Agee, James, 1909-1955 -- Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
James Agee and David McDowell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-1500
Abstract
Collection of material documenting the work of David McDowell especially as it relates to author James Agee. One portion of this collection houses material that McDowell gathered for his unfinished biography of Agee. The other portion contains items showing McDowell's career in the publishing industry.
Dates:
1932-1985
James Agee and James Agee Trust Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-2730
Abstract
The James Agee and James Agee Trust Collection, circa 1920-2003, contains materials belonging to James Agee, his family, and the James Agee Trust, which was established to protect the rights of his widow Mia and their three children. Material related to Agee himself includes an abundance of correspondence (with his wives, his mother Mrs. Erskine (Laura) Wright, and friends and co-workers, such as David McDowell, Charlie and Oona Chaplin, Robert Fitzgerald, Archibald Macleish, Walker Evans,...
Dates:
circa 1920-2003
James Agee Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-3839
Abstract
Two letters written by James Agee to Henry Steig and Lincoln Kirstein.
Dates:
1941
James Agee Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-3824
Abstract
This collection includes personal and professional material of James Agee's including correspondence, personal papers, literary manuscripts, screenplays, novels, and other publications as well as photographs and cassette readings of his works.
Dates:
circa 1920s-1990s, undated
James Agee Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-1998
Abstract
This collection houses correspondence, notebooks that Agee kept during his travels to Alabama and Cuba, movie reviews, and such personal effects as drivers licenses from New York and California and a bank book from the West Side Savings Bank. Much of the correspondence was written between James Agee and his third wife, Mia (Fritsch) Agee, and between James Agee and his mother, Laura (Tyler) Agee Wright.
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Dates:
circa 1936-1955