Guide to the Franklin G. Burroughs Papers, 1970-2006, undated
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Cite as: Franklin G. Burroughs Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Franklin Gorham Burroughs, Jr. was born in Conway, South Carolina in 1942. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the South in 1964, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, in 1965 and 1970 respectively. A teaching fellow at Harvard from 1966 to 1967, Burroughs began teaching at Bowdoin in 1968, retiring in 2002 as Harrison King McCann Professor of the English Language. Many of his essays have been included in Best American Essays, and he had the lead essay in The Pushcart Prize anthology for 1988-1989. Burroughs is the author of a number of books including Billy Watson's Croker Sack (1991), Horry and the Waccamaw (1992), The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country (1998), and Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay (2006). In 1994 he received a fellowship in creative non-fiction from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2005 Burroughs was awarded the Cecil Woods Prize for distinction in nonfiction by the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
The collection contains literary drafts of essays, books, and other writings. Among the drafts are "Compression Wood," "A Snapping Turtle in June," Horry and the Waccamaw, and Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay. Also included are notes and correspondence concerning his writings, and Burroughs' curriculum vitae.
This series contains original and photocopied, handwritten and typescript drafts of essays and books. Also included are typescripts of a short story, a poem, an inscription, and Burroughs' Harvard thesis. There are also notes and correspondence concerning his writings.
Arranged alphabetically.
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"Borealis," essay contributed to On Wilderness: Voices from Maine, 2003, (typescript) with letter of acknowledgement
"Compression Wood," author's note concerning drafts
"Compression Wood," correspondence
"Compression Wood," draft 1
"Compression Wood," draft 2
"Compression Wood," draft 3
"Compression Wood," draft 4
"Compression Wood," draft 5
"Compression Wood," draft 6
"Compression Wood," draft 7
"Compression Wood," draft 8
"Compression Wood," final draft
Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay, galley proofs (photocopy), 2006
Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay, typescript of revised draft (does not contain "Voices of the Turtle")
"Conway," essay published as "Return to Rivertown" in Preservation magazine, 2000 fall (typescript)
"Dawn's Early Light," notes and early drafts
"Evidence of Things Unseen, The," short story, handwritten draft
"Evidence of Things Unseen, The," rejection letters and note by author
"Evidence of Things Unseen, The," revised draft
"Evidence of Things Unseen, The," revised draft parts
"Evidence of Things Unseen, The," typed draft
"History Lesson," poem, typed draft
Horry and the Waccamaw, correspondence
Horry and the Waccamaw, handwritten draft
Horry and the Waccamaw, handwritten notes and draft parts
Horry and the Waccamaw, handwritten notes and photographs
Horry and the Waccamaw, notebook
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.1-45
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.46-75
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.1-50
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.51-100
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.101-150
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.151-200
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft, p.201-248
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft with marginal notes by Deanne Smeltzer Urmy, pp. 1-124
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed draft with marginal notes by Deanne Smeltzer Urmy, pp. 125-248
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed final draft[?], p.1-76
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed final draft[?], p.77-158
Horry and the Waccamaw, typed final draft[?], p.159-247
"In a Small Pond" from Billy Watson's Croker Sack, notes and early drafts
"Inscription for a Faculty Senate Door"
Lecture [late 1980s, early 1990s] (handwritten) which became "Lost Causes and Gallantry," published in The American Scholar, 2003
Letter to Deanne Smeltzer Urmy ca. 1987 which became the basis of the title essay in Billy Watson's Croker Sack
"Milton's Historical Thought: the Backgrounds of The History of Britain and its Place in his Intellectual Development," Ph.D. thesis, Harvard, 1970 (typed manuscript)
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter," first titled "Nimrod," early drafts and notes
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter" [here, "Nimrod"], draft 1
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter" [here, "Nimrod"], draft 2
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter" [here, "Nimrod"], draft 2 (photocopy)
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter" [here, "Nimrod"], draft 2 revised
"Of Moose and a Moose- Hunter" [here, "Nimrod"], draft 2 revised (photocopy)
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter," revised draft 1988 Nov, and note by author
"Of Moose and a Moose-Hunter," revised draft 1988 Nov (photocopy)
"Parables of Our Time," in Prayers for a Thousand Years: Blessings and Expressions of Hope for the New Millennium, 1999 (photocopy)
"Passion or Conquest," Gettysburg Review, notes and correspondence, 1996-1997
"Passion or Conquest," notes and early drafts
"Pastoral Occasion, A," correspondence, 1986-1987
"Pastoral Occasion, A," notes and early drafts
"Place of Long-Standing Intimacy, A," Habitat magazine, 1994 (1st draft)
"Snapping Turtle in June, A," notes and early drafts
"Snapping Turtle in June, A," typed draft
"Snapping Turtle in June, A," typed draft edited by Eavan Boland
"Snapping Turtle in June, A," typed revised draft
Talk delivered in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1990's which evolved into "Compression Wood" (typescript)
unpublished, untitled story.
Biographical material concerning Franklin Burroughs, including a curriculum vitae.
Arranged alphabetically.
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Curriculum vitae, 2006