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Start Over Collection Jan Karon papers Date range 2014

Jan Karon addition 5 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).

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.

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Jan Karon addition 6 2 Cubic Feet

This addition to the Jan Karon papers (MSS 16077) primarily contains greeting cards and letters sent to the American novelist Jan Karon of Charlottesville, Virginia. The bulk of the cards present in this collection span the holiday seasons of 2020 and 2021.

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Jan Karon papers 66 Cubic Feet 120 legal document boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 17 oversize folders

Karon, Jan (Janice), 1937-

The Jan Karon papers (66 cubic feet; 1918-2018) contain Mitford book typescripts and galleys; materials related to Ms. Karon's publishing career and her relationship with her agent and publisher; letters and fan mail from readers, arranged by month and year only; memorabilia; professional and personal correspondence; reviews and press publicity; research related to Karon's novels; files related to charitable organizations and boards; architectural drawings of Esmont Farm; files and journals related to the purchase, restoration, and running of historic Esmont Farm, Albemarle County, Virginia, by Karon; personal and family papers; files pertaining to Jan Karon's advertising career, particularly the North Carolina tourism campaign for McKinney and Silver; photographs; artifacts; audiovisual material; and born-digital material, including disks and hard drives.

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