Creator:
Birchfield, James D.
Inclusive Dates:
1960- 2010
Abstract:
Collection of materials from James D.
Birchfield, the majority relating to the collector John S. Mayfield. Most of the
material in the collection concerns a mutual interest in the English poet Algernon
Charles Swinburne.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Floppy disks.
Photographs.
Memorabilia.
Writings (documents)
Publications.
Subject:
Librarians.
Literature -- British
Collectors and collecting.
English poets.
English poetry -- 19th century.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1921- 1966
Abstract:
Correspondence to and about, and writing by and about, the American novelist and short story author. His work often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Short stories.
Subject:
Kentucky -- In literature.
Authors, American.
Literature -- American Fiction
Authors, American -- 19th century.
Regionalism in literature.
Creator:
Mayfield, John S., 1904-1983.
Inclusive Dates:
1933- 1959
Abstract:
Typewritten manuscript, "Oh, Once in my
Saddle. . . " by David Lamson, a man accused of the murder of his wife, and
correspondence relating to John Mayfield's acquisition thereof. Also includes two
related pieces of printed material.
Type of Material:
Typescripts.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject:
Authors.
Short stories.
Murder -- California.
Trials (Murder) -- California.
Authors, American.
Creator:
Mayfield, John S., 1904-1983.
Inclusive Dates:
1924- 1961
Abstract:
Most of the collection relates to John S. Mayfield's, "Eugene O'Neill
and the Senator from Texas." Collection contains correspondence between Mayfield and others such as Carlotta O'Neill and
O'Neill biographer Louis Sheaffer. Also in the collection are manuscripts, drafts and proofs of Mayfield's work, and
printed material about O'Neill.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Page proofs.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Biographers.
Authors.
Biography
Literature -- American Fiction
Dramatists, American -- 20th century.