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Calder Willingham typescript and letter
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Calder Willingham typescript and letter | |
| Creator: Willingham, Calder, 1922-1995 | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1963 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1 item(s) | |
| Collection Number: ms3696 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Calder Willingham was a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who created memorable characters in the American cinema and literature. Characterized by raw sexual overtones, several of Willingham's novels are set in the South, with Georgia providing the backdrop for two of his novels, Eternal Fire and Rambling Rose.
"Calder Willingham." New Georgia Encyclopedia.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a letter and a nine page unpublished typescript for an article titled, "Why Not Hang Yourself, Diana?" In the letter Willingham writes to William Shawn of the New Yorker on December 19, 1963 and encloses the article he has written in response to Diana Trilling's article in Esquire on Edward Albee.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Calder Willingham typescript and letter, ms3969, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Glenn Horowitz in 2011.
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Related collections: Calder Willingham papers, ms2443; "Rambling Rose" script, ms3779; Calder Willingham "On the Yard" screenplay, ms3351; Calder Willingham "Toscanini and Picasso" script, ms3491; and Calder Willingham letter to Wesley Hartley, ms3510.