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Collection of papers and serials relating to James Agee, 1909-1955, 1937-1982 (bulk 1961-1971).

Accession number
PML 181955
Creator
Flye, James Harold, collector.
Credit line
Gift of Family of Carter Burden.
Notes
Papers are housed in seven archival folders.
Description
Several items.
Provenance
James Harold Flye; The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Contains material related to the preparation, editing and publishing of Letters of James Agee to Father Flye including a photostat of the contract for the 1962 edition, proofs, reviews and corrected typescript of the 1971 Houghton Mifflin edition and carbon copy of typed letter [by Flye?] concerning the 1971 paperback edition.
Includes the serials: Fortune, Sept. 1937, Harper's Bazaar, July 1952, 1956 and 1962, Esquire, Dec. 1963 and Dec. 1968, Saturday Review, Apr. 16, 1966, The New York Times magazine, May 25, 1980.
Includes two theses on Agee, notes on the identification of characters from The morning watch by Agee, 2 TLS from David R. Godine, publisher to Flye, various articles and photocopies of articles by or about Agee and/or Flye and a musical setting of the Agee poem, In that kingdom.
Classification
Department