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Andrew Nelson Lytle Papers
1873-1988

Series I. Correspondence, 1873-1988
Boxes 1-9

The correspondence includes 3,883 items spanning the years 1873 to 1988, and fills ten of the twenty boxes that contain this collection. The correspondence is subdivided into Outgoing and Incoming Correspondence. The Outgoing Correspondence consists of 197 letters written by Andrew Lytle, dating from 1920 through 1966. The bulk of these letters are dated between 1920 and 1940 and are written primarily to family members.

The remaining 3,686 items in this series comprise the Incoming Correspondence. These letters span 1873 to 1988, but most date from about 1920 through 1960. There is a ten-year gap in the correspondence, from 1968 through 1978.

Correspondents include Herbert Agar (8), Earle Balch (21), Stringfellow Barr (5), Madison Smart Bell (5), D.K. Brent (21), Cleanth Brooks (8), William F. Buckley, Jr. (1), Laurance Chambers (87), Brainard Cheney (11), Frances Neel Cheney (5), Cannon Clark (23), S.T. ("Bill") Clark (76), Seward Collins (3), W.T. Couch (2), Malcolm Cowley (2), Harry Crews (1), Donald Davidson (57), Lambert Davis (11), John Dewey (1), James Dickey (16), Ward Dorrance (6), William Yandell Elliott (12), Paul Engle (3), Albert Erskine, Jr. (22), James Harold Flye (3), Jesse Hill Ford (8), Alan Frederiksen (18), Isabella Gardner (15), Ellen Glasgow (1), Caroline Gordon (75), Martha Graham (1), Graham Greene (2), George Haight (120), John "Jack" Hawkes (11), Isabel Howell (11), Lyle Hicks Lanier (3), LeRoy Leatherman (74), Robert Lowell (1), Robie Macauley (2), David McDowell (42), Samuel Monk (5), Howard Nemerov (1), Flannery O'Connor (3), Ivan Obolensky (7), Frank Lawrence Owsley (25), Harriet Owsley (6), Katherine Anne Porter (32), John Crowe Ransom (29), Eleanor Ross (3), Louis Rubin (4), Diarmuid Russell (4), Monroe K. Spears (25), Jean Stafford (3), Wallace Stevens (1), Randall Steward (8), Walter Sullivan (3), Allen Tate (227), Helen Heinz Tate (2), Peter Taylor (6), John Donald Wade (8), Robert Penn Warren (58), Eudora Welty (1), Jesse Wills (1), and Stark Young (7).

Box 1
  1. Outgoing: Jun. 26, 1921 - Oct. 5, 1956
  2. Outgoing: Oct. 29, 1956 - N.D.
  3. Incoming: Adams, Tom E. - Agar, Herbert
  4. Incoming: Agar, Herbert - Alvord, Carl G.
  5. Incoming: Ames, Archie & Elizabeth - Baker
  6. Incoming: Balch, Earle
  7. Incoming: Ball - Barr, Stringfellow
  8. Incoming: Barrett - Bennett
  9. Incoming: Berger, Lowe - Boyle, Sarah Patton
  10. Incoming: Bragg, John T. - Brent, D.K.
  11. Incoming: Brent, D.K.
  12. Incoming: Britt - Cairnie, Gordon
  13. Incoming: Caldwell, John W. - Carlson, Thomas M.
  14. Incoming: Carrick - Chamberlain
  15. Incoming: Chambers, Laurance. (1 of 4)
  16. Incoming: Chambers, Laurance. (2 of 4)
  17. Incoming: Chambers, Laurance. (3 of 4)
  18. Incoming: Chambers, Laurance. (4 of 4)
  19. Incoming: Chambliss, Joe - Chitty, E.N.
  20. Incoming: Clark, C.D. - Clark, Renie
  21. Incoming: Clark, S.T. (1 of 3)
  22. Incoming: Clark, S.T. (2 of 3)
  23. Incoming: Clark, S.T. (3 of 3)
Box 2
  1. Incoming: Clark, W. - Cowan, Thomas C.
  2. Incoming: Coward - Darrow, G.M.
  3. Incoming: Davidson, Donald. (1 of 2)
  4. Incoming: Davidson, Donald. (2 of 2)
  5. Incoming: De Bellis, Jack.
  6. Incoming: De Voto - Dewey
  7. Incoming: Dickey, James.
  8. Incoming: Dunlap, Dick.
  9. Incoming: Dyer - Elliott, William Yandell
  10. Incoming: Ellis - Erskine, Albert
  11. Incoming: Esler, Bun.
  12. Incoming: Esler, Juliet. - Folk, N.D.P.
  13. Incoming: Ford, Jessee Hill - Frederick
  14. Incoming: Frederickson, Alan.
  15. Incoming: Freeman - Gerber, Merrill Joan
  16. Incoming: Gerety, Julia Meek - Goodnow
  17. Incoming: Gordon, Caroline. (1 of 2)
  18. Incoming: Gordon, Caroline. (2 of 2)
  19. Incoming: Gordon, J.M. - Greever
  20. Incoming: Griffis, Jock. (1 of 2)
  21. Incoming: Griffis, Jock. (2 of 2)
  22. Incoming: Guerard - Guy
Box 3
  1. Incoming: Haight, George. (1 of 7)
  2. Incoming: Haight, George. (2 of 7)
  3. Incoming: Haight, George. (3 of 7)
  4. Incoming: Haight, George. (4 of 7)
  5. Incoming: Haight, George. (5 of 7)
  6. Incoming: Haight, George. (6 of 7)
  7. Incoming: Haight, George. (7 of 7)
  8. Incoming: Haight, Justine. - Hamel, Charles Scott
  9. Incoming: Hamilton, F.P. - Hay, John.
  10. Incoming: Hay, T.R. - Hetz
  11. Incoming: Hetrick, Lawrence.
  12. Incoming: Hills - Hooper, Bett
  13. Incoming: Hoover, Charles - Howard
  14. Incoming: Howell, Isabell - Hughes, John Davis
  15. Incoming: Hullender, Tony - Jerrold, Douglas.
  16. Incoming: Jerrold, Douglas. - Kemp, Edward
  17. Incoming: Kirby-Smith, Tommy - Kirkpatrick, Smith.
  18. Incoming: Kirkpatrick, Smith. - Krey, Laura.
  19. Incoming: Krey, Laura. - Lawrence
  20. Incoming: Leatherman, LeRoy. (1 of 4)
  21. Incoming: Leatherman, LeRoy. (2 of 4)
  22. Incoming: Leatherman, LeRoy. (3 of 4)
  23. Incoming: Leatherman, LeRoy. (4 of 4)
Box 4
  1. Incoming: Lincoln, Porter A. - Long, Grady McCarty
  2. Incoming: Longino, Hinton F. - Mannon, Jessica.
  3. Incoming: Mannon, Jessica. - McConnell, Tom
  4. Incoming: McCrady, Edward - McDowell, David.
  5. Incoming: McDowell, David. - McDowell, Martha.
  6. Incoming: McGehee, Louise - Middleton, David.
  7. Incoming: Middleton, David. - Milton, George, F.
  8. Incoming: Milton, George F. - Montgomery, Marion
  9. Incoming: Moore, Edward - Mueller, Margot
  10. Incoming: Murfree, Cornelia W. - Northouse, Cameron
  11. Incoming: O'Brien, Jake - Owsely, Frank.
  12. Incoming: Owsely, Frank. - Owsely, Harriet.
  13. Incoming: Pace, Rosalind - Perry, Marvin, B., Jr.
  14. Incoming: Perry, Marvin, B., Jr. - Porter, Katherine Anne
  15. Incoming: Porter, Katherine Anne
  16. Incoming: Porter, Katherine Anne - Radford, Manson
  17. Incoming: Radford, Manson. - Ransom, John Crowe
  18. Incoming: Ransom, John Crowe - Reid, Laura Caldwell
  19. Incoming: Reid, Laura Caldwell. - Roche, George C., III
  20. Incoming: Rochlet, Morse. - Ryan, Steven T.
Box 5
  1. Incoming: Salaita, George D. - Smith, Ron.
  2. Incoming: Smith, Stephen Page. - Spears, Monroe K.
  3. Incoming: Spears, Monroe K. - Staden, Henry V.
  4. Incoming: Staden, Henry V. - Stillman, Chauncey
  5. Incoming: Stirling, W.L. - Street, Oliver D.
  6. Incoming: Street, Oliver D. - Sweet
  7. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (1 of 9)
  8. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (2 of 9)
  9. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (3 of 9)
  10. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (4 of 9)
  11. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (5 of 9)
  12. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (6 of 9)
  13. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (7 of 9)
  14. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (8 of 9)
  15. Incoming: Tate, Allen. (9 of 9)
  16. Incoming: Tate, Helen. - Taylor, Peter.
  17. Incoming: Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann - Van Zandt, Knox
  18. Incoming: Venuti, E. - Warren, Cinina
  19. Incoming: Warren, Robert Penn (1 of 3)
  20. Incoming: Warren, Robert Penn (2 of 3)
  21. Incoming: Warren, Robert Penn (3 of 3)
  22. Incoming: Weyman, William - Wills, Jesse
  23. Incoming: Wilson, James Southall - Wright, Whittier
Box 6
  1. Incoming: Wright, Whittier - Young, James M.
  2. Incoming: Young, R.J. - Young, Stark
  3. Incoming: Young, Stark - Ziegner, Herman
  4. Family-Outgoing: 1920 - 1924
  5. Family-Outgoing: 1924 - 1932
  6. Family-Outgoing: 1932 - 1938
  7. Family-Outgoing: 1938 - 1939
  8. Family-Outgoing: 1939 - 1943
  9. Family-Outgoing: 1943 - 1954
  10. Family-Outgoing: 1954 - 1958 and Undated
  11. Family-Incoming: Amason, J.L. - Barker, Edna L.
  12. Family-Incoming: Barker, Edna L. - Barker, Edna Moss
  13. Family-Incoming: Barker, Edna Moss - Barton, Lala
  14. Family-Incoming: Beard, William E. - Chambers, Julia Lytle
  15. Family-Incoming: Chaput, Renee - Darwin, James
  16. Family-Incoming: Darwin, James - Darwin, Polly Lytle
  17. Family-Incoming: Darwin, Polly Lytle
Box 7
  1. Family-Incoming: Darwin, Polly Lytle
  2. Family-Incoming: Darwin, Polly Lytle - Drake, Sallie
  3. Family-Incoming: Dudley & Michener - Gordon, Caroline
  4. Family-Incoming: Gordon, Caroline - Haight, Justine
  5. Family-Incoming: Haight, Justine - Jackson, Walter C.
  6. Family-Incoming: Jackson, Walter C. (1 of 4)
  7. Family-Incoming: Jackson, Walter C. (2 of 4)
  8. Family-Incoming: Jackson, Walter C. (3 of 4)
  9. Family-Incoming: Jackson, Walter C. (4 of 4)
  10. Family-Incoming: Jerry - Lory, J.H.
  11. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Edna Barker (1 of 5)
  12. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Edna Barker (2 of 5)
  13. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Edna Barker (3 of 5)
  14. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Edna Barker (4 of 5)
  15. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Edna Barker (5 of 5)
  16. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Jesse - Lytle, Lillie Belle
  17. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Lillie Belle
Box 8
  1. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Lillie Langdon - Lytle, Robert L.
  2. Family-Incoming: Lytle, Robert L. - Lytle, Tom B.
  3. Family-Incoming: Manning, Margaret - Nelson, George A.
  4. Family-Incoming: Nelson, George A. - Nelson, Jos. Hewlett
  5. Family-Incoming: Nelson, Jos. Hewlett - Nelson, Mary
  6. Family-Incoming: Nelson, Mary
  7. Family-Incoming: Nelson, Mary - Nelson, Mollie
  8. Family-Incoming: Nelson, Mollie - Pierce, Emma
  9. Family-Incoming: Pierce, Emma - Rodriguez, Alfonso A.
  10. Family-Incoming: Rodriguez, Alfonso A. - Smith, George M.
  11. Family-Incoming: Smith, George M. - Sneed, Rebecca
  12. Family-Incoming: Sparks, Ingram - Thompson, John C.
  13. Family-Incoming: Webster, Allie C. - Youngburg, Maurice
  14. Unidentified: B. - Mildred
  15. Unidentified: Ric - Virginia, and Unidentified
  16. Family Unidentified: Bess - J.B.S.
  17. Family Unidentified: Suzanne & Sara, and Unidentified
  18. Cards: Postcards
  19. Cards: Christmas, Birthday, and Thank you (1 of 2)
  20. Cards: Christmas, Birthday, and Thank you (2 of 2)
Box 9
  1. Cards: Baby Gift, Congratulations (Pamela Lytle, 1941)

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