- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Garrett, George, 1929-2008
- Title:
- Meriwether Collection of George Garrett
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h989r326k
- Dates:
- 1957-1990
- Size:
- 11 boxes
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-11
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists primarily of selected holograph drafts and galleys of works published by American poet/novelist George Garrett (Princeton Class of 1952), collected by James B. Meriwether.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection contains three early holograph drafts and galleys of Which Ones are the Enemy?, a novel published by Garrett (Princeton Class of 1952) in 1961. Also present are galleys for Finished Man (1959); Xerox copies of the typescripts of Do Lord Remember Me (1965) and Entered from the Sun (1990); galleys, page proofs, and typescripts for various articles, stories, plays, and poems; cassettes of Garrett reading from his Death of the Fox, and Enchanted Ground; and an interview with him. There are also journals, paperback books, and offprints containing articles, stories, or poems either edited or written by Garrett.
In addition there is a file of correspondence of Garrett with James B. Meriwether with clippings and other printed matter about various works by Garrett. Also present are correspondence, galleys, and other papers relating to Meriwether's edition of William Faulkner's Father Abraham (1983).
- Collection Creator Biography:
Garrett, George, 1929-2008
George Garrett was a repected American poet and novelist. A member of the Princeton class of 1952, Garrett taught at various institutions, including Wesleyan University, Hollins College, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the University of South Carolina, prior to being named Henry Hoyns Professor of English at the University of Virginia, a position he held until his retirement in 1999. Garrett was the poet-laureate of Virginia from 2002 until 2006. He died in 2008.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of James B. Meriwether.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
The contents list was compiled by Rafael Abrahams in July 2010.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Meriwether Collection of George Garrett; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h989r326k
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-11
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Publication by Garrett: Which Ones Are the Enemy? (Boston: Little, Brown, 1961)
- Other Finding Aids
A box list (2 pp.) is available in the Dept.
- Subject Terms:
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Manuscripts.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Manuscripts. - Genre Terms:
- Audiocassettes -- 20th century.
Correspondence -- 20th century
Drafts (preliminary versions) -- 20th century.
Galley Proofs (Printing) -- 20th century.
Interviews -- 20th century. - Names:
- Meriwether, James B., 1928- , collector
