Toscanini and Picasso

14

Ruined Milk

14

The World and William Walker

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15A

The Big Nickel

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The Building of Venus Four

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Reach to the Stars