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.
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.
Access (note)
Restricted access;
Biography (note)
Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style.
Author
Southern, Terry.
Title
Terry Southern papers, 1924-1995 bulk (1955-1995).
Access
Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Biography
Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style.
Local note
The Terry Southern Papers were aquired on March 17, 2003.