Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Digital Collection Created by: Dhanashree Thorat For grant project: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00011752/00001 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/mkr

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OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION Goal: To support scholarship on Rawlings’s life and works, to preserve and digitize her papers Current Status: includes about 4100 letters, and several manuscripts, drafts, speeches, and poems Uniqueness of Collections GOAL: CURRENT STATUS: UNIQUENESS: - Pulitzer Prize winner - part of The Floridian Initiative. “The Floridians makes available the archives, manuscripts and other personal collections of Florida leaders, including architects, visual and performing artists, writers, politicians, ecologists, etc.  These collections contain the priceless and varied record of stewardships that wielded statewide and national significance. The collections also contain a varied picture of local history in Florida communities, the interaction of the environment and development, and the essential changes resulting from Florida's tremendous growth in the 20th century. The record of how our leaders dealt with these challenges rests within these collections.” http://ufdc.ufl.edu/gfl Image: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084662/00001

COLLECTION CONTENT Material Scope Time Span Format Location http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/rawlings/rawlings.htm Material:  correspondence, manuscripts and writings, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, legal papers, and photographs. The writings include early drafts of novels, short fiction, speeches, and poems. Manuscripts, drafts, and notes are included for major works including The Yearling, Cross Creek, The Sojourner, The Secret River, and South Moon Under.  Scope: The collection is divided into five major groups: Correspondence, Manuscripts and Other Writings, Miscellaneous Papers, Papers Related to Ellen Glasgow, and Photographs. Primary and secondary sources Time Span: The collection dates from 1844-2002, with the bulk of the materials spanning from 1916-1953 Format: texts, photographs, architectural records, video/audio files Location: Letters and other materials by and about Rawlings exist in several other collections at the University of Florida, including theBrandt and Brandt Papers, the Gene Baro Papers, the Cason vs. Baskin Cross Creek Trial collection (aka, Phil May Papers), theEdith Pope Papers, the Archives of The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, and an audio recording of an Interview with Rawlings and her maid Martha Mickens. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084881/00001 Kinnan, on the set of The Yearling

COLLECTION CONTENT: WRITING Papers include: manuscripts, drafts, short stories, poems Correspondence Photos: Left, manuscript of South Moon Under. Top Right: Short note on her work Bottom Right: Draft of The Yearling http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00055164/00001 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00080984/00001 Fragment http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075521/00001 secret river http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00076709/00001 yearling

PHOTOS Collection includes many photos, and documents on the house (including architectural details, photos of artifacts within the house, etc). Top: MKR Bottom Left: With husband Bottom Right: At a CBS broadcast Kinnan: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00001588/00001 House: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001596/00001 CBS: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084879/00001

COLLECTION CONTENT Collection includes documents on the house (including architectural details, photos of artifacts within the house, etc), video/audio files, and various people associated with the state park and house. The House is now a State Park Photos Top Left, Various photos of her Cross Creek house Top Right, Martha Mickens Bottom Right, preserved bed from estate Bottom Left: Audio interview http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084976/00001 Bed, artifact http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00054193/00001 Maid, Martha. House http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00101125/00001 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001596/00001 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00089117/00001 State park brochure Crescent beach: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084787/00001 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084703/00001 Interview: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00088819/00001 In UF Oral Histories

SIGNIFICANCE Significance: Rawlings is a Pulitzer winner UF has the largest collection on her works and life. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00001588/00001 Pulitzer + largest collection http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00007880/00001

FUNCTIONALITY http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/fahelp.htm Finding aids – archival collections. ½ collections

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PAGE FUNCTIONALITY: Zoom Jacob’s Ladder: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00075520/00001 Rawlings typed on a long roll of paper that was eventually flipped over for typing on the back.

PAGE FUNCTIONALITY: Map it Collection has special features: Map It, Downloads possible for some items http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00101125/00001

THUMBNAIL VIEW For easier access to all the items in a folder http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00101125/00001

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FAQ Can I use an image from the collection in my scholarly publication? In a student project? In a newsletter? How do I compare the digital and the print collections? For more information: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ufdchelp

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