Virginia Carr Correspondence, 1976

File — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This material includes typescript drafts of the musical version of McCullers’ Broadway play, The Member of the Wedding, as well as two one act plays, The Exquisite Psycho and the Sunless Sea. In addition there is a draft, with heavy editing in Berne’s handwriting, so of which is in shorthand. Also included is a small amount of correspondence (mostly fan mail). Finally there is a folder relating to Virginia Spenser Carr and her biography of McCullers.

Dates

Other: 1976

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Processing Information

This folder contains two notes from Virginia Carr to “Betty and Lou”, presumably Betty Berne and her husband. There are also copies of several pieces of fan mail written to Carr after the publication of The Lonely Hunter, her biography of McCullers, was published.