Box List of Finding Aid to the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Papers, 1800-1994
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Extent: ca. 28.5 linear ft. + 1 oversize box + multiple volumes
Location: PU-4-G
Series List
I.
Correspondence, 1860s-1994, undated (bulk 1922-1993) - (Boxes 1-4, 13)
II.
Personal papers, ca 1833-1993, undated (bulk 1925-1993) (Box 4-7, 13-15; Oversize flat files; Manuscripts in separate boxes)
III.
Writings, ca 1928-1992, undated (bulk 1950-1981) (Boxes 8-10, 13-15, 19. Bound volumes; Oversized volumes;
Manuscripts in separate boxes)
IV.
Lectures and Speeches, 1953-1992, undated (Box 10, 13)
V.
Professional organizations, conferences, 1937-1994 (Box 11)
VI.
Research files, undated (Boxes 11-12)
VII.
Artwork, maps, photographs, miscellaneous, scrapbooks, 1930s-1988, undated (Boxes 15-18; Oversize flat files; Art files)
Description of Series
Correspondence, 1860s-1994, undated (bulk 1922-1993) (Boxes 1-4, 13)
Arranged by chronologically and by individual.
Personal papers, ca 1833-1993, undated (bulk 1925-1993) (Box 4-7, 13-15; Oversize flat files;
Manuscripts in separate boxes)
Arranged by family and individual names. Includes appointment books, diaries, scrapbooks,
awards and honors, biographical materials, clippings, business papers, genealogical materials,
realia, and miscellaneous materials.
Writings, ca 1928-1992, undated (bulk 1950-1981) (Boxes 8-10, 13-15, 19. Bound volumes; Oversized
volumes; Manuscripts in separate boxes)
Arranged topically. Includes manuscripts, drafts, proofs, research materials, correspondence,
published books, drawings, clippings, articles, notes, contracts, and royalty statements.
Lectures and Speeches, 1953-1992, undated (Box 10, 13)
Arranged alphabetically. Includes handwritten and typed drafts of speeches, clippings, articles,
lecture materials.
Professional organizations, conferences, 1937-1994 (Box 11)
Arranged alphabetically. Includes correspondence, clippings, correspondence, membership
cards, journals, and notebooks.
Research files, undated (Boxes 11-12)
Arranged alphabetically by topic. Includes clippings, articles, and notes.
Artwork, maps, photographs, miscellaneous, scrapbooks, 1930s-1988, undated (Boxes 15-18;
Oversize flat files; Art files)
Arranged on paper topically and then alphabetically. Includes a pastel drawing, an oil painting,
several watercolor drawing, sketches, map reprints. Photographs of varying sizes and dates in
varying conditions. Oversized scrapbooks contain mixed materials.
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
1, 13
2
1-56, 1191
57-112
3
113
114
115
116
117
118-19
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
131a
132
133
134-35
136
137
138-39
140
141-43
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155-64
165
166
167
168
169
Series I, Correspondence
Incoming:
General, 1922-57
1958-94, nd
Individual (incoming by sender):
Alexander, Ruth, ca 1952-55
Aley, Maxwell, 1947-51
Aley, Ruth (Mrs. Maxwell Aley), 1947-50, nd
Bacot, Ann (Ann Bacot Boatwright Igoe), 1960-1990, nd
Blankenship, Penelope (see Coker, Penelope)
Blythe, LeGette, 1957-67
Boatwright, Ann (wife of Dr. P.J. Boatwright), 1939-92, nd
Boatwright, Bessie Heard, 1924-46
Boatwright, Betsy (see Göksel, Betsy (Boo) Boatwright)
Boatwright, Hattie (Mrs. Burrel T. Boatwright), 1950
Boatwright, P.J., 1927-59
Boatwright, Purvis J., 1922, 1924
Boatwright, Rene, 1948-70
Boatwright, Rietta (Mrs. Benjamin Boatwright), 1941-61, nd
Boatwright, Rosa (Mrs. W.H. Boatwright), 1941, 1952
Boatwright, William H., 1944-47, nd
Boineau, Jack, 1929-30
Brunson, Sophia Boatwright, M.D., 1938, 1952
Buckley, Aloise (Mrs. William F. Buckley), 1960
Buckley, William F., 1953
Burton, Naomi, 1950-68
Coker, Carrie (Mrs. Charles Westfield, Sr.), 1941-44
Coker, Charles Westfield, 1945-73
Coker, James Lide III, 1929-51, nd
Coker, James Lide IV, 1950-78, nd
Coker, Margot, 1950-70
Coker, Penelope, 1938-90, nd
Coker, Tootsie (Mrs. Charles W. Coker, Jr.), 1941-67, nd
Daniels, Jonathan and Lucy, 1957-81, nd
Davidson, Chalmers, 1953-93
Davis, Lambert, 1950
Dowdey, Clifford, 1959-79, nd
Dowdey, Patsy (daughter of Clifford Dowdey), 1976-90
Durham, Frank, 1954-69
Duvall, Hiney, 1925-27
Evans, Marion, 1927-29
De Fehrere, Sarah (Mrs. Jozsef), 1939-50
Fletcher, Inglis, 1950-64
Gilmore, Eddy, 1959-67
Göksel, Betsy (Boo) Boatwright, 1957-91, nd
Graham, Elliott (from E.P. Dutton), 1950-87, nd
Gwathmey, Edward M. (president of Converse College), 194553
Hanes, Frank Borden, 1953-91, nd
Hanes, Robert M. (Hanes Company), 1945
Hanford, John Munn, MD, 1955-71, nd
Hartley, Lodwick, 1952-72, nd
CONTAINER LIST
Box
3
4
Folder
170
171-75
176
177-79
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192-93
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214-15
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
Series I, Correspondence, continued
Incoming, continued:
Individual (incoming by sender), continued:
Heard, Edna, 1941-52
Igoe, Ann Bacot Boatwright (See Ann Bacot)
Jakes, John, 1981-92, nd
Janeway, Elizabeth (Mrs. Eliot Janeway), 1959-60
Johnson, Thomas, 1977-93
Kendall, Evelyn W. (Mrs. Henry P. Kendall), 1950-57
Kleinhaus, Lewis, 1953-69, nd
LaFarge, Ann (of E.P. Dutton), 1976-85
Lawton, Louise, 1941-79, nd
Macrae, Elliott, 1950, 1953, 1964-67
Mailer, Norman (photocopy), 1986
McGowin, Floyd, 1966-76, nd
McGowin, Nick, 1972-88
McKenna, Norbert, 1949-62, nd
McKenna, Tania, 1942-64
Milling, Chapman, 1944-68
Morgan, Charles, 1941-56
Morgan, Hilda (Mrs. Charles Morgan), 1941-61, nd
Mullin, Glen, 1947-50
Nash, Frances, 1950-65
Nash, Ogden, 1949-64
Peterkin, Julia, 1939-53
Pipkin, Willis Benton and Ruth, 1950-78
Player, Elizabeth, 1922-63, nd
Poingdestre, Winifred, 1957-69
Reston, James, Jr., 1968-89, nd
Rivers, John M. and Martha, 1942-86
Rowan, Hugh and Dorothy, 1939-54, nd
Sands, Royal, 1954-57
Sargent, Noel, 1950, 1961
Schlafer, Mary Verner (Mrs. Edward M. Schlafer, Jr.), 1950-51
Shaw, Harry L., 1954-92
Simons, Katherine Drayton Mayrant, 1953-63
Smith, Beverly Chew, MD, 1964-85
Spearman, Walter, 1950-87
Springs, Elliott White, 1955
Strode, Hudson and Thérèse, 1947-70, nd
Strong, Charlie, 1930
Taylor, Mary Prichard, 1936-68
Thornley, Fant, 1965-68
Thurmond, Jean C., 1949
Thurmond, Nancy, 1977
Thurmond, Strom, 1959, 1973
Tillman, Mamie, 1951-54
Tozzer, Isabel, 1942-85, nd
Verner, Elizabeth O’Neill, 1960
Verner, Jim, Jr., 1926-27
Westmoreland, William Childs, 1992
CONTAINER LIST
Box
4
Folder
225
226
227
227a
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
236
237-244
245-255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267-269
270
271
272
273
274
275-77
278
279
280
280a
281
282
283
284
Series I, Correspondence, continued
Incoming, continued:
Individual (incoming by sender), continued:
White, G.W. Blunt, 1948-61
White, Marion (Mrs. G.W. Blunt White), 1940-75, nd
Woodward, Joanne, 1986
Wreden, Nicholas (E.P. Dutton), 1951-56
Wright, Louis B., 1953-73, nd
Young, Harold, 1942-43
__________, Barbara, 1950-66
__________, Dubose, 1923-25
__________, Leonard (at the Woodberry Forest School, VA),
1925-26, 1938
__________, Sybil, 1957-69
__________, Whilden, 1925
Unidentified letters (with feathers attached) from friend/love
interest (?), ca 1973, 1977, nd
Undated letters
Outgoing:
General, 1953-94
Individual (outgoing by recipient):
Baker, Mary Shipp (partial letter), 1931
Boatwright, Mr. and Mrs. Ben, 1936
Boatwright, Benjamin (photocopies), ca 1989-91
Boatwright, Mr. and Mrs. Purvis J., 1930
Boatwright, Rene (photocopy), 1969
Boatwright, Rietta (Mrs. Benjamin Boatwright), ca 1915-63
Boatwright, Rietta (postcards from EBC), 1937-65
Coker, Mrs. D.R., 1950
Coker, James Lide, III, 1940s
Coker, James Lide, IV, 1960, 1985, nd
Coker, Margot, 1963-74
Coker, Penelope, 1938-61, nd
Daniels, Jonathan, 1973, 1978-81
Dowdey, Clifford, 1964, 1973, 1974
Gilmore, Eddy, 1962-66, nd
Goeksel, Betsy Boatwright, 1961-86, nd
Graham, Elliott, 1953, 65
Kleinhaus, Lewis, 1956-57, 1960-68
Lawton, Louise, 1962
Mailer, Norman (photocopy), 1986
McGowin, Floyd, 1960-88, nd
Milling, Chapman, 1959
Nichols, George, 1989-93, nd
Pipkin, Ruth and Pip, 1969
Tozzer, Isabel, 1960, 1965, ca 1970
Undated correspondence
CONTAINER LIST
Box
4
Folder
285
286
287
288
289
290
291-95
296
297-98
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
14
na
4
309
310-315
316-25
326-28
5
15
na
5
329
330
331
na
na
Os 12*
15
5
*
332-33
334-36
Series I, Correspondence, continued
Correspondence, not EBC (letters of various family members)
Incoming and Outgoing by individual correspondents:
Boatwright, Ethel to Purvis J. Boatwright, nd
Boatwright, James to Purvis and Ethel Boatwright, 1881, nd
Boatwright, Louise Strohecker to Julia and Marcia, 1880,
1906-07
Boatwright, Louise Strohecker, letter written by her (re
Secession), nd. Second letter (after husband’s death),
1896
Boatwright, Louise Strohecker to Purvis and Ethel Boatwright,
1880, 1890, nd
Boatwright, P. James to his mother, Bessie Heard Boatwright,
1932
Boatwright, Purvis J. to Bessie Heard (Boatwright), 1900-02
Boatwright, Purvis J. to mother Louise Strohecker Boatwright,
nd
Boatwright, Rene to Ethel and Rietta, 1911-33
Coker, Penelope to James Lide Coker, III, nd
Jenkins, J. Purvis to Louise Strohecker Boatwright, 1870-71
Jenkins, J. Purvis to his sister, 1864
Jenkins, J. Purvis to his uncle, 1870
Lide/Coker families, copies 1860s-1902
Strohecker, George (?) to Louise Strohecker Boatwright, nd
Strohecker, Henrietta Moore to daughter Louise Strohecker
Boatwright, 1800-81
Miscellaneous letters to Bessie Heard, 1900-1908, 1926, nd
Miscellaneous letters to Purvis Jenkins Boatwright from family,
friends (includes early letter to Santa Claus), 1873, 191013, 1920, nd
Miscellaneous letter to Louis Strohecker (before marriage)
from friends and family, 1860s-70s, 1911, nd
Series II, Personal Papers
EBC:
Account Books, Expenses and finances, 2 volumes, 1951-56, 195761
Address Book, ca 1954
Appointment Books, 1908-80
1980-92
Autobiographical and biographical notes and sketches, nd
Awards and Honors:
“Certificate of Appreciation, Member of the Executive Council of
the University of South Caroliniana Society, 1984-1988,” 1988
Coker College, Honorary Degree, 1987
Converse College, Alumnae of the Year, 1958
Converse College, Honorary Degree, 1986
Hall of Fame inductee, 1992
“Presented to E.B.C. in Recognition of Your Annual Contribution
to the Advancement of Converse College Through the
President’s Club,” paperweight, 1978
South Carolina Academy of Authors, Inductee, 1991
South Carolina Hall of Fame, Contemporary Inductee, 1992
Os indicates oversized flat file folder.
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
5
337
Os 6
na
5
338
339
339a
340
341
342
342a
343
344
345
346-50
351
Os 16
Os 9
5
13
14
5
352
na
na
353
354
355
1192-98
na
356
357
358-66
367
368-69
370-71
372
373-75
376
377
377a
378
379
380-83
384
385
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
EBC, continued:
Awards and Honors, continued:
South Carolina State Fair, Blue Ribbon (First Premium, Flower
Department), 1979
State of South Carolina House of Representatives, Certificate,
“For Outstanding Service to the State of South Carolina in the
Preservation of Our History. . .” 1988
Who’s Who in America, 1978/79, 1982/83, 1988/89
Who’s Who in the World, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1984/85, 1987/88
Baby stockings (unidentified), nd
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Agreement re Thunderhole property at
Thunderhill), 1968
Miscellaneous, 1942
Calling Cards (Mrs. James Lide Coker)
Childhood Memorabilia (paper doll dresses; clippings; horoscope
trade cards from H.W. Vinegar of Savannah, GA; miscellaneous),
nd
Clippings, Early in life, 1920s
Engagement to James L. Coker, III, 1930
Horses/Horse Racing (Blowing Rock, NC), 1930s-40s
Miscellaneous, nd
Philanthropy, nd
Converse College, Student Days:
“A Line A Day,” Class assignment, 1926
Carlisle Literary Society Diploma, 1929
Diploma, BA, 1929
“Here and There,” Article from The Concept, 1929
Recipient of the Skylark Prize for poem, “Red Moon,” 1926
Wild Thyme Writing Club, ca 1928
The Concept, 1925-28, nd
Yearbook, Y’s and Other Y’s, Volumes XXIX, XXX, signed by
EBC, 1926, 1927
Converse College, Alumnae Activities:
Alumnae Activities (general), 1978-91
Alumnae Weekend, 1979
Board of Trustees, correspondence, 1983-93, nd
clippings, ca 1983-93, nd
Centennial Celebration, 1987-89
Clippings, general, ca 1950s-1990s
Commencement Speaker, 1981
Commencement Speaker/Honorary Degree, 1986
Dedication of new library, 1981
Donation of books to library, 1977, 1981
Instructions for housekeeper, nd
Publications, Alumnae Quarterly, 1929, 1932
The Converse 100, 1989
Converse College Bulletin, (issues containing
articles re EBC), 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987
“Out of the Past, A Roster of Distinguished
Alumnae,” (p. 4), 1984
Speech, nd
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
14
na
5
386
387-92
393-408
409-10
411
412-414
415
416
416a
6
14
na
14
14
6
6, OS 9
na
na
417-19
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429-37
438
439
440
441-42
443
444-45
446
447
448-49
450
451-455
456
457
458
459
460-62
463
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
EBC, continued:
Converse College, Alumnae Activities, continued:
Yearbook, Y’s and Other Y’s, 100-year anniversary (EBC on
pages 9 and 12), 1989
Corvette, 1983, 1988
Diaries and Journals:1950, 1954,
1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, nd
Family Christmas Cards, 1930s-1990s
Financial, Investments, 1951-56
Internal Revenue Service, 1965-66, 1981
Shopping Receipts, 1944
Kalmia Arts Charity Ball, 1983
Library, EBC’s personal (Photocopies of inside of book covers
inscribed by authors
Library, EBC’s personal: EBC’s copy of Tristram by Edwin Arlington
Robinson (New York: The Book League of America, 1929)
(EBC’s bookplate on inside front cover)
Prayer book, Protestant Episcopal, 1945
Memory Books, 2 volumes, 1923-27, 1928-30
Postcard Books from Monroe _______(no last name), 1919
St. John’s High School, Commencement, 1925
Scrapbook, 1925
School papers, ca 1917-20
Scrapbook given to EBC by a friend, ca 1940s
Travel:
Amsterdam, nd
Bermuda (honeymoon), 1930
Canada, blank postcards, 1941
Egypt, brochures, nd
England, ”The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth,” 1937
London trips, 1957-73, nd
Europe, Contacts, Addresses, 1970
Entertainment, 1970
Heritage of Southern Europe Tour, 1986
Itineraries, 1964, 1968, nd
General, 1966
Shopping (receipts), 1968, 1970
France, Blank postcards, nd
Paris (also Amsterdam) trip with granddaughter, Eliza
Wilson, 1982
Souvenirs, 1954
Tourist guides, 1953, nd
Germany, souvenirs and postcards, 1954
Greece, nd
Hong Kong, 1983
Indonesia, 1983
Italy, Shopping receipts, 1964
Souvenirs, 1954
Kenya, 1984
CONTAINER LIST
Box
6
Folder
464
465
466
467
467a
6, 13
6
468, 1199
469
470
471
472
473
474
Os 7
7
475
476
477
na
478-9
480
481
482
482a
483
484
485-86
487-93
494
495
496
496a
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
EBC, continued:
Travel, continued:
Mexico, 1967, 1969, nd
Spain, 1972
Trans-Atlantic Travel (by ship):
Cunard Line R.M.S. Mauretania, 1954
Cunard Line Queen Mary, 1969
R.M.S. Majestic, Passenger list; Program for onboard
“horse race” organized by EBC and others, 1933
Transatlantique French Line, 1930, 1939
Turkey, 1964
United States:
Arkansas (Little Rock), nd
California (San Francisco), nd
Kentucky (Lexington), Kentucky Derby, 1971
Texas (Arlington), The Greenhouse (spa), 1978, 1982
Passports and other official documentation, 1959, 1968, 1971,
1973, 1982
Menus, nd
Brochures, nd
Foreign Postage Stamps (Battle of Hastings 1066 Stamp), 1966
Travel, Souvenirs (oversized):
“Casino de Paris, Album de la Revue des 100 millions,” nd
“Los Toreros,” Benito Vazquez (Mexico), 1949
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique French Line, Menu,
1954
Menu, à la Crémaillère, Place Beauvau, Paris (handwritten),
1954
Program, Chateau de Versailles, le Conférence Internationale
des Industriels, 1954
Program, Chateau de Versailles, “A Toutes Les Glories de la
France,” 1954
Tour book, Berlin, “Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Und Ihre
Länder,” 1952
Valentine’s Day cards, unsigned, nd
Wedding, 1930
Immediate Family:
James L. Coker, III (husband):
American Legion Distinguished Public Service Award, 1958
Astrological Charts, ca 1938
Autopsy results, letter to EBC from Frederick Randolph Bailey,
M.D., who performed autopsy, 1961
Biographical Information/Resume, nd
Clemson Agricultural College, Honorary Degree Recipient, 1958
Clippings, general, nd
Correspondence with Norbert A. McKenna, 1942-60, nd
Funeral Attendee Book, 1961
Hartsville Chamber of Commerce, 1942
Health Concerns, 1956-59
Letter to “Most Beloved Mac” from EBC re JLC’s final days,
3/4/1961
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
13
7
1200
497
15
498
499-500
na
7
501
15
na
7
502
Os 9
7
503
504
505
na
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
13
1201
7
517
518
519
520-21
522
523
14
7
524
525-26
527
528
529
530
531
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
Immediate Family, continued:
James L. Coker, III (husband) continued:
Memoir re cancer (partial, handwritten), nd
Memorial Tributes, American Cancer Society (Darlington, SC,
Chapter), 1961
Carolina Power and Light, 1961
Coker College, 1961
National Assocation of Manufacturers,
Memorial tribute (bound volume), 1961
National Fibre Can and Tube Association,
1961
North Carolina National Bank, Memorial
tribute, leather case, 1961
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
(Hartsville, SC), 1961
Sonoco, 1961
Woodberry Forest School, 1961
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), 1948
National Fibre Can and Tube Association, 1952
Obituaries, 1961
Personal note from EBC, nd
Sonoco Products Co., Annual Report (50th anniversary), 1949
Clippings, 1952-60, nd
Copy of letter from C.W. Coker (father) re
JLC’s management of company, 1930
Copy of letter to Mr. G.W.B. White re
business expansion, 1939
Correspondence with Walter Paepcke,
Container Corporation of America,
1957-58
Industry meetings, 1954-56
Speech, “Can Capitalism Survive?” 1935
Unionization, ca 1953
South Carolina State War Fund, Citation for Meritorious Service,
1945
Souvenir from Germany, festival program, 1955
James Lide Coker, IV (son):
Camden Cup Party, 1960
Camp Yonahnoka, 1951
Certificate of Baptism, 1941
Clippings, general, nd
Coker College, Board of Trustees, nd
Correspondence, nd
Cub Scouts scrapbook, 1949-50
Drama, 1947-68
Engagement to Mary Phillips Perry, 1970
Happy Days Kindergarten, certificate, 1947
Harvard University, 1966, nd
History Papers, 1959
Lock of hair (“James’ first haircut Oct. 1, 1942”), 1942
Metropolitan Club of New York, 1970
CONTAINER LIST
Box
7
Folder
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540-43
544-45
546
546a
547
548
549
550
551
551a
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
14
559
560
561
15
562
na
7
7
562a
563
564
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
Immediate Family, continued:
James Lide Coker, IV (son), continued:
Selective Service Card (photocopy), 1963
Sonoco Limited (Canada), 1978-79
Thornwell Elementary School (report card), 1947-48
University of North Carolina, 1959-63
Woodberry Forest School, Alumni Bulletin, 1966
Woodberry Forest School, miscellaneous, 1957-59, nd
Penelope Coker (daughter):
“Arrest Stalls Plot to Kidnap One of the Cokers,” 1934
Chatham Hill School (Virginia), 1947
Childhood memorabilia, 1943-52, nd
Clippings, General
Dramatic pursuits, nd
Fancy and the Cement Patch, author of, 1964
“Hallways,” column in a New York newspaper by Penelope Coker
Hall (married name), 1981-82
Mount Vernon Seminary, Graduation Invitation, 1950
Handbook, 1949
Reviews of Rising High, written by Emily Brooks (pen name for
writing team of Penelope Coker Hall and Ann La Farge), 1989
Solemnization of matrimony between John Edward Blankenship
and Penelope Coker, 1953
Television broadcasting career, 1962, 1967
“Thoughts on Christmas, ’89,” Taconic Newspaper, 1989
Wedding Announcements (William Wilson, Mortimer W. Hall), 1963, 1972
Family History, Boatwrights:
By Individual:
Boatwright, Bessie Heard, Obituary, nd
Scrapbook, nd
Boatwright, Burrell T., Obituary, 1888
Boatwright, James, Obituary, 1896
Boatwright, James and Louise Strohecker, Miscellaneous
materials, 1894, 1979
Boatwright, Major Lewellyn, nd
Boatwright, Louise Strohecker, Obituary, nd
Spartanburg Female College,
Commencement, 1863
Boatwright, Purvis Jenkins, Clipping, 1879
The New Testament, belonged to
Purvis Jenkins Boatwright,
inscribed (New York: American
Bible Society), 1883
Obituary, ca 1965
Superintendent, Sunday School
Program. St. Matthew’s Church, ca
1910
Boatwright, P.J., Clippings, 1970 (re 1920s article)
CONTAINER LIST
Box
7
Folder
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572-73
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587-88
15
7
589-91
592
593
594-96
na
597-98
MS 16
599
600
601
na
7
Os 3
7
602
na
603
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
Boatwright family, In general:
Boatwright, P.J, Jr., Article re in Golf Journal, 1991
Boatwright, Rene, Childhood memorabilia, 1890s
Obituary, 1972
Boatwright-Igoe, Ann Bacot, Miscellaneous, nd
Boatwright/Igoe Genealogy, nd
Boatwright/Strohecker, Miscellaneous, nd
Boatwright/Watson, “History of Ridge Spring,” 1982, nd
Clippings and articles, 1857, 1901, 1950, 1960-77, nd
Copy of letter re plantation owned by Sally Boatwright Nicholson,
1833
Captain James’ (personal account of him written by his orderly in
the Civil War), ca 1896, 1977 copy
Re Darlington and family’s role in its history, nd
Genealogy, 1981
Name etymology, 1977
Obituaries, nd
Porter Military Academy Grade Report, 1911
Family History, Cokers:
By Individual:
Coker, Charles W., Obituary, 1978
Postcard of the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Coker, nd
“The Story of Sonoco Products Company,”
1974
Coker, Hannah Lide, “A Story of the Late War Written at the
Request of Her Children, Grand-Children, and Many
Friends,”1887 (1945 reprint)
Coker, Major James Lide, History, 1986
Coker, Samantha Boatwright (granddaughter), 1990
Wilson, Eliza (daughter of Penelope Coker Wilson), 1986, nd
Coker family, in general:
Clippings (various members of the Coker family), 1930-88, nd
Coker College, Annual Literary Festival, 1950-61
The Bashaba, 1926
Clippings, 1953-88, nd
The Concept, bound volume, 1928-29
Dedication of the James Lide Coker III Memorial
Library, 1961-63
Expansion Plans, 1945
Founder’s Day Luncheon, 1923
Coker/Lide family lineage, nd
“Cokers of Carolina: The Social Biography of a Family,” George
Lee Simpson, Jr. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of North
Carolina, Department of Sociology and Anthropology) 1951
Family history, General and miscellaneous materials, nd
Genealogical charts, nd
J. L. Coker and Company, Hartsville, 1966
CONTAINER LIST
Box
7
Folder
604
605
605a
15
7
606
na
607
608
15
na
7
609
610
611
611a
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
621a
0s 5
622
623
na
7
624
625
13
Os 1
1202
na
8
626
Series II, Personal Papers, continued
Family History, Cokers, continued:
Coker family, in general, continued:
J.L. Coker Store, 1982-84
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Coker Family Window,
1983-85
Family History, , Heards:
Heard, Edna, Obituary, nd
Friends and Associates:
Daniels, Jonathan, “Ceremonial Ode,” (poem), nd
The End of Innocence, 1954
Miscellaneous, nd
Text of address to the Hilton Head Island Historical
Society on September 16, 1963
Washington Quadrille: The Dance Beside the
Documents, inscribed by JD, 1968
Dowdey, Clifford, Miscellaneous, 1954, 1955
Obituaries, 1979
Fox, Marvin “Stevie,” Memorial service, 1983
Gilmore, Eddy, clippings, 1967, nd
Jakes, John, Clippings, 1982
Kleinhaus, Lew, Gift EBC gave him (booklet, “Spirit of Taurus”), nd
Lunn, Mrs. Pearl Norris, Funeral services, 1975
Macrea, Elliott B., Obituary, 1968
Manigault, Edward, “Log of a Gale,” nd
McCutcheon, Roger P., “In Defense of Intelligence” (signed), 1953
Morgan, Charles, “Ode to France” (signed), 1942
Reston, James, Jr., Miscellaneous, nd
Schiff, Dorothy, Miscellanous (Penelope’s mother-in-law), 1973, 1989
Spearman, Walter, Clippings, nd
Stoney, Samuel Gaillard, Memorial Tribute, The News and Courier,
1968
Taylor, Mary Prichard, Obituary, nd
Thornley, Fant H., Miscellaneous, 1970
Tozzer, Isabel, Hand drawn holiday greeting (on tissue paper, fragile,
tear on upper left side), nd
Verner, Elizabeth, O’Neill, Illustrator for a 1969 reprinting of Edgar
Allan Poe’s The Gold Bug (introduction by Frank Durham), 1969
Young, T. Benton, Re Archibald Rutledge, 1989
Series III, Writings
Books (published):
The Bees (published by E.P. Dutton, 1968):
Book contracts, 1966, 1968
Book jacket covers for E.P. Dutton, New York, and Hodder and
Stoughton, Ltd., London, 1968
Book outline (originally entitled The Spinners, A Modern
Novel), ca 1965
CONTAINER LIST
Box
8
13
8
13
Os1
0s 3
8
8, 13
8
8
8, 13
8
13
Os 1
13
8
Folder
Series III, Writings, continued
Books (published, continued):
The Bees (published by E.P. Dutton, 1968), continued:
627
Correspondence (E.P Dutton, McIntosh & Otis, Hodder &
Stoughton), 1967-69
1203-04
Galley proofs, 1967, 68
628
McIntosh & Otis, Royalty Statements, 1964-72
629
Publicity, ca 1968
630
Research materials, nd
631-32
Reviews, ca 1968
La Belle (published by E.P. Dutton, 1959):
1205
Book contracts, 1959, 1975
na
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York (two copies),
1959
na
Book jacket design proofs, nd
633
Controversy (re Ethel Battle), Clippings, 1959-60
634
Correspondence, 1959-60
635
Correspondence (general), 1959, nd
636
Correspondence (Scottt Bartlett and Naomi Burton at Dutton),
1957-59, 1968-69
637, 1206
Publicity, Bantam Books, 1978
638
E.P. Dutton, ca 1959
639
Mockingbird Books, 1975-76
640
General, 1979
641-42
Research, Marie Boozer letters (copies), 1878-1959
643
“Burning of the Convent” (chapter out of Butler and
His Cavalry, 1861-65), nd
644
A Checkered Life. Being a Brief History of the
Countess Portales, Julian Sellig (photocopy),
originally published in 1878
La Belle (published by E.P. Dutton, 1959), continued:
645
Research, A Diary From Dixie, M.B. Chestnut (excerpts), 1905
646
“Jacob Norris Feaster and His Wife, Amelia Sees
Boozer,” Lena Norwood Mitchell, nd
647
“Two Equipages,” from South Carolina Women in
the Confederacy, Smythe, Poppenheim and
Taylor, nd
648, 1207-10
General research, 1957-58
649-52
Correspondence (as related to research efforts),
1957-60
653-56
Reviews, 1959
657
Royalty Statements, 1977-78
658-59
“Sandal or Scandal: Being the True Story of the Countess
Pourtales,” compiled by EBC, 1974
The Big Drum (published by E.P. Dutton, 1957):
1211
Book contracts, 1955, 1957
na
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York, 1957
660
Correspondence (general), 1956, 57
661
Curtis Brown Ltd., copyright issues, 1985
1212-13
Galley proofs, 1957
662
Publicity, nd
663
Research, nd
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
8
664
13
0s 1
1214
na
8
15
665
na
8
666
667
668
669
670
671-74
675
676
1215-16
677-78
679
na
na
13
8
Os 1
MS 17
8
680-83
684-85
686
13
Os 1
1217
na
8
687
688
689
690
Os12
8
Os1
Os1
691
8
692-94
695
13
Os 1
8
1218
na
696
697-98
699
700
Series III, Writings, continued
Books (published, continued):
The Big Drum (published by E.P. Dutton, 1957), continued:
Reviews, nd
Blood Red Roses (published by E.P. Dutton, 1977):
Book contracts, 1976
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York (two copies),
1977
Book Jacket Design and Illustrations, 1977
Book reading by Kit Bardwell and Keith Watts (audio cassette)
(excerpts, folk songs) (2 copies), nd
Correspondence (E.P. Dutton), 1977-80
E.P. Dutton, Author’s Questionnaire, 1977
Book Order, 1977
Early Incarnations, “An Affair of Honor,” nd
“I Know a Rose Tree Springing,” nd
“The Mystic Rose,” nd
“This Is Clovis,” nd
“The Widow’s Tale,” nd
Galley proofs, 1977
Publicity (general, clippings), ca 1978
E.P. Dutton, 1977
Publicity posters (2), nd
Research, The Red Rose Blooms: A Romance of Lancashire,
W. Butterworth (typewritten manuscript), nd
Reviews, 1977-78
Royalties and Fees, 1977-78
The Charleston Coloring Book, Text by EBC, drawings by Ann
Boatwright Igoe, paperback bound, 1978
Daughter of Strangers (published by E.P. Dutton, 1950):
Book contracts, 1950
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York (two copies),
1950
Correspondence (E.P. Dutton, general), 1950-77, nd
Early incarnation, “The Red Filly” (short story), reviewed by
Glen Mullins, nd
Exhibit materials, 1950
Mockingbird Books, Reprint contract, 1976
New York Times Book Reviews for Daughter of Strangers,
1950
Publicity, Article in South Carolina Magazine (p. 11), 1950
Poster (cover illustration) (2 copies), nd
Publicity Poster, The Writers’ Circle of South
Carolina, An ETV Production, nd
Reviews, 1977
Royalty Statements, 1952-78
The Day of the Peacock (published by E.P. Dutton, 1952):
Book contracts, 1951, 1952, 1977
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York
Curtis Brown, Ltd. Copyright renewal, 1952, 1980
Research, nd
Reviews, nd
Royalty Statements, 1951-52
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
13
1219
Os 1
na
8
701
702
1220
703
704-07
708-15
716
13
8
13
Os 1
1221
na
8
717
718
719
720
721
1222
722
13
8
13
Os 1
8
13
8
0s 1
8
9
1223
na
723
724-25
726
1224-25
727
na
728-38
739-40
741-44
15
na
9
745
746
747
748
1226
749
750
13
9
Series III, Writings, continued
Books (published, continued):
The Grasshopper King (published by E.P. Dutton, 1981):
Book contracts (also under early title, Flowers of Destiny),
1978
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York (two copies),
1981
Correspondence (E.P. Dutton and general), 1978, 1980-82
E.P. Dutton, Author’s Questionnaire, 1980
Galley proofs, 1981
Publicity, general, ca 1981
Research, nd
Reviews, 1981
Royalties, 1981
India Allan (published by E.P. Dutton, 1953):
Book contracts, 1952, 1953
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York (mounted for
bookstore display), 1953
Correspondence (E.P. Dutton, Curtis Brown, etc), 1954-58
E.P. Dutton, Book order, 1954
Publicity, 1953s
Research, nd
Reviews, 1953
Robert Hale Limited, Publishing Agreement, 1954
Royalty Statements, 1953-54
Lady Rich (published by E.P. Dutton, 1963):
Book contracts, 1962, 1963, 1977
Book jacket cover for E.P. Dutton, New York, 1963
Correspondence
(research related), ca 1959-61
(E.P. Dutton), 1960-68
Curtis Brown, Royalty Statement, 1963
Galley proofs, 1962
Publicity, 1963
Publicity poster, 1963
Research, nd
Research, nd
Reviews, 1963
“This Is Billy Boy” (published by the South Carolina Association
for Retarded Children, 1973):
“In Appreciation to E.B.C. for ‘This Is Billy Boy’ Presented by
South Carolina Association for Retarded Children,” plaque,
nd
Bound copies, 1973
Clippings, 1973
Correspondence, 1973, 1993
Draft, nd
Original artwork, nd
Research materials, nd
Speech, nd
CONTAINER LIST
Box
9
Os 9
Os 9
9
9, 13
9
Folder
Series III, Writings, continued
Manuscripts/Book Ideas (unpublished):
751-52
Elliot White Springs biography, Miscellaneous, 1958-67, nd
na
Elliott Springs Advertisements, ca
1959
na
Springs Mills, Inc.,Springmaid
Calendars, 19153-54, 1959-60
753-54-a
“The Heir of Curassow,” idea for a novel, nd
754b
The Mighty Rose, nd
Sara’s Story (biography of Sara Delano Roosevelt), 1980s:
755
Collaboration agreement between EBC and FDR, Jr., 1984
756-57
Correspondence, general, 1983-85
758
Correspondence (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., William R.
Emerson, Walter Spearman, Eugene Winick), 1975-88
759-60
Manuscript, Sara’s Story: A Biography of Sara Delano
Roosevelt, as told by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and
Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, ca 1988
761
Research materials, Delano letters/China, nd
762
genealogy, nd
763-72, 1227
general, nd
773-78
Sara’s diary (photocopy), 1880-1909
779-82
Sara’s letters (photocopies), 1863-1922
782-a $ b
In Her Own Words, draft of unfinished autobiography, nd
MS 1
MS 2
MS 3-4
MS 5
MS 6
MS 7
MS 8
MS 9-10
MS 11
MS 12
MS 13
MS 14
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
MS 15
MS 16
MS 17
na
na
na
19
na
19
na
19
na
Manuscripts (drafts, galleys for published and unpublished
books):
The Bees, 1968
The Big Drum, nd
Blood Red Roses, 1977, nd
Daughter of Strangers, nd
The Day of the Peacock, 1952
The Grasshopper King, nd
The Hill of the Roses (later, The Grasshopper King), nd
India Allan, nd
Lady Rich, (manuscript from Curtis Brown, Ltd., London), nd
Lady Rich, 1962
Miss Elizabeth and the Yellow Corvette, unpublished, nd
Sara’s Story: A Biography of Sara Delano Roosevelt,
unpublished (early draft) written with Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Jr., nd
Tyger, Tyger, unpublished, nd
Untitled, nd
The Way of An Eagle, unpublished, 1988
Copies of EBC’s books at the Caroliniana Library:
The Bees, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, First Edition,
hardback, 1968
La Belle, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, First Edition,
hardback, July 1959
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, Second Printing,
hardback, September 1959
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
19
na
19
19
na
na
19
na
19
19
na
na
19
na
19
na
19
na
9
783
787
Book Reviews (reviews written by EBC):
Lady’s Maid (book by Margaret Forster), Written for Blowing
Rock Writers’ Conference, ca 1992
Man on Fire (book by LeGette Blythe), nd
Rising Sun (book by Michael Crichton), Written for Blowing
Rock Writers’ Conference, ca 1992
“They Were All a Nice People” (short story by Stephen Vincent
Benet), nd
Washington Quadrille (book by Jonathan Daniels), ca 1968
788
Editorial Letters, clippings, 1968, 1979, 1991, nd
784
785
786
9
Series III, Writings, continued
Copies of EBC’s books at the Caroliniana Library, continued:
La Belle Bantam Books/Mockingbrid Press, paperback, 1978
printing
Dell Publishing Co., Inc, paperback, 1960 printing
Blood Red Roses, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York,
uncorrected softbound proof, 1977
Daughter of Strangers, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New
York, First Edition, 1950
Dell Publishing Co., Inc., paperback, nd
The Day of the Peacock, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York,
First Edition, signed, 1952
The Grasshopper King, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York,
First Edition, 1981
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., uncorrected
softbound proof, 1981
Lady Rich, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, First Edition, 1963
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
Essays:
“Assignment Istanbul,” Manuscript, ca 1965
Drafts, diary, ca 1965
“Bringing Children and Books Together,” nd
“Coker Family. . .” nd
“The Debonair Dutchman: Being the Remarkable Career of
Commodore Alexander Gillon of the Continental South
Carolina Army,” nd
“I Did Hear the Galloping of Horse,” nd
“A Factual History of St. Matthew’s Parish of Darlington, SC,”
nd
“Last Sunday After Epiphany,” 1972
“The Lost Art of Reading,” nd
“Mass and Class Magazine,” 1938-39
“The Old Man and the Thief,” (review of an opera), nd
“Our Square,” re public square in Darlington, SC, nd
“Possum Story,” ca 1962
“A South Carolina Christmas,” Published in The Chicago
Tribune, 1950
“The Stuffed Shirt,” nd
“Thomas Hardy – Man of Man,” nd
CONTAINER LIST
Box
9
15
9
Folder
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
na
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
Series III, Writings, continued
Essays, continued:
“Voice From the Past,” nd
“Voter Registration Anecdote,” nd
“What Actually Happened to Marie Boozer?” ca 1973
“William Faulkner,” nd
Untitled
Poetry:
“Aboard the SS Illyria,” 1983
“Alabama Maytime,” 1961
“Antiphon,” nd
“Antonyms,” nd
“April,” nd
“Burn’s Poetry,” nd
“Day of a Darky,” Published in Criterion, 1981-82), 1981
Best College Verse, 1931, edited by Jessie
Rehder, Harper & Brothers Publishers,
New York, signed by EBC, 1931
“Dew Drops From the Lion’s Mane,” nd
“The Enthusiastic Poet to His God,” nd
“Feb. 18-29,” nd
“Five Old Ladies,” nd
“Froth,” nd
“The Golden Age,” nd
“Greetings to My Classmates,” 1969
“Happy Birthday, Caleb II!!!!” nd
“I Am a Harp,” 1944 (?)
“Icarus Toiling in a Garage,” nd
“Infatuation,” nd
“King of the Beasts,” nd
“Moon Looney,” nd
“My Song of Songs,” nd
“Out of Chaos,” nd
“Pan,” ca 1926
“Quid Pro Quo,” 1973
“Ragged Robins,” ca 1928
“Red Moon” (winner of the Skylark Prize), 1927
“Registrant Unable to Read and Write,” 1934
“The Role of Women Today,” nd
“Savor This Hour” (for high school reunion), 1971
“De Senectute,” ca 1978
“She, the Sea,” nd
“Sister Mary Magdalene,” ca 1929
“Song to Clarole,” nd
“A Sonnet to Walter (Spearman),” 1977
“Soiree at the Halls,” 1977
“To a Lovely Coed,” nd
“White Trash,” nd
Untitled poems, nd
CONTAINER LIST
Box
9
Folder
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869-70
871
10
872
873
874
875
876-77
878-80
881
882
15
883
na
10
884
10, 15
885, na
10
Os 12
10
886
na
887
888
Series III, Writings, continued
Short Stories:
Clippings, Articles re EBC’s short stories, 1963-72, nd
“The Curtains of Solomon,” nd
“The Foundling,” in The Sandlapper, August 1977
“A Hat for the Governor,” Later India Allan, 1951
“He Thought She Was a Swan,” nd
“James,” Children’s story, nd
“The Lightfoot Boy,” 1964
“The Lonesome Road,” Rejection letter for it (no story), 1950
“The Man Who Was Bred a Sergeant: An American Profile,”
nd
“Oh Western Wind,” nd
“One Day the Seraph,” ca 1979, 1980
“Pick-Up,” nd
“So I Won’t Be Able to Meet You at Tony’s,” nd
“Then I Saw the Congo,” nd
“This Is My Story,” nd
“The Twelve Kings,” nd
“The Two Sisters,” nd
“Voice From the Past,” nd
“The Voice of Rachel,” 1939
“War Is Like That,” nd
“The Way of An Eagle,” nd
“The Wishing Bone,” Third Prize, International P.E.N Contest,
1962
“The Wishing Bone,” Bound copy, signed by EBC, ca 1962
Publicity re EBC and publication of books:
Betty Hodges’ Book Nook Column, 1962-68, nd
Biographical Companion to a Map of South Carolina Writers,
1973
Converse College Bulletin, article, inside back cover, page 35,
1979
“Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, Novelist,” in Sandlapper, June
1970
Feature Articles, in general
First Printings of American Authors
Fox Findings, Hartsville, South Carolina, 1984
“Friends and Colleagues: A Writers’ Remembrance, An
Evening with Elizabeth Boatwright Coker,” brochure, 1989
Interview, nd
Interview with Elizabeth Boatwright Coker by Bill Drake, WSPA
Radio, November 11, 1981 (approximately 5 minutes)
“Life and Time of a S.C. Historical Novelist,” USC Salkehatchie
(brochure), 1980
Morgantown, North Carolina, Reception and scrapbook
commemorating reception (Mimosa Country Club), 1978
New Books, Winter 1954-55 from Robert Hales
Oversized newspaper articles/features re EBC
“This I Believe,” Edward R. Murrow interview, 1945
Wilson Library Bulletin, 1959
CONTAINER LIST
Box
10
Folder
889
890
891
892-94
895
896
897
898
899-902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
10
914
915
916
917
918-19
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
Series III, Writings, continued
Publicity re EBC and publication of books, continued:
Young Women of the Arts, “On Writing an Historical Novel,”
1973
Publishers:
Bantam Books (correspondence with Stuart Applebaum, Louis
Satz, Grace Bechtold), 1978-79
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1973-75
Curtis Brown, Ltd., Correspondence re contracts, 1950s1980s
Naomi Burton, 1950-68
Power of Attorney to Naomi Burton, 1954
Doubleday and Company, Gollob, Herman, 1987
E.P. Dutton & Company, Correspondence, Bartlett, Scott
Correspondence, general, 1950s80s
Receipts and invoices, ca 1959-68
J.B. Lippincott Company, Correspondence, Stevens, George,
1960
McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, Inc.; McIntosh, Mavis, 1965
McIntosh and Otis:
Fisher, Shirley, 1977-80
Myrer, Patricia, 1981-85
Otis, Elizabeth, 1966-78
Winick, Eugene H., 1984-86
Miscellaneous, 1967, 1981
Mockingbird Books, 1975-78
Readers’ Digest, Correspondence, Thompson, Susan (and
others), 1964, 1982
General information re publishers and editors, 1950, nd
Series IV, Lectures and Speeches
Speeches (written drafts and notes)
Academy of Authors (induction into South Carolina Writers’
Hall of Fame), 1991
“America Laughs,” Converse College Literary Festival, 1959
“Authorists,” nd
“The Beautiful Gardens of Charleston,” 1973
“La Belle,” nd
“Benjamin Franklin at Winchester,” ca 1959
“Blowing Rock,” 1970
Commencement Address (to a high school), nd
Converse College Alumnae Luncheon, 1958
Converse College Commencement Address, notes, nd
“Current Poetry,” nd
Darlington Country Historical Society, re J.L. Coker & Co.,
1984
“An Early South Carolina Garden,” nd
“Edgefield County Historical Society Appearance,” 1988
“The Enthusiastic Poet to His God,” 1959
“An Evening With Elizabeth Boatwright Coker,” 1989
“A Few of the Hazards of Being a Writer,” 1978
“Floriade,” Palmetto Garden Club, 1983
CONTAINER LIST
Box
10
Folder
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
Series IV, Lectures and Speeches
Speeches (written drafts and notes), continued:
“Friends and Colleagues: A Writer’s Remembrance,” South
Caroliniana Society/College of Humanities, University of
South Carolina, 1989
“The German Situation,” 1954
“Hall of Fame,” South Carolina Hall of Fame, 1992
Horry County Students, Meeting, 1992
“A House Divided,” Gardeners’ Club of America, In response
to an article written by Penelope Coker, ca 1981
“How I Wrote My First Historical Novel,” nd
“Individual Man,” Coker College Commencement Address,
1981
Introductions (re EBC, written by others), nd
Kalonia Arts Festival, Coker College, 1983
“Last Sunday After Epiphany,” 1972
“The Lost Art of Reading,” nd
re Mexico and The Grasshopper King, nd
Oldfields School Speech, 1991
“On Creative Writing,” nd
“Our Julia,” (re Julia Peterkin), 1991
“Pee Dee Heritage,” nd
“Priorities,” Converse College, 1979
“Remembrance of South Carolina Writers Past,” nd
Regarding the research process, nd
Response to General Westmoreland’s tribute to EBC, South
Carolina Hall of Fame, 1992
“The Royal Horticultural Society Autumn Show in Westminster
Hall, London,” nd
“Ruth Patrick,” groundbreaking of the Ruth Patrick Science
Education Center at USC Aiken, 1989
“St. John’s Heritage,” 1983
“Some Traditional Sports and Pastimes of Darlington in the
19th Century,” Pee Dee Historical Society, 1957
Sonoco Plant opening in Mexico, 1952
South Carolina Poets’ Society, nd
“Ten Rules for Recent Graduates,” 1958
“Trends in Fiction During the Past Year,” 1954
University of South Carolina, 1958
University of South Carolina, South Carolina Tricentennial
Commission, 1970
University South Caroliniana Society, 44th Annual Meeting,
EBC’s address, 1980
“What Actually Happened to Marie Boozer?” nd
“What Converse Has Meant to Me,” nd
“What Libraries and Librarians Have Meant to Me,” nd
“What Twichell Has Meant to One Converse Girl,” 1987
“The Woman in the Garden” Garden Club of America, 1954
The Woman’s Club, Richmond, VA, 1963
“Write About Things You’re Familiar With, Said My Teachers
First – My Editors Later,” nd
Writers’ Conference, 1953
CONTAINER LIST
Box
Folder
10
972
973
974
975-80
981-85
986-87
988
10, 13
10
989-90, 1228
991-92
993
na
Os 6
10
994
995
996
997-1003
11
11
1004
1005
1006-08
1009-11
1012-13
1014
1015
1016
1017-20
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
Series IV, Lectures and Speeches, continued
Speeches (written drafts and notes), continued:
“The Writer’s Position in America, Retrospect,” nd
Writing, nd
“Writing Your Novel,” nd
Untitled speeches, nd
Speech materials, nd
Clippings, 1952-88, nd
Introduction for EBC by Ovid Pierce, nd
Teaching/Lecture Materials:
Appalachian State University, 1971-72
Coker College, Lectures, nd
Columbia College,
General, 1976
Spring 1982, Speakers’ Series, 1982
Lecture materials:
“The Forms of Poetry,” nd
Miscellaneous notes, nd
Lecture materials:
“Rules for Writing the Biographical Novel,” nd
Text: Elementary Principles of Composition, possibly written
by EBC, nd
Series V, Professional & Community Organizations, Conferences
Conferences:
Blowing Rock Writers’ Conference, Blowing Rock, North
Carolina:
Poetry Courses, notes, 1937
Short Story Course, notes, 1937
Miscellaneous materials, 1953, 1970, 1992
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Middlebury, VT,
Seminar in Literary Criticism, notebooks, 1938
Carolina Connections Conference, 1988
Carolina Connections: sketches of EBC and friends by
Charlotte Harrell (James Dickey, Brett Jackson, Josephine
Humphreys, W.P. Fox, Barry Hannah), 1988
North Carolina Literary Forum, 1957, nd
North Carolina Writers’ Conference, 1962, 1965, 1967, nd
Professional and Community Organizations:
Authors’ Guild, “Bulletin,” ca 1957-85
Constitution and By-Laws, nd
“Your Book Contract: A Guide. . .” 1961
Authors’ League of America, Brochure re copyright, nd
Brochure, “National Assembly of
Authors and Dramatists,”
1957
Darlington County Selective Service Advisory Board, 1942-47
The Garden Club of America, “Bulletin,” article by EBC, “Some
of the Highlights of the Royal
Horticultural Society,” 1964
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1027
1028
1029
1030
1031
1032
1033
1034
1035
1036
1037-38
1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047-49
1050
1051-52
1053
1054-55
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063
Series V, Professional & Community Organizations, Conferences,
continued
Professional and Community Organizations, continued:
The Garden Club of America, “Bulletin,” article by EBC, “First
Flower People of South
Carolina, 1973
General, nd
Hartsville School District, Board of Trustees, 1944-49
International Mark Twain Society, Honorary Member, 1950-93
Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1988-94
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1985
The North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities,
Inc., 1954
Over the Teacups Club, Darlington, SC, 1987-88
Palmetto Garden Club, By-Laws, 1956, 1980, 1982
Directories, 1982-85, 1992-93
General materials, nd
Palmetto Project, 1992
Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, 1990-93
Pee Dee Heritage Center,
Advisory Board, 1983-94, nd
Correspondence, 1981-92
Grant application (South Carolina
Committee for the Humanities), nd
“The Pee Dee Recorder,” 1981-90
PEN Congress, Brochure, 1986
Clippings, 1966
Miscellaneous, 1986
PEN Congress, Newsletters, 1968, 1987
Pamphlets, 1966, 1986
Poetry Society of Georgia, 1944
Poetry Society of South Carolina, Inc., 1971, 1993
South Carolina Academy of Authors, miscellaneous, ca 1992
South Carolina Camellia Society, Inc., 1952
South Carolina State Museum Foundation, Board of Directors,
1991
South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, ca 1967-68
Tar Heel Writers Roundtable, 1968
The University South Caroliniana Society, 1984-88, nd
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, nd
Membership cards, 1942-87, nd
Series VI, Research Files
1064-65
1066
1067-68
1069
1070
1071-77
1078
1079
18th century
1900, “the Year 1900”
1920s
Animals
Astronomy
Barbados
Bay of Pigs
Birds
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1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087-91
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
1101
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111-17
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124-25
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134-39
1140
1141
1142
1143
1144-46
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Series VI, Research Files, continued
Boxing
Brazil
“The Burning of Columbia,” from The News and Courier, 1888
Cagle, Ebin
Calhoun, John Caldwell
Caribbean
Civil Rights, 1963
Civil War/Confederacy
Clothes
“A Columbia Scrapbook, 1701-1842,” nd
Customs
England, Braemer Royal Highland Society
British history (Restoration of the Stuarts)
Castle of Invercauld
London
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Flowers
Folklore
Folk songs
Food
France
Freud, Sigmund
Furniture
Germany
Gullah
Hampton, Wade
Held, John, Jr.
Horses and Horsemanship
Houses
Huguenots
Hunting
Italy, Rome
Jackson, General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall
“James Stephens,” nd
“Japanese Sense of Humor,” Hollington K. Tong
Jewelry
Labor Disagreements, CIO Textile Workers Union Strike, 1952
Laurens, Henry
“The Lincoln Myth”
Long, Earl
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Marion, Francis
Medicine
Mexico
Music
“Names”
Nature
Obituaries
People, types
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1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160-62
1163
1164
1165
1166-67
1168
1169-72
1173
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183-87
1188-89
Presidents, United States (32 articles in which Allan Nivens rates
the presidents from Washington to Roosevelt)
Race
Robinson, J. B., excerpts from letter dated 28 January 1842 to his
wife
Rutledge, John
The sea, accounts of sea voyages
Shaftesburg and Locke
South Carolina, Charleston
Code Duello in the Pee Dee River
Columbia
Darlington, South Carolina, History:
Benefit performance of Capt. Dick, 1897
Clippings, 1957-83
County Courthouse dedication (EBC was a
speaker), 1985
Essay re Darlington, ca 1959
Photocopies of old articles, nd
“Reconstruction – My Part In It,” E. W.
Cannon
“The Witherspoons of Society Hill,” John
Witherspoon DuBose, 1910 (photocopy)
“Early settlements in South Carolina”
Edgefield
Hartsville
Hilton Head
South Carolina, Pirates
South Carolina, in general
Spain, Portugal
Spinning wheel, evolution of
Swans
Transportation, Vehicles, Equipages, ca 1952
Vikings
West Indies
“Woman,” article by E. Merrill Root in American Opinion, 1965
Wren, Christopher
Writing
Miscellaneous
Series VII, Artwork, Maps, Photographs, Miscellaneous, Scrapbooks
1190
Art Files
Os 16
na
Os 18
Os 13
na
na
Artwork:
Miscellaneous Prints (Reproductions)
Oil painting, cover for Blood Red Roses, nd
Pastel portrait of James L. Coker, III as a boy. Artist, Haskell
Coffin, ca 1950s
Pencil, watercolor drawing. Woman watching a duel
Portrait of EBC (reproduction?). Artist, A. Brook, nd
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Os 14
na
Os 15
na
16
na
0s 2
na
Os 2
na
Os 13
na
15
15
17-18
na
Series VII, Artwork, Maps, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Maps:
County of Essex, England, by John Oliver, nd
“John Nordan’s Map of Essex, 1594,” Essex Record Office,
(reprint), nd
Map of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Designer’s marks on it.
For Blood Red Roses.
Map of Hilton Head, South Carolina, marked by designer, for
Blood Red Roses
Map of Hilton Head, South Carolina for Blood Red Roses
entitled “Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Before 1861,”
compiled by the Hilton Head Co., 1958
“A Map of South Carolina Writers from the Beginning to 1792,”
1973
“The Oldest Map of the New World,” Reproduced by American
Heritage, from Jornad’s les Monuments de la Geograhie,
Paris, 1862, nd
Plantations on the South Carolina Coast, D. Tranbridge
Elliman (reprint), nd
Topographical Description of Barbados (reprint), nd
Photographs
Family, friends, peers, ca 1920-1993, nd
Publicity and studio photographs (formal and informal), ca 19291993, nd
Oversized:
American Cotton Manufacturers Association, Banquet
(panoramic photo. NEEDS HUMIDIFICATION), 1937
EBC and Elliott Graham (?), nd
EBC Portrait (reprint), nd
Color photograph of EBC and others at Converse College
celebration, ca 1987
Photograph of EB by M.I. Boris (?), ca 1950s
Miscellaneous:
The Complete Cook (purchased by EBC in 1931), reprint of a
1668 cookbook, possibly 1884
Guest books:
Funeral (unidentified), nd
Reception/book signing (?), nd
Miscellaneous trinkets
Scrapbooks:
“The Big Drum, (cont.) May 4, 1957,” ca 1956-60
“Blood Red Roses, 1977,” 1977-78
“The Day of the Peacock, March 18, 1952,” 1952-53
“India Allan, October 12, 1953,” (also includes The Big Drum)
1953-57
Untitled scrapbook, 1937-52
“The Years Between 1961-1977,” 1961-77 (take apart)
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Folder
Children’s Books selected for transfer to Special Collections, Thomas
Cooper Library (4 Mar. 1999):
Bobo Goes to Town, copyrighted by Leda H. Plauche, 1937
Cock Robin’s Death and (title page torn), (gift to Purvis Jenkins
Boatwright from Uncle Louis) nd
Mother Goose ABC and Other Jingles, (James Boatwright’s) ca
1870s?
Old New Orleans Characters, Leda Plauche, 1931
The Story of Little Black Quibba, Helen Bannerman, (Penelope’s
book) 1903
Ten Little Nigger Boys, (Purvis Jenkins Boatwright’s book an 1876
Christmas gift) ca 1870s
Ten Little Nigger Boys and Ten Little Nigger Girls” ; Nora Case, 1962
Talkative Toby, (Purvis Jenkins Boatwright’s) nd
Uncle John’s Drolleries, Simple Addition by a Little Nigger, ca 1880
A Visit from Santa Claus, (gift to EBC from Rietta Boatwright)
copyright 1898