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Finding Aid for the James Perkins' The Cass Mastern Material Papers, 1996-2005


MS-2834

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, July 17, 2006
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, July 17, 2006
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, July 17, 2006

Summary Information
Title: James Perkins' The Cass Mastern Material Papers

Date/Date Range :   1996-2005

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:
Collection contains James Perkins' research material for his book The Cass Mastern Material , which explores the variations in Robert Penn Warren's work. Correspondence, an interview, electronic copies of his book, and paper copies of Warren's plays are included.

Call number: MS-2834

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

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.
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], James Perkins' The Cass Mastern Material Papers, MS-2834. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of one box.


Biography / History

James A. Perkins, coeditor of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men: Three Stage Versions , and Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren, Volume Three: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952 . He is a professor and chair of the Department of English and Public Relations at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.


Collection Scope and Content Note

Collection contains James Perkins' research material for his book The Cass Mastern Material , which explores the variations in Robert Penn Warren's work. Correspondence, an interview, electronic copies of his book, and paper copies of Warren's plays are included.

Subject Terms

  • Perkins, James A., 1941- .
  • Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.
  • Literature and history -- United States.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Correspondence, 1996-2003
Box   1     Folder   2    
Funding Information, 1997
Box   1     Folder   3    
Eric Bentley Interview Transcript Drafts, 1997 October 18, 2000 February 2

Box   1     Folder   4    
Eric Bentley Interview Transcript Drafts, 1997 October 18, 2000 February 2

Box   1     Folder   5    
Handwritten notes and partial draft, undated
Box   1     Folder   6    
Floppy Disks, 1999-2005
Box   1     Folder   7    
Bibliographic notecards, undated

Box   1     Folder   8    
Bibliographic notecards, undated

Box   1     Folder   9    
Versions of the Cass Mastern story, undated [published 1946, 1970s, 1987]
Box   1     Folder   10    
Copy of Proud Flesh by Robert Penn Warren, undated
Box   1     Folder   11    
Copy of Listen to the Mockingbird draft by Robert Penn Warren, undated [original 1959 June]
Box   1     Folder   12    
Copy of The Wedding Ring and Listen to the Mockingbird drafts by Robert Penn Warren, 1997 [original 1960, undated]
Box   1     Folder   13    
Listen to the Mockingbird draft by Robert Penn Warren, undated [original 1960]