Erskine Caldwell papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Erskine Caldwell papers
Creator: Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987
Inclusive Dates: 1965
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.6 Linear Feet 1 document box, 2 oversized folders
Collection Number: ms2358
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987) was born in White Oak, Georgia, and died in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He was an American author, most famous for his books about the South that centered on issues of poverty, racism, and social issues. He wrote God's Little Acre and Tobacco Road. He lived throughout the country, but mainly focused on the South in his writings. For more information see the article Erskine Caldwell in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs, posters, certificates, a copy of the page proof of "In search of Bisco" (1965), article and newspaper clippings, and varied correspondence.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Erskine Caldwell papers, ms2358, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Photographs trip to Sophia, Bulgaria, 1973

 

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Photograph Mrs. Ira Caldwell, N.D.

 

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Typed Manuscript from EC's mother to Erskine and Ginny, 1963, December

 

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Copy of page proof of In Search of Bisco, by Erskine Caldwell Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1965, 1965

 

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Photographs Birthday Party for Eddie Lewis , 1974

 

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Photographs trip to Japan, 1971

 

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Photographs Conference in Guatemala, 1978 June

 

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Photograph [Paris], 1979 March

 

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Caricatures, orginal by Edmund Manczak, S. Kobylinski, 1981

 

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Photographs trip to Warsaw, Poland to receive Declaration of the Republic of Poland for The Order of Cultural Merite, 1981 September

 

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Photographs Erskine and Ginny [at their home?] , 1982

 

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Printed materials, certificates , 1983

 

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Clippings about Caldwell and his writings , 1957

 

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Clippings about Caldwell and his writings , 1958-1959

 

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Clippings about Caldwell and his writings , 1960-1962

 

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Clippings about Caldwell and his writings , 1976-1982

 

1	17	Miscellaneous , 1958-1981
		Includes printed ephemera relating to Caldwell and his writing. 1 item located with Charles Sinks Pictorial Portraits.

 

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Plaque Pan Am Clipper Club , 1980

 

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Promotional Paper on Charles Sinks, photographer , 1979

 

1	20	Correspondence , 1931-1961
		Includes letter from Erskine to his mother and father, and from Erskine's mother to her grandson "Pix."

 

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Posters (6)

 

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Posters (2)

 

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Charles Sinks' Pictorial Portraiture One, and his grandfather certificate