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Finding Aid for the Southern Excursions Collection , 1997


MS-2278

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 6, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Southern Excursions Collection

Date/Date Range :   1997

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains a series of proofs of Southern Excursions (1997), as well as correspondence regarding the publishing/printing process.

Call number: MS-2278

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in February 2000.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Southern Excursions Collection, MS-2278. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of 13 folders.


Biography / History

George Core is the long-time editor of The Sewanee Review. Lee Smith has published a number of novels and short stories. She currently lives in North Carolina. Elizabeth Spencer is the author of more than dozen collections of stories. She currently lives in North Carolina. Fred Chappell has produced not only novels, but books of verse and short story collections, too. He currently resides in North Carolina. Walter Sullivan has written, in addition to novels and short stories, several works of literary criticism. He currently lives in Tennessee. Madison Jones is the author of, at present, ten novels, and he currently resides in Alabama. George Garrett has written over thirty books-poetry, essays, short stories and novels-as well as edited others. He currently lives in Virginia. Mary Lee Settle is the author of not only novels and short stories, but plays, too. She currently resides in Virginia.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a series of proofs, as well as correspondence regarding the publishing/printing process, of Southern Excursions. Edited by George Core and published in 1997 by The Fellowship of Southern Writers, Southern Excursions is a collection of short stories by seven different authors. The collection houses setting copies of the works and multiple galleys/printer's proofs of each story.

Subject Terms

  • Smith, Lee, 1944-.
  • Spencer, Elizabeth, 1921-.
  • Chappell, Fred, 1936-.
  • Sullivan, Walter, 1924-.
  • Jones, Madison, 1925-.
  • Garrett, George P., 1929-.
  • Settle, Mary Lee.
  • Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Correspondence between George Core (editor) and Heritage Printers, Inc., regarding various printing and publishing decisions, 1997
Box   1     Folder   2    
Front matter proofs, 1997
Box   1     Folder   3    
Typescripts of Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Fred Chappell, and Walter Sullivan stories, 1997
Box   1     Folder   4    
Typescripts of Madison Jones, George Garrett, and Mary Lee Settle stories, 1997
Box   1     Folder   5    
Gathered sheets and single pages with author names, 1997
Box   1     Folder   6    
Printer's proofs first of prefatory materials, 1997
Box   1     Folder   7    
Printer's proofs of Lee Smith's "Grace on the Road to Kingdom Come," 1997
Box   1     Folder   8    
Printer's proofs of Elizabeth Spencer's "Days of Wonder," 1997
Box   1     Folder   9    
Printer's proofs of Fred Chappell's "Alien Worlds," 1997
Box   1     Folder   10    
Printer's proofs of Walter Sullivan's "Only the Dance," 1997
Box   1     Folder   11    
Printer's proofs of Madison Jones's "Mama's Story," 1997
Box   1     Folder   12    
Printer's proofs of George Garrett's "Old Ghosts," 1997
Box   1     Folder   13    
Partial printer's proofs of Mary Lee Settle's "A Little Traveling Music," 1997