Edith Pope, 1905-1961
  Manuscripts
11 Boxes

Edith Pope manuscripts include drafts of  her published novels, Colcorton, River in the Wind, and the juvenile book Biggety Chameleon, of the unpublished novel "Well Met at Morning" and her biography of Francis Marion. Manuscripts of published and unpublished short stories and poems, as well as autobiographical writings, including diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, are included.
 

BOX 1:  Autobiographical and Novels

Autobiographical:

    1)    Personal notes (1)
    2)    Personal notes (2)
    3)    Personal Notebooks

Novels:

    1)    Biggety Chameleon, notes and drafts.
    2)    Castaways , holograph notes, 46 leaves.
    3-4)    Castaways, (Original title: "Well Met at Morning").
                Typescript with corrections, 276 leaves.

BOX 2: Novels, continued

    5)    Colcorton (holograph notes)
    6-7) Colcorton (Typescript with revisions and printers marks), 347 leaves.
    8)    Colcorton  (Holograph Notes for dramatization), 80 leaves.
    9)    Colcorton  (Background Material - Zephaniah Kingsley's will) 4 leaves.
    10)  Colcorton (Newspaper Reviews)
    11)   "Francis Marion: Partisan" and "Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox"
            3 typed drafts, with autograph revisions.
    12-13)  "Francis Marion." ( Holograph notes)

BOX 3: Novels, continued

    14)  Not Magnolia   (Holograph Synopsis)
    15-19) River in the Wind - Autograph Notes

BOX 4: Novels, River in the Wind continued
    (1st Version(?) "The Mob Within."

    20)  "The Mob Within (First Draft?), leaves 1-[92]
    21) "The Mob Within (First Draft?), l. 93-220
    22) "The Mob Within (First Draft?), l. 221-435
    23)  "The Mob Within  (Second Draft?), l.1-99
    24)  "The Mob Within  (Second Draft?), l.100-305
    25) ["The Mob Within"?] Chapters 1-3, 5, and unidentified pages.

BOX 5:  Novels, continued
    2nd Version (?) - Paradise and War(?). (This title was copied from the original folders. It does not appear on the manuscript.)

    26)    ["Paradise and War"] typescript with autograph revisions, l. 1-448
    27)    ["Paradise and War"] typescript with autograph revisions, l. 449-[600]
    28)    ["Paradise and War"] typescript with autograph revisions, l. 601-736.
    29)    River in the Wind, final typescript, l. [1]-300
    30)    River in the Wind, final typescript, l. 301-450
    31)    River in the Wind, final typescript,  l. 451-619.
 

BOX 6:  Novels, continued - River in the Wind and story "Where None Pursue."

    32)  River in the Wind - galley proofs

    33)   "Where None Pursue," autograph notes and fragments
    34)   "Where None Pursue," autograph draft
    35)    "Where None Pursue," typed draft, #1
    36)   "Where None Pursue," typed draft, #2
    37)   "Where None Pursue," typed draft, #3.
    38)   Untitled novel fragment, which includes scene similar to "Where None Pursue." Typed ms., 93 l., Wwith note by N[ike] G[rafstrom] that this was a section of a novel that Pope was considering converting to a short story.
    39)   Untitled novel fragment that appears to be a continuation og #38. Typed ms., 26 p., with 6 leaves of a.ms., and a note from Nike Grafstrom to Verle Pope, March 1, 1961.
 

BOX 7:  Plays and Poetry

 Plays:

    1)    "The Birth of the Seasons; a Play for Seven Children." (Juvenile writing by Pope for her and friends).
    2)    "Fortune and Men's Eyes; a Play in four Acts," a.ms., 16 leaves.

 Poetry:

    1)    "All That I Write Is Shallow," a.ms., written on envelope, postmarked May 26, 1924.
    2)    "Always Genius is Crucified," a.ms., on envelope.
    3)    "American Muse, Whose Strong and Diverse Heart,"a.ms. 1 leaf.
    4)    "Anne Louise Andrews and Clara Mere Died Long Ago," a.ms. 1 leaf.
    5)    "Apology," and "Let it Be Forgotten," [by Sara Teasdale?] a.ms. 1 leaf.
    6)    "Black Lagoon," typed ms. 2 leaves.
    7)    "The Black Lagoon and Other Verse," review by an unknown author, typed ms. 5 ll.
    8)    "Coming of Night," a.ms. 1 l.
    9)    "Conclusion," typed ms. 1 l.
    10)    "The Days are Very Hot and Long to Me," a.ms. Camp Aloha, Fairlee, VT. 1 l.
    11)    "Dearest, Dearest, Did You Ever Know," and "Faithful," a.ms., 1 l.
    12)    "Dream Wrecker," a.ms. 1 l."
    13)    "Exasperation," a.mss. 2 drafts. 2 l.
    14)    "Faithful"  (Filed with "Dearest")
    15)    "Forest Fire," a.ms. 1 leaf.
    16)    "Futility," a.ms. 1 leaf.
    17)    "Graceless," typed ms. 1 l.
    18)    "The Houseparty," a.ms. 1 l.
    19)    "I'd like to sprout some wings," a.ms, 1 l.
    20)    "If all the world were roses, dear," a.ms. 1 l.
    21)    "Indignation," a.ms. 1 l.
    22)    "In Memoriam for One Who Did Not Die," a.ms. 7 ll.
    23)    "I have loved the sky at pallid dawn," a.ms. 2 ll.
    24)    "I Won't be here much longer," a.ms. 1 l.
    25)    "Just one hour more," a.ms. Camp Aloha, Fairlee, VT. 1 l.
    26)    "A Land of Scarlet Skies," a.ms. 1 l.
    27)    "Let it Be Forgotten." Filed with "Apology."
    28)    "Little Boys Song," and "Apologies to Carl Sandburg," a.ms. 1 l.
    29)    "Looking Forward," a.ms. 1l.
    30)    "The Mad Old Prince," and "Ponce DeLeon," a.ms. 1 l.
    31)    "Magic," a.ms, 2 l.
    32)    "The Moon," a.ms. 1l.
    33)    "Oh! for the goodly gift of speech," a.ms. 2 l.
    34)    "Peace," a.ms. 1 l.
    35)    "The Pilgrim," a.ms. 1 l.
    36)    "Ponce de Leon," filed with "The Mad Old Prince."
    37)    "Recluse," a.ms. 1 p.
    38)    "Remember the Lady Elaineon her barge reclining," a. ms. on envelope.
    39)    "Roudeau au Horac[e]," a.ms., translation. 1 l. mutiliated.
    40)    "The shadows are falling over the lake," a.ms., 4 l.
    41)    "She wanted one," a.ms. 2 l.
    42)    "Sheila," a.ms. 1 l.
    43)    "Ships of Balensheen," a.ms. 1 l.
    44)    "Song," a.ms. 1 l.
    45)    "Such Love have I of Quality," a.ms. 1 l.
    46)    There are some things you must not do (Not in folder, 2/14/2001)
    47)    This is the song the South Wind whispered to me," a.ms. 1 l.
    48)    "To a Green Eyed Girl," a.ms. 1 l.
    49)    To a tempermental fool," a.ms. 1 l.
    50)    "To Helen," a.ms., 1 l.
    51)    "The Villanelle," a.ms. 1 l.
    52)    "With Gentle Flutterings," a.ms. 1 l.
    53)    "Won't you come and hide with me," a.ms. 1l.
    54)    Poems and Near Poems of Edith E. Taylor. Autograph notebook, 1921-1922.
    55)    Patchwork: Being the Poems and Near Poems of an Illiterate Schoolgirl. Autograph
                notebook, 1921-1922. Drafts of three letters found inserted in notebook.
    56)   Poems from Prepschool. Autograph notebook, 1923-1924.
 

BOX 8:  Short Stories

    1)    "Adieu, Aberte," a.ms. Sept. 28, 1926, Class assignment. 5 l.
    2)    [Adoration & the Genius] a.ms. The Baldwin School. 6 l.
    3)    "Afternoon on a Hill," 4 drafts and "Solitude," 1 draft, March 31, 1927.  (1st--4th version, final version)
    4)    "The Ancesters We Descend," a.ms. 3 leaves.
    5)    "At the Concert," a.ms. Nov. 12, 1926. 3 l.
    6)    "Before Winter: a Prelude at Elsinore," a.ms., Oct. 27, 1926. 6 l.
    7)    "The Beloved of the Little Lord," typed ms. 7 l.
    8)    "The Bobbits," a.ms., 5 l.
    9)     "Billie and the Birds," a.ms., 9 l.
    10)    "The Burton's Baby," a.ms. 6 l.
    11)    "Clarissa and the Morons," typed ms. 31 l.
    12)    "Companions - Lost; Strayed, Stolen," a.ms., Jan. 20, 1926. 2 l.
    13)    "The Convent," a.ms., March 31, 1927. 3 l.
    14)    "Daphne," a.ms., Nov. 9, 1926. 5 l.
    15)    "Daphne's Day," typed ms., 15 l.
    16)    "The Divine Difficulty," a.ms., Nov. 9, 1929(?) 3 l.
    17)    "The Dress," a.ms., 7 l.
    18)    "Fable," a.ms., 3 l.
    19)    'Facts have no pity," a.ms., 22 l.
    20)    "Farewell to morning," a.ms., 14 l.
    21)    "The Fly; a Narrative for a Play," a.ms., Dec. 2, 1926. 22 l.
    22)    "The Foods of Childhood," 3 drafts, 2 autograph and 1 typed (original and carbon).
    23)    "The Ghosts," May 5, 1927. 5 l.
    24)    "Glimpses," a.ms., 9 l.
    25)    "God's Pocket," 2 drafts: a.ms., with draft of letter to the Readers' Digest, and typed ms.
    26)    "The Guston's Ghost," a.ms., 7 l.
    27)    "He Wouldn't Take No," a.ms., 3 l.
    28)    "Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May," typed ms., 26 l.
    29)    "Hockey," a.ms. and typed ms.
    30)    "The Honest Hour," a.ms., Oct. 27, 1926. 4 l.
    31)    "How Prohibition Came to Anthony Avery," a.ms., 8 l.
    32)    "Inferiority complex," a.ms. 15 l.
    33)    "I Remember Tunbridge," a.ms., Oct. 13, 1926. 4 l.
    34)    "The Key to Claire," a.ms, 2 drafts.
    35)    "The Lady Authoress," a.ms, 5 l.

BOX 9:  Short Stories continued

    36)    "Manhattan," a.ms., 10 l.
    37)    "Manhattan: Evening Impression," a.ms., Oct. 15, 1926. 5 l.
    38)    "Mirage," a.ms., March 14 [1926?] 10 l.
    39)    "Mirrored," a.ms. 4 l.
    40)    "Miss Wildebrace's Lovely Life," a.ms, 115 l., and
                "Miss Wildebrace's Lover," a.ms., Jan. 24, 1929, 13 l.
    41)    "The Most Secret Thing," a.ms., Oct. 14, 1926.  3 l.
    42)    "The Mouse's House," a.ms. 5 l.
    43)    "The Mysterious Stranger," a.ms., Nov. 2, 1926. 1 l.
    44)    "1914," a.ms., Feb. 1927. 5 l.
    45)    "The Old Books," a.ms., Jan. 22, 1927. 6 l.
    46)    "Old Fashioned," a.ms, 8 l.
    47)    "Old Lady, What Time Is It?" 3 drafts: (1) a.ms, 10 l.
                (2) a.ms, Dec. 31, 1928. 7 l.  (3)  typed ms, 12 l.
    48)    "On a Balcony," typed ms, 10 l.
    49)    "Painted Man," a.ms., Nov. 2, 1926.  4 l.
    50)    "A Parable of Quality," a.ms., Oct. 12, 1926. 6 l.
    51)    "Prelude to a Narrative," a.ms., Dec. 16, 1926.  2 l.
    52)    "Pride," a.ms. 4 l.
    53)    "The Proposal," a.ms, Feb. 22, 1929.  14 l.  "The Proposal," typed ms, 12 l.
    54)    "Refuge," a.ms., Oct. 13, 1926.  2 l.
    55)    "The Reverie of Gabrielle," a.ms.,  March 31, 1925.  6 l.
    56)    "Sam's Holiday," typed ms., 7 l.
    57)    "Sea Gull," typed ms., 9 l.
    58)    "The Secret Summer," (1st version) typed ms, 11 l.  "The Secret Summer" (2nd version)
               typed ms, 10 l.
    59)    [Silence & Mystery] a.ms., 1 l.
    60)    "The Statesman & the Star," a.ms, Nov. 3, 1926.  8 l.
    61)    "The Story of the Centaur," a.ms, 6 l.
    62)    'The Sunlight Saga," a.ms Jan 18, 1929. 4 l.  with holograph notes from her teacher.
    63)    "The Tea Party," (1st version) a.ms, Dec. 10, 1928. 11 l.  "The Tea Party," (2nd version)
               a.ms, 15 l.  "The Tea Party," typed ms, 15 l.
    64)    "This Somebody of Jared's," typed ms, 18 l.
    65)    "Too Much Whimsey or It's the Irish in Me," a.ms, 1 l.
    66)    "Tugbiana," a.ms, 37 l.
    67)    "The Tunes We Never Have Heard," a.ms, April 6, 1928.  9 l.
    68)    "The Noon Place," a.ms., 25 l. (2) "Vale Ghost," typed ms., original and carbon with revisions,  30 l.  (3) "Noon Ghost," typed ms, 22 l.
    69)    "Vivi's Decision," a.ms, 8 l.
    70)    "We Did Our Bit - Mars and I," a.ms, 9 l.

BOX 10:  Speeches, Themes, Miscellaneous

  Speeches

    1)    "Talk on Florida Non-Fiction," - a.notes.
    2)    "Speech on Literary Past and Prospect of St. Augustine," - a.notes.

  Themes

    1)    "Certain Instances of Poetic Justice in the Divine Comedy," a.ms. 4 l.
    2)    "Critique [of Ruskin]" a.ms., April 27, 1927. 2 l.
    3)    "The Fair Jennifer," a.ms., Oct. 27, 1926. 1 l.
    4)    "Hymns I Hate - and Others," a.ms., April 16, 1923. 4 l.
    5)    "Plato," a.ms., Nov. 7 [192-] 4 l.

    Miscellaneous

    1-2) Miscellaneous manuscripts and notes, apparently college period writings and lecture notes.
    3)    Notes on Florida History, Taylor family, etc.
    4)    Miscellaneous notes; 5 notebooks
    5)    Minutes of Pen Women of America, St.Augustine Chapter
    6)    Miscellaneous Papers

BOX 11:  Clippings, Clipping Reviews, Memorabilia,
                 Photos, Printed Materials

    Clippings

    1)    Miscellaneous Clippings:
                Novelist Pope Gives Manuscripts to UF
               Cakewalk, Herald, March 3, 1899

    2)    Verle Pope Clippings:
                Dec. 31, 1937- "County Board Head Optimistic for New Year"
               1936- "Verle Pope Wins Jaycee Award for Year's Work"
               1930's-  "People Must Be Satisfied"
               October 12th, 1936- "Scene at Water Works This Morning"
               October 2, 1944-  "Eighth Air Force Liberator Station, England."

    3)    Edith Pope Clippings:
                May 21, 1944- "About the Town," by Langston Moffett
               1924- "Youngest Delegate Gives Feminine View of Palace"
               Sept. 5, 1924-  "St. Augustine Delegates to Aviles as Seen by a Spanish Cartoonist"
               April 11, 1944- "Mrs. Edith Pope . . . Lives Here Awhile as Army Wife"
                "Author of Not Magmolia Comes to Atlanta as Bridesmaid in Wedding"

    Clippings - Book Reviews

    1)    Half Holiday (3 reviews)
    2)    Not Magnolia (22 reviews)
    3)    Old Lady Esteroy (6 reviews)
    4)    Biggety Chamelon (34 reviews)
    5)    River in Wind (12 reviews)

    Memorabilia

    1)    Sketchbook  (5x9)
    2)    Diploma  - Air Intelligence School (Verle Pope)
           Chi Omega Fraternity membership certificate
           2 monthly reports; St. Johns County Schools
           Registration Certificate for St. Bernard dog
           Degree discharging Abram M. Taylor as guardian of the estate of Edith E.
                Taylor; Lockport, NY, 22 Oct. 1927.

    Photos

    1)    Edith T. Pope - 8 photos, ca. 1907, 1924, and undated
    2)    Family and Friends - 14 unidentified photos
    3)    Hurricane St. Augustine - 11 photos [194-?]
    4)    Miscellaneous - Guard at unidentified location
    5)    Ocean Court , St. Augustine Beach- rental cottages owned by the Popes, 5 photos
    6)    Verle Pope - 4 photos, three in uniform from WWII period
    7)    World War II - 7 aerial photos of "supply mission." Caption partially deleted by base censor.
    8)    World War II -  61 photos, of European cities, bombed and unbombed. Brussels, Cologne, Mainz,  Mannheim and other names are written on the verso of some prints.
    9)    World War II -  29 aerial photos, some identified as "Assembly ship, " Oct. 1944. Passed by base censor.
    10)  World WarII - Seven aerial photos, one identified as Berlin, Bermany.  (8)
    11)  World WarII - 69 photos of airplanes, flight crews, bomb damage, and other views. Some are identified and dated from 1944.  (69)
    12)  World War II -  3 aerial photos, two identified as being near Bonn, Germany.
    13) Photo - Unidentified scene of perople and donkeys; taken in an arid climate.

    Printed Materials

    1)    Biggety Chamelon (Contracts)
    2)    Distaff: Spinner of Yarns. Florida State College for Women, v.1:4, April-May 1927
    3)    Address of William. C. Hodges on Greece, Jacksonville, July 16, 1934
    4)    Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers (London, 1944-45)
    5)    The Legend of Maria Sanchez, St. Augustine