Jan Karon addition 5

Extent:

6.5 Cubic Feet 12 five inch legal document boxes, 1 two inch legal document box, one 14"x18" oversize folder and one 2'x3' oversize folder. Four optical disks have been interfiled in Box 137, one audiovisual DVD, two CD-R disks and one without a designation (Disks 93-96).

Scope and content:

This addition to MSS 16077 Jan Karon Papers contains personal and professional correspondence, and greeting cards; files and other documentation concerning the appraisal, purchase, ownership, operations and restoration of the Esmont house and estate by Jan Karon; correspondence concerning Karon's editorship of the magazine "Response," including with Langston Hughes; event and memorial programs; photographs of Esmont, family and friends; invitations; fan mail; correspondence about donations and organizations; speeches or talks by Jan Karon; publicity and miscellany.

Acquisition information:

Addition five was given to the University of Virginia Special Collections Library on October 19, 2020.

Arrangement:

This addition to the Jan Karon papers has four subseries: Esmont papers; Correspondence, chiefly to Jan Karon; Family and Personal papers; and Restricted Files.

Separated material:

Two books were removed from this addition and transferred to the Rare Books Cataloger for individual handling:

Garden Club of Virginia Historic Garden Week "Historic Southern Albemarle" book with a copy of a sticky note "Esmont on the tour in 2014, the year I sold it." (2014)

"Donna Life - Art - Garden - Home" with a preface by Jan Karon about her friend, Donna Ernst. Probably an advanced reader's copy (2019). Book came with a sticky note, "This is not the final edition. This rough edition contains typos and incorrect paragraphing with several design changes as well. Delivered final copies 12/19."

Subjects:

Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Smith, Beth Laney
Swansea, Charleen
Correspondence
photographs

Places:

Esmont (Albemarle County, Va. : Dwelling)
Esmont (Va.)

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