Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
New Orleans Review Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 03
Scope and Contents
The New Orleans Review Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed material relating to the history and publication of The New Orleans Review.
The most valuable material is found in the Correspondence and the Copy series and in the Minutes subseries of Series V. Correspondence and minutes document the staff's functioning. Exchanges between staff and contributors is also found in the correspondence. The Copy series follows the author's manuscript...
Dates:
Created: 1968-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1978; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1982
Patrick Samway, S.J. Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 63
Scope and Contents
The Samway Papers include a range of material related to Samways’ interest in and research on Southern literature with an acute focus on his biography of Walker Percy published in 1997. Material regarding Samway’s humanitarian work in Haiti and Africa can also be found. The types of material in this collection include correspondence, monographs, essays, speeches, ephemera, photographic prints, negatives and audiocassettes. Samway corresponded with a number of writers, scholars, and members...
Dates:
Created: 1970-2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1985-2005; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/1995
Percy-Romagosa Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Collection 16
Abstract
This collection centers on the relationship between Walker Percy and Elmo L. Romagosa. Percy was a noted novelist and needs no introduction. Romagosa was a prominent priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Dates:
Created: 1972-1993; Other: Majority of material found in 1982-1989; Other: Date acquired: 08/10/1999
Percy-Suhor Letters
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Collection 31
Scope and Contents
The Walker Percy and Charles Suhor correspondence is comprised of four letters and one journal article, dating from 1971-1975. These letters include Percy's response to Suhor's critique of Love in the Ruins, as well as a discussion on linguistics.
Dates:
Created: 1971-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1975; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2005
Percy-Walsh Correspondence
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Collection 13
Abstract
Lancelot moved Walsh as a study of evil and rebirth. He particularly empathized with the character of the priest who listens silently as the novel's central character, Lance, recounts a story of jealousy, deceit, and vengeance set in south Louisiana. The priest and Lance are old acquaintances, having grown up and gone to school together. Lance ascribes literary and religious persona to the various stages of the unresponding priest's life: Harry, Harry...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1985; Other: Date acquired: 05/03/2000
Walker Percy Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 64
Scope and Contents
This collection originated from Walker Percy’s office at his home in Covington and was donated by his daughter after the death of Mrs. Mary “Bunt” Percy. Handwritten notes, typescripts with marginalia, drafts of speeches and lectures, and correspondence and photocopies of correspondence make up majority of the collection. There are a number of collected articles and academic journals that contain pieces written about Percy as well as unpublished academic papers and theses about him and his...
Dates:
Created: 1945-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1990; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2011