Finding Aid for the Yoknapatawpha Press Collection
(MUM00499)
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Finding Aid for the Yoknapatawpha Press Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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| PURL: |
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00499/ |
| Title: |
Yoknapatawpha Press Collection |
| Dates: |
1979-1992 |
| Creator: |
Wells, Dean Faulkner; Wells, Lawrence |
| Physical Extent: |
1 box (0.5 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM00499 |
| Location: |
General Special Collections
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| Language of Material: |
English |
| Abstract: |
Contains materials related to Yoknapatawpha Press, a southern regional small press
in Oxford, Miss.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells, 1995
Processing Information
Collection processed by Joel Gillaspie, June 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn
Michaelis, June 2012.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Wells, Dean Faulkner
Wells, Lawrence
Yoknapatawpha Press
Publishers and publishing -- Mississippi -- Oxford
Small presses -- Mississippi -- Oxford
Formats
newsletters
clippings (information artifacts)
photocopies
postcards
order forms
pamphlets
broadsides (notices)
Historical Note
Founded in 1975, Yoknapatawpha Press is a southern regional small press which publishes
works by southern writers. It was founded by the late Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence
Wells, who served as co-publishers and editors, and is owned and operated by Lawrence
Wells. Yoknapatawpha Press is named for William Faulkner's fictional county, Yoknapatawpha,
from the Chickasaw word meaning "gentle water."
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains materials, chiefly promotional items and news clippings, related
to Yoknapatawpha Press.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Yoknapatawpha Press Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library,
The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Yoknapatawpha Press Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For more collections related to William Faulkner, please see the Archives' William Faulkner Subject Guide.
The Faulkner Newsletter & Yoknapatawpha Review, published by Yoknapatawpha Press, is available in Archives and Special Collections
as well as online as a digital collection: http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/faulkner_nl.
Container List
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| Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review |
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| Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review, October–December 1983
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Scope: Two copies
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| Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review, October–December 1982
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| Promotional materials |
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| Photocopy of Newspaper Article: "Nostalgia and Pain," from The Charlotte Observer, October 1981
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Scope: Review of Terrains of the Heart by Willie Morris
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| Photocopy of news release from Yoknapatawpha Press, undated |
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Scope: Re: North Towards Home by Willie Morris
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| Photocopy of newspaper article: "Turning Over a New Leaf," from the Times–Picayune, 1 November 1981)
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Scope: Recipes from great American writers
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| Article: "The Faulkner Connection," undated |
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| Photocopy of publication announcement for Faulkner’s Helen: A Courtship, 1981
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| News release re: publication of Always Stand in Against the Curve by Willie Morris, undated
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| Photocopy of announcement about Yoknapatawpha Press, undated |
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Scope: Includes a brief history of the press, its infrastructure, location, and prior publications
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Business cards, a packing slip, empty envelope, and a postcard with a photograph of
Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells
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| Magazine articles |
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| "'Passage' by Willie Morris,"Veranda, Spring 1992
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| "War of the Words,"American Way, 1 August 1992
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Scope: Faulkner and Hemingway Write-Alike contest, 1992
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| "Pound and Fury,"American Way, 1 August 1989
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Scope: Faulkner Write-Alike contest, 1989
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| Catalogs and order forms |
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| Broadsides/Broadsheets |
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| Advertisement for The Ghosts of Rowan Oak – William Faulkner’s Ghost Stories for Children, recounted by Dean Faulkner Wells, and Willie Morris’s Good Ole Boy, undated
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| Proof dustjacket for William Faulkner’s The Wild Palms, published by Picador Classics, undated
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| Proof dustjacket for William Faulkner’s Soldier's Pay, published by Picador Classics, undated
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| Articles and pamphlets |
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| "A Christmas Remembered", The Oxford Times, 20 December 1985
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Scope: Dean Faulkner Wells's reminiscence of a Christmas with William Faulkner
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| Yoknapatawpha Press catalog, 1985 |
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| "In the Heart of the Literary South, a Tradition Lives on,"The Boston Globe, 19 December 1986
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Scope: Two copies, one incomplete
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| "Home Fires Burning" by Lawrence Wells. The Commercial Appeal Mid – South Magazine, 28 September 1986
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| "Does the ‘Southern Writer’ Really Exist?"The Boston Globe, 9 December 1986
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| "Belle Duck’s Story" by Dean Faulkner Wells. The Commercial Appeal Mid – South Magazine 18 November 1984
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| "Faulkner Fan With a Purpose" by Lawrence Wells. The Times – Picayune Dixie, 25 April 1976
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Scope: Two copies
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| Promotional pamphlet: "William Faulkner – The Cofield Collection," undated |
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| "A Christmas Remembered,"Parade magazine
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| Promotional postcards and brochures |
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Registration Card and Envelope for Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Invitation to
Author Awards Gala, undated
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| Invitation to Celebrate Part for The Great American Writer’s Cookbook, 22 September
1981
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| Announcement: "Of Dining and Dynasties," presented by Cave Creak Productions, 23 September 1994 |
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| Promotional brochure, cover featuring "The Ghosts of Rowan Oak" published by Yoknapatawpha Press (1980 – 1981 listings) |
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Scope: Seven copies
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| Booklet: "William Faulkner – A Perspective From the Brodsky Collection," by Robert W. Hamblin and Louis Daniel Brodsky 2 October 1979 – 13 December 1979 |
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Scope: Two copies
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