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Collection Number: 05355

Collection Title: Robert H. Moore Papers, 1935-2013 (bulk 1962-1980)

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Size 9.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4,600 items)
Abstract Robert Henry Moore was born in Madisonville, Ky., in 1940. From 1954 to 1958 he attended a military school, the McCallie School, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He attended Davidson College, 1958-1962; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1962-1964; and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1964-1968. He was an English Department instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he served as a United States Army Captain, 1968-1970. He taught courses on American and southern literature and history at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he became a tenured associate professor, 1970-1977. The collection includes research files, publication materials, and audio recordings related to Robert Henry Moore's research, teaching, and writing career. Major topics include William Faulkner and Willie Morris. William Faulkner files contain correspondence, survey data, research notes, and other materials related to research conducted as part of Moore's dissertation on southerners' perceptions of William Faulkner and related post-dissertation research from 1972 to 1973; the William Faulkner Concordance Project; William Faulkner's 1962 visit to West Point; and the opening of the William Faulkner Room at the United States Military Academy Library in 1965. Willie Morris files contain correspondence, clippings, notes, and teaching materials related to journalist and author Willie Morris. Audio recordings include William Faulkner's April 1962 remarks at the United States Military Academy, Ralph Ellison's 1969 remarks at the United States Military Academy, and Moore's reading of several Kurt Vonnegut articles that appeared in the New York Times.
Creator Moore, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1940-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Robert H. Moore Papers #5355, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Robert H. Moore of Vienna, Va., in September 2007 (Acc. 100765), April 2012 (Acc. 101582), and March 2014 (Acc. 102020).
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Processed by: Noah Huffman, January 2008; Virginia Ferris, May 2014

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Robert Henry Moore was born in Madisonville, Ky., in 1940. From 1954 to 1958 he attended a military school, the McCallie School, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He attended Davidson College, 1958-1962; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1962-1964; and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1964-1968. He was an English Department instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he served as a United States Army Captain, 1968-1970. He taught courses on American and southern literature and history at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he became a tenured associate professor, 1970-1977.

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The collection of history and literature professor Robert H. Moore includes research files, publication materials, and audio recordings related to Moore's research, teaching, and writing career. Major research topics documented in the collection include William Faulkner and Willie Morris.

Series 1. William Faulkner Files contains chiefly materials related to research conducted by Robert H. Moore as part of a Ph.D. dissertation and related post-dissertation research from 1972 to 1973. Research files document Mississippians' and other southerners' impressions of William Faulkner. Materials include correspondence, completed survey responses, research notes, blank surveys and form letters, edited excerpts of dissertation drafts, and isolated clippings and printed items. There are also materials related to the formation and evolution of the William Faulkner Concordance Project, William Faulkner's 1962 visit to West Point, and the development and establishment of the William Faulkner Room at the United States Military Academy Library in 1965.

Series 2. Willie Morris Files contains research and teaching materials related to journalist and author Willie Morris. Research materials include correspondence, clippings, and notes related to an interview with Morris conducted by Robert H. Moore in 1970 and published in the Mississippi Review in 1974. Clippings include articles written by and about Willie Morris, collected as research for Moore's writing and teaching about Morris. Teaching materials include lecture notes and discussion handouts collected by Moore for courses on southern literature taught at the University of Maryland, circa 1974.

Series 3. Audiocassettes contains audio recordings of William Faulkner's April 1962 remarks at the United States Military Academy, Ralph Ellison's 1969 remarks at the United States Military Academy, and Moore's reading of several Kurt Vonnegut articles that appeared in the New York Times.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. William Faulkner Files, 1935-2012 (bulk 1961-1975).

About 4,200 items.

Materials related to various research projects conducted by Robert H. Moore related to William Faulkner.

Series 1.1 William Faulkner Dissertation contains materials related to research conducted by Robert H. Moore as part of a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1967-1972, and related post-dissertation research from 1972 and 1973. Research files document Mississippians' and other southerners' impressions of William Faulkner. Materials include correspondence, completed survey responses, research notes, blank surveys and form letters, edited excerpts of dissertation drafts, and isolated clippings and printed items.

Series 1.2 William Faulkner Concordance Project contains correspondence and administrative files related to the formation and evolution of the William Faulkner Concordance Project at annual meetings of the Modern Language Association, and to the Faulkner Concordance Newsletter. The Concordance Project sought to create comprehensive indexes of all words used in Faulkner's works, listed alphabetically and according to their original contexts. Correspondents include project members Robert H. Moore, Jack Capps, Frederic Cassidy, and Walter Rideout. Also included are research files on the development of computer programs for machine-readable concordances, mainly at the United States Military Academy Academic Computer Center, 1970-1972.

Series 1.3 William Faulkner at West Point contains materials regarding William Faulkner's 1962 visit to West Point and related to the development and establishment of the William Faulkner Room at the United States Military Academy Library in 1965. Materials include copies of the original correspondence between the Faulkner family and West Point staff and press clippings. Other research material collected by Robert H. Moore includes "Faulkner Visit Correspondence and Notices," a guide compiled by Moore for the United States Military Academy Library Manuscripts Collection in 1972; Jack Capps' 1974 essay "William Faulkner and West Point"; and Robert H. Moore's essay "The Faulkner Concordance and Some Implications for Textual and Linguistic Studies."

Series 1.4 Miscellaneous William Faulkner Materials contains additional correspondence, news clippings, scholarly articles, printed items, teaching materials, and other materials related to William Faulkner.

Note that Robert H. Moore's contextual notes for each group of materials is filed at the beginning of each subseries. His original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid in his original order, and folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Moore's folders have notes written on them related to the contents.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. William Faulkner Dissertation, 1960-1972 (bulk 1962-1972).

About 2,000 items.

Materials related to research regarding Mississippians' and other southerners' impressions of William Faulkner, conducted for Robert H. Moore's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1967-1972, and related post-dissertation research in 1972 and 1973. Materials include correspondence between Moore and survey respondents, completed survey responses, Moore's notes and summaries of the responses, blank survey forms and form letters, correspondence with other scholars about Moore's research, and some edited excerpts of Moore's dissertation drafts. There are also isolated clippings and printed items included in correspondence from survey respondents, and collected by Moore as part of research.

Respondents include journalists, historians, clergy, physicians, students, and friends and acquaintances of William Faulkner. Most respondents are natives of Mississippi, but also include southerners from other states. Almost all respondents are identified by name, location, and occupation in Moore's files.

Note that Robert H. Moore's contextual notes on this group of materials are filed at the beginning of the subseries. His original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid in his original order, and folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Moore's folders have notes written on them related to the contents.

Folder 1

Robert H. Moore's notes on William Faulkner dissertation files

Typed notes by Robert H. Moore regarding the context and background of William Faulkner dissertation files.

Folder 2

Hernando responses and letters, 1970

Folder 3

New Albany, Sardis, and Oxford area responses and letters, 1970

Folder 4-5

Folder 4

Folder 5

Oxford and Ole Miss responses and letters, 1970

Folder 6

Northern Mississippi responses and letters, 1970

Folder 7

Natchez responses and letters, 1970

Folder 8

Vicksburg responses and letters, 1970

Folder 9-10

Folder 9

Folder 10

Mississippi journalists: Baldwyn to McComb, 1970

Folder 11-12

Folder 11

Folder 12

Mississippi journalists: Meadville to Yazoo City, 1970

Folder 13

Individual Mississippi journalists: Hodding Carter, 1970-1972

Correspondence between Robert H. Moore and the family of Hodding Carter II, progressive journalist and editor of the Greenville Delta Democrat Times, as well as clippings related to Carter's death in 1972.

Folder 14

Individual Mississippi journalists: Harry Abernathy, 1970-1972

Correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Harry Abernathy, editor of the Clarksdale Press Register. Also includes Abernathy's original survey response, a 1972 editorial on Hodding Carter's death written by Abernathy, and a typescript of Abernathy's 1950 interview with William Faulkner.

Folder 15

Individual Mississippi journalists: Hederman family, 1970-1972

Original survey response by Rea S. Hederman and Thomas M. Hederman Jr., of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger and the Madison County Herald.

Folder 16

Oxford residents: J.R. Cofield Sr., 1967-1970

Correspondence between Robert H. Moore and J.R. Cofield Sr., photographer in Oxford, Miss., regarding the purchase of photographs of William Faulkner.

Folder 17

Oxford residents: Estelle Faulkner, 1962-1970

Letters and news clippings related to Estelle Faulkner, widow of William Faulkner. Contains a copy of a 1970 letter from Robert H. Moore to Estelle Faulkner, regarding William Faulkner's work at the United States Military Academy at West Point and inviting her participation in Moore's survey. Also includes a copy of Estelle Faulkner's 1962 letter to William C. Westmoreland at West Point, espressing appreciation for West Point's sympathies upon her husband's death.

Folder 18

Southern historian: James W. Silver, 1970-1972

Correspondence and original survey response from James W. Silver, professor of American History at the University of Mississippi. Includes Silver's personal recollections of William Faulkner.

Folder 19

Mrs. Emily Stone: Widow of Faulkner's mentor and friend, Phil Stone, 1970-1972

Correspondence and original survey response from Emily Stone, widow of Phil Stone. Includes Emily Stone's recollections of William Faulkner and of her husband's friendship with Faulkner.

Folder 20

Newspaper and magazine articles from or about various Mississippi towns, 1967-1972

Folder 21

Surveys of southerners outside of Mississippi, 1970

Correspondence and original survey responses from southerners from outside of Mississippi.

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Folder 24

Folder 25

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Surveys of Mississippians and other southerners, 1972-1973

Approximately 150 original survey responses collected after Robert H. Moore's dissertation. Respondents include Mississippians living in Mississippi and in other areas of the United States, as well as other southerners from outside of Mississippi.

Folder 38

The South: Racial focus

Clippings and assorted publications related to race and the Civil Rights Movement in the American South, circa 1963-1970.

Folder 39

The South: General, 1960-1969

Clippings and assorted publications related to the American South. Includes fiction and non-fiction works, as well as isolated political cartoons related to the Civil Rights Movement.

Folder 40

Ralph McGill, 1968-1969

Chiefly clippings related to the life and career of Ralph McGill, editor and publisher of The Atlanta Constitution. Includes isolated correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Ralph McGill, shortly before McGill's death in 1969.

Folder 41

Charles Weltner

Clippings and correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Charles Weltner, Democratic politician in Georgia.

Folder 42

Dissertation abstract, 1972

Xeroxed copies of Robert H. Moore's dissertation abstract, published in Dissertation Abstracts, Vol. 32, No. 10, April 1972.

Folder 43

Letters about dissertation, 1972-1973

Correspondence between Robert H. Moore and other scholars, editors, and publishers regarding Moore's dissertation and its possible publication. Correspondents include Robert R. Cook, William R. Ferris, and Malcolm M. MacDonald, among others.

Folder 44

University and College Press of Mississippi, 1972-1973

Chiefly correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Robert R. Cook, Director of the University and College Press of Mississippi, regarding the possible publication of Moore's dissertation.

Folder 45-46

Folder 45

Folder 46

Critiques of dissertation work

Chiefly correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Walter Rideout, professor and Moore's dissertation advisor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Also includes correspondence with other scholars, edited drafts, and handwritten notes by Moore.

Folder 47

Blotner report on surveys

Lists of survey respondents, "Background Information and Explanatory Comments on Faulkner Survey," and other dissertation survey information, sent from Robert H. Moore to Joseph Blotner.

Folder 48

Questionnaire C post-dissertation, 1972-1973

Correspondence and completed responses to a follow-up survey, "Questionnaire C," that was sent to individuals who did not respond to Robert H. Moore's initial dissertation survey, to determine reasons for lack of response.

Folder 49

Questionnaire C to journalists in dissertation, 1970-1971

Clippings, correspondence, and responses to Questionnaire C by journalists in Mississippi.

Folder 50

Faulkner survey mailings

Lists of survey respondents and mailing addresses, as well as sample form letters and blank survey questionnaires.

Folder 51

Faulkner survey, 1973

Correspondence and original survey responses collected in 1973, after completion of Robert H. Moore's dissertation.

Folder 52-53

Folder 52

Folder 53

Faulkner survey: Letters, cards, and questionnaires

Drafts of different version of dissertation survey questionnaire and form letters.

Folder 54

Dissertation letters with no response

Copies of letters from Robert H. Moore inviting participation in dissertation research, to recipients who did not respond.

Folder 55

Mississippi

Correspondence, clippings, and printed items related to William Faulkner and Moore's dissertation research in Mississippi. Includes correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Porter L. Fortune Jr. related to the 1973 purchase of Faulkner's home "Rowan Oak" in Oxford, Miss., by the University of Mississippi.

Folder 56

Mississippi congressional, 1970

Correspondence and original survey responses from Mississippi senators and congressmen.

Folder 57

Mississippi dissertation historians, 1967-1970

Correspondence and original survey responses from faculty and staff of colleges and universities in Mississippi.

Folder 58

Mississippi state government, 1970

Correspondence and original survey responses from members of Mississippi state government.

Folder 59-60

Folder 59

Folder 60

1970 respondents: Not dissertation

Correspondence and original survey responses.

Folder 61

Faulkner survey 1973 returns

Folder 62

Faulkner research project files for Jack Capps

Folder 63

Faulkner post-dissertation survey letter and forms, 1972-1973

Folder 64

Faulkner survey and letters post-dissertation, 1972

Folder 65

Faulkner survey methodology: Dissertation Appendix A, 1972

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About 1,600 items.

Chiefly correspondence and administrative files related to the formation and evolution of the William Faulkner Concordance Project, including meeting minutes, notes, drafts of concordances, printed items, and clippings related to William Faulkner and to other concordance projects. The project sought to create comprehensive indexes of all words used in Faulkner's works, listed alphabetically and according to their original contexts. Many materials relate to the organizational development of the Faulkner Concordance at annual meetings of the Modern Language Association (MLA), and to the Faulkner Concordance Newsletter. Correspondents include concordance project members Robert H. Moore, Jack Capps, Frederic Cassidy, and Walter Rideout, among others. Additional correspondents include librarians at various libraries that received early editions of the Faulkner Concordance.

Also included are research files on the development of computer programs for machine-readable concordances, mainly related to the United States Military Academy Academic Computer Center, 1970-1972.

Note that Robert H. Moore's contextual notes on this group of materials are filed at the beginning of the subseries. His original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid in his original order, and folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Moore's folders have notes written on them related to the contents.

Folder 66

Robert H. Moore's notes on William Faulkner Concordance Project files

Typed notes by Robert H. Moore regarding the context and background of William Faulkner Concordance Project files.

Folder 67

Modern Language Association (MLA) meeting, December 1969

Folder 68

Faulkner Concordance organizational meeting at MLA, December 1970

Folder 69

Notes from Faulkner Concordance Project organizational meeting at MLA, December 1970

Folder 70

Remarks and correspondence for Faulkner Concordance Project organizational meeting at MLA, December 1970

Folder 71-73

Folder 71

Folder 72

Folder 73

Faulkner Concordance Project Editorial Board meeting at MLA, December 1971

Folder 74-75

Folder 74

Folder 75

Faulkner Concordance Project Advisory Board meeting at MLA, December 1972

Folder 76

Cancelled Faulkner Concordance Project Advisory Board meeting at MLA, December 1973

Folder 77

Faulkner Concordance Project Advisory Board meeting at MLA, December 1974

Folder 78

Faulkner Concordance Project Advisory Board meeting at MLA, December 1975

Folder 79-82

Folder 79

Folder 80

Folder 81

Folder 82

Faulkner Concordance Newsletter No. 1, December 1972

Folder 83

Faulkner Concordance Newsletter No. 2, November 1973

Folder 84-85

Folder 84

Folder 85

Faulkner Concordance Newsletter No. 3, May 1974

Folder 86-87

Folder 86

Folder 87

Faulkner Concordance Newsletter No. 4, February 1975

Folder 88

Faulkner Concordance Newsletter No. 5, November 1976

Folder 89

Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, circa 1971-1978

Folder 90-96

Folder 90

Folder 91

Folder 92

Folder 93

Folder 94

Folder 95

Folder 96

Faulkner Concordance correspondence, 1973-1977

Folder 97

Initial offering of Faulkner Concordance Newsletter, December 1972

Folder 98

Library placement of Faulkner Concordances, 1972

Folder 99

Beginnings of Faulkner Concordance Project, 1965-1970

Folder 100

United States Military Academy Dean's Office correspondence regarding Faulkner Concordance, 1969-1971

Folder 101

Miscellaneous Concordance correspondence to Jack Capps, 1966-1970

Folder 102

General correspondence on literary concordances, 1972-1973

Folder 103

United States Military Academy Computer Center, 1970-1972

Correspondence between Robert H. Moore and others describing the relationship between the the United States Military Academy at West Point Academic Computer Center and the Faulkner Concordance Project.

Folder 104

Faulkner Concordance announcements and responses, 1971-1972

Folder 105

Faulkner's The Hamlet Concordance, United States Military Academy, 1970

Front matter and sample pages of a pilot concordance jointly prepared by the United States Military Academy at West Point's Department of English and Academic Computer Center.

Folder 106

Faulkner's Poetry Concordance, United States Military Academy, 1971

Front matter and sample pages of a pilot concordance jointly prepared by the United States Military Academy's Department of English and Academic Computer Center.

Folder 107

Newberry Library, 1972

Folder 108

New York Public Library, 1972

Folder 109

Oxford University Bodleian Library, 1972

Folder 110

Oxford English Dictionary, 1972

Folder 111

University of South Carolina Library, 1971-1973

Folder 112

University of Texas Humanities Research Center, 1972

Folder 113

University of California at Los Angeles Library, 1972

Folder 114

University of Virginia Library, 1974

Folder 115

National Endowment for the Humanities and American Council of Learned Societies,1972-1972

Correspondence regarding unsuccessful grant proposals. Also includes correspondence between Bill Emerson, Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Research Grants, and Robert H. Moore regarding a 1971 application for funding for the Dictionary of American Regional English.

Folder 116

Library of Congress, 1972

Folder 117

Library of Congress, Recorded Sound Section, 1972

Folder 118

University of Toronto Library and Oxford University English Faculty Library, 1972-1973

Folder 119

United States Military Academy and Faulkner Concordances, 1970-1974

Folder 120

Background on computerized concordances, 1970-1974

Printed items and clippings related to methodologies for using computerized concordances in literary studies.

Folder 121

T.H. Howard Hill discussion of concordance challenges, 1972-1974

Copy of a paper by T.H. Howard Hill presented at a 1972 Ben Jonson Conference in Toronto, Canada, titled "Towards a Jonson Concordance: A Discussion of Texts and Problems."

Folder 122

Center for Editions of American Authors, MLA, 1970-1972

Folder 123

Center for Editions of American Authors presentation, 1971

Folder 124

South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 1971-1973

Folder 125

South Atlantic Modern Language Association presentation, 1971

Folder 126

Presentation to University of Maryland English Department Colloquia, 1971

Folder 127

Correspondence with Joseph Blotner, 1969-1974

Folder 128

Correspondence with Cleanth Brooks, 1972-1974

Folder 129

Correspondence with Frederic G. Cassidy, 1969-1974

Folder 130

Frederic G. Cassidy and Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) Project, 1967-1971 and 1975

Folder 131

Frederic G. Cassidy and Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) Project, 1987-1994

Folder 132

James B. Meriwether book reviews and critiques, 1972

Folder 133

Abstracts of dissertations directed by James B. Meriwether, 1969-1972

Folder 134

Articles by and about James B. Meriwether, 1959-1973

Folder 135

Correspondence with Michael Millgate, 1971-1974

Folder 136

Correspondence with Stephen M. Parrish, 1969-1974

Folder 137

Correspondence with Noel Polk, 1971-1974

Folder 138

Correspondence with Walter B. Rideout, 1970-1974

Folder 139

Correspondence with Albert Erskine, 1965-1974

Folder 140

Correspondence with Thomas L. McHaney, 1973-1974

Folder 141

Letters to Jill Faulkner Summers, 1973-1974

Folder 142

Correspondence with Edward Volpe, 1970-1972

Folder 143

Correspondence with John E. Bassett, 1971-1975

Folder 144

Correspondence with D.B. Emerson, 1972

Folder 145

Correspondence with Jack Capps and Richard E. Fisher, 1968-1973

Folder 146

Correspondence with Henry A. Pochmann, 1970

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About 100 items.

Notes and drafts of a document titled "Faulkner Visit Correspondence and Notices," compiled by Robert H. Moore for the United States Military Academy Library Manuscripts Collection in 1972. Materials include copies of the original correspondence between the Faulkner family and the United States Military Academy at West Point staff, press clippings, and other materials regarding William Faulkner's 1962 visit to West Point. There are also correspondence, articles, and research clippings related to the development and establishment of the William Faulkner Room at the United States Military Academy Library in 1965: drafts and copies of the 1974 essay "William Faulkner and West Point" by Jack Capps; and drafts of an essay by Robert H. Moore titled "The Faulkner Concordance and Some Implications for Textual and Linguistic Studies."

Note that Robert H. Moore's contextual notes on this group of materials are filed at the beginning of the subseries. His original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid in his original order, and folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Moore's folders have notes written on them related to the contents.

Folder 147

Robert H. Moore's notes on William Faulkner at West Point files

Typed notes by Robert H. Moore regarding the context and background of William Faulkner at West Point files.

Folder 148-149

Folder 148

Folder 149

Faulkner visit correspondence and notices, 1961-1972

Drafts and notes for a document compiled by Robert H. Moore titled "Faulkner Visit Correspondence and Notices," created for the United States Military Academy Library Manuscripts Collection in 1972. The document features a list of dates and brief descriptions of original correspondence between officials at the United States Military Academy at West Point, William Faulkner, Estelle Faulkner, and others, 1961-1962, that documents William Faulkner's 1962 visit to West Point. Includes copies of the original correspondence, marked as "working copies" for Moore.

Folder 150

Press clippings of Faulkner's visit, 1962

Folder 151

West Point's William Faulkner Room (dedicated 1965), 1965, 2012

Correspondence, articles, and research clippings related to the development and establishment of the William Faulkner Room at the United States Military Academy Library, including Jack Capps' 1965 article "West Point's William Faulkner Room," published in The Georgia Review, and copies of the invitation to and program for the Faulkner Room dedication in 1965. Also includes 2012 correspondence between Robert H. Moore and Scott T. Chancellor of the United States Military Academy at West Point regarding William Faulkner holdings at West Point.

Folder 152

Background on Faulkner at West Point

Copies of memorandum and correspondence between Albert Erskine, Joseph L. Fant, and publishers regarding the 1964 book Faulkner at West Point, edited by Fant and Robert Ashley.

Folder 153

Comparison of Faulkner at West Point audio tape and text, 1964

Notes compiled by Morey Rothenberg, undergraduate student of Robert H. Moore at the University of Maryland at College Park, on the published text Faulkner at West Point and the original audio recording of Faulkner's visit.

Folder 154

Key background on the Faulkner Concordance and the Faulkner Collection at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1972-1975

Copies of correspondence regarding the Faulkner Concordance and the William Faulkner Collection in the William Faulkner Room at the United States Military Academy Library. Also contains a draft of an inventory of the William Faulkner Collection at the United States Military Academy.

Folder 155

Drafts of Jack Capps' "Faulkner at West Point," 1972-1974

Folder 156

Drafts of "The Faulkner Concordance," 1972-1974

Drafts of an essay by Robert H. Moore titled "The Faulkner Concordance and Some Implications for Textual and Linguistic Studies."

Folder 157

"Faulkner at West Point and the Launch of the Faulkner Concordance," 19-21 April 2012

Includes text of speech by Robert H. Moore, the conference program brochure, an email to conference participants, and the 19 April 2012 issue of Pointer View.

Digital Video Disc DVD-5355/1

"Faulkner at West Point and the Launch of the Faulkner Concordance"

Includes an introduction by U.S. Army Major Deb Mann, Robert H. Moore's speech, and the question and answer period that followed.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.4. Miscellaneous William Faulkner Materials, 1935-1980, 2012-2013 (bulk 1960-1980).

About 500 items.

Correspondence, clippings, printed items, teaching materials, drafts and printed articles, excerpts of writing by William Faulkner, reproductions of archival materials, ephemera, images, and other materials related to Faulkner's life and writing. Teaching materials include bibliographies, chronologies, and genealogies of families in Faulkner's fiction, blank exams and assignments, and lecture notes created by Robert H. Moore. Also included are clippings of published stories and speeches by Faulkner, and clippings related to Faulkner's writing and his death in 1962. Printed items include brochures and pamphlets about the history and geography of Mississippi, in particular the towns of Oxford, Miss., and the fictionalized town of Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha County featured in Faulkner's work. Marjorie Silver materials chiefly relate to the first annual Faulkner Seminar in 1974, held in Oxford, Miss., and later referred to as the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. There are also photographs of locations related to Faulkner's life in Oxford, Miss.

Note that Robert H. Moore's contextual notes on this group of materials are filed at the beginning of the subseries. His original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid in his original order, and folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Moore's folders have notes written on them related to the contents.

Folder 158

Robert H. Moore's notes on miscellaneous William Faulkner files

Typed notes by Robert H. Moore regarding the context and background of miscellaneous William Faulkner files.

Folder 159

Various teaching and research material on Faulkner, 1970-1977

Clippings, printed items, bibliographies, blank exams and assignments, and lecture notes related to William Faulkner's life and fiction.

Folder 160

Various teaching and research material on Faulkner, 1950-1980

Clippings, printed items, and copies of documents related to William Faulkner. Includes a copy of Faulkner's address upon receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, December 1950. Printed items consist of the cover of the Saturday Review featuring a photograph of William Faulkner, 2 June 1962, and a postcard of the bronze bust of William Faulkner at the University of Mississippi.

Folder 161

Commentary and reflections on Faulkner, 1969-1974

Notes and drafts of essays by Robert H. Moore on William Faulkner, including "Faulkner's 'Drinking Problem': A Heretical View" and "Preliminary Report on William Faulkner as Historian." Also includes articles by others and a copy of "Faith or Fear," a commencement address delivered by William Faulkner at his daughter Jill Faulkner's graduation from Pine Manor Junior College, June 1953, with annotations by Moore.

Folder 162

William R. Ferris and others on Faulkner, 1969

Correspondence with William R. Ferris regarding research on William Faulkner, as well as a copy of "William Faulkner and Phil Stone: An Interview with Emily Stone," featuring a transcribed interview with the widow of Faulkner's close friend Phil Stone, conducted by Ferris, circa 1968.

Folder 163

West Point English seminar on "Major American Authors," 1970

Lecture notes, blank exams, and supplementary teaching materials, including bibliographies, chronologies, and genealogies related to the writing of William Faulkner.

Folder 164

Teaching materials for As I Lay Dying and Light In August, 1970-1972

Supplementary teaching materials, including chronology of William Faulkner's work and copies of speeches by Faulkner. Also includes exam and assignment forms and lecture notes.

Folder 165

Notes for teaching "Dry September," 1970-1972

Lecture notes and a copy of the short story "Dry September," with annotations by Robert H. Moore.

Folder 166

Teaching materials for Absalom, Absalom!, 1970-1972

Copies of William Faulkner's 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, chronologies and character genealogies, and other supplementary materials related to the novel Absalom, Absalom!

Folder 167

Selected Faulkner memorabilia, 1961-1972

Chiefly clippings from newspapers in Mississippi and New York, including the New York Times and Pointer View, of articles related to William Faulkner, Mississippi, race, school integration, and other issues. Correspondence regarding the locations of various papers belonging to Faulkner, and regarding the Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Lamar Society. Also includes a program for the 1972 University of Mississippi Writer's Conference, and a draft of a Faulkner bibliography by an unidentified author.

Folder 168

Saturday Review and Time cover stories on Faulkner, 1962 and 1964

Clippings of articles about William Faulkner published in the Saturday Review, 28 July 1962, and in Time magazine, 17 July 1964.

Folder 169

"Last Will and Testament of William Faulkner," 1960

Photocopy of original document.

Folder 170

Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board pamphlets and brochures, 1970

Printed items, chiefly pamphlets, brochures, and other promotional materials about the state of Mississippi, produced by the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board.

Folder 171

Phil Mullen, The Osceola Times, 1966

Original 22 December 1966 edition of The Osceola Times, of Osceola, Ark., featuring the cover story, "William Faulkner, Great Novelist, Also a Great and Gentle Man," written by Phil Mullen, a journalist and friend of Faulkner.

Folder 172

Copies of materials from the William Faulkner Collection at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1935-1963

Reproductions of original archival materials, chiefly copies of clippings related to William Faulkner, annotated with notes by Robert H. Moore. Includes copies of: "William Faulkner and His South" by Robert Penn Warren, presented at the Peters Rushton Seminar in Contemporary Prose and Poetry at the University of Virginia, 13 March 1951; "The Death of William Faulkner" by Hughes Rudd, published in the Saturday Evening Post, July 1963; "Contemporary Portraits: William Faulkner" by W.J.V. Hofman in Literary America, March 1935, and featuring a full-page sketch of Faulkner by Herbert Fouts; "With Faulkner in Japan" by Gay Wilson Allen in The American Scholar, circa 1962; and other articles and tributes to Faulkner by Sidney Alexander, Harvey Breit, Anthony Buttita, and Edith Hamilton.

Folder 173

The Oxford Eagle

Original 22 April 1965 "William Faulkner Souvenir Edition" of The Oxford Eagle, including a cover story about the start of the 1965 Southern Literary Festival at the University of Mississippi, and a section of reprinted articles from 12 July 1962 following William Faulkner's death.

Folder 174

Mississippi Library Commission: Material on Faulkner, Oxford, and Mississippi, 1971

Printed items and copies of clippings related to William Faulkner and to the town of Oxford, Miss. Materials were sent to Robert H. Moore from Mary Love, Director of the Mississippi Library Commission, 28 May 1971. Printed items include pamphlets produced by various state agencies on the history and geography of Mississippi, including brochures for Civil War centennial events, antebellum pilgrimage events, guides to historic homes and memorials, state parks and historic sites, and other information.

Folder 175

Miscellaneous Faulkner materials, 1970-1974

Chiefly receipts of library orders of the Faulkner Concordance Newsletter, and isolated correspondence and survey drafts related to Robert H. Moore's dissertation research.

Folder 176-179

Folder 176

Folder 177

Folder 178

Folder 179

Marjorie Silver Faulkner materials, 1974

Correspondence, clippings, excerpts of William Faulkner writings, printed items, maps, and ephemera chiefly related to the first annual Faulkner Seminar in 1974, later referred to as the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, and generally related to the towns of Oxford, Miss., Falkner, Miss., and the fictionalized Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha County featured in Faulkner's work. Correspondence includes one postcard from Marjorie Silver in Oxford, Miss., to Robert H. Moore, in addition to isolated other messages from Faulkner scholars. Ephemera includes blank stationery, deposit receipts, and matchbook from the Bank of Falkner in Falkner, Miss.; a plastic bag from the University of Mississippi, or "Ole Miss" book store; and a paper bag from the menswear store Duvall's in Oxford, Miss. Printed items include a Faulkner Seminar orientation brochure with a map of the University of Mississippi; an insert from The Commercial Appeal featuring the story, "Oxford, Miss.: The New Spirit," 9 June 1974; a brochure with a brief biography of John Wesley Thompson Faulkner III, William Faulkner's brother; and a program for a theatrical adaptation of William Faulkner's story That Evening Sun by the University of Mississippi Department of English, among other materials.

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Photographs from Marjorie Silver Faulkner materials, 1974

Color snapshots taken at various locations related to the life of William Faulkner, chiefly in Oxford, Miss. Locations include Faulkner's home "Rowan Oak," the Oxford cemetery, and the Presbyterian church where Faulkner was married. Also includes a snapshot of local Oxford resident Motee Daniels. Most photographs include notes by Robert H. Moore written on the back.

Folder 180-181

Folder 180

Folder 181

Faulkneriana

Clippings, research materials, and correspondence related to William Faulkner. Includes correspondence between Katherine L. Compton and Robert H. Moore regarding Moore's dissertation research. Also includes two copies of the Last Will and Testament of William Faulkner; a signed book review by Walter B. Rideout. Clippings include a 1962 issue of the Saturday Review, featuring a cover story on William Faulkner; a 1965 issue of The Saturday Evening Post with the Faulkner story "Mr. Acarius"; several copies of 22 April 1965 "William Faulkner Souvenir Edition" of The Oxford Eagle, with cover story about the 1965 Southern Literary Festival and a section of reprinted articles from 12 July 1962 about William Faulkner's death; the program brochure for the 2012 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference: "Fifty Years after Faulkner"; and a 2013 Wall Street Journal article about Faulkner's literary estate.

Folder 182

Faulkneriana: Faulkner's death

Clippings of newspaper articles related to the death of William Faulkner in 1962.

Folder 183

Faulkneriana: The Reivers

Clippings, including William Faulkner's story "Hell Creek Crossing," published in The Saturday Evening Post, 31 March 1962, and reviews of Faulkner's novel The Reivers in the New York Herald Tribune, 27 May 1962, the Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 1962, and The New York Times, 4 June 1962. Also contains a black and white print of a William Faulkner caricature by Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias, taken from a catalog.

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About 400 items.

Chiefly correspondence and research materials related to journalist and author Willie Morris, largely relating to Morris's career in New York, N.Y., as editor of Harper's magazine, and to his novels North Toward Home (1967) and The Last of the Southern Girls (1973). Materials include correspondence, clippings, and notes related to an interview with Morris conducted by Robert H. Moore in 1970 and published in the Mississippi Review in 1974 as "The Last Months at Harper's: Willie Morris in Conversation." Chief correspondents include James Dickey, Willie Morris, Albert Murray, George Plimpton, and Gordon Weaver. Clippings include articles written by and about Willie Morris, collected as background research for Moore's writing and teaching about Morris. Teaching materials include lecture notes and discussion handouts collected by Moore for courses on southern literature taught at the University of Maryland, circa 1974.

Note that Robert H. Moore's contextual notes on this group of materials are filed at the beginning of the subseries. His original folder titles have been retained in the finding aid in his original order, and folders are included with manuscript materials. Some of Moore's folders have notes written on them related to the contents.

Folder 184

Robert H. Moore's notes on Willie Morris files

Typed notes by Robert H. Moore regarding the context and background of Willie Morris files.

Folder 185

Willie Morris luncheon meeting, New York City, 1970

Notes and correspondence regarding a lunch meeting with Godfrey Hodgson, Robert H. Moore, and Albert Murray, organized by Willie Morris.

Folder 186

Original text and drafts of Willie Morris interview, 1970-1974

Folder 187

Willie Morris at Harper's, 1970-1971

Clippings, printed items, and isolated correspondence related to Willie Morris's career at Harper's magazine and to his resignation in 1971.

Folder 188

Willie Morris interview in Mississippi Review, 1974

Correspondence, drafts, and notes regarding article and interview by Robert H. Moore with Willie Morris published in the Mississippi Review in 1974.

Folder 189

Correspondence with Willie Morris, James Dickey, Albert Murray, and George Plimpton, 1970-1974

Folder 190

Correspondence with Gordon Weaver, 1974

Folder 191

Editorial responses to Willie Morris interview drafts, 1971-1974

Folder 192

Background material on Willie Morris columns, articles, and interviews, 1970-1975

Folder 193

Teaching notes and background on North Toward Home, 1970-1973

Folder 194

Willie Morris's "Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town," 1971

Article published in Harper's magazine.

Folder 195

Willie Morris's novel The Last of the Southern Girls, 1973

Folder 196

Willie Morris in Washington, D.C., 1976

Materials related to Willie Morris's appointment as writer-in-residence at The Washington Star.

Folder 197

Complete file of correspondence with Willie Morris, 1970-1974

Folder 198

Complete file of correspondence with James Dickey, Albert Murray, and George Plimpton, 1974

Folder 199

Student handouts for discussing North Toward Home, 1974

Folder 200

Other discussion materials for North Toward Home, 1974

Folder 201

Other Willie Morris materials, 2012-2013

Isolated clippings and printed items related to Willie Morris and William Faulkner.

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