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| Size | About 13,500 items (28.5 linear feet). |
| Abstract | Henry Maxwell Steele, known as Max Steele, was an author, professor of English, director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and advisory editor at the "Paris Review" and at "Story" magazine. Steele was raised in Greenville, S.C., and earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina. The collection contains the correspondence, subject files, clippings, family papers, photographs, writings, and other related materials of Max Steele, as well as papers of Jessie Rehder. Correspondence and Related Materials document Steele's personal and professional life, and consist chiefly of letters with family, friends, publishers, editors, literary agents, writers, and faculty, administrators, and former students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are also reviews, contracts, royalty reports, and promotional materials. Subject Files chiefly relate to the UNC-Chapel Hill English and Creative Writing departments, the Writer-in-Residence program, classes, lectures, workshops, and department personnel. Other files contain professional correspondence, publications, and materials documenting conferences and public speaking engagements. Writings by Max Steele include drafts and published versions of short stories, novels, children's books, speeches, articles, and reviews. Writings by Others include drafts and published versions of short stories, novels, and articles written by Steele's associates and former students. Clippings relate primarily to Steele's writing and teaching career and were collected by or sent to him. Family Papers, circa 1926-2004, include financial, real estate, and legal documents. Other Papers include address books, planners, notebooks, printed items, travel materials, and an audiocassette of an oral history with Doris Betts recorded by Steele in 1999. Photographs include portraits and snapshots of Steele, family, friends, and students. Jessie Rehder Papers include clippings, correspondence, notes, photographs, drafts of writings by Rehder and others, and materials about the UNC-Chapel Hill Creative Writing Department and Writer-in-Residence program. Collected Letters and Other Items include documents and letters from prominent figures, including Flannery O'Connor, T.H. White, and Eleanor Roosevelt, that were collected by Steele. |
| Creator | Steele, Max, 1922-2005. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Revisions: Finding aid updated in November, 2012 by Danielle Fasig and Virginia Ferris because of processing.
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Henry Maxwell Steele, more familiarly known as Max Steele, was an author, professor of English, and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Max Steele was born 20 March 1922, to John M. and Minnie Russell Steele in Greenville, S.C. He was the youngest of eight children. His siblings were brothers Jack, Russell, and Mills, and sisters Mary Adams, Grace Prevost, Sarah Purser, and Frances, who never married. He was married to Diana Whittinghall in 1960, though they divorced twenty years later. He had two sons, Oliver and Kevin, who were born in 1966 and 1969 respectively. Through his son Oliver he also had two grandchildren named Charlotte and Miles.
Max Steele studied at Furman University from 1939 to 1941; the University of North Carolina in 1942 and again in 1946, when he earned his B.A.; Vanderbilt University from 1943 to 1944, where he studied meteorology for the army; the Academie Julienne from 1951 to 1952; and the Sorbonne from 1952 to 1955. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II as a meteorologist and was stationed at various places in the United States and South America during the course of the war.
His first short story, "Grandfather and the Chow Dog," was published in Harper's in 1944. He continued to write, with varying intensity, throughout his life. His numerous short stories were published in many magazines, including the Atlantic, Harper's, the New Yorker, Collier's, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, McCall's, Esquire, Discovery, and various quarterly reviews. His first novel, Debby, won the 1950 Harper's Book Prize and was sponsored by the Eugene Saxton Memorial Trust. He also won the O'Henry Prize Stories twice, once in 1955 for "The Wanton Troopers" and again in 1969 for "Color the Daydream Yellow". His novel Debby was reprinted in 1960 under the title The Goblins Must Go Barefoot. "The Cat and the Coffee Drinkers" was published in 1969. He also published three collections of short stories: Where She Brushed Her Hair in 1968, The Hat of My Mother in 1988, and The House of Their Childhood in 1996. He was an advisory editor at the Paris Review from 1951 on, an advisory editor at Story from 1988 to 1997, and a contributing editor at the same from 1999 to 2000.
Max Steele began his teaching career in 1956, when he became a lecturer at the University of North Carolina. From 1962 to 1964 he was a lecturer at the University of California, San Francisco extension. He returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966 as the Writer-in-Residence. He became an associate professor in 1968 and a full professor in 1972. Following the death of Jessie Rehder in 1967, Steele became the director of the Creative Writing Program at the University. With the assistance of other professors, including Daphne Athas and Doris Betts, Steele developed the Creative Writing Program into one of the strongest in the nation. He acted as an advisor and mentor to many young authors, including Randall Kenan, Jill McCorkle, Melanie Sumner, Charles Young, and Lawrence Naumoff. Steele retired from the University in 1987, though he continued to participate in the writing community through speeches, conferences, association memberships, and lectures through the end of his life. Max Steele died on 1 August 2005.
Jessie Rehder was a friend and associate of Max Steele. She taught writing at the University of North Carolina from 1947 until her death and was the first woman to be granted tenure in the English Department. Like Max Steele, Rehder was also a writer and published several novels, short stories, poems, and a textbook.
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The collection includes Correspondence and Related Materials, Subject Files, Writings by Max Steele and others, Clippings, Family Papers, Other Papers, and Photographs, as well as Jessie Rehder Papers. Correspondence and Related Materials consists of letters with family, publishers, editors, literary agents, writers, friends, faculty, administrators, and Steele's former students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Major correspondents include UNC-Chapel Hill colleagues Daphne Athas, Doris Betts, and Jessie Rehder; other writers, literary agents, editors, and friends James Cox, Mac Hyman, Marian Ives, Lucie Jessner, George Plimpton, and Lois Rosenthal; and former students Randall Kenan, Jill McCorkle, Lawrence Naumoff, and Melanie Sumner. Related materials include reviews, contracts, royalty reports, and promotional materials that were attached with correspondence files. Subject files relate primarily to Steele's career at UNC-Chapel Hill, and include files for the English and Creative Writing departments, the Writer-in-Residence program, classes, lectures, workshops, department personnel, professional correspondence separated by Steele, and other topics related to his teaching career. There are also subject files related to Steele's publications, conferences, and public speaking engagements.
Writings by Max Steele include drafts and published versions of short stories, novels, children's books, speeches, articles, and reviews. There are also a scrapbook of clippings related to Steele's first novel Debby and an audiocassette of selected short stories from The Hat of My Mother . Writings by Others include drafts, printed versions of short stories, and novels by friends, associates, and former students. Clippings relate primarily to Steele's writing and teaching career and were collected by or sent to him.
Family Papers, circa 1926-2004, include financial, real estate, and legal documents. Other Papers, circa 1939-2004, include address books, planners, and notebooks collected throughout Steele's life. There are printed items, papers relating to friends and coworkers, travel materials from Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and other destinations in Europe and North America. There is also an audiocassette containing an oral history of Doris Betts recorded on 30 May 1999 by Max Steele. Photographs include portraits and snapshots of Max Steele, family, friends, and students, circa 1870-2004.
Jessie Rehder Papers include clippings, correspondence, notes, photographs, drafts of writings by Rehder and others, author contact lists, and materials about the UNC-Chapel Hill Creative Writing Department and Writer-in-Residence program. Rehder was an author and professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, and preceded Steele as director of the Creative Writing Department. Her papers were passed to Max Steele upon her death in 1967.
Collected Letters and Other Items include documents and letters from prominent figures, including Flannery O'Connor, T.H. White, and Eleanor Roosevelt, that were collected by Steele.
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Series 1. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1942-2005.
Chiefly correspondence with publishers, editors, literary agents, writers, and friends. Family correspondence is concentrated in the 1940s and 1950s and is scattered for later decades. After 1966, correspondents include faculty, administrators, and former students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Major correspondents include Alice Adams, Doris Betts, and Marian Ives. There is also significant correspondence with Daphne Athas, John Auchard, James Cox, Meta Eppler Gilpatrick, Oakley Hall, Mac Hyman, Lucie Jessner, George Plimpton, Jessie Rehder, Lois Rosenthal, and Melanie Sumner. Related materials include reviews, contracts and royalty reports, newspaper and magazine clippings, and promotional materials.
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Subseries 1.1. 1942-1945.
Correspondence, 1942-1945, is largely Max Steele and his family writing to each other. During this period, Steele and his family lived in many different places, both in and out of the country. His mother was in Greenville, S.C., his brother Mills Steele was largely stationed on the USS Bataan in the Pacific, but everyone else moved around a fair bit Letters focus on Steele's studies and then life in the army, the impact of the war on his family's life in the United States as well as overseas, other family matters, travel, and the beginning of Steele's career as a writer. Several letters from April 1945 document the family's reactions to President Roosevelt's death. The family appears to have bundled letters together and mailed them around to each other, which would account for why Steele has so many letters that are neither to nor from him, but rather family members and their friends. There is also correspondence between Steele and his literary agent Marian Ives and with Kay Gauss of Harper's regarding short stories.
Folder 1-2
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Correspondence, 1942 |
Folder 3-7
Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7 |
Correspondence, 1943 |
Folder 8-19
Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19 |
Correspondence, 1944 |
Folder 20-28
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Correspondence, 1945 |
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Subseries 1.2. 1946-1949.
Correspondence, 1946-1949, is primarily between Max Steele and his literary agent Marian Ives, and documents her efforts to publish Steele's short stories in various magazines and their in-depth discussions about his first novel Debby. Other literary correspondence is between Steele and publishers and authors including Daphne Athas, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Betty Smith about Debby. There is also some scattered correspondence with family and friends.
Folder 29-32
Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
Correspondence, 1946 |
Folder 33-37
Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37 |
Correspondence, 1947 |
Folder 38-40
Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40 |
Correspondence, 1948 |
Folder 41-45
Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
Correspondence, 1949 |
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Subseries 1.3. 1950-1954.
Correspondence, 1950-1954, is chiefly with other writers, including Betty Smith and Marian Ives, following the publication of Max Steele's first novel Debby in 1950. Other materials related to Debby are included, such as reviews of the book, publicity events, and contracts with Harper and Row. There is also correspondence with friends, including Joe Campbell, James Cox, and Mac Hyman, as well as family, literary agents, and other writers while Steele is working for the Paris Review.
Folder 46-57
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Correspondence, 1950 |
Folder 58-59
Folder 58Folder 59 |
Correspondence, 1951 |
Folder 60-61
Folder 60Folder 61 |
Correspondence, 1952 |
Folder 62-63
Folder 62Folder 63 |
Correspondence, 1953 |
Folder 64-65
Folder 64Folder 65 |
Correspondence, 1954 |
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Subseries 1.4. 1955-1959.
Correspondence, 1955-1959, is fairly evenly divided between family, friends, and various literary agents and publishers. Towards the end of this period correspondence is dominated by family and friends, including Alice Adams, Pat and Nanno DeGroot, Evan Connell, Mac Hyman, Lucie Jessner, Eugene Jones, Jessie Rehder, and Leon Rooke. There is also scattered correspondence with publishers and agents regarding Steele's current writing projects and potential film adaptations of his work.
Folder 66-67
Folder 66Folder 67 |
Correspondence, 1955 |
Folder 68-69
Folder 68Folder 69 |
Correspondence, 1956 |
Folder 70-71
Folder 70Folder 71 |
Correspondence, 1957 |
| Folder 72 |
Correspondence, 1958 |
Folder 73-75
Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75 |
Correspondence, 1959 |
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Subseries 1.4. 1960-1965.
Correspondence, 1960-1965, primarily relates to Max Steele's personal life and his writing. Correspondents include Alice Adams, Evan Connell, Pat DeGroot, Mac Hyman, Lucie Jessner, Eugene Jones, Jessie Rehder, and Leon Rooke, as well as Steele's family. Scattered correspondence with publishers and agents begins to increase after 1962.
Folder 76-80
Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
Correspondence, 1960 |
Folder 81-85
Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85 |
Correspondence, 1961 |
Folder 86-87
Folder 86Folder 87 |
Correspondence, 1962 |
Folder 88-91
Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91 |
Correspondence, 1963 |
Folder 92-94
Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94 |
Correspondence, 1964 |
Folder 95-97
Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97 |
Correspondence, 1965 |
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Subseries 1.5. 1966-1969.
Correspondence, 1966-1969, is both literary and personal. For the first part of this period, correspondence chiefly relates to the reissue of Max Steele's novel Debby in paperback form, with the new title The Goblins Must Go Barefoot . From 1968 onward, there is a large amount of correspondence related to the creative writing program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including correspondence with prospective students, guest lecturers, and faculty. There is correspondence with publishers and editors, as well as with Steele's former literary agent Marian Ives and his current agent Elizabeth McKee. There is also correspondence with family and friends, including Alice Adams, Daphne Athas, Doris Betts, William Blackburn, Kay Boyle, Evan Connell, Blair Fuller, Meta Eppler Gilpatrick, Herbert Gold, Nancy Hale, Robert Peterson, and Reynolds Price, regarding Steele's personal life and his work.
Folder 98-101
Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101 |
Correspondence, 1966 |
Folder 102-104
Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104 |
Correspondence, 1967 |
Folder 105-108
Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108 |
Correspondence, 1968 |
Folder 109-112
Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112 |
Correspondence, 1969 |
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Subseries 1.6. 1970-1974.
Correspondence, 1970-1974, relates primarily to Max Steele's work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to his personal life, and to his writing. There is correspondence with various writers and faculty inviting Steele to participate in conferences and guest lectures, including the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. There is correspondence with editors and publishers at Harper and Row, as well as with his former literary agents Marian Ives and Elizabeth McKee, and with his new agent Phyllis Seidel. There is also scattered correspondence with family and regular correspondence with friends, including Alice Adams, Doris Betts, Kay Boyle, Blair Fuller, Constance Garneau, Meta Eppler Gilpatrick, Oakley Hall, William Maxwell, Reynolds Price, Leon Rooke, Roger Rutledge, and Elizabeth Spencer.
Folder 113-116
Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116 |
Correspondence, 1970 |
Folder 117-120
Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
Correspondence, 1971 |
Folder 121-124
Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124 |
Correspondence, 1972 |
Folder 125-126
Folder 125Folder 126 |
Correspondence, 1973 |
Folder 127-128
Folder 127Folder 128 |
Correspondence, 1974 |
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Subseries 1.7. 1975-1979.
Correspondence, 1975-1979, includes many letters exchanged between Max Steele and his former literary agent Marian Ives and his current literary agent Phyllis Seidel, regarding efforts to publish his stories in various magazines and short story collections. There is scattered correspondence with publishers and writers seeking publicity quotes or writing advice from Steele. Correspondence with family regarding Steele's personal life increases beginning in 1978. There is also correspondence with friends including Alice Adams, John Adler, Daphnes Athas, Joady Battuello, Doris Betts, Evan Connell, Jill Fox, Blair Fuller, Constance Garneau, Oakley Hall, Pati Hill, Lucie Jessner, Russell Lynes, Pat Mancini, Jessie Schell, and Walter Zwarich.
Folder 129-131
Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131 |
Correspondence, 1975 |
Folder 132-135
Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135 |
Correspondence, 1976 |
Folder 136-139
Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139 |
Correspondence, 1977 |
Folder 140-143
Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143 |
Correspondence, 1978 |
Folder 144-145
Folder 144Folder 145 |
Correspondence, 1979 |
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Subseries 1.8. 1980-1984.
Correspondence, 1980-1984, is with other writers seeking advice and from creative writing professors inviting Steele to contribute to conferences and publications. Scattered correspondence with Steele's family relates to his personal life, health, and travel. There is correspondence with friends such as Marian Ives, Alice Adams, Joady Battuello, Evan Connell, Blair Fuller, Reynolds Price, Doris Betts, Daphne Athas, Jill Fox, Pat McNees, Walter Zwarich, William Maxwell, and John Adler. During this period there is more correspondence with new friends and former students, including Pratt Adams, Jeff Andresen, Irene Archibald, John Auchard, Roma Blackburn, Tommy Hays, Katy Munger, Peggy Nowack, Jack Ryan, Lee Smith, Mary Lee Settle Tazewell, Salina Watson, and Bill and Martha Wrenn.
Folder 146-151
Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151 |
Correspondence, 1980 |
Folder 152-156
Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156 |
Correspondence, 1981 |
Folder 157-162
Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162 |
Correspondence, 1982 |
Folder 163-166
Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166 |
Correspondence, 1983 |
| Folder 167 |
Correspondence, 1984 |
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Subseries 1.9. 1985-1993.
Correspondence, 1985-1993, documents the significant increase in speaking engagements, awards, and foreign travel that followed Max Steele's retirement in 1986. There is some correspondence with Wendy Weil, Steele's new literary agent at the Julian Bach Literary Agency, and with publishers and editors at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, regarding publishing Steele's stories in magazines and short story collections. There is correspondence with friends relating to Steele's retirement, travel, and health, with letters from Alice Adams, Jeff Andresen, Daphne Athas, Doris Betts, Evan Connell, Starkey Flythe, Jill Fox, Kaye Gibbons, William Maxwell, Louis Rubin, Lee Smith, and Ellen Wright. There is also correspondence with young writers and former students, including John Auchard, Molly Giles, Amy Hempel, Randall Kenan, Lawrence Naumoff, and Melanie Sumner.
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Correspondence, 1985 |
Folder 169-170
Folder 169Folder 170 |
Correspondence, 1986 |
Folder 171-172
Folder 171Folder 172 |
Correspondence, 1987 |
Folder 173-179
Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179 |
Correspondence, 1988 |
Folder 180-181
Folder 180Folder 181 |
Correspondence, 1989 |
Folder 182-183
Folder 182Folder 183 |
Correspondence, 1990 |
Folder 184-185
Folder 184Folder 185 |
Correspondence, 1991 |
Folder 186-188
Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188 |
Correspondence, 1992 |
| Folder 189 |
Correspondence, 1993 |
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Subseries 1.10. 1994-1999.
Correspondence 1994-1999, includes many letters from Lois Rosenthal, the editor of Story magazine, where Steele served on the editorial board. Their correspondence focused on editorial business at the magazine and short story submissions. There is also correspondence with editors at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, regarding the publication of Steele's stories in various magazine and collections, and with Louisiana State University about a new edition of the novel Debby. There is also correspondence about various awards and speaking engagements that Steele attended. There are isolated letters from old friends such as Evan Connell, Oakley Hall, and George Plimpton. There is more correspondence from friends and former students, including Robert Anderson, Jeff Andresen, Christopher Brookhouse, Evan Connell, Angela Davis-Gardner, Starkey Flythe, Amy Hempel, Ben Morreale, Lawrence Naumoff, and Melanie Sumner.
Folder 190-191
Folder 190Folder 191 |
Correspondence, 1994 |
Folder 192-194
Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
Correspondence, 1995 |
Folder 195-196
Folder 195Folder 196 |
Correspondence, 1996 |
Folder 197-198
Folder 197Folder 198 |
Correspondence, 1997 |
| Folder 199 |
Correspondence, 1998 |
| Folder 200 |
Correspondence, 1999 |
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Subseries 1.11. 2000-2005.
Correspondence, 2000-2005, is with editors at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill about publishing Max Steele's stories in magazines and short story collections. Other correspondence relates to travel and speaking engagements. There is scattered correspondence with family and friends, including Jeff Andresen, Joady Battuello, Alex Blackburn, Evan Connell, Lois Harvey, Amy Hempel, Dan MacMillan, and Lois and Richard Rosenthal. In a letter following the attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, Jeff Andresen described the impact of the event on his family in Manhattan.
Folder 201-202
Folder 201Folder 202 |
Correspondence, 2000 |
| Folder 203 |
Correspondence, 2001 |
| Folder 204 |
Correspondence, 2002 |
| Folder 205 |
Correspondence, 2003 |
Folder 206-207
Folder 206Folder 207 |
Correspondence, 2004 |
| Folder 208 |
Correspondence, 2005 |
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Subseries 1.12. Correspondence, undated.
Correspondence, undated, is with editors, publishers, agents, writers, friends, former students, and family.
| Folder 209 |
Correspondence: Alice Adams, circa 1950s-1990s |
Folder 210-211
Folder 210Folder 211 |
Correspondence: Doris Betts, circa 1960s-1990sLetters relate mainly to the creative writing program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Folder 212-213
Folder 212Folder 213 |
Correspondence, circa 1940s |
Folder 214-217
Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217 |
Correspondence, circa 1950s |
Folder 218-220
Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220 |
Correspondence, circa 1960s |
| Folder 221 |
Correspondence, circa 1970s |
Folder 222-223
Folder 222Folder 223 |
Correspondence, circa 1980s |
Folder 224-225
Folder 224Folder 225 |
Correspondence, circa 1990s |
| Folder 226 |
Undated correspondence, circa 2000s |
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Series 2. Subject Files, 1952-2004.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Subject Files, 1952-2004, primarily relate to Max Steele's career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and as a writer. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill materials include files on various aspects of the English and Creative Writing departments, class preparation materials, lectures and workshops, department personnel, correspondence with other professors and writers, the Writer-in-Residence program, and other related topics. There are also files on talks given, conferences attended, awards received, and information about preparing manuscripts for publication. For the most part, original file titles have been retained.
| Folder 227 |
Academy of American Poets, 1967-1973Includes a college poetry award program, prizes, contests, lists of winners, a flyer, and an announcement. |
| Folder 228 |
Associated Writing Programs: Correspondence and newsletters, 1968-1970Correspondence is with faculty at the Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about creative writing at the University and with professors at other universities concering association policies, funds, and the end of The Young Writer at Chapel Hill literary magazine. |
Folder 229-230
Folder 229Folder 230 |
Breadloaf Writer's Conference, Middlebury, Vt., 1956-1966Includes a pamphlet about the conference, letters from Max Steele to faculty at Middlebury and Breadloaf, and correspondence with various writers. |
| Folder 231 |
Canyon Films, 1955-1956Correspondence concerning payment for the script, revisions, and psychological analyses of the characters in Max Steele's short story "Captain of the White Yacht." |
| Folder 232 |
Children's Literature Association newsletters, 1974-1975 |
Folder 233-235
Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235 |
ConferencesMaterials from North Carolina Writers' Network, South Carolina Writers' Conference, Southern Festival of Books, Bennington College, and the College of Charleston including correspondence with conference planners, contact lists, brochures, and preparatory materials relating to the conferences. |
| Folder 236 |
Contracts, 1952-1955Contracts for short stories and a few cover letters. |
Folder 237-238
Folder 237Folder 238 |
The creative process, 1961Typescript of a talk by W. McNeil Lowry called "The University and the Creative Arts." Also contains articles, pamphlets, a committee report about scholarships with students showing promise in creative work, a report of the fine arts advisory committee, and other documents about creativity on campus, creativity in general, and supporting students in the creative arts. |
Folder 239-242
Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242 |
Creative Writing Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973-1981Letters, clippings, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents are sorted alphabetically according to the name of the individual or organization. |
| Folder 243 |
Cummings, E. E., 1908Photocopies of notes and drawings by E.E. Cummings. |
| Folder 244 |
Fine Arts Alumni Assembly, 1968Includes documents relating to committees and panels, a program, and a report of the subcommittee on the fine arts. This appears to have been a multidisciplinary group of people involved in fine arts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that hosted programs for students and promoted the arts at the University. |
| Folder 245 |
Fine Arts Festival, 1957-1961Correspondence relating to Max Steele's participation in judging writing entries for the festival and his attendance. |
| Folder 246 |
Harmon, William, 1970sLetters from and typescript poems by William Harmon sent to Max Steele. |
Folder 247-249
Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249 |
HumorPhotocopies, emails, and faxes of jokes, cartoons, anecdotes, and other similar materials. These may have been used for Max Steele's English 28H class. |
Folder 250-254
Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254 |
Jessie Rehder Fund, 1967-1975Includes correspondence concerning the establishment of the fund, instructions for entrants, congratulations for winners, and thank you notes and instructions for donors; receipts; information about donors; and publicity materials for the contest and the fund. |
| Folder 255 |
Jessner, Lucie, 1954-1981Correspondence with Lucie Jesnner, a psychiatry professor who collaborated with the Creative Writing Department, regarding short stories written by Max Steele. Also contains memorial materials following her death. |
| Folder 256 |
National Endowment for the Arts, 1966-1968Correspondence regarding talented new writers and the distribution of grant money for these writers and letters of congratulations to those awarded grants. |
| Folder 257 |
Orthopsychiatric speechReprint requests for Max Steele's presentation, "The Cool Voice," which he gave at an orthopsychiatric conference; also includes conference schedules. |
| Folder 258 |
Publicity, 1966-2002Includes pamphlets, fliers, and clippings advertising books by Max Steele or events featuring him. |
| Folder 259 |
Readings, 1974-1977Letters about upcoming or planned readings, seeking Max Steele's participation in them. |
| Folder 260 |
Speakers, 1977Information about speaking engagements of Max Steele and others. |
Folder 261-262
Folder 261Folder 262 |
Squaw Valley Community of Writers, 1989-1993Programs, materials about the sessions, schedules, and other related materials. |
| Folder 263 |
University of California, San Francisco extension, Creative Writing Department, 1963-1964Notices of organization of class, academic program booklets, and memoranda. |
| Folder 264 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1955-1965Letters about other writers and their work, stipends given to Max Steele, acknowledgement of gifts Steele gave to the University, description of courses, and letters informing Steele of his appointment. Also contains correspondence relating to Steele's activities during this period, including professional advice and discussions of his courses. |
| Folder 265 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969-1971Correspondence with faculty at other North Carolina universities about their creative writing programs. |
| Folder 266 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Bennington LecturesMainly photocopies, which also may have been used for class preparation. |
| Folder 267 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Course materialsIncludes syllabi, reading lists, and assignment descriptions for several of his classes. A few of the materials do not obviously indicate which class they were for, but most do. Courses include English 23, 29, 34, 35, 47, and 49. Also includes instructor evaluation statistics for Max Steele. |
Folder 268-269
Folder 268Folder 269 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Course preparation materialsIncludes humorous items, stories, articles, and related materials, most of which are photocopies. They appear to have been used either as class hand-outs or planning materials. |
Folder 270-271
Folder 270Folder 271 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Creative Writing Department materialsIncludes memorandum, committee notes, student clubs, and a history of the department with notes by Jessie Rehder. |
| Folder 272 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Creative Writing WorkshopMainly photocopies, which may also have been used for class preparation. |
| Folder 273 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, English 28H: Funny evaluationsAnonymous student evaluations of Max Steele and his American humor course. |
| Folder 274 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: English 28H materialsMaterials`relating to preparation for his English 28H class. |
| Folder 275 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: RetirementCorrespondence and other materials relating to Max Steele's retirement from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
| Folder 276 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Staff inter-officeIncludes letters, copies of other writers' stories, staff lists, and copies of Max Steele's vitae. |
| Folder 277 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Talk materialsOutline for an extended talk Max Steele (and perhaps others) gave that included several of his short stories; copies of the short stories are included. |
Folder 278-279
Folder 278Folder 279 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Writer-in-Residence, 1968-1969, 1977Correspondence about the Writer-in-Residence program. |
Folder 280-282
Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282 |
Writing processIncludes lists of authors and stories, notes, articles, and information about publishing; also contains photocopies of "short shorts" collected by Max Steele. |
| Folder 283 |
Loose papers: Plans and proposalsPlans or proposals for projects written by Curt Gentry, Daphne Athas, Doris Betts, and Tim McLaurin. Note: These materials arrived at the repository unsorted and were placed together by processing staff. |
Folder 284-285
Folder 284Folder 285 |
Loose papers: Poems and writingsIncludes articles, documents about writing, and poems, primarily by writers Max Steele did not appear to know personally, as well as photocopies of card catalogs. Some are photocopies and others are typed. Note: These materials arrived at the repository unsorted and were placed together by processing staff. |
| Folder 286 |
Loose papers: Writers and professorsLists and brief biographies of fellow writers and professors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and of writers living in North Carolina. Lists are organized by institution or by "literary merit." Note: These materials arrived at the repository unsorted and were placed together by processing staff. |
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Series 3. Writings, 1939-2000s.
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Subseries 3.1. Writings by Max Steele, 1942-2000s.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by title.
Drafts and printed versions of short stories, novels, children's books, speeches, articles, and reviews written by Max Steele. Printed versions include offprints, journal and magazine pages, and photocopies. There are drafts of Steele's novel Debby; galleys, manuscripts, and drafts of his story "The Cat and the Coffee Drinkers"; drafts and galleys of his short story collection The Hat of My Mother; and drafts of his other collections, Where She Brushed her Hair and The House of their Childhood. Many of the short stories, novels, and other works included here may not have been published. There is also a scrapbook of clippings relating to Debby and an audiotape of selected shorts from The Hat of my Mother. Files contain drafts, except where noted.
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Subseries 3.2. Other Writings by Max Steele, 1939-2000s.
Notes, fragments of short stories, schoolwork, and drafts of early writings while Max Steele was a student at Furman University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina.
Folder 413-415
Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415 |
Early writings, 1939-1944Drafts of various novels and short stories written while Max Steele was a student at Furman University and Vanderbilt University. |
| Folder 416 |
Hill, IrisMaterials relating to a review of an Iris Hill book, including both a draft and clipping of the review. |
| Folder 417 |
Jessie Rehder, 1967Memorial by Max Steele called "To the Memory of Jessie Clifford Rehder." |
| Folder 418 |
Reviews by Max Steele |
| Folder 419 |
Reviews of Max Steele writings |
| Folder 420 |
Speeches and articlesSpeeches and articles prepared for the Red Clay Reader, the 1968 Alumni Arts Assembly, and the 1977 "Introduction to a Reading," Prize Stories 1976 review. |
| Folder 421 |
Untitled novel, chapters 2-7 |
| Folder 422 |
Unititled poems |
| Folder 423 |
Untitled short stories |
| Folder 424 |
Untitled talkTalk begins "Sad in January when I could not be here..." |
| Folder 425 |
FragmentsPortions of works, most of which are unidentified. |
| Folder 426 |
NotesPrimarily about preparing short story collections for publication. |
Folder 427-428
Folder 427Folder 428 |
Novel beginnings |
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Subseries 3.3. Writings by Others, 1944-2000s.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Drafts and printed versions of short stories and novels by other authors, including friends, associates, and former students. Many of these stories were sent to Max Steele by Lois Rosenthal of Story magazine. Authors include Alice Adams, Daphne Athas, Doris Betts, Kay Boyle, William DeBuys, Allan Gurganus, William Harmon, Wallace Kaufman, Lawrence Naumoff, Jessie Rehder, and Charles Young.
| Folder 429 |
Aaron, Chester |
Adams, Alice"Alternatives,""At First Sight: Love and Liking, a Memoir,""Shock Treatment," and "A Very Nice Dog." |
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Adler, Emma Morel |
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Apple, Jessica |
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Athas, DaphnePrinted version of "Ode to Vivien Leigh." |
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Folder 430-433
Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
Barlow, Dan |
Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
Bates, Paulette |
Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
Betts, DorisPrinted versions of "The Boiling Wolf," "Brief Prose, Long Subjects," and a review of Souls Raised from the Dead, and a typescript Sharp Teeth of Love. |
Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
Blackburn, Alexander |
Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
Boyle, KayDrafts of her review of Max Steele's "An Analysis of Hear the Wind Blow," a printed version of her "On the Teaching of Writing," and an untitled draft that begins with "It must have been about twenty years ago..." |
| Folder 434 |
Caldwell, Bo |
Carter, Emily |
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Connell, Emily |
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| Folder 435 |
Davies, Peter Ho |
Davis, Antonette |
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DeBuys, William"Burned,""Emma Yazzie's Blankets,""Geranium,""Here,""Ice, Skunk, Love," and "The Theory and Practice of Borders." |
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| Folder 436 |
Filley, Patrick Oliver |
Frazier, Ian |
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Fuller, Blair |
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Folder 437-438
Folder 437Folder 438 |
Gaeta, Betty |
Folder 437Folder 438 |
Gingher, Marianne |
Folder 437Folder 438 |
Gravely, Will |
Folder 437Folder 438 |
Gurganus, AllanPrinted version of "The Practical Heart." |
Folder 439-440
Folder 439Folder 440 |
Hardeman, Louise |
Folder 439Folder 440 |
Hardy, Melissa |
Folder 439Folder 440 |
Harmon, WilliamPoems from an unidentified collection, including a poem dedicated to Max Steele called "Literacy, An Abandoned Ode," and poems from two collections called Legion: Civic Choruses and The Dawn Horse. Legion: Civic Choruses is identified by a note from William Harmon as being an advanced copy and the other poems appear to be as well. |
| Folder 441 |
Jennings, Michael |
Jones, R. D. |
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| Folder 442 |
Kaufman, Wallace"The Intruder" and "the Hurricane"; a prologue from an unidentified work; and translations by Wallace Kaufman of fifteen poems by Stefan George. |
Kirpatrick, Robert G. |
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Folder 443-444
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Legendre, James |
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Lemke, Arthur Butch Jr. |
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Lensing, George |
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Levertov, Denise |
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Logan, Jane |
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Love, Martin |
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Lyons, Paul |
Folder 445-448
Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448 |
Mankeiwicz, Jane |
Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448 |
Mason, Alane |
Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448 |
Mills, Jerry Leath |
Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448 |
Mizelle, Tim |
Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448 |
Moose, Ruth |
Folder 449-452
Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452 |
Nashold, Jim |
Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452 |
Naumoff, LawrenceAdvanced copies of three chapters of Silk Hope . |
Folder 453-454
Folder 453Folder 454 |
Palmatier, Robert |
Folder 453Folder 454 |
Parlaen, Micahel |
Folder 455-456
Folder 455Folder 456 |
Rash, Ron |
Folder 455Folder 456 |
Rehder, JessieDraft of "The Surgeon." |
Folder 455Folder 456 |
Reid, Melynda |
Folder 455Folder 456 |
Rowell, David |
Folder 457-463
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Sagan, Leonard |
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Schermerhorn, David |
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Schoemperlen, Diane |
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Shinn, Jerry |
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Skibell, John |
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Spencer, Elizabeth |
Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463 |
Sumner, Melanie |
Folder 464-465
Folder 464Folder 465 |
Tanner, Ron |
Folder 464Folder 465 |
Taylor, Katherine |
Folder 464Folder 465 |
Thompson, Carl Jr. |
Folder 464Folder 465 |
Tilly, Nancy |
Folder 464Folder 465 |
Trapasso, R. |
Folder 464Folder 465 |
Udall, Brady |
Folder 466-468
Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468 |
Williams, Richard |
Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468 |
Wren, Bill |
Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468 |
Weyr, Garret |
Folder 469-471
Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471 |
Young, CharlesDrafts of Artifice!, "Calliope Jane," "The Gathering," "The Gelding," "Horse and Rider," "Night and Morning with Will and Anita," "Old Car, Old Car Top," "Once Around the Mulberry Bush," "One-Nighter," and "Shoes." |
Folder 472-473
Folder 472Folder 473 |
Unidentified authors: Writings |
| Folder 474 |
Unidentified authors: Poems |
| Folder 475 |
Other papersPublicity for publications and events by various authors. |
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Series 4. Clippings, 1943-2004.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Newspaper and magazine clippings gathered by or sent to Max Steele throughout his life. Most of the clippings concern Steele and his publications or career. Some are about his friends and family, though these tend to be obituaries. There are a very small number of clippings on a variety of topics that appear just to have been of interest to him. The largest number of clippings are from the years 1950 and 1988, when Debby and The Hat of My Mother were published, respectively. There are also many clippings from 1966, when Steele was appointed as the Writer-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
| Folder 476 |
Clippings, 1940s |
Folder 477-478
Folder 477Folder 478 |
Clippings, 1943-1947 |
Folder 479-483
Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483 |
Clippings, 1950Chiefly about Debby. |
| Folder 484 |
Clippings, 1951-1953 |
| Folder 485 |
Clippings, 1955-1957 |
| Folder 486 |
Clippings, 1962-1964Many clippings are about the death of Mills Steele, the brother of Max Steele. |
Folder 487-488
Folder 487Folder 488 |
Clippings, 1966 |
| Folder 489 |
Clippings, 1967Many clippings are about the death of Jessie Rehder. |
| Folder 490 |
Clippings, 1968 |
| Folder 491 |
Clippings, 1969 |
| Folder 492 |
Clippings, 1960s |
| Folder 493 |
Clippings, 1970-1972 |
| Folder 494 |
Clippings, 1975-1979 |
Folder 495-496
Folder 495Folder 496 |
Clippings 1980-1985 |
| Folder 497 |
Clippings, 1987 |
Folder 498-501
Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501 |
Clippings, 1988 |
| Folder 502 |
Clippings, 1989 |
Folder 503-505
Folder 503Folder 504Folder 505 |
Clippings, 1992-1999 |
| Folder 506 |
Clippings, 2000-2004 |
| Folder 507 |
Clippings, undated |
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Series 5. Family Papers, 1926-2004.
Materials relating to Max Steele's personal life and his family members, including various financial, real estate, and legal documents. Many family materials seem to have been passed to Steele upon their deaths.
| Folder 508 |
Army materialsIncludes Max Steele's discharge papers, his registration card, his ID card, his veteran's insurance, and other similar materials. |
Folder 509-511
Folder 509Folder 510Folder 511 |
Biographical materialsArmy documents, photocopies of various IDs, Max Steele's 1939 high school diploma, copies of his vitae, and other similar materials. |
| Folder 512 |
Financial materials: GeneralBank statements, a budget notebook, portfolio information, his mother's stocks in Dade City Hotel Co. in 1926, and other similar items. |
| Folder 513 |
Financial materials: Estate of Grace PrevostStocks, insurance documents, and bonds belong to Max Steele's sister, Grace Prevost. Steele was co-executor and possibly heir of Grace Prevost's estate. |
| Folder 514 |
Financial materials: PortfolioMax Steele's business license, a portfolio asset list, income tax information, a notebook containing an asset summary, and other similar materials. |
| Folder 515 |
Frances R. Steele materials1978 copy of the last will and testament and a short autobiography of Frances R. Steele, siter of Max Steele . |
| Folder 516 |
Hugh Adams materialsArmy documents and other papers of Hugh Adams, brother-in-law of Max Steele. |
| Folder 517 |
Legal materials: DivorceDocuments relating to Max Steele's 1980 divorce from Diana Steele, including the deed of separation, arrangements for custody, notes about a custody battle, financial materials, and other materials. |
Folder 518-519
Folder 518Folder 519 |
Legal materials: Grace PrevostIncludes will, death certificate, an estate settlement, and other related documents belong to Grace Prevost, sister of Max Steele; also includes documents relating to properties in Greenville, S.C., owned by Grace Prevost and her husband, Gerry Prevost. |
| Folder 520 |
Mary Steele Adams materialsLiving will, last will and testament, marriage certificate, notebook of personal affairs, bills, accounting, and other related materials belonging to Mary Steele Adams, sister of Max Steele. |
Folder 521-523
Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523 |
Mills Steele materialsClippings, awards, publicity, materials from photography courses, letters, and the obituary of Mills Steele, brother of Max Steele. With a few exceptions, these materials appear to have been compiled by Mills Steele and were passed to Max Steele upon his death. |
Folder 524-529
Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529 |
Real estateIncludes Grace Prevost and Gerry Prevost's sale contracts, a family furniture list, house plans, and other similar materials; documents about properties owned by Max Steele in Chapel Hill, N.C., Greenville, S.C., San Francisco, Calif., and Santa Fe, N.M., which he either lived in or rented out; and an arrest report for a man who broke into a house in the neighborhood where Max Steele either lived in Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| Folder 530 |
Other family papersPhotocopy of a funeral signature book, biographies, and other materials. |
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Series 6. Other Papers, 1939-2004.
Wide ranging materials on a variety of topics. There are printed materials on different topics, non-photographic images, and materials relating to friends and coworkers. There are many materials from Max Steele's travels, including trips to Turkey, Greece, and Egypt, as well as travel for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, travel in Europe and North America, and other related materials. There are also many address books, planners, and notebooks from throughout his life.
Some items relate closely to similar materials in other series.
Folder 531-536
Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536 |
Address books, 1943-2000 |
| Folder 537 |
Alcoholics Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous, 1958-1983Brochures and other printed materials. |
| Folder 538 |
Alumnus materialsNewsletters and programs from alumni associations at Furman University and Greenville High School. |
| Folder 539 |
Awards and honorsIncludes copies of Max Steele's honorary doctorates and related materials from Belmont Abbey College and Furman University, his University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Excellence in Inspirational Teaching of Undergraduates Award, and his 1974 Men of Achievement commendation. |
Folder 540-541
Folder 540Folder 541 |
ContactsBuisiness cards, lists of contacts, and contact information written on scraps of paper. |
| Audiocassette C-4314/2 |
Doris Betts: Oral history interview by Max Steele, 30 May 1999 |
| Folder 542 |
Furman University honorary degree |
| Folder 543 |
Memorabilia |
| Folder 544 |
Nanno deGroot illustrationsOriginal illustrations by Nanno DeGroot. |
Folder 545-552
Folder 545Folder 546Folder 547Folder 548Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551Folder 552 |
Planners and notebooks, 1954-2004Travel information and notes on daily topics, including to-do lists and contacts, drawings, and financial information. |
| Folder 553 |
PostcardsPostcards from Italy, France, Turkey, the United States, and Norway from 1939 to 1991. |
Folder 554-556
Folder 554Folder 555Folder 556 |
Printed materialsPrograms, magazine clippings, an exhibition catalogue for George Bireline at the North Carolina Museum of Art, recipes, a small booklet on Hindu magic, a 1950 copy of Publishers Weekly, a 1966 copy of Furman University Magazine , a 1968 copy of the Saturday Review, a copy of the gospel of St. John, a "Doubleday Christmas Sampler of Feasts" from 1981, and an issue of Preservation News from Historic North Carolina Home Preservation. |
Folder 557-559
Folder 557Folder 558Folder 559 |
SchoolworkPapers written by Max Steele for classes at the University of North Carolina and schoolwork, weather documents, and other materials from Vanderbilt University. |
| Audiocassette C-4314/3 |
Southwords Special: Writers on Reading |
Folder 560-567
Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567 |
Travel materialsMaterials about trips to Egypt, Greece, and Turkey in the early 1980s as well as travel for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, travel in North America and Europe, and other related materials. Includes brochures, travel authorizations, itineraries, and documents for study abroad programs. |
| Folder 568 |
Other papersChildren's drawings, stationary, photocopies of photographs, handwritten notes, and flyers. |
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Series 7. Photographs, 1870s-2004.
Photographs, including portraits and snapshots, of Max Steele, his family, his friends, and his students. The earliest photographs, from the 1870s to the 1940s, are of Steele's older relatives and siblings, often as children with various friends and relatives. Photographs from the 1950s to the 2000s are chiefly of Steele with various family members and friends. The 1960s and 1970s are chiefly photographs of his children. There are also undated photographs of Steele and various, identified friends and family members. Photographs from throughout the series include portraits, family photographs, and events.
Image Folder PF-4314/1-2
PF-4314/1PF-4314/2 |
Max Steele, 1940s-2000s |
Image Folder PF-4314/3-6
PF-4314/3PF-4314/4PF-4314/5PF-4314/6 |
Family, 1870s-1930sIncludes images of grandparents, parents, uncles, some cousins, siblings as children and young adults, and some friends. Also includes images of places where the family lived or worked, including Greenville, S.C., and Zephyrhills, Fla. |
| Image Folder PF-4314/7 |
1940sIncludes images of Max Steele, Frances Steele, and Mills Steele, and friends; there are also images from the Army and the Navy, which appear to have been taken by Mills Steele. |
Image Folder PF-4314/8-9
PF-4314/8PF-4314/9 |
1950sIncludes images of Max Steele, friends, his travels in Europe, and a book signing event for Debby. |
Image Folder PF-4314/10-11
PF-4314/10PF-4314/11 |
1960sIncludes images of Max Steele, his family, and friends. |
Image Folder PF-4314/12-14
PF-4314/12PF-4314/13PF-4314/14 |
1970sIncludes images of Max Steele, his family, and friends, including Alice Adams. |
Image Folder PF-4314/15-16
PF-4314/15PF-4314/16 |
1980sIncludes images of Max Steele, his family, his friends, and some of Steele's students; also includes pictures from a family vacation to Turkey. |
Image Folder PF-4314/17-18
PF-4314/17PF-4314/18 |
1990sIncludes images of Max Steele, friends, and possibly grandchildren. |
| Image Folder PF-4314/19 |
2000sIncludes images of Max Steele and friends. |
Image Folder PF-4314/20-24
PF-4314/20PF-4314/21PF-4314/22PF-4314/23PF-4314/24 |
Steele familyIncludes portraits of Mills Steele, as well as portraits by Mills Steele, and a photograph of the reception area of his studio. There are also photographs of Mary Steele Adams and Frances Steele, Virgina Steele Sorenion, from their childhoods to their adulthoods, including pictures of their families. |
| Image Folder PF-4314/26 |
Alice Adams and Max Steele, circa 1970s-1980s |
| Image Folder PF-4314/27 |
Identified subjectsIncludes Steele Phillips, Park Phillips, Lena and John (last name unknown), Susan Lee, and Jan Fleischer. |
Image Folder PF-4314/28-30
PF-4314/28PF-4314/29PF-4314/30 |
Unidentified subjects, 1930s-2000sChiefly images of people, but some of buildings and antique furniture from someone's apartment, possibly one of Max Steele's siblings. |
| Image Folder PF-4314/31 |
Negatives: circa 1940s-1984Most of the negatives are from Mills Steele's studio or are official images from Mills' time in the Navy. Others images appear to be of Max Steele, building interiors, and vacations, including Steele's family vacation to Turkey in 1984. |
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Series 8. Jessie Rehder Papers, 1953-1967.
Papers of Jessie Rehder, a fellow author and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which were passed to Max Steele upon her death in 1967. This series contains personal and professional correspondence, drafts of Rehder's short stories, clippings, notes, photographs, and materials about the Writer-in-Residence program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There is also an unbound manuscript of Rehder's "Have Mercy," which was sent to Steele by a publisher following her death and drafts of a chapter of a novel and a short story written by Carl Cook, whose connection with Rehder is unclear.
Folder 569-572
Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572 |
Correspondence, 1953-1967Correspondence appears to be with publishers, writers, and professors at other universities. |
Folder 573-576
Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576 |
Writer-in-Residence materialsNotes, drafts, biographies, proposals, correspondence, contact lists, and other similar materials. |
| Folder 577 |
Short story draftsHandwritten and typescript. |
Folder 578-581
Folder 578Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581 |
"Have Mercy"Unbound manuscript and letter from a publisher to Max Steele about the manuscript, which was sent to him after Jessie Rehder's death. |
| Image Folder PF-4314/25 |
Photographs, circa 1950s-1960sImages of Carl Cook and "David"; reprints of a photograph of Jessie Rehder on a boat trip from Africa. |
| Folder 582 |
ClippingsIncludes tributes by Max Steele and eight other authors. |
| Folder 583 |
Peace College speech, circa 1960sNotes and other materials for a speech by Jessie Rehder. |
| Folder 584 |
FragmentsHandwritten notes on loose paper and in a small notebook on topics ranging from daily activities to writing. |
| Folder 585 |
Drafts by Carl CookDrafts of a novel chapter and a short story. |
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Series 9. Collected Letters and Other Items, 1693-1963.
Letters and documents from various famous figures, including Flannery O'Connor, Eleanor Roosevelt, and T.H. White. These materials may have been purchased by Max Steele; he was not the original recipient of any of these materials.
| Folder 586 |
Deed, 1693Concerns a sale of land to Richard Price and Mary Price of England. |
| Folder 587 |
Flannery O'Connor letter and short story, 1963A letter, 22 April 1963, written to "Elizabeth," and a typescript draft of the short story "Why Do the Heathen Rage?" |
| Folder 588 |
Eleanor Roosevelt letter to Joseph Alsop, 12 December 1943Introduces Lieutenant Purdy. |
| Folder 589 |
Eleanor Roosevelt card to Lieutenant Purdy 11 March 1954 |
| Folder 590 |
New York Sun inaugural issue, 1833 |
| Folder 591 |
T.H. White, "Dawn Signature for Major Purdy"Handwritten document. |
| Folder 592 |
Yale Dramatic Association letters, 1901-1924Letters, 1901-1924, to either the Yale Dramatic Association or Professor William Lyon Phelps, from William Archer, William Dean Howells, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Clyde Fitch, Alexander Woollcott, and Robert C. Benchley. |
| Folder 593 |
Maude Adams letter, 1898A short letter to an unidentified recipient. |
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