Lewis Grizzard papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Lewis Grizzard papers
Creator: Grizzard, Lewis, 1946-1994
Inclusive Dates: 1966-1994
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.2 Linear Feet 17 document boxes, 2 half boxes
Collection Number: ms3207
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Lewis McDonald Grizzard, Jr. (1946-1994)was an author, humorist, syndicated columnist and stand-up comedian from Moreland, Georgia (Coweta County). He was sports editor of the Athens Daily News while he was a student at the University of Georgia, executive sports editor of the Atlanta Journal, and briefly sports editor of the Chicago Sun Times. In 1977 he came back to Georgia and began writing for the Atlanta Constitution. He was the author of numerous books, many of them based on material from his newspaper columns. Because of a congenital heart defect, he had three open-heart surgeries, and also wrote about these in columns and books. For more information, see the article Lewis Grizzard in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of mainly typed manuscripts for Grizzard's books and newspaper columns. There is also some correspondence, printed material, clippings, and information concerning his performances on stage and on television.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Lewis Grizzard papers, ms3207, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 March 22.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Biographical and Correspondence
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1	1	Biographical information
1	2	Correspondence, 1979
1	3	Correspondence, 1980 January-March
1	4	Correspondence, 1980 April
1	5	Correspondence, 1980 May
1	6	Correspondence, 1980 June
1	7	Correspondence, 1980 July
1	8	Correspondence "Hosea [Williams] Needs an Alibi", 1980 July-August
1	9	Correspondence, 1980 August
1	10	Correspondence, 1980 undated
1	11	Correspondence, 1984
1	12	Correspondence, 1985 January-September 12
1	13	Correspondence, 1985 September 13-October
1	14	Correspondence Warner Books, 1984-1986
1	15	Correspondence, 1986-1993
1	16	Correspondence - undated

 

2. Performances
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2	1	"An Evening with Lewis Grizzard", 1985
2	2	"Striking Out"-TV pilot, 1986-1987
2	3	"Striking Out"-TV pilot, early versions
2	4	"Designing Women"-TV, 1987-1988
2	5	Jefferson Pilot TV special-correspondence, agreements, 1989
2	6	Jefferson Pilot TV special-material used
2	7	"In His Own Words"-videotape, 1994

 

3. Book Manuscripts
	Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes
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3	1		Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes Chapters 1-4
3	2		Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes Chapters 5-8
	Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself
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3	3		Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself-Chapters 1-9, pp. 1-170
3	4		Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself-Chapters 10-16, pp. 171-315
3	5		Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself-Chapters 1-9, pp. 1-167
3	6		Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself-Chapters 10-16, pp. 168-310
3	7		Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself-Chapters 1-8, earlier version?
3	8		Elvis is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself-Chapters 9-13, earlier version?
	I Haven't Understood Anything Since 1962
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4	1		I Haven't Understood Anything Since 1962...-Chapters 1-5
4	2		I Haven't Understood Anything Since 1962...-Chapters 6-8
	I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'
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4	3		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Introduction
4	4		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'... Chapter 1
4	5		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'... Chapter 2
4	6		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'... Chapter 3
4	7		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'... Chapter 4
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5	1		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Chapter 5
5	2		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Chapter 6
5	3		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Chapter 7
5	4		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Chapter 8
5	5		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Chapter 9, epilogue
5	6		I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin'...-Chapter 4, earlier version
	If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground
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6	1		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 1
6	2		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 2
6	3		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 3
6	4		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 4
6	5		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 5
6	6		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 6
6	7		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 7
6	8		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 8
6	9		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 9
6	10		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 10
6	11		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 11
6	12		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 12
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7	1		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 13
7	2		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 14
7	3		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 15
7	4		If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground Chapter 16
	If Love Were Oil I'd Be About a Quart Low
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7	5		If Love Were Oil I'd Be About a Quart Low-Chapters 1-7
	My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun
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7	6		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapter 1
7	7		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapter 2
7	8		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapter 3
7	9		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapters 4-5
7	10		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapters 6-7
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8	1		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapters 9-10
8	2		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapters 11-12
8	3		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapters 13-14
8	4		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapter 15
8	5		My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun-Chapter 16
	Shoot Low Boys, They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies
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8	6		Shoot Low Boys, They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies...-Chapters 1-9
8	7		Shoot Low Boys, They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies...-Chapters 10-17
	They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat
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8	8		They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat-Chapters 1-2
8	9		They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat-Chapter 3
8	10		They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat-Chapter 4
8	11		They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat-Chapter 5
8	12		They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat-Chapters 6-7
8	13		They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat-Chapters 8-9
	Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?
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9	1		Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?-preface and columns used
9	2		Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?-typed version #1
9	3		Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?-typed version #2
9	4		Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?-typed version #3
	Untitled Manuscripts
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9	5		Untitled-re: Herschel Walker, chapters 1-10
9	6		Untitled-re: Herschel Walker, chapters 11-16
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10	1		Untitled-re: computers
10	2		Untitled-re: golf
10	3		Untitled
10	4		Untitled

 

4. Newspaper Columns
arranged alphabetically by first sentence
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11	1	Accidental-Atlanta
11	2	B. A.-Brad
11	3	Cab-County
11	4	Davey-Dianne
11	5	Did-During
11	6	Each-Estate
11	7	Ever-Everyday
11	8	Family-Floyd
11	9	For-Funny
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12	1	George-Group
12	2	Harmon-Have
12	3	He-Human
12	4	I admire-I am
12	5	I certainly-I first
12	6	I had-I happened
12	7	I have-I hear
12	8	I introduced-I know
12	9	I lost-I probably
12	10	I read-I realize
12	11	I recently-I remember
12	12	I suppose-I think
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13	1	I used-I wandered
13	2	I was-I watched
13	3	I went-I wish
13	4	If-Immediately
13	5	In-Inevitable
13	6	It always-It may
13	7	It should-It wasn't
13	8	It's-I've
13	9	Jack-Just
13	10	Ladies-Let
13	11	Let's-Love
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14	1	Mail-Maybe
14	2	Meanest-My car
14	3	My dog-My learned
14	4	My mother-My problem
14	5	National-Newsroom
14	6	Next-Number
14	7	Occasionally-One of the best
14	8	One of the hardest-One of the things
14	9	One thing-Phil
14	10	Reader-Religious
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15	1	Sailor-Since
15	2	So-Something's
15	3	Spring-Survey
15	4	Tennis-There is
15	5	There should-This column
15	6	This is-This story
15	7	This thing-Two
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16	1	Very-Week
16	2	Weekly-Where
16	3	While-Women
16	4	Y
16	5	Column fragments
16	6	Printed columns, 1980
16	7	Printed columns, 1981
16	8	Printed columns, 1982 January-June
16	9	Printed columns, 1982 July-December
16	10	Printed columns, 1983 January-April
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17	1	1983 May-August
17	2	1983 September-October
17	3	1983 November-December
17	4	1984 January-February
17	5	1984 March-April
17	6	1984 May-June
17	7	1984 July-August
17	8	1984 September-November
17	9	1985-1992
17	10	Undated columns

 

5. Printed Material
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18	1	Clippings-Athens Daily News, 1966
18	2	Clippings, 1968, 1980, 1983
18	3	Clippings, 1984
18	4	Clippings, 1985 January
18	5	Clippings, 1985 February-August
18	6	Clippings, 1985 September-December
18	7	Clippings, 1986
18	8	Clippings, 1987
18	9	Clippings, 1988
18	10	Clippings, 1989-1990
18	11	Clippings, 1992-1994
18	12	Clippings - undated
18	13	Book jackets
18	14	Warner Books

 

6. Artifacts

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Golf trophy bag-Gene Sarazen Cup, Atlanta National Golf Club, 1990