Finding Aid for the Katherine Anne Porter Letters to Margaret Winkler, 1946-1967 LSC.1517

Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2005.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Katherine Anne Porter Letters to Margaret Winkler
Creator: Porter, Katherine Anne
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1517
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1946-1967
Abstract: Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) worked for the Fort Worth critic (1917) and the Rocky Mountain news (1918), lectured, and accepted various appointments as writer-in-residence at several universities (1945- ). Her published books include: Flowering Judas and other stories (1935), Pale horse, pale rider (1939), and Ship of fools (1962). The collection consists of correspondence and cards from Katherine Anne Porter to Margaret Winkler, some printed materials, and photographs.
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Language of Material: English .

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Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Joan Palevsky, 1987.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Katherine Anne Porter Letters to Margaret Winkler (Collection 1517). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9927228713606533 

Biography

Born as Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890 in Indian Creek, Texas; worked for the Fort Worth critic in 1917 and the following year joined the staff of the Rocky Mountain news; spent extended periods of residence in Mexico, 1920-31; went to Europe in 1931; after 1945, she lectured and accepted various appointments as writer-in-residence at several universities; her published books include: Flowering Judas and other stories (1935), Pale horse, pale rider (1939), and Ship of fools (1962); she wrote to Margaret Winkler, who worked in the Westwood Book Store in Westwood, California; died September 18, 1980 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence and cards from Katherine Anne Porter to Margaret Winkler. Also contains some printed materials and photographs of Porter, her home, and her friends.

Related Material

Katherine Anne Porter Papers.   Available at Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Maryland, College Park.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Letters.
Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Porter, Katherine Anne -- Correspondence
Winkler, Margaret, addressee.

 

n.d.

General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 1, folder 1

Autograph card signed. Hotel West Weston, New York.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 1

Autograph letter signed. 26 October. Olympic Hotel, San Francisco.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 1

Typewritten letter signed. 18 or 19 August. Stearns Hotel, Ludington, Michigan.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 1

Typewritten letter signed.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 1

Typewritten letter signed. "16 June" pencilled at top of page.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1946

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 2

Autograph card. March 12, 1946

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 2

Autograph letter signed. With envelope. December 25, 1946

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1947

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 3

Typewritten letter signed. With envelope. December 7, 1947

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 3

Autograph letter signed. With envelope. December 1947

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1948

General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 1, folder 4

Typewritten letter signed. June 21, 1948

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 4

Typewritten letter signed. June 2, 1948

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 4

Typewritten letter signed. September 20, 1948

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 4

Typewritten letter signed. October 12, 1948

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 4

Typewritten letter signed. November 11, 1948

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 4

Autograph card signed. November 27, 1948

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1949

General Physical Description note: 13 items.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. January 1, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. February 21, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. March 2, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Autograph card signed. Postmark date only. March 9, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Autograph card signed. April 12, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. April 25, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Autograph card signed. May 15, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. May 19, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. May 23, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Autograph card signed. June 1, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. June 21, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. September 15, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 5

Typewritten letter signed. December 23, 1949

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1950

General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 1, folder 6

Typewritten letter signed. February 21, 1950

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 6

Typewritten letter signed. March 21, 1950

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 6

Autograph card signed. August 20, 1950

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1953

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 7

Typewritten letter signed. With envelope. May 16, 1953

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1954

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 8

Typewritten letter signed. June 17, 1954

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1955

General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 9

Autograph card signed. Written on 12th Night, 1956. February 5, 1955

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 9

Autograph card signed. February 1, 1955

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 9

Typewritten letter signed. May 24, 1955

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 9

Autograph card signed. June 17, 1955

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1957

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 11

Typewritten letter signed. May 26, 1957

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 11

Typewritten letter signed. October 5, 1957

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1959

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 12

Typewritten letter signed. January 14, 1959

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1962

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 13

Autograph card signed. Hotel Eden, Rome. June 9, 1962

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 13

Autograph card signed. Hotel Prince de Galles, Paris. December 4, 1962

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1966

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 14

Typewritten letter signed. Washington, D.C. April 22, 1966

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1967

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 15

Autograph card signed. May 14, 1959

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

Photographs

General Physical Description note: 9 items.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. "Lucifer in the glass-room" June 21, 1957

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. "Last Christmas 1956 with cards on manelpiece." December 1956

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. Porter Home, [Roxbury Road, Southbury, Connecticut]. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. Photograph in postcard format of Katherine Anne Porter. 1954

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. "Paul made this in the bay window of the House in Roxbury Road. K.A.P." April 1956

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. "Front from Northeast near driveway. Paul made this." With envelope. January 2, 1956

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. [Katherine Anne Porter on stairway with dog]. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Photographs. Katherine Anne Porter and Margaret Winkler[?]. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 16

Photograph. Katherine Anne Porter and unidentified person. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

1962

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 16

Invitation to reception for publication of Porter's Ship of Fools April 2, 1962

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
 

Journals

General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 17

Accent, vol.6, no.4. (Spring 1946)

General Physical Description note: 2 copies.

General note

Both are inscribed Porter, p.[211].
box 1, folder 17

Accent, vol.7, no.3. (Spring 1947).

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

General note

Inscribed by Porter, p.182.
box 1, folder 17

Sewanee Review, vol.55, no.1. (Winter 1947).

General Physical Description note: 1 item. Inscribed by Porter, p.[1].
 

Westwood Hills Press. 1947

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 18

Westwood Hills Press (vol.21, no.25, pp.1,6). "Katherine Anne Porter speaks on subject of writing novels." July 10, 1947

General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 18

Westwood Hills Press (vol.21, no.41, pp.1, 6). "Katherine Anne Porter writes views on debate." September 4, 1947

General Physical Description note: 1 item.