The Eudora Welty Collection Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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The Eudora Welty Collection Mississippi Department of Archives and History Forrest Galey Materials transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History upon the settlement of Eudora Welty’s estate continue to be incorporated into the Eudora Welty Collection in the Archives and Records Services Division. During the fall of 2009, the incorporation of additional material into Series 5, The Golden Apples, was concluded and the last sub-series (Series 29, Sub-series c, General Correspondence) of correspondence to Welty was opened for research. Series 29, Sub-series a, Eudora Welty Correspondence, Major Correspondents (from Welty to others) and Sub-series b, Select Correspondence (from others to Welty) were opened previously. Work has been completed on Series 16, The Eye of the Story, so it reopened in March 2010. We suggest researchers contact MDAH by emailing refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us to verify the availability of series that are of particular interest to them prior to visiting the archives. We invite readers to visit the MDAH website where the home page (http://mdah.state.ms.us/) features Welty information with some regularity. [End Page 146] The first Eudora Welty Foundation Research Fellowship to be presented to a graduate student for research at the Archives and Records Services Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will be awarded in spring 2011, for research in Jackson during summer 2011. For more information contact Forrest Galey, fgaley@mdah.state.ms.us or 601-576-6850. Below is a list of all series and their statuses as of May 13, 2010, instructions for using the MDAH online catalog, and information regarding contacts for use permission and reprographic services. These documents will also be posted on the EWR website for easy reference (http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwewn/) under the Resources link. The Eudora Welty Collection Mississippi Department of Archives and History Archives and Records Services Division Existing Series (and Series Revisions) as of May 13, 2010 The Eudora Welty Collection (Z/0301.000/S) Key to Series Revisions (Completed) — Establishment of new series and/or all additional material has been incorporated (Partial) — Some additional material has been incorporated (In Progress) — Incorporation of additional material is in progress and the series may be closed temporarily Unmarked — Incorporation of additional material into these series continues Currently, almost all of the original collection, Z/0301.000/S, is open to the public. Additional materials are not available to the public until they are incorporated into a new or existing series. We close series as we reprocess them and reopen them as soon as incorporation, rehousing, and conservation work are completed. Manuscripts Archives Series 1: Uncollected Stories (Completed) (additional material incorporated; unpublished stories not related to other published works) Archives Series 2: A Curtain of Green (Completed) (additional material incorporated) Archives Series 3: The Wide Net (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 4: Delta Wedding (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 5: The Golden Apples and Related Works (Completed) (additional material incorporated) Archives Series 6: The Ponder Heart Archives Series 7: Bride of the Innisfallen Archives Series 8: “Where Is the Voice Coming From?” Archives Series 9: The Shoe Bird (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 10: “The Demonstrators” (Partial) (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 11: Losing Battles (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 12: The Optimist’s Daughter (Partial) Archives Series 13: The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 14: One Time, One Place (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 15: Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace Archives Series 16: Eye of the Story (Completed) (additional material incorporated) Archives Series 17: One Writer’s Beginnings (Completed) (additional material incorporated) Archives Series 18: Reviews (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 19: Speeches (Completed) (additional material incorporated) Archives Series 20: Essays Revised from Speeches (additional material to be incorporated) Archives Series 21: Drama (In Progress) (additional material to be incorporated) [End Page 147] [End Page 148] Photographs Archives Series 26: Photographs Archives Series 27: Welty Prints Archives Series 28: Welty Family Photographs Correspondence Archives Series 29: Correspondence (Our original arrangement of the few hundred letters in the earliest donation was in chronoogical order with...