Read more [Letter from Caroline Gordon to Andrew Lytle] In this letter to Andrew Lytle, Caroline Gordon writes of her... Read more
Read more [“The Well,” a woodcut illustration from Caroline Gordon’s review of A Good Man Is Hard to Find in The New York Times Book Review] Caroline Gordon told Andrew Lytle that she... Read more
Read more [Wildcat film poster, signed by Ethan Hawke] Director Ethan Hawke and starring actress Maya Hawke created a... Read more
Read more [First printing of “Geranium,” in Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature] Flannery O’Connor’s first publication,... Read more
Read more [Photograph of Vanderbilt University’s Alumni Hall, where Flannery O’Connor read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”] Flannery O’Connor read her story “A Good Man Is... Read more
Read more [Photograph of Caroline Gordon] This photograph of Caroline Gordon was found among Flannery... Read more
Read more [Photograph of Brainard Cheney with fellow writers at Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference] Rear: Eudora Welty, John Ciardi, Brainard Cheney, Edna... Read more
Read more Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor Roy Blount, Jr., enrolled at Vanderbilt a few months after... Read more
Read more [Program from 1959 Vanderbilt Literary Symposium] In the spring of 1959, Vanderbilt English professor Walter... Read more
Read more [Letter from Caroline Gordon to Brainard and Frances Cheney] In this letter to Brainard and Frances Cheney, which included... Read more
Read more [“No Moonlight and Magnolias,” a feature on Flannery O’Connor from The Tennessean] Ralph Morrissey used one of the photographs he took of Flannery... Read more
Read more Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Poet and translator Robert Fitzgerald, who is famous for his... Read more
Read more [Flannery O’Connor’s gold pen] Flannery O’Connor preferred typing to handwriting because... Read more
Read more [Typescript draft of “The Displaced Person” with handwritten edits on last paragraph] Flannery O’Connor described this draft of “The... Read more
Read more [Unpublished shooting script for Horton Foote’s PBS adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s story “The Displaced Person,” with actress Irene Worth’s Georgia accent pronunciation guide] Horton Foote’s adaptation of “The Displaced... Read more
Read more [Flannery O’Connor icon] Kelly Latimore saw Flannery O’Connor as one of the saints... Read more
Read more Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O’Connor finished the final two stories for... Read more
Read more [Fragment of a five-tined cultivator hoe from Andalusia Farm] Tools like this one are useful for removing weeds and preparing... Read more
Read more [Audio reel from literary symposium featuring Flannery O’Connor reading “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”] The audio of the Vanderbilt Literary Symposium meetings was... Read more
Read more [Letter from Flannery O’Connor to Andrew Lytle] Although Flannery O’Connor continued to send Caroline... Read more
Read more [Letter from Flannery O’Connor to Brainard Cheney about Wise Blood review] Many of the reviews of Wise Blood were negative or... Read more
Read more [Box of Flannery O’Connor’s Dictacraft typewriter paper] The Dictacraft line contained papers of varying weights and... Read more
Read more [Photograph of Flannery O’Connor at Cheney residence] Ralph Morrissey, who managed the book review page of the... Read more
Read more [“Do you think teachers are necessary?” linocut print, printed in Flannery O’Connor: The Cartoons] In this cartoon, which Flannery O’Connor made for her... Read more
Read more The House of Fiction: An Anthology of the Short Story, with Commentary Caroline Gordon collaborated on The House of Fiction with her... Read more
Read more [Letter from Caroline Gordon to Flannery O’Connor] In this letter, Caroline Gordon writes to Flannery... Read more
Read more [Flannery O’Connor’s Webster typewriter ribbon] Flannery O’Connor had several typewriters over the course... Read more
Read more [Photograph of Flannery O’Connor feeding a Muscovy duck at Andalusia Farm] When Flannery O’Connor returned home from her visit to... Read more
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![[Program from 1959 Vanderbilt Literary Symposium]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case2-item5-program_01-1500-e1753900807323-640x480.jpg)
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![[“No Moonlight and Magnolias,” a feature on Flannery O’Connor from The Tennessean]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case2-item2-newspaper-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Flannery O’Connor’s gold pen]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case1-item7-pen-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Typescript draft of “The Displaced Person” with handwritten edits on last paragraph]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case1-item3-displacedperson2-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Unpublished shooting script for Horton Foote’s PBS adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s story “The Displaced Person,” with actress Irene Worth’s Georgia accent pronunciation guide]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case4-item4-5-script-1500-640x480.jpg)
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![[Fragment of a five-tined cultivator hoe from Andalusia Farm]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case1-item4-hoe-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Audio reel from literary symposium featuring Flannery O’Connor reading “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case2-item7-reeltoreel-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Letter from Flannery O’Connor to Andrew Lytle]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case3-item6-foclytleletter-640x480.jpg)
![[Letter from Flannery O’Connor to Brainard Cheney about Wise Blood review]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case2-item4-flannerythanks-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Box of Flannery O’Connor’s Dictacraft typewriter paper]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case1-item5-typewriterpaper-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Photograph of Flannery O’Connor at Cheney residence]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case2-item1-morrisseypic-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[“Do you think teachers are necessary?” linocut print, printed in Flannery O’Connor: The Cartoons]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case3-item4-teachersprint-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Letter from Caroline Gordon to Flannery O’Connor]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case3-item2-gordonfoc_01-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Flannery O’Connor’s Webster typewriter ribbon]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case1-item6-typewriterribbon-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Photograph of Flannery O’Connor feeding a Muscovy duck at Andalusia Farm]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case1-above-duck-1500-640x480.jpg)
![[Peacock feathers]](https://exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2025/07/case4-item3-feathers-1500-640x480.jpg)