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Finding Aid for the James Perkins' Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren (Volume 3) Material, 2004-2006, undated


MS-3057

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, May 22, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, May 22, 2007
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, May 22, 2007

Summary Information
Title: James Perkins' Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren (Volume 3) Material

Date/Date Range :   2004-2006, undated

Extent: 1.5 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains material for the 2006 publication Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952 (Volume 3), edited by Randy Hendricks, James A. Perkins, and William Bradford Clark. Most of the material is copies of Warren's letters with edits by Perkins. There are also drafts and a page proof of the manuscript, as well as correspondence with the publisher, Louisiana State University Press.

Call number: MS-3057

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' Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren (Volume 3) Material, MS-3057. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two boxes in three series:

  1. Series I: Copies of Robert Penn Warren Correspondence, 2004, undated
  2. Series II: Edited Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004, undated
  3. Series III: Drafts of Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952 , 2004-2006, undated
  4. Series IV: Other Papers, 2004-2006

Biography / History

James Ashbrook Perkins was born in Covington, Kentucky on February 7, 1941. After attending Holmes High School, he obtained degrees from Centre College (1963), Miami University (1965), and The University of Tennessee (1972), where he got his Ph.D. in English. After a year as instructor at UTK, Perkins was hired to teach creative writing and American literature at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, where he has stayed.

Perkins has participated in four summer seminars and institutes hosted by the National Endowment for the Humanities. At a seminar under R.W.B. Lewis, Perkins was reintroduced to the work of Robert Penn Warren and has spent almost two decades researching and writing about Warren. Perkins has authored and edited a number of books on Robert Penn Warren, including Warren's All the King's Men: Three Stage Versions , The Cass Mastern Material , and Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952 (Volume 3). He is also a poet and writer of short stories. His most recent collection of stories is Snakes, Butterbeans and the Discovery of Electricity , published by Mercer University Press.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains material for the 2006 publication Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952 (Volume 3), edited by Randy Hendricks, James A. Perkins, and William Bradford Clark. Most of the material is copies of Warren's letters with edits by Perkins. There are also drafts and a page proof of the manuscript, as well as correspondence with the publisher, Louisiana State University Press.

The collection consists of four series: Series I: Copies of Robert Penn Warren Correspondence; Series II: Edited Correspondence Transcriptions, with notes from the editors; Series III: Drafts of Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952 ; and Series IV: Other Papers, which includes correspondence with the publishers. Most of the material dates from between 2004 and 2006. The original Robert Penn Warren correspondence, which is photocopied and included in the collection, dates from 1941 to 1952, though the copies and edits by the publishers date from 2004 to 2006.

For similar collections, see MS-2834: James Perkins' The Cass Mastern Material Papers, 1996-2005, and MS-2637: the David Madden Papers, 1968-2001.

Subject Terms

  • Perkins, James A., 1941-.
  • Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.
  • Literature and history -- United States.
  • Authors, American -- Southern States.
Contents List
   

Series I: Copies of Robert Penn Warren Correspondence, 2004, undated
Box   1     Folder   1    
1943 Correspondence, undated
Box   1     Folder   2    
1943 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   3    
1944 Correspondence, undated
Box   1     Folder   4    
1944 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   5    
1945 Correspondence, 2004 February, undated
Box   1     Folder   6    
1945 Correspondence with Notes, 2004 February, undated
Box   1     Folder   7    
1946 Correspondence, undated
Box   1     Folder   8    
1946 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   9    
1947 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   10    
1948 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   11    
1949 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   12    
1950 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   13    
1951 Correspondence with Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   14    
1952 Correspondence with Notes, 2004 May, undated
Box   1     Folder   15    
"New Letters" from 1941-1951, circa 2004 April 16
Box   1     Folder   16    
1943-1951 Correspondence with Albert Erskine, undated
Box   1     Folder   17    
1948-1951 Correspondence with Albert Erskine, 2004 July 23
   

Series II: Edited Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004, undated
Box   1     Folder   18    
William Bradford Clark's Copies of 1943 Correspondence and Edited Transcriptions, undated
Box   1     Folder   19    
William Bradford Clark's Copies of 1944 Correspondence and Edited Transcriptions, undated
Box   1     Folder   20    
William Bradford Clark's Copies of 1945 Correspondence and Edited Transcriptions, undated
Box   1     Folder   21    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1943 Correspondence Transcriptions, undated
Box   1     Folder   22    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1944 Correspondence Transcriptions, undated
Box   1     Folder   23    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1945 Correspondence Transcriptions, undated
Box   1     Folder   24    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1946 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 May 18
Box   1     Folder   25    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1947 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 May 20
Box   1     Folder   26    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1948 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 June 2
Box   1     Folder   27    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1949 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 June 8
Box   1     Folder   28    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1950 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 June 16
Box   1     Folder   29    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1951 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 June 23
Box   1     Folder   30    
James Perkins' Edited Copies of 1952 Correspondence Transcriptions, 2004 June 30
   

Series III: Drafts of Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Triumph and Transition, 1943-1952, 2004-2006, undated
Box   1     Folder   31    
Edited Draft, 2004 December 2

Box   1     Folder   32    
Edited Draft, 2004 December 2

Box   1     Folder   33    
Correspondence and Draft Notes, 2004-2005 February
Box   1     Folder   34    
Edited Draft of Contents through 1945 Correspondence, undated
Box   2     Folder   1    
Edited Draft of 1946 Correspondence through Bibliography, undated
Box   2     Folder   2    
Edited Draft of 1946 Correspondence through Bibliography, undated
Box   2     Folder   3    
Page Proof, 2005 August 16

Box   2     Folder   4    
Page Proof, 2005 August 16

Box   2     Folder   5    
Page Proof, 2005 August 16

Box   2     Folder   6    
Edited Pages, undated
   

Series IV: Other Papers, 2004-2006
Box   2     Folder   7    
Information on Correspondents and References in Robert Penn Warren Correspondence, 2004, undated
Box   2     Folder   8    
Marketing Questionnaire, 2004 November 8
Box   2     Folder   9    
Correspondence with Louisiana State University (LSU) Press, 2005-2006 February