Subseries D: William Faulkner Foundation Records, 1960 - 1980

Series V of the William Faulkner collection contains William Faulkner’s business and legal records. Materials within the series range in date from 1922 to 2006 and are divided into four subseries, the first of which includes William Faulkner's contracts and agreements, including a copy of Faulkner’s will and legal agreements pertaining to his work and property carried out by his daughter, Jill Faulkner Summers, after his death in 1962. The second subseries includes all papers from William Faulkner’s literary agent, Harold Ober, with the exception of Ober's papers relating to William Faulkner’s publishing records, which are included in Series IV. Subseries C contains records relating to William Faulkner’s cultural diplomacy work and travel. These records include papers gifted to the University of Virginia by Hal Howland, an employee of the United States Foreign Service/State Department. Subseries C additionally contains records and correspondence relating to William Faulkner’s work with the People to People diplomatic program, given as part of a gift from Joseph Blotner, scholar and biographer of William Faulkner. The final subseries in Series V contains records pertaining to the William Faulkner Foundation. Whenever possible, the original order of each of the previous MSS numbers within Series V has been prioritized in the arrangement of the series.