William Plumley/Robert Penn Warren Collection

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1. Correspondence, Outgoing--William Plumley to Robert Penn Warren, 4 letters, 1983,1984
2. Correpondence, Incoming-- Robert Penn Warren to William Plumley, 8 letters, 6 postcards, 1969-1984, most typed, all with holograph addendum, 7 envelopes
3. Book-- Things Appalachian, edited by William Plumley, Marge Warner, Lorena Anderson signed by Red Warren, William Plumley, and Robert Coles includes a short story "Blackberry Winter"(pp.65-80) and an essay "Some Don'ts for Literary Regionalists" ( pp. 33-37) and a photo of Warren(p.32 ) this book is a collection of materials covering over two centuries of Appalachian development . Copyright 1976 by Morris Harvey College Publications.
4. Broadcast tape--"Another Look at Appalachia with Warren, Plumley, and Ruel E. Foster" Original 2 inch video master 28 min. 26 sec. OVERSIZE.
5. VHS Video--copy of interview 28 min. 26 sec.
6. Slide/sound transcript (1 page #'s 10-16 missing)
7. Carousel of slides (86) of the interview
8. 39 additional slides in plastic of Warren, Plumley, and Foster
9. Poem, "The Dogwood," Fair copy signed, 1 page
10. Short story, "Blackberry Winter," Fair copy of first page, signed
11. Poem "Snowfall"--original typescript with eleven editorial holograph revisions
12. Poem "Snowfall" Broadside (1984) , signed, limited,numbered edition 1/80(first of the eighty signed limited edition)
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13. Framed original caricature of Warren by Taylor Jones for national syndication. Warren has witten "congratulations and good wishes from one Red to another Red" Sunday Gazette Mail 1976 (Red was Warren's nickname) OVERSIZE
14. Photo of Warren signed, "To Bill Plumley, Gratefully, Robert Penn Warren."
15. Three photographs filed with Blackberry Winter ( Warren, Warren and Tate, Ransom, Davidson, and Moore at 1956 reunion, and New Critics)
16. Signed typescript by Allen Tate (13 page fair copy), photograph
17. Appalachian Festival Brochures (2)
    

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