A Guide to the Papers of Jesse Stuart, 1971 Stuart, Jesse, Papers of 6904-b

A Guide to the Papers of Jesse Stuart, 1971

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6904-b

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Processed by: Special Collections Department

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6904-b

Title

Papers of Jesse Stuart, 1971

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 4 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Jesse Stuart, Accession #6904-b , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library on June 1, 1972.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains four letters to John S. Van E. Kohn regarding first editions of Stuart's work and a letter to George Stevens of the Saturday Review of Literature regarding the copyright status of a poem "Sandy Waters" which Sydney King Russell has set to music, Nelson Eddy has sung and Schirmer is publishing.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Contents List

Jesse Stuart to John S. Van E. Kohn 1971 May 3

TLS, 1 p.

Speaks fondly of the late John Wilson Townsend and his love of books; mentions several of his early books, out of print, which have become collectors' items and are quite expensive; sends Pegasus Magazine.

Jesse Stuart to John S. Van E. Kohn 1971 May 6

ALS, 1 p., w/env.

Sends a reproduction of Harvest of Youth which has become a scare item; says he wrote the poems while in high school, working at steel mills an in Army barracks; explains that it was published in 1930, the year after he finished college.

Jesse Stuart to John S. Van E. Kohn 1971 May 16

ALS, 1 p.

Discusses his out of print, sought after, early books; says he will try to find another cop of The Year of My Rebirth

Jesse Stuart to John S. Van E. Kohn 1971 Jul 26

ALS, 2 p., w/env.

Discusses Harvest of Youth and Tim ; tries to trace people who have rare copies of his books; remembers John Wilson Townsend, their first meeting 40 years ago, their long friendship.