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Miscellaneous: Library of America material, 2001-2003

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 110

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Correspondence, mostly dated after Farrell’s death, with friends and acquaintances of Farrell and Paturis. Notable correspondents are Sidney Hook, Mary McCarthy, Paul R. Porter, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Jill and Kurt Vonnegut, with subject material on Hook, McCarthy and Porter included with the letters. Also, many condolence letters, a sympathy list and other memorabilia, signatures of Edward Albee, Saul Bellow and Tom Wolfe, clippings regarding Bayard Rustin, material about two Farrell centennial conferences in 2004 and the republication of Studs Lonigan by the Library of America and Penguin Putnam. Also, Paturis’s synopsis of Farrell’s work and several copies of her memoir of her years with him.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001-2003

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The James T. Farrell-Cleo Paturis papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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