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MC 298
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
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These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
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1897-2011
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
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https://archives.columbusstate.edu/findingaids/mc298.php
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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00:31:14
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These letters read by Margaret Sullivan include:
November 25, 1952 letter from Kay Boyle (Mrs. J.M. Franckenstein) saying that she was distressed to hear from Janet the day before that Carson had not received Boyle's note thanking her for her support right after the ordeal of the hearing. They still don't know the decision of the panel and may not for several weeks. [This is presumably the McCarthy hearings as a result of which von Franckenstein was fired from his job with the State Department]
June 14, 1951 note from Brooks Adkinson thanking McCullers for a copy of her book
June 28, 1951 note, also from Brooks Adkinson thanking McCullers in more detail after he had read her book, saying that in his opinion it is better than Hemingway and Faulkner
Mar 1, 1950 postcard from Claire Booth Luce congratulating her on her play;
February 22, 1961 postcard from Vanwicks [?] Brooks thanking McCullers for a "a nice message you sent me"
January 27, 1950 letter from John Van Druten who refers to The Member of the Wedding as "the best thing on Broadway since The Glass Menagerie, adding that he had thought for a long while that theatre should take over some of the work of the novel and that she had succeeded in her "widening of the camera lens" through the play
undated McCullers' reply to Van Druten thanking him for his letter and saying that his reaction to the play was the most insightful she had received, and referring to Tennessee Williams and how she met him after the novel The Member of the Wedding was published and closed by inviting Van Druten to come visit her in Nyack
February 7, 1950 note from Van Druten regretting that he was leaving New York to return to his home in California, but that he was seeing The Member again on Wednesday so that the last thing he would take away with him from the New York season would be her play
June 24, 1951 note from John Druten thanking McCullers for her gift of an autographed copy of her book of short stories
an undated, hand-drawn map of the way to Janet Flanner's home in the French country-side, with notes from Flanner and Margarita to Reeves
October 25, 1962 letter from Tennessee Williams asking how the lecture went and saying that he is back in Key West where the noise from jet fighters flying over kept him from sleeping and hoping that the Cuban crisis soon ends. He has paid off the mortgage on the Key West properties and enclosed a picture of him and Carson
Sullivan says "This letter that may have been in the Special Delivery envelope of July 8, 1958 from Peter Felderman hoping that Carson is better and promising to come see her after his visit to his grandmother
30 April, 1947 letter from Cyril Connelly asking McCullers for something to put in the upcoming special edition of Horizon
April 10, 1946 letter from Marjory Rowland praising The Member of the Wedding
the contents of a folder labeled Houghton Mifflin, April-May 1946 which includes several letters concerning reviews of Member, especially disagreeing with the review written by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker.
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cassette tape
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MC298-5-1-007b
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Cassette Tape 13 Side B -- Special Letters 2
Date
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1946-1962
Language
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English
Brooks Adkinson
Carson McCullers
Claire Booth Luce
Cuban missle crisis
Cyril Connelly
Edmund Wilson
Glass Managerie
Horizon Magazine
Houghton-Mifflin
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUAC
Janet Flanner
John Van Druten
Joseph McCarthy
Kay Boyle
Key West
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marjory Rowland
Mrs. J.M. Franckenstein
Peter Felderman
Reeves McCullers
Rita Smith
State Department
Tennessee Williams
The Member of the Wedding
The New Yorker
U.S. State Dempartment
Vanwicks Brooks
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Dublin Core
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Identifier
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MC 298
Title
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Margaret S. Sullivan Papers (MC 298)
Description
An account of the resource
These are the papers of Margaret Sue Sullivan, PhD (1935-2012). They include her school papers, research materials (mainly focusing on Carson McCullers and Lillian Smith) from graduate school through her later life, newspaper clippings of local and national events, copies of her dissertation, photographs, audio recordings and a varied and voluminous correspondence.
Date
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1897-2011
Extent
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13 boxes (13 c.f.)
Is Referenced By
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https://archives.columbusstate.edu/findingaids/mc298.php
Rights
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By accessing the CSU Digital Archives, the user agrees to give proper acknowledgement to the CSU Archives and further agrees to secure permission in advance from the CSU Archives to publish any item in any way, in whole or in part, from its collections. The Archives preferred citation is:
Margaret S. Sullivan Collection (MC 298)
Columbus State University Archives
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus State University Archives does not claim to control the rights of reproducing for all materials in the collection. The publishing party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of the U. S. Copyright Code and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Columbus State University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all suits, claims, actions, and expenses.
Language
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English
Format
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These include paper, photographs, audio recordings (in various formats) and moving images.
Access Rights
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no restrictions.
Medium
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Paper, audio recordings, film
Subject
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Margaret Sue Sullivan, Caron McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Lillian Smith, American Literature, Margarita Smith, Rita Smith,
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28:57
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John Lackey Brown (1914-2003) and his wife Simone were friends of both Carson and Reeves McCullers. John had a long career with the Department of State. His papers are at the archives of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C]
All the letters on this tape are from John and/or Simone and are addressed to Carson and/or Reeves, unless otherwise noted. The effects of the McCarthy-inspired purge of the Department of State caused by the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee touch the Browns in 1953 and are frequently referred to, as well as Carson's departure from France and separation from Reeves, and his deterioration over the course of 1953 and 1954. Sullivan reads:
"This is a series of letters having to do with the death of Reeves, but I'm going to read some happier letters first from John and Simone Brown. He was with the Foreign Service of the United States of American in France."
August 10th, 1950 from the Browns to Carson and Reeves. John described his family's August vacation situation, with Simone and the children in the mountains above a river and him on Mount Parness. He enclosed a "rather idiotic" review of The Member of the Wedding and tells them that Carl Brooks is very interested in bringing out her short stories, and remains hopeful about her new novel "in utero", saying "all seems sweetness and light on the HM [Houghton Mifflin] front". He is looking forward to the month of September in the Dordogne region of France where he hopes to finish a study of local domed churches and the Byzantine influence in France. He also hopes to reread some favorite books and study Dante and not look at a newspaper for the entire time. He asks Carson for a copy of her poems.
December 31, 1950 (postcard) wishing Reeves and Carson a happy new year for 1951
Good Friday evening, 1951 saying that although they had not had much time together, the McCullers had seemed much more like family that their "real" families, and they looked forward to seeing more of them in the future. He describes an idyllic day in the French countryside, gathering eggs from their hens and ducks for breakfast, walking in the fields full of daffodils, visiting a nearby chateau and a 9th century church in the village, remarking on the contrast to the turmoil going on in Paris, just 15 miles away with the on-going strikes of railway workers, bus drivers, subway workers and even of the undertakers. He describes a recent tour he had made through eastern France and Belgium lecturing on recent American novelists (much of it focused on her works). He says that they hope to be in the U.S. in September on home leave and that he longs to smell the air of Times Square and ride on a Fifth Avenue bus. He closes saying that he hopes the moon is shining as brightly in Nyack as it is where they are.
December 31, 1951 poem dedicated to Carson, "Remembering the Nyack Symposium"
February 19, 1953 note on U.S. Information Service stationary enclosing a magazine article
letter dated "Sunday" from Simone on stationary from Houghton Mifflin's Paris offices. Simone says she hopes Carson won't mind the stationary, but it was among her father's things. She says that they have received Rita's letter and are happy to hear that Carson is recovering and that what she needs is a long rest. She has asked Madame Joffre to pack and send Carson's books to Nyack, but that there may be a delay due to lack of money. She also mentions Carson's trunks which Madame Joffre and M. Levy [the McCullers' housekeeper and man-servant at their French home] have delivered to the Browns with instructions to forward to Nyack as well. Simone is concerned about some of the things to be shipped, such as silverware, porcelain and her clothing. There may be a heavy duty to get the silver through customs. She is also concerned that the porcelain is not packed well enough for shipment. They have, of course, not opened the trunks but want to know that it is well packed before they ship it. The clothes also will require a detailed listing to indicate that it belongs to Carson and thus will not subject to duties. The boys are well. "Today is John Brown Jr.'s 5th birthday, Papa is still working on his book, the dogs are being sweet."
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MC298-5-1-058a
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Cassette Tape 12 Side A -- Letters to Carson McCullers from John L Brown and and his wife. Simone
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1950s-1960s
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English
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cassette tape
Belgium
Byzantine architecture
Carl Brooks
Carson McCullers
church architecture
Cyrilly Abels
Dante
France
Georgetown University
Houghton-Mifflin
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUAC
John L. Brown
John L. Brown Jr
Joseph McCarthy
labor unrest
M. Levi
Madame Joffre
Margaret S. Sullivan
Marielle Bancou
Mary Mercer
Nyack
Paris
Reeves McCullers
Rita Smith
Simone Brown
strikes
The Member of the Wedding
Times Square
U.S. Information Service
United State Foreign Service
United States Information Service
US. Foreign Service
Washington D.C.