| Summary |
Collection contains correspondence, literary manuscripts, publications, diaries, financial papers, speeches, research notes, photographs, drawings, music, contracts, day books, address books, recipe books, guest registers, minutes, reports, pamphlets, newspapers, and miscellaneous material. Topics discussed in correspondence include Fletcher's writing efforts, including articles, movie scripts, "The White Leopard," "Red Jasmine," and her interest in writing a biography of Sir Richard Burton; her travels to London and Africa; Fletcher's lecture activities; Fletcher's research activities; her membership in professional organizations such as the P. E. N. Club; the publishing of "Raleigh's Eden"; controversy surrounding "The Dare [County] Stones" and The Lost Colony players' satirical play, "Dr. Fierce and His Rocks"; Fletcher's philanthropies and involvement in civic, preservation, and historical groups, chiefly in Spokane, Wash., and North Carolina; the restoration of the Chowan County Courthouse and other restoration projects in Edenton, N.C.; personal and family matters; and the 1952 Democratic convention and Adlai Stevenson. Correspondents include Carl Ethan Akeley, Ruth Bryan Owen, Louis J. Alber, John B. L. Noel, Maurice Hindus, the Bobbs-Merrill Company, David Laurance Chambers, Hugh T. Lefler, Roy Chapman Andrews, L. S. Amery, Benjamin Hamilton "Ben" Kizer, William C. Fields, and other friends and family members. Manuscripts and published writings in the collection include manuscript and typed drafts, galley proofs, or pages of most of Fletcher's books; manuscript drafts or typescripts of her screen plays, short stories, articles, book reviews, and miscellaneous writings; criticism of some of her work; manuscripts of others; and copies of many of Fletcher's lesser publications. The bulk of the collection's six diaries concern Fletcher's African trip. Also included in the collection are financial papers; various materials related to her travels in Africa; clippings, typescripts, and published miscellany (advertising, book jackets, etc.) concerning Fletcher's published writings; research notes; sketches; photographs; postcards; and contracts. |
