Reel-to-Reel Tape 01 Side A -- Carson McCullers dictating 2 letters
Carson McCullers dictating a letter to Elizabeth Schwartz [Carson's German translator who lived in Switzerland] and a second letter to Dr. Mary Mercer.
Carson McCullers
December 1963
MC298-5-1-001a
David Diamond Diary -- Cassette Tape 1 Side A (Part 1)
This and the next 2 items consist of David Diamond (1915-2005) reading selections from his diaries which concern Carson and Reeves McCullers. They were read for Margaret S. Sullivan by Diamond on September 27, 1977. Occasionally Sullivan will ask him a question or they will discuss some point. He is obviously scanning his handwritten diaries from the time he met the McCullers in 1941. He stumbles frequently over his own handwriting and will comment on materials he is skipping. His voice is very soft and at times is almost inaudible, even with the volume at the maximum. There is also a ticking clock in the background which contributes to the poor quality of the recording.
David Diamond
May 22-June 16, 1941
English
MC298-5-1-056a
Helen Harvey Interview -- Cassette Tape 1 Side A
An interview by Margaret S. Sullivan with Helen Harvey, conducted in Harvey's home in Columbus, Georgia in the 1970s.
Margaret S. Sullivan
1970s
MC298-5-1-030a
Annemarie Schwarzenbach Cassette Tape 1 Side A
Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1905-1942)
Annemarie Minna Renee Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) was a Swiss author, photographer and inveterate traveler. She lived in New York before and during World War II and was a very important figure in the life of Carson McCullers. This is a tape of Margaret Sullivan reading the first part of a 24-page essay about Schwarzenbach, written by Countess Ruth Landshoff-Yorck von Wartenburg.
Margaret S. Sullivan (1935-2012)
digital audio
English
MC298-5-1-002a
Reel-to-Reel Tape 01 Side B -- Carson McCullers dictating letters
December 1963
MC298-5-1-001b
Annemarie Schwarzenbach Cassette Tape 1 Side B
Margaret Sullivan reading the second part of a 24-page essay about Annemarie Schwarzenbach, written by Countess Ruth Landshoff-Yorck von Wartenburg.
MC298-5-1-002b
Annemarie Schwarzenbach Cassette Tape 2 Side A -- Letters I
Letters written by Annemarie Schwarzenbach to Carson McCullers during 1941 and 1942. Schwazenbach was traveling in Africa during this time and describes what she was seeing to McCullers, as well as discussing literature, finances, their relationship, and her hopes for the future.
Sullivan reads several letters from Annemarie Schwarzenbach written from the Belgium Congo, Lisbon, Portugal and Morocco during 1941 and 1942.
1941-1942
English
MC298-5-1-003a
Morocco, Angola, Belgian Congo, Lisbon, Portugal
Cassette Tape 09 Side A -- Jester Clane (break)
Margaret Sullivan reading “44 pages, mostly Jester Clane, with the first page The History of Death about Mr. Malone”.
The recording ceases after 1 minute and 40 seconds.
There is no Side B.
MC298-5-1-004a
Cassette Tape 10 Side A -- Jester Clane 2 II
Margaret Sullivan continues her reading of the draft of McCullers' short story, Jester Clane.
MC298-5-1-005a
Cassette Tape 10 Side B -- Jester Clane 2
Margaret Sullivan concludes her reading of the draft of McCullers’ short story, Jester Clane.
MC298-5-1-005b
Cassette Tape 11 Side A -- Newton Arvin / John Huston
Letters relating to Newton Arvin and also to John Huston, and McCullers upcoming trip to his home in Ireland to discuss his work on her novel, Reflections in a Golden Eye.
MC298-5-1-006a
Cassette Tape 11 Side B -- Ireland Letters 2
Margaret Sullivan concludes the material relating to Carson McCullers' trip to Ireland in 1967.
MC298-5-1-006b
Cassette Tape 13 Side A -- Special Letters
Letters to Carson McCullers from celebrities, close fiends and selected fan letters.
1940s, 1950-1967
English
MC298-5-1-007a
Cassette Tape 13 Side B -- Special Letters 2
1946-1962
English
MC298-5-1-007b
Cassette Tape 14 Side A -- Special and Regular Letters 3
1945-1967
English
MC298-5-1-008a
Cassette Tape 14 Side B -- Letters to Carson McCullers
1950-1966
English
MC298-5-1-008b
Cassette Tape 15 Side A -- Letters to Carson McCullers Regular
1950-1967
English
MC298-5-1-009a
Cassette Tape 15 Side B -- Letters to Carson
1953-1963
English
MC298-5-1-009b
Cassette Tape 16 Side A -- Letters to Carson
1950-1961
English
MC298-5-1-010a
Cassette Tape 16 Side B -- Letters and Telegrams to and from Carson McCullers
1945-1954
English
MC298-5-1-010b