Carson McCullers papers

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Carson McCullers papers

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  • 1941-1990 (Creation)

Extent

6 boxes

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A collection of books, photographs, scrapbooks, audio-visual and printed materials about the American novelist Carson McCullers. The research files were compiled by McCullers biographer and literary critic Virginia Spencer Carr.

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This collection is open for research.

Physical access

This collection is kept in an off -campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials. Box 6 contains audio-visual materials and has been kept on-campus for preservation concerns.

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University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creator.

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  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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