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Betty D. Berne/McCullers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 408

Scope and Contents

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

  • Creation: 1965-1976

Biographical / Historical

Betty D. Berne worked for Carson McCullers as her assistant and secretary, during which time she worked on this material.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Donated by Joan and Carol Berne in memory of Betty D. Berne.

Related Materials

Ballad of the Sad Cafe Playbill (SMC 60) The Bradley Memorial Library Carson McCullers Collection (MC 184) Virginia Spencer Carr Collection (MC 23) Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians Carson McCullers Society Records (MC 192) Loretto Chappell Collection (MC 29) Carlos Dews Collection (MC 175) Mary Martha Johnson Photograph Collection (SMC 53) Clason Kyle Collection (MC 86) Jordan Massee—Carson McCullers Collection (MC 170) Mary Mercer/Carson McCullers Collection (MC 296) Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas-Austin, Carson McCullers finding aid Margaret Sullivan Papers (MC 298) The Valley Reads: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Collection (MC 179) John Zeigler and Edwin Peacock Collection (MC 182)

Title
Betty D. Berne/McCullers Collection (MC 408)
Status
Completed
Date
September 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States