Flannery O'Connor Vertical File

Available in Special Collections



Biographical Information

            Andalusia

            Andalusia – Farm Records

            Biographies of O’Connor

            Books Checked Out of the GSCW Library by O’Connor

            Death and Burial (August 3, 1964)    

            Commencement Address, Georgia State College for Women (1945)

            Commencement Address, Woman’s College of Georgia (1965)

            Genealogy – Cline-O’Connor Families           

            General Information – Clippings (1941 - 1959)

            General Information – Clippings (1960 - 1969)

            General Information – Clippings (1970 - 1979)

            General Information – Clippings (1980 - 1989)

            General Information – Clippings (1990 - 1999)

            General Information – Clippings (2000 - Present)

            Last Will and Testament of Mary Flannery O’Connor

            Library of Congress Copyright File (1987)

            Lupus 

            Memorial Essays

            Memorial Essays (College of Saint Teresa, 1964)

            Memorial Sermons

            National Public Radio Interview Transcript – "All Things Considered" with William Sessions (02/06/99)

            National Public Radio Interview Transcript – "Talk of the Nation" with Sarah Gordon (05/22/97)

            O'Connor in Popular Culture [see also: Inspired by Flannery O'Connor]

            "O'Connorisms" (events and people reminiscent of O'Connor's South)         

            Peacocks

            Postcards

            Quotations         

            Religion and Religious Perspectives           

            Sacred Heart Catholic Church

            Transcripts, Georgia State College For Women

            Yaddo (writer's retreat)

Family, Friends, Mentors and Teachers

            Cheney, Brainard

            Cline, Bernard McHugh

            Cline, Hugh Treanor [3 folders]

            Cline, Katherine "Katie"

            Dawkins, Cecil

            Engle, Paul

            Firth, Catherine Florencourt – Obituary

            Fitzgerald, Robert

            Fitzgerald, Sally

            Hester, Betty

            Lee, Maryat

            Mann, Margaret Florencourt – Obituary

            Mann, Robert Obituary

            O’Connor, Edward – Obituary      

            O’Connor, Regina Cline

            O’Connor, Regina Cline – Obituary

            O’Connor, Regina Cline – Will

            Semmes, Kate Flannery

            Stritch, Thomas

            Zuber, Leo J.

Book Reviews – Clippings

            Wise Blood (1952)

            A Good Man is Hard to Find (1955)

            The Violent Bear It Away (1960) [5 folders]

            A Memoir of Mary Ann (1961) [2 folders]

            Wise Blood (1962)

            Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965) [2 folders]

            Mystery and Manners  (1969) [2 folders]

            Flannery O’Connor, The Complete Stories  (1971) [2 folders]

            The Habit of Being  (1979) [2 folders]

            The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews  (1984)

            Flannery O’Connor Collected Works (1988)

Criticism

Criticism of O’Connor in Book Form – Reviews of [2 folders]

Miscellaneous – Related Topics

Finding Aids for Other Collections of O’Connor Materials

            Emory University Archives

University of Iowa

            University of Maryland – Guide to the Papers of Lewis Lawson

University of Maryland – Guide to the Papers of Katherine Anne Porter

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home

            Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (Savannah, Georgia)

            Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation

            Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Project (Winter 1996)

Flannery O’Connor Foundation & Trust

            Mary Flannery O’Connor Charitable Trust

            Mary Flannery O’Connor Foundation

Flannery O’Connor Collection at Georgia College & State University

            O’Connor Collection – Clippings

            O'Connor Collection – Rearrangement of (1989)

            O’Connor Collection – Statistics

            Press Releases [1973 - 1984]

Flannery O’Connor Room and Presentation of Papers

            Presentation of Papers (January 16, 1972) [3 folders]

            Flannery O’Connor Room Dedication (April 27, 1974)

            Flannery O’Connor Room Clippings – Miscellaneous [2 folders]

            Flannery O’Connor Collection Brochures

Foreign Language Clippings

            Foreign Reviews of O’Connor’s Work [4 folders]

            Book Reviews of O’Connor’s Work

Inspired by Flannery O’Connor

            Andrews, Benny (artist)

            Crews, Harry (writer)

            Dickey, James (writer) 

            Dillard, Martha (painter)

            Heintjes, Tom (cartoonist)

            Jones, Tommy Lee (actor)

            Lansworth, Laura (painter)

            McClanahan, Ed (writer)

            O'Brien, Conan (television personality/comedian)

            O'Nan, Stewart (writer)

            Snyder, Marc (printmaker)

            Springsteen, Bruce (musician)

            Toole, John Kennedy (writer)

            U2 (music group)

Literary Awards, Grants and Recognition

            Alumnae Achievement Award, Georgia State College for Women, (1957)

            American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant (1957)

            The Best American Short Stories of 1955 ("A Good Man is Hard to Find")

            The Best American Short Stories of 1958 ("A View of the Woods")

            Brenda Award, Theta Sigma Phi (1960)

            Flannery O'Connor Professorship in Letters, University of Iowa (established 1986)

            Ford Foundation Grant (1959)

            Georgia Writers Association Literary Achievement Award (1956)

            Georgia Writers Conference Literary Achievement Award (1962)

            Honorary Degree, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN (1962)

            Honorary Degree, Smith College, Northampton, MA (1963)

            Kenyon Review Fellowship (1953)

            National Book Award (nomination) – Everything That Rises Must Converge (1966)

            National Book Award – The Complete Stories (1972)

            National Catholic Book Awards, Best Fiction Book Everything That Rises Must Converge (1966)           

            O. Henry Award (1955)

            O. Henry Award (1957)

            O. Henry Award (1963)

            Rinehart Fellowship (1947)

            Thomas More Medal (1966)

            University of Iowa Fellowship (1947)

Lectures, Panel Discussions and Speaking Engagements

             Georgia State College for Women (January 7, 1960)

            "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction" (Lecture at Wesleyan College, April 24, 1956)

            Speaking Engagements (undated)

            Speaking Engagements (1955-1956)

            Speaking Engagements (1957-1959)

            Speaking Engagements (1960)

            Speaking Engagements (1961-1963)           

Manuscripts of Books Related to O’Connor

            Catalog to O’Connor Manuscript Collection

            The Correspondence of Flannery O’Connor and the Brainard Cheneys

            Mystery and Manners – Sketches for book jacket

Newsletters and Publications Devoted to O’Connor

            Cheers!: The Flannery O’Connor Society Newsletter [1993 - 2000]

            Cheers!: The Flannery O’Connor Society Newsletter [2000 - Current]                       

            The Flannery O’Connor Bulletin – Clippings [2 folders]

            Friends of Andalusia

            Friends of Flannery

O’Connor’s Short Stories – Inspirations and Annotations

            “A Circle in the Fire”

            “The Displaced Person”                   

            “The Enduring Chill”

            “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”

            "Judgment Day"

            “A Late Encounter With the Enemy”

            “The Partridge Festival” [see also: Milledgeville/Baldwin County Vertical Files – Stembridge, Marion Wesley; Paris Trout]

            “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”

            “Why Do the Heathen Rage?”

O’Connor’s Published Articles, Reviews and Illustrations

           “The Accrescent”  (poem in America Sings: Annual Anthology of College Poetry, 1944)

            Alumnae Journal (Winter 1942)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1956)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1957)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1958)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1959)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1960)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1961)

            The Bulletin [Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia] (book reviews, 1962)

            The Colonnade (1942 - 1945)

            The Corinthian (Fall 1942 - Fall 1943)

            The Corinthian (Spring 1944 - Spring 1945)

            Paintings by O'Connor

            "On Her Own Work" (from Mystery and Manners, p.107-118)

            "Parker's Back" (Esquire, April 1965)

            Peabody Palladium (1940 - 1941)

            “Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction”

            The Southern Cross [continues The Bulletin] (book reviews, 1963)

            The Southern Cross [continues The Bulletin] (book reviews, 1964)

            The Spectrum (illustrations, 1944)

            The Spectrum (illustrations, 1945)

            "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" (Harper's Bazaar, May 1954)

            "Why Do the Heathens [sic] Rage?" (Esquire, July 1963)

Special Events

            "Andalusia: Photographs of Flannery O'Connor's Home," by Nancy Marshall (Emory University, Sep 25-26, 2007)

            Autograph Party for Wise Blood (May 15, 1952)

            Autograph Party for Wise Blood (May 15, 1952) – Correspondence

            Autograph Party for Wise Blood (May 15, 1952) – Guest List

            "Everybody Has a Story to Tell: Stories from Flannery O'Connor's Milledgeville" publication celebration (1999)

            Flannery O’Connor Day in Georgia (January, 16 1972)

            Georgia Women of Achievement (1992)

            Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame Induction

            Irish American Heritage Month (1994)

            75th Birthday Celebration (March 2000)

Symposia, Workshops, Conferences and Classes

            “Flannery O’Connor: A Celebration” (April 1974)

            “The American Short Story” (March 1977)

            “The Fiction Writer and her Country” (April 1977)

            “Of Time and Place and Eternity” (April 1984)

            “The Habit of Art” (April 1994) [2 folders]

            “The Habit of Art” (April 1994) – Program materials [2 folders]

            "The Prophet's Country: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Flannery O'Connor" (Emory University Sep 25-Oct 30 2007)

            "Revelations: Flannery O'Connor, the Visionary and the Vernacular (October 2003)

            “The Stories of Flannery & Faulkner" (April 2008)

            “The Stories of Flannery & Faulkner" (April 2008) – Conference papers           

            Seminars, workshops, meetings, etc., in which O’Connor is a topic [3 folders]

            Exhibits Related to O’Connor

Theater, Film and Television Productions

            "A Circle in the Fire" (film)

            “The Displaced Person” (theater production, 1966)

            “The Displaced Person” (theater production script by Cecil Dawkins, 1966)

            “The Displaced Person” (film, 1977) clippings

            “The Displaced Person” (film, 1977) – script [10 folders]

            “Everything That Rises Must Converge” (University of Iowa, 1998)

            “Good Country People” (playbill from production, 1975)

            “Greenleaf and Other Stories” (Newberry Theater, 1978)

            “The Habit of Being” (Georgia State University)

            “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” (television production, 1957)

            “Revelation” (Drake University)

            “The River” (press release for film)

            “A Tribute to Flannery O’Connor” (television production, 1965)

            “A View of the Woods” (Drake University)

            “Wise Blood” (film production, 1980) [2 folders]

            “Wise Blood” (clippings)

            “The World of Flannery” (film production, 1974)

 


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