Title: James Agee's "Mr. Lincoln" Videotapes and DVDs

Date/Date Range :   2005

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains three dvds and four videocassette tapes of James Agee's "Mr. Lincoln" episodes for the television show Omnibus in 1952-1953. These digital editions were made by Steve Saudek for the James Agee Celebration held at UT in April 2005.

Call number: MS-2832

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

Aquisition Information:

Collection was donated by Steve Saudek in April 2005.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.These materials may not be shown publicly or duplicated without the permission of Steve Saudek.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], James Agee's Mr. Lincoln Videotapes and DVDs, MS-2832. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

James Agee (1909-1955) wrote a myriad of articles, stories, scripts, and poems during his short forty-five years. In 1934, Yale Press published his collection of verse, Permit Me Voyage, which was followed in 1941 by his social report of cotton tenants in the South, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a collaboration with friend and photographer Walker Evans. In 1954, Houghton Mifflin Co. published Agee's semi-autobiographical novel The Morning Watch. He wrote commentary for Helen Levitt's film, The Quiet One, and an introduction to her book, A Way of Seeing. Also, Agee adapted stories into film scripts, such as The Blue Hotel, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, The Night of the Hunter, and Noa Noa. In 1951, The African Queen earned Agee and John Huston an Academy Award nomination for Best Screen Writing. However, Agee is best revered for his 1957 autobiographical and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Death in the Family, edited and posthumously published by long-time friend and first trustee of the James Agee Trust David McDowell.

This collection contains three dvds and four videocassette tapes of James Agee's "Mr. Lincoln" episodes for the television show Omnibus in 1952-1953. These digital editions were made by Steve Saudek for the James Agee Celebration held at UT in April 2005.

• Agee, James, 1909-1955.