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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Southern Archive", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1924-1995", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1995"}
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1924
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1995
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1924
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1924
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1995
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{"value"=>"Terry Southern papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style. The Terry Southern archive spans the years 1924 to 1995, with the bulk dated 1955 to 1995. The collection consists chiefly of autograph and typescript drafts of Southern's novels, stories, screenplays, television scripts; journals, diaries, and notebooks. Other materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, personal and financial papers and documents (including passports, hunting license, mortgage documents, bank statements, and canceled checks), publishing contracts, newspaper clippings, and realia, including his typewriter. Also included in the archive is writing by others, including Peter Beard, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Jules Feiffer, Bruce J. Friedman, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Green, Southern's biographer Lee Hill, Mason Hoffenberg, Mick Jagger, Jonathan Marquand, George Plimpton, V.S. Pritchett, Larry Rivers, Richard Seaver, Jean Stein, Rip Torn and Alexander Trocchi, papers by his students, and dissertations and papers about his work."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Terry Southern papers, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Southern, Terry", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Terry Southern (1924-1995) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. Motivated by a dark comic sensibility and a delight in the outrageous, Southern's work explored the tumultuous culture of late 1950s and 1960s America. His best-known novels, the satirical <em>Flash and Filigree</em> (1958), <em>Candy</em> (1958), and <em>The Magic Christian</em> (1959), showcase his characteristic black humor, and in each case, follow the over-the-top journey of one or more protagonists from innocent idealist to worldly cynic. His screenplays, \"Easy Rider\" and \"Dr. Strangelove\" won acclaim for their ability to capture the rebelliousness and unease of the 1960s.</p> <p>Southern was born in Alvarado, Texas in 1924 and raised in nearby Dallas. In 1943, he dropped out of Southern Methodist University to enlist in the Army, and was stationed for two and a half years in Reading, England. After returning to the U. S. and graduating with a Bachelor in Science from Northwestern University in 1948, he studied at the Sorbonne for four years, where he became friends with a group of American writers and artists that included Aram Avakian, Jean Stein, Mason Hoffenberg, George Plimpton, William Styron, and Peter Matthiesen. In 1953, he returned to the U. S. and settled in Greenwich Village, embracing the Beat scene and befriending Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and the artist Larry Rivers.</p> <p>In 1956, Southern and his wife Carol returned to Europe, settling in Geneva (they would return to the U. S. for good in 1959 and buy a house in East Canaan, Connecticut). That same year, Southern began work on <em>Candy</em>, co-written with Mason Hoffenberg and inspired by Voltaire's <em>Candide</em>. Intended as a send-up of contemporary pornography, <em>Candy</em>, published in Paris by Olympia Press in 1958, was one of only a handful of books written in English and banned in France. It was published in the U. S. in 1964. Southern's <em>Flash and Filigree</em> was published in the U. S. in 1958 by Colum McCann; <em>The Magic Christian</em> followed in 1959. The latter attracted the attention of Stanley Kubrick, who invited Southern in the early sixties to collaborate on \"Dr. Strangelove\", a dark comedy about nuclear war. \"Strangelove\" established Southern as a hot screenwriter in Hollywood. Over his lifetime, he wrote or contributed to over 125 screenplays, including \"The Cincinnati Kid\" (1965), \"The Loved One\" (1965), \"Barbarella\" (1967), \"Casino Royale\" (1967), and the counterculture classic, \"Easy Rider\" (1968).</p> <p>Throughout his career, Southern contributed regularly to <em>The Nation, Esquire, The Evergreen Review, The Paris Review</em>, and other publications. Tom Wolfe identified Southern's essay, \"Twirling at Ole Miss\", written for <em>Esquire</em> in 1962, as the first example of the New Journalism, and it is with this style of reporting and with the work of his contemporaries Truman Capote, Joan Didion, David Halberstam, and Hunter S. Thompson that critics categorize his nonfiction.</p> <p>Chronology: <ul class=\"chronlist\"> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">May 1, 1924</span><span class=\"event\">Born in Alvarado, Texas to Terrance Southern and Helen Simonds Southern.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1942</span><span class=\"event\">Transfers to Southern Methodist University.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1943-1945</span><span class=\"event\">Enlists in the U. S. Army (stationed in Reading, England).</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1948</span><span class=\"event\">Graduates from Northwestern University, Chicago.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">September 1948</span><span class=\"event\">Moves to Paris to study at the Sorbonne on a G. I. Bill travel grant.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1953</span><span class=\"event\">Marries Pud Gadiot and moves to New York City.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1953</span><span class=\"event\">Publishes \"The Accident\" in inaugural issue of <em>The Paris Review</em>.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1954</span><span class=\"event\">Divorces Pud Gadiot.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">Fall 1955</span><span class=\"event\">Interviews Nelson Algren for <em>The Paris Review</em>.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">July 1956</span><span class=\"event\">Marries Carol Kauffman.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">October 1956</span><span class=\"event\">Moves to Geneva, Switzerland.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1956</span><span class=\"event\">Begins <em>Candy</em>; initiates a collaboration with Mason Hoffenberg on the novel.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">Fall 1958</span><span class=\"event\"><em>Flash and Filigree</em> is published by Coward McCann.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">October 1958</span><span class=\"event\"><em>Candy</em> published by Olympia Press and immediately banned by French government.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">Spring 1959</span><span class=\"event\"><em>The Magic Christian</em> is published. Moves to East Canaan Connecticut, where he buys a farm from Artie Shaw.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">Early 1960</span><span class=\"event\">Begins reviewing books for <em>The Nation</em>.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">December 29, 1960</span><span class=\"event\">A son, Nile, is born.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">Summer 1962</span><span class=\"event\">Works for <em>Esquire</em> as relief editor; publishes \"The Road to Axotle\" in <em>Esquire</em> and interviews Stanley Kubrick.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">November 1962</span><span class=\"event\">Summoned to London by Stanley Kubrick to work on the screenplay for \"Dr. Strangelove. \"</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1963</span><span class=\"event\">Publishes \"Twirlm' At Ole Miss\" in <em>Esquire</em>. Candy is published in the U. S. and becomes the #2 fiction bestseller.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1964</span><span class=\"event\">\"Dr. Strangelove\" released. Hired to collaborate on \"The Loved One\" In August, the Southerns move to Los Angeles.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1964</span><span class=\"event\">Meets Gail Gerber.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"><span class=\"event\">\"The Cincinnati Kid\" and \"The Loved One\" are released. <em>The Journal of the Loved One: The Production Log of a Motion Picture</em> is published by Random House.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"><span class=\"event\">Works on screenplays for \"Casino Royale\", \"Barbarella\" and \"Candy\".</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"><span class=\"event\"><em>Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes</em> is published. In November, Southern, Dennis Hopper and Henry Fonda meet in New York for brainstorming session for \"Easy Rider\".</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"><span class=\"event\">Film version of \"Candy\" released. \"Easy Rider\" begins filming. Covers Democratic National Convention in Chicago for <em>Esquire</em>.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"><span class=\"event\">\"The Magic Christian\" is filmed.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"><span class=\"event\">Novel \"Blue Movie\" is published. \"The End of the Road\" released.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1972</span><span class=\"event\">Divorces Carol Southern. Covers The Rolling Stones Tour. In the Fall, teaches screenwriting course at Columbia.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1977-1978</span><span class=\"event\">Works on film version of Junky by William S. Burroughs (project abandoned). <em>The Rolling Stones on Tour</em> is published in Pans by Dragon's Dream.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1981-1982</span><span class=\"event\">Hired by \"Saturday Night Live\" as a writer.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1983</span><span class=\"event\">Approached to work on sequel to \"Easy Rider\" called \"Biker Heaven. \"</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1985</span><span class=\"event\">Appointed as a director of Hawkeye, a production company established by Harry Nilsson.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1988</span><span class=\"event\">\"The Telephone\", starring Whoopi Goldberg, is released.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1989</span><span class=\"event\">Undergoes surgery for stomach cancer.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1992</span><span class=\"event\">Publishes novel <em>Texas Summer</em>. Teaches screen-writing at Columbia (until his death). Assists Perry Richardson with <em>The Early Stones</em>.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1995</span><span class=\"event\">Receives Gotham Award for lifetime achievement by the Independent Film Producers Association.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">October 29, 1995</span><span class=\"event\">Dies in New York at St. Luke's Hospital of respiratory failure.</span></li></ul></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Series; Organized into 19 series: 1. Works by Terry Southern. 2. Correspondence. 3. Research Files. 4. Teaching Materials. 5. Material Related to Hawkeye Entertainment. 6. Portraits and Photographs. 7. Personal Records. 8. Medical Records. 9. Financial Records. 10. Obituaries. 11. Memorials and Tributes. 12. Writings by Others. 13. Miscellaneous Printed Material. 14. Publishing and Other Contracts for Works by Southern. 15. Ephemera. 16. Papers related to Nile Southern and Terry Southern's Estate. 17. Posters. 18. Realia. 19. Other</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Acquired by the Berg Collection from the Terry Southern Estate March 17, 2003.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Processed by Anne Garner and Declan Kiely</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The copyright interests in the Papers of Terry Southern are retained by the estate of Terry Southern. For further information, please contact Dr. Isaac Gewirtz, Curator of the Berg Collection of English and American Literature, who will provide you with contact information for the estate.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Berg Collection has an autograph manuscript of Flash and Filigree (call no. Cased Southern F53 1952) and two typescript final draft of the screenplay of \"The Magic Christian\" (call no. Cased Southern M34 1969). These materials were not acquired as part of the archive. See also the William S. Burroughs Papers (1951-1972) for letters from Terry Southern to William S. Burroughs.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"The Berg Collection also holds materials by and about Terry Southern that were acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Search under \"Author\" in NYPL's on-line classic catalog using the advanced search for \"Southern Terry,\" as author, and then limit search to \"Manuscripts\" to find descriptions of manuscripts and typescripts by Southern"}
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95 linear feet (228 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder)
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{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Terry Southern papers are arranged in nineteen series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1027691'>Series 1 Works By Terry Southern</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1029352'>Series 2 Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Correspondence related to the publication of particular books has been incorporated with drafts, fragments, and additional materials related to those works. Please note that correspondence to or from Nile Southern related to the estate of Terry Southern can be found in Series 16, Papers related to Nile Southern and to the Estate of Terry Southern. For other letters from Nile Southern to Terry Southern, see series 2.2. For letters from Terry Southern to Nile Southern, see series 2.1.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1029973'>Series 3 Research Files</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030049'>Series 4 Teaching Materials</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030065'>Series 5 Material Related to Hawkeye Entertainment</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030078'>Series 6 Portraits and Photographs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030092'>Series 7 Personal Records</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030120'>Series 8 Medical Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030132'>Series 9 Financial Records</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030193'>Series 10 Obituaries</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030195'>Series 11 Memorials and Tributes</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030202'>Series 12 Writings by Others</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030426'>Series 13 Miscellaneous Printed Material (boxed but not described)</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030436'>Series 14 Publishing and Other Contracts for Works by Southern</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030466'>Series 15 Ephemera</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030485'>Series 16 Papers related to Nile Southern and Terry Southern's Estate</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030501'>Series 17 Posters</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Please note that these items have been catalogued under the call number +++ Southern ZA3 P67 1968.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030508'>Series 18 Realia</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/22177#c1030514'>Series 19 Other</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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1955
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1995