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William Faulkner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16807

Dates

  • Creation: 1824-2006

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials primarily in English, with some publications in French and German.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection contains some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page for more information about use of Special Collections materials. The library can provide copyright information upon request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collections materials.

Permissions and Publishing Page: https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing

Please note that W.W. Norton holds copyright to all of Faulkner’s published works.

If you would like to publish images in print or online of original manuscript materials from our collection that pertain to these published works, including holograph drafts and typescripts, please contact: Penguin Random House LLC Random House Publishing Group 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Attention: Permissions Department Phone: 212-782-9000

For permission to quote from or publish images in print or online of any of Faulkner’s unpublished works or correspondence, please contact: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Attention: Permissions Department 500 5th Avenue New York, NY 10110 Phone: 212-354-5500 Email: permissions@wwnorton.com

For permission to use copyrighted Faulkner materials in any way than listed above, please contact: Faulkner Literary Rights, LLC P.O. Box 1408 Charlottesville, VA 22902 Phone: 434-296-2156

Photocopies of correspondence between Andrew Brown and T.F. Hickerson regarding “William Faulkner: Man of Legends” came from original copies housed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and are not to be quoted in print without their permission.

Extent

115 Cubic Feet

Metadata Rights Declarations

Content Warning

This material may contain offensive or harmful language or imagery. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.

Processing Information

This collection is currently being reprocessed. We are organizing and describing this collection—which spans 180 different catalog records—to create a single William Faulkner Collection (MSS 16807) and finding aid that will improve access and discoverability. Additional collection material not yet listed in this guide can be found by searching the library catalog (Virgo) and the Archival Resources of the Virginias (ARVAS) website.

The William Faulkner collection has historically been represented by numerous different manuscript numbers (collection identifiers). MSS 16807 is a new manuscript number which serves to identify the collection as a whole. Original manuscript numbers have been retained in this guide and are noted in the title of each item.

In this example, the original manuscript number is 6074, and "Series IA, Item 9b" refers to the item's original location within MSS 6074, prior to reprocessing.

Absalom, Absalom! - Typescript (17 Leaves) - 6074, Series IA, Item 9b, 1936

Title
William Faulkner Collection
Status
In Progress
Author
Elizabeth Nosari, Kaylin Preslar
Date
August 18, 2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States