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Peter Taylor Papers
1905-1988

Series III. Literary Career
Boxes 12-13

This series contains documents relating to Peter Taylor's literary career. Documents relate to: awards, contracts, copyright, film adaptations, production of plays, readings, reprint permissions, reviews, and royalty statements. Miscellaneous items are also included within this series.

Box 12 (continued from Series II)

Awards
  1. Membership Certificate, National Istitute of Arts And Letters, 1969.
    Clippings re: Pulitzer, Ritz-Hemingway Prizes, 1987.
Contracts
  1. Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Randall Jarrell, 1914-1965), 1967.
    McCall Corporation ("The Elect"), 1967.
    Memphis State University (Film/TV rights "The Old Forest"), 1982.
    Sophomore Literary Festival, 1986.
    Klett-Cotta Verlag (German rights to A Summons To Memphis), 1986.
    Chatto & Windus (United Kingdom rights to A Summons To Memphis), 1987.
    Editions Gallimard (French rights to A Summons To Memphis), 1987.
    Steven J. Ross (Film/TV rights to "Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time"), 1987.
Copyright
  1. "A Sentimental Journey," "The Other Times," "The Unforgivable," "A Pair of Bright-Blue Eyes," "Cousins, Family Love, Family Life, All That", 1959.
    "Guests," "Heads of Houses", 1959.
    "The Girl From Forked Deer", 1967.
    "Sky Line", 1968.
Film Adaptations
    26. "The Old Forest" clipping
Production of Plays
  1. "A Stand In The Mountains"
    Announcements, director's notes, stage design, clippings, schedule of events, invitation, ticket order blanks, programs, box office statements, 1968, 1971.

    "Tennessee Day In St. Louis"
    Clipping, 1958.

    "Three Ghost Plays"
    Rehearsal schedule, ticket order blanks, program, tickets, clippings, 1971.

    Robert Porterfield and the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia
    Brochure, Annual Barter Award, Congressional Record, regarding the death of Robert Porterfield, 1971.
Box 13
  1. "A Stand In The Mountains"
    Script #2 - Peter Taylor's copy with his notes
    Script #10 - Actor's copy with notes
Readings
  1. Lists of reading Engagements, 1967-1971.
Reprint Permissions
  1. "At The Drugstore" - University of the South, 1963.
    "There" - Kenyon College, 1965.
    "Fiction: A Conversation With John Updike and Peter Taylor" - Sound recording, Library of Congress, 1970.
Reviews
  1. The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor
  2. Happy Families Are All Alike
  3. In The Miro District
  4. A Long Fourth
  5. Miss Leonora When Last Seen
  6. The Old Forest And Other Stories
  7. Presences
  8. A Summons To Memphis
  9. The Widows of Thornton
  10. A Woman of Means
Royalty Statements
  1. Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (Happy Families), 1962.
    Harcourt, Brace & World (Long Fourth), 1962.
    Harcourt, Brace & World (Long Fourth, Widows of Thorton, Woman of Means), 1962.
    Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962.
    Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (Happy Families), 1963.
    Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (Happy Families), 1963.
    Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (Happy Families), 1964.
    Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Collected Stories), 1970.
    Harper & Row (American Short Stories 1945), 1972.
    Houghton Mifflin (Presences), 1973.
    Farrar, Straus & Co. ("The Pilgrim Sons"), undated.
Miscellaneous
  1. Lists of short stories for collection; notes; list of names and addresses of friends; directory of publishers.

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