Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Papers - UF Special and Area Studies Collections

A Guide to the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Papers

Finding aid created by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
May 2008


Descriptive Summary
	Provenance:	Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953.
	Title:	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Papers
	Dates:	1844-2002
	Bulk dates:	1916-1953
	Abstract:	Correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, legal papers, photographs, and other materials created by or related to the author, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
	Extent:	42.75 linear feet.
	Identification:	MS Group 1
		Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the UF Digital Collections. Links are provided within this guide. For more information please see the note below.

Biographical/Historical Note

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was a Pulitzer-winning author who lived in rural Cross Creek, Florida, and wrote novels and stories focusing on rural themes and settings, including The Yearling and Cross Creek.

Marjorie Kinnan was born on August 8, 1896 in Washington D.C. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918 and became a journalist. In 1919 she married her first husband, Charles Rawlings, and the two lived in New York for several years. In 1928 they left New York and bought an orange grove in Cross Creek, Florida. That same year, her first stories about rural Florida were published: "Cracker Chidlings" and "Jacob's Ladder." This began a long relationship with her editor, Maxwell Perkins of Scribner's.

She and Charles Rawlings divorced in 1933, and Marjorie remained at Cross Creek, concentrating on her writing. Her first novel, South Moon Under, about a family of Florida moonshiners, was published in 1933. Her second novel, Golden Apples, was published in 1935. Her best known work, The Yearling, about a boy who cares for an orphaned fawn, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939 and was later adapted as a film of the same title (1946). In 1941, she married her second husband, Norton Baskin, a Florida businessman and owner of the Castle Warden Hotel in St. Augustine.

In 1942 Rawlings published Cross Creek, her autobiographical account of life in rural Florida. The book featured many of her neighbors and friends, including her longtime maid, Idella Parker, her friend Zelma Cason, her tenants the Mickens family, and her nearby neighbors the Bass and Glisson families. That same year she also published Cross Creek Cookery, sharing her passion for cooking. In 1943, Rawlings was surprised when Zelma Cason sued her for libel for the manner in which the author had portrayed Cason in Cross Creek. Although Rawlings won the initial case, the trial went to appeal and she was ordered to pay Cason $1 in damages. The case proved to be a great distraction, and it greatly soured Rawlings towards Cross Creek.

For almost seven years, from 1947 until her death in 1953, Rawlings spent part of each year in Van Hornesville, New York, working on her final novel, The Sojourner (1953). When in Florida, she spent most of her time at the Crescent Beach home she and Baskin called "The Cottage." She died on December 14, 1953.

For a bibliography of her works see Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: a Descriptive Bibliography by Rodger L. Tarr (1996).

Scope and Content

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts and writings, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, legal papers, and photographs. The collection dates from 1844-2002, with the bulk of the materials spanning from 1916-1953. The collection is divided into five major groups: Correspondence, Manuscripts and Other Writings, Miscellaneous Papers, Papers Related to Ellen Glasgow, and Photographs. These groups, or series, are briefly described below, but more detailed information is provided with the series descriptions.

The correspondence includes approximately 4,100 letters, including approximately 1,400 by Rawlings. The correspondence is divided into two parts: 1) Letters by Rawlings, and 2) Letters to Rawlings and other letters related to her. Correspondents include Maxwell E. Perkins, Sigrid Undset, Archibald Joseph Cronin, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mitchell, James Branch Cabell, Owen D. Young, Gene Baro, Norton Baskin, Charles Rawlings and others.

The writings include early drafts of novels, short fiction, speeches, and poems. Manuscripts, drafts, and notes are included for major works including The Yearling, Cross Creek, The Sojourner, The Secret River, and South Moon Under. In addition to over 30 short stories, there are also autobiographical writings and essays about Marjorie's life and early years at Cross Creek.

The miscellaneous papers include some materials created by Rawlings, but mostly include papers collected by her, or relating to her. They usually originate from her lifetime and have a relationship that makes them a primary source. Secondary and posthumous documents about Rawlings are found in the "Addenda" group. Included here are examples of Christmas greetings from Charles and Marjorie Rawlings, family history, documents collected by Rawlings relating to Zephaniah Kingsley, personal memorabilia, notes on writing, yearbooks and documents from the University of Wisconsin and culinary documents. Related material includes Mickens family letters and documents, two letters by Idella Parker, and documents relating to Charles A. Rawlings, Jr., and to Norton Baskin.

The Ellen Glasgow papers are comprised of material gathered by Rawlings for an intended biography of the 1942 Pulitzer Prize winning author. The documents include correspondence, Rawlings' own manuscript notes, clippings, printed material, and photographs. Many of the letters were copied from correspondence lent Rawlings by Glasgow's family and friends, but some are original, including some of Rawlings' own correspondence.

The photographs include photos of Rawlings at various ages of her life, in group photos, and in various locations such as Cross Creek and Van Hornesville. They also include photos of her family members, friends, and pets.

Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.

Usage Restrictions

Literary rights to parts of this material belong to the University of Florida Foundation.

Related Material

Letters and other materials by and about Rawlings exist in several other collections at the University of Florida, including the Brandt and Brandt Papers, the Gene Baro Papers, the Cason vs. Baskin Cross Creek Trial collection (aka, Phil May Papers), the Edith Pope Papers, and the Archives of The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society.

The originals of Rawlings' letters to Norman Berg are in his papers at the University of Georgia Library. The Scribner Company archives are held at Princeton University.

Administrative Information

Alternative Format Available

Digital reproductions of selected photos and documents in the Rawlings Papers are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.

Some Rawlings correspondence has been published in the Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, edited by Gordon E. Bigelow and Laura V. Monti (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1983). Letters to James Branch Cabell, held by Virginia Commonwealth University, are printed in "Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to James Branch and Margaret Freeman Cabell," ed. Jacqueline J. Wilken (thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993). Max and Marjorie, collected correspondence between Perkins and Rawlings, edited by Rodger L. Tarr, was published by the University Press of Florida in 1999. A volume of her letters to Norton Baskin, The Private Marjorie: The Love Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Norton S. Baskin, edited by Rodger L. Tarr, was published by the University Press of Florida in 2004.

Some of the correspondence has been microfilmed. The Smathers Libraries also has microfilm copies of the Perkins correspondence from the Scribner Company archives at Princeton University and the Norman Berg correspondence from the Berg Papers at the University of Georgia.

Prefered Citation

[Identification of item], Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Acquisition Information

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings donated her papers to the University of Florida. Additional donations and purchases have expanded the collection. Other donors and sources include Norton Baskin, his grandniece Judith Oliver, and Phil May, Jr.

Alternate Form of Finding Aid

Due to its large size an alternate version of this descriptive finding aid, broken into several pages, is available at http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/rawlings/rawlings.htm.

Selected Subjects and Access Points

Authors, American — 20th century — Correspondence.
Novelists, American — 20th century — Correspondence.
Women authors, American — 20th century — Correspondence.
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958.
Cronin, A. J. (Archibald Joseph), 1896-1981.
Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945.
Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947.
Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949.

Contents List

Series 1: Correspondence

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings correspondence includes approximately 4,100 letters, almost 1,400 of which were written by her and almost 2,300 to her. Other letters relate to her in some way. The earliest concentration of letters (1918-1923) occurs during her courtship and early years of marriage with Charles A. Rawlings, Jr. After a hiatus of several years, extensive correspondence resumes in the 1930s, after she had moved to Cross Creek, Florida, and continues to her death in 1953. There is a particularly heavy concentration of letters during the war years 1943-1944, especially with her husband Norton Baskin, who served as an ambulance driver on the India-Burma front during World War II.

Approximately 900 letters are to Baskin. Another 230 are from her editor at Scribner's, Maxwell Perkins. Other major recipients of letters are her aunt Ida Tarrant (95), Norman Berg (60), Clifford and Gladys Lyons (59), Berniece and Walter Gilkyson (49), first husband Charles A. Rawlings (40), college friend Bee McNeill (24), and author/photographer Carl Van Vechten (16). Principal writers of letters to Rawlings are Perkins, Baskin, Charles Rawlings, her Phoenix aunts, Grace, Marjorie, and Wilmer Kinnan, brother Arthur Kinnan, and friends Julia Scribner Bigham, James Branch Cabell, and Gene Baro. Major names in the correspondence, although in lesser numbers, include A. J. Cronnin, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ellen Glasgow, Ernest Hemingway and two of his wives, Martha Gellhorn and Mary Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mitchell, Sigrid Undset, and Owen D. Young.

The letters represent a wide range of personal and literary topics that illumine many aspects of Rawlings' life and career. The Perkins letters are especially relevant to her writing, as the letters to her husbands are to many aspects of her personal life. There are many letters relating to the Cross Creek Trial (Cason vs. Baskin) that are separately identified in the guide. Most of the correspondence is handwritten or typed originals. A few are typed copies and there are some photocopies (notably letters to Norman Berg and letters from the University of Florida Archives).

The Rawlings correspondence is a collection gathered over a period of time from various sources. The nucleus was donated by Rawlings during her lifetime, along with some of her principal manuscripts, to found the Libraries Creative Writing collection. Other correspondence from her estate was donated later by her husband, Norton Baskin. In addition Rawlings's literary executor, Julia Scribner Bigham, her biographer, Gordon Bigelow, and members of the library staff attempted to collect letters from her correspondents, and made other efforts to procure additional Rawlings correspondence.

In 1998, the libraries acquired almost 500 letters from Marjorie to Norton from his grandniece Judith Oliver. Additional Baskin-Rawlings correspondence was acquired in 2001 from Phil May, Jr., a close friend of Norton Baskin.

Arrangement: The Rawlings letters are filed chronologically in 39 boxes, with the following exceptions:

Box 31: "Miscellaneous Correspondence" contains letters copied from the University of Florida and from the Rollins College archives, and a folder of correspondence from the files of Dwye Evans, an agent, relating to the British edition of The Sojourner.

Box 32: Letters of condolence sent to Norton Baskin upon the death of Marjorie. The condolence letters and cards are not included in the count of Rawlings letters, nor are they listed in the accompanying description.

Boxes 33-38: The "May accession," a group of letters, primarily between Rawlings and Norton Baskin from 1943-1953, that was acquired in 2001. It may be interfiled with other letters at a later date.

Box 39: Readers letters.

Although the letters are physically arranged chronologically, they are described in two main parts: 1) Letters by Marjorie Rawlings, and 2) Letters to Her and Other Letters. The description for each letter usually includes the name of the author, whether typed or handwritten (see note on abbreviations), recipient, date, place of writing, pagination, and a short abstract. Letters with a month, but no day are usually placed before dated letters. Letters with a year, but no month are placed at the end of the year. Letters with no dates are placed last. Dates, indicated by square brackets, i.e. [1940] have been supplied for many letters which lack them. Many of these dates are quite accurate, often coming from an accompanying envelope, or can easily be inferred from the contents of the letter. Others are estimates, or even guesses, usually indicated by circa dates (ca.) or question marks (?).

A chronological listing as well as listings by accession is available in the Department of Special Collections.

Letters by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Norton Baskin, 1938-1943

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1938 August 3. Jacksonville. Hopes he can come tomorrow. She feels "whipped down" [apparently written from hospital] New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. [1939? October? Louisville?] Asks about Aunt Ida. Says Eddie is going to the World Series in Cincinnati and she would love to go. Mentions going to a dinner with Lois [Hardy] She is on her way to Chicago. Written on the verso of TLS from Carl Brandt to MKR, New York 2 Oct. 1939, re: stories, "Black Hat's Hand," and "The Enemy, and" on the verso and face of a letter from Bernice Baumgarten (Brandt and Brandt) New York, 2 Oct. 1939.Also included with this letter is a fragment signed Samuel C. Humphreys(?) Maxwell Air Force Base [n.d.] re: a concert. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 1 p. [1939? Louisville?] Has seen Dr. Rankin about her "innards." He does not advise operation. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 3 ALLS to NB. [1939 November? New York] Staying at the St. Moritz hotel. Describes hotel, theatre, and a drinking bout. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 Jan. 24. Gainesville. Asking him to save tomorrow to help entertain the Scribners. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. [ca. 1940. Feb. 14] Valentine card signed "With love and leaps," from Moe. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 Feb. 26. Island Grove. Hope he can join Bob, Cecil, and her for supper. Mrs. Scribner was better and the Scribners left. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 April 11. Atlanta. Missed having him on her trip, so "missing Cuba" with him was "too much." New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p [1940? Union Spring, Ala.] Is visiting Norton's family, perhaps on return from New York trip. Will go to Atlanta to meet Norman Berg and John and Margaret [Mitchell] Marsh. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. AL to NB. 4 p. [1940? Mobile] Got to Mobile by dark, after a beautiful drive. Describes the Battle House, where she is staying. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p. [1940? Natchez] Describes lunch at Galatorie's in New Orleans. Had difficulty finding room in Natchez because of the pilgrimage season. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. [1940? June 16? Cross Creek?] TLS to NB. 6 p. Written following a quarrel in which Norton said she only wanted a man "to dance attendance." She suggests they not see each other "for a while." This letter has a penciled notation of June 14, 1940 and was described by Silverthorne (183) as being written on that date. June 14th, however, was a Monday and the day given on the letter is Wednesday. New accession. Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 86.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1940? June 17?] Thursday [Cross Creek] [Probably a follow-up to the letter of June 16] She says she might not have acted as she did on Monday, if he had come to see her on Saturday, when he had the time. She recapitulates their relationship. As she see it, he avoids the kind of close relationship which she wishes. New accession. Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 74.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 June 22. Island Grove. Asks for books and for him to cash check. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1940 July 31? Crescent Beach] Has hurt herself walking too much on the beach. Complains about Norman and Julie Berg whom she let use the cottage. They met the Popes who invited them to diner. Dated by analogy with letter 88 in Selected Letters. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 August 2. St. Augustine. She is marooned with hurt foot. Doesn't understand why he can't make definite plans. "Consideration of others can take various plans." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB.2 p. [ca. 1940 August? Crescent Beach] She is laid up with her sore foot. Encourages him to hire an architect and to borrow money from her, if needed, for some construction project. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [ca. 1940 August? Crescent Beach?] Had to give up on her foot and send a wire to have Martha come over. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [ca. 1940 August? Cross Creek] Refers to the "usurpers" [the Bergs?] in the cottage. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p [1940 August. Crescent Beach] Describes her new domestic help. Expecting Julia Scribner soon. Has an engagement with Jean Francis. Enclosing a note from Norman Berg. Enclosed is note from Berg [Nashville? 1940] August 21 or 22 and ANS to Norton. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. fragmentary and cut into parts. [1940 August? Crescent Beach] Strange message from Bob. Julia has arrived, but not feeling too well. The new maid is fine. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1940? August? Crescent Beach] Julia is there. The Bergs visited and Julie Berg was rude to Julia Scribner. MKR says she would like to break off with the Bergs. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1940? August? Crescent Beach?] Describes dinner with the Bergs and Julia Scribner. Julia disliked them very much and longed for Norton, Bob, and Cecil. She and Julia are coming over for the weekend. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postcard to NB. 1940 Sept. 17. St. Augustine. Has just seen Julia off. Feels as if her child had gone New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1940? September? Cross Creek?] Misses Julia and him. Has not heard from Max about her manuscript. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 Nov. 6. Island Grove. Invites him to bring guests to dinner if he thinks they would enjoy it. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 Nov. 11. Island Grove "Bridge tonight at Taylors." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1940 Nov. 23. Island Grove. Invites him to meet Fred Tompkins and her at Citra for hunting. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. [ca. 1940. Crescent Beach] TLS to NB. 1 p. About going to the movies. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 2 p. (fragment?) [ca. 1940? Crescent Beach?] Displeasure over a plan to acquire Crescent Beach for a national park. Has fired a gardener, named Frank. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. [1940? Cross Creek] Will be coming to Ocala and would love to have dinner and a bridge game. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p [ca. 1940. Cross Creek] Coming in tomorrow to see Cecil Bryant and would like a bridge game. Has to go to Crescent Beach for meeting with [National] Park director. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [ca. 1940. Crescent Beach] Mentions a Hale [the writer, Nancy?] woman whom she cannot stand. Going floundering with Edith and Verle Pope. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Dora" to NB.1 p. [ca. 1940. Cross Creek]. She would love to do something with him, if he wants a date. Sorry she was cranky last night, but was drunk and hungry. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p [ca. 1940? Cross Creek] Invites him to dinner when her friends from Madison are there. She has bronchitis. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB.1 p [ca. 1940. Cross Creek] Sorry he couldn't get a bridge game last night. She wants to take him, Bob, and Cecil to the cottage and to the Dolphin for dinner. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 1 p. [ca. 1940. Crescent Beach] Asks him to have her car fixed. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Dora," to NB. 2 p. [ca. 1940. Crescent Beach] Missed him yesterday. Since Bob and Cecil couldn't come, she had dinner with the Popes. The stimulus of Edith's mind is very valuable to her. Verle will try to teach her to use cast net. She has lost weight. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to [NB] 1 p. fragment? [1940? Crescent Beach?] Verle Pope asked about "poured limestone" for tourist cottages. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1940? Crescent Beach?] She is spending the day in bed. Did her duty "by Phil May." Tomorrow is Edith's birthday. She saw in the papers that the "sissies" have abandoned plans for the Yearling. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. 2 p. [1940? Cross Creek?] Says if he is unhappy about not going to cocktail party, to go ahead and come to her tomorrow instead. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. 3 p [1940? Ocala?] Came in to see Aunt Ida. Suggest that if he is tired they skip the dance. Would like to have him the Camps and Cecil come for bridge. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. [ca. 1940. Cross Creek?] Thelma Shortridge knows a man that she thinks would be interested in a job at the hotel. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 5 p [ca. 1940? West Palm Beach] Apparently on her way to Miami on speaking trip. Complains about hotel, but any place difficult to find. Got a speeding ticket in Leesburg. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. [ca. 1940? Crescent Beach?] Invites him, Buck, and Nancy [Camp] to join Norman and her for dinner, New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [ca. 1940? Crescent Beach] Saturday seems the day for the conflagration. She will arrive in Ocala about 5 pm. She completed the first draft of a story today. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL, "Dora," to NB. 2 p. [ca. 1940? Cross Creek?] Describes visit with Bob [Camp] and the Popes. Bob and Edith got along so well as to make Verle jealous. She "got rid" of Meade [a domestic?] Her diverticulitis is bothering her. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to NB. [ca. 1940? Crescent Beach] Gives him address of the Poole cottage where she will be staying. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 1 p [ca. 1940. Crescent Beach?] "No word from the Dupont Dynamite factory." Asks him to stop by the Creek and meet the payroll. Julia enjoyed the parodies. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p [ca. 1940. Cross Creek?] Trying to make arrangements for a date. Asks him to bring Aunt Ida out tomorrow. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 2 p (fragment?) [ca. 1940. Crescent Beach] She has been working hard. Describes swimming in the surf. Has had cottage painted. Hopes he can drive over with the Lyonses. Complains about Verle always being late, when she has dinner with the Popes. Went with Idella to see Gone with the Wind. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p [1940? Cross Creek?] Describes some visits with friends. Mentions Charlie, a guest of the Camps, who is not well. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to [NB] [1940? Cross Creek?] Asks him to make an opportunity to see her tomorrow. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Dora," to [NB] "Dear friend with the little say-so. 1 p. [ca. 1940? Cross Creek?] Says she loves him more than he loves her. Refers to a postcard from someone she can not identify. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [ca. 1940. Cross Creek] About Ida. Bob [Camp] phoned Julia [Scribner] New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1940? Crescent Beach? Hopes he can spend the weekend. Mentions Bob and Julia. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to [NB] 2 p. [ca. 1940. Ocala] She is on her way to Leesburg with Aunt Ida. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [ca. 1940? Cross Creek] Going to hospital tomorrow. Thinks she will go to see Mrs. Tigert this evening. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 Feb. 18. Island Grove. "Will go to Axes at six forty five." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 March 25. Island Grove. "Just got in love come dinner saw movie but good enough see again if bridge fails." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 3 p. 1941 Mar 31, Washington, DC. Train trip to Washington. Nightmare about visit to White House. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 8 p. 1941 Apr 1, Washington, DC. Her stay in the White House at Mrs. Roosevelt's invitation. Lincoln's room and bed. The people she met. Original accession Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 92.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 April 4. Jacksonville. Asks him to meet her with money for porter. She is broke. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 June 20. Crescent Beach. Will not be returning home today. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 3 p. [1941 Sept 28?] Sunday [Cross Creek] Discuss frailty of Joe [Tarrant] and Aunt Ida's reaction. Expects she and Julia will hit the time right for a foliage trip after MKR has her check up. Original accession. This letter was dated Feb. (1st half) in original cataloging

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [1941? September? Crescent Beach] Says that Norton hated her when she had a display of "fits." Explains her temperamental nature. Say that while their person relationship is in doubt, they still have a "business deal" on the hotel. Dated from Silverthorne (199). New accession Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 97.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 Sept. 30. Ocala. Do not include Aunt Ida in dinner plans tomorrow. Leaving for New York Thursday [Oct. 2nd] New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin [1941? Oct.?] Monday morning. Hotel New Weston, New York. 6p. Left the hospital; saw the Ballet russe show, The New Yorker ; Julia and she are leaving for the Berkshires; gives an account of her medical conditions, diverticulitis and nervous tension, partially attributed by doctor to her reaction to NB; they will talk when they are together. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1941 October 1] Wednesday [Cross Creek] She helped to move Ida from Ocala to St. Augustine. Plans train trip to New York. Plans to pick up X-rays in Jacksonville. Original accession. This letter was dated Feb. (1st half) in original cataloging.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 Oct. 7. New York. "See no reason for returning at all. No messages from anybody." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. [1941? Oct. 10. New York.] [1941? Details of hospitalization. Seeing a psychiatrist. Planning to leave with Julia. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to [NB] p. 5-6 (fragmentary) [1941? Oct. 11? New York?] Says she'll be out [of the hospital?] Monday, ramble by car [with Julia] for a week, the come home Oct. 20 or 21st. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. [1941 Oct. 14?] Great Barrington, MA. "Happy birthday to my bull from your everloving psychoanalyzed Dora." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. [1941? October. Whitefield, NH] Visiting with Julia Scribner's aunt. Describes a local inn. Can see snow on the tops of the White Mountains. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 Oct. 20 New York. Asks if her return on Saturday suits. If not, she will kill time in New York. Otherwise she will leave tomorrow. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p [1941? October 21? New York] Getting ready to catch train. Idella will meet her in Gainesville. Will look forward to seeing him at the cottage New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1941 Oct. 23. Island Grove. Refers to the coming weekend [before their marriage] "It would be pleasant to ask Lyons." New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. [ca. 1941? Oct. 26?] Crescent Beach? The Fiddia family arrived and kept her from working. Will see him tomorrow at the[ir?] wedding. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. AN to [NB] 1 p. (fragment) [1941? Crescent Beach?] Has just received springs and mattress for their bed. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. [1941? St. Augustine?] She wanted to see him before she left. When she got to St. Augustine the drawbridge was stuck. Went back and took Crescent Beach bridge, but when she got to town Norton was in Bunnell. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB, signed "Dora and Dora." 1942 June 26. Island Grove. Arriving 6:30, five pounds heavier. New accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 4 p. 1942 Sept. 30. Atlanta. Preparing for trip to mountains. Story beginning to shape up. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A postcard to Norton Baskin 1942 Oct 2, Murphy, NC. Gathering material in Blue Ridge Mountains. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 2p. 1943 Jan 19, Hawthorne, FL. MKR going with Mrs. Tigert to hear Cornelia Skinner. Talks about Netty and John's relationship. Cosmopolitan has refused, but the Post accepted, a story. Collier's has also accepted a story. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. [1943? Feb.?] New York "Arriving Florida Special 821 tomorrow morning." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin [1943 Feb. 18] Wednesday, New York. 4p. Hotel bill from the Gotham included. Physical examination planned. Met Sinclair Lewis. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postal Telegram to NB. 1943 Feb. 26. New York "Am much better. Doing just fine." Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 2 p. [1943 Feb. 26] New York. Reaction to tests and exams at Harkness Pavilion; thanks NB for flowers. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 6 p. [1943 Feb. 27?] New York. Describes recovery since he left. Dr. Damon says "nothing could have prevented the operation." Marcia Davenport and Vera Scribner sent flowers. Julia came to visit. John Marquand is next door. The Brandts also visited. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 envelopes addressed to NB. 1943 March 6 - June 1. New York and Hawthorne, Fl. The New York envelope is from the Harkness Pavilion. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 14 ALLS to Norton Baskin. 1943 [March 1-15], New York, NY. The hospital stay and operation for diverticulitis. Visitors, gifts, doctors, and nurses. Loneliness. Plans for returning home via train. Original accession. Some of these letters apparently were written in February, while MKR was in New York, but before the operation. Some may have been written at another time altogether.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 3 1/2p. 1943 Mar 18? Hawthorne, FL. Home again from New York. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 11 p [1943 March 22? Cross Creek] Tells about Moe and Smokey. Young groves are frozen, temperature has been down to 17. Mentions the Brice-Williams war at the Creek. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1943 March 25. Cross Creek] Asks Norton to cash check and bring her cash. Doesn't want to ask Verle because she is afraid he is going to ask her to invest in his tourist court. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin. 2p. 1943 Mar 27, Hawthorne, FL. State of her health. Family matters. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1943? March? Cross Creek] Mentions sick Henry. Very cold. Massage from Idella. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 6 p. [1943? April 1? Cross Creek] Describes "warfare" between Tom Glisson and Mr. Brice.Henry [Sissie's husband] is very sick. She will try to get him admitted to the veteran's hospital in Lake City. Moe and Smokey are getting along amicably. She heard the first whippoorwill last night. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS and telegram to Norton Baskin. 4p. 1943 Apr 2-5, Hawthorne, FL. Smoky (cat) has been misbehaving. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS and telegram to Norton Baskin. 2p. 1943 Apr 8, Hawthorne, FL. She has bronchitis, needs cough medicine. Phil May has sent her a letter of support concerning the law suit. Talks about the psychological problems of the soldiers she's corresponding with. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1 1/2p 1943 Apr 10, Hawthorne, FL. Thanks NB for the cough medicine. Tells about Idella's estranged husband.Includes a copy of a letter Phil May has sent to Judge Murphree concerning the law suit. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 3 1/2p. 1943 Apr 12, Hawthorne, FL Planning visit to St. Augustine. Her bronchitis is better. Garden flowers. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS to Norton Baskin. 2 1/2p. 1943 Apr 27-28, Hawthorne, FL. Idella. Petition for public road is burned. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1 1/2p. 1943 Apr 30, Hawthorne, FL Old Will's illness. Norman as literary agent. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1p. 1943 May 3, Hawthorne, FL. Domestic details. Includes note from Bernice Brandt concerning Carl's health. Carl is glad to get more "Quincey Dover" stories. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 2 1/2p. 1943 May 23, Hawthorne, FL. Lonesomeness. Match-making by mail for Julia. Domestic details. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 ALLS to Norton Baskin. 9p. 1943 May 28-29, Hawthorne, FL. Activities of Moe and Smoky (cats). Caleb Milne IV, a young soldier correspondent, has been killed. Her thoughts on men's volunteering for service and women's pride in them: the continuance of war. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 2p. 1943 June 1, Hawthorne, FL. Wants to plan party at Creek for NB, Russell, and Willkies. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 2p. 1943 June 3 [Cross Creek] Making plans to meet NB. Her thoughts on his enlisting - feels as if she's been steamrolled. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 4 p. 1943 July 29 [Cross Creek] Describes visit to Sigrid Undset. Asked Idella to visit her in hospital, but she did not. After Norton reported to the AFS, MKR checked into the hospital. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 4 p. 1943 July 29 [Cross Creek] Discusses "negro question," as she encountered it in Pontiac, Michigan. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1943 July 29 [Cross Creek] Describes conditions upon returning to the "Creek." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 6 p. 1943 August 1 [Crescent Beach] Describes visit of Edith Pope. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 2 p. 1943 August 2. Crescent Beach. Interviewed "girl" for position. Everything is going well at the hotel. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 August 3 [Crescent Beach] Describes very large coachwhip snake. Recommends he read the stories of Saki (H.H. Munroe). Couldn't hire the "glamorous colored girl," but has someone else. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. and clipping from Time. 1943 August 4 [Crescent Beach] Stories about Zelma. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 2 p. 1943 August 6 [Crescent Beach] The woman she was expecting to work for her was unable to. Complains about amount of bill from Dr. Atchley for New York hospitalization. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1943] August 7 [Crescent Beach] There is no chance she can settle down to write this month. May try to get along without a maid. Anecdotes about Edith. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 August 8 [Crescent Beach] She is determined not to let Edith "bother" her, "whatever happens." Received birthday flowers that Norton had arranged to have sent. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1943] August 11 [Crescent Beach] The Gainesville judge has thrown out Zelma's suit. Has a chance to get Jean Francis's maid, Ruby, who "is probably just as good as Idella." Describes the ocean and ideas for enlarging the cottage. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 8 p. [1943? August 15/16?] "Sunday morning at the Creek"/ "Monday morning." Discusses tax returns./ Must head back to the cottage because she has plane spotting. Describes Dessie and several of her WAC friends who came to dinner Sunday. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1943 August 15. Sunday evening. [Cross] Creek. Will go back to the cottage tomorrow. She has signed up for plane spotting shift in the afternoon. Ruby worked Friday and "is too good to be true." Adrenna's son is going to work at Cross Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to [NB] 2 p. Fragment? May be a continuation of letter above. [1943?] August 16 [Crescent Beach] About aircraft spotting stint. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 August 18 [Crescent Beach] Jean seems piqued that MKR has hired Ruby. Has been asked by a Congressman to do more articles on the timber situation. She "might go down in history as the gal who saved the nation's trees!" Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie and Dora." to NB. 3 p. 1943 August 19 [Crescent Beach] Describes disturbing dream she has been having a long while. [Dora was the name that MKR gave to what might be described as her neurotic alter ego] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 7 p 1943 August 23 [Crescent Beach] Comments on John Marquand's new book and on her friend Caleb Milne IV. Cites a letter from ZNH which has inspired her into throwing herself into the "fight for an honest chance for the Negro." Also refers to an earlier letter from ZNH [May 16, 1943] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS with a. note to NB. 6 p. 1943 August 25 [Crescent Beach] Ruby couldn't stand to spend nights alone and would have quit, but will try taking the bus each day, as MKR suggested. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p. 1943 August 28. Cross Creek. Says that Henry Fountain, Sissie Micken's husband, has died and describes callousness of Western Union operator in handling the telegram due to the fact that it involved colored people. Believes Jean is responsible for Ruby's not returning to work. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to [NB] 4 p. [1943?] August 29. Cross Creek. News from the Creek, including behavior of pets, Smokey and Moe. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. [1943] August 31 [Cross Creek] Henry Fountain will be buried at the national cemetery in St. Augustine. Describes a quarrel between Henry Woodward and Martha and Sissie. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 2 [Crescent Beach] Zelma's suit has been dismissed again. Describes Henry Fountain's military funeral. Heard from Martha that Idella may return. MKR has engaged Sissie for the winter. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 2 p. 1943 September 3 [Crescent Beach] Jean and she played bridge at the Howitt's. Incident concerning Jean, Ruth, and clothing. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 5 p. 1943 September 4 [Crescent Beach] Has received bill from $530 from Phil May with which she seems satisfied. Aunt Ida [Tarrant] and Jim Rawlings have testimony against Zelma. Has been receiving "nut" letters and has done no work on her book. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 September 5 [Crescent Beach] She has received his cable and is celebrating her birthday today. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 7 [Crescent Beach] Has had a let down since receiving his cable. Dora is clamoring with her to write three stories for the New Yorker to keep her from serious work. She ordered a couple of dozen Modern Library titles and is reading Joyce's Portrait for the first time. She recognizes "the fountain from which Hemingway [etc.] took so deep a drink." She regrets his later obscurantism. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1943 September 8 [Crescent Beach] Information on Cason v. Baskin. Norman Berg wants to come visit her, but she is concerned about appearance of impropriety. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 11[Crescent Beach] Describes Berg's visit and conversation about Julie whom he is to marry. Discusses some of the servicemen with whom she corresponds. She has written Idella, asking her to come back. Hopes Idella does not outsmart her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 September 18 [Crescent Beach] Describes a tropical storm. Gossips about bridge partners. Has heard from Julia [Scribner] who told her about a Belgian officer she has met. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 19 [Crescent Beach] Storm is still on. Says that national greed prepares the way for war. Refers to Ortega's "Revolt of the Masses." Deplores the appalling political views of people such as the Scribner family. Has read the Age of Innocence and Rousseau's Confessions. She is appalled at Rousseau's immorality and compares him to Hitler. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 September 21 [Crescent Beach] The Lyons have been for a visit. A title for her book came to her upon waking in the morning. Has withdrawn her request to take boys from the Children's Home, because, among other reasons, she would have to take them to church every Sunday. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 22[Crescent Beach] Describes an unpleasant bridge match. Gives war news and news about friends. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 23 [Crescent Beach] Stormy weather has cleared. Anxious to get to Cross Creek to work on her book. Continues to have nightmare of homelessness. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 September 24 [Crescent Beach] Describes an unpleasant, apparently drunken, episode with Jean and Fred Francis. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1943 September 25 [Crescent Beach] TLS to NB. 2 p. More about Fred Francis. Ruby is doing fine with the bus schedule. Has not heard from Idella, but Sissie will do fine at the Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1943 September 26 [Crescent Beach] Having another nor'easter. Has some social events planned and then will get out of town. Doug has hired a "hussy-ish" looking cashier. Incontinence problems with pets. Offered Norman Berg and Julie use of the cottage in November. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 September 27 [Crescent Beach] Ruth has a boyfriend. Had dinner with Aunt Ida and a Mrs. White and went to an "awful" party that Dorothy Parker [not the writer] gave for Mrs. White. The letter bears a note, "clippings enclosed." These were not found with the letter. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. (fragment, p. 3 missing). 1943 September 28 [Crescent Beach] Describes plane spotting incident, involving fear of infiltrators. Had dinner and bridge with Ruth, Jean, etc. Describes None but the Lonely Heart. Worried that she has not started on her book, but will as soon as she get to the Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1943 September 29 [Crescent Beach] Has received letter from one of Norton's relatives. Visited Ruth in their old apartment in the hotel. It almost killed her, but she is satisfied to see Ruth happy there. Has considered spending winter there rather than at the Creek. Martha keeps her tied to the Creek Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1943 September 10 [Crescent Beach] Tells about a lucky bean she found. She has nearly finished re-reading The Education of Henry Adams. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 October 1 [Cross Creek] She hated leaving the cottage, but is happy to be back at the Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1943 October 2 [Cross Creek] Land dispute between Brices and Glissons. Miscellaneous news. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS to NB. 4, 4 p. 1943 October 5 [Cross Creek] She has heard from Idella, who says she hates New York, but said nothing about coming back. Received letter from him. She will write every day. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 October 6 [Cross Creek] Airplane spotting has been discontinued, so she can stay at the Creek with a clear conscience. If Zelma loses suit, she will probably burn the farmhouse down, so MKR can "be free of the Creek." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 7 [Cross Creek] Complains about war time rules and bureaucracy. Says it may cost the Democrats the 1944 election. Tells about a disturbing dream, then relates it to a joke told her by Carl Brandt. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 8 [Cross Creek] Is trying to train Sissie as a maid. Says she believes she has "really managed to get on the wagon." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 October 10 [Cross Creek] Describes a visit to Fred Tompkin's in Citra, and a fishing trip with Chet. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 11 [Cross Creek] Brings him up to date on Jack, Cindy, and Joy. [May refer to a radio soap-opera, or a cartoon strip] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 13 [Cross Creek] Describes unpleasant trip to Ocala. Complains about rudeness of clerks in stores. Says "Gainesville is much friendlier and more satisfactory for trading." She had received an anti-Jewish chain letter, which she sent to the FBI. Yesterday she received a personal reply from J. Edgar Hoover. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 14 [Cross Creek] Says it is his birthday. Complains about government mail regulations. She still is not working on her book, which she hopes to have finished by the time he returns. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 15 [Cross Creek] Mentions discarding and burning of correspondence. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1943 October 16 [Cross Creek] Describes the nice fall weather. Will have Fred Tompkins and family to dinner. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1943 October 17 [Cross Creek] Describes a day of running errands with Martha. Thinks maybe she should concentrate on training Sissie as a maid. Even if Idella does come and back and although she is "so damn perfect," she doubts she could ever trust her again. She is reading Joyce's Ulysses for the first time and is "bowled over by it." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 18 [Cross Creek] Weather is still cold. Describes dinner for the Tompkins. Sissie did quite well. Repeats Thelma's criticism that Idella is "too smart for her own good." She is finding Ulysses less comprehensible and less enjoyable due to Joyce's stream of consciousness technique and feels better about her own writing. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 19 [Cross Creek] Is sending a copy of a letter from Edith Pope. She has received a gushing letter from Arthur's daughter. MKR says she only wants money. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 ALS to NB. 1, 2 p. 1943 October 20/21 [Cross Creek] The first letter concerns pets, Moe and Smoky Tells about Julia Scribner's disgusted response to one of MKR's Emily Post take-offs, which dealt with vomiting. She makes other comments about Julia and her alleged neuroticism. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 22 [Cross Creek] Says she fell off the wagon yesterday and gives details. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 24 [Cross Creek] Has read Under Cover, a book purporting to reveal Fascist conspiracies within the U.S.A. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 24 or 25? [Cross Creek] Describes confusion caused by a visit from one of Sissie's daughters. Sissie and Martha are not getting along. Is reading Jane Austen for the first time. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 1 p. [1943] October 25? [Cross Creek] Doubts that she can train Sissie. Found out that Dr. Damon's fee was quite "reasonable for him." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 26 [Cross Creek] Relates dream of him. Says Zelma is so unscrupulous that her friends are disgusted with her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1943 October 27? Cross Creek] Complains about repeated request from Rita Kleeman for article. She has finished Jane Austen, but is stumped with Joyce. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1943 October 28 [Cross Creek] A. J. Cronin and wife will be in St. Augustine. Doesn't know what to do about fan letters. The only fan letter she ever wrote was to Joseph Conrad, who, as she expected, did not answer. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 29 [Cross Creek] Describes a fifteen year old manuscript, written to describe her mother. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 October 30 [Cross Creek] Her views about Jews and the War. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 October 31. [Cross Creek] Concerned about his health. Describes a visit from some fans and strange visit to Citra to have saws sharpened. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 1 [Cross Creek] Got back on the wagon yesterday. Will Woodward, Henry's brother died. Going to St. Augustine tomorrow. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 8 p. 1943 Nov. 2 [Cross Creek] Delayed going to St. Augustine. Reading New World A-Coming [by Roi Ottley] Says democracy is a farce if race is used to keep people from civic participation. Says the writer probably does not understand the reasons for southern prejudice. "The theory of racial superiorities and. .. inferiorities is pure Hitlerism." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1943 November 3 [Cross Creek] Has put off going to St. Augustine because she hopes a letter from him will come. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p. 1943 November 5 [Crescent Beach] Tells him of problems at the hotel due to conflict between Chet and the Hustons. Suggests he may want to go into newspaper business. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p. 1943 November 6 [Crescent Beach?] Says she will ask Idella to come back. Expands on problems at the hotel. Doug says he is leaving. Gives permission to the American Indian editor to use her Emily Post "letter." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. notes to NB. 7 p. 1943 November 7 [Cross Creek] Describes visit with the Cronin's. They are looking for a place in St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 8 [Cross Creek] Has "been taken for $100 by the biggest crook in Island Grove." Ruby has gone to California [so will not be available as a maid next summer] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 Nov. 9 [Cross Creek] Arthur's daughter Mary Lou has married. Feels that Norton "could have given me more time away from the Castle," but has no other complaint with their relationship. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 2 p. 1943 Nov. 10 [Cross Creek] She was reading Crime and Punishment, but put it aside to write Idella. She is uncertain whether or not to mail the letter to Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 Nov. 11 [Cross Creek] About the war, Julia Scribner's health, and Max Perkins. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 November 12 [Cross Creek] News from a trip to Gainesville and account of her day. Has finished Crime and Punishment, which depressed her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 November 13 [Cross Creek] Received good news about Edith Pope's novel and did her own writing stint. News about the hotel. She wrote and offered Idella $20.00 per week and now feels guilty about Sissie. Dislikes the epilogue to Crime and Punishment. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 14 [Cross Creek] Describes music and a Claude Pepper speech she heard on the radio. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 15 [Cross Creek] Refers to his nephew, George. She will have to decline an invitation from Mrs. Tigert to go to Jacksonville. She has received a new book of Sigrid Undset's and mentions other readings. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 November 17 [Cross Creek] Describes difficulty with her work. Has heard from Idella, tentatively agreeing to return. Idella wants to know how Martha and Sissie will react and asks for a day off weekly. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 November 18 [Cross Creek] Took a bottle of sherry to Zelma's mother. Received a profuse thank-you letter from Marjorie Lou, Arthur's daughter. MKR remains very critical of her and her mother. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 19 [Cross Creek] The Lyons and some "homeless officers" will come for Thanksgiving dinner. Talks about enlarging the cottage. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1943 November 20 [Cross Creek] Going to Ocala to have dinner with the Camps. Recommends that he read The Land of the Great Image by Maurcie Collins on the India-Burma situation. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1943 November 21 [Cross Creek] Describes trip to Ocala, trying to buy liquor, and dinner with the Camps. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 November 21/22 [Cross Creek] Says that Martha is delighted that Idella will return because Sissie's kids are driving her crazy. She is angry at Chet for taking Dr. Cason hunting. Ross Allen has returned rattlesnake skins. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 3 p. 1943 November 26 [Cross Creek] Describes dinner with Aunt Ida, the Lyonses, etc. Had hog butchered yesterday. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 27 [Cross Creek] Describes Aunt Ida's trip to Gainesville with Thelma Shortridge. Has received Koestler's Arrival and Departure from Norman Berg [who seems now to have an editorial position with Macmillan] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 November 28 [Cross Creek] Chet made up by taking her hunting. Comments on Patton's slapping of soldier. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p. 1943 November 29 [Crescent Beach] Received three letters. Describes conditions at the hotel. Doug now seems happy. Business may fall off if the Coast Guard school is closed. Suggests selling hotel. Refers to A. J. Cronin's reaction to her New Yorker stories, which apparently was that she should continue writing Yearling. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1943 November 30 [Crescent Beach] Complains about mail situation. Heard news about ships being sunk and that Coast Guard school will not be closed. Describes Alfred [Houston?] The Cabells are back. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 December 1 [Cross Creek] Describes dinner with the Phil Mays. May has not yet received the "Cason declaration." Received a letter from Norman Berg, asking her for a manuscript of a children's book. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 2 [Cross Creek] News about the grove and St. Augustine folk. Her brother Arthur will be in Alaska all winter. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Cable message (copy) to NB. 1943 December 2 [Cross Creek] "Ignore letters about hotel difficulties. Everything fine. Have written daily. Well." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 December 3 [Cross Creek] Underwear is rationed and only old-fashioned styles available. "It seems dreadful to have the Germans and the Japs mixed up with a lady's panties." Verle Pope has been assigned to Combat Intelligence School and Edith will go to New York. Describes pecan harvesting, which is going on. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 December 4 [Cross Creek] Says that writing him is her greatest pleasure. Miscellaneous news. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1943 December 5 [Cross Creek] Describes "transient wolves" [fans who stop at her house] and a hunting trip with Chet. Has just read Look Homeward, Angel. Has been unable to resume work on her own book. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 6 [Cross Creek] She has not yet heard from Idella. Thelma Shortridge has employed a black couple whom MRK covets. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 December 7 [Cross Creek] Discusses the price of Indian sapphires. Sissie is receiving a survivor's pension and Martha has begun receiving old-age assistance, so the family is "doing well." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1943 December 8 [Cross Creek] Says she will follow up his complaint that AFS personnel are not welcome in Red Cross canteens. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 9 [Cross Creek] Julia has asked if she can visit after the first of the year. Uncle Enoch [Fiddia?] died a week ago. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 1 p. 1943 December 10 [Cross Creek] Her cat Smoky died today. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. 1943 December 11 [Cross Creek] Idella has said she will return from New York and begin work after the New Year's. MKR firmly believes in Emerson's "law of compensation" and feels she has "swapped Smoky for Idella." Concerns Emily Post satires. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1943 December 12 [Cross Creek] Tells how the Brices reneged on their agreement to hire Sissie when Idella returns and how they relented when MKR called their bluff. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Cable message (transcription) to NB. 1943 Dec. 15 [Crescent Beach?] Christmas greetings Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 December 15 [Crescent Beach] Miscellaneous news from Cross Creek and St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 16 [Crescent Beach] Staying at the cottage because of bad weather. She is worried about her brother Art. Says she first fell in love with NB when he was so nice to Art. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS, with one a. page of notes and drawings, to NB. 5, 2 pp. 1943 December 17 [Cross Creek] Arrived home to freezing weather. Doesn't know how severe damage will be. Art may come for a visit. He says she shouldn't have sent Marjorie Lou so much money, because she used it to quit her job and go stay with her husband. MKR approves. Inhospitality of Red Cross to AFS personnel. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1943 December 18 [Cross Creek] Still freezing, but not enough so to damage fruit. Repeats Arthur's sarcastic comments on the prospects of having a grandchild. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 20 [Cross Creek] An account of a dinner for friends who appear to be guests of Rebecca [Camp?] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 20 [Cross Creek] Complains about censor. Is concerned that he may have to go into action, but she would not stop him, if she could. Writes about her metaphorical "cold private storehouse" and her "fear of homelessness." She is copying Edith's most recent letter and will send it separately. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 December 22 [Cross Creek] Describes surprise overnight visit from Zora Neale Hurston, which she had been "dreading." Describes dream about racial confrontation. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 December 22 [Cross Creek] Says Zora Hurston left this morning about 11. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB.2p. 1943 December 24 [Cross Creek] Wishes she had invited the Lyonses and was staying at the Creek for Christmas, but she is going to St. Augustine. Has been threatened with a lawsuit over similarities between The Yearling and some magazine article. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1943 December 26 [St. Augustine] Describes a pleasant Christmas with Jean [Francis] and the cartoonist Wally Bishop. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p. 1943 December 27 [St. Augustine] Had an automobile accident. Reveals "dirt" about Jean. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1943 December 29 [Cross Creek] Describes problems with the servants upon returning to the Creek. Describes more incidents from her St. Augustine trip, including conversation with J. B. Cabell. Has received Zelma' brief from Phil May. It shows that her fears about hosting Zora were justified and could be used against her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 December 29 [Cross Creek] She has written a long update on Zelma's brief. Repeats more gossip and incidents from her trip to St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1943 December 30 [Cross Creek] Comments, usually satirically, on some of the Christmas greetings she received from family and friends. Expects to pick up Idella in Ocala tomorrow. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1943 December 31 [Cross Creek] Comments on some useless Christmas gifts. Has heard of action near where she believes Norton is stationed. Says 1943 has been one of the worst years of her life and prays they "will be together a year from tonight." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. [ca. 1943? Cross Creek?] Criticizes him severely for letting Jean [Francis] stay in their apartment while she is not there. Says everyone will wonder where he is sleeping. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. [1943? Cross Creek] She was distressed to get back from Gainesville and have no letter from him. Hopes he is not ill. Asks if Jean is still in the apartment. She does not feel well and needs rest. She is getting drawn into the Brice-Glisson dispute, which she does not want because she needs their testimony if the suit comes to trial. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1943? Cross Creek] Is lonesome for him, which pulls her "back to the apartment." Mentions the Brice-Glisson dispute and sending Henry to the hospital. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1943? Cross Creek] Chet Crosby took her fishing. Idella wants to go to West Palm Beach to see her husband about a divorce, so MKR will come to the beach. Writes about her diverticulitis operation. She is having complications. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB "Sweetheart." 3 p. [1943? Cross Creek] Dr Wallis's medicine, which he sent, has helped. Expecting a freeze. She is expecting Snow to come help. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1943? Cross Creek?] Describes a hunting trip with Chet and Moe, during which she was in pain. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. [1943? Cross Creek] Comments on W.D. leaving [the hotel] and going north to work. Having trouble training Smoky. Old Will is unmounding the trees. New accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. Fragmentary, p. 2-5 only. [1943? Cross Creek] Describes an "astonishing" letter from her Aunt Effie, accusing her of being "hard-boiled" and of dubious character. Oliver accession.

Letters by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Norton Baskin, 1944

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 Jan. 1 [Cross Creek] Visited Idella at her family's home. Describes her parents. Relates some of Idella's anecdotes from New York. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 7 p. 1944 Jan. 2 [Cross Creek] Recalls incident when Zelma protected her against someone who believed her son had been maligned by MKR. Problems with overcrowding due to Idella's return. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 3. [Cross Creek] Complaints about Martha. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (fragment) to NB. 1 p. 1944 Jan. 3. [Cross Creek] Idella. About Cason vs. Baskin. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Jan. 5 [Cross Creek] Miscellaneous news items. She is reading Gellhorn's Liana. Recommends Koestler, and Gilbert's Landslide to him. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 5 [Cross Creek] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 6 p. 1944 Jan. 6/7 [Cross Creek] Continues to have problem over Idella and Sissie. Sissie now says she will not work for the Brices, but will go to Hawthorne. Gives menu for weekend for friends who are coming from St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1944 Jan. 8. Hawthorne [Cross Creek] Relates events of visit from Fred, Jean, and Ruth. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Jan. 9 [Cross Creek] Additional account of the weekend. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS to NB. 4, 6 p. 1944 Jan. 11 [Cross Creek] Role of T.Z. Cason in Zelma's suit. Account of her trip to Palatka and Jacksonville relating to Cason suit. Complains about difficulty of getting gas from the Rationing Board for the trip. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 13. [Cross Creek] Describes trip to Gainesville for meeting called by OPA for truck owners. Has started over on her book. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 Jan. 14 [Cross Creek] Problems with the peacocks. Cannot get rid of Sissie. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 Jan. 14/15 [Cross Creek] Recapitulation of hotel problems. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 9 p. 1944 Jan. 15 [Cross Creek] Numerous topics, including events from St. Augustine and news from Lois Hardy. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 Jan. 17 Hawthorn [Cross Creek] Relates and anecdote told by Fred Tomkins' wife and a trip to Gainesville with his daughter, Thelma Shortridge. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Jan. 19 [Cross Creek] Report on Idella's sojourn in New York. Sissie's status still in doubt. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 19 [Cross Creek] Discusses his volunteer service. Says she has "not done her share yet." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Jan. 20/21 [Cross Creek] Comments about intellectuals and education re: a man in NB's unit. Idella was burned lighting the heater. News and gossip about the Cabells and St. Augustine friends. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 ALLS to NB. 2, 3 pp. 1944. Jan. 22. Part of the second letter is autograph. Weather cold. Describes George Fairbanks's work. She has discovered a reason for not being on the wagon. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Jan. 23 [Cross Creek] Describes events of the day, including an encounter with rude fans who asked if she were Katherine Rawlings. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 24 [Cross Creek] Describe her healthful routine. Is sending him books including Screwtape Letters, which she describes in detail. After reading it, she know that Dora is the devil assigned to her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 7 p. 1944 Jan. 26 [Cross Creek] Has received Kashmir wool from him. Describes plans for dinner for the Camps. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944. Jan. 26 [Cross Creek] Includes a transcription of a letter from A. J. Cronin, which hurt her feeling in "attributing mercenery conflict" to her." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 27 [Cross Creek] Problem with people encouraging her to drink and overeat. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1944 Jan. 28 [Cross Creek] More about George Firestone's work. Refers to an article by David Cohn in the Atlantic about "the Southern viewpoint." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 Jan. 29 [Cross Creek] She, Idella, and Moe are headed for the cottage, but bad weather is expected. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Jan. 30 [Crescent Beach] Weather is good as the beach after all. Idella seems pleased. Describes encounters with a Coast Guardsman and the soldier with whom she was involved in an accident at Christmas. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1944 Jan. 31 [Crescent Beach] Describes supper with Jean, Ruth, and Fred. Discusses suit. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 1 [Crescent Beach] New from St. Augustine, including a report on the hotel. Report on a friend whose bomber disappeared in a mission over Holland. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 Feb. 2 [Crescent Beach] Tells of encounter between Idella and Aunt Ida. News of Jean, Ruth, etc. Tell a joke about a mouse and a titmouse. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 3 [Cross Creek] News from Arthur about trouble with his boat. Oral pleadings on Cason's suit scheduled today. Both Julia Scribner and Norman Berg are expected next week. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Feb. 4 [Cross Creek] Her reaction to an injury he described. Lois Hardy will not be able to visit this year. Charles Rawlings has married again. Marjorie sympathizes with his wife. Sissie appears to have left the Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 5 [Cross Creek] Says how well things are going with Idella. Idella told her the Harlem riots were not "race riots," but simply hoodlums on a criminal rampage. Complaint about mistreatment of Idella by a jewelry store in St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 7 [Cross Creek] Describes hunting trip with Julia and Chet. Julia fell in water. Opinions of Julia's psychological state. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 2 p. 1944 Feb. 8 [Cross Creek] News about what she and Julia are doing. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 Feb. 9 [Cross Creek] Norman and Julie Berg have arrived. Norman has passed his pre-induction physical. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 LLS (typed and autograph) to NB. 3, 4 p. 1944 Feb. 10 [Cross Creek] Norman has happily left. They had several disagreements during his visit. She and Julia are sick. She has almost finished Strange Fruit, the "book that is going to tear the state of Georgia into little bitsy pieces." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Feb. 12 [Cross Creek] Expecting freezing temperatures. Martha's grandson Jack has written Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1944 Feb. 13 [Cross Creek] About callers that she and Idella had. Norman Berg said he had been offered national sales manager position at Macmillan. Wants to be editor-in-chief. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 14 [Cross Creek] Describes a trip with Julia and Idella to hear "Negro church singing." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Feb. 16 [Cross Creek] Got into strong arguments the preceding night over racial question at parties in Ocala. She especially offended Cecil [Clark] whom she considered one of her best friends. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1944 Feb. 17 [Ocala] Written while at the hair dresser. She and Julia are going to visit Fred Francis at his lodge for the weekend. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 Feb. 18 [Cross Creek] Miscellaneous news. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 8 p. 1944 Feb. 20 [St. Augustine?] Describes visit at Fred's lodge, including punishing horseback ride, which she swears will be her last. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 22 [Cross Creek] More news from the weekend trip. Stopped by the hotel and saw Claude Pepper. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 Feb. 23 [Cross Creek] Mr. Martin has died. Sissie and her children are back. Wonders if failure of Bob [Camp] to get her a hotel reservation in Pensacola is due to her disagreement with Cecil and Camp family members. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 Feb. 24 [Cross Creek] Describes a visit from John and Nettie, including fishing with Julia. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS to NB. 2, 3 p. 1944 Feb. 25 [Cross Creek] Went to a movie with Julia. The place is showing the effect of having no man to help with the work./ Miscellaneous news, including the progress of the war and the American political situation. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 27 [Cross Creek] Relates a strange dream, which began with a confrontation over the treatment of Negroes and ends with "insurance against strangers," and a Freudian slip she committed while relating the dream to Julia. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 28 [Cross Creek] An account of singing at a black church to which Idella took them. Bought Alice in Wonderland and the Jungle Book for Leonard [Fiddia's?] little girl. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 Feb. 29 [Cross Creek] Complains about problems with the censor. Says Julia may have trouble getting home as the military has taken over most train space. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 March 1 [Cross Creek] She believes the photograph that Norton sent her was removed by the censor. Missed seeing a friend, while hiding from fans. Still has not heard from Bob. Writes about anti-Semitism and anti-Negro feelings. Relates account of trip to the Sanctified Church in Hawthorne with Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 2 [Cross Creek] Julia told her the story of "her blighted love" for a man in Pensacola. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 March 3 [Cross Creek] Received a letter from A. J. Cronin, relating an incident about George Moore. Tells about a military officer on crutches who called to see her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 1 p. 1944 March 4 [Cross Creek] Account of trying to find Moe who was lost. He was at Chet Crosby's. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 5 [Cross Creek] Recounts various incidents and characteristics about Julia. Mentions several possible men for her. Relates her own dream involving Wendell Willkie. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 4 p. 1944 March 6 [Cross Creek] Indicates she and Julia are getting tired of each other. Julia is starting to have headaches and seems depressed. Says that Julia is retarded in childhood. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 7 [Cross Creek] Julia now has a Pullman reservation for the 13th. Probably good that she is going. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 8 [Cross Creek] Gives an account of trip to Ocala with Julia to pick up her reservation. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 8/9 [Cross Creek] Is sending him books, Strange Fruit, Chronicle of Dawn by Ramon Sender, and poems by Minnie Moody. Tells of Moe's "courting." James Boyd died at Princeton. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 10 [Cross Creek] Describes fishing trip with Chet and Julia and trip with Julia to Gainesville to shop. Now that Julia is definitely going, she hates to leave. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 11 [Cross Creek] Listened to the Metropolitan Opera. Says she is disgusted with Ben Hecht's book on anti-Semitism. She has started to read Myrdal's An American Dilemma. Harper's article on Willkie has raised question of his sincerity. Idella needs time off because of her sick sister. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 12 [Cross Creek] Chet is talking about enlisting. She resents people who class her with Crackers because she chooses to live simply. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 13 [Cross Creek] Describes accident the preceding day when her car collided with Brice's mule. Julia narrowly avoided serious injury. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 14 [Cross Creek] Towed her car to Ocala, while taking Julia to her train. Has heard from Edith that Verle is being sent overseas. MKR is beginning to fear that Idella may leave again. She is enclosing a pamphlet, which was to have been distributed to soldiers, but withdrawn because of southern objection. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 15 [Cross Creek] Relieved that it sounds as if Idella means to stay. She recalls a neighbor [apparently the source for a character in "Miriam's Houses"] from her childhood in Washington. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 10 p 1944 March 18 [St. Augustine] She is with Ruth at the apartment in the hotel, having come to give a cocktail party for Edith Pope [The text indicates that there are letters missing between this one and the letter of the 15th] She drank too much and left the party early. Idella has gone for a week in Jacksonville with her sister. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 19 [Crescent Beach] An account of visiting in St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 20 [Crescent Beach] Relates her day spent with Aunt Ida and her Malapropisms. Advice on rose cultivation. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 21 [Crescent Beach] An account of bridge party with Jean, Ruth, and Fred. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1944 March 22 [Crescent Beach] She is about to leave the beach to return to the Creek. Idella is with her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 24 [Cross Creek] Gives an account of final visit with The Biscuit [Harriett Biglow] and with the Cabells before leaving St. Augustine. Arrived home to find Martha has gone to Tampa to care for sick Adrenna. Sissie is doing some of the work. Received a wire from Max Perkins, inquiring of whereabouts of Edith Pope. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 March 26, a.m. [Cross Creek] Received a "hysterical tirade" from Julia, complaining about MKR's driving. After giving it consideration, MKR's decides it's a delayed reaction to the accident just before Julia left. She "realizes that Julia is afraid all the time," and psychoanalyzes her again. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 26 [Cross Creek] Received a note from Edith, describing an eventful trip back to Colorado. She has thrown away cigarettes and poured brandy down the drain. She is doing battle with Dora. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 1 p. 1944 March 29 [Cross Creek] Describes the situations in which she visualizes him. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 March 30 [Cross Creek] There is a reference to a number of ambulances being captured and other action which she believes may involve Norton. Jean, et al. indicated they would come for a visit, but cancelled after she had begun preparation. Chet has told her that she and Julia are the only women that it doesn't bother him to hunt and fish with because they are just like a couple of the boys. This will be a mortal blow to Julia. Had scare over property taxes. She has received a letter from Verle, asking him to look after Edith while he is overseas. She feels guilty for not asking Edith to live with her. She has received a conciliatory note from Norman Berg. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 March 31 [Cross Creek] Refers to reviews of Edith's book [Colcorton] Believes one of them takes a swipe at her. Notes that Max Perkins said her work had influenced Edith, but she does not think so, except perhaps in the use of detailed natural background. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 1 [Cross Creek] Had a visit from Dessie Vinson. Wishes Martha would return. Sissie doesn't keep up with things. Edith is expected back in Florida in about a week. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 3 [Cross Creek] Advises him about neck and back pain. Complains about Sissies lack of work. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1944 April 4 [Cross Creek] Is reading The Conspiracy of the Carpenters, about the "mental processes" of people such as the Nazis. War news. Complains about review of Edith's book in the Jacksonville Times-Union. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. note to NB. 6 p. 1944 April 5/6 [Cross Creek] Cecil came to see her and they were reconciled. Robert Camp came for a visit. She relates part of their conversation including naval anecdotes, his art, race, and Julia Scribner. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 7 [Cross Creek] She is caught up with her correspondence due to help from Margie Glisson. Thelma Shortridge told her she is expecting. She will go to Ocala to get her new car. Recapitulates some of her visit with Bob Camp, including his assertion that she is a very poor judge of people. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 8 [Cross Creek] Visited friends in Ocala area for dinner. The conversation turned very anti-Semitic, but she did not attempt to rebut it because of the earlier episode. Will and Martha Mickens are returning. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 9 [Cross Creek] The Mickens returned. One of Sissie's children seriously ill. MKR took him to the hospital in Gainesville. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1944 April 10 [Cross Creek] Expecting Ruth Pickering and Langston Moffatt for dinner. Relates a racy joke. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1944 April 11 [Cross Creek] Writes about her fear of the danger he faces and makes facetious comments about his survival abilities. Criticizes Julia. Comments on sales of Edith's book. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 12 [Cross Creek] Passes on some comments from Ruth about the hotel. She is shocked at the mercenary streak Edith is showing over proceeds from her book and her blaming Scribner's for not advertising it. Ruth suggests that this is Verle's "influence." MKR says he is acting the same way as Charles Rawlings did, attempting to spoil her pleasant relationship with her publisher because of envy of her success. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 13 [Cross Creek] Optimistic about forthcoming Cason vs. Baskin decision. She has been asked to write a book on Florida for Macmillan's Epic of America series. Believes she will accept despite reservations. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 April 14 [Cross Creek] Had a dream about his return. Discusses Ruth. Says she told Idella that she plans to "go all out" for "Negro rights" when the Cason matter is over. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 15. [Cross Creek] Dreamed that she went to Burma to find NB. Discusses her's and Idella's taxes. She objects to Idella's being to taxed, as she is disenfranchised and otherwise lacks the rights of citizens. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 16 [Cross Creek] Expresses concern over the war in Burma. Heard Lex Green campaign speech, which almost made her sick. Is surprised and disappointed at Claude Pepper's support of "white supremacy." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 April 17 [Cross Creek] Discusses her reading of An American Dilemma. Says it will be useful to liberals in that they will have facts when involved in arguments over race. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 18 [Cross Creek] Surprised that the locals don't seem to be supporting Green for governor. Refers contemptuously to a ruling by a Montgomery, Alabama, court disbarring a black lawyer as another way to keep blacks in their place. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 April 19 [Cross Creek] Had a long wait last night for Edith whose bus to Gainesville was very late. Describes the evening, seeing the movie Happy Land and the scene at the bus station. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 20. [Cross Creek] Describes a black youth, she is interesting in hiring and Edith's "amusing" habits. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 21 [Cross Creek] Says that Verle Pope is making Edith unhappy about relationship with Scribner's out of jealousy with her success, the same way that Charles Rawlings had treated MKR. Divulges past problems with the Pope's marriage, which Ruth had told her of. Tells of Edith's encounter with a large coral snake. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 22 [Cross Creek] Describes a local political rally in Citra. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 April 23 [Cross Creek] Believes he has been in severe danger. Relates several items of miscellaneous news. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 7 p. 1944 April 24 [Crescent Beach] Describes the events concerning the death of Ruth Pickering, and of the woman in whose room the fire started, in a fire at the Castle Warden. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, partially in autograph, to NB. 1944 April 25 [Crescent Beach] Describes plans for funeral service for Ruth, to be held at the Castle Warden. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 April 26 [Crescent Beach] Describes Ruth's funeral service. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 27 [Crescent Beach] Describes Ruth's sister, Jean Dell, who came for the funeral. Mrs. Dell said that happiest part of Ruth's life had been the two years at Castle Warden. She felt pride and joy to see how Ruth was loved by her friends. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1944 April 28 [Crescent Beach] Complaints about Edith who has extended her stay. A disagreement has developed with Jean Francis over the disposition of Ruth's car. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 April 29. [Crescent Beach] She remains uncertain about whether she should have told him of the fire. Got income tax problems settled. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 April 30/May 1 [Crescent Beach] Describes a trip with Edith and Jean to look at real estates, including the site of a home for the aged blind, deaf and dumb. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p 1944 May 2. [Cross Creek] Returned home to find Martha "sulking" and things unattended to. Phil May believes the suit will end favorably and that the decision has been delayed because the judge wants to write a literary masterpiece. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 3 [Cross Creek] Says that she wants to leave money in her will to help Idella buy a farm. Says she voted for electors pledged to Harry Byrd in the Democratic primary, but may vote for Dewey in the general election. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 May 4 [Cross Creek] Says she will leave him, if he "comes home writing stories." [Apparently Norton had sent her a copy of a story he had written] She critiques a story of a "little boy in Georgia" and relates it to the origins of racial prejudice. Relates news that Ruth and Fred Francis may have come close to marrying before her death. Criticizes A. J. Cronin for not participating in war effort. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 5 [Cross Creek]. Describes a "blue moon." Describes the celery fields on Shands prairie and the Bell family who planted them. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 6 [Cross Creek] Shot a large opossum and caught a turtle in the yard. Explains the title, Colcorton. News of the farm and Creek neighbors. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 7 [Cross Creek] She is in a very bad mood. Discovered that her hair has turned gray. Dora, whom she previously declared dead, is back. Recalls depressing events of the past year. Her homelessness dreams persist, usually including her mother. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. Page 1 mutilated. 1944 May 8 [Cross Creek] Says she feel fine today, despite "grousing" of yesterday. The movie Jane Eyre "was perfectly wonderful." She is about to leave to go to St. Augustine to sign insurance papers, etc. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 5 p. 1944 May 10. [Cross Creek] Insurance adjustment was satisfactory. Has received unpleasant letter from the Hotel Commission. MKR believes they feel guilt for having approved "the fire trap," but they said it was understood that the apartment was not to be rented. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1944 May 11. [Cross Creek] She has written Henry Heyl, a likely suitor of Julia Scribner, warning him off. She continues to receive letter from her and is melted enough to "write her tenderly." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 12 [Cross Creek] She is feeling better, perhaps attributable to the pills Dr. Harris gave her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 13 [Cross Creek] Has been reading Sender's Counter-Attack in Spain. Now thinks she knows what the Spanish Civil War was about. She is delighted that Charles Scribner Jr., has "fought the family on tolerance and liberalism." She has been asked to do an article on Florida and one on a post-war theme for the magazine Transatlantic. For the latter, she can only think of the "Negro question." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 May [14]/15 [Cross Creek] Thelma Shortridge has been in hospital in Gainesville, where she learned she is not pregnant. Describes seeing movie in Gainesville and listening to radio show. Panthers have been seen near the River Styx. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 16. [Cross Creek] Met Leonard [Fiddia?] in Citra, who told her that Zelma Cason is telling people that she has received $10,000 from MKR. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 17 [Cross Creek] News about the farm animals and gossip about the St. Augustine crowd. Says Claude Pepper has exonerated himself by opposing the poll tax. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 18 [Cross Creek] Upset with anti-Roosevelt book by John Flynn [As We Go Marching ?] Getting ready to move to the cottage for the summer. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 19 [Cross Creek] Tells of Leonard [Fiddia] doing some work at her house and a story about [his son?] Elmer. The Lyonses are coming to visit Sunday. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 20 [Cross Creek] Was assured by a Red Cross volunteer that she did the right thing in telling him about the hotel fire. An escaped convict was captured at the Glissons. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 21 [Cross Creek] Strange Fruit has been banned in Boston and from the mail. Mentions a Zelma-like suit being brought against Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn). Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 May 22. [Cross Creek] Describes the visit of the Lyonses and the guests they brought with them. She introduced a debate on the "Negro question." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 23 [Cross Creek] Wants to have Edith visit for a week before going north, so she can "feed her." Edith has been "accepted for the MacDowell Colony." MKR dreamed that she and Norton were being remarried. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 May 24. [Cross Creek] Thankful that Caldwell has defeated Lex Green in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. She is surprised that the locals opposed Green. Describes a visit from a friend, Rex Withers, which included an account of Dorothy Green's heart attack. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 25 [Cross Creek] The IRS has set upon A. J. Cronin. Dr. Atchley has written about her health. She is having problems from too much alcohol. Comments critically upon Colcorton. Oliver accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 26 [Cross Creek] She delayed trip to visit the Lyonses, hoping to avoid it, but realizes she will have to go. She has received insurance money for her car and for Brice's mule. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 May 27 [Cross Creek] She is upset because she is afraid he is not receiving mail and is worried about his reaction to the hotel fire. More convicts have escaped. There is fear they may come to Cross Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 6 p. 1944 May 28 [Cross Creek] Repeats information on the Castle Warden fire in case her original letter went astray. Adds that the Hotel Commission has said that the room can never again be used as living quarters. Expresses their sense of guilt. Again suggests that he consider selling the hotel. Says she could never live there. Wonders if he could operate some kind of business near the Creek, or if not, if they could get a country place near St. Augustine. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 May 29 [Cross Creek] Edith is there, but MKR has decided to refuse to let her get on her nerves. Complains about Martha who is filling in on Idella's week off. Comments on letter from Norton's mother regarding race. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 May 30 [Cross Creek] Describes blueberry and plum picking trips with Martha. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 May 31 [Cross Creek] Is reading Walden. Says it is the type of book she had hoped to write, but "did not and could not." Has been "on the wagon" for over a week. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 1 [Cross Creek] Comments on Edith's dress and on A. J. Cronin's concern with money. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 June 2 [Cross Creek] Edith leaves today. An account of illegal fishing operations around Cross Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 June 3 [Cross Creek] She is disappointed again over Edith's attitudes about what Scribner's should do to promote her books. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB 5 p. 1944 June 4 [Cross Creek] Describes trip to Ocala for permanent and shopping. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 5 [Cross Creek] Comments on meeting an officer, Colonel Major, and puns on his name and rank. Criticizes the Vatican for "playing pals with fascism." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 6 [Cross Creek] Information about Edith's father. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 June 9 [Cross Creek] She is taking Sissie's daughter Martha, age 4, to the cottage for the summer. Apparently hopes that she and Idella can keep her permanently. Describes a visit from a woman, who knows Zelma, and who wants to be a writer. MKR says that if she had ever invited Zelma to the Castle, the suit would not have occurred. Oliver accession.

Rawlings. Marjorie Kinnan. A and TLS to NB. 6 p. [1944] June 11/12 [Lake City]/Cross Creek. Describes activities in Lake City, including cocktails, bridge, and dancing. Katherine Cornell wants to appear in a dramatization of Colcorton. Asks Norton about preparations for his returning home. Begun while visiting Cliff and Gladys Lyons in Lake City and finished after returning home. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 13 [Cross Creek] Relates an account of friends who asked to borrow money, but whom she refused. The man is facing an assault charge. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 14 [Crescent Beach] She is now at the cottage for the summer. Idella, little Martha, and Moe (her pointer) are with her. Describes trip over and the condition of the cottage when they arrived. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 2 p., fragment. 1944 June 15 [Crescent Beach] Additional details about arriving at the cottage. Needs to write a Florida article for Transatlantic. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1944 June 16 [Crescent Beach] Has almost finished her article. Doug came with news from the hotel. Norman Berg, now in the Marines, expects to go overseas. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 17 [Crescent Beach] She is distressed about his "persisting diarrhea." Cautions him to be careful about what he eats and to put the fire out of his mind. Recounts the details of the disposition of Ruth's car, which MKR believes should go to Norton, but Jean Francis has taken possession of. Little Martha is eating well. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 June 18 [Crescent Beach] Worried about his dysentery. She has finished her article. Wants to meet him in New York when he returns. Comments on letter received from Julia. Hotel insurance check received. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 June 19 [Crescent Beach] Writing the Atlantic Monthly to protest criticism of her by Thomas Barbour in its serialization of That Vanishing Eden. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 June 20 [Crescent Beach] News of a trip into St. Augustine, especially details of the renovation of the burned part of the hotel. Details about Jean Francis and her children. Says it is terribly hot, and she may decide to go to the mountains. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 21 [Crescent Beach] Comments on his weight loss. Criticizes movie, Madame Curie. Is anticipating his return. Comments on real estate possibilities in the St. Augustine area. She is puzzled because there still is no decision from the Supreme Court. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 June 22/23 [Crescent Beach] Collecting donacs off the beach. Saw a turtle crawl, but could not find the eggs. Says there is gossip that Doug and Ruth were engaged to be married. Says there is also gossip about her at the Creek. They find that little Martha often does not tell the truth. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 June 23/24 [Crescent Beach] Notes that she received cable saying he was better. News from Edith about a possible dramatization of Colcorton. Relates an incident about mishandling of her Florida article. Says she is tired of the politics around the Writers' War Board and notes that books have been barred from the Armed Services Editions because they contain "political ideas." She had been asked to writer an article on a post-war theme. When she submitted an article called "The Southern Soldier and the Negro," it was rejected as "too controversial." She replied that "the stand we were taking on the Negro invalidated the whole war." Includes copy of TLS from Phil May re Cason vs. Baskin. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 June 25/6 [Crescent Beach] Has read The Razor's Edge. Says Maugham is "only a superb narrator." Heat continues. Relates anecdotes from radio quiz show. Idella is having trouble with Martha's eating. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 27 [Cross Creek] Discusses bridge matches. Has turned down opportunity to get property in north Georgia. Comments on Max Perkins' health. She believes that Argentina is a political enemy of the United States. Her neck is stiff, so she may go the Creek to see her doctor as well as to accommodate Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 28 [Cross Creek] Refers to mail between Norton and Ruth. Relates incidents from a visit to the hotel. Distinguishes her position on race, which is a "moral principle" from that of a young friend who appears as accepting of blacks as of whites. MKR has "lingering prejudices." While her friend wants to start a race riot, she wants to prevent one. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 June 29 [Cross Creek] Initially dismayed when she learned that Dewey had received the Republican presidential nomination, she was impressed with his acceptance speech until at the end he indicated that the U.S. should be "imperialistic and greedy." She is undecided between Dewey and Roosevelt, apparently hoping that Roosevelt will not run again. Suggest that "revolution" will be preferable to a return to "pre-war capitalism." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 June 30 [Cross Creek] Advises against cross-word puzzles, as taking up too much time. Gives him miscellaneous news. Oliver accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 1 [Crescent Beach] Notes that the surf is "strange" this morning. Her "book balked again." She is wasting time reading best-sellers, including Anya Seton's Dragonwyck and another by Ben Ames Williams. Notes the sexual appeal of these books. Mentions a naval chaplain as a good match for Julia Scribner. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 2 [Crescent Beach] Notes that female-male seduction in the Williams book is going as she had predicted. Edith is happy in New York. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 July 3 [Crescent Beach] Believed that Idella had left again, when actually she had only missed a bus. Describes a day spent in St. Augustine with Aunt Ida. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 4 [Crescent Beach] Has invited Nettie [Martin] to come over. Discusses Nettie's romance with a man named John. Has turned down the opportunity to write a Florida book for Macmillan. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p 1944 July 5 [Crescent Beach] Has worked on her servicemen correspondence with a Mrs. Spengler. Uses turtle crawls and Norton for copy. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 July 6 [Crescent Beach] Aunt Ida is being evicted from her room. Says she will bring Aunt Ida to the cottage until another arrangement can be made. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 7 [Crescent Beach] An apartment has been found for Aunt Ida. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 4 p 1944 July 8 [Crescent Beach] She has lost ten pounds. More on Aunt Ida. MKR notes that she hates to have women touch her. Edith is happy at the MacDowell Colony and is working on a outline for a dramatization of Colcorton. Notes that Norton will be back soon. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 9/10. [Crescent Beach] Depicts the "family," listening to "Wings over Jordan" [radio program] Went to see Gaslight with Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 11. [Crescent Beach] Has received letter from him, indicating that he is still sick. She gets more tense, rather than relaxed, as the time for his return grows near. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 12. [Crescent Beach] Complaints about Aunt. Ida. MKR is beginning to appreciate why Mrs. White evicted her. Wishes she had kept a list of Ida's Malapropisms. Is going to the Creek for the weekend. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 July 13. [Crescent Beach] Has done an "addition" to her article on Florida. She has athlete's foot. Idella is unhappy about something. Has finished the first volume of Osborne Sitwell's autobiography. Quotes long passage on "poor relations" [i.e. relatives] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 14. [Crescent Beach] She has been to the doctor. He says she is much better than the last time he saw her. Aunt Ida is so happy that MKR has gotten over being upset. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 15 [Cross Creek] Brief description of being back at the Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1944 July 17 [Cross Creek] Now says that Aunt Ida literally has driven her to drink, but she can't drink as much as she would like because of fear of Ida's disapproval. Describes an unsatisfactory trip to the Gainesville ration board. She should be able to move Ida into her new apartment in about a week. Dreamed Norton was a prisoner in the Tower of London. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1944 July 17. Cross Creek. Arrangements for moving Aunt Ida. Idella returned late from her week-end off because of a blow out. Complaints about Martha. Leonard came to do repairs around the house. Wonders if little Martha will want to go back to the beach. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 July 19 [Crescent Beach] Bridge with Amy MacMillan and Robbie Millar. Discusses Aunt Ida's finances. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 20 [Crescent Beach] Received a letter and learned that he in the hospital. Comments on Ruth's car. Gives description of Macmillan's bridge match and house. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 21 [Crescent Beach] Is concerned about his dysentery. Work on Aunt Ida's apartment. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 22 [Crescent Beach] Has spanked her first child, little Martha. Aunt Ida's living arrangements. Truman nominated as vice-president. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 23 [Crescent Beach] More on Aunt Ida's moving. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 24 [Crescent Beach] She is making plans to meet him in New York, but doesn't like any hotel there. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie Baskinnan"to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 25 [Crescent Beach] Notes how their name can be combined to form "Baskinnan." Received letter from Sigrid Undset, thanking her for fruit. Comments further re Jean behavior about Ruth's car. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 July 26 [25?] [Crescent Beach] News of Cecil and other friends. More comments about Jean's behavior. Complains that Strange Fruit is not in the St. Augustine public library. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1944 July 27 [Crescent Beach] Has been told that she can not be informed of the date of his arrival. She will plan for about Oct. 1st. Wonders about going to Alabama to see his family. Aunt Ida is settled. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 28 [Crescent Beach] Gave Moe a skin treatment. Plans for bridge and for her trip to New York. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 July 29 [Crescent Beach] Describes servicemen's mail. Moe's skin is better. Describes sunset on Crescent Beach bridge and the Matanzas River. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. V-Mail to NB. 1944 July 31. Crescent Beach. Recapitulation of her letter of July 27th sent to ensure that he receives the information. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Cable (copy) to NB. 1944 August 1 [Crescent Beach] Information on how to contact her when he reaches New York. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. V-Mail to NB. 1944 August 1. Crescent Beach. New about her house Aunt Ida, and Maxwell Perkins. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. V-Mail to NB. 1944 August 2. [Crescent Beach] Got gypped buying turkeys. Went with Aunt Ida to see Lifeboat. Tallulah Bankhead was grand. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. V-Mail to NB. 1944 August 3. Crescent Beach. Again laments that she cannot get advance notice of his arrival, so is unsure how to proceed. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. V-Mail to NB. 1944 August 4. Crescent Beach. Says she may not continue writing, as she doubts he will get letters before he leaves. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 8 p. 1944 August 7/8. [Crescent Beach] Received a cable that must be from him, but name has been mangled. Says she has written two stories. Comments again on A.J. Cronin's sitting out the war. Post-war possibilities for the hotel. News of local friends. Tommy Sabin is interested in buying the hotel. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 August 9 [Crescent Beach] Local news. Bee and Ilya Tolstoi are divorcing. Phil May does not believe there will be any quick decision from the Supreme Court. One justice may be holding out for a trial. Plans for being in New York. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 August 11 [Crescent Beach] Has scheduled reducing massages. Discusses people she may visit while waiting in New York for him. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 August 11 [Crescent Beach] Tells a war joke and tells how good the reducing massages are. She has volunteered for some Red Cross work. Friction is developing between Ida and her landlady. Comments about Roosevelt, Willkie, and Dewey. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 August 14 [Crescent Beach] Regrets having sent the two stores, which she terms "queer" to Carl Brandt. Contract has gone through for the Spanish edition of Golden Apples. Moe has infested the house, which will have to be fumigated, with ticks. Found washed-up dogtags on the beach. Saw Christmas Holiday with Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelley. Aunt Ida is being taken advantage of by her landlady. Has been told that Moe's ticks are actually lice. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A and typed LS to NB. 7 p. 1944 October 5 [Crescent Beach] Has learned that he is in the hospital in India. Will use her influence with General Sommerville and Mrs. Roosevelt, if necessary, to have him brought home. Says she will resume her daily letter. Says of two stories she wrote, one was accepted by the New Yorker and the other rejected by Cosmopolitan. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 October 6 [Crescent Beach] Has received a cable indicating that he is better. Again making plans to meet him in New York. She is afraid if she is away too long, Idella will get restless and leave. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1944 October 7 [Crescent Beach] Still uncertain about the meaning of message about him and what she should do. Saw Dragonseed with Aunt Ida. Edith Pope is coming for a visit. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 October 11 [Crescent Beach] Is trying to make arrangement to have him flown home. She has invited Ernie Pyle, who is in Florida, for a visit. Idella is leaving to go into a hospital in Jacksonville. The Lyonses and the chaplain, Bert Cooper, visited. With them was another family with a small son, who fell in love with little Martha, convincing MKR that racial prejudice is not inherent. Edith has arrived. Notes the death of Wendell Willkie. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1944 October 12 [Crescent Beach] She has received a letter from him and is horrified at his condition and treatment. Various news relating to Jean Francis, who has returned. Suggests that if his hospital will release him, and she can arrange a Pan-American flight, they could meet in Miami. Relates stores told by Edith about the MacDowell Colony. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1944 October 13 [Crescent Beach] After receiving an AFS letter, indicating Norton might be strong enough to fly home, MKR called Louise Sommerville to ask his husband's cooperation in arranging a flight. News about Jean Francis, the Tolstois, and other friends. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1944 October 14 [Crescent Beach] Has received word that General Sommerville has asked for arrangements to be made for a flight for Norton. Idella is very sick. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1944 October 15/16 [Cross Creek] Termites have eaten her copies of John Brown's Body and Bartram's Travels. Is suspicious of Idella's intentions of returning to work. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Envelope only to NB. 1944 [month illegible] 26. Crescent Beach. Oliver accession.

Letters by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Norton Baskin, 1945-1948

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1945 March 20. Cross Creek] News from the Creek, family violence, rattlesnakes, etc. Says she has not heard from Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 3 TLLS to NB. 5 p. [1945. March 21 - 22. Cross Creek] Has just given two lectures [one apparently to the Gainesville Women's Club and the other to students at Gainesville High School] Pleased with the school talk, but not with the women's club. Says the women had no interest in what she had to say. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1945 March 23. Cross Creek] Had dinner with Nancy and Cecil. It was served so late that she slipped out and got a hamburger while waiting. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1945 March 26. Island Grove. "Just cant get organized to come today. Tomorrow sure." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 2 p., fragmentary? [1945? March? Cross Creek?] Refers to Red Cross benefit she has agreed to do on April 2 in Atlanta. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1945 April 11 Cross Creek] News from the Creek, chickens and ducks are being killed by a weasel. Gave a talk at Hawthorne High School. Swears it will be her last. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1945 April 12 [Cross Creek] Describes a couple of unpleasant dream, one involving an escape from capture, and the other, buzz-bomb attacks. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1945 April 13 [Cross Creek] Her reaction to the death of Roosevelt. One of the neighbor's brought the news. Calls Truman a "mediocrity." Says that Bert Cooper was heartbroken to learn of Julia Scribner's engagement. Gives an unfavorable report of the man Julia is marrying. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1945 April 14. Cross Creek] Says he should not come while Mrs. Rankin is still at the Creek. Lois Hardy is very ill. Includes notes to Touchton's Drug Store, 14 April 1945, to be delivered by NB. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1945 April 15. Cross Creek] Asked Martha about Adrenna. Maybe she will come work for MKR next winter. Her guest is making her nervous. Will put her on the bus soon. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1945 April 16 Cross Creek] Went to Citra to get news of Thelma [Shortridge] who is seriously ill. Then went to visit another friend. Learned that Bob Camp is due home on leave. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1945 April 24 Cross Creek] Went to meet the train, hoping Adrenna would be on it, but only "old" Will was there. Feels as if she has been used as a taxi service for the Mickenses. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1945 April 25 [Cross Creek] Received a letter from Idella who said that she can't work for MRK now. Also said her brother was killed two weeks ago. Moe is being treated for tapeworm. Has an invitation to a reception from the Tigert's and asks if he would like to come for it. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1945 April 26. Island Grove. She will drive over tomorrow for the weekend. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1945 May [3. Cross Creek] Martha is acting very cooly. Suspects she and Will are planning to move to St. Petersburg with Adrenna. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1945 May 4. Cross Creek] Martha said she was thinking about going away. MKR told her that if she did, she would have to close the farm, so Martha reconsidered. Recommends The Ballad and the Source by Rosamond Lehman to him. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1945 May 6 [5?] [Cross Creek] Apparently there is a problem in having someone to work at the cottage. She is not feeling well. Amazed that Ingrid Bergman apparently is being considered for role of Ma Baxter [Yearling film] With envelope date May 5th. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1945 May 6? Cross Creek] Has heard from Arthur Kinnan. Is feeling better. Will go to the hotel Monday and the cottage on Sunday. Wrote Annie Carter, asking if she will come on the 16th. Mutilated. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (typed signature) to Norton Baskin, St. Augustine. 1945 Nov. 20 P.M. [Cross Creek] 5 p., envelope. Sequel to Cross Creek ; reactions of people mentioned in book; news and gossip. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1945 Nov. 21 P.M. [Cross Creek] 2 p., envelope. News from Cross Creek. Trial balance for Castle Warden Hotel, July 31, 1944, enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 Envelopes to NB. 1945 Dec. 11 [Hawthorne, Micanopy] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. [ca. 1945? Cross Creek.] Apparently she has just returned to the Creek. Bob Camp, just discharged from the Navy came by. Invited Tom Glisson for a drink [apparently for the first time] Apparently has a new cat, Tony. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. [1946? January? Cross Creek.] Apparently written while Norton is in the hospital. Says she was afraid he had a recurrence of his India illness and was thinking of taking him to New York, but when she called the hospital this morning, she was told he was fine. Partially written on the verso of a note from Phil, Gail, and Peter to Marge and Norton. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1p. [1946] Jan. 17 [Cross Creek] She is waiting for a Miss Leen, apparently a photographer who is supposed to take food photographs, but the schedule is messed up. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin 1946 Jan. 18. Island Grove, Fl. Asks him to come over. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1946 Jan. 19. Island Grove. Norton is in Flagler Hospital. She says she will communicate tomorrow. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. [1946 Jan. 28. Crescent Beach?] Will come to see him this evening if the weather clears and her cough is better. If not tomorrow. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1946? Jan. 29? Cross Creek] Have killed the hogs and picked the oranges. Invited Charles Scribner and his wife to lunch or dinner. They may stay at the hotel. Dated from envelope. Letter and envelope may be mismatched, since this date seems inconsistent with the preceding letter. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Jan. 31 P.M. [Cross Creek] 1 p., envelope. Plans for visit from him and the Hardys. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1946 Feb. 9. Island Grove. "Please bring money honey and sunny." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1946] March 5. [Cross Creek] Concerned that she has not heard from him, although she has been gone a week. Refers to Idella, who apparently is with her again. Apparently her aunts, Grace and Wilmer Kinnan are visiting. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 March 6. Cross Creek. 3 p., envelope. Langston [Moffet?]; regret over letters sent while in her cups; book by Charles Baker, reviewed for Stanley Rinehart. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 March 7. Cross Creek. 3p., envelope. Critical remarks [re sale of Castle Warden?]; dinner with Robert Frost; friends who will testify in Cross Creek trial. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin 1946 March 9. Island Grove, Fl. Hoped he could come for dinner with Frost; Bee McNeills husband died. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 March 15. Cross Creek. 6 p. Income tax; visit to Phil May; strategy for Cross Creek trial; Little Will and Bettyrene; misunderstanding over invitation to her brother Arthur. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 March [17] Sunday. Cross Creek. 4 p., envelope. Visit from the Arizona aunties; competition between Martha and Idella; Kinnan family history. Includes typed ms. of "Yesterday's Woman," (p. 2) with a. note. Cf. Manuscripts, SW 12. May accession 107,283.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1946] March 18 [Cross Creek] 2p. Ashamed of spiteful letter about the aunties; enclosing tax return for 1942-43; Mr. Davis has gone over her returns and will visit Norton about his. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 1 p. 1946 March 19. [Cross Creek] Phil May has been there to go over Zelma's Interrogatories. He is surprised how much she earned from Cross Creek, but she says much of it went for taxes and most of the rest for War Bonds. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1946 March 21. Island Grove. Wilmer does not feel able to visit Marineland, so they will expect him at Cross Creek. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1946 March 23. Island Grove. "The aunties will be sure I don't have a husband." Urges him to come before they leave. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 March 25 P.M. [Cross Creek] 5p., envelope Hopes he can come, while aunts are there; other visitors. Includes a two-page "Memo on Luncheon Conversation." May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to NB. 1946 March 25. Island Grove. Says she knows he is swamped since he sold the hotel. Says he doesn't need to come, and she will be at the cottage soon. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin 1946 April 1. Gainesville. Hope he feels better. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 April 2. Cross Creek. 5 p. Strange visitors to Cross Creek; problems with Little Will; criticizes food at the Dolphin [Norton's restaurant at Marineland] May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1946 April 4. Cross Creek] Tells of a visit of old college friends. Phil May has advised her that the trial will not be until May 20th, so she can go to Kentucky Derby. Hopes he will go. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 April 6. G[!]ross Creek. 2 p., envelope. Witnesses for trial. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 April 7 [P.M.] G[!]ross Creek. 2 p., envelope. Possible trip to visit Lois Hardy; trial problems; the Young's barbecue. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946? April [7?] G[!]ross Creek. 1p., envelope. Wants to go somewhere. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin 1946 April 8. Evinston, FL. Feels better May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 April 9. G[!]ross Creek. 3p., envelope. Little Will; painting of cottage. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1946 April 10 [Cross Creek] Repeats rumors about Zelma Cason and brother T. Z., whom some say is behind the suit. MKR say Zelma is motivated by greed. Some people are afraid to testify because of their relationship with the Casons. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 April 19. G[!]ross Creek. 2 p., envelope. Plans to visit the Hardys at Debby time; yesterday's dinner. Small tears in text. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 April 22. G[!]ross Creek. 3 p. with envelope. Trips to Gainesville; visitors; Mrs. Cason; Thelma and the post office. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 May 9. Cross Creek. 4 p., envelope. Trip home; removing cat from tree; Idella and friends; trial news. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 May 10. Cross Creek. 2 p., envelope. Medical relief; witness against Zelma; witnesses. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1946 May 13 P.M. [Cross Creek] 4 p., envelope. Ex-sergeant she hired for typing; news about Zelma and a teacher; Norman Berg, back from Japan visited; Chet Crosby as witness. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1946 May 31. [Cross Creek] Says that people [apparently some of those who testified for her] are now extracting favors in return. People feel Zelma has been taught a lesson and may be a changed person. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1946 June 3. [Cross Creek] Is disappointed not to have heard from him. Will not write again until she hears from him. Has had a disagreement with Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1946 June 6. Cross Creek. Wants to get to the cottage and get settled for the summer as soon as possible. Had letter from J. B. Cabell, who said the trial resembled something from Lewis Carroll. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 2 Blowing Rock, NC. 4 p., envelope. News about Blowing Rock; visit from a neighbor. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 15 P.M. Blowing Rock, NC. 5 p., envelope. Fixing stove and getting wood; visit to Boone, NC. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 17? Blowing Rock, NC. 4p., envelope. Extension cords; movies; anecdotes about pets; upset over story about her work in a Charlotte newspaper. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 18. Blowing Rock, NC. 2p., envelope. Trip to the valley; her former high school teacher, Alice Wood, has cottage near by. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 19. Blowing Rock, NC. 3 p., envelope. Community of Globe; Margaret O'Brien movie; Look magazine cancelled plan for story. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Typed ms.: Quotation from Carleton Beals, American Earth. 1946 Sept. 19. Blowing Rock, N.C. P.M..] 1 p., envelope addressed to Norton Baskin. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 20. Blowing Rock, NC. 1 p., envelope. Mountain rain; wonders about appeal of suit; story is tripe. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 21. Blowing Rock, NC. 2p., envelope. Three reasons why she wishes he was there; visit to town; mountain speech. Encloses letter from Gladys Lyons; Chapel Hill, NC, 19 Sept. 1946, urging her to visit. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1946 Sept. 21/22. Blowing Rock, NC] Letters appear not to be getting through. Met a neighbor with pretty flowers who told her to take whatever she wanted. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 22. Blowing Rock, NC. 2p., envelope. Heard from Cliff Lyons that folk-song expert and book she wants are in Asheville. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 24. Blowing Rock, NC. 3p., envelope. Rain and fog; news of Julia Bigham's pregnancy-illness; heard that Edith Pope is very sick. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 24. Blowing Rock, NC. 2p., envelope. Fears about being known in Blowing Rock were ill-founded. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 25. Blowing Rock, NC. 3p., envelope. Has learned that Zelma has appealed; Edith Pope's health; expects to be finished in about seventeen days. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 25. Blowing Rock, NC. 1p., envelope. Feeling cross; expecting her former teacher, Miss Wood, for dinner. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Sept. 27. Blowing Rock, NC. 1p., envelope. Feeling better; mountain beef. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letter to NB. 2 p. [1946] 28 Sept. [Blowing Rock, NC] Apparently has met her high school English teacher, a Miss Wood, living in Blowing Rock. Can order English Folk Songs of the {Southern] Appalachians from a local store. She is practically two-thirds through the story. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1946] Sept. 30 [Blowing Rock, NC] 3p., with envelope. Weather cold; ride yesterday in the Linville area; dress shop on town; putting-off the temptation to get whiskey; hopes for letters. May accession 125

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Oct. 1. Blowing Rock, NC. 1p., envelope. Weather is cold and heaters don't work; story needs some plot. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Oct. 2. Blowing Rock, NC. 2 p. Expects to finish in about a week; hopes he will come up; will not go to see the Lyonses because of problems with animals. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Oct. 4. Blowing Rock, NC. 1 p. Scolds him for using her stationery. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1946 Dec. 1 [P.M.] Waldorf-Astoria, New York. 1 p., envelope. Got Deborah Kerr' mail; went to see Katharine Dunham performance and met her back stage; Chuck Rawlings and wife; title for story. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1946? Crescent Beach] Has had a disagreement with Idella over her day off. Ross Allen stopped by and invited her on an expedition to explore Indian mounds in south Florida. He also advised her against an Alaska expedition with Dessie. He asked her about posing with a rattlesnake. She said okay, if she could name it Zelma. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. [1946? Cross Creek] Arrived yesterday. Complaints about the health. Picked up Idella. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin [1947?] Feb. [Cross Creek] 4p., with envelope. Eye glasses, typewriter, car, and pump are all broken. Dated from blurred postmark. May accession 76.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin [1947? March. Cross Creek] 3 p. Dr. Atchley and the Cabell party; asks him to deliver invitation to the Gilkysons; explains why she was ugly when she left Marineland; hog killing; won't return to the beach this weekend. Enclosed is an invitation to Bernice and Walter Gilkyson to party to celebrate the publication of James Cabell's Virginia book [Let Me Lie ? 1947] on March 24th. May accession 128.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Miss Binney [Baskin?] 3p. 1947 Jan 31. Crescent Beach. She is going to speak at the opening of the Community Chest Drive in St. Petersburg, FL., in order to see her three aunts. Genealogical data. She will get from Mrs. Marks, some daguerreotypes, Bible records, and a quilt made by her great grandmother. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 Feb. 21. Cross Creek 2p., envelope. Whereabouts of Lamar Josey; attempt to meet Steve Trumbull in Gainesville. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 Feb. 26 [Cross Creek] 2 p., envelope. Visiting in Ocala with Nettie [Martin] May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 March 10 P.M. [Cross Creek] 2p., envelope. Finished draft of children's book to go with Bob [Camp's] pictures; radio programs; plans to take Edwin Way Teale and wife to Silver Glen. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 June 22. Van Hornesville, NY. 4p., envelope. Fireplace problem; comments on members of the Young family and friends. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 June 24. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Problem with fireplace fixed; other details about Van Hornesville. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 June 25. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. On diet to lose weight; Benny's toilet; almost finished with article for Book of Knowledge ; litigation with Zelma Cason; not drinking. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Norton Baskin 1947 June 28. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. How she spent her day; visit from the Youngs; comments on Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 3. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Scolds him for not writing; continues to lose weight; Louise Young is planning party for her; woman, working for her as stenographer has nervous ailment. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 6. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Repairs to the beach cottage; activities with the Youngs; "The Use of the Sitz-Bath" to be printed in the Youngs' family magazine, The Dumpling. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 9. Van Hornesville, NY. 3p., envelope. The dogs; people who met at party; Everett Case may run for governor; Rebecca West. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 11. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Help with her laundry; news of Idella and Aunt Ida. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 14. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Country auction; loosing weight; Louise Young is bullied by her help; Norman Berg sent her the Tarbell biography; Scribner's will publish a volume of Max Perkins's letters. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 14 (night). Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Describes house she has bought in Van Hornesville. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 16. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Plans for her New York house; has begun book. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 17. Van Hornesville, NY. 3p., envelope. Plans for new house; work for Norton to do at Crescent Beach cottage; beginning of book is no good. Includes floorplan of upstairs of new house. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 18. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Complaint about Aunt Ida's use of food money; directions for him to get to Van Hornesville. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 19,23. Van Hornesville, NY. 5p., envelope. Problems with writing; Josephine Young Case's first book/ Had bad attack of diverticulitis; the Youngs took care of her; news from Martha about possible help. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 27. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Guests of the Youngs; bridge with Mrs. Young and friends; Aunt Ida's food; letter from Henry Morritt; work beginning on house. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 28. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Louise's problems with help; confusion over what to do about house; Aunt Ida is not spending food money correctly. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 31. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Received letter from Martha Gellhorn asking about cottage rentals in Crescent Beach area. Letter from Jean Hardy to MKR [Rollins College?] enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 July 31 P.M.]. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Work on New York home and on Crescent Beach cottage; has lost ten and one-half pounds and has drinking under control. Letter from Lois Hardy to MKR; Homestead, Hot Springs, VA., enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 2. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Trip with Faith Young; expecting visit from Julia and Tom Bigham; Faith Young's health; Louise Young has had difficult time as second wife to Owen D. Young. Letter from Gladys Lyons; Chapel Hill, NC, 28 July 1947, enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 5. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Crescent Beach house; people, anxious to have them "separated"; Benny's antics. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 6. Van Hornesville, NY. 1 p., envelope. Problems with the beach house architect and one of Norton's chefs; could be weaned from the Creek to live at beach and in New York. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 11. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p. Taking Mrs. Powis [Louise Young's mother] to Cooperstown for blood test; trip to races at Saratoga; Mary Vail. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 14 Van Hornesville, NY. 3 p., envelope. Description of the Bigham's visit; Tom has returned to New York; Julia is staying longer; she thinks Tom is all right for Julia May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 16. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Julia has left; she will return to work on photography; family portrait and antiques. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 18. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Work on the new house; urges him to come up by noting there are good golf courses around; Crescent Beach house. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A. Postcard S to Norton Baskin 1947 August 19. Van Hornesville, NY. "The only conceivable name for my thirteenth month is the Aunt Idas of March." May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 20. Van Hornesville, NY. 1 p. Present well inadequate at New York house; will need to deepen it, or put in a new one; antiques for home; worried about brother Arthur. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 22. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p., envelope. A lady will sell her some antiques; diet; embarrassed by photograph in Albany papers [from the track at Saratoga]; Arthur. Tear into text of p.1; p2. torn into two pieces. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 25. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Very hot; suggests they visit New York when he comes up; notice of Walter Gilkyson's book; Verle Pope believes he can find place for Martha Gellhorn. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 26. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Louise's party; bridge mates; complains about being dragged around by Louise, but admits she enjoys it. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 August 30. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p., envelope. Planning a picnic for the Young family; invitation from Penel Roberts; letter from Bee McNeill, mentioning Neal Smith; Bee may come to New York; well-diggers have not shown up. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1947] September 2. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Describes severe electrical storm; picnic a success; meeting of the Young clan for annual exhibit of work; Idella possibly asked to borrow money for Bernard's medical treatment; has made no provision for maid's quarters in New York house, as she expects to use local day-help. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 4. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Morning walk; visit to golf course; well-digger has not struck water yet. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 5 [P.M.]. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p., envelope. Plans for the maid's rooms [at the Crescent Beach house]; white maids and black; advises him against salt free diet. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 5 [P.M.]. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Wrote to Edith Pope, advising her not to adopt child, but decided not to mail the letter; well-digger still has not found water; surprised that Jean [Francis] stayed in St. Augustine for the summer; wants to visit New York and has promised to have dinner with the Darrows. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 8. Van Hornesville, NY. 2p., envelope. Checking account overdrawn; house costing more than expected and will not be finished as soon as expected; loan to Idella; MKR will be harder with her; drinking more and weight up; removed liquor stock from house; reading Northrop's The Meeting of East and West. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 10. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Beach house renovations; bridge party that caused nightmare. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 11. Van Hornesville, NY. 1 p., envelope. Chaos because maid brought two-year old to work with her; an account of finding "diamonds" on picnic with the Youngs. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 16. Van Hornesville, NY. 1 p., envelope. Hit excellent water-vein at 207 feet. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS "Dora" to Norton "Baskin." [1947?] Sept. 17 [Van Hornesville] 1p. Angry that he did not send blank checks. May accession 141.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 18. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Pets; Aunt Ida's birthday; writing short stories. Mutilated; some text lost. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 19. Van Hornesville, NY. 1 p., envelope. Book shelves in beach house; Julia is there. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 22. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Well went dry; hopes he has sent checks. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 24. Van Hornesville, NY. 3p., envelope. Plans for his arrival; possibly attend World Series; Julia leaves tomorrow; eating mushrooms. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 P.M. [September 26?] Friday. Van Hornesville. 2p. Weather cold and water low at Brown's Hollow; possible train connections for his visit; sorry she agreed to speak at Colgate; avoiding speaking engagements in Florida. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 27. Van Hornesville, NY. 1p., envelope. Party at the Youngs; insomnia; asks if cottage will be ready when she returns; speculates on the choices of a maid for the coming winter. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 September 27. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p., envelope. May work out better if he comes up later than planned; feels that now she can begin her book; Hemingway's wives. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 October 1. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p. Frightened about speech she is to give at Colgate; distractions from preparation. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 October 3. Van Hornesville, NY. 3 p., envelope. Talk at Colgate went well; visit with the Cases; options for boarding the pets while she and Norton are in New York. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 October 4. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p., envelope. Asks him to come-up; houses at Crescent Beach and New York; notes from Martha Mickens and from MKR's Aunt Marjorie. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 October 7. Van Hornesville, NY. 1 p., envelope. Disappointed that he is not on his way yet; Moe was stolen, but has been recovered; Russians have knocked chip off of U.S.'s shoulders. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1947 November 14. New York. 4 p., envelope. Report on medical tests and examinations; now has "diverticulosis," instead of "diverticulitis"; story about cats; Marcia Davenport came to see her; no need for him to come up, unless to take her home. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 November 17. Harkness Pavilion, New York. 2 p., envelope. She is able to make trips out of the hospital; has been shopping and saw movie with Julia Bigham. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 November 23. Harkness Pavilion, New York. 4 p., envelope. News about her hospital stay; should be out in about two weeks and hopes he will come for her; cysts in breasts have been discovered and will have to be removed in addition to other surgery; people at the Scribner's were crazy about him; story about her nurse. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1947 November 28. Harkness Pavilion, New York. 4 p., envelope. Relaxed for the first time; abdomen stitches have been removed; breast surgery went well, but took longer than expected. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin [1948 June] Van Hornesville. 2p. Describes work going home at her new house; called Julia Bigham's residence and Edith Pope was there; phone call and proposed visit with Henry Heyl; plans for his coming up. Written on Owen D. Young's stationery. With this is a TLS "Fanny" [Butcher] to MKR; Chicago, 2 p. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1948 June 14. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Comments on Louise Young's housekeeping, cooking, and on an old photograph. Written on Owen D. Young's stationery. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 August 27. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Describes drive to Van Hornesville, problems with accommodations and car overheated near Binghampton; Mary is disappointed that Idella came, because she wanted to work for MKR. Both sheets have tears in text. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1948 August 28. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Asks him to ship table from Cross Creek house; Bee McNeil will visit shortly. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1948 August 30. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Miss Freeman leaves tomorrow; Marcia Davenport and Czech translator. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 2. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Had an intestinal attack the day Margaret Freeman left and Bee McNeill arrived; tells a risqué joke; bought furniture at auction; furnishings for house; wants him to come up for trip home in late September. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 3. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Paying electrician; furniture; finished some verse; Edith and Peggy Pope in New York. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 4. Van Hornesville. 6p., envelope. Furniture and house furnishings; two Audubon prints arrived; rivalry between Mary and Idella; Louise Young tried to rearrange house. Includes a floor plan of two rooms and a Xerox copy of "Apology to an Old House," verse [by MKR?] May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 6. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Leak in pipes and plumber cannot be located; missed Phil and Faith Young's dance, possibly giving offense; an artist, Leonabelle Jacobs, is staying with the Youngs; wants to stay until November. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 7. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Complains about Louise Young's interference with her house decorations and plans to tear down an old barn; read At Midnight on the Thirty-first of March [by Josephine Young Case, 1938] to Bee MacNeill and Ada. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 9. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Had telephone installed; Charles Scribner and Whitney Darrow agree with her plan to eliminate Zelma Cason from future editions of Cross Creek ; MGM pressuring her to finish Lassie story; Louise Young had a bad fall. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 11. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Purchased Swiss music box on her way to meet with landscape gardener; has become friends with Leonabelle, after inauspicious beginning; Louise gave dinner at which Idella served. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 13. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Took Idella to meet the colored servants of Senator and Mrs. Stokes; Idella is anxious to go home; MKR wants to finish movie story before leaving; asks when he can come-up. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 17-18 P.M. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Long account of a luncheon and bridge party given by Mrs. Ambrose Clark. A. note on envelope says that Idella will mail from New York. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 194[8?] September 23 P.M. Van Hornesville 1p., envelope. Very cold; Julia using up water by letting it run for an hour; hurricane in Florida. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September 27 P.M. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. MKR had a severe intestinal attack, the day the Idella left; has wired her to return; landscaping; needs research material from Carl Brandt to finish story; asks him to make connections for Idella's return; letter from Bob Camp about silver and porcelain wares. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Norton [Baskin] 3p. 1948 Sep 28 [Van Hornesville] Uki (cat) was lost. Idella heard his anguished voice and they went to look for him. Describes the night's adventures until they found him. Original accession. Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 153.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 September [28]-29. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Night time climb of Mt. Tom by MKR and Idella to rescue Uki. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 4. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Frost and fall foliage; Youngs, Idella, and she are upset that he can't come now. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 7. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. She is in pain again; Carl Brandt was there and gave suggestions for rewriting the story. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 8. Van Hornesville. 2p. envelope. Prescribes that he read Lecomte de Nouy's Human Destiny for his suffering; when he overcomes it, he will do something noble, as when he joined the ambulance corps. In the meantime, money he earns in business can be use used towards eventual goal. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 9,11. Van Hornesville. 6p., envelope. Bee McNeill's cat- play; asks him to send books and notes books she has been reading; read Rourke's Audubon and realized that one of her own prints had a Lehman background; describes weather; in great pain; suggests they meet in New York; stirred deeply by Road to Survival [William Voght, 1948] on the depletion on natural resources./ Owen Young said that he and many men have the kind of depression that Norton is suffering. A. note on verso p. 4 gives Youngs reaction to Voght's book. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 13. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Will come home whenever he is ready; Idella does not want to stay as long as MKR would like. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 14, 15. Van Hornesville. 2, 1p., envelope. Explains her comments about his suffering; Edith Pope's problems; description of what medical treatment will be, if she goes to hospital; / Says they should not discuss serious things by mail. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1948] Sunday. Oct. 17 [Van Hornesville] 2p. Leaves are hanging on for him, but can't hold much longer; sickness among a neighbor's cats; she is better, but still not entirely right, so will not meet him in New York. Clipping of poem, "Votary," by David Morton enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1948 October 18. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Snow-fall; pets' reactions; angry over Bob Camp's handling of flatware and porcelain items. Cf. Sept. 27, 1948 letter. May accession.

Letters by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Norton Baskin, 1949-1953

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin [1949?] January [Cross Creek] 2 p., envelope. Asks him to bring things from the cottage; hog butchered yesterday; Adrenna doing well. Date supplied from note on envelope. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 9. Van Hornesville 3p., envelope. Should have phone taken out; problem with furnace; the place is in good condition; as she cannot get him on the phone, wonders if he has gone to Alabama. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 11. Van Hornesville.2 p., envelope. Wild flowers; reluctance about bringing Idella to New York; furniture; not getting Sunday book review. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 14. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Fighting weeds and gardening; hadn't had a drink until the water system broke down and gave her the jitters; tax assessment; has The Hunters Horn [by Hariette Arnow] sent her by Norman Berg and Thomas Mann's stories, sent by Gene Baroff, to read. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 17. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. The Youngs have arrived; pleased with mirror stand he bought her; work at the house; getting the feel for the book; has written a "study in madness"; trip-up; the Lyons's house; Bernice reported to have had a miscarriage; Idella visited friends in Cooperstown and went to a ball game. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 19. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Gardening; received a box of book from Scribner's who has found her a first edition of Bartram's Travels ; Aunt Ida's eye operation. With autograph postscript [May 20] May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 23. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope Instructed Idella on protocol about yard flowers; critical comments in the Times book review section about her story ["Mountain Prelude"?]; instructions for handling bond. With a. note. Business letter from the St. Augustine Bank, May 19, 1949, enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 May 26-[27] Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Dreads Louise's return and questions about how much MKR has written; comments about Idella and racial relations; quarrel between Aunt Ida and Miss Grace. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 June 1. Van Hornesville. 3 p., envelope. Uki, a failure as a mouse hunter; saw television, apparently for the first time; would not have one in her house; Bernard's phone calls to Idella. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 June 3. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Norman and Julie Berg spent last night with her; their vicious dog. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 June 4. Van Hornesville. 7p., envelope. Julia Bigham is coming for a visit; her correspondence from Sigrid Undset will be in the Florida library; refers to Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss; home furnishings and gardening. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 June 6-7. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Aunt Ida; beauty contest in New Smyrna / Uki may need a psychiatrist. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 June 10. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Very much wants him to come visit; Julia will come next week; having a party for all the people who worked on the house; found an older woman to help her while Idella was away. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 June 11. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Plans for a visit from Julia Bigham and from him; has to water her garden by hand, as sprinkler depletes water pressure; an embarrassing visit from one of the people who had worked for her. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 1. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. His being there was fun; took Idella and Julia to train in the morning; the Youngs plans for enlarging Washington Oaks; will appoint Julia as her literary executor, replacing Cliff Lyons; quotes from note from Gene Baroff on visit to Norton. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 5. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Gertrude is doing a fine job [replacing Idella] but she is slow; furnishings for house; she avoided a speeding ticket because the officer was a fan; Faith Young is being nice again. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 6. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Norton's gifts for Mr. Young; Louise's criticism of MKR's living room. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 7. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Problems with Gertrude; guests. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 11-12. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Orange grove is proving unprofitable and she questions its management; getting desperate over weeds. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 12. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. His suggestion for changing Gertrude's schedule is working well; visit from English girl who wanted to borrow books; repeats an anecdote from a visitor. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 14. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Her new schedule is wonderful for writing as well as house work; had the English girl, who is studying American agriculture for dinner; she said American farm wage are near peonage; the Moffetts from St. Augustine are to visit the Youngs. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 18-19. Van Hornesville. 6p., envelope. Social appointments; son of the Charles Youngs has polio; house decorating suggestions; Uki, sick; friend with cancer. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 20. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope House problems; Who's Who questionnaire; realizes she has a swelled head; finished reading Diary of a Country Priest. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1949] July 22. [Van Hornesville] 3p. Asks for blank checks and has ordered double-crostic books; resents being questioned by people about the progress of her works; hypothetical question she will ask regarding sex and writing; he should keep Idella working for him, as long as both are satisfied; bridge game with Louise Young and rich friends; short of cash. Dated by comparison with letter of July 27. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 July 27. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. She agreed to read the manuscript of a young author she met; she and Gertrude are getting along well; sat for a sketch by Leonabel Jacobs; asked her hypothetical question; comments on the integrity of some of her friends; Norman Berg has offered to look at her work; she misses Max Perkins; Gene Baroff has genuine talent. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (typed signature) to Norton Baskin 1949 July 28-29. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Domestic news; Charles Scribner's Jr. wedding; accident involving Julia Bigham's daughter. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1949? ca. July? Van Hornesville] 1p. Double-crostic book and Saturday Review have not arrived; nurseryman's work; Nell Hoagland's ideas about home decoration. May accession, 52.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Norton Baskin 1949 August 1. Van Hornesville. 3p. (fragment?), envelope. Idella has said she is ready to return to Van Hornesville; MKR wonders what Idella will tell Bernard; does not eat; weather is cool. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 2. Van Hornesville. 5p., envelope. An incident has caused her to distrust her housekeeper; saw the Wizard of Oz ; she would like to stay in New York until November, then work throughout the winter at the Creek, visiting the beach for weekends; has a plan for finishing the book; Norman Berg was alarmed by the depressed letter she sent him; she realizes she is important to Berg; haunting of hothouse, apparently caused by cows; her writing him in the morning has interfered with her work; talked with Idella about coming up. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 3. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Rearranged furniture (includes ms. drawing); has appointment for check-up at hospital; thinks Gertrude was upset over prospect of Idella's return. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 4. Van Hornesville. 3 p. Results of asking two friends to arrange her home; results of medical examination good, but she is not eating properly, which is why she needs Idella; refers to books, The Stumbling Stone (A. Menen, 1949) and Witches, lent her by Julia Bigham; tears up depressed letters to him; quotes Robert Frost on birth. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 9. Van Hornesville. 7p., envelope. Birthday presents; the Youngs gave her an impromptu party; Phil May has sent her an outline for her will; questions involve literary executorship, the Crescent Beach cottage, and Castle Warden mortgage; Martha's letter about disposing of the butter at the Creek. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 11. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Social events with the Youngs; house furnishings. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 13 [P.M.]. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Domestic happenings; just heard news about Margaret Mitchell's accident. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 15-16. Van Hornesville.2 p., envelope. News on Margaret Mitchell encouraging / describes mornings in which she wakes up feeling well; has a good breakfast and then disintegrates; heard that M. Mitchell has had a relapse; distress over pictures in a newspaper of Mitchell and of the man who hit her. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (typed signature) to Norton Baskin 1949 August 16. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Income tax settlement; movie stories have put her years behind on serious work; depressed about Mitchell. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 19. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Feeling better after period of depression, following Mitchell's death and working well; Idella is helpful and seems happy; Julia sent her photographs of house and of Uki, a car; Norman Berg will visit the Creek and Norton. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 20. Van Hornesville. 6p., envelope. Gene Baroff and Stadler did not arrive as expected, nor did the yardman; heard from Dale Wills that he has a son; Norman Berg attended the Mitchell funeral; tells about a college student who has asked her out; Idella has reported unfavorably on conditions at the cottage. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 22 [P.M.] Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Reprimands him for letting people take advantage; news about Idella and Bernard; Cecil [Clark] invited her to horse show at Oyster Harbor; Baroff and Stadler expected in a couple of days; problems with her will; sad news about friends named Jackson. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 23. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Asks him not to buy freezer; recollections of Margaret Mitchell [at the premiere of Gone with the Wind] contradicting report in the N.Y. Herald Tribune that Mitchell had been unable to attend; plans for his coming; needs him often. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 August 28-[29] Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Visit of Gene Baroff and Stadler/ freezer and refrigerator at the Creek; "Yesterday's Woman"; John Marsh's behavior after the death of Margaret. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 2, 5. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. News about the Cottage and the Creek, following a hurricane; University of Florida Endowment Corporation can not be her executor, so he will have to; visit of a Mrs. Rankin [from Rochester?] / Louise Young fell; the Young Family Show; a piano for the Bergs. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 6. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Case family news; the landscape architect has convinced her that the hop house really is haunted; Uki is sick; comments on members of Norton's family; tells of dream of her mother and recalls her mother's death. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 7. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Letter from James Cabell; Uki is really ill; Charles Rawlings is living in the Maine woods; news about he Youngs and their housekeeper. A. note on verso of envelope, probably indicating that the veterinarian has visited Uki and illness is not serious. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 9. Van Hornesville. 1 p., envelope. Encloses a clipping Idella thought he would enjoy; left house for Idella to give a party for her friends; shipped piano to the Bergs; Uki is better. Xerox copy of "The Why Don'tchas," by W.E. Hill, Sunday News, Sept. 4, 1949, enclosed. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 12. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Encounter with two women looking for Miss Rolley's place. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 15. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Says he has very little to be remorseful about; should see an X-ray of her conscience; incident of her and Louise taking Uki to the vet. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 17. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Landscape work; Uki's health; his and Julia's visit; refers to Eudora Welty's Golden Apples and Hamilton Basso's Green Room. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 23-[24]. Van Hornesville. 2 p., envelope. Uki is very ill; Aunt Ida's birthday / heard from Arthur, who is considering remarrying. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 24. Van Hornesville.2 p., envelope. Fall colors; comments on her work as raison d'être, while he lacks means of artistic expression; feels that she is making progress on book; his saying that he shares her financial rewards is nonsense, as he gives much more that he receives. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 September 29. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Doctor recommends taking Uki to veterinary school at Cornell; she finds it too much that the doctor asked if anything might be troubling Uki mentally. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 October 1. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Cornell doctor said that Uki has suffered a chest injury, resulting in a permanent pneumonia; prognosis is not good; weather and foliage are good; can finish first draft of book by spring. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 October 3. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Plans for when he comes; thinking of going to shop in Toronto; Uki seems better. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 October 4. [P.M.] Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Toronto is too far; Uki continues to improve; doesn't know how she will get everything back to Florida. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 October 5. [P.M.] Van Hornesville. p1., envelope. Checks enclosed for him to deposit; has finished 88 pages of her goal of 100; talk with Mr. Young; dubious about leisurely drive home. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 October 7. Van Hornesville. 2 p., envelope. Her goal is 100 pages before Julia arrives next week; plans for leaving; tiff with Idella over missing work; Mr. Young's ideas about China policy and labor strikes. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 December 1. Cross Creek. 2p., envelope. Hog killing; orange crop; says Arthur's prospect for marriage is dreary; weather is cold. Envelope not postmarked. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Norton Baskin 1949 December 2. Cross Creek. 2p., envelope. Visit from Gene and Stad; Idella is coming over to cottage and will bring letters; Uki is eating well. Envelope not postmarked. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 December 5. Cross Creek. 2p., envelope. Nightmare in which she was hanged; may be the result of giving someone shot gun shells to hunt birds; needs copies of "A Word about M.K.R." to send school kids. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 December 7 P.M. [Cross Creek] 2 p., envelope. People he may bring for dinner and sleeping arrangements for guests; visit to Ocala and news of Nettie Martin, the Camps, Cecil, etc.; told Stad to do a symbolistic portrait of her; drinking again and displeased with manuscript. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 December [12]-14 [P.M] [Cross Creek] 4 p., envelope. Asks him to visit the Mays with her / went to Dr. Hook for a massage; needs an eye specialist for Martha; leukemia of Leonard's young daughter; Margaret Freeman having goiter operation, which MKR believes will end romance with James Cabell. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1949 December 31. Cross Creek. 3p., envelope. While working on her duty-correspondence and drinking, she wrote a letter that she later regretted; fortunately she did not mail it; arguments with Idella about days off and use of the car; mentions possible guests for next weekend, if he can come. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1950 Jan. 1. Cross Creek. 1 p., with envelope. Happy New Year! Thought she had finished her duty-letters, but found a new pile; Chet Crosby brought her a mess of quail. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1950 Jan. 24 P.M. Cross Creek. 1 p., with envelope. Account of return trip from the beach. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. [1950 Jan. 30] Monday [Cross Creek] 2p. Aunt Ida and Aunt Grace; visit with Edith; Adrenna's son, Jack, has been shot; Martha's breakfast; the Glenn Bass cafe; Buddy Bass is coming to stay with her. Handwritten note on back of 2nd page. May accession, 5.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1950] Jan. 30. [Cross Creek] 2p., with envelope. Buddy Bass was not on school bus; she is disappointed; gave Martha cash for Jack's hospitalization; dictionary stand and flowers in Gainesville. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1950 Jan. 31 [Cross Creek] 2p., with envelope. Account of visit by Buddy [Bass] May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 Feb. 4. Cross Creek. 2p, with envelope. She is taking Buddy home today; says she cannot write, and somebody else must have written The Yearling ; read A Long Day's Dying [Frederick Buechner, 1950]; reading a book by Ronald Firbank. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 Feb. 12. Cross Creek. 2p, with envelope (no postmark) Cooked crabs for dinner, wishing he would come; Nettie Martin; will be at the cottage for dinner with Margaret Freeman and James and Branch Cabell. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 Feb. [21]-22. Cross Creek. 3p., with envelope. Took food to and tried to get assistance for a starving family; royalty statement from Scribner's / typewriter broken, Gene Baroff lent her his. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (fragment?) to "Dear Baskin" 1950 Feb. 27. Cross Creek. 1p., with envelope. Of the two things that irritate her most in their marriage --his unwillingness to be pinned down about dates and his using her stationery -- he has just done the latter; has ordered new paper for him; having a survey made of her property boundary. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 Feb. 27. Cross Creek. 2p., with envelope bearing note. Idella took off; has killed the child [character in Sojourner]; Martha's breakfast service; Martha and visitors; dressed ten dozen crabs. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 Feb. 1928 P.M. [Cross Creek] 1p. with envelope. Must not be too rushed with writing; apologizes for comment she made yesterday; Robert Frost is coming to Gainesville. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 March 1. Cross Creek. 1p. with envelope. Wray Rawlings was involved with the beaching of the Missouri, cannot come to Florida; she hopes that Dana Atchley will not make it either; because of Frost's hatred of Owen Young, she cannot have both at the Creek at the same time. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A Postcard S. to Norton Baskin 1950 March 1 [Cross Creek] The Robertson's will not bring Frost to Cross Creek, so she will have to go to Gainesville for dinner. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 March 14. Cross Creek. 3p., with envelope. Her reaction to Stad's portrait; says it portrays a schizophrenic soul; plans for a buffet supper for Dana Atchley; Chet Crosby's plans for rehabilitating the groves. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 March 14. Cross Creek. 1 p. with envelope. Martha's reaction to Stad's portrait May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 March 22. Cross Creek. 3 p., with envelope. Reason why no work was done on fence while she was away; story told by Buddy Bass; Gene Baroff's poetry; letter and picture of her and Margaret Mitchell received from John Marsh. Letter from Stanley L. West, to MKR, March 20, 1950, re dedication of UF library, enclosed. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 April 3. Cross Creek. 2p., with envelope. Says Norman Berg will not come there again; quarrel with Idella and how MKR tried to make amends. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 April 11. Cross Creek. 2p., with envelope. Forgot Arthur's birthday; crop dusting; taken aback because Idella referred to herself to Mary M. Bethune, as "companion to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings," but admits accuracy of description. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 April 12. Cross Creek. 3 p., with envelope. Castle Warden business; personal investments; expecting Leonard to come to go over plans for the summer's work; not sure of direction for book; just finished a Danish book with theme similar to hers. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 April 17. Cross Creek. 1 p., with envelope. Enjoyed reading du Maurier's The Parasites and Slick but Not Streamlined (John Betjeman, 1947); will take the Maria Edgworth to Van Hornesville; the Glisson's misfortunes. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 April 24. Cross Creek. 3 p., with envelope. Idella has gone to New York to visit Bernard; MKR suspects she does not intend to come to Van Hornesville, as planned, because she did not take uniforms with her. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 May 1 [Cross] Creek. 2p. with envelope. Has written to Idella in New York and tried to reach her through the people she worked for before on Long Island; will find help when she gets to Van Hornesville. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 May 23. Van Hornesville. 2p. with envelope. New maid for the summer; chiropractic treatment; other domestic news. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 May 26-27. Van Hornesville. 2p. with envelope. Domestic help / flowers. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 May 27. Van Hornesville. 1p., with envelope. House cleanings; the Youngs; Uki has disappeared. Autograph PS says that Uki has come home. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 May 29 [P.M.] Van Hornesville. 2 p., envelope. Is pleased with housekeeper; problem of a maid whom Louise Young has fired. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 May 30. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Continues to be pleased with housekeeper; had an inquiry from another woman who might be suitable to go to Florida for the winter; has read Debby [Max Steele, 1950] and The Feast [Margaret Kennedy, 1950]; Arthur's women-mess. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 2. Van Hornesville. 3 p., envelope. Domestic news; saw Stage Fright in Ft. Plain; furious about offer to make a commercial testimonial, written by advertising agency; notes that Hemingway has apparently succumbed; the Duke of Windsor. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 6. Van Hornesville. 1 p. Paying I.R.S.; domestic news. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 8. Van Hornesville. 1 p. She has been contacted by a friend of Idella's, offering her the services of a housekeeper; believes Idella and Bernard have found a job, working as a couple; she is not interested in the person found by Idella's friend; letter from Gene Baroff, expecting Idella's return; letter from Charles Scribner re Hemingway's book [Across the River and into the Trees ?] and Marcia Davenport. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 10. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Interview with woman whom she though might be suitable to work in Florida was unsatisfactory; visited Senator Stokes, where she met Idella's friend and told her she already had a housekeeper to go to Florida. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 TLLS to Norton Baskin. 7 p 1950 June 10 - June 15. Van Hornesville, NY. Letters mailed together, per PS of 15 June. Complains about Louise [Young] Is so taken with Edith Hulbert, her current maid, that she is thinking of bringing her back to Florida in the winter. The second letters is about visit of Robert Frost to receive a degree at Colgate University. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 20. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Condemns his sympathy for Idella and criticizes her "left-over slave psychology"; says her relationship with Idella was more for Idella's convenience than her own; says Idella and Louise Young are of the same ilk; the Youngs have arrived; possible misunderstanding with Louise over asparagus; Margaret Mitchell memorial issue of he Georgia Historical Society magazine. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 21. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Note from James B. and Margaret Cabell announcing they have married. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 22. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Taking the Youngs and Mrs. Powys to dinner; Aunt Ida and Miss Grace; looking for an Irish woman [to go to Florida for winter] hopes to finish book by fall; will not let Scribner's, Norman Berg, or Carl Brandt see it before rewriting. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 28. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Read Tiger in the House by Van Vechten [1936]; plans to visit Robert Frost in August spoiled; declined to give talk at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference; Gene Baroff's work; he and Stad are coming for July 4th. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 June 30. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Plans for Baroff's visit; two of the three Irish maids whom Louise hired quit almost immediately. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 6. Van Hornesville. 5p., envelope. Report on problems during Gene and Stad's visit: she was sick most of time; meal was improperly prepared; household problems; visits with the Cases and Youngs. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 13. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Strawberry picking; discouraged over book; stealing and watering of liquor at Norton's restaurant; asks him to do things, if he goes to the Creek. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 15. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Edith will stop working for her; she will visit Julia and Bernice Gilkyson; Moe's rejection of small boy. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 18. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Reports on disappointing visit with the Bighams and the Gilkysons; neither offered enough to eat and she is uncomfortable around Tom Bigham; music at the Berkshire Festival was wonderful; thinking of cutting back on her housekeeper's hours. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 18. Van Hornesville. 1p. envelope. Hired a new housekeeper who will start first of the month. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 19. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Complaint about her housekeeper; visit from the sheriff; discussion of neighbors; Moe's puppies. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 2 p, envelope. 1950 July 22. Van Hornesville. NY. Thinks there was a plot between Idella and Bernard for Idella to leave MKR. Went to a chiropractor for treatment. Thinks he is a fake. Received a note from Julia Bigham about visiting her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 July 24-26. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Hopes he can get to the Creek to help Mrs. Bowen; visit from the Armenian piano turner; asks him for The Horse's Mouth [Joyce Carey] and will send him Gerald Johnson's Incredible Tales and Comes the Comrade ; talk with Owen Young about his memoirs; describes her fall down the steps/ visit from Jim [son of Lois and Ed] Hardy; money for Mrs. Bowen; manuscript not as bad as she had thought. May accession 152, 64.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1950 July 31. Van Hornesville NY She apparently has a new maid, Ruth, who seems more satisfactory than Edith. Pearl Primus is visiting her. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 3 p. 1950 August 2. Van Hornesville NY Appears to be having misgivings about Ruth, who must bring her child to work with her. Sending him a copy of Alexandra Orme's Comes the Comrade, which she thinks is useful for knowing the Russian character. Her friend Owen Young is not interested in it. Will have the first draft of a book with in four to six weeks. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 6. Van Hornesville. 9p., envelope. Had a severe attack of nose bleeds, while Pearl Primus was visiting; received a letter from Arthur's third wife, Grace; they have been married several months and she is pregnant; MKR is hurt because Arthur did not tell her; long account of Primus's visit: gifts that she brought, account of her trip to Africa; preparation for New York show, etc.; asks him to ignore her birthdays. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1950 August 8. [Van Hornesville, NY] Ruth has had to go care for her dying mother in Oneonta. The Youngs invited her to dinner for her birthday. Received a letter from Arthur that did not mention that he has remarried. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1950 August 9. [Van Hornesville, NY] Mentions that the replacement which Ruth sent seems preferable to Ruth. Will try to keep her, after Ruth returns. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 10. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Mrs. Redjives's breakfast; met woman who looks just like Zelma Cason. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [fragment? lacks salutation page] 1950 August 11 P.M. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Offended over his coldness when she called while intoxicated; he should have realized how much she needed him. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 14. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. How helpful Mrs. Redjives has been; fourth helper of season started this morning; enjoying flowers; cannot write another book. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 19. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. The new helper; her flowers. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 21. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Her relationship with Grace; should finish draft within a few weeks; not sure whether she should let Scribner's see it; says she is in the most protracted state of depression of her life. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 23-27. Van Hornesville. 7p., envelope. Is certain that she would like for Grace to come to Florida for the winter and asks Norton if he would help find work for her husband; another woman, who is acceptable is available; fell down the stairs again; has just finished Hemingway's book; she thinks it is good, but Martha Gellhorn would be justified in shooting him; worry about her book. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 August 30. Van Hornesville. 5p., envelope. She should be killing Nellie Linden [character in The Sojourner] but will put it off; heard from Arthur about his marriage; he did not tell her of it because he apparently has serious misgivings; analyzes Arthur; how her housekeeper, Grace, limits MKR's liquor; anecdote about shopping with Louise Young. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (typed signature) to Norton Baskin 1950 September 1. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Disappointed, because she feels Grace was not reliable in helping her to prepare for large dinner. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 September 2-[4] Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Another lady came to help prepare the dinner; her entry for the Dumpling and the Family Show / account of her dinner for the Young family; Julia and Tom Bigham will not come as planned; may have scared Grace off, but doesn't care. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. notes, to NB. 2 p. 1950 Sept. 8. Van Hornesville NY Received a letter from Arthur telling the story of his latest marriage. He blames the breakup on his wife's former "promiscuity." MKR makes sarcastic suggestions about what he should do to ensure that his next wife is a virgin. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 September 19. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Began her last chapter this morning; suspicions about Arthur's wife; writing problems; expecting him to visit; may take Horsie and her husband to Florida for the winter. May accessions.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Norton Baskin 1950 September 20-21. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Trip with Louise Young and car trouble/ visit from a state trooper/ rumor that a neighbor is an antique thief; had to tear up part of draft, so still working on it. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 October 16-19. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Evening with the Youngs; conversation between Everett Case and Owen Young regarding Asia policy; sending check reimbursing Norton for expenses and including money for a jacket for his birthday; Peggy Egan will give her weekly massage / rewriting is very difficult, as book is not fluid; Carl Brandt annoys her by wanting to see the draft; has ordered a new Cary book; Cats and People (Lockridge, 1950) is a disappointment. An additional page contains only the autograph note: "Sober people are so forgetful." May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 October 21. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Anxious for news from Florida about hurricane; enjoyed Sunset Boulevard ; Grace did not come today, so having the morning alone. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1950 Oct. 24. Van Hornesville, NY. Her leg is hurt, apparently from a recent automobile accident. Tells about a woman in misfortune whom the village is trying to help. She likens it to the spirit at Cross Creek, "where folks don't have much to do with one another until there is trouble." Then they all help. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 October 25. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Had X-rays of leg, which showed nothing broken; quotes from a letter from Julia Bigham re telling three-year old daughter about babies; will have to have large tree removed; problems in Arthur's marriage. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1950 Oct. 27] Van Hornesville NY. Describes the frost on an unusually cold morning. News about the automobile she is getting to replace the wrecked one. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 October 28. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope Sorry she had had too much to drink when he called; she lost track of their anniversary; dispute between Moe and Uki; asks him to start looking for a maid for them. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 October 30. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Arthur's says his marital status is bad; not getting her work done; leg still hurts and she will have more X-rays tomorrow. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 2 p. 1950 Nov. 1. Van Hornesville NY Describes an unexpected visit from Gene Baro and a friend named Stad. More news about her accident. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. [1950?] Nov. 3. [Van Hornesville, NY] Typing of ms. Sojourner. The letter is typed on a sheet that was originally paged as no. 392]. Needs a maid. Comments about Gene Baro, who offered to work for her as a domestic. News about the Youngs. Says she would come to the cottage if he could acquire help and protect her from people. Says he has not taken her work seriously enough. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1950 Nov. 5] Van Hornesville, NY. Concerns automobile accident she was recently involved in. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 November 8. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Making jelly; concerned over some illness that has befallen Mr. Young; criticizes Louise's delay in getting help; refers to a book by [Parades End by Ford Maddox?] Ford that she has not started yet; pleased with her new car. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1950 Nov. 11 [Van Hornesville NY] Some gossip about Owen Young's wife, Louise. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1950 November 14 P.M. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Arthur's problems; Grover's wife sounds like the answer to their need for domestic help; pipes broke this morning; replacing the dead maple tree with an apple; will finish as much rewriting tomorrow as possible, then begin copying. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1950? November 22-25] Van Hornesville. 6p., with envelope. Had Thanksgiving dinner with the Redjives; appalling weather with an unusual mist; asks him to look out for friends from Wisconsin who are visiting Florida; Grace has become attached to her; copying has slowed down, as she is having to rewrite sections; plans to take copies to New York for Scribners and others to read; maybe he could meet her there; Arthur's wife has left him. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin [ca. 1950?] Ritchfield Springs, NY. Sending wardrobe combination for his birthday. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin [ca. 1950?] Evinston, Fl. Could not reach him on the phone. Will see him this weekend. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin [ca. 1950] Fort Plain, N.Y. Could not reach him by phone. House is beautiful. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin [ca. 1950?] Island Grove, Fl. Tried to phone; will arrive cottage Saturday. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin [ca. 1950?] Gainesville Going to Bunnell; will come for dinner and the night. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 2 A. Notes S. to [NB] [ca. 1950. Van Hornesville, NY?] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1951 Jan. 9. Phoenix. Gives a glowing description of her maid, Gertrude. Apparently MKR gave a small bribe to a town official to fix the road to her house. Afraid she had lost her cat, Uki, but he showed up. Has decimated the chipmunk population. Says it has suddenly come to her that she is a "dead Catholic," in Purgatory. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1951 April 2? P.M. Harkness Pavilion, New York. 9p., envelope. In hospital for tests; had comfortable trip and was met by Stad; describes nice hospital room and conversation with nurses; saw Julia and will see Pearl Primus and Charles Scribner before she goes. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 May 25. Van Hornesville. 5p., envelope. How he charmed Pearl Primus; took Peggy Eagan shopping; Peggy has an old world view of caste and accepts role of maid; she has found a housekeeper, but she has to bring her daughter to work with her; a neighbor found a run-away monkey that reminded her of MKR. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 May 28. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Has been to Utica to see eye doctor; prognosis good; took another woman with her to see her son in hospital; could not drive back up hill because of rain; describes a new landscaper whom she does not want to hire; complains about the noise the maid's child makes. Has autograph PS dated May 31. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 June 1. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Has received volume 4 of Gide's Journal and Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson, 1951) and read J.B. Priestley's Festival ; rattlesnake spotted in road; refers to something shocking that happened to Mrs. Powis; refers to different prospects for help; report of a formerly brilliant editor who was ruined by heavy drinking; birth of Charles Scribner III. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 1951 June 7 Van Hornesville NY Complains about her winter's fuel costs. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1951] June 11/13 Van Hornesville. Recapitulates Arthur's breakup with Grace. Says Arthur has told her he plans to take his son, Jeff, and leave him with her. She reflects on the legal ramifications of this and the effect it would have on her and Norton. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. [1951] June 15. [Van Hornesville, NY] Some comments on the Youngs. Says she does not "want life without" Norton. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 June 19. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. She now realizes what she must do to rewrite the book; Max [Perkins] would have seen the problem at once; refers him to letters from Perkins to James Jones. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 June 20. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Describes letter she has sent Arthur; says he must not snatch Jeff [the child by his third marriage] should make best of the situation for a few years and see how things work out; asks Norton not to say anything to Arthur that would cause him to stop confiding in her; suggest she and Norton might eventually adopt Jeff; won fight with Dora over having a drink; Mad Mary. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB 5 p. [1951 June 25. Van Hornesville NY] Gene Baro and friend will be stopping overnight. Edith may come for a visit. Some confusion in their finances. Describes a letter from Aunt Wilmer about Arthur's situation. She has now written Arthur that they will take Jeff in an emergency. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. notes, to NB.4 p. [1951?] June 29/[30] [Van Hornsville, NY] Gene Baro, whose "writing career is moving fast" has come and gone./ She has received a very critical letter from Arthur. She will maintain a casual relationship from now on. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. [1951] July 6/ [9. Van Hornesville NY] Insurance on her employees. Relates an incident between Mrs. Young and a hairdresser./ Relates news from Aunt Wilmer about Aunt Mabel and her reaction to Grace [Arthur's wife]/ News of Moe killing a woodchuck./Has heard from Lois Hardy. Ed apparently has died. Her future is uncertain. May move to Florida. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1951] July 13. [Van Hornesville, NY] Some news about Lucille [daughter of Pearl Primus?] Arthur has now written with kind words. Had a letter from James Cabell about a ribald poem he and Margaret are writing. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 4 p. [1951] July 18. [Van Hornesville, NY] Describes the arrival of the Youngs. Louise is sick. Tells Norton of a two day diet, if he wants to lose weight. She has been off and on the wagon. She is sending Mailer's Barbary Shore. Pearl Primus has located a job for Lucille, where she will be safe from Meadows. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 1951 July 25 [Van Hornesville, NY] Louise is better. She has heard from Lucille in New York. She confronted her ex-husband and things seem all right. Gertrude believes she can get a replacement when she resumes her school job. MKR says she no longer wants a maid around all the time. Has been having eye trouble, but is better. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1951 July 30. [Van Hornesville, NY] Discuses a Mrs. Adams whom she abhors, etc. Discusses her diet. Is sorry that she said she would take Idella back. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1951 August 1. [Van Hornesville NY] Louise Young's condition seems to worsen. Has received a letter from Idella. MKR denies ever having "bawled her out," as apparently alleged. She thinks Idella wants to be rehired, but MKR is tentative about it. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2p. 1951 August 6. Van Hornesville. Writes about the French translation of The Yearling. Louise is due to leave the hospital. Doesn't see why Irwin Shaw's The Troubled Air is considered "left-wing and radical." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 August 9-10. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Her birthday; the Youngs gave her numerous presents / will write Idella about coming; chides him for saying she is hard to buy presents for; Alhambra has messed up bills for Ida; says that Bob and Cecil are frittering their lives away; surprised that Dessie has married again; stuck on the book. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 August 15. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Refers to several recent books: Lucy Carmichael (by Margaret Kennedy, 1951), an unnamed book by Enid Bagnold; Iron Mistress (Paul Wellman, 1951), White Man Returns (Agnes Keith), and The Cruel Sea ; also says she has ordered lots of Stendahl to keep on reserve; wrote Idella asking if she wanted to work for her again; other prospects for domestic help; losing weight slowly; interview by reporter from Utica; Walter Gilkyson has glaucoma too. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with autograph note, to NB. 4 p. 1951 August 20. [Van Hornesville, NY] Believes she has found an ideal maid, Katharine Mulligan, to replace Idella. Prays that Idella will not return. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 August 23. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Has hired a new maid, named Katharine and written to tell Idella; reference to a Georgia O'Keefe Steuben bowl; vegetables and flowers; not drinking is good, except that she does not get sleepy until very late. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 August 24. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Received his very nice birthday present; bridge with Louise and friend; has not heard from Idella, and glad that she didn't wait for her. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 August 24. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Lousy bridge game; dispute with Louise Young over maids; Idella declines offer, claiming she is very comfortable in present position; paints herself as the daughter of the family, rather than the cook; MKR very glad for having rejected her first; going to a spa for massages. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 August 31. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Cross with him for paying bills for Aunt Ida and Aunt Grace; Julia Bigham has another girl; ordered acrostics from the Saturday Review ; big weekend for the Youngs; she will make an entry in the Family Show and have them for dinner; has been to the spa at Sharon Springs three times; has an excellent masseuse; describes doing exercises at home. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 5 p. 1951 Sept. 8/[9. Van Hornesville, NY] Envies his boat trip on the Ocklawaha. Suggests that he arrive about Oct. 1st. Discusses party she has given, health, drinking, etc. Liked Catcher in the Rye, but not The Autumn Garden [by Lillian Hellman] Katharine has arrived. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 September 11. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Describes new maid, who seems very insecure, and incident with Uki in detail. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1951 Sept. 13. [Van Hornesville, NY] Concerning an expected visit from Lois Hardy. Hopes he will come around Oct. 1st. Praises Katharine's work Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 September 17. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Sent him tables for his birthday; bridge game at the Youngs; Katharine has burn on her finger that has become infected and is unable to do much work; has arranged for someone else to help her with a dinner. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1951 Sept. 20. [Van Hornesville, NY] Katherine Mulligan has apparently burned herself and is limited in the work she can do. She works slowly and requires attention. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A. Postcard S. to Norton Baskin 1951 September 21 P.M. Cooperstown Aunt Ida's letter. May accession

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1951 Sept. 24/26? Van Hornesville NY] Katherine's burn is better so she can do more. Lois has indicated that it would be better for her to visit in Florida that in New York. The tension in MKR's eye is better. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. [1951 Sept. 28/29. Van Hornesville, NY] Almost ill over letter received from Arthur, saying the Grace has double crossed him. She has tied up his money and taken Jeff./ She has spoken to Katharine about going to Florida for the winter. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 October 4. Van Hornesville. 5p., envelope. She is close to her goal on weight loss; relates several annoying problems with the maid; Arthur's wife is suing for separate maintenance, including custody of Jeff; asks if he has ordered the new Capote (The Grass Harp, 1951). May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin (photocopy) 1951 October 6. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Samples of Japanese books from publisher who wants to do The Yearling ; incidents with the maid, Katharine, and whether or not she will go the Florida for winter; received note from her agent that Hollywood is interested in her story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" [actually by Charlotte Perkins Gilman] May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 October 8. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Advises him of package; outraged over gain of three pounds; weather is vile. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 October 11. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Sent him a watch for his birthday; did not answer Hugh Williams request to rent him pasture and suspects he has gone ahead and moved herd in; cross because Martha did not have cow bred when she was supposed to; having the Creek place painted; has the three pounds off; Louise says looks much different with fat off; most of Katharine's family is encouraging her to go to Florida with MKR; will have to write two new chapter for book; going to New York to show work to Scribner's; Arthur may be reconciling with wife. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1951 Nov. 8. [Van Hornesville NY] Apparently Norton has been there for a visit. Comments about some activities of hers and Katharine's. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 November 10. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Apparently enclosing a letter from Arthur, which she asks Norton to read and destroy; will ask him to come to Florida if he can get away from wife; dinner at the Youngs, worried about Mr. Young; domestic matters. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 November 13. Cooperstown. 3p., envelope. How sad that he was locked out of his home after a long trip [apparently he had been to visit her] Mr. Young said there is nothing wrong with him; she gave a dinner for the Redjives family; news about Katharine; received his gifts from Tiffany's; glad that Norton had met Katharine and apparently approved. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 November 19 P.M. Van Hornesville. 3p., envelope. Freeze in Florida; thinking of getting a new Oldsmobile; trouble getting up her hill with the ice; Katharine having to help take care of her mother. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note to NB. 6 p. 1951 Nov. 23. Van Hornesville, NY. Describes her Thanksgiving Day dinner with Katherine's family. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1951] 27 Nov. [Van Hornesville NY] About writing a broadcast for the Voice of America. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 November 30. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. Chef's funeral; "Voice of America" (a man named Lohrke) is coming to work with her on a piece; questions whether she should do this kind of thing; Max Perkins had advise against writers getting involved in political propaganda. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1951 Dec. 1. [Van Hornesville, NY] Describes representative from the Voice of America who visited her and her radio script. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1951 December 4. Van Hornesville. 2p., envelope. People she doesn't want to go near; gift for Chet Crosby; annoyed by Stark Young's "Southern" memoirs [The Pavilion, 1951]; sending him page proofs of book that reminds her of "The Lottery"; read Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez ; a hill-billy with a high I.Q. who reminds her of Perry Patterson; has not written Idella; news about accidents involving Jim Hardy. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Norton Baskin 1951 December 6. [Van Hornesville]. 3p., envelope. Katharine has driven her to violence of throwing candy; wrote to Idella about going to Florida; Christmas ordering; finished Requiem for a Nun, magnificent, but maudlin ending; Jim Hardy is seriously injured; Katharine said she would like to go to Florida, if not for her mother; Aunt Grace has been going to the Alhambra, ordering meals and charging to Ida's account. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1951 Dec. 8. Van Hornesville NY Apparently Norton is to meet her on the 21st to return to Florida. Catherine will be with her next summer. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a.note, to NB. 2 p. Also contains a note on the envelope. [1952 Jan. 3. Cross Creek] Has given up the hope that Idella might appear. Will depend on Adrenna. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 2 p. [1952 Jan. 7. Cross Creek] Adrenna is doing her best. Describes an adopted kitten. Glenn Bass appears about to die. Mrs. Aller from the University has come and done her typing. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 January 16 [Cross Creek] 1p., envelope. Went to beauty parlor in Gainesville; Gene Baro came to her house; his friend Carleton has bought house near the university and will share it with Gene; received letter from Katharine, addressing her as "Mother Baskin"; hopes he will come over this weekend; will go to see An American Tragedy in Gainesville this evening. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 1 p. [1952 Jan. 18. Cross Creek] Says she has finished a new chapter "that helps the book." Thinks she is in the "home stretch." Had a nightmare about Aunt Ida. MKR says she would rather go to jail than to Amsterdam to appear in a suit. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 January 21. Cross Creek. 1p., envelope. International Harvester stock; Adrenna is driving her mad. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 January 22. Cross Creek. 1p., envelope. Unclear reference to an enclosure regarding a suit; he shouldn't come, if it will interfere with his business; she is deep in her work and doesn't want distraction; asks him to mail books. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1952 Jan. 23 [Cross Creek] Apparently has some recent memory loss due to drinking, but she says it is helping her through her work. Gives details of her personal finances, including investments. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. with envelope containing note by MKR. 1952 Jan. 24 [Cross Creek] Includes household details, including a report on the cats, and complaints about Adrenna. News of her Aunt Ethel [Riggs?] Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [1952 Jan 28. Cross Creek] She is out of reading material. Reread W. H. Hudson's Afoot in England. An incident with a visitor yesterday makes her suspect Martha's gives tours of the house when she is not there. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1952 Jan. 29. [Cross Creek] There has been some confusion about his visit and the possibility that Catherine Mulligan might come to Florida. Refers to an article by Carl Van Vechten which mentions her. Problems with Arthur Kinnan. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 January 30. Island Grove. 2p., envelope. Financial transactions between them; weather cold; Adrenna's service. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 January 31. Cross Creek. 1p., envelope. A visitor interrupted her morning work; Gene Baro brought her books; refers to book by Josephine Pinckney; thinks Baro bullied Carleton into buying house; received word that Jim [Rawlings] has died; gas leak in kitchen. A. note on both sides of envelope re gas leak and Adrenna. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. [1952 Feb. 4. Cross Creek] Appears to have just returned [from Crescent Beach?] Has read The Ape in Our House. Receiving foreign royalties. "Awful Aunt Mabel" is visiting the Phoenix aunts. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Typed postcard to Norton Baskin 1952 February 6 [Cross Creek] She is nearing the end [of the book]; forgot about invitation. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 February 12 [Cross Creek] 2p., envelope. Met Dr. Carleton and favorably impressed; their different philosophies of life; received telegrams that Charles Scribner and Katharine Mulligan's mother have died. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to NB. 1 p. [1952 Feb. 14. Cross Creek] Mentions Charles Scribner's death. She received one of his "last letters." Details about Arthur's divorce from Grace and custody of child, Jeff. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1952 June 4-[5. Van Hornesville, NY.] Says that they are at an impasse and she has prolonged depression. Some news about the situation with help, including problems with Catharine. Her response to Brandt's letter. Cf. above. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin [1952 June 14th] Saturday. Van Hornesville. 1p. Proofs due to Scribners by June 19th; Lois will visit; visit with Sergeant Cooper of the New York State Police; complaint about Katharine. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton Baskin 1952 June 19. Van Hornesville. 7p., envelope. Mailing off last of the proofs today; is relieved and in pain; used word pain in the book often; death of Norton's Uncle Sandy; letter from Grace Bugbee about Aunt Ida, who is in nursing home; may have fired Katharine at the wrong time, as she may need to return to St. Augustine on account of Aunt Ida; keeps groundskeeper coming by feeding him lunch; Norman Berg's generous praise of her book; exhausted. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin 1952 June 20. Richfield Springs. Leaving tomorrow on her way to Aunt Ida.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 2 p. [1952 June 21. Van Hornesville NY] Apparently there has been a death in Norton's family. MKR appears to be preparing for a trip. Refers to Lois returning with her. Has fired Catharine. Notice of her book in the Tribune sounds dull. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Norton Baskin [1952?] June 23. Ritchfield Springs, NY Tells him not to let her coming interfere with his folk's visit. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 11 p. 1952 July 3. Van Hornesville NY Relates the distress of the Phoenix aunts over Arthur. Afraid he will go to jail. MKR has apparently returned from Aunt Ida's burial. Lois Hardy apparently returned with her. Includes an obituary of Dr. Jennie Tarrant, who apparently died at about the same time as Ida. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 2 p. [1952 July 8. On train to Atlanta] Describes conditions on train. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1952 July 9. Van Hornesville, NY She is very relieved about Arthur. [Apparently he and Jeff are at Crescent Beach with Norton] Lois Hardy is visiting with her. News about the book. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Arthur Kinnan. 1 p. 1952 July 9. Van Hornesville, NY She is so pleased that he has come to Florida. This letter apparently enclosed with one of the same date to Norton. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. [1952 July 14. Van Hornesville] Upset over Arthur. [Apparently he snatched Jeff in violation of law] She suggests they come there. Plans for visits with the Bighams and with Robert Frost. News about Lois's visit. Oliver accession.

[Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan] Envelope addressed to NB. 1952 July 18. Van Hornesville, NY. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 July 21. Van Hornesville. 4p., envelope. Saga of Arthur and son, Jeff; Arthur is beyond help; Lois and Jean Hardy's visit with Jean's beau; Uki's encounter with yellow jackets; the Republican National Convention. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. [1952 July 23. Van Hornesville NY] Plans for their fall trip. Ideas of what to do about Arthur. She has started smoking again. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1952 July 26 [Van Hornesville NY.] Asks him to gather all her letter from Arthur. A note to Arthur Kinnan, 25 July 1952, is enclosed. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB, with a. note on envelope. 6 p. [1952 July 30. Van Hornesville NY] She expects Arthur to arrive today. Julia and Tom Bigham have visited. Aunt Ida's estate. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 3 p. 1952 July 31. Van Hornesville NY Says Arthur is "pitiful" and Jeff "beautiful." Criticizes Arthur's care of the baby. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 14 pp. [1952 August 10/11? Van Hornesville NY] Describes visits with Robert Frost and Henry Heyl. She read to Frost from the proofs of her book and asked him to write a verse for the birth of Joseph Auslander's baby. Heyl is in very poor health. She expects Arthur to reproach her for not writing. Explains what she means by supporting Arthur financially. Discusses her finances and Aunt Ida's estate. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 13 p. 1952 August 18[19. Van Hornesville NY] New of local activities. Plans for a foreign trip in the fall. Uncertain what to do about Arthur, now in Syracuse, who perhaps will be seeking assistance in starting a gun business. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1952 August 26[/27] Van Hornesville, NY Has just returned from a trip to Syracuse and Rochester. She compares finding Arthur to Ase Linden's search for Ben in Sojourner. Apparently Arthur has decided to go back west to settle legal situation. In Rochester she visited Rawlings relatives, including James Rawlings's widow. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1952 August 27. Van Hornesville, NY Describes a visit with Carrie Duke [who knew Ellen Glasgow] News about the Youngs and other local people. Says she has written Idella that she has "forfeited the right to ask any favors of me." Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1952 August 28. Van Hornesville. Gertrude will take care of the pets while she and Norton are away. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 6p. [1952 August 30/Sept. 1. Van Hornesville NY] Sending him ms. of book and asking for Arthur's letters. Returned the watch Norton bought her from Tiffany's. Contemplating being in New York with Norton, before leaving on their foreign trip. Making plans to go to Richmond after the return. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p., and fragment from another letter(?) 1p. 1952 Sept. 16. Van Hornesville, NY Mentions Cabell rumpus. Told Arthur he should confine his borrowing to her, but she dislikes having to get him out of messes. Details about their British trip. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 Sept. 17. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Plans for their trip to England. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 Sept. 22. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Letter from James Cabell, clearing up impasse on Ellen Glasgow biography; sheriff is looking for Arthur; Johnny Redjives will drive her to New York. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 Sept. 24. Van Hornesville. 1p., envelope. Summoned to court for Katharine Mulligan's unemployment compensation claim; crashed car, she was not hurt, but knocked out phone lines. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin 1952 Sept. 26. Van Hornesville. 1p. Plans on their return trip May accession Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 2p. 1953 Feb 5, Richmond, VA. Complains about the room rented in Mrs. Turner's house. She went to Dr. Williams. He found her wound healing well. Anne Virginia will receive her. Interviewer and photographer came from the Times-Dispatch. Bert Cooper dropped in. He wants her to see three people in Charlottesville who knew Ellen Glasgow well. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 3p. 1953 Feb 9, Richmond, VA Bert Cooper took her to the U. of Richmond Library to see splendid material about Ellen Glasgow. Anne Virginia is troubled because she has to put Bonnie, the dog that was hers and Ellen's, to sleep. Lunch with Ms. Dashiell, who used to work with Ellen with the SPCA, at Roberta Wellford's. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton Baskin. 1p. 1953 Feb 10, Richmond, VA She will have lunch with Carrie Duke. She saw Bell, Book and Candle with Pyewacket and Joan Bennett. Comments on Bert Cooper and Cliff Lyons feud. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 1953 Feb 12, Richmond, VA. Dr. Williams has removed leg bandage. Lunch with Carrie Duke very successful. Her conversation about men in Glasgow's life. Note from Col. Anderson. He would like to have lunch with her. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to [Norton Baskin] 1p. 1953 Feb 14 [Richmond, VA.] Chichi wears a collar, but Ditty will not stand for such nonsense. His valentine has arrived- a dozen gorgeous tulips. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 2p. 1953 Feb 16, Richmond, VA. Generalities about cats. Col. Anderson will not talk about his engagement with Ellen Glasgow. Showed her a photograph of Ellen. Original accession. Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 186

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 3p. 1953 Feb 19, Richmond, VA. She was to have everything packed - notes, and annotations. Complains about James not being well enough to work with her and Col. Anderson not talking. Mary Johnston's sister volunteered Ellen Glasgow's letters to her. Another woman brought the thesis she wrote to her. Carrie Duke will give a cocktail party for her. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 3p. 1953 Feb 24, Richmond, VA Col. Henry Anderson will come for dinner. Spent an hour alone with Douglas Freeman. Vicious diatribe against Anderson and Anne Virginia. Went to dinner to the Cabells. James was in bed. Conversation with Col. Anderson. Carrie Duke's cocktail charming. Original accession. Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 188.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to N. Baskin. 2 p. 1953 Feb 28, Richmond, VA. Lunch with Col. Anderson to meet Mrs. Williams. Roberta Wellford delightful. Rebe Tutwiler wants her and Carrie Duke to go to Lexington for the weekend. Comments on cats. Irita Van Doren will come for a weekend. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 3p. 1953 Mar 3, Richmond, VA Cats. Col. Anderson trying to be helpful. Maude said his love for Queen Marie of Rumania made him break his engagement with Ellen. After the war they remain friends. Anne Virginia getting electric shocks. Includes a poem on cats. Original accession. Bigelow and Monti, Selected Letters, no. 190.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton [Baskin] 4p. 1953 Mar 7, Richmond, VA. Cats' life. Pictures from Carl Van Vechten are interesting. Carrie Duke thinks Marjorie will be able to see Anne Virginia. She thinks she will be through for March 27. She will have a party for Norton. Trip to Willamsburg. Planning to go to Monticello for a picnic. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 1p. 1953 Mar 10, Richmond, VA. Visited Virginia in the hospital. She would like to have some time with her so she won't have to come back. Col. Anderson going over her notes. Wheelock trying to help with her income tax. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to N. [Baskin] 1p. 1953 Mar 11, Richmond, VA. Glad Norton can come for her. Preparing a party. Everybody invited is coming except the Dabneys and the Freemans who have to call back. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 4 1/2p. 1953 Mar 17, Richmond, VA. Six solid hours copying letters from Ellen Glasgow to Anne Virginia. The cocktail a success. Sunday Inita and she spent one hour with Col. Anderson. Showed his Balkan decorations. Went to see a sofa from Ellen Glasgow. Talked with Anne Virginia. She gave her some letters. The research is not easy or relaxing. James Cabell seems offended because she has not talked with him. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1953 June 13. Van Hornesville NY News of the cats and some incidents regarding the Youngs. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. 1953 June 19 [Boston] In Boston visiting Aunt Wilmer in hospital. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1953 June 22 [Van Hornesville NY] Says her visit to Boston did good. Mentions people she saw there. Repeats news from Wilmer about Arthur's children and Aunt Mabel. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1953 June 23 [Van Hornesville NY] News about Gene Baro, Everett Case, and others. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 4 p. [1953 June 27] Van Hornesville. About the settlement of Aunt Ida's estate. Complains about service charge being added to the bill at the Inn, where she took several guests. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 6 p. 1953 June 30. Van Hornesville. Received the glass rings. Apologizes for having phoned him. The Youngs have gone to Ottawa. Problems with training the kittens. Bee McNeill is expected August 8th. Reviews instructions about Ida's estate. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 3 p. 1953 July 7. Van Hornesville. The kittens are keeping her and the bed soaked. Consulted an expert who suggested she cover beds with plastic and mothballs. It seems to be working. Aunt Ida's estate. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1953 July 8. Van Hornesville. Aunt Ida's estate. Mentions several "extravagances" that she is paying for, including the support of Arthur and Jeff. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. notes, to NB. 3 p. 1953 July 9. Van Hornesville. Says she is furious at Gene Baro, who apparently is staying at the Creek, because of his laziness. She wants the Creek back for the winter and to get it back in shape. She is trying to induce a couple to come to Florida, as domestic help, for the winter. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1953 July 15. Van Hornesville. The plan to get the couple to Florida did not work. She is interested in someone in Richmond. Kitten news. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 2 p. 1953 July 20. Van Hornesville. Has a note from Gene. She is busy making raspberry syrup. She is unable to settle to work. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1953 July 27. Van Hornesville NY Scribner has sent her books, including the new Alan Paton title. Arthur intends to "hide out forever." Bought an ice cream machine which works well. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1953 July 29. Van Hornesville NY She has found a wonderful masseuse, actually a chiropractor. Gene says he will reach New York on the 8th. She hopes to work him in between Bee McNeill and Carrie Duke. She expects Dwye and Daphne Evans in October. Still having a problem with the kitten's toilet. The expert told her she needs a cat's room. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1953 July 31 [Van Hornesville NY] Reacts to a rebuke in a recent letter. Says she has a form of mental illness. Even if the things that distressed her were solved, she might not be any better. Refers to suicide of the wife of the University of North Carolina president. Leaving in a few days to visit Wilmer and to meet Bee McNeil and Dorothy. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to NB. [1953 July ? Van Hornesville, NY.] Has received confirmation of reservation at the Ritz-Carlton, Boston Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1953 August 4. Van Hornesville NY Wanted to get Marco Polo [kitten] to the phone to talk to Norton. Dwye Evans may come in October, but she is not certain she will still be in New York. Quotes from a letter from Gene Baro concerning conditions and people at the Creek. She encloses a letter from Wilmer to Arthur criticizing his actions, and a letter from Arthur, quoting his defense. Included are a letter from Arthur Kinnan to MKR, Vashon, WA., 31 July 1953, and a letter from Wilmer Kinnan to Arthur [Phoenix? July, 1952] The first sheet of the second letter was not included. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB. 5 p. 1953 August 6. Boston. Describes stay in Ritz-Carlton in room overlooking the Commons. Describes Aunt Wilmer's condition. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 2 p. 1953 August 11. Van Hornesville NY Tells about visit of Bee and Dorothy. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 1 p. 1953 August 22. Van Hornesville, NY Gene and Stad have come and gone. Carrie [Duke] leaves soon. Describes Carrie's visit. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to NB. 1953 August 29. Van Hornesville NY Speculates that Uki, a cat, may have been taken by someone, run away, and become feral. May come home again. Aunt Wilmer has had a setback and has lumbago in her back and good leg. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to NB. 4 p. 1953 Sept. 4 [Van Hornesville NY] Discusses finances. Has arranged for Gene [Baro] and John to come, and the Dyes may visit in October. She is arranging accommodations. Kitty Poole wants her to come to Geneva. The weather is very hot and leaves are turning already. She has a new car. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to NB, with notes on envelope. 6 p. 1953 Sept. 9. Van Hornesville NY Her new car rattles. Discusses a new car for Norton and whether he should come up by car or train. Won prizes at the Young's Family Show with a display of the Sojourners and a cat basket that she had made. Oliver accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 3p. 1953 Oct 20, Richmond, VA. Silver tureens. dining table. James Cabell is much better. Norman Berg cannot come but asked her to stop at Dunwoody. Hotel in Richmond second class, even if it is considered the most fashionable. Comments about food and comfort. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton [Baskin] 4p. 1953 Oct 21. Silver set bought very cheap. Carrie gave two serving spoons to her. She will see for lunch or for dinner, Margaret and James, Roberta, Carrie. Comments on dinner she had in her room with Margaret and James. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Norton [Baskin] 2p. 1953 Oct 23, Richmond, VA. She cannot get over Norton's experience with brush fire. She has seen everybody except Anne Virginia and Roberta Wellford. Cats. Has good breakfast and in general the food is good, except for the coffee. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Norton [Baskin] 5p. 1953 Nov 4, Richmond, VA Francis Williams, a writer and cousin of Ellen Glasgow's was here. The she goes to a couple, the husband of which was one of Ellen's lawyers. Aunt Virginia talking freely. Comments on various other persons. Original accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A. Postcard S. to Norton Baskin 1953 Nov. 7. Southern Pines, N.C. Arrived around 5 P.M.; weather bad. May accession.

Letters by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Addressees A-L

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Col. Henry Anderson 1952 Dec 2, St. Aug., FL. 4p. MKR as Ellen Glasgow's biographer.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Col. Henry Anderson 1952 Dec 3, St. Aug., FL. 1p. Invitation to Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Col. Henry Anderson 1952 Dec 12, St. Aug., FL. 1 1/4p. Luncheon at Creek; personal letters.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Col. Henry Anderson St. Aug., FL. 3 1/2p. Draft letter asking for statement concerning relationship between Col. Henry Anderson and Ellen Glasgow.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Sigrid [Arne] 1944 Mar 26, Hawthorne, FL. 5 p. Sorry her story on Cross Creek was not good; entertained Russell Davenport and Wendell Willkie; Norton in India; Charles Rawlings's third marriage. Wray Rawlings, Jim Rawlings. Accompanied by a Photostat of a P.S. from an unidentified letter (April 3) re Norton's safety. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Sigrid [Arne.] 1944 April 11, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Relief that Norton is safe; satirizes his survival skills. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Sigrid [Arne] 1945 July 21, Crescent Beach. FL. 6p. Norton and the American Field Service. Selected letters, p. 269-21. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Sigrid Arne. 1946 Jun 15, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. Cross Creek Trial; coverage of trial by Steve Trumbull; letter from Charles Rawlings's third wife asking about his cruelty. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Sigrid Arne?] G[!]ross Creek, Hawthorne, FL. May 24 [1948] 6 p, p.1-2 are missing Norton Baskin sold hotel and is running a restaurant; Jim Rawlings' second daughter was named after her; her visit to Fisk University; argument with Florida's Governor Caldwell over segregation; hemorrhoid operation. Accompanied by a photostat of a two page fragment of an anecdote about a "chaplain's ass." [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Sigrid [Arne] Crescent Beach. 1949 Feb 24. 3p. Uplifted from reading LeComte du Nouy Human Destiny. Scared from Reading Voght's Road to Survival and Osborn's Our Plundered Planet. Gide's Journals are thrilling; thinks homosexuals have special sensitivity; believes there is progress in Florida in the "fight" for Negroes; expresses admiration for Whittaker Chambers. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Thomas Barbour 1944 Nov 27, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Comments on Barbour's book, That Vanishing Eden.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to the Baskins. 1953 Sep 9, Van Hornesville, N.Y. 2p. A month full of company. Cats. Aunt still in the hospital.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to the Baskins 1953 Nov 12, Crescent Beach, FL. 1p. Fast trip from Union Springs to the beach. Norton did not expect her. Moe overjoyed. Weather magnificent.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten [Cross Creek] January 28, 1933. 3 p. Says that she has refused to cancel her agreement with Baumgarten's firm, as requested by Charles Scribner. Reviews deals of her contract with Scribner's for South Moon Under. Accompanied by a TL (carbon) to Charles Scribner, Cross Creek, January 28, 1933, regarding confusion over the English edition of South Moon Under. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten Cross Creek, March 6, 1933. 2 p. Confusion as to why Scribner's is negotiating a British contract for South Moon Under, when she has turned the this over to Baumgarten. Says her husband left for the middle of the Gulf this morning with an almost completed manuscript. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to [Bernice Baumgarten] [Tampa, FL.] March 7, 1933. 2 p. She believes that Baumgarten got a "raw deal" from Scribner's; appreciates her being a good sport about it, as is probably cannot be undone. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten Hawthorn [Cross Creek, received Oct. 19, 1933] 2 p. London Times review of South Moon Under ; hopes "Gal Young Un" did not receive O'Henry award; Carl Bohnenberger's book on Crane; Charles Rawlings is here, but headed for Key West. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten Hawthorn [Cross Creek] June 20 [1936] Has asked Mr. Perkins to give her authority to place Golden Apples in England; annoyed that she was not notified that Faber did not take up option; believes it may have a good English audience. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten [Cross Creek? Received June 23, 1936] 1 p. Refers to an excerpt from an English book, which may be helpful in promoting Golden Apples. Explains details in the book are based on Florida's "Big Freeze" of 1894-95. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to [Bernice] Baumgarten Hawthorn [Cross Creek] May 29, 1938. 1 p. Gives her names of three English friends to receive copies of The Yearling. Attached is a TNS "Elizabeth Kilday" to MKR (May 24, 1938) enclosing the contract for the English edition of The Yearling, with an ANS "M.K.R." re mistake in the original note. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten Riverside Hospital, Jacksonville [received Aug. 1, 1938] 1p. In hospital for rest and diet to relieve stomach condition. She is not questioning the foreign contracts. Written on the verso of a TLS "Bernice Baumgarten" to MKR, July 26, 1938, enclosing an agreement with Bompiani of Milan for Italian rights to The Yearling. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS "M.K.R." [to Bernice Baumgarten] [Cross Creek; received Nov. 11, 1938] 1 p. Probably refers to foreign editions of The Yearling ; asks "where are the French." [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TN "MKR" to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek. Jan 12, 1939] 1 p. Does not have an address for Lothian Cookson. Typed on bottom of TLS from Baumgarten to MRK, asking for address. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten [Cross Creek] Hawthorn. January 13, 1939. 1p. Foreign contracts. Would like for Louis Dantin to do the French translation of The Yearling. Dutch piracy of The Yearling. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice]Baumgarten [Cross Creek] Hawthorn, March 6, 1939. 2 p. After she complained to the Dutch "pirates" Zhum. They sent her a one hundred dollar check; U.S. should join Berne Convention. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten [Cross Creek] Hawthorn [received July 31, 1939] 1 p. Photograph and questionnaire for the Norwegian edition of The Yearling. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten [Cross Creek] August 16, 1939. 2 p. German edition of Yearling ; new light on Dutch piracies and failure of U.S. to join Berne Convention. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Bernice Baumgarten St. Augustine. 1939 August 16 Authorizes English book club edition, unless Baumgarten thinks unwise. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Bernice] Baumgarten [Cross Creek] Hawthorne. Sept. 13, 1939. 1 p. Czech contract and German edition of The Yearling ; surprising that book trade continues under present conditions. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (fragment) to [Bernice Baumgarten?] [Cross Creek 1938 or 1939?] 1 p. About Japanese piracy of Gone with the Wind and of The Yearling. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek] Hawthorn. Nov. 19, 1939. 1 p. Foreign rights and translations of The Yearling. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek, received Dec. 14, 1939] 1 p. Does not think highly of the idea of allowing Sylvia Beach to sponsor a French edition of the Yearling; prejudice against female writers and translators. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek] Feb. 9, 1940. 1 p. Pleased that there will be a French edition of The Yearling ; suggest Louis Dantin as translator. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek] Feb. 23, 1940. 2 p. Concerned about provision in the French contract, which gives the publisher the right to make cuts. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS, with a. note, to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek] June 18, 1940. 1 p. Amazed that European publishers are still concerned with American books; enclosing contracts. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice [Baumgarten] Hawthorn [Cross Creek] September 27, 1940. 2 p. Shocked to have received German royalties; question about "Italian returns"; "Pelican's Shadow" will appear in New Yorker anthology. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice [Baumgarten] [Cross Creek] Hawthorn, Nov. 1, 1940. 2 p. Amazing that When the Whippoorwill is being published during wartime in Britain; comments about war; suggests that royalties should be turned over to some kind of war aid. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Binney [Baskin?] 1947 Jan 3, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. She is going to speak at the opening of the Community Chest Drive in St. Petersburg, FL., in order to see her three aunts. Genealogical data. She will get from Mrs. Marks, some daguerreotypes, Bible records, and a quilt made by her great grandmother.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Binney [Baskin?] 1949 Mar 2, Crescent Beach, FL. 4p. Went to Jacksonville to see her lawyer to have her will changed. Aunt Ida was wonderful. Norton wants her to be fashion plate. It is against her nature.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Harris Baskin, Valdosta, GA. 1943 August 3. St. Augustine. 1p, envelope. Care of Castle Warden, while Norton is away. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ruby and Harris Baskin, Valdosta, GA. 1944 Feb. 14. Hawthorn [Cross Creek] 1 p., envelope. Thanks them for painting; Norton's whereabouts. May accession.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie" to Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe. Rawlingswood; Brighton, N.Y. [ca. 1926] 1 sheet, 1 side. Wants to write Beebe before she "get[s] away from New York" and for her and Murray "to stop here on your way back to Cincinnati." Refers to a "MacMillan expedition." Says that "we are in our new house." She has learned to cook. Chuck's mother is leaving soon for Florida. Describes the mother's theosophist activities. She is anxious to hear about Beebe's play. "Chuck is in the Rochester Herald, editorial." Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie K. Rawlings" to Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe "Los Hermanos"; Hawthorn, Florida; 28 July 1929. 3 sheets, 5 sides. 4 p. with envelope addressed to Mrs. Murray Beebe, Cheshire, CT., postmarked Hawthorn [sic] 29 July 1929. Says that as soon as they left Rochester, the Beebes appear to be moving there. Briefly describes Rochester life. The bulk of the letter is a description of the Rawlings's new life in Florida. Explains why they left Rochester. Describes aspects of their life as citrus growers, the hazard Mediterranean fruit fly, their pets, the character and speech of the Crackers and of the blacks. Refers to the biographical sketch ["Blood of My Blood"] that she submitted to the Atlantic. Mentions Alberta Boucher, apparently a mutual friend [in Rochester?] This is the earliest known Rawlings letter from Florida and perhaps her earliest account of Florida life. Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie K. Rawlings" to Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe Hawthorn, Fl.; 1931. Jan. 6. 1 sheet, 2 sides. She has "developed a red neck and a fat behind and look[s] just like a Cracker girl." Chuck's brothers have left. Describes prospects for the grove and details such as replacing pecan trees with oranges and shipping frozen juice. Charles went north last summer to cover yacht races for newspapers, but she stayed alone and wrote. Describes pets. Scribner's has accepted two stories, "Cracker Chidlings" and ["Jacob's Ladder"] Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie K. Rawlings" to Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe Hawthorn [1932? April?] 2 sheets, 3 sides. Says Chuck's disposition is "rotten." Refers to the animal magazine that Beebe sends. Charles is reading Sanctuary. Asks Beebe to send her books she no longer wants. Asks if Beebe knows Helen Knowlton. Ernie Meyers wrote she and Harold Knowlton had broken up. Says that now Charles has sold an article on the Greek sponge fleet to Atlantic, he will have to stop beating her. Expects "Crop of Beans" to be published in the May issue of Scribner's. Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to "Monty" and Murray Beebe Hawthorn; [1932? July?] 1sheet, 2 side. Fragment? No closing. Thinks "Monty" is a nicer name than Ethel. Wishes chuck would stop calling her "Maggie." Hope that they will come to visit in October and tells about the route to Florida. Trying to finish novel by the end of July. Chuck is working on Greek-diver fiction. Says she writes about Crackers "as they are." Says bringing children into the world is undesirable because of poor chances for happiness. Says "everything in the bean story is true," apparently based upon her and Charles's experience. Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie K. R." to Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe [Cross Creek] 1933 Feb. 13. 1 sheet, 2 sides. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Murray Beebe, Cheshire, CT., postmarked Hawthorn, FL 13 Feb. 1933. Notes that Beebe failed to show up in October. Invites her to come in the spring. Has heard from Gertrude Johnson and Bee Humiston. Charles's article on sponge fishermen [Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 22, 1932] was "awfully good." South Moon Under will be published in March. Says Beebe will not like a lot of it because it involves hunting and fishing. Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS "Marjorie K. Rawlings" to Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe [Crescent Beach] 1949 Feb. 28. 1 side. Envelope addressed to NYC. Letter forwarded to Washington. Post marked St. Augustine, 1949 Feb. 28. Heard of Murray Beebe's death from Esther Bill. Asks about her work, The Friendly Children. Hopes she will visit Florida, or perhaps they can meet in New York. Donated by Nancy S. Weyant in honor of Ethel Fairmont Snyder Beebe, June 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. [1938] June 25. Hawthorn. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 3 p. She got a second opinion on operation for her diverticulitis and decided to forego it. Believes she would be dead had she gone through with it.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1 p. 1939 June 14. Hawthorn. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) Says that the Putilizer Prize doesn't mean so much because the field wasn't that good. Asks where she would have been if The Yearling had come out the same year as The Grapes of Wrath. B&M, 164-165

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1939 Nov. 14. Hawthorn. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 2 p. Commends the Wyeth illustrations of The Yearling. She and Norton would like to come to Atlanta for the premier [of Gone with the Wind ?] Has bought a cottage in St. Augustine.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1940 Feb. 3. Hawthorn. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 3 p. Unclear comments about some Steinbeck quotations. Describes a conversation she was having with J. B. Cabell that was interrupted by his wife. B&M, 182-183

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1940 March 18. Hawthorn. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 3 p. About Berg's divorce. Malvina Hoffman will be visiting. Norton is away. Julia Scribner has just visited. B&M, 184-185

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1940 August 26. Crescent Beach. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 2 p. Cannot ask him and his wife to stay over on their trip south, as Julia Scribner will be visiting. Expects a "hurricane year."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1942 March 27. St. Augustine. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 2 p. Offers him a puppy. She has had a visit from Sigrid Undset and just finished reading Pictures in the Hallway [Sean O'Casey]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1943 July 6. New York. ALS to Norman Berg (copy) 2 p. Is in New York with Norton who has joined the American Field Service and is reporting for duty. Does not know where he will be sent. B&M, 239.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1944 Jan. 30. Hawthorne. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 2 p. Thanks him for copy of Darkness at Noon. Relates details of Norton's difficult experiences. Believes he is near the Burmese border.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1945 July 18. Crescent Beach. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 7 p. Offers him and Julie the cottage for their second honeymoon. Describes how badly her new book is going. Her short stories have been rejected for publication. Norton gets to the cottage rarely and she dislikes hotel life. Discusses the pending law suit with Zelma Cason. Discusses Bert Cooper, Julia Scribner and Julia's new husband, Thomas Bigham. B&M, 266-269.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1946 Jan. 16. Hawthorn. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 1 p. "Caustic" about his son's "being top man on a dove shoot," but "jealous of anyone who has a son."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1946 Feb. 22. Hawthorne. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 3 p. She and Norton are both sick, but not separated, despite the rumors. Planning a trip to Alaska with Dessie, who will be discharged from the WACs soon. B&M, 277-278.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1946 May 14. Cross Creek. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 3 p. She is in one of her "black moods." Drove to the scrub during a storm to visit the Fiddia family. Water is rising and snakes are invading the house. B&M, 283-284.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1946 Sept. 19. Blowing Rock, N.C. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 2 p. Says that there is not enough information to know whether the "Russian system" is working for the people. Colonialism is as a great a threat to peace as is Communism. Stresses respect for the individual.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1946 Dec. 9. Cross Creek. TLS to Norman Berg (copy) 3 p. Discusses Berg's writing and autobiography. Is giving him a gun. Discusses "tension" with Norton. Hopes she will attain "balance" as she ages. B&M, 289-291.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1947 Feb. 21. Cross Creek. TLS (copy) to Norman Berg "Carney." 5 p. Will stay at the "Creek" for two or three months. The people at the Creek have embraced her and they are all true friends. Discusses several novels. Phil May is getting her case ready. Describes visitors to Cross Creek who asks neighbors about her. B&M, 291-293

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1947. May 1. Cross Creek. TLS (copy) to Norman Berg "Carney." 4 p. Turned car over, but avoided serious injury. Describes visit of aunts and alludes to his forthcoming visit. B&M, 294-196

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1947 June 22. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS to Norman Berg. 2 p. Describes grief upon hearing that Maxwell Perkins had died. B&M, 296-298

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1947 July 15. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS to Norman Berg. 2 p. Thanks him for Tarbell's biography of Owen D. Young.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1947 August 22. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS to Norman Berg. 3 p. Invites him to stay at Cross Creek, although she is not there. Describes the house she has bought in New York and furnishings for it. Describes Julia Bigham's husband. B&M, 301-302

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1947 Nov. 4. Cross Creek. ALS to Norman Berg (copy) 4 p. Glad to be back at Cross Creek. Thanks him for Bible he sent Martha. B&M, 306-307

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 Feb. 4. St. Augustine. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 4 p. Refers to writing The Sojourner and to difficulties of the last few years that have made writing more difficult. Sorting her out letters from Max Perkins.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 Feb. 16. St Augustine. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Refers to problem of heavy drinking. Will go to Van Hornesville for the summer, then return to Cross Creek in the winter. Says the separateness of their lives hurts Norton, but that he is probably happier when she is away. B&M, 325-326.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 Feb. 19. St. Augustine. TLS (copy) to Norman Berg. 1 p. Clarifies her comments about Norton's reaction to her. B&M, 326-327

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 March 4. Cross Creek. TLS (copy) to Norman Berg. 3 p. The effect of cold weather on fruit. Use of Max Perkins letters by Berg. Critique of one of her poems.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 April 14. St. Augustine. TLS (copy) to Norman Berg. 2 p. Mentions Sigrid Undset and friendship with Owen D. Young. Anxious to get to New York. Discusses the Gilkysons. B&M, 330-331.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 June 16/21. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 6 p. Discusses her piano, an Armenian piano tuner, and the dulcimer James Still made for her. Sigrid Undset has died. Discusses her last correspondence with Undset and considerations of future war and peace. Compares Undset's concept of Russian communism to Gide's. MKR's says its more important to raise our standard of democracy than to fight communists. Deplores American capitalist system. Norton is visiting. She describes a large party she gave. B&M, 331-335

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 July 1. Van Hornesville, NY TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. More about Udset's death and her view of conditions in Russia. MKR sees encouraging sign for peace in an international wheat agreement. Norton and she went to New York and took Idella to the train to return to Florida.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 July 27. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. With ANS July 28. Needs a critics. Describes writing the Sojourner. Says she came closer to killing herself recently than ever, except for once. Copies from notes for the book. B&M, 336-337.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 July 30. [Van Hornesville, NY] TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Alludes to two suicides which she feels she could have prevented. Discusses Diary of a Country Priest and Schweitzer's "reverence for life." She feels she may be closer than is Schweitzer.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 Sept. 29. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Relates incident in which she invited the Youngs to dinner, but became too intoxicated and had to retire to her room where she fell. Is more positive about the progress of her book. B&M, 337-339

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 Nov. 29. Cross Creek. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg, "Carney." 3 p. Sick with an "acute intestinal attack." Write about brother Arthur's marriages and divorces. Comments on Robert Ruark's biography of Margaret Mitchell.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1949 Dec. 29. Cross Creek. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 7 p. Brother Arthur has cancelled marriage plans. Relates Christmas events. Leonard Fiddia's "little girl" has died. She has just visited them in the Scrub. Plan to sell Leonard's copy of South Moon Under for expenses. B&M, 342-345

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 March 12 [Crescent Beach] TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Comments on Pearl Primus, E. A. Robinson, and Max Perkins letters. Will attend dedication of new library at the University of Florida at which announcement of her manuscript gift will be made. The Youngs will attend and stay at Cross Creek. May be an opportunity for Berg to talk to Young about his memoirs. B&M, 347-348

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 April 6. Cross Creek. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 3 p. About characterization in The Sojourner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 April 13. Cross Creek. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 6 p. Writes about letter Berg is to write to Owen D. Young re an autobiography and about Young himself. Tom Glisson has died from accidental self-poisoning. B&M, 350-353

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 June 17. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Has had a visit from Robert Frost and repeats anecdotes from his visit. She has been in a long period of depression because of Idella's leaving. Now she has a woman to replace her whom she likes. B&M, 353-355

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 June 23/24. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 3 p. About Robert Frost's wife, Elinor. Dislikes biographical novel by James Barke about Rober Burns. Idella is leaving. About an Eudora Welty book.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 July 26. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Describes a fall in her home, but she was not seriously hurt. Relates an incident with Armenian piano tuner. Alludes to temptations of suicide.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 July 31. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Expecting Pearl Primus for a visit. Problem of having no domestic help. Recalls when she laundered for the three Rawlings brothers. Contains an autograph ms. reference to the Korean War.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 Sept 18. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 1 p. About problems she is having with the writing of The Sojourner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1950 Sept. 30. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 5 p. About the writing of The Sojourner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. [1950 Oct. 24. Van Hornesville, NY.] TLS (copy) to Norman Berg. 1 p. More about The Sojourner. Norton is visiting.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. [1950 Nov. 11. Van Hornesville, NY.] TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 3 p. Discusses the Sojourner and her recent automobile accident. Is sending a copy of something written by Peal Primus. Says that the collapse of Primus's dance plans may be a blessing since now she can concentrate on writing. Pearl needs financial support. MKR wants Macmillan to see her style of writing. B&M 359-361.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1951 Feb. 28. [Crescent Beach?] ALS (copy)to Norman Berg. 5 p. Waiting for comments from Scribner's on book. Robert Frost visited the Creek recently. Adrenna is back and will take care of Martha. She is in a state of "angry ferment." Ed Hardy died recently.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1951 April 24. [New York] TALS (copy)to Norman Berg. 4 p. She is in hospital having eyes tested. Describes an encounter on the street with a flower vendor and a "weasel" shopper.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1951 May 28. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 4 p. Is isolated at house because of condition of road. Martin Dibner is coming for a visit. Describes her glaucoma and Martha's. Has been in New York. Describes Pearl Primus's show. She met her husband. Describes a dancer named Lucille and her dangerous husband.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1951 May 31. 1950. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 3 p. About the writing of The Sojourner. Quotes and comments on a passage from Gide. Says she refuses to be "only a biological female." Perhaps she is half-male. B&M, 365-367

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1951 June 21. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 3 p. Discusses the dancing of Pearl Primus and her husband.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1951 July 12. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Comments about Pearl Primus. Her work is going slowly, but she is happy. Describes how she spends time. Regrets his lack of writing success.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 Feb. 13. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Writes about the death of friends, shortly after having heard of the death of Charles Scribner. She has just received one of his last letters.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 5 p. 1952 March 2. Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine. Has had a "severe coronary spasm." Must curtail smoking and drinking. At the time she thought she might be dying and was relieved that she "was not that much afraid." B&M 371-373

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 March 31. [Crescent Beach] ALS (copy) to "Dear bastard Berg." 2 p. Recounts his impolite behavior upon recent visit. Received book he sent for penance. Steonographer has the manuscript.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 July 16. Van Hornesville, NY. 2 p. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Mentions some problem with the blurb for The Sojourner. Describes visit by Lois Hardy, attending a Russian Church, an encounter with the Armenian piano tuner, and the plight of an Austrian refugee. B&M, 375-377

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 Sept. 19. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Criticizes Hemingway for a passage in Old Man and the Sea and for making beer ads. Forthcoming trip to Britain with Norton. Will begin work on Ellen Glasgow biography. There is a squabble with J.B. Cabell over Glasgow's "Memoirs." B&M, 377-380

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 Sept. 24. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 4 p. She has wrecked another Oldsmobile.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 Oct. 31. Dublin. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 10 p. Has stones from Irish shrine of Tara to bring him. Tells how she got them.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 Nov. 21. [New York?] TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Upon return yesterday, Scribner's presented her with bound copies of The Sojourner. Is sending him one.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1953 Jan. 2. Crescent Beach. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 2 p. Writes about unfavorable reception of The Sojourner, but says it is a "major novel." Compares it to East of Eden. Work on the Glasgow biography.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1953 Feb. 19. Richmond. TLS (copy)to Norman Berg. 4 p. Is settled into a house in Richmond. Tell about encounters with Glasgow's family and friends. Has two Siamese cats. B&M, 389-392.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Hans-Joachim Bernhardt 1950 Aug 9, Van Hornesville, NY. 3p. Martha Edgworth's book; book almost finished; first editions; communism; watercolor of magnolias.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mrs. Hans-Joachim Bernhardt 1951 Feb 3, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Paper weight; 2 inches of snow.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Eugene G. Bewkes 1953 Jun 13, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Appreciation of ceremony for awarding honorary degrees.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Eugene G. Bewkes 1953 Apr 14, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Honorary degree.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Eugene G. Bewkes 1953 Apr 8, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Acceptance of honorary degree from St. Lawrence University.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Daniel Blain 1951 Mar 24, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. Cross Creek community medical problems.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Blodgett 1947 Sep 11, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Permission to use story in anthology.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Philip Booth 1953 Aug 4, Van Hornesville, NY. 2p. Misdirected electric Bill.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Philip Booth 1953 Aug 10, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. High school days with Father.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Carl] Brandt [Cross Creek] Sept. 6, 1932 3 p. Comments of Mrs. Cozzens on South Moon Under; plans for revising the work; reports of progress of Charles Rawlings's latest story. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Carl Brandt Cross Creek, Dec. 16, 1932 Has been rushed to finish book and sick with malaria. Foreign rights for South Moon Under; Charles Rawlings work. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Telegram to Carl Brandt Citra, Fl. March 1, 1933. Terms for British edition of South Moon Under received from Max Perkins. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to [Carl] Brandt Hawthorn, May 25, 1933. 1 p. Regarding a possible French translation of South Moon Under. Says she loves the French language and used to read it easily. Scribner's has taken her river trip story. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to Carl [Brandt] [s.l., received Feb. 19, 1934] Advises him to let Curtis Brown have Scandinavian rights to "Gal Young Un." Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Mr. Brooks 1947 Feb 3, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. James Still for "Arts and Letters" grant.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Brooks 1949 Nov 9, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Carl Ruthven Oxford for "Grant in Arts in Letters."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to James Branch Cabell 1949 Feb 26, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Practical joke.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Canby 1943 Oct 26, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Selection of winner of Gold Medal of Institute of Fiction.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (Xerox) to [Gladys Hastys] Carroll 1942 March 30, Hawthorn, Fl. 1 p. Enjoyed her performance on radio show, "As the Earth Turns."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Mr. Chalmers 1953 Feb 27, Richmond, VA. 1p. School transportation for colored girl.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to Mr. Crasto Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Sending books for American Academy of Arts and Letters Library.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mrs. Culver 1949 Aug 20, Van Hornsville, NY. 1p. Origin of "Black Bottom Pie"; Lafcadio Hearn's Creole Cookery.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Mr. Dashiell Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/2p. Background of "Cracker Chidlings"

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas 1953 Mar 3, Richmond, VA. 1p. Sojourner; Ellen Glasgow.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mark Ethridge 1939 Oct 22, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/2p. "Warmth" of Louisville audiences and "coldness" of Chicago.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letters to A. Dwye Evans, 1952 - 1953, are in the Evans file in the Miscellaneous Correspondence box.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to F. S. Fitzgerald Asheville, NC. 10p. F.S.F. ill; appreciation of F.S.F. as writer; hopes to be able to see him in the afternoon.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to F. Scott Fitzgerald Cross Creek. 1p. Not sending "Erl King". Interruptions to her work. Telegraph message to Cosmopolitan.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to F.S. Fitzgerald Blowing Rock, NC. 1p. Last page of letter inviting F.S.F. to visit with her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to F.S. Fitzgerald Blowing Rock, NC. 2p. Reread Great Gatsby; meeting in Asheville; Maxwell Perkins.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Florida Supreme Court Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Legal complications of continuing Cross Creek trial.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Miss Geffen 1949 Jan 24, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Recommending Carl Ruthven Oxford for "Arts and Letters" grant.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Miss Geffen 1949 Feb 7, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Follow up on recommendation of Carl Ruthven Oxford for "Arts and Letters" grant.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Maxwell Geismar 1953 Oct 23, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. Ellen Glasgow biography.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Bernice Gilkyson 1947 May 5, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Bridge with Verle and Edith Pope.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1947 Jul 9, Van Hornesville, NY. 2p. Perkins' death; Edith Pope; Van Hornesville home.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1947 Jul 14, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Van Hornesville house; beach cottage and Norton; Max's letters.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1947 Jul 17, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Van Hornesville house; told Norton about purchase.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Walter Gilkyson 1947 Sep 13, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Comments on Gilkysons's Toward What Bright Land ; Scribner's lack of advertising.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1947 Oct 19, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Troubles at Van Hornesville.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Feb 26, St. Aug., FL. 2p. Offering of Creek for winter.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Mar 17, St. Aug., FL. 2p. Thelma; linens; Mercedes; Virus-X; editors of Life and writers for the Saturday Evening Post.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Apr 14, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. "Get-together" before the Gilkysons drive North.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 May 16, St. Aug., FL. 1p. Family news.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Jul 4, St. Aug. 2 1/2p. Martha; Van Hornesville; acquisition of Uki

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Aug 9, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Arrangement for use of Cross Creek for 48-49 season.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Aug 18, St. Aug. 1p. Arrangements for cleaning and shipping of fur jacket lent to Bernice. Praise of B.G.'s poems.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Sep 13, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Response to Bernice's dedicating volume of poetry to MKR.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Bernice and Walter Gilkyson 1948 Oct., Hawthorne, FL. 9p. Details of arrangements at Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Oct 13, St. Aug., FL. 2p. Household arrangements.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948 Nov 11, St. Aug., FL. 1p. More arrangements for their use of Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to Bernice Gilkyson 1948, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Martha; call when in St. Aug.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Jan 5, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. Death of Bernice's subject matter (Dr. Tily); stove to be repaired; Popes and Youngs; Negro tailor.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Jan 21, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Bothersome people.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Jan 28, St. Augustine, FL. 1 1/2p. Business trip to Ocala.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Feb 1, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Message from Mrs. Cabell; oyster roast

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Feb 3? St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Mrs. Osborne.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Feb 23, St. Augustine, FL. 1 1/4p. Breeding Chrissie.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Feb 24, St. Augustine, FL. 1/2p. Martha's dog.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Apr 15, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Utilities bill.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949 Apr 28, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. Fruit to Van Hornsville.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to B. Gilkyson 1949 May 16, Van Hornesville, NY. 2p. Household news.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice and Walter Gilkyson 1949 Jun 16, Van Hornsville, NY. 2p. Square dance for men who restored house; Norton coming.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1949, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Would like to spend night at Creek; Bernice's biography.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice and Walter Gilkyson 1950 Jan 1, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Goldie and Tommy; will send oranges; invitation to spend some time at Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1950 Jan 28, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Title of Bernice's volume of poems; Idella's husband injures self on gas burner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1950 Feb 4, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Chrissie; whoopers are back; guests; her writing progress.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1950 Feb 12, Hawthorne. 2p. Family news; difficulty in writing.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1951 Feb 3, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. "...Thanks for the Poetry Awards."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1950 Mar 23, Cross Creek, FL. 1 1/4p. Night Sky title; orange trees; Uki's invalidism.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1951 Apr 8, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Rewriting; Night Sky ready.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1950 May 31, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Idella's leaving; Night Sky title.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1951 Jun 25, Van Hornesville, NY. 3p. Night Sky - "It is all one can ask of poetry"

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1950 Jul 21, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Evening with Gilkysons

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1951 Sep 10, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. "...Still hard at work"

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1952 Jan 17, Cross Creek, FL. 3p. Driving South; Adrenna; cars; Buddy Bass' review of Night Sky.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1952 Feb 5, Hawthorne, FL. 4p. Death of Bernice's brother; sending fruit.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1952 Apr 23, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. Book at printers; B. Gilkyson's poetry recordings.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Walter and Bernice Gilkyson 1952 Sep 2, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Sojourner -- January Literary Guild selection. Arthur Kinnan's trip to England. Literary Guild questionnaire

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1952 Sep 26, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Glasgow research.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice and Walter Gilkyson 1953 Feb 9, Richmond, VA. 2p. Reviews of Sojourner; Glasgow research; Uki lost.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1953 Aug 29, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Ukis escape and recovery.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bernice Gilkyson 1953 Nov 14, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Norton's trip south with the cats; Ellen Glasgow biography.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ellen Glasgow 1941? Mar 30, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Desires to meet Ellen Glasgow.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1941 Jul 19, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. A dream of Ellen and MKR's impression of her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1942 Jan 17, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. MKR's marriage; James Branch Cabell.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1942 Apr 14, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. Cross Creek ; wartimes.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1942 May 11, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. Ellen's Pulitzer Prize; Castle Warden, an episode from Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1943 Oct 7, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Ellen's Prefaces; "inertia"; Cabell and Hanna.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1944 May 24, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Inability to write; Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1945 May 15, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Certain Measure ; filming of The Yearling ; inability to write.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ellen Glasgow 1945 Nov 9, Crescent Beach, FL. 1p. Encouragement to Ellen; Edith Pope; inability to write.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Graves Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Integration

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (xerox) to Mrs. Grinnell 1945 Jan 29, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Returning to Cross Creek for Norton's recovery. The maid left.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Dr. E. O. Grover 1941 Jan 14, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Happy to participate in 1941 Rollins College Animated Magazine.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Helen King Hastings 1941 Apr 28, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Willamson daybook; Sojourner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Horst Heeneman 1949 Jan 4, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Recalls their meeting in Florida before W.W.II.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Mrs. Hobby [Cross Creek] March 28, 1943. 2 p. Thanks for the delicious smoked sailfish that she and General Gibbs sent. She is just home from hospital in Mew York. Glad that Mrs. Hobby enjoyed the cookbook. [Source: Cynthia Leahy, May 1997. Found in a copy of Cross Creek Cookery.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS (xerox copy) to Mary Holland 1942 Nov 6, St. Augustine, FL. 2p. Thanks the Hollands for a pleasant visit to their home.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Hamilton Holt 1938 Nov 18, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Glad to accept Honorary degree from Rollins.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Hamilton Holt 1939 Jan 17, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/2p. Who's Who biographical information, Honorary degree.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Hamilton Holt. 1939 Jan 25, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Animated Magazine

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Hamilton Holt. 1939 Mar 4, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Appreciation of ceremony.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (copy) to Dr. Holt 1947 May 28, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Lawsuit.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Letters to Hamilton Holt (Rollins College) A file of correspondence between Rawlings and Holt, 1933-1941, Xeroxed from the Rollins College Archives is with the Miscellaneous Correspondence, Box 31.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Zora Neale Hurston 1952 Jan 6, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. No new book yet; stop by if coming north.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gertrude [Johnson] 1940 Sep 27, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. It will suit Marjorie to have dinner at her house on the 11th. Looking forward to seeing her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1952 Sept. 24. Van Hornesville, NY. TLS to Tress (Mrs. H. M. Johnson) 2 p. Planned trip to England with Norton; the Youngs and voting in the forthcoming election. [Photocopy of the original, from the Collection of Paul Carlson, 1/27/2000.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Frank Kelley Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Response to boy's praise of Yearling.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to William Kelley 1953 Feb 27, Richmond, VA. 2 1/4p. Remembrances of Maryland and father's farm.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1940 May 15. [Cross Creek] TLS to [Stetson] Kennedy. 1 p. Recommends that he write directly to M.G.M., if he wishes to work on the movie of The Yearling. [Acquired from Margaret Levings, 1997.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1942 August 11 [Cross Creek] TLS to [Stetson] Kennedy. 1 p. Declines to write a review of his book [Palmetto Country, 1942?] [Acquired from Margaret Levings.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1942 September 2. St. Augustine. TLS to [Stetson] Kennedy. 2 p. Elaborates on her refusal to write a review of his book (cf. 11 August 1942). Because of her knowledge of him, she cannot be disinterested. [Acquired from Margaret Levings, 1997.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Miss Kilday [Brandt and Brandt] [Cross Creek] Jan 3, 1939 1 p. Commenting on foreign contracts and editions of the Yearling ; asks about French translation. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Koota (Mrs. James Knight) Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, 1952 March 5. 2 sides. Thanks her for camellias. She will be going home tomorrow. [Source unknown; added Sept. 19, 2009]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS with a. revision to Morgan C. Larkin. 1 p. 1943 April 23 [St. Augustine] Dickens's "transported ones" became southern backwoodsmen. Migration of language between England and America. Accompanied by carbon of Larkin's letters to MKR (Feb. 8, 1943) commenting on similarities in language between Oliver Twist and Cross Creek characters. Donated by Mr. Larkin, 23 April 1943.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (xerox copy) to Townes, R. Leigh 1938 May 20, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Profoundly shocked by his communication about cutting salary that was promised to teachers during summer session. Wants to know who is responsible for such decision.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (copy) to Mrs. Lehman 1939 Jan 19, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Cannot speak at the Alumni luncheon.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (copy) to Clifford Lyons. Bayshore, L.I. 1937 June 28. 2 p. Would like to meet with Imaginative Writing class. Suggest leaving amount of remuneration to Dr. Tigert. [Filed with Miscellaneous Correspondence - UF Archives.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS (copy) to Clifford P. Lyons [1937 Oct.] Hawthorn. 2 p. Re first writing lecture. Suggests he invite anyone who might be interested.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (copy) to Clifford P. Lyons [1938 May 20. Hawthorne] 1 p. States her position re scaling down of summer salaries.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS (copy) to Clifford P. Lyons [1938? June 9 Hawthorn] 4 p. After settlement of principles, she still will be unable to teach because she is scheduled to enter hospital for major surgery. [Shelved with Miscellaneous Correspondence - University Archives]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to Clifford Lyons. [ca. 1939?] October 23. Hawthorn. Confirming time and lecture title.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. [ca. 1939?] December 11. Hawthorn. Concerns class at the University of Florida.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Gladys Lyons. 1 p. [ca. 1939? Cross Creek] A get-well note.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to Gladys Lyons. [1940? Jan.? Cross Creek] Concerns entertaining the Scribners. Has a note by Mrs. Lyons re the date and occasion.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1940 February 2 [Cross Creek] Can give the reading on March 6th. Compliments his writing. Norton is sick.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford Lyons. 3 p. 1940 July 26 [Cross Creek] Has declined to donate money to Rollins College to be used for a chair filled by Edwin Granberry. Suggest that Lyons try to hire him for University of Florida.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1941 February 19 [Cross Creek] Suggest story that she might read as part of a lecture. Says she enjoyed the Frost meeting. At the bottom of the letters is a partially legible quatrain of verse, written in pencil and then erased. Relates to letter and verse by Lyons [1941 Feb.] With the letter is a note re the first meeting between MKR and the Frosts in 1938.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. [1942 January 10] St. Augustine. Thank-you note for wedding gift. Pat, the pointer, was killed on Christmas Eve.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 1942 January 16. St. Augustine. Agrees to give a reading at the Folklore Society banquet. Norton's opening [Castle Warden] will be next week.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1942 January 25 [St. Augustine] Asks how much time she should use at the banquet reading. As to by what name she wishes to be introduced, she "answers to a whistle."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 5 p. 1942 December 28 [St. Augustine] She misses them [The Lyons are in Massachusetts] Norton was rejected for service because of his age. The hotel is very crowded. The Henry S. Canby's, Margaret Widdener, and the James B. Cabell's are there for the holidays.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 4 p. 1943 October 21 [Cross Creek] Reports on news from Norton in India. She is unable to get to work on her book. Tells about Sissie. Urges them to come visit her. [Clifford Lyons was in the service, stationed at the Naval Air Station in Lake City]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1943 November 19 [Cross Creek] She is glad they are coming for Thanksgiving dinner and bringing friends.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 6 p. 1944 April 23 [Cross Creek] Repeats news from Norton who was nearly cut off from British lines by Japanese. Julia Scribner has returned home, and Edith Pope is with her. Asks if they have read Colcorton. The two beginnings of her book turned out badly and she has thought of a new one.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1944 May 13 [Cross Creek] Says that the fire at the hotel and the death of Ruth Pickering have "knocked me flat."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1944 June 2 [Cross Creek] Edith Pope will leave today. They have tried to make her gain weight, as she is anemic and has other health problems. She is going to the MacDowell Colony for the summer

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1944 June 20 [Crescent Beach]] Has moved to the beach for the summer. She has been finishing an article for the War Writers' War Board. Martha's daughter Hettie died. Little Martha is with Idella and MKR at the beach. News about Norton and his dysentery. A. note by Gladys Lyons says this was written after MKR visited them at Lake City.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys Lyons. 4 p. 1944 September 28 [Crescent Breach] Norton is still ill in India. Doesn't know when he'll get out. Invites them to the Creek or the Beach. Trying to lose weight. Problems with little Martha and with rattlesnakes.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1944 November 13 [New York] She is with Norton in the hospital. He is better now. Madame Chiang Kai-Chek is in the room across the hall.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1944 November 18 [New York] They are about to leave New York to return to the Creek. Invites the Lyonses to visit.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1944 December 20. Hawthorn. Sorry that Cliff is having stomach trouble. She will serve a bland meal for Christmas.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1945 January 11 [Cross Creek] They are going to Union Springs, AL, to visit Norton's mother. On their return, they plan to stop in Lake City.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 6 p. 1945 May 26 [Crescent Beach] Has a housekeeper, Annie, with whom she is very pleased. Anecdote about a hotel clerk named Rawlins and about Bob Camp. Julia Scribner married on the 24th.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Cliff and Gladys Lyons. 4 p. 1945 June 8 [Crescent Beach] Mentions a banker in Live Oak who has made many charges against John Tigert. Bert Cooper was upset by Julia's marriage. MKR has bought another beach lot, but will sell it to him, if he wants it.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 4 p. 1945 August 13 [Crescent Beach] She will register the deed for the lot in their names. There is no hurry in their paying for it. Idella is back and all is forgotten. Conditions are in a depressing state at the Creek. A moccasin was found in the toilet the last time she was there. She is buying another lot, which she will hold for the Foxes.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1945 September 7. Crescent Beach. Says she will make the cottage more of a year round home and is having it enlarged. Says she is afraid of using DDT, as she "would hate to lose the birds."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to Gladys Lyons. [1945 October 6. Crescent Beach] MKR and Norton will spend the night with them in Gainesville next Saturday.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1946 August 24 Crescent Beach. She is looking for a place to stay in North Carolina. Bert and Connie visited, as did Dessie and a friend. J. B. Cabell sent her a copy of There Were Two Pirates, which he dedicated to her. Ilya Tolstoi was there yesterday.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 4 p. 1946 September 16. Blowing Rock, NC. Notes that he is now a professor at Chapel Hill. Had some difficulty in finding a tourist court on the drive up that would take them with all the animals. She has found a wonderful house in Blowing Rock. Asks Cliff to put her on the trail of a folk music expert. Went to Banner Elk. The cottage she stayed in ten years ago has nearly fallen down.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1946 October 10 [Blowing Rock, NC] Norton has come to pick her up. They will not visit in Chapel Hill because all the animals make traveling difficult.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1946 November 9. Crescent Beach. They are back home after a complicated trip. "Mountain Prelude" is finished, but she is not pleased with it. Tells about trying to find the melody for it at mountain "sings" and in the book English Folk Songs.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1946 December 14 [Crescent Beach] Invites them to come for Christmas. She saw Bert and Connie Cooper in New York. She has the seen the film of " The Yearling." It is entirely beautiful."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 5 p. 1947 January 11 [Cross Creek] Thanks them for gift of bed jacket. They are at the Creek, but are leaving earlier because Idella misses her boyfriend in Summer Haven.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 4 p. 1947 February 17 [Crescent Beach] She thinks Phil May is worried about aspects of the appeal. Thelma Shortridge has completed the ruin of her life. She has taken a married sweetheart and is divorcing her husband. They were involved in a drunken driving incident, and Thelma lost her post office position. Says that she is shocked that Bert Cooper used the church for personal reasons.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1947 June 23. Van Hornesville, NY. Arrived in Van Hornesville late and spent the night with the Youngs. Describes her home, Brown's Hollow. Her reaction to news of Maxwell Perkins's death.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys Lyons. 2 p. 1947 August 2, 1947. Van Hornesville, NY. Tells of the house she has bought in New York. Gives examples of Aunt Ida's Malapropisms and of Norton's problems with a French chef. She has begun her book again, but "it is still horrible." Says she did not settle with Zelma.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1947 December 2 [New York] She is hospital, having had two operations. Norton will come and take her home on the train. Idella is back. Julia Bigham has come to see her almost everyday. Recommends Kafka's The Trial.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1948 January 19 [Crescent Beach] Thanks them for gift. Her brother has been to see her. Tell of fire at Thelma Shortridge's post office in which her boyfriend was killed. Arson is suspected. Amount of costs is suit is being decided.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 5 p 1948 May 24 [Crescent Beach] Had a disagreement with Norton over acquiring more cats. She gave initially in, but then Benny was killed, so she acquired a new cat, "Uki," from the Coopers. She will go north in June to her house and to have a medical check-up. Says she went to Fisk University and stayed with president Johnson and his wife. Says "she shed the last trace of racial prejudice," etc.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1948 June 5. Crescent Beach. Has returned to the cottage. She had a long distance call summoning her to Cross Creek because the refrigerator had failed, but she did not go.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 4 p. 1948 June 16/21. Van Hornesville. The New York house is not ready for occupancy. Norton will arrive soon and they will drive south./ She dreamed the Lyonses sold their house and moved into a castle. She "saw" Bert Cooper.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1948 July 13 Crescent Beach. Offers them the choice of an Audubon print, a set of French water lily prints, or a Bob Camp painting, as a gift for their new home.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 9 p. 1948 August 13. Crescent Beach. Will be going with Idella to New York soon. She has decided not to appeal her case to the U.S. Supreme Court partly because of a remark by Edith Pope that she had invaded Zelma's privacy. Outlines a strategy for deleting Zelma's name from future printings of Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1948 November 13 Crescent Beach. Had a mixed autumn. The house was lovely. Agreed to do a story ["A Bad Name"?] for the Saturday Evening Post and MGM. When it was finished, they rejected it. Three of four other "serious" stories she wrote were also rejected. The book has changed considerably. Idella was anxious to leave New York.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys Lyons. 2 p. 1948 December 7 [Crescent Beach] Sorry the Gladys has lost her mother. She is just back from the Creek there. Apparently Preacher Gordon called on her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1949 January 8. St. Crescent Beach. Thanks them for music. The Gilkyson's, who are staying at the Creek, visited for Christmas. Tells Cliff, who at the time was to be her literary executor, that she has sorted out several boxes of papers. She destroyed some, including her "Diary of a School Girl." Mentions letters she is saving, including some with Charles Rawlings and explains her relationship with Harry Gray.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1949 May 17 Van Hornesville. After leaving Chapel Hill, they had car trouble. The house was ready for them. Uki may be the happiest of all.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1949 December 31 [Cross Creek] She went to the cottage for Christmas with Norton. In turmoil about being asked by Fred Tompkins sister to write a book about him. Sent Idella off to spend the weekend with her husband at the cottage.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys Lyons. 1 p. 1950 March 12 [Crescent Beach.] Sympathy about an accident. Expects to rewrite book in Van Hornesville during the summer. MKR will participate in the dedication of the new University of Florida Library.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys Lyons. 3 p. 1950 July 13, 1950. Van Hornesville, NY. Tells about visit of Robert Frost, while receiving degree at Colgate. The year has not been a good one, but she does have 100,000 words of book done. Idella left her to go to New York with her husband ten days before leaving Florida for New York. She has a local woman for a maid. Ed Hardy had a heart attack and almost died.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1950 December 28 [Crescent Beach] Thanks her for books. She had hoped to finish the book before leaving New York, but is still working on it. She has an unsatisfactory maid, and is interrupted by social events. She will entertain James Cabell's "new wife."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 3 p. 1952 January 22 [Cross Creek] Thanks her for record. She was happy to get Bibb lettuce seed. She had hoped to finish the book in New York this past fall, but couldn't. She did not leave New York until almost Christmas and had a terrifying ride home through ice and sleet. In despair, because she can't make the book come out right.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 2 p. 1953 January 25 [St. Augustine] Now that she if finished with the book, the "mixed critical reaction does not disturb" her. Doubts she can give talk at Chapel Hill in the spring. She has undertaken to wrote a biography of Ellen Glasgow. Thanks for Berenson book.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1953 February 10. Richmond, VA. Says she has named Julia Scribner, not him, as her literary executor. Her schedule is heavy, between research and engagements with Glasgow's friends. She is working closely with James B. Cabell. With this is a note, signed CPL, 2/22/88 saying that MKR had visited them on her way home. She was troubled and disturbed by what she had learned about Glasgow "as a person."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Gladys and Clifford P. Lyons. 1 p. 1953 July 8. Van Hornesville, NY. Hope to see them, but each drive north and south becomes more complicated. She is not working on the Glasgow biography, but "two of Ellen's closest friends are ready now to tell all."

Letters by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Addressees M-Z

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TNS to Mary Margaret McBride 1953 Feb 25, Richmond, VA. 1p. "...joy to be on your wonderful program..."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1934 Sep 1, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. Her marriage with Charles. Charles's character. His writings. She "felt in him the potentialities of failure." Working on the second novel. Comments on Gertrude Johnson and Sidney Howard.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1935 Jan 31, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Prefers Bee to tell friends about her divorce. She has finished Golden Apples. Will be serialized by Cosmopolitan and Scribner's will publish it in July.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1939 Jan 4, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. The Chinese pajamas Bee has sent are beautiful. She has bought a cottage on the beach; describes decorations and furniture. Adelin Briggs gave a party for her after her lecture at Columbia Univ. Ten days in NY. Covered the theatre: Helen Hayes, a disappointment; Gertrude Larke in Skylark ; Katherin Hepburn in Philadelphia Story ; Julie Hayden in Time of Your Life ; The Man Who Came for Dinner ; Paul Mims in Key Largo. Went to Atlanta to see the premier of Gone With the Wind -- comments.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1939 Jan 9, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Sending her a copy of the English edition of The Yearling. Mentions countries which will publish it. Thanking for the square flower holder. Flowers on her farm. Chuck [Charles Rawlings] came by to see her recently. Going to see her black man [Henry Sampson] in the hospital.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1939 Jul 20, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Staying at home all summer to work. Going to the beach for the month of August. Read Tortilla Flat, and comments. MGM planning the production of The Yearling.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1940 Jul 26, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Happy Bee is coming. Wants to show her the beach, the scrub. Reading Gertrude Stein's Paris-France. Indications for traveling.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1941 Jun 24, Hawthorne, FL. 7p. Commenting about her trip to Madison, her Alma mater. Talked to Gertrude [Johnson]'s classes. Met Sinclair Lewis. Then, she comments on her visit to Washington--met Daisy Harriman, Mrs. Willkie, Lady Halifax. Invited to stay in the White House. Life in the White House. Idella very good. Working hard on her book. Movie turned out to be a mess.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1947 Aug 27, Van Hornesville, NY. 4p. Mrs. Owen Young has loaned her a little house, "Brown's Hollow," for the Summer. She is decorating the 100 yea. old place she has bought. Comments about the portrait of Bogaedus Schuyler and daughter, Katherine. She plans to stay until October. Mrs. Young mothers her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1949 Dec 28, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. The pitcher she sent for Van Hornesville is beautiful. Nice to be able to wear her dress. Norton will not be at the Creek Christmas Eve. Played bridge with Norton and the Youngs.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1950 Aug 7, Van Hornesville, NY. 5p. Another month or six weeks would see the end of a long, troublesome book. Idella left again. Norton stayed 10 days with her. Tells a funny episode about some female "fans." Household news. Uki (the cat) and his scrambled eggs, Arthur married, wife pregnant. Tells about episode with an Armenian piano tuner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1950 Dec 14, Crescent Beach, FL. 3p. Has to make a choice of staying at Van Hornesville all winter and finishing her book or to come back to Florida, but is unhappy, she cannot go back to the book. It is a conflict trying to be a good writer and a good wife.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1950 Dec 28, Crescent Beach, FL. 2p. Christmas presents received. Norton so generous. Household problems.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1951 Feb 14, St. Augustine, FL. 4p. Has cried reading The Abandoned. About Sarah Pretty, her neighbor, when a child with whom she played dolls. Compares her with her cat Uki.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1951 Dec 7, Van Hornesville, NY. 4p. She will do well if she finishes re-writing her book by April. In October she went to N.Y. and showed Scribners what she had done. Norton joined her and came to Van Hornesville; snow-bound -- he loved it. New maid.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1952 Jan 26, Hawthorne, FL. 4p. She is tucked in Cross Creek to finish a book. Cat anecdotes.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Bee McNeill 1952 Mar 12, St. Augustine, FL. 5p. Heart attack has made her finish the book which she had only to edit and copy. She came back from the hospital last Wednesday. From now on she has to be careful; stopping at the least sign of fatigue.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1952 Jun 18, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Victor Flemming was in Hawthorne in March. She is through with public speaking. Takes too much out of her. She makes a short tour in the Spring: Louisiana, Nashville and Tallahassee. She is going to Madison.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1953 Apr 14, Crescent Beach, FL. 1p. Back from Richmond. Fascinating time collecting material on Ellen Glasgow. Uki, her adored cat died. She has two Siamese cats now.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1953 May 15, St. Augustine, FL. 1p. She and Norton will be in Van Hornesville, May 31. She needs to know when Bee will come. Los Angeles Times published an "alleged" autobiographical article about her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1953 Jun 23, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Thanking for towels and cat poster. Inviting her to come. Cats.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1953 Aug 29, Van Hornesville, NY. 4p. Comments on Carrie Duke's visit to Van Hornesville. Cats. Young family show (cat show). After the show buffet at Marjorie's house.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill 1953 Sep 13, Van Hornesville, NY. 2p. Won a prize in the cat show. Norton arrives tomorrow. Will take the cats with him.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill Hawthorne, FL. 3p. She had Julie Scribner as a guest. Comments about her and her parents. Aunt Ida was her guest after Julia. Marjorie has written an evil parody "Yesterday's Woman."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Bee McNeill. 2 1/2p. The rescue of Uki from Mt. Tom. Luncheon two weeks ago at Mrs. Ambrose Clark's in Cooperstown. How Mrs. Clark treated Marjorie for the three days.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ANS to Macy's Repair Shop. 1953 Sep 3, Van Hornesville, NY. 1p. Repair of China.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to John Marsh 1950 Jan 1, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Death of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to John Marsh 1950 Mar 22, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Photos of MKR and Margaret Marsh; U. of Fla. Library dedication

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to John Marsh 1952 Jan 6, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Thanks for story about Margret Mitchell by family cook.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Phil [May] Richmond, VA. March 6, 1953. 1 p. Her confidence in him; shall return home later in the month. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Phil [May] Crescent Beach, April 3, 1953. 2 p., envelope Siamese cats; typing up copies of letters she got in Virginia; Spokane lawyer and Arthur's problems over child. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Phil and Lillian [May] Crescent Beach, May 4, 1953. 3 p. Plans for her trip to Van Hornesville; describes Miss Piety's funeral; says the happiest time of her life was when she lived with the Miss Piety and Leonard; Arthur's problems in Seattle. [Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Mrs. Wm. Brown Meloney Hawthorne, FL. 2p. "The Good Life"

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (copy) to J. H. Miller 1949, March 24 St. Augustine 1 p. Wants no "fanfare" in connection with giving the manuscripts to the library. Asks him and Mrs. Miller to a cocktail party honoring J.B. Cabell for the 14th.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to J. H. Miller 1949, March 28. Calling off April 14th celebration.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (copy) to J. H. Miller 1949, April 4 St. Augustine 1 p. Invitation to dinner at her beach cottage on the 14th.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to J. H. Miller 1951 Mar 23, St. Augustine. 2 1/2p. Concerning request she serve on committee for Inter-American Studies. Accepts in advisory capacity. First draft of novel approved by publisher. May be published in early 1952.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Dr. Edwin S. Mims 1953 Apr 21, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Glasgow Biography.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Mixon 1943 May 1, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/4p. Martha Mickens' "spirituals"; tale of the negro fisherman.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Mixon 1943 Aug 13, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Norton overseas; Song of Bernadette ; "naive requests."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Mixon 1944 Jul 4, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ; Norton in India. (Incomplete)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Arthur Mizener 1948 Mar 18, St. Aug., FL. 4 1/4p. Her impressions of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Hugh L. Nevin 1938 May 30, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Juniper Club letter received; Cal Long and Barney Dillard.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TN to NIAL. 1939 Feb 1, Cross Creek, FL. Post-creative exhaustion. Next novel.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Ocala Evening Star 1931 Jan 31, Cross Creek, FL. 4p. Reply to critical editorial dealing with "Cracker Chidlings."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Microfilmed letters to Maxwell Perkins from Scribner's archives 1930-1947 Consult manuscripts librarian.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL (copy) to M. Perkins 1932 Nov 7, Cross Creek. 1p. Her manuscript.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Maxwell Perkins 1947 Feb 13, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/4p. Tom Wolfe's Letters. Child's story.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Maxwell E. Perkins 1947 Mar 18, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/4p. First draft of child's story; possibilities for further development of theme.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Maxwell Perkins 1947 Apr 4, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/4p. Child's story; dialect; Bob Camp's illustrations.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Maxwell E. Perkins 1947 Apr 30, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/4p. Zora Neale Hurston. MKR's auto accident, movie script in Post, Edith Pope.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Maxwell E. Perkins 1947 Jun 7, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Ruling in lawsuit; losing interest in child's book; Van Hornesville; setting for Sojourner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Theodore Pratt 1946 Sep 21, Blowing Rock, NC. 1p. Writer's association.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Theodore Pratt 1953 Feb 19, Richmond, VA. 1p. Pratt's reply to Bromfield's review of Sojourner; research on Ellen Glasgow.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to "Mother [Anne; Mrs. C.A. Rawlings] 1 p. [1918 December 10. New York] "Worried to death about Chuck. Has not heard from him for two days. Has had a terrible feeling that either he, or her brother, Art is in danger.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [2 September 1918] "Monday night, Chicago between trains." "Darling-My sweetheart." Says that if his leg is strong enough, she should be glad for him to be in service, but will also be glad if he is released. 3 sheets, 6 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [4 September 1918] Wednesday, Rochester ALS to "Dearest." Last day at the lake. Describes horse show she attended yesterday and dinner with Charles's family the night before and tells Charles how she misses him. 2 sheets, 4 sides. Envelope, post marked 5 September, 10 a.m.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [7 September 1918] Saturday night, Carolyn Court, 414 W. 121 Street, N.Y. City. ALS to "My Sweetheart." Camp Upton is so close. She will want to see him as soon as her mother leaves. Describes meeting with friends and the low wages they receive. 2 sheets, 4 sides. Envelope post marked New York 7 Sept. 1918, 11 pm., has a return address of 18 Clifford Avenue, Pelham. NY. Published in Bigelow and Monti, with a date of 14 September.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [8 September 1918?] Sunday night. 414 W. 121st N.Y. City Looked for a room today. Found a nice one on Morningside Drive. Describes room and arrangement for receiving male callers. Mentions telegram received from Chuck [Cf. CAR to MKR, 7 Sept 1918] Won't go back to Madison with her mother. Charles must make good to stop her mother's criticism of him. 2 sheets (4 sides) Envelope, p.m. 9 Sept 1918, 11:30 AM. Published in Bigelow and Monti, dated [15 September] The letter refers to having been with her aunt in Pelham.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [11 September? 1918?] Wed, night. New York. ALS to "Dearest, dearest sweetheart," Has received he last letter he sent to Rochester. Priced diamond ring on 5th ave. It was $2800.00. Met with Francis Hackett about letters of introduction. He said she should earn $20-30 per week. 2 sheets, 4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [12 September? 1918] Thursday, 414- ALS to Sweetheart. Mr. Hackett called and told her that Mr. Saxon, editor of the Bookman, would hire her. Asks Charles to send her proof reading symbols. 1 sheet, 2 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [13 September 1918] Friday morning, 414--. "Dearest." Has prospect of job, but Mr. Saxon might not hire her. Asks if he know how little income is required to pay income tax [cf. 10 September 1918] The letter is finished "5:30 same day." "I've had a horrid day." Cites job hunting problem and criticizes "something queer" in Charles attitude which she suspects may result from his feeling bad from typhoid inoculation 3 sheets, 6 sides. Several lines blotted out.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [19 Sept 1918] Thursday evening. 106 Morningside Drive. [New York] ALS to "Honey sweetheart." Stayed home, hoping to hear from Mr. Saxon, but he did not call. Would have liked to have seen him in tights. [Cf. 16 September 1918] Has missed some of his letters. They might not have been forwarded from Carolyn Court.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [October 1? 1918] Tuesday afternoon. 100 Morningside Drive, New York.[All later 1918 letters are from this address To "Dearest." "I don't like New York today." Describes little home she wants as opposed to big city environment. Has a cold. Spent day job hunting. 2 sheets/4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [October 10 ? 1918] Thursday evening. She is very "mixed up" and can't write. Tells about job opportunity with a psychoanalyst named Hinkel. Asks him if she should go ahead with it. 2 sheets, 4 sides. Envelope postmarked 10 October 1918.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [16? October? Or later] Wednesday night. "Sweetheart." Describes trip to Brooklyn to attend dinner for YWCA, but it was the wrong evening. Was asked to supply letter from her pastor for YWCA files. Gave evasive answer. Will meet his train when he arrives 2 sheets/4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [17? Oct 1918] "Dearest old nice-thing." Is to attend a dinner this evening. Thinking about Charles's forthcoming visit. 1 sheet, 2 sides, with envelope postmarked 10 Oct. 1918.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings 22 October [1918] Tuesday night. To "My sweetheart." "Am I happy and just as sure? Bless your old heart, I certainly am." Resolves that they should enjoy things more. Describes a rose she bought for him, but did not send. Received check from Young's Magazine for a "trash story." Refers to carton of Omars she mailed him Saturday. Has heard from Dick Knott. Describes luncheon she attended. 3 sheets, 6 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [25 October 1918, apparently finished after midnight, the 26th] "Friday morning, 'En kimono.'" ALS to "Chuck - sweetheart." Apparently has stayed home from work to reply to letter from Charles stating that he will not come to see her until he is paid in two week. Feels that he doesn't want to see her, as he know she has a little money available. Has inquired about newspaper salaries. Apparently upon returning home that evening MK found another letter from Charles which enraged her. She makes two replies that night, before and after midnight. Accuses him of cynicism and nearly terminates the relationship. 9 sides/18 sheets.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings 26 October 1918; New York. 9:10 AM. Western Union telegram to Charles A. Rawlings "Utterly disregard damnable letter. I lied. Cant live without you."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [26 October 1918?] 3x5" note card, beginning "Sweetheart - I know I'm hysterical, and you see what a idiot your're going to marry." Envelope, p.m. 27 Oct 1918.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [27 October 1918] Sunday evening. ALS to "Darling-dearest sweetheart." Further retraction and explanation of her Friday letter. If he can't come to New York, she suggests they meet somewhere such as Rockaway on the weekend.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [6? Nov 1918] Wednesday. "Dear Honey." Apparently Charles visited the preceding week [Oct. 31/Nov. 1] Refers to an Italian man mentioned, and says she is being pursued by a Chinese man, a former student from Wisconsin, now at Columbia. Has been offered a new position at the Y, taking charge of publicity records. Hopes it will mean a raise. Hopes he will be in next weekend and for Thanksgiving. 2 sheets/4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [15 November? 1918] Friday night. "Dearest sweetheart." Wants to marry and go to Europe as soon as Charles is discharged and "do something fascinating while we're young." Charles's father has told her that he and Mrs. Rawlings would like to live with Charles and Marjorie later on. 3 sheets, 6 sides. Published in Bigelow and Monti.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [Nov 23] Saturday night [before Thanksgiving] "Dear honey." Very disappointed that he will not come to New York for Thanksgiving. Her poem "The Monastery" is to be published. Went to Princeton-Harvard football game. Saw several mutual friends, probably college friends from Wisconsin. Doesn't think she will get a Christmas vacation, so suggests they have Christmas in New York. 2 sheets, 4 sides, with envelope postmarked Nov. 23rd.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [24 Nov.? 1918] Sunday night. "Sweetheart," Has to go to a party. Cautions him about smoking and his high blood pressure. Still being pursued by Mr. Huang. Wants to know when he is coming. It has been two weeks since he visited, which is about her limit of endurance. 2 sheets, 4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [25 November? 1918] Monday night. "Darlingest stupid." Has received money from Wells Fargo, which was mentioned in letter of Oct. 25, and her pay. [In her October 25th letter, Marjorie had indicated that she would be paid on November 25th.] Berates him for agreeing to her accepting an assignment in Russia. She didn't really want to go. "Aren't you ever going to have sense enough to boss me around?" She resumes the letter at 2 am Tuesday, after a five hour hiatus, during which she has gone on an impromptu date with a man from Wisconsin. 3 sheets/5 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [26 November?] Tuesday night. Sending him a package, apparently for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving "is spoiled" because they won't be together. 1 sheet, 2 sides, envelope postmarked 26 Nov.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [27 November 1918] Wednesday night. Apparently ironic response to Charles's comments about a Milwaukee girl he had met. She hates "to think of tomorrow" [Thanksgiving]. She will have dinner alone at the apartment. Doesn't see how she could get to Rochester at Christmas. 2 sheets, 4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [December? 1918] "Sweetheart-mine." A note how happy he makes her and how she loves him. [This letter is written on a distinctive YWCA letterhead, which may represent her new job. Matching envelopes are postmarked as early as 14 Nov] 1 sheet/2 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [7 December 1918] Saturday night. "Sweetheart." Hasn't heard from him and wonders if he made his train on time. She has been to Sandy Hook with Lois Clark and others. Describes disagreements with boss at work. Writing a "big Negro article." Says that Gertrude Johnson is coming to New York and is giving a lecture this "Friday-Dec. 13," [which is the basis for dating this the preceding Saturday] Writes about Christmas, his possible exporting job, her language background, and their future. Suggests he send flowers to her mom for Christmas. 3 sheet, 6 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [8 December? 1918] Sunday afternoon. ALS to "My very dearest one." Dismayed because his folks are expecting them to live in Rochester. Writes about Arnold Bennett. They want always to feel together, but not to feel married. Writes about visiting at Christmas. Says that she saw Mr. Huang this afternoon, who said that he saw her with a soldier Wednesday [the 4th?] or Thursday. [This would be consistent with Charles's being in New York at this time, on his way to Rochester from Camp Upton.] 6 sheets/12 sides, in Bigelow and Monti, dated [Dec. 15.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [10 December?] Tuesday night--later. Sorry about letter she wrote him, but didn't get a letter Monday. She will be in his arms two weeks from night [Christmas]. 1 sheet, 2 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [11 December? 1918] Wednesday night. ALS to Sweetheart. Strongly criticizes Charles for disrespectfulness to his parents over the question of his staying in Rochester or moving to New York. Refers to the letter she wrote his mother, asking about Charles's well being 4 sheet, 8 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [12 December? 1918] Thursday night. ALS to "Dear Chuck." About his prospect for an advertising job in New York. "I kind of take to the idea of your being a big 'ad' man in N.Y. City." Tells about an "innocent" friend whom she believes she prevented being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous man. 3 sheets/6 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [13 December? 1918] Friday night. "Old Darling." Needs a letter from him. On her way to dinner and show with Miss Johnson from school. 1 sheet, 1 side.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [15 Dec? 1918] Sunday afternoon. "Sweetheart." Asks if he gave note referred to in letter of the 13th to his folks. Describes how wonderfully she gets along with boss now as an example of how to confront difficulty. Her brother Art has declared he never will marry because women are so superficial. Describes dinner and theater with Miss Johnson. The writing of the letter was apparently interrupted by an extreme attack of stomach pain. Upon continuing, she describes the apartment she would like to rent. Its up to him, whether to come to New York, or stay in Rochester. 3 sheets/6 sides, envelope, p.m. 15 Dec. 1918, 10:30 PM.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [17 Dec.?] Tuesday night. How she misses him. Needs a bigger place, if he comes to New York. Will be with him in a week. 1 sheet, 2 sides, envelope 17 Dec, 1918, 10 PM.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [18 Dec] Wednesday night. Describes Christmas shopping she would like to do, but has no money. She is going to see Seventeen tonight with Miss Johnson. 2 sheets/4 pages, with envelope 18 Dec. 1918, 9 PM.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [19 Dec.?] Thursday morning ALS to "Dearest one." She has slipped away from the office to have breakfast and to write him. Criticizes his attitude. Says not to have party for her. Selfish, self-centered males know nothing about service in comparison with most YWCA women. 2 sides, 4 sheets, with envelope postmarked 20 Dec. 1918.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [19 December? 1918] "My dearest." Complains about Charles's not writing. This is written an hour after that "desperate mood of a letter" she wrote an hour ago. Will try to arrive Christmas eve and they will come back together Sunday night. With this is a leaf concerning Charles fascination with "just girls," which he should have had at about age 19. These are likely not to have been written together. 2 sheets, 4 sides.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [19 Dec. 1918] Thursday night. Scolds Charles again for not writing, but she is now very happy. Has seen Seventeen. Had to proof and make up the War Work Bulletin. Will be seeing him within a few days. 1 sheet, 2 sides with unpostmarked envelope.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [Dec. 20? 1918] Friday evening "Dearest one." Seems contrite over the sharpness of yesterday's letter. The editor of McCall's called her about a vacancy. 1 sheet/2 sides. Envelope, 20 Dec. 9 pm.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [January 1922?] Linden MI. "Sweetheart." Describes life on her aunt's farm where she is visiting and an accident she had. 6 sheets/9 sides. In Bigelow and Monti.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS "Marjorie" to Charles A Rawlings [Rochester] Monday night [November 1922] 6 p. and envelope Describes domestic events while he is away; her mother has invited her for a visit; she would like to go, but it will be too expensive. Addressed to Charles in Louisville, but apparently not mailed; has no stamp or post mark. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS "Marjorie" to Charles A Rawlings, Cincinnati, Ohio Rochester [November 28? 1922] 6 p., envelope Just received his call; had a good day and then he called and accused her of seeing Gray; she gave up her job to satisfy him, and she wants a square deal; she is an ideal wife. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS "Marjorie" to Charles A Rawlings, Dayton, Ohio Rochester [November 29, 1922] 7 p., envelope. Describes cold, windy weather in Rochester; problems his mother is having in renting real estate; his drunken letter from Louisville; shoe sales. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS "Marjorie" to Charles A Rawlings, Dayton, Ohio Rochester [November 30, 1922] 13 p., envelope Family news; refers to his "bitter poison"; has the "blues"; she is not longing for Gray's companionship and scolds Charles for continuing to mention him; she misses him; conflict between desires for the adventurous and the mundane; resents being a woman; can earn living by writing. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS "Marjorie" to Charles A Rawlings, Dayton, Ohio Rochester [December 1, 1922] 6 p., envelope Home news; refers to Hutchinson's This Freedom; says she shall write a great feminist novel and describes fantasy in which women kill all the men; discusses love; will start job-hunting; recommends Saturday Evening Post article. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS "Marjorie" to Charles A Rawlings, Dayton, Ohio Rochester [November 29, 1922] 7 p., envelope Describes cold, windy weather in Rochester; problems his mother is having in renting real estate; his drunken letter from Louisville; shoe sales. Acquired: Phil May, Jr. 2002

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. To Charles Rawlings [7 Dec. 1922] "Thursday afternoon. [213 Kenwood Ave., Rochester] "Angel sweetheart." Responds to his "sad" Louisville comments. Would like to be in New York for theater. Wants slippers for Christmas. 5 sheets/5 sides, with envelope postmarked 7 Dec. 1922.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Charles Rawlings. 1933 Nov 11, Hawthorne, FL. Tells him their divorce was granted yesterday. She had Talbot Mundy, the adventure writer, and his wife for dinner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mr. Reynolds 1942 Nov 22, Hawthorne. 1p. The film, The Yearling, has been "shelved." Glad the Golden Apples is his preferred book.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Alleyne and Archy Robinson [i.e. Robertson] Crescent Beach, March 24, 1949. 1 p. Thanks for the opportunity to visit with Robert Frost; invites them to party in honor of James B. Cabell; the UF library will honor him also; she has given Cross Creek and Yearling letters to UF and will add letters from Max Perkins, Sigrid Undset, etc. [Source: UF Dept. of English; added Sept. 2002.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Archibald Robertson Crescent Beach, 1952 April 23. 2 p. Thanks for opportunity to visit with Robert Frost; has finished the book and will be working on the proofs; is feeling normal again. [Source: UF Dept. of English; added Sept. 2002.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Margaret Dreier Robins 1935 Aug 12, Seattle, Wash. 8p. Appreciation of Elizabeth Robins' The Magnetic North ; Dr. and Dessie Vinson; meeting Arthur in an hour; returning book.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to editor of St. Augustine Record. 1953 Apr 14, St. Augustine, FL. 1 1/4p. Segregated beach and Dr. Canby's maid.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. AL to Dr. Felix Schelling 1938 Jun, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Draft of letter. Asking for notice of his forthcoming book.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Charles Scribner 1947 Jul 11, Van Hornesville, NY. 1/2p. "Let 'The Secret River' flow underground for awhile."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Charles Scribner 1947 Jul 3, Van Hornesville, NY. 2p. Scribner's integrity; Perkins as an editor; "Secret River" and "Mountain Prelude."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Ellery Sedgwick 1931 Aug 14, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Page one of letter about "Lord Bill of the Suwanee River."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Mrs. Shafer 1946 Mar 6, Cross Creek, FL. 2p. Cemeteries; "oozing husbands", Temptation.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. AL to Edward Shenton 1939. 2p. Draft of letter of appreciation of Shenton's illustrations of Yearling.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS (xerox) to Miss Smith 1951 Feb 3, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. She has no photographs of herself.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Neal Smith. 1 p. [1934 June 1? Cross Creek] Thanks him for the cuttings. Invites him to bring any copies of South Moon Under that he wants autographed. Date supplied from e-mail message re copy of SMU inscribed to Smith, date June 1, 1934. The e-mail and some biographical information about Smith are filed with this letter. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1938 October 31. Hawthorn. Thanks him for letter. Shan't be giving talks this year. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1939 November 18. Hawthorn. Thanks him for narcissus bulb. "Takes it " that he is "not at the University." Asks him to stop by, if he visits Gainesville. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith [194-?] December 3. Hawthorn. 1 p. He is a fine person. She has been worried about the "impact of life" on him, but he can "take it." Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1942 April 22. Hawthorn. Glad he liked Cross Creek. Comments on story that he has written. Tells him she married Norton Baskin last October. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1942 Sept. 2. St. Augustine. 4 p. Comments on his being in the navy. Reading her book. Time spent at Cross Creek and at Castle Warden. Reaction from Scribner's to her marriage. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1942 Nov. 26. St. Augustine. 2 p. Welcomes hin home and congratulates him on his commission. Anecdote about Martha and a pliot flying over Cross Creek. Asks for a nursery address in Marianna. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS(copy) to Neal Smith 1944 August 10. (fragment, p. 3 only) Asks how he changed. Says she has gone all out "on the so-called Negro problem."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1947 Feb. 27. Cross Creek. 2 p. His effort to see Bee McNeil. Says that the film of the The Yearling is not glamorized. Comments on narcissus bloom and her orange grove. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1947 July 11. Van Hornesville. 1 p. Tells him to introduce himself to Norton, if he goes to Marineland. Tells about her cottage in New York, and about the lawsuit. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Neal Smith 1953 August 25. Van Hornesville. 1 p. Bee McNeill visited and asked about him. Glad he liked Sojourner. Her work on Ellen Glasgow. Includes 4" ink drawing of MKR. Source: L. Neal Smith Trust, Nov. 2000.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Roland W. Smith 1953 Jan 25. 1p. Carbon letter concerning use of Sojourner as title.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. 1939 Feb. 20 [Cross Creek] TLS to Mrs. States Row with I.M.P. settled. They are now friends. [Photocopy of the original, from the Collection of Paul Carlson, 1/27/2000.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Marguerite Stringfellow [Cross Creek] March 16, 1945. 4p. and envelope Understands that she has been mistreated by Zelma Cason and asks her to testify in the upcoming "invasion of privacy" trial. [Source: Hart and Ernestine Stringfellow, Sept. 19, 2002]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Edwin J. Strong Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Praise of autobiography in Los Angeles Times. (Incomplete)

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1934 Jun 2, Hawthorne, FL. Telling her about the money she has made. The impossibility to make the trip to Cincinnati, because has to use the money. How much she gave Charles and how she feels about him. [Letter missing, May, 1999.]

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1935 May 18, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Inviting Aunt Ida to come to Cross Creek. Her neck is better. She sends tickets to Aunt.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Christmas card to Ida Tarrant 1935 Dec 21, Hawthorne, FL. 2 1/2p. Had the Major and Mrs. Sange and children for Thanksgiving. Feeling fine. Parties. After that, back to work. Sending a subscription to Time magazine.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1936 Aug 5, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. The move of Aunt Ida to Ocala. Charles getting married. How mother Rawlings feels.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1936 Aug 26, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. Found an apartment for her in Ocala. Advantages and disadvantages.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1936 Sep 10, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Aunt Ida can move. Everything is ready. About location of the apartment, furniture, rent, etc.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1936] Sep 22, Banner Elk, NC. 1p. Have found a cabin with ideal location for work. Want to accomplish a lot before going back to Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1936 Oct 1, Banner Elk, NC.] 1p. Telling about the place. The girl who works for her, the weather.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant [1936 Oct 5] Banner Elk, NC. 2p. Feels bad about getting away when Aunt Ida arrives in Florida.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1936] Oct 12, Banner Elk, NC. 2p. How sorry she is for the trouble Aunt Ida had in moving.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant [1936 Oct 14] Banner Elk, NC. 2p. About how sorry she is not to be in Ocala to help Aunt. Weather beautiful in NC.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1936 Oct 15] Banner Elk, NC. 1p. Weather, people in this region are self-supporters. Does not believe that it is Mrs. Sprinkle's fault that the apartment for her Aunt was not ready.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1936 Oct.?] Sunday. Banner Elk, NC. 1 1/2p. About the inconvenience that Aunt is having with her move to Ocala.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1936 October] Saturday. Banner Elk, NC. 1 1/2p. Storm. Wind worse than in Florida. People so kind. Problems of a lonely woman whose mother has died. She tries to console her

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1936 Nov 4, Banner Elk, NC. 3p. She will be leaving N.C. the coming Saturday, stopping in Augusta and Jacksonville, and then directly to Ocala.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1937 Mar 12, Hawthorne, FL. 3 1/2p. Promising to visit her Saturday and go marketing and drive with her. The girl that works for her wants to go home.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant [1937 June 4, Natural Bridge, VA] 2p. Having a wonderful trip. Carolina in solid boom. On way to stay with Mrs. Oliver Grinnell in New York.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant Having a wonderful time in New York City. Just got home from a drive with Mrs. Grinnell. Norton sent a wire, assuring MRK that all was well with Ida and at the Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1937 Jun 24, Bayshore, Long Island. 3p. Had a delightful time in New York City. She was able to do something for Mrs. Grinnell by introducing her to Charles Scribner and Max Perkins. She got some work done today.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1937? July?] Sunday. 2p. She is Mrs. Grinnell's guest, and loves it, but cannot work. So will stay a week or ten days more.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1937 July 5] Bayshore, Long Island. Homesick. Having a pleasant time with Bob Camp. Hopes to finish the book. She will see Norton.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1937 Jul 19, Washington, D.C. 2 1/2p. Leaving and stopping in Washington. Will see Robert Herrick from the Virgin Islands. She probably will miss Norton. Asks her to oversee the cleaning of the house.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1938 Apr 1, New York, NY. 2p. She prepared her radio talk on the train, went very well. She has been on the go. Will go to Washington to pick up the car. Very generous reviews of the Yearling.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1938 Apr 1, Washington, DC. 3p. She will visit friends in VA. Feel sorry to miss Norton. On the way back she will stop in Jacksonville for breakfast with Philip May and in Gainesville for lunch with the Tigerts, then go to Ocala and spend the night with her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1938 Aug 1. 2p. The treatment shows a definite progress. Has received her letter and Norton's. She will like to see them both.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1938 Jul 30. 2p. Treatment gives good results. Eating nothing. Very nice people at the hospital.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Jul 31, St. Augustine (on the beach). 3p. Frustration over breakfast. Misses Adrenna very much. Her mental and physical quirks are beginning to straighten out.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Aug 3, St. Augustine. 4p. Trouble with mail. Went crabbing; how she catches the crabs. Tracks of sea turtle on the beach.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Aug 7, St. Augustine. 1 1/2p. She has to go for treatment to Gainesville. Will stop in Aunt's house for party. Enclose note from Jean Sange.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Aug 16, St. Augustine. 1p. Nice party. Looking for a lot on the beach.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Aug 22, St. Augustine. 1/2p. Have a bit of pain- -a cold was caught when swimming.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TL to Ida Tarrant 1939 Aug 29, St. Augustine. 1/2p. Going to Jacksonville to hospital to Dr. Cason to be examined again. Have three new stories done.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postcard, AS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Oct 5, Louisville, KY. No time to write. All goes well. Operation not advised.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Oct 7, Louisville, KY. 5p. The lecture went off fine. Lulu came to see me. Lois is giving a luncheon for over 50 people. Leaving Tuesday for Chicago where she has a lecture. Will try to go to Madison.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postcard, AS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Oct 9, Louisville, KY. Feeling homesick with Aunt's and Norton's letters. The party yesterday was wonderful.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Nov 23, Hawthorne or St. Augustine? 1p. About a playsuit. Pains gone.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Nov 24, New York City. 2p. She had a nice trip. Taken by mistake by the taxi driver to N.Y. Athletic Club (men's club). She was thrown out.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Nov 28, New York City. 2p. Have kept busy and happy. Not fair to feel otherwise when she walks among the people, with purse full of money, well fed and well drunk.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1939 Dec 5, New York City. 4p. Spent part of the afternoon at the Negro musical drama, John Henry, with Paul Robeson. Tempted to go to the opening in Philadelphia. Spent Sunday at Scribner's estate. Bought a brocade dress for the Columbia lecture.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Jun, Hawthorne, FL. 1 1/2p. Feels "pretty rocky" to go to Ocala for supper as invited. If better tomorrow will go to Ocala to have supper with Aunt Bee.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Jun 27, St. Augustine?. 1p. Drove in the storm. Now lovely. Will mail the letter in Hawthorne on the way back.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Jul 1, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1p. Went to St. Augustine to play bridge with the Popes. Heard the Republican convention to nominate Willkie. She would vote for Willkie. Comments.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Jul 31, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1 1/2p. A foot sore from too much walking on the beach. Edith Pope invited her for dinner for Marjorie's birthday. The beach delightful.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Aug 13, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1p. Mr. and Mrs. McNeil arrived. They are crazy about everything. She has been "feeling like the devil."

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Aug 27, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1 1/2p. New Maid. Julia Scribner will arrive Wednesday. Had a note from Norman [Berg] who is coming with his bride. She cannot put them up and is glad.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Sep 4, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1p. Things going nicely. Bob, Cecil and Norton were here. Julia enjoyed them. Norman Berg and his wife were there for swimming and dinner.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Sep 11, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1p. Not much work since Julia is here. Went for dinner at the Popes. Left Pat in the house- he was mad.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postcard, AS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Sep 17. Saw Julia off.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1940 Sep 18, St. Augustine (on the beach). 1 1/2p. Julia wonderful company. Working on business letters. Has lost enthusiasm for Willkie.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1941 Apr 1, Washington, DC. 1 1/2p. Glad she took the train at Norton's suggestion. She brought some orange blossoms for Mrs. Roosevelt.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1941 Apr 3, Washington, DC. White House. 2p. She is taken by the hospitality of Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. It is thrilling to use the stationery from the White House.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1941 Sep 4, Crescent Beach, FL. 1p. Inviting her to the cottage. Will take her to St. Augustine. She thinks Ida would like St. Augustine.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1942 Sep 23, Brewton, AL. 1p. Beautiful forest on the trip to Alabama. Julia sick. They will be in Biloxi, Miss., the next day. Hope to see the Popes.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1942 Sep 27, Jackson, Miss. 2p. Man from Washington with them. Having Julia is a great asset.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Feb 12, New York City. 2 1/2p. Operation will be next Thursday. Do not send flowers. Will go to the theater Monday and Tuesday. Julia is a life saver.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Mar 1, New York City, Harkness Pavilion. 4p. Doing fine. Weak. She will be allowed to sit on Thursday for a few minutes and have a view of the river.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postcard, AS, to Ida Tarrant 1943 Mar 6, New York City, Harkness Pavilion. She was allowed to sit for half an hour. Julia Scribner comes everyday.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Mar 23, Hawthorne, FL. 4p. Feeling fine. Keeping the weight down. Idella back. Freeze damaged the young oranges. Comments on household matters.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Mar 25, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Inviting Ida and Mrs. Rankin to come by bus.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Apr 9, Hawthorne, FL. 3p. Was nice to have company. Feeling bad yesterday, well again today. Tablets for the nerves and for sleeping.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Typed postcard to Ida Tarrant 1943 May 5, Hawthorne, FL. Her article on trees from the trip taken last fall will appear in Colliers.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Postcard, AS, to Ida Tarrant 1943 May 29, Citra, FL. Dr. Harris did not find much more than the usual trouble.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Jul 6, New York City. 2p. She has to finish a radio script for the Office of War Information before leaving. No time to call her. Norton is in the American field Headquarters. He has all the equipment needed.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Jul 16, New York City, Harkness Pavilion. 4p. Norton gone for a week already. Had one of my attacks. Going to Michigan to see the aunts. Norton himself did not know when he was departing.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Jul 20, Detroit, Mich. 4p. Got stuck in Detroit for the day. Feel ok.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Nov 17, Hawthorne, FL. 5p. Household matters, Idella, Martha, Sissie. Cooking problems with Denise. It will be nice if Jean Francis and Ruth Pickering come for Thanksgiving. Also Dr. and Mrs. Lyons. Bringing herself and Aunt Ida.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Nov 21, Hawthorne, FL. 1p. Asking to bring liquors for her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1943 Dec 3, Hawthorne, FL. Household matters. Turkey dinner very good

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1944 Jan 11, Hawthorne, FL. Been in sort of fog between fighting bronchitis and working on material for Phil May's brief in the law suit. Does not know where Norton is. Household matters.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. A postcard, to Ida Tarrant 1944 Jan 17, Citra, FL. All goes well, except awful weather.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1944] Jan 21, St. Augustine. FL. 5p. Tells about Norton's Christmas at the war field. Idella is back and what heaven it is to have her. Idella burned her hand.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1944 Feb 13, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Julia Scribner arrived a week ago. Went quail hunting. Bad cold. Household matters.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant [1944] Mar 15, Hawthorne, FL. 2p. Julie Scribner left. On way to Gainesville she smashed her car against a mule. No injuries.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. ALS to Ida Tarrant 1944 Nov 7, New York City. 4p. Norton was in the Army hospital in Miami for three days. Arrived in NY a week ago, very sick but improving. If he gets well, will stay to see some shows. Bought two pieces of Kashmir wool. Idella with her.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. TLS to Ida Tarrant 1944 Dec 12,

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