Wilson mss., 1891-1983
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Wilson, William Edward, 1906-
TitleWilson mss., 1891-1983
Collection No.
LMC 2327
Extent
1,535 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Wilson mss., 1891-1983, consists of
the papers of William Edward Wilson, 1906-1988, Indiana University James A. Work
Professor of English at Bloomington, Indiana, author, and newspaperman.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Wilson received his education at Harvard University and
holds honorary degrees from the University of Evansville, Indiana University, and
Indiana State University. During World War II Wilson served in the Navy and taught
at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Other teaching positions were at Brown
University, Rhode Island School of Design, Johns Hopkins University, University of
Colorado, University of Aix-Marseille, and Indiana University. As a newspaperman
Wilson reported for The Evansville Press, The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard, and The
Evening Sun of Baltimore, as well as serving as a free-lance journalist for a number
of other newspapers.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Biographical; II.
Correspondence; III. Financial; IV. Indiana University; V. Photographs; VI.
Speeches; VII. Writings; VIII. Printed.
Scope and Content Note
The Wilson mss., 1891-1983, consists of the papers of William Edward Wilson,
1906-1988, Indiana University James A. Work Professor of English at Bloomington,
Indiana, author, and newspaperman. Includes Indiana University faculty reports;
class outlines and lectures for 20th Century American fiction course; articles;
short stories; a novel and a play; reviews of Wilson's work; magazine and newspaper
clippings; and photographs of family, friends and graduate writing class at Indiana
University, 1955.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1968, 1978, 1983
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
Wilson mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
I. Biographical
Emmart, Adolphus Dunan
Leich, Charles Francis
Wilson, Douglas Cook
Wilson, Ellen Janet (Cameron)
Wilson, William Edward, 1870-1948 and Nettie (Cook) Wilson
Wilson, William Edward, 1906-1988
(8 folders)
Includes address book; biographical sketches; certificates and awards,
1959-1973; new items, 1939-1973; Sagas yearbook, 1923; miscellaneous
items, 1916-1948
Series:
Box 1
II. Correspondence
Box 2
1967-1977
(26 folders)
Series:
Box 2
III. Financial
Includes receipts and account statements, 1941-1973.
Series:
Box 2
IV. Indiana University
Faculty reports. Wilson to English Department, 1950-1971
L358, 20th century American fiction, 1954-1959 Course outlines and lectures
(26 folders)
Series:
Box 3
V. Photographs
Wilson, W.E.; Ellen Wilson and sons, family and friends,
1891-1983
(4 folders)
Congressional junket, 1924,
Dec.
(5 photographs)
Congressional tree planting, 1923,
Mar.
(4 photographs)
Graduate writing class party, May
13, 1955
(18 photographs)
Homes, 1918-1959
(4 photographs)
Houses in Evansville, Ind., 1952
(21 photographs)
People, identified
(3 photographs)
Places
(49 photographs, 1 postcard)
Trip on the Gordon C. Greene, 1942
(47 photographs)
White, Harry A., 1970-1971
(6 photographs)
Series:
Box 3
VI. Speeches
1965, Nov. 13. Society of
Indiana Pioneers.
1965, Dec. 8. Vincennes
Historical Society and Antiquarian Society.
1966, Apr. 28. Indiana
Library Association, District V.
1966, May 11. IU Alumni
at Evansville.
1966, July 7. Brown
University N.D.E.A. Lectures.
1966, Aug. 1. Writer's
Conference at Boulder, Colorado.
1966 Indiana University Women's
Club.
1967, Sept. 29. Harmonie
Associates, Evansville.
undated. Boulder, Colorado.
undated. English teachers club.
Series:
Box 1
VII. Writings
The following are enclosed in correspondence:
Graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy
(enclosed June 23, 1945)
The Horse That Could Play the Calliope
(enclosed June 7, 1945)
The House on Audubon Street
(enclosed Aug. 22, 1952)
U.S. Naval Academy
(enclosed May 22, 1945)
Box 2
The following are enclosed in correspondence:
The Boatload of Knowledge
(enclosed Apr. 28, 1973)
Independence
(enclosed Feb. 14, 1976)
Book review
(enclosed Sept. 20, 1974)
Box 3
Kinnell, Galway
Poems, May 9,
1957, inscribed to Wilson
Wilson, William Edward, 1870-1948
Enjoy the present day, undated
(2 folders)
Wilson, William Edward, 1906-1988
Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek, a play
(3 folders)
The Angel and the Serpent
(4 folders)
Articles, 1938-1975
(3 folders)
Bailley's Wells or Déjà vu
(4 folders)
Bibliography, 1921-1977
Book Reviews, 1973-1975
Every Man is My Father
(8 folders)
Box 4
Hush-a-Bye, Indiana
(2 folders)
Indiana: A History
(4 folders)
Memo to Don Congdon regarding future books
Mirrors on the Road: short stories
(3 folders)
On His Being Arrived to the Age of Sixty-Three, or Out to Old
Uncle Charlie's, Feb. 20,
1969 [poem]
On the Sunny Side of a One-Way Street, July 24, 1958
(5 folders)
Prudence Goodchild's Indian
The Raiders, 1954
(2 folders)
Saint Tropez [poem], Dec. 12,
1968
Short Stories, 1934-1973
Spain is a Fine Country: short stories
The Strangers, 1952
(9 folders)
We must all start sometime: short stories
(7 folders)
Miscellaneous notes, undated
Wilson, William Edward, 1934-
Me, Myself & I, 1949
Oversize 1
Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek, a novel, June 8, 1949. Bound. Master
copy.
Oversize 2
The Raiders, Dec 16,
1954. Bound proof copy, signed by Wilson.
Oversize 3
On the Sunny Side of a One-Way Street, 1958 Galley D
Box 5
VIII. Printed
Articles, 1940-1982
(10 folders)
Poems, 1955
Reviews
Abe Lincoln...novel, 1949-1962
(4 folders)
The Angel and the Serpent, 1963, Dec.-1965, Mar.
Big Knife, 1940, Aug.-1941, Feb.
Crescent City, 1947, Aug.-Dec.
Empty noon, 1953,
Feb.
Every Man is my Father, 1973, Apr.-1974, Nov.
Indiana: A History, 1967-1975
Indiana: A State Portrait, 1950, June-July
On the Sunny Side…, 1959
The Raiders, 1955, Apr.-Dec.
Shooting Star, 1942, Mar.-July
Social Experiments on the Wabash, 1964
The Stranger, 1952, Aug.-1953, Feb.
The Wabash, 1940, Feb.-Mar.
(2 folders)
Yesterday's Son, 1941, July-1942, June
Reviews by W.E. Wilson, 1941-1977
(5 folders)
Short Stories
The Answer
Baby Lions
Beyond Darkness
Beyond the Loud Winds
Bird Roby's Sidewheeler
The Blue Boy
Class Report
Deception
End of a Voyage
Engagement Under Fire
The Girl Named Irene
Hoosier Hot Spell
In Some Far Corner
La Ley de Lynch
The Lone Pioneer
Longies
Mucho Calor
Off the Record
Paradise House
The Ship's Doctor
The Sign
The Trap
Where Now?
Wooden Funeral
Duplicate copies of articles and stories in Book
Dept.
