Manuscripts
Paul Bowles papers
- Description
The collection contains three manuscripts by Bowles (two short stories and one musical score) as well as a series of letters between him and his friend and fellow author, Lonnie Burr. The majority of the correspondence is authored by Bowles and includes several picture postcards from Morocco and other foreign locations. Also included in the collection are two letters Bowles wrote to the William Morris Agency. Issues addressed within the collection include the political situation in Morocco and the United States, descriptions of Morocco's Tangier peninsula, discussions of contemporary writers and their work and the personal lives of both Bowles and Burr. The addenda is comprised of three folders containing original and photocopies of Bowles' correspondence, 1967-1994; Lonnie Burr's writings about Bowles, 1968-1999; and the DVD "The Many Faces of Lonnie Burr, 1950 to 2008," 2008.
- Date
- 1933-2008
- Call number
- mssBowles
- Provenance
- Purchased from Lonnie Burr, April 1985.
- purchased from Lonnie Burr, April 2010.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- NOT AVAILABLE. Audiovisual materials are not available for paging until reformatted. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Burr, Lonnie.
- Associated organization
- William Morris Agency,
