Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence and manuscripts

Descriptive Summary
Title: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence and manuscripts
Creator: Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953
Creator: Berg, Norman S.
Inclusive Dates: 1933-1953
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 half box)
Collection Number: ms566
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Norman S. Berg, publisher with MacMillan Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists mainly of correspondence between Norman S. Berg and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings from 1933-1953. The letters from Rawlings, mainly from Cross Creek (Fla.), Van Hornesville (N.Y.), and St. Augustine (Fla.), are of a personal nature discussing both professional and personal matters. The collection also consists of a type draft of the Sojourner, a partial type and manuscript draft of Centennial (unpublished), and forty-eight sheets of unpublished poems.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence and manuscripts, ms566, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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

Related materials located in other repositories: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida .

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter I-VI

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter VII-XII

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XIII-XVII

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XVIII-XXI

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XXII-XXVII

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XXVIII-XXXII

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XXXIII-XXXVII

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XXXVIII-XLII

 

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The Sojourner (Type draft) Chapter XLIII-XLIV

 

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Centennial manuscript draft, pp. 1-15 *Correction: from The Alexandrians by Charles Mills The Sojourner

 

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Centennial type draft, pp. 1-63 *Correction: from The Alexandrians by Charles Mills

 

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Poems

 

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Notes, envelopes, clippings, Scribners' Book List

 

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Correspondence, 1933-1940

 

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Correspondence, 1941-1945

 

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Correspondence, 1946- June 1947

 

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Correspondence, June 1947-February 1949

 

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Correspondence, March 1949-September 1949

 

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Correspondence, October 1949-April 1950

 

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Correspondence, May-September 1950

 

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Correspondence, October 1950-April 1951

 

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Correspondence, May 1951-March 1952

 

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Correspondence, April-December 1952

 

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Correspondence, January 1953-no date