Marianne M. Moates Papers
Scope and Contents
This accession contains documents and audio recordings that were used by Marianne M. Moates Weber as a reference to write and edit her book, A Bridge of Childhood: Truman Capote’s Southern Years (1996). The audio was recorded by Capote’s cousin, Jennings Faulk Carter (1928-2012), especially for Moates’s writing project and details Carter’s memories of Capote and their family as well as interactions with their mutual friend, Nelle Harper Lee.
Dates
- 1987 - 2014
- Majority of material found within 1987
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to research without restrictions.
Biographical Sketch
Marianne Merrill Moates Weber (1942-) was born in Andalusia, Alabama. She received her B.S. in Education from the University of Alabama Birmingham in 1975 and pursued her graduate studies at the University of Alabama and Samford University. She has been a member and/or president of the Alabama Writers’ Conclave, National State Poetry Society, Writing Today, Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors, and Magic City Writers. Her publications include A Summer’s Sadness (1968) and A Bridge of Childhood: Truman Capote’s Southern Years (1996).
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 doc box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The materials are arranged topically.
Separated Materials
Removed from Collection:
Moates, Marianne M. 2014. Truman Capote’s Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin 25th Anniversary Edition with a New Foreword by Ralph F. Voss. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. Paperback.
Moates, Marianne M. 2008. Truman Capote’s Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin. Tuscaloosa and London: The University of Alabama Press. Paperback.
Available in the Auburn RBD Library:
Moates, Marianne M. 1996. Truman Capote’s Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin. Tuscaloosa and London: The University of Alabama Press. Paperback.
Available in the Alabama Collection of the Auburn Special Collections and Archives:
Moates, Marianne M. 2014. Truman Capote’s Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin 25th Anniversary Edition with a New Foreword by Ralph F. Voss. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. Paperback.
Physical Description
Some discoloration and foxing on paper documents.
- Title
- Guide to the Marianne M. Moates Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 1277
- Author
- Joanna Ashley
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
