This collection consists of Professor Ben McClary's collection of James Agee material. The collection includes books by and about Agee, newspaper and magazine articles, as well as original research and articles by McClary. Also included are memorial articles and correspondence about Father James Harold Flye.

A number of books were removed from the collection, as they duplicate materials found in the Rare Books Collection. Only one -- McClary's copy of A Death in the Family -- was retained, as it includes McClary's handwritten notes (Folder 6). Following is a list of books that were removed:

Bergreen, Laurence. James Agee: A Life. New York: E. P Dutton, 1984. UTK Hoskins Library Rare Book all number: PS 3501. G35 z59 1984.

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye. Introduction By James Harold Flye. New York: George Braziller, 1962. UTK Hoskins Library Rare Book call number: PS 3501. G35 z 54.

Madden, David. Remembering James Agee. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1974. UTK Hoskins Library Rare Book call number: PS 3501. G35 z78.

Tennessee Studies in Literature Vol VII. Ed. Richard Beale Davis. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1963. UTK Hoskins Library Rare Book call number: PN 35. T4

Loose items removed from McClary's copy of James Agee: A Life by Laurence Bergreen remain in the collection and can be found in Folder 7.

For more information on Agee, see MS.1500, MS.2296, and MS.2474.