Virginia Spencer Carr papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0527

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Virginia Spencer Carr Papers comprises three groups of materials:

I. Papers related to Tennessee Williams, ca. 1911-1996

II. Papers related to Paul Bowles, ca. 1911-2004

III. Personal papers, ca. 1945-2002

The bulk of the material is research, correspondence, manuscripts, and publisher's proofs toward her biography of Paul Bowles.

Dates

Creation: 1911-2004
Creation: Majority of material found within 1990-2004

Creator

Carr, Virginia Spencer (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access is limited pending completion of processing. Material in annex requires 24-hour notice for retrieval.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Biographical / Historical

Virginia Spencer Carr is the John B. and Elena Diaz-Verson Amos Distinguished Chair in English Letters, Department of English, Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of The lonely hunter : a biography of Carson McCullers (Doubleday, 1975; Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1985) and Dos Passos, a life (Doubleday, 1984), and Paul Bowles : a life (Scribner, 2004).

Extent

40 linear foot

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Virginia Spencer Carr Papers comprises three groups of materials: I. Papers related to Tennessee Williams, ca. 1911-1996, II. Papers related to Paul Bowles, ca. 1911-2004, III. Personal papers, ca. 1945-2002. The bulk of the material is research, correspondence, manuscripts, and publisher's proofs toward her biography of Paul Bowles.