One writer's beginnings / Eudora Welty.

Author/creator Welty, Eudora
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1984.
Description104 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001--Childhood and youth.
Novelists, American--20th century. --Biography.

Other author/creatorWelty, Eudora, 1909-2001 inscriber.
Other author/creatorWarren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 former owner.
Other author/creatorClark, Eleanor, 1913-1996 former owner.
Other author/creatorWright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
SeriesWilliam E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization ; 1983
William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization 1983. ^A664047
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy 30372016460674 inscribed on front fly-leaf "To Red [i.e. Robert Penn Warren] and Eleanor [Clark] in so many years of happy friendship and admiration and pleasure, Yours with love, Eudora [Welty]. April, 1984." Stuart Wright Book Collection #8.8. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Eudora Welty Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017045136 inscribed on front fly-leaf "For Stuart [Wright] ... Eudora [Welty]. Jackson. April 13, 1984." Includes dust jacket. Laid in are an envelope from Welty addressed to Wright, a letter from Toni Morrison to Wright (August 23, 1983), a brochure for Millsaps College 1984 Southern Literary Festival with note "Suppressed issue- See gaffs and typos," an invitation from the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture for a "champagne supper" for Eudora Welty's birthday (April 13, 1984), and an invitation from Wake Forest University for a luncheon honoring Welty, Witt Campbell, Eleanor Clark, Thomas H. Davis, Sherman M. Mellinkoff, and Robert Penn Warren (May 21, 1984). Stuart Wright Book Collection #170.18. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Eudora Welty Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy includes autograph of author on half-title page, bookplate of Ruth Schellin dated March 1984 on front pastedown, and photocopies of clipplings related to author laid in.
General noteRevised versions of 3 lectures delivered at Harvard University in Apr. 1983.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Catherine Billingsley
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372016460674 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2010
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017045136 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare gift of Catherine Billingsley, 2016
LCCN 83018638
ISBN0674639251 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3545.E6 Z475 1984 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3545.E6 Z475 1984 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner General Stacks PS3545.E6 Z475 1984 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3545.E6 Z475 1984 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Rare Collection PS3545.E6 Z475 1984 ✔ Available Request Material