Box 10

Letters and Interviews Inventory

Blotner Papers

Number            Label

(box-folder)       (month-day-year)

 

10-1            1961

            -int.  Colonel Cofield  3-20-1965  re photo appointment

            -int.  Colonel Cofield  11-19-1966  re hunt garb

            -int.  David Yalden-Thomson  1966  re visit

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Ivan Von Auw  2-14-1961 c re Venezuela, hunting, finances

            -cor.  ?  [n.d.] c  re finances

            -int.  Mrs. Baxter Elliott  3-24-1965  re later years

            -int.  Harry Hyer  8-7-1968  re Tad's tonsil operation

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner and reply 5-23-1961 c re The Old Man, Tomorrow

            -cor.  CBS Telvision Network to William Faulkner  5-18-1961 c re Tomorrow

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  5-26-1967  re Bock birth date

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Joan Williams (Bowen)  [n.d.] c re chitchat

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  8-6-1968  re Ernest Hemingway

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Jimmy Faulkner  [n.d.] c re William Faulkner tombstone, horses

            -cor.  Dwight Killebrew to William Faulkner and reply  7-11-1961 c  re air freight--carved human figure

            -cor.  Gail Joseph to Albert Erskine  7-14-1961 c  re BBC broadcast on Hemingway and William Faulkner          

                        comments

            -int.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner  1965, 5-29-1967  re Oklahoma trip

            -cor.  Albert Erskine to William Faulkner  8-17-1961 c  re writings, Faulkner Foundation

            -int.  J. Whitney Oates  11-10-1964  re Nobel Prize medal

            -int.  Chester McLarty  3-21-1965  re flu shot

            -int.  Jack Falkner  3-31-1965  re William Faulkner concept of afterlife

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Albert Erskine  [n.d.] c re Alfred Dunhill tobacco

            -int.  Molly Nicoll  2-11-1966  re contact with William Faulkner

            -int.  David Yalden-Thomson  1966  re David's marriage

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Albert Erskine  11-21-1961 c re arrival NYC

            -int.  Benjamin A. Gilbert  1-20-1966 re relationship with William Faulkner

            -int.  Ben Gilbert  2-23-1967  re William Faulkner  recollections

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner and reply  12-7-1961 c  re possible William Faulkner piece on 

                      Nathaniel West

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Albert Erskine  12-1961 c  re horse equipment

            -cor.  Suzanne Baskin to William Faulkner  12-18-1961 c  re horse equipment, sweater

            -int.  Doug Nicoll  2-28-1966  re back injury, horse riding

            -int.  Leo Falk 3-9-1966, Doug Nicoll  2-28-1966  re William Faulkner hospital stay

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Jimmy Faulkner  [n.d.] c re Christmas presents

            -int.  Dr. Shield  [n.d.]  re William Faulkner hospital stay

            -int.  Leo Falk  3-9-1965  re William Faulkner hospital stay

            -int.  James Asa Shield  [n.d.]  re background of Dr. Shield

            -int.  Tommy Tullos  11-20-1966  re Conrad, T. Tullos bibliographies

            -cor.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner to "Everybody,"  William Faulkner to "Sister"  [n.d.] c  re family news

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  8-6-1968  re Hemingway

            -int.  Louise Meadow and Jane Coers  11-26-1965  re Requiem, The Reivers

            -int.  Emily Stone  3-27-1965  re William Faulkner talks with Phil Stone

            -int.  Jim Colvert  7-20-1965  re William Faulkner fondness for aeronautics

            -cor.  Fredson Bowers to William Faulkner and reply  9-29-1961 c  re appearances by William Faulkner 

                      at U of VA 

            -cor.  Gail Joseph to Albert Erskine  7-14-1961 c  re BBC show on Hemingway, William Faulkner comments

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner and reply 5-23-1961 c  re The Old Man, Tomorrow, CBS

            -int.  Joan Williams (Bowen)  8-22-1965  re The Morning and the Evening

            -int.  Albert Erskine  11-12-1964  re books sent to William Faulkner

            -dated notes by JB re contact with William Faulkner

 

10-2            1962  [1 of 2]

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Ivan Von Auw  1-1962 c  re Sat. Evening Post

            -int.  Leo Falk  3-9-1965  re William Faulkner back injury, coronary patients

            -int.  James Shield  [n.d.]  re William Faulkner back injury, coronary problems

            -int.  Jimmy Faulkner  11-15-1966  re bird dogs

            -int.  Jimmy Faulkner  3-17-1965  re William Faulkner death premonition

            -int.  Jimmy Faulkner  3-21-1965  re hunting season 1961-1962

            -int.  Jim Silver  3-7-1967  re saving on inheritance tax

            -int.  Jim Silver  3-8-1967  re William Faulkner loves Car 54, Where Are You?

            -cor.  William Faulkner to JB  1-1962 c  re travelling, tooth                  

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner and reply  2-9-1962 c re Poland and Requiem for a Nun

            -cor.  Allene Talmey, Vogue to Albert Erskine; Albert Erskine to William Faulkner and reply  3-7-1962 

                      c  re taking William Faulkner photograph

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner and reply 3-19-1962 c  re movie rights to writings

            -int.  Colonel Cofield  3-20-1965  re his last photo of William Faulkner

            -int.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner  6-6-1967  re moving to VA

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner  4-2-1962 c  re movie rights to Light in August

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Ivan Von Auw  4-1962 c  re movie rights to Light in August

            -int.  Dr. Abernethy  11-24-1965  re William Faulkner dental work

            -int.  Russell Alspach  4-19-1965  re Faulkner at West Point

            -cor.  ? to Paul Summers  3-30-1962 c  re William Faulkner itinerary at West Point

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  8-13-1968  re William Faulkner excellent mimic

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Albert Erskine  5-13-1962 c  re NY visit

            -int.  Eudora Welty  5-1967  re William Faulkner book award

            -int.  Jean Stein  9-21-1967  re last visit with William Faulkner

            -int.  Grover Vandevender, Ethel Moore  7-19-1965  re hunting, William Faulkner recollections

            -int.  Mrs. Galban  6-13-1967  re last visit with William Faulkner

            -int.  Davis Yalden-Thomson  re dinner party and sailing

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  8-20-1968  re William Faulkner attitude

            -int.  Mrs. Galban  6-13-1967  re White House dinner

            -int.  Colonel Cofield  11-19-1966  re William Faulkner photos

            -int.  Shelby Foote  11-20-1965  re William Faulkner leave-taking

            -int.  Mac [Reed]  9-26-1966  re William Faulkner last fall (injury)

             -int.  Dr. Linder  3-24-1965  re William Faulkner injury

            -int.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner  7-3-1968  re William Faulkner treating himself for injury

            -int.  Chester McLarty  3-21-1965  re William Faulkner chest and back pain

            -int.  Jane Coers  11-26-1965  re William Faulkner back pain

            -cor.  JB to Arthur Guyton  10-15-1967  re William Faulkner  recollections

            -cor.  Arthur Guyton to JB  10-5-1967  re William Faulkner recollections

            -int.  Mac [Reed]  9-26-1966  re William Faulkner, Arthur Guyton, and tennis

            -cor.  JB to Arthur Guyton  10-15-1967  re William Faulkner recollections

            -dated notes by JB  re contact with William Faulkner

 

10-3            1962  [2 of 2]

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Linton Massey  6-30-1962 c  re special delivery

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Linton Massey  6-1962 c re finances and Red Acres

            -cor.  William Faulkner to "Chere Madame"  6-30-1962 c  re ?

            -cor.  William Faulkner to Linton Massey  7-2-1962 c  re conference

            -int.  Linton and Mary Massey  11-17-1967  re William Faulkner and Red Acres

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  12-19-1969  re William Faulkner and Red Acres

            -int.  CC Hathorn  11-18-1967  re William Faulkner and hunting

            -int.  Aubrey Seay  9-11-1964 c  re William Faulkner recollections

            -int.  David Yalden-Thomson  [date?]  re DY-T broken back, William Faulkner drinking

            -int.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner  9-3-1966  re William Faulkner dosing himself

            -int.  Chester McLarty  3-21-1965  re William Faulkner and carpet slippers

            -int.  Chrissie Price  [n.d.]  re William Faulkner and hospital

            -int.  Chester McLarty  3-21-1965  re William Faulkner final days

            -int.  Felix Linder  8-1964  re William Faulkner injury, recollections

            -int.  Tad Smith  11-25-1965  re Felix Linder

            -int.  Dr. Wright  11-17-1966  re alcoholism

            -int.  Tad Smith  9-11-1964  re William Faulkner recollections

            -int.  Jimmy Faulkner  11-27-965  re William Faulkner and Byhalia, mental confusion

            -int.  Jimmy Faulkner  11-16-1966  re William Faulkner and pain

            -int.  Dr. Wright  11-17-1966  re William Faulkner medical treatments and William Faulkner death

            -int.  Leo Falk  3-9-1966  re coronary thrombosis

            -int.  Ben Wasson  3-28-1965  re Ella Somerville

            -int.  Sallie Murry Williams  11-26-1965  re William Faulkner coffin, Dot Oldham

            -int.  Jimmy Faulkner  3-1965  re William Faulkner medical condition, funeral

            -int.  E. O. Champion  3-23-1965  re William Faulkner funeral

            -int.  Richard W. Elliot  3-23-1965  re William Faulkner funeral

            -int.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner  5-29-1967  re Jack Falkner

            -int.  Budd Schulberg  6-15-1965  re [Jerry?] Wald and William Faulkner death

            -cor.  David Diamond to ?  7-1962 c re William Faulkner death

            -cor.  Jerry Ann Zastoupil? to Estelle Oldham Faulkner  [n.d.] c  re sympathy

            -cor.  Nicola Nabokov to Estelle Oldham Faulkner  7-12-1962 c re sympathy

            -cor.  President Jaroslaw Uwaszkiewicz [Poland] to U of VA  7-18-1962 c  re sympathy

            -int.  Paul Flowers  3-17-1965  re funeral

            -int.  Colonel Cofield  11-22-1965  re mule photo and William Faulkner

            -int.  Aubrey Seay  9-11-1964  re William Faulkner death

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  9-2-1966  re hunting club papers and William Faulkner lock box

            -int.  Nancy Bowers  9-28-1966  re how William Faulkner saw himself

            -cor.  Radio Station WINA to Kay Tillman 5-18-1962 c  re William Faulkner speech

            -cor.  Ivan Von Auw to William Faulkner and reply  2-9-1962 c re Poland and Requiem for a Nun

            -int.  Dutch Silver  3-8-1967  re Car 54, Where Are You? and William Faulkner

            -int.  Jill Faulkner Summers  8-13-1968  re [Phil?] Mullen, William Faulkner acceptance in Oxford

            -int.  James Webb and Evans Harrington  [n.d.]  re lost and found William Faulkner pipe

            -cor.  Ernst Gruenbaum?, Rotary Club in Egypt to Rotary Club, Oxford 8-17-1962 c  re sympathy

            -cor.  State Department documents c  re honoring William Faulkner

 

10-4            1963

            -cor.  Edgar Shannon to JB  5-3-1963  re William Faulkner portrait and reception

            -cor.  State Dept. documents  c  re honoring William Faulkner 

 

10-5            Hollywood working file

            -int.  Donald S. Klopfer  7-23-1964  re William Faulkner working in Hollywood

            -cor.  Lillian N. Schwartz, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to JB  10-29-1964  re William Faulkner    

                    clipping file

 

10-6            Hollywood Correspondence

            -cor.  Johnny O'Steen to JB  8-4-1970  re Meta Carpenter

            -cor.  JB to Howard Hawks  10-7-1970  re JB visit, Faulkner correspondence

            -cor.  JB to Johnny O'Steen  7-24-1970  re Meta Carpenter

            -cor.  John O'Steen to JB  8-15-1969  re Elia Kazan

            -cor.  JB to Lewis Morton  2-6-1968  re Jack Falkner

            -cor.  JB to Clarence Brown  10-6-1969  re JB interview date

            -cor.  JB to Clarence Brown  6-16-1969  re Intruder in the Dust, Reuqiem for a Nun

            -cor.  JB to Johnny O'Steen  8-10-1969  re Baby Doll

            -cor.  JB to Clarence Brown  5-31-1969  re  Intruder in the Dust 

            -cor.  Lewis Morton to JB  4-30-1969  re Intruder in the Dust

            -cor.  Lewis Morton to JB  5-15-1969  re Clarence Brown address

            -cor.  JB to Miss Braverman  5-31-1969  re William Faulkner and Clarence Brown

            -cor.  JB to Howard Hawks  11-1968  re William Faulkner correspondence

            -cor.  JB to Howard Hawks  2-6-1968  re Jack Falkner Falkner

            -cor.  JB to Mr. Kurnitz  8-17-1967  re Egyptian expedition

            -cor.  Harry Kurnitz to JB  7-17-1967  re Egyptian expedition

            -cor.  JB to Tallulah Bankhead  6-20-1967  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Edmond O'Brien  6-20-1967  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Gloria Swanson  6-20-1967  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Miriam Hopkins  6-20-1967  re William Faulkner  recollections

            -cor.  JB to Harry Kurnitz  6-20-1967  re William Faulkner recollections          

            -cor.  JB to Joan Waugh  6-17-1967  re Hawks files, Hawks as aviator

            -cor.  JB to John O'Steen  9-2-1966  re Carey McWilliams

            -cor.  Owen Crump to JB  5-27-1966  re William Faulkner  recollections

            -cor.  Julie Anderson to JB  [n.d.]  re chitchat

            -cor.  JB to Peter Knecht, Warner Brothers  6-8-1966  re William Faulkner payroll

            -cor.  JB to John O'Steen  8-6-1966  re Background to Danger, The Big Sleep

            -cor.  JB to John O'Steen  7-11-1966  re Jo Bridges' passing

            -cor.  Johnny O'Steen to JB  6-20-1966  re Jo Bridges' passing -cor.  JB to Edith Tolkin  7-27-1966  re The

                      Unvaniquished

            -cor.  Edith Tolkin to JB  7-1-1966  re The Unvanquished

            -cor.  JB to John Fante  5-7-1966  re William Faulkner recollections at Warner's

            -cor.  JB to David Hempstead  7-4-1966  re Bill Counzelman

            -cor.  JB to Jack House  6-17-1966  re William Faulkner and photo at stables

            -cor.  JB to Mrs. Joseph Fletcher  6-17-1966  re Faulkners and horses

            -cor.  JB to Lewis Morton  6-17-1966  re Gone with the Wind

            -cor.  JB to Mrs. Anderson  6-17-1966  re chitchat

            -cor.  JB to Johnny O'Steen  5-6-1966  re Warner's, Arne Axelsson, Faulkner Warner's folder

            -cor.  JB to Miss Frances C. Richardson  5-8-1966  re The Last Slave, Dance Hall, legal dept. 

            -cor.  JB to Lewis Morton  5-8-1966  re Samuel Marx, Louis Edelman, Tod Browning, Honor, War Story

            -cor.  JB to Richard D. Zanuck  5-28-1966  re  Sanctuary

            -cor.  Budd Schulberg to JB  5-11-1966  re Thorne Smith, Absalom

            -cor.  Carlana Pruzuilal?  5-22-?  re William Faulkner files

            -cor.  Meta Rebner to JB  5-11-1966  re interview refusal

            -cor.  John O'Steen to JB  5-11-1966  re Mrs. Miller, Peter Knecht, Owen Crump

            -cor.  George Maxwell, Secretary to Hoagy Carmichael  5-19-1966  re no William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Owen Crump  5-18-1966  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Mrs. Anderson  5-27-1966  re David Hempstead

            -cor.  Julie Anderson to JB  5-13-1966  re JB meeting

            -cor.  JB to Mr. Goldwyn  5-8-1966  re JB meeting

            -cor.  JB to Mr. Schulberg  5-8-1966  re The Day of the Locust, Thorne Smith

            -cor.  JB to David Hempstead  5-8-1966  re JB meeting

            -cor.  JB to Julie Anderson  5-8-1966  re JB meeting

            -cor.  JB to Myron Prinzmetal  5-8-1966  re Jerry Wald, Air Force

            -cor.  John O'Steen to JB  4-11-1966  re Arne Axelsson

            -cor.  John O'Steen to Arne Axelsson  4-11-1966 c  re William Faulkner picture credits

            -cor.  Arne Axelsson to MGM  2-2-1966 c  re William Faulkner film work

            -cor.  JB to Steve Fisher  5-7-1966  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Hoagy Carmichael  5-7-1966  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to H. N. Swanson  5-7-1966  re Faulkner file

            -cor.  JB to Douglas Shearer  4-26-1966  re William Faulkner recollections

            -cor.  JB to Meta Rebner  4-18-1966  re JB meeting

            -cor.  Howard Hawks to JB  4-15-1966  re Faulkner files

            -cor.  Howard Hawks to JB  4-12-1966  re Faulkner files

            -cor.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner to Lewis Morton  6-28-1965 c re William Faulkner screenplays

            -cor.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner to Richard Zanuck  6-28-1965 c re William Faulkner screenplays

            -cor.  Estelle Oldham Faulkner to Walter MacEwen  6-28-1965 c re William Faulkner screenplays