John Kennedy Toole papers, 1930-1999 | Louisiana Research Collection

Title: John Kennedy Toole papers, 1930-1999

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 740

Extent: 27.0 Boxes

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Scope and Contents: The collection primarily consists of the personal and literary papers of John Kennedy Toole, including unbound manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, pamphlets, drawings, photographs, music, and posters. There is a considerable amount of memorabilia that his mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole, kept concerning her son, including his baby cup and his undergraduate honors thesis. John Kennedy Toole's correspondence with Robert Gottlieb, his first editor as well as letters illustrating the process of getting A Confederacy of Dunces published are in this collection. There are also large numbers of reviews and articles about Toole and his works. The papers and personal belongings of his parents, John D. Toole and Thelma Ducoing Toole, can also be found in the collection.

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Box 1: JKT correspondence, military paperwork, personal items, and photographs, 1955-1967
Box 2: JKT correspondence, military paperwork, personal items, and photographs, 1955-1959
Box 3: JKT correspondence, military paperwork, personal items, and photographs, 1938-1968
Box 4: JKT correspondence, military paperwork, personal items, and photographs, 1944-1999
Box 5: JKT correspondence, military paperwork, personal items, and photographs, 1937-1981
Box 6: Unpublished manuscripts, COD manuscripts [Restricted]
Box 7: Unpublished manuscripts, COD manuscripts [Restricted]
Box 8: Unpublished manuscripts, COD manuscripts [Restricted]
Box 9: Collateral printed materials for COD, 1978-1982
Box 10: Collateral printed materials for COD, 1978-1990
Box 11: NB materials, JDT personal items, and TDT correspondence through 1981 February
Box 12: TDT correspondence and personal items, 1981 March-1984 February
Box 13: TDT correspondence and personal items, 1984 March-1987 March; 1920-1984.
Box 14: TDT correspondence and personal items, 1929-1983
Box 15: JKT notebooks
Box 16: JKT notebooks
Box 17: TDT and family photographs
Box 18: TDT personal items
Box 19: TDT personal items
Box 20: TDT personal items
Box 21: Garvey/Ducoing family and Walker Percy items
Box 22: Margaret (Dolly Ducoing) Garvey postcard collection and child's items
Box 23: Additional typescripts
Volume 1: JKT personal materials: Achievement scrapbook
Volume 2: Scrapbook with photographs
Volume 3: COD signed by Thelma to John Geiser, 1981 June 14
Oversize box 1: Oversized collection
Oversize box 2: Oversized collection
Oversize box 3: Photo album
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