MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS
SERIES 3C: ADDENDA (Posthumous Records and Secondary Sources)
10 Boxes

            The Addenda is typically material relating to Rawlings, but not originally part of her papers or created contemporaneously. They are records which were created and added posthumously. Some of the items, such as transcripts of interviews with people who knew her, may be primary sources. Included are records from organizations with an interest in her, such as the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society and the University of Florida Foundation, heir to part of her estate. Other documents include secondary writings about her, newspaper clippings, etc. The Department of Special Collections is not endeavoring to maintain a comprehensive collection of material about Rawlings.

Business papers relating to the estate of Rawlings, primarily correspondence and statements from Scribner's and Brandt and Brandt, were acquired in 2002 (Boxes 7-8).

This series contains drawings and prints by Robert Carson and posters relating to Rawlings.

Box 1:  Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society Society Records, 1986 - and MKR Festival, 1976, 1988-1989.

        1:   MKR Society Organizational records, 1986-1987.
        2:   MKR Society Organizational records, 1988.
        3:   MKR Society Organizational records, 1989-1990.
        4:   MKR Society Organizational records, 1993-1994.
        5:   MKR Festival, 1976. Records.
        6:   MKR Festival, 1976. Photos by Dwight Godwin.
        7:   MKR Festival, 1976. News clippings.
        8:   MKR Festival, 1976. Publicity.
        9:   MKR Festival, 1988.
       10:  MKR Festival, 1989.

Box 2: University of Florida Foundation (UFF) Records Relating to the Estate of MKR, 1951-1991.

        1:    Baskin [MKR] will and correspondence, 1951, 1980-1983.
        2:    Cross Creek Leases, 1957-1962.
        3:    Baskin [MKR] Publications, 1954-1962, 1982
        4:    Cross Creek Groves, 1955-1963
        5:    Cross Creek Property, 1954-1968
        6:    Baskin & UFF vs. Seajay Society. Amended Complaint, Sept. 21, 1990
        7:    Baskin vs. Seajay Society. Answer to Amended Complaint and Counterclaim,
                  Oct. 1, 1990.
        8:    Baskin & UFF vs. Seajay Society. Deposition of Charles Scribner, April 10,1991.
        9:    Baskin vs. Seajay Society. Deposition of Anne B. Hutchins, Sept. 27, 1990.
      10:    Baskin vs. Seajay Society. Deposition of Glenn Horowitz, Oct. 8, 1990.
      11:    Baskin & UFF vs. Seajay Society. Final Order and Permanent Injunction (rough draft), and letter

               from H.Allen to J. Kaney, Sept. 10, 1991.
     12:     Blythe, Anne. "Blood of My Blood," typed ms. (photocopy labelled "Plaintiff's
                  Exhibit.")

Box 3: Miscellany

Primary Material:

1.     Kennedy, Stetson. "The Magic Circle," typed ms. (copy) [ca. 1988]
2.     Wardlow, Jean, compiler. Transcripts of interviews with Charles Rawlings, Bea McNeill, Norton Baskin, and Steve Trumbull. Letter from Charles Rawlings. 1970.

     3  Mason, Walter Scott, Jr. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Florida Cracker," and  "The Florida Scene in The Yearling The Folk-Way and the Folk-Say of It," typescripts. University of Miami [ca. 1956?]

    4  Bigelow, Gordon. Frontier Eden, 1966. Correspondence re: MKR letters, review, and clipping.

    5  Photographs (prints and some negatives) of MKR, Will Mickens, Chet Crosby and of scenes from the Cross Creek area (dated 1966) used in Frontier Eden.

    6  Belman, S.I. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Twayne Books), 1974. Review.

    7  Kraft, Stephanie. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: A Newcomer at Cross Creek," in No Castles on Main Street (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1979). 75-82. Photocopy.

    8  Shaw, Peggy Jo. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Her Life at Cross Creek, 1928 - 53." M. A. Thesis, UF, 1982. Typescript.

    9  Bigelow, G. & Monti, L., eds.  Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1983. Reviews.

  10  Photographs of MKR, NB, and Charles Rawlings Used in Selected Letters.

  11  Meeker, Darcy. "The Real Rawlings," Florida Today, Winter, 1984.

  12  Slides, proof sheet, and photos made for Florida Today article. Only a few were published.

  13  Ribblett, David L. "From Cross Creek to Richmond: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Researches Ellen Glasgow." Virginia Calvacade, Summer 1986. Pp. 4 - 15.

  14  Cullu, Aliye. "Studies of the Cross Creek Experience," typescript, 1987.

  15  Rogers, Mary F. "Be Proud Things Come So Bountiful: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Florida." F.E.H. Florida Forum, Fall 1987, pp. 1 - 3.

  16  Acton, Patricia Nassif. Invasion of Privacy: The Cross Creek Trial of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1988. UF Press kit, including book galley. Article by William Schreiber in Florida Today, March 1989, pp. 15 - 18.

  17  Silverthorne, Elizabeth. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Sojourner at Cross Creek, 1988. Reviews, book jacket.

  18  Schreiber, William. "Cross Creek: The Final Chapter," University of Florida Today, March, 1989.

  19  Obelisk (St. Petersburg Junior College) 21, 1990. Issue dedicated to MKR and contains several pieces and photographs relating to her.

  20  Tarr, Rodger L., ed. Short Stories by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1994. Blurb and order form.

  21  Reich, Kathleen J. "Rollins College's Animated Magazine and the Hamilton Holt - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Correspondence," typescript, 1997.

  22  Copyright Information - Memorandum from the Library of Congress Copyright Office to Cobb & Cole, P.A., 23 March 1984 re registered works of MKR.

  23  Cross Creek Home - Floor plan, state historic site, etc.

Clippings

  24  Winegar, Otis. "Memories of Marjorie," Floridian, May 31, 1981.

  25  Keen, Larry. "The Book That Shook Cross Creek [Cross Creek Trial] Gainesville Sun, October 10, 1982.

  26  Donation of legal records from Cross Creek Trial to UF Libraries, 1984.

  27  Posthumous articles about MKR, 1954-    .

Box 4: Miscellany Continued

Movies, Plays, etc. Based on Life or Works of MKR

1. Cross Creek -- Promotional and other material re the movie, 1983.
2. Gal Young Un  -- Article from Gainesville Sun about making the movie, 1979, and journal article, 1986.
3. "My Friend Zelma," a play in two acts by Michael Gannon. Typescript, 1982.
4. The Yearling  (Broadway musical, 1965) Vocal Selections, lyrics and music, and clippings. Note: See also the playbill for the world premiere at the Schubert Theatre in New Haven from October 30-November 6, 1965 in the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts here at UF.

Additional material:

              11.    "The Cross Creek Trial," a play by W.R. Hutchinson & Jamie Elliott. [s.l.] Experiential Company, c1966. "5th draft," Feb. 9, 1997. (Gift of W.R. Hutchinson. Added to collection, 2/2001).

              12.    Idella Parker: from Reddick to Cross Creek / Idella Parker with Bud and Liz Crussell.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999. Uncorrected poof copy.

              13.    Frontier Eden: the Literary Career of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, by Gordon E. Bigelow. Typed ms. (carbon) 256 leaves.

              14.    "Soul of  the Wild," by Cathy Keen. Photographs by Ray Carson. University of Florida Today," 25:1 (March 2000), 34-39. With correspondence and prepublication draft.

               15.    "Dear Honey, the Wartime life and letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings," by Betty Jean Steinshouer, Forum (Florida Humanities Council) 22:3 (Fall, 1999), 22-25.

               16.    Nielsen, Arthur C., Jr. Letters to John W. B.Canetta, June - November, 1997, enclosing MKR photographs and information about her. (Gift of John Canetta, Feb. 1990)

               17.  Silveri, Louis D. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: a Mountain Passage," Appalachian Heritage 18:4 (Fall 1990), p.14-21. MKR and James Still.

               18.  O'Brien, Claudia. "Revisiting Cross Creek," Ocala Style, p. 40-45, 77.

               19. Carlson, Paul. H. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Illustrated. Gainesville, MKRfan Publications, 2000.

Box 5-: Audio Tapes and Film 

              1    (A) Tour of MKR house by Dr. Robert Carson; (B) Interview with Mrs. Williams (daughter of Boss Bryce) with Marilyn Mullis, Jim Stevenson, and Dan Younker (Florida Recreation & Parks Division) 1970.
              1b    2 CD Rom copies (3 disks, made by Carole Bird, Department of Special Collections)

   2    Radio Interview - Norton Baskin and Stanley West, 1976.

   3    (Side 1) Tape of Dedication of new University of Florida Library wing. Includes remarks by MKR. (Side 2) MKR Radio Program -- Norton Baskin, Idella Parker, Gordon Bigelow, and Sally Morrison, 1978. 
   3b    Also available on a compact disk (MKR Society 2001) 54:36.

   4    Norton Baskin and Otis Winegar, St. Augustine, 1981.

   5    Robert Camp Interview, Cross Creek, August, 1988.

   6   Cross Creek Trial (Cason vs. Baskin) - VHS. Film-to-Tape Transfer to 16 mm. black and white, silent film.  16 feet/125 seconds, taken by Charles V. and Onyx G. Shaffer, May,1946. Accompanied by a one page, typed document by the Shaffers documenting the film. 

   7   Creative Fire. Produced by Rachel Sanders and David Striepe. The Documentary Institute, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, c2002. VHS.

   8   Interviews of Norton Baskin by Michael Gannon (VHS)

   9   Rawlings Country. VHS (20 minutes)

   10 The Yearling. VHS. Length: 98:00. Worldview Entertainment, 7/27/2001. A made for television remake, presented April 24, 1994, on CBS. Accompanied by a screen play by Joe Wiesenfield (100 pages) and promotional material for the TV production in a loose-leaf binder.
Gift of Sandra Birnhak, 2001. Note: There is also an LP recording of The Yearling (1974) read by David Wayne, who played Penny Baxter in the original version of the Broadway musical, and others. This can be found in the Florida Recordings section of the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts here at UF.

   11 Tour of the Rawlings House, by Dr. Robert Carson; Powerpoint slideshow created by Carole Ward Bird, Presented at a Howe Society program, October 2001.

>>RESTRICTED Box 6: Audio Tapes and Film - Master copies of items in BOX 5, numbers 1-6. For staff use only. RESTRICTED>>

[Box 6 also includes a (1) 16 mm positive film, on loan from the Florida Division of Recreation and Parks (2) a B&W  "negative master" made in 2002, and (3) a 16 mm positive B&W film. The "negative master" is to be used only for making new copies. Public use is ordinarily restricted to the VHS copy. The positive film is available, with permission from the Manuscripts Librarian, if access to a film copy is needed.

Box 7: Papers of Norton Baskin, Relating to the Estate of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Acquired from Rodger Tarr, 2002)

           1   Charles Scribner's Sons Royalty Statements to the Account of the Estate of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; semiannual statements, January 1965 - July 1978; statement of August 1, 1953, to MKR, other statements from 1957-1958, 1982, and 1984. Forms 1099 for 1961-1962, 1964, and 1967-1968. Continued by 

           2   Macmillan Publishing Company Royalty Statement Summaries to Norton Baskin, executor, Feb., 1985 - Jan. 1986.

           3   Charles Scribner's Sons. Three letters (Xerox copies) to MKR  May 27, 1952 - December 10, 1973 re Sojourners, including copy of publication contract. Correspondence (mostly Xerox copies) to Norton Baskin; April 15, 1954 -May 3, 1985, re the estate of MKR.

           4   May, Philip, Sr. Correspondence with Julia Bigham, Carl Brandt, and others (Xerox and carbons) re the estate of MKR, 1954-1958. (Norton Baskin's file copies) Related material can also be found in Box 9 of this series.

           5   Miscellaneous correspondence re the estate of MKR, 1955 to 1988 (Xerox, carbons, and originals), principally to Norton Baskin. Includes correspondence between Baskin and Michael Ching re an operatic production of "Cocks Must Crow."

 Box 8: Correspondence and reports from Brandt & Brandt to Norton Baskin re the estate of MKR, 1954-1986. 17 folders. Acquired from Rodger Tarr, 2002. Cf. the Brandt and Brandt Papers.

Box 9: Papers of Philip S. May, Relating to the Estate of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Acquired from Phil May, Jr., 2005).

           1  Correspondence regarding the Estate of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Baskin (MKRB) 1954.

           2   Correspondence regarding the Estate of MKRB 1955.

           3   Correspondence regarding the Estate of MKRB 1957-58.

           4   Correspondence regarding the Estate of MKRB 1960-61.

           5   Correspondence and legal records regarding the Estate of MKRB 1962-64.

           6   Correspondence with and concerning Norton Baskin 1954-55.

           7   Correspondence with and concerning Norton Baskin 1956-58.

           8  Correspondence with and concerning Norton Baskin 1959-62.

           9  Correspondence with and concerning Norton Baskin 1963-66.

Box 10: Papers of Philip S. May, Relating to the Estate of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Acquired from Phil May, Jr., 2005).

           1   Notes from the 1949 will of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and 1951 codicil.

           2   Correspondence concerning Antioch cemetary marker at MKR gravesite 1953-55.

           3   Inventories 1954-55.

           4   Correspondence and legal records concerning the Estate and the family of Martha Mickens 1954-60.

           5   Correspondence with Julia Scribner Bingham, Literary Executrix 1954-56.

           6   Correspondence and legal records concerning the Estate and the First National Bank of Madison, Wisconsin.

           7   Correspondence regarding the University of Florida Endowment Corporation 1955-66.

           8   Executor's Reports 1-10, 1953-65.

           9   Estate of MKRB - Probate Court Records 1954-56.

          10  Estate of MKRB - Probate Court Records 1957-63.

          11  MKRB and Norton Baskin, Federal Income Tax Returns 1949-53.

          12  Estate of MKRB - Fiduciary Income Tax Returns 1954-64.

          13  Estate of MKRB - Estate Tax 1955-58.

          14  Estate of MKRB - Accounting 1953-1965.

          15  Estate of MKRB - Intangible Taxes 1954-62.

Art and Posters: Oversize - filed in the Manuscript Map and Oversize Drawer in the Processing Area.

Robert Carson Art: 

a) Four ink drawings, "Cross Creek, Florida," (2) dated July 6 and July 14, 1998; "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Home, Cross Creek, Florida," July 12, 1968, and Lake Lochloosa, August 17, 1968. All signed Robert E. Carson.

b) Three ink drawings of Frontier Eden illustrations.

Posters:

a) Cross Creek [poster for movie] 1983.

b) Carol Sadowski. "Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Cross Creek," Gainesville: Thomas Center Gallery, 1985.

c) First Annual Meeting of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, Gainesville, 1988. Signed: J. T. Glisson.

d) 50th Year Celebration of the Great Works of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Tampa: Florida Endowment for the Humanities [198-]

revised and updated 10/23/06