Frederick Buechner Papers, 1926-2006 | Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Biographical

Sub-Series 1: Awards

Box 1

Folder 1: The National Book Award program, 1952

[Buechner in attendance at dinner]

Folder 2: Newsclippings for O. Henry Award for The Tiger, 1955

[Third Prize, $100]

Folder 3: The American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award, 1959

Folder 4: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1982

Folder 5: Logos Bookstores' Most Significant Author, Aug 20, 1982

Folder 6: Doctor of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, Oct 26, 1982

Folder 7: Lafayette College Doctor of Divinity Degree, May 27, 1984

Folder 8: Lehigh University Honorary Degree - letter and program, 10/11/1987

Folder 9: Cornell College Honorary Degree, Oct 19, 1989

Folder 10: Yale University Doctor of Divinity, May 1990

Folder 11: The University of the South, honorary degree, Jan. 23, 1996

Folder 12: Susquehanna University Honorary Degree, May 1998

Folder 13: Conference on Christian and Literature Belles Lettres Award, 1987

Folder 14: Presbyterian Writers Guild Award, 1990

Folder 15: Lawrenceville School, 50th Anniversary / Lawrenceville Medal, 1993

[missing]

Box 2

Folder 1: The Century Association, Membership letter, 1964

Folder 2: The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Oct. 13, 1969

Folder 3: Conference on Christian and Literature Belles Lettres Award, 1987

Folder 4: Dictionary of Literary Biography Certificate of Merit, 1993

Folder 5: Article on presentation of Lawrenceville Medal, 1993

Folder 6: Prize for Son of Laughter citation and certificate, Dec. 29, 1993

Folder 7: Critics' Choice Book Award #1 Fiction Son of Laughter, 1994

Folder 8: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Certificate of Merit for On the Road with the Archangel, 1997

Box 128

Item 13: Wake Forest University, honorary doctorate, May 2000

Box 129

Folder 1: Union Theological Seminary. Unitas Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding ministry., 2008

(actual citation not provided).

Box 136

Item 1: Honorary Doctorate from Lehigh University, 10/11/1987

Item 2: Doctor of Divinity, Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (Virginia), 1982 October 26

oversize degree certificate

Sub-Series 2: General

Box 2

Folder 9: Bibliography of Buechner's Writings

Folder 10: The Buechner Room, Where Buechner Wrote Most of His Books

Folder 11: First Literary Effort, 1932

Folder 12: Grade School, 1932-38

Folder 13: Army, 1944-45

Folder 14: Transatlantic Trip to France, England, and Scotland, 1950

Folder 15: Statement of Faith Written for Union Theological Seminary, 1954-57

Folder 16: Marriage of Frederick Buechner to Judith Friedrike Merck, Apr 7, 1956

Folder 17: Ordination Service, Jun 1, 1958

Folder 18: Documents related to The Fund for Theological Education, including: Application for admission to Union Theological Seminary; application for Rockefeller scholarship to attend seminary; letters of recommendation, academic transcripts (dates span 1954-55). Also, later documents from the Fund (1964 and 2004).

Box 3

Folder 1: Legal Documents; Will

Folder 2: Legal Documents; Certificates Authorizing Buechner to Solemnize Marriages

Folder 3: Legal Documents; Pertaining to Mother's Will

Folder 4: Wheaton College Frederick Buechner Collection

Folder 5: Misc. Biographical Information

Folder 6: Misc. Unidentified

Folder 7: Misc. Unidentified

Folder 8: Biographical Sketch By Vineta Colby, Wilson Library Bulletin, Jan 1959

Folder 9: Family History

Folder 10: Family History

Folder 11: Family History; Naya

(Buechner's Grandmother)

Folder 12: Family History; Katherine Kuhn Buechner Welles Kearney

(Buechner's Mother)

Folder 13: Family History; C. F. Buechner

(Buechner's Father)

Folder 14: Family History; Serena S. Merk

(Buechner's Mother - in - law)

Folder 15: Family History; Katherine Buechner Mullen

(Buechner's Daughter)

Folder 16: Family History; Dinah Louise Buechner

(Buechner's Daughter)

Folder 17: Family History; Nancy Buechner Lewis

(Buechner's 1st Cousin)

Folder 18: Family History; Robert Buechner

(Buechner's Uncle)

Folder 19: Stephen Vincent Benet

Folder 20: James Merrill

Folder 21: Dolly Summerlin

Folder 22: Travel Itineraries

Folder 23: Speaking Engagements; Iowa Tour

Folder 24: Speaking Engagements; Questions

Folder 25: Speaking Engagements; Programs

Folder 26: Speaking Engagements; Publicity

Box 4

Folder 1: Engagement Book, 1953

Folder 2: Engagement Book, 1954

Folder 3: Engagement Book, 1955

Folder 4: Engagements, 1980-83

Folder 5: Lawrentian, Autumn 1992; interview w/James Merrill, poem by Buechner

Folder 6: Speaking schedule, 1989-91

Folder 7: Katherine Buechner: program of service (she preached)

illustrated by Katherine

Folder 8: Family History; Ken Michel

(possible genealogical connection)

Folder 9: Baccalaureate Sermon, LaFayette College, May 27, 1984

Folder 10: Speaking Engagement Itinerary, 1991-92

Folder 11: Trinity News, Jan. 1994

Folder 12: Lawrentian, Winter 1994 Chronology for 50th reunion yearbook

(Princeton)

Folder 13: Biographical sketch -- bibliography

Folder 14: Dogwood Newsletter, picture, September, 1997

Folder 15: Biographical sketch and outline -- periodical bibliography

Folder 16: Alcoholics Anonymous, 1988

Folder 17: Results of comprehensive physical exams from Dr. Michael Polifka, Northshire Medical Center, Manchester Corner, Vt., Oct. 25, 1999 and Dec. 3, 2002

Folder 18: Wedding announcement from New York Times, notes, poem & other items related to daughter Katherine's wedding, 1984

Folder 19: Dossier submitted when seeking a pastorate in 1969.

Folder 20: Artists' Letters - Various, 1979-1982

Folder 24: A-Alliance

Folder 25: Am-Ano

Folder 26: Anp-Ar

Folder 27: As-Az

Box 7

Folder 4: Brother Andrew - Sancta Maria Abbey, 1971

Folder 15: Buckley, William F. Jr., 1974-1979

Box 14

Folder 2: Edinburgh, 1968 March 10-31

Box 15

Folder 15: Elm-Ez

Box 128

Item 9: Legal Document; Agreement w/Wasserman Literary Agency re: Whistling in the Dark

Box 136

Item 3: Posters (2) for "Peculiar Treasures: Journey in Christian Living."  Annual Conference of the Diocese of Newark, NJ - Frederick Buechner, keynote speaker, 6/25/1989-6/27/1989

Item 4: Frederick Buechner (Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Series, Davidson College, North Carolina), 1996 April 14-16

poster (oversize); schedule of lectures printed on back

Sub-Series 3: Notebooks and Engagement books

Box 5

Folder 1: Diary, 1957

Folder 2: Notebook, Early 1950'S

Folder 3: Notebook, 1951

Folder 4: Notebook, 1952

Folder 5: Notebook, 1959

Folder 6: Notebook, 1967

Folder 7: Notebook, 1967-69

Folder 8: Notebook, 1971-72

Folder 9: Notebook, 1980

Folder 10: Sermon Notebook

Folder 11: Week at a Glance, 1985-86

Folder 12: Notebook, 1993-98

Sub-Series 4: Education

Box 6

Folder 1: Trinity School; Notebook, 1937-38

Folder 2: Trinity School; Christmas Cards Found in Notebook, 1937-38

Folder 3: Trinity School; Paper, "Louis Pasteur", 1937-38

Folder 4: Trinity School; Paper, "How Man Has Improved His Surroundings", 1937-38

Folder 5: Trinity School; Class Reunion

Folder 6: Lawrenceville; Syllabus and Entrance Requirements

Folder 7: Lawrenceville article in Life

Folder 8: Lawrenceville, 1940-43

Folder 9: Lawrenceville; Yearbook, 1940-41

Folder 10: Lawrenceville; Pipe and Quill Society

Folder 11: Lawrenceville; The Lit, Apr 1941

Folder 12: Lawrenceville; The Lit, Nov 1943

Folder 13: Lawrenceville; The Lit, Mar 1944

Folder 14: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Spring 1942

Folder 15: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Autumn 1942

Folder 16: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Winter 1942

Folder 17: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Summer 1943

Folder 18: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Autumn 1943

Folder 19: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Winter 1943

Folder 20: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Summer 1949

Folder 21: Lawrenceville; The Lawrentian, Summer 1956

Folder 22: Lawrenceville; Poems and Notes

Folder 23: Lawrenceville; Short Stories, 1940-43

(some unfinished)

Folder 24: Lawrenceville; Papers

Folder 25: Lawrenceville; Paper, "Oscar Wilde: Poet, Playwright and 'Poseur'", 1940-43

Folder 26: Princeton, 1943-48

Folder 27: Princeton; Poems and Notes, 1943-48

Folder 28: Princeton; Poems

Box 7

Folder 1: Princeton; Lecture Notes, 1946 - 48

Folder 2: Princeton; Notebook, 1946

Folder 3: Princeton; German Papers, 1943 - 48

Folder 4: Princeton; Paper

(unfinished)

Folder 5: Princeton; Paper "Sailing to Byzantium"

Folder 6: Princeton; Paper "A Winter Story"

Folder 7: Princeton; Paper "The Dreame"

Folder 8: Princeton; Paper "Greta Garbo and The Wolf of the Park"

Folder 9: Princeton; Paper "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed"

Folder 10: Princeton; Paper "Notes on the Function of Metaphor in English Poetry" (2)

Folder 11: Princeton; Paper "Thomas Browne, Jeremy Taylor and the Theme of Death"

Folder 12: Princeton; Paper "Hebdomada Mortium"

Folder 13: Princeton; Paper "Some Varieties of Imagery in the Poems of John Donne"

Folder 14: Princeton; Newspapers The Princetonian, Mar 1948

Folder 15: Princeton; Honors, 1948

Folder 16: Princeton; Commencement, 1948

Folder 17: Princeton; Alumni Magazine, 1998

Folder 18: Union Theological Seminary, 1954-58

Folder 19: Union Theological Seminary; Lecture Notes

Folder 20: Union Theological Seminary; Lecture Notes, 1954-58

Box 8

Folder 1: Union Theological Seminary; Notebook, Part I

Folder 2: Union Theological Seminary; Notebook, Part II

Folder 3: Union Theological Seminary; Exegesis and Expositions

Folder 4: Union Theological Seminary; Speech Audition, Sep 27, 1954

(phonograph record)

Folder 5: Union Theological Seminary; Speech, "Literature and Religion", 1954 - 57

Folder 6: Union Theological Seminary; "History of Religions," Essay Exams

Folder 7: Union Theological Seminary; "History of Religions," Essay Exams, 1954 - 58

Folder 8: Union Theological Seminary; Reading Reports, 1957 - 58

Folder 9: Union Theological Seminary; Paper

Folder 10: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Baron Von Hugel's Letters to a Niece", 1955

Folder 11: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Two Penitential Prayers", 1955

Folder 12: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Paul's Christology"

Folder 13: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "The Composition of the Jacob Narrative"

Folder 14: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "A Typological View of David and Absalom"

Folder 15: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Some Notes on Second Isaiah's Use of Nature"

Folder 16: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "An Introduction to the Gospel and Acts"

Folder 17: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Aeschylus and the Jahwist on the Nature And Origin Of Evil"

Folder 18: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "The God - Man"

Folder 19: Union Theological Seminary; Term Paper, 1958

Folder 20: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Ernest Hemingway"

Folder 21: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "Toward a Theology of Worship"

Folder 22: Union Theological Seminary; Paper, "The Day of Yahweh" (2)

Folder 23: Auburn Theological Seminary/Union Theological Seminary, 1958

Folder 24: Wheaton Alumni; September/October 1983

Folder 25: Wheaton Alumni; September/October 1983

Folder 26: Wheaton Record; September 27, 1985

Folder 27: News Clipping, honorary degree awarded at Susquehanna

Folder 28: Susquehanna Today; Summer 1998

Folder 29: Lawrentian excerpt, Buechner, class of 1943; Summer 1998

Folder 30: Susquehanna commencement folder; May 17, 1998

Folder 31: Mercersburg, Buechner speaks to the school; Fall 1997

Sub-Series 5: Memorabilia

Box 9

Item 1: Diploma; Union Theological Seminary, 1958

Item 2: Scrapbook

Item 3: Scrapbook

Item 4: Scrapbook

Item 5: Scrapbook

Item 6: Anthony Harwoos's Ten Poems

Item 7: Herman Redpath's Pouch, Made by a Reader

Item 8: Personal Calendar, 1990

Item 9: Folder from Exeter, with letter

Item 10: Place Cards

Box 10

Item 1: Letters of Condolence to Buechner's Mother After His Father's Death

[Restricted material]

Item 2: Box Containing Father's Wallet, & Copy of Gone With The Wind with Father's Suicide Note

[Restricted material]

Box 128

Item 14: Bible (RSV) presented to Buechner at his ordination (1958) by Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY

Box 130

Folder 20: Lawrenceville School 50th Reunion-Class of 1943, 1993

Assorted materials. Includes letter on Lawrenville Medal presented to Buechner; Class Poem by Buechner

Box 131

Folder 19: Membership card: International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc., 1998

Series 2: Media

Sub-Series 1: Photographs

Box 11

Item 1: Buechner with His Mother and Father at the beach [probably Quoque, Long Island], 1928

Item 2: Buechner with his father at the beach [probably Quoque, Long Island], 1928

Item 3: Buechner in the Army, 1944 - 1945

"Can this be me?"

Item 4: Buechner in the Army, 1944 - 1945

"My feet hurt!"

Item 5: Buechner on Porch, 1949 - 1950

(used in announcements for A Long Day's Dying; 2 additional copies)

Item 6: Buechner with Tree in Background, 1957 -1958

(from dust jacket of The Return Of Ansel Gibbs)

Item 7: Buechner & Daughter Katherine, 1960

(1 original and 4 copies)

Item 8: Buechner's Daughter, Katherine Ann, in Crib, 1960

(March 1960; 1 orig. and 3 copies)

Item 9: Buechner's Daughters, Katherine & Dinah, on a horse, 1964

(plus 3 copies)

Item 10: Buechner & Dog, 1964 - 1965

(from dust jacket of The Final Beast; 1 orig. plus 6 copies; )

Item 11: Buechner Wearing Raincoat in Front of House, 1974

(from jacket of The Book of Bebb and Love Feast; 1 orig. plus 6 copies; credit: Alan Fortney)

Item 12: Buechner in Front of Fence, 1983-1984

(from dust jacket of A Room Called Remember; 6 additional copies)

Item 13: Negatives for 1-13

Item 14: Buechner, Joe & Barbara McClatchey, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 15: Buechner, Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Oct 1984, 1984

Dr. Reynolds was a speaker at the Lit. Conference; at the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984

Item 16: Buechner, Bill Favata & Dan Bowell, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984

Item 17: Alan Jacobs, Mary Ryken, Buechner, Lee Ryken, Mary Dorsett, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984

Item 18: Lee Ryken, Mary Ryken, Mary Dorsett, Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984

Item 19: Ed Hollatz, Ward Kriegbaum, Lyle Dorsett, Bill Henning, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedicatio of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 20: Joe McClatchey, Paul Snezek, Barbara McClatchey, Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedicatio of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 21: Joe McClatchey, Paul Snezek, Barbara McClatchey, Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedicatio of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 22: Paul Snezek, Dr. Alan Jones, Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 23: Dr. Alan Jones and Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 24: Dr. Alan Jones, Buechner, Roger Lundin, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 25: Terry Lindvall Talking with Lee Ryken, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 26: Paul Snezek, Janet Snezek, Mary Ryken, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 27: Roger Lundin and Paul Snezek, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 28: Roger Lundin and Paul Snezek, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 29: Terry Lindvall, Lee Ryken, Paul Snezek, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 30: Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Dr. Alan Jones, William Leslie, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 31: Dr. Alan Jones and Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 32: Dr. Alan Jones and Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 33: Vic Gordon, Sue Gordon, Rev. Paul Stavrakos, Mrs. Stavrakos, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 34: David Malone, Terry Lindvall, Em Griffin, Jean Griffin, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 35: Em Griffin Presenting a Tribute to Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the dinner for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 36: Paul Snezek Presenting Gift Plate to Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the dinner for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 37: Paul Snezek Presenting Gift Plate to Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the dinner for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 38: Em Griffin Presenting a Tribute to Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the dinner for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 39: Em Griffin Presenting a Tribute to Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the dinner for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 40: Ward Kriegbaum Accepting Collection from Buechner, Oct 1984, 1984

At the dinner for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 41: Paul Snezek, Janet Snezek, Terri Jacobs, Alan Jacobs, Mary Ryken, Buechner, Lee Ryken, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 42: Lyle Dorsett, Mary Dorsett, Ward Kriegbaum, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 43: Mary Ryken, Lee Ryken, Buechner, Mary Dorsett, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 44: David Malone, Terry Lindvall, Em Griffin, Jean Griffin, Oct 1984, 1984

At the reception for the Dedication of the Buechner Collection, 10-10-1984.

Item 45: Negatives for photos 14 - 44, 1984

Dedication of Buechner Collection

Item 46: Buechner, Lyle Dorsett, Evelyn Brace, Marj Mead in The Wade Collection, Oct 1984, 1984

Item 47: Buechner and Pat Allen Hargis in Front of the C. S. Lewis Wardrobe, 1984

Item 48: Buechner at C. S. Lewis' Table in The Wade Collection, Oct 1984, 1984

Item 49: Buechner in The Wade Collection, Oct 1984, 1984

Item 50: Buechner in Front of His Home, Sep 1984, 1984

(With negative plus 8x10 B/W)

Item 51: Buechner at Home with Rev. Kenneth O. Eaton, Sep 1984

Item 52: Joe Crowley & James Merrill on K.P.

Joe Crowley, Harraw (?) ASTP

J. Merrill, [indistinct] civilian

Item 53: Buechner & James Merrill, Enclosed with Letter from Merrill, Jul 6, 1949, 1949

Jul 6, 1949

[no letter actually enclosed]

Item 54: By the Parthenon, Received in Box of Letters from James Merrill

Item 55: James Merrill with Mary Lee Garlock, Washington D.C., October 1990, 1990

"In return for snapshot of Garlock - Mary Lee!! * who gave me my first French kiss _in France_. I've waited over 40 years to "tell." Shh.  J.

*Wash DC Oct 90

(Taken on Polaroid film)

Item 56: Contact Sheet, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

See InkJet Prints for selections from this contact sheet [1998 or 1999].

Item 57: Ink Jet Prints, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

[Or 1998?] Frame 29

Item 58: Ink Jet Prints, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

[Or 1998?] Frame 31

Item 59: Ink Jet Prints, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

[Or 1998?] Frame 21

Item 60: Ink Jet Prints, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

[Or 1998?] Frame 10

Item 61: Ink Jet Prints, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

[Or 1998?] Frame 14

Item 62: Ink Jet Prints, Photo Shoot at home, 1999

[Or 1998?] Frame 24

Item 63: Dedication of Kilby Papers at Wheaton College, May 6, 1991

(E. B. [Bea?] Batson, Buechner, Mrs. Kilby, unidentified woman)

Item 64: Buechner signing book, with unidentified woman (undated-1980s?) No location given.

Buechner next to unidentified woman; undated (1980s?); no location given.

Item 65: Buechner at lectern

(undated, no location; possibly University of Tennessee, Chattanooga)

Item 66: Buechner with Samuel DeRusha, Univ. of Tennessee grad student, at Alexian Village, Signal Mtn., Tenn., April 19, 2001, 2001

Item 67: Christmas Card of Buechner with wife, children, and grandchildren, with names of entire family on a coordinate silhouette. December, 2006, 2006

(Photo same as 79)

Item 68: Family photo of Buechner and his wife, children and grandchildren. Christmas, 2006, 2006

(color)

Item 69: Black and white photo of Buechner (1997) sent to someone for school bicentennial campaign (Princeton?) Written on back: "Frederick Buechner, '43", 1997

Written on back: "Frederick Buechner, '43"

On front of enclosed card: "Photo. as requested

for Bicentennial Campaign"

Item 70: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 71: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 72: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 73: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 74: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 75: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 76: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 77: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 78: One of nine color photos of Buechner's daughters (Katherine and Sharman?) and several of his grandchildren at a party. All dated Aug. 20, 2004.

Item 79: Undated color photo of daughter Katherine as a child (with friend) sitting on Santa's lap.

Item 80: Buechner on a Pony, New York City, 1929

(photocopy)

Item 81: Buechner & Mother at Party Celebrating the Publication of A Long Day's Dying, 1950

The Knopf party (photocopy)

Item 82: In Archway of the Colosseum, 1951 July

Item 83: Buechner, Judy, & Their Scottish Deerhound, Lear, 1978

(photocopy)

Item 84: Pencil Sketch of FB by Betty McClaney

(photocopy)

Written on back of photocopy:

"Fred,

Betty McLaney [sic] gave me a pencil portrait of what this is a photostat--The paper and pencil were both dark--but you get the general idea. _Don't_ give me away--that I let you see it. She'd die!

Lou"

(photocopy)

Item 85: Buechner's mother, Katherine Kuhn, in wedding party c. 1920's

(photocopy of newspaper photo)

Item 86: Photocopy of portrait, 1990's

From Sojourners; biography picture

Item 87: Print of digital color photo: Daughter Sharman, her husband and children (?), 2000?

Found in manuscript for "Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought to Say."

Box 136

Item 5: Photos (2, on a single oversize sheet) of Frederick Buechner and the contents of his pockets, by Mark B. Sluder, 10/1986

Sub-Series 2: Computer disks

Box 12

Item 1: Brendan

Item 2: The Son of Laughter

Item 3: Letters, 1988-90

(printed and filed in general correspondence)

Sub-Series 3: Audio Recordings

Box 136

Item 6: Whistling in the Dark, Arena Theater Festival, 1992

7 1/2 ips

Item 7: A Christmas Triptych, from the book, "A Magnificent Defeat," by Frederick Buechner. All Saints Episcopal Church - Beverly Hills, CA, 1965

long-playing record (LP)

Audio Cassette Storage 1

Item 1: AC01 Beecher Lectures: "Telling the Truth", 1977

Item 2: AC02 Beecher Lectures: "Gospel as Comedy", 1977

Item 3: AC03 Beecher Lectures: "Gospel as Tragedy", 1977

Item 4: AC04 Beecher Lectures: "Gospel as Fairy Tale", 1977

Item 5: AC05 Dedication of Frederick Buechner Collection, Wheaton College, 10-10-84

(2 copies)

Item 6: AC06 Chapel Service, Wheaton College, 10-12-84

Item 7: AC07 "Prayer and Preaching," Ron Birk, 1979

Item 8: AC08 "Face to Face," Biff Fink

Item 9: AC09 Sprunt Sermon 1: "Faith"

Item 10: AC10 Sprunt Sermon 1: "Hope"

Item 11: AC11 Sprunt Sermon 1: "Love"

Item 12: AC12 Frederick Buechner Talks About His Books and Writing

Item 13: AC13 "The Speaking and Writing of Words," Bangor Theo. Sem. 1-29-79

Item 14: AC14 "Words as Literature," Bangor Theological Seminary, 1-30-79

Item 15: AC15 "Words as Literature," Lecture 2

Item 16: AC16 "The Sacrament of Reading," Bangor Theological Seminary, 1-31-1979

[missing] (damaged)

Item 17: AC17 Chattanooga Ministerial Association,, 1986

Item 18: AC18 Chattanooga Clergy Association, 1986

Item 19: AC19 Address to Wheaton College Faculty, 10-8-85

Item 20: AC20 King Lear Lecture II, Montreat Conference Center, North Carolina, 1986

(3 copies) Note: Tape of Lecture I appears to be item 25

Item 21: AC21 Norton Lectures, 10-18-1987

(AM)

Item 22: AC22 Norton Lectures, 10-17-1987

(PM)

Item 23: AC23 Norton Lectures, 10-18-1987

(PM)

Item 24: AC24 Centennial Visitor Series, Univ. of Tennessee

Item 25: AC25 "Faith and Fiction," Montreat, 1986

Item 26: AC26 Sunday Morning Worship, Montreat, 1986

Item 27: AC27 Interview by Em Griffin

Item 28: AC28 Interview by Em Griffin

Item 29: AC29 Interview by Em Griffin

Item 30: AC30 Open Heart Tape, Janie Gustafson

Item 31: AC31 Alphabet of Grace, Dramatic Reading

Item 32: AC32 Catalyst: A Resource for Christian Leaders I

(with contributions from Buechner: Gospel as Truth) -- 1 tape

Item 33: AC33 Catalyst: A Resource for Christian Leaders II

(Buechner: The Myth of God Incarnate) -- 1 tape

Item 34: AC34 Catalyst: A Resource for Christian Leaders III

(Buechner: Comedy of the Grace of God) 2 copies

Item 35: AC35 Catalyst: A Resource for Christian Leaders IV

(Buechner: Gospel as Fairytale) 3 copies

Item 36: AC36 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - 7/23/90

(No topics given for set)

Item 37: AC37 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - 7/23/90

Item 38: AC38 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - 7/24/90

Item 39: AC39 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - 7/25/90

Item 40: AC40 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - 7/26/90

Item 41: AC41 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - 7/26-27, 1990

Item 42: AC42 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning - Director's Forum - 7/26/90

Item 43: AC43 Sermon - "The Kingdom of God" - July 22, 1990

Item 44: AC44 Presbyterian Writers Guild - June 1, 1990 - Salt Lake City, Utah -- Recognition of Buechner

Item 45: AC45 Labeled "F.B. Novels" - 3/15/89 -- regards "Final Beast"

Item 46: AC46 April 6, 1997 speaking engagement

(no other ID)

Item 47: AC47 Princeton University Chapel --- Service of Thanksgiving and Commission -- June 1, 1997

Item 48: AC48 Chattanooga Bible Institute -- "A Good Man is Hard To Find" - Flannery O'Connor

Item 49: AC49 Chattanooga Bible Institute -- "The Enduring Chill" - Flannery O'Connor

Item 50: AC50 Chattanooga Bible Institute -- "Greenleaf" - Flannery O'Connor

Item 51: AC51 Chattanooga Bible Institute -- "Revelation" - Flannery O'Connor

Item 52: AC52 Chattanooga Bible Institute -- "Everything That Rises Must Converge" - Flannery O'Connor

Item 53: AC53 Chattanooga Bible Institute -- "Good Country People" -- Flannery O'Connor

Item 54: AC54 21st National Trinity Institute Conference: "The Dwarves in the Stable", 1990

(Buechner)

Item 55: AC55 21st National Trinity Institute Conference: "The White Tower", 1990

(Buechner)

Item 56: AC56 21st National Trinity Institute Conference: "The Basement Room", 1990

(Buechner)

Item 57: AC57 21st National Trinity Institute Conference: Opening sermon, 1990

(James Carroll)

Item 58: AC58 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning. Lecture #1 -- 7/6/92 "Art & Design"

Item 59: AC59 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning #2 -- 7/7/92 "My Story"

Item 60: AC60 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning #3 -- 7/8/92 "Stewardship of Pain"

Item 61: AC61 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning #4 -- 7/9/92 "The Son of Laughter"

Item 62: AC62 Laity Lodge for Christian Learning #5 -- 7/10/92 "Glimpses of Joy"

Item 63: AC63 Listening to Your Life -- "Readings" Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, N.C.

Item 64: AC64 Listening to Your Life -- "Readings #2" Kanuga Conference Center

Item 65: AC65 Listening to Your Life -- "Conversations with Buechner & Mayne" Kanuga Conference Center

Item 66: AC66 Listening to Your Life -- "Introduction of Mr. Buechner by Prof. George Connor" Kanuga Conference Center

Item 67: AC67 Frederick Buechner reading from "Son of Laughter" -- 4/15/92 Kanuga Conference Center

Item 68: AC68 Acceptance of Lawrenceville Medal -- 10/15/93

(Lawrenceville School)

Item 69: AC69 Christ Memorial Chapel. March 29, 1998. Sermon, "The Church"

Item 70: AC70 St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Chattanooga, TN), May 2, 2000. Sermon: "The Eyes of the Heart"

(2 COPIES)

Item 71: AC71 Sermon for Morning Worship, 209th General Assembly (PCUSA), Syracuse, N.Y., June 16, 1997

Item 72: AC72 Mars Hill Audio (bimonthly magazine of contemporary culture & Christian conviction). In light of his book, "The Eyes of the Heart," Buechner explores the ministry of memoirs and the importance of remembering. March/April 2000

Item 73: AC73 Earl Lectures, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif., Feb. 8, 1983: "Deliverance."

Item 74: AC74 Earl Lectures, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif. Feb. 9, 1983: "Dereliction"

Item 75: AC75 Earl Lectures, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif., Feb. 10, 1983: "Delay"

Item 76: AC76 Henderson Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary, "Conversations with Frederick Buechner," 9 a.m. session, May 8, 1986.

Item 77: AC77 Henderson Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary, "Conversations With Frederick Buechner," 1:30 p.m. session, May 9, 1986.

Item 78: AC78 Lecture, Bowen Conference at Kanuga, Hendersonville, N.C., May 25-28, 1996. "Listening to Your Life: Home." First of 3 presentations at conference

(others were readings from Buechner's books-no tapes of these). Quite beautiful.

Item 79: AC79 "I Advent," Church of the Redeemer, December, 1984.

(no location given) Note: Tape in poor shape toward the end

Item 80: AC80 Columbia Forum. Lecture 1: "Once Upon A Time" Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga., 1981

Item 81: AC81 Columbia Forum. Lecture 2: "Once Below A Time", 1981

(discusses suicide of father) NOTE: poor quality, especially toward the end

Item 82: AC82 Columbia Forum. Lecture 3: "Beyond Time.", 1981

NOTE: poor quality

Item 83: AC83 Zabriskie Lectures, Virginia Theological Seminary, Fall Convocation: "Now and Then, I", 1982

Item 84: AC84 Zabriskie Lectures, Virginia Theological Seminary, Fall Convocation: "Now and Then, II", 1982

Item 85: AC85 Zabriskie Lectures, Virginia Theological Seminary, Fall Convocation: "Now and Then, III", 1982

(2 sets)

Item 86: AC86 Sermon-Third Sunday of Lent, March 14, 1993

(location unidentified)

Item 87: AC87 Sermon-Second Sunday of Easter, April 2, 1989

(location unidentified but possibly Jupiter Island; Buechner refers to "this island.")

Item 88: AC88 Sermon, "Easter II," April 10, 1994

(location unidentified)

Item 89: AC89 Sermon, Palm Sunday, April 9, 1995, "The Things That Make For Peace"

(location unidentified but possibly Jupiter Island; Buechner refers to "this improbable little island") Loose adaptation of segment in A Room Called Remember ("The Things That Make For Peace")

Item 90: AC90 Lecture "The Power of Memoir," by Dr. Charles Poole. Part of lecture series on Theology and Literature, Northminster Baptist Church, Feb. 20, 2000 (mentions the books of Buechner)

(no location given)

Item 91: AC91 Sermon, "The Eyes of the Heart," Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, April 28, 2002.

(2 copies)

Item 92: AC92 Seminars on Religion & The Arts-Tape I, St. Paul's, Cleveland (no other ID), May 17, 1988.

NOTE: low volume, quality erratic

Item 93: AC93 Seminars on Religion & The Arts-Tape 2, St. Paul's, Cleveland. Mainly Buechner reading from his books.

NOTE: low volume, quality erratic.

Item 94: AC94 Buechner lecture, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, 4-27-01

Item 95: AC95 "For Such a Time As This." Buechner lecture for McCormick Days, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 4-29-2002

Item 96: AC96 Sermon: "The Eyes of the Heart." Dated 4-25-99.

Church unidentified

Item 97: AC97 Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing (April, 2004); "Book of the Quarter Discussion"

Item 98: AC98 Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing; "Career Reflections"

3 copies

Item 99: AC99 Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing: Lecture on preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary

Item 100: AC100 Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing: "Seeing and Believing"

Item 101: AC101 Family history -- mostly anecdotal -- made by Buechner in 2004 for reunion he was unable to attend.

Item 102: AC102 Preaching Today: "A Good Lesson From A Bad Example" (Haddon Robinson); Frederick Buechner Interview -- "The Words We Use To Preach;" "What Are We Going To Be?"

Item 103: AC103 Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn. "Art and Religion" 5/19/88

Sub-Series 4: Video Recordings

Loose 1

Item 1: Chicago Sunday Evening Club, F. Buechner, 09/29/1985

Item 2: Chicago Sunday Evening Club, F. Buechner, 10/29/1989

Item 3: A Moment of Grace, CSEC, 10/4/1992

Item 4: Return of Ansel Gibbs, Playhouse 90 TV, c. 1

Item 5: Return of Ansel Gibbs, Playhouse 90 TV, c. 2

Item 6: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, "Telling the Truth" and "Brendan and Godric,", 10/1989

Item 7: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, "Art and Religion" and "Wishful Thinking", 10/1989

Item 8: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga - Frederick Buechner, guest speaker, 5/2/2000

Item 9: Calvin College -- Festival of Faith and Writing, "Festival Sunday", 2004 April 24

Item 10: Calvin College -- Festival of Faith and Writing, "Career Reflections", 2004 April 24

missing; VHS format

Loose 2

Item 1: Return of Ansel Gibbs, 1958 November-December

Kinescope of CBS-TV production; film reels 1-2

Item 2: Return of Ansel Gibbs, 1958 November-December

Kinescope of CBS-TV production; film reel 3

Sub-Series 5: Microfilm

Box 14

Item 1: Reel IVA1 / Box IVA1 - IVA2, Folder 1

(2 copies)

Item 2: Reel IVA2 / Box IVA2, Folder 3 -- IVA3

(2 copies)

Item 3: Reel IVA3 / Box IVA4, Folder 1 -- IVA5, Folder 3

(2 copies)

Item 4: Reel IVA4 / Box IVA5, Folder 4 -- Box IVA6, Folder 2

(2 copies)

Item 5: Reel IVA5 / Box IVA6, Folder 3 -- IVA7, Folder 3

(2 copies)

Item 6: Reel IVA6 / Box IVA7, Folder 4 -- IVA9, Folder 6

(2 copies)

Item 7: Reel IVA7 / Box IVA9, Folder 7 -- IVA11, Folder 2

(2 copies)

Item 8: Reel IVA8 / Box IVA11, Folder 5 -- IVA12, Folder 1

(2 copies)

Item 9: Reel IVA9 / Box IVA12, Folder 2 -- IVA14, Folder 3

(2 copies)

Box 15

Item 1: Reel IVA10 / Box IVA14, Folder 4 -- IVA15, Folder 9

(2 copies)

Item 2: Reel IVA11 / Box IVA15, Folder 10 -- IVA17, Folder 1

(2 copies)

Item 3: Reel IVA12 / Box IVA17, Folder 2 -- IVA18, Folder 4

(2 copies)

Item 4: Reel IVA13 / Box IVA18, Folder 5 -- IVA19, Folder 5

(2 copies)

Item 5: Reel IVA14 / Box IVA20, Folder 1 -- IVA20, Folder 5

(2 copies)

Series 3: Correspondence

Sub-Series 1: General

Box 16: A -- L, 1926-58

Major Correspondent: Katherine Kuhn

Box 17: M -- Z Unidentified, 1926-58

Box 18

Folder 1: Bill Umstuttd, 1944-1950

Folder 2: Anya Seton, 1949-1951

Folder 3: Telegram, 1933

Folder 4: Vernon Lynch, 1943-1944

Folder 5: Judy Buechner, 1956

Folder 6: From brother Jamie to mother, 1954-1968

Box 19

Folder 1: Jamie, 1943-1961

Folder 2: Aunt Ruth Wick, 1943-1950

Folder 3: Uncle Rob Buechner, 1943-1952

Folder 4: Letters to Buechner's mother, 1953-1955

Folder 5: Kaki, 1943-1956

Buechner's mother

Folder 6: Miscellany saved by mother, 1917-1972

Folder 7: Ural Goldstein, 1944-1964

Folder 8: Pete Foncey, 1948-1965

Folder 9: Letters to Mrs. A.T. Kearney, 1955-1957

Buechner's mother

Folder 10: Grandma Buechner, 1943-1950

Folder 11: Huyler Held, 1944-1956

Folder 12: Mother's account of father's suicide

Box 20

Folder 1: Aa-Az, 1959 - 84

Folder 2: Ba-Ben

Folder 3: Beo-Bez

Folder 4: Bf-Bo

Folder 5: Bp-Br

Folder 6: Bs-Bz

Folder 7: Ca-Cg

Folder 8: Ch-Cl

Folder 9: Cm-Cz

Folder 10: Da-Deb

Folder 11: Dec-Dz

Folder 12: Ea-Ez

Folder 13: Fa-Fz

Folder 14: Ga-Goe

Folder 15: Gof-Gz

Box 21: 1959 - 84

Major Correspondents: Katherine Kuhn, James Muilenberg

Folder 1: Ha-Hd

Folder 2: He-Hol

Folder 3: Hom-Hz

Folder 4: Ia-Kim

Folder 5: Kin-Kom

Folder 6: Kon-Kt

Folder 7: Kuhn

Folder 8: Kv-Ld

Folder 9: Le-Lib

Folder 10: Lic-Lz

Folder 11: Md-McC

Folder 12: McD-Merq

Folder 13: Mers-Mil

Folder 14: Mim-Mo

Folder 15: Mp-Mz

Folder 16: James Muilenburg

Folder 17: Na-Nz

Box 22: 1959 - 84

Major Correspondent: Gerrish Thurber

Folder 1: Pa-Pec

Folder 2: Pf-Pic

Folder 3: Ped-Pez

Folder 4: Pil-Pz

Folder 5: Ra-Rb

Folder 6: Rc-Rn

Folder 7: Ro-Rz

Folder 8: Sa-Sd

Folder 9: Se-Sh

Folder 10: Si-Ss

Folder 11: Stp-Sz

Folder 12: Oa-Oz

Folder 13: Sta-Sto

Folder 14: Ta-Tg

Folder 15: Tha-Tht

Folder 16: Thv-Tr

Folder 17: Ts-Tz

Folder 18: Gerrish Thurber, 1982-84

Folder 19: Gerrish Thurber, 1978

Folder 20: Gerrish Thurber, 1969-71

Folder 21: Gerrish Thurber, 1967-68

Folder 22: Gerrish Thurber, 1965-66

Folder 23: Gerrish Thurber, 1961-64

Folder 24: Gerrish Thurber, 1959-60

Box 23

Folder 1: Up-Vz, 1959 - 84

Folder 2: Wa-Wh

Folder 3: Wia-Wil

Folder 4: Wim-Wz

Folder 5: Xa-Zz

Folder 6: unidentified

Folder 7: unidentified

Folder 8: unidentified

Box 24

Folder 1: Letters to Buechner's mother, 1970-85

Folder 2: Letters to Buechner's mother, 1956-66

Folder 3: 1985 to present (mostly letters from readers)

Box 25

Folder 1: Aa-Az, 1985-92

Folder 2: Ba-Bp

Folder 3: Bq-Bz

Folder 4: B

Folder 5: Ca-Co

Folder 6: Buechner family

Folder 7: A-Co

Box 26

Folder 1: George C. Connor, 1986-87

Folder 2: George C. Connor, 1988

Folder 3: George C. Connor, 1989-90

Folder 4: George C. Connor, 1991-92

Folder 5: Cp-Cz

Folder 6: Da-De

Folder 7: Df-Dz

Folder 8: Ea-Ez

Folder 9: Fa-Fz

Folder 10: Cp-F, 1985-92

Box 27

Folder 1: G-1, 1985

Folder 2: G-2

Folder 3: H-1

Folder 4: H-2

Folder 5: H-3

Folder 6: H-4

Folder 7: H-5

Folder 8: Ia-Iz

Folder 9: Ja-Jz

Folder 10: Ka-Kz

Folder 11: G-K

Box 28

Folder 1: La-Le, 1985-92

Folder 2: Ma-Mug

Folder 3: Mur-Mz

Folder 4: Na-Na

Folder 5: P-L

Folder 6: Laity Lodge, 1990-92

Folder 7: Lf-Lz

Folder 8: Ma-Mc

Folder 9: L-P1

Folder 10: Oa-Oz

Box 29

Folder 1: P-2, 1985-92

Folder 2: P-3

Folder 3: Qa-Rz

Folder 4: Sa-Sf

Folder 5: Sg-So

Folder 6: Sp-Sz

Folder 7: Ta-Th

Folder 8: Ti-Ti

Folder 9: P2-T

Folder 10: University of Tennessee visit, 1985-89

Box 30

Folder 1: Ua-Vz, 1985-92

Folder 2: Wa-Wf

Folder 3: Wg-Wz

Folder 4: Ya-Zz

Folder 5: U-Z

Folder 6: unidentified

Folder 7: unidentified

Folder 8: unidentified

Folder 9: unidentified

Folder 10: Wheaton correspondence, 1985-92

Box 31

Folder 1: A-C, 1993-94

Folder 2: A-C

Folder 3: A-B

Folder 4: D-F

Folder 5: D-E

Folder 6: F-I

Box 32

Folder 1: F-I, 1993-94

Folder 2: F-I

Folder 3: Lodena Hathaway, 1992-94

Folder 4: Lodena Hathaway

Folder 5: J-L

Folder 6: J-L

Folder 7: J-L

Folder 8: M-P

Folder 9: M-P

Folder 10: M-P, 1993

Box 33

Folder 1: M-P, 1993-94

Folder 2: Q-S

Folder 3: Q-W

Folder 4: Q-W

Folder 5: T-Z

Box 34

Folder 1: A-C, 1995

Folder 2: D-L, 1995

Folder 3: Lodena Hathaway, 1995

Folder 4: M-R, 1995

Folder 5: Miscellaneous, 1995

Box 35

Folder 1: A-F, 1996

Folder 2: G-M

Folder 3: N-R

Folder 4: Lodena Hathaway, 1996

Box 36

Folder 1: S-U, 1996

Folder 2: V-Z

Folder 3: general correspondence, 1996

Box 37

Folder 1: A-D, 1997

Folder 2: A-D, 1997

Folder 3: E-H, 1997

Folder 4: I-M, 1997

Folder 5: N-R, 1997

Folder 6: S-Z, 1997

Folder 7: Miscellaneous, 1997

Box 38: 1998 - June 1999

NOTE: FROM 1999 ON, LETTERS FILED CHRONOLOGICALLY, BY DATE ONLY

Box 39

Folder 1: Undated 1998-2000

Folder 2: July-Dec 1999

Folder 3: Jan-April 2000

Folder 4: May-July 2000

Folder 5: Aug.-Dec. 2000

Folder 6: Jan.-May 2001

Box 40

Folder 1: Undated 2001-2002

Folder 2: June-Aug. 2001

Folder 3: Sept. 2001

(request to write Buechner bio, w/response letter from Buechner)

Folder 4: Sept --Dec. 2001

Folder 5: Jan-May, 2002

Folder 6: June-July 2002

Folder 7: Aug- Oct. 2002

Folder 8: Nov--Dec. 2002

Box 41

Folder 1: Undated

(likely 2003)

Folder 2: Jan-April, 2003

Folder 3: Lengthy correspondence with Wendy Murray Zoba, writer for Christianity Today, 2002

Folder 4: Large collection of Buechner's REPLIES "to years of fan letters from Lodene Hathaway, an old lady I met only once at a Kinkridge retreat.", 1990-94

NOTE: 1) One 1993 letter includes copies of 2 Buechner poems: "November 1936" (about his father's suicide) and "Florida." 2) Numerous letters from Hathaway are filed chronologically under General Correspondence.

Folder 5: More replies to Hathaway, 1995-2005

Folder 6: May - June 2003

Folder 7: Letters from "African students I have helped," plus some notes from Buechner. Provided school funds for 4 young women in Uganda, 2001-04

Box 42

Folder 1: July - Aug. 2003

Folder 2: Sept - Dec 2003

Folder 3: Undated

(likely 2004)

Folder 4: Jan - April 2004

Folder 5: April 2004: Correspondence, notes, publicity and other items related to first meeting of George C. Connor Society April 18 at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

(Connor former UT English professor and friend who compiled text for Buechner book, "Listening to Your Life")

Folder 6: May-04

Box 43

Folder 1: June - July 2004

Folder 2: August-Oct. 2004

Folder 3: Sept-Dec. 2004

Folder 4: Jan- Mar. 2005

Folder 5: April-July 2005

Folder 6: Aug-Dec. 2005

Folder 7: Undated

(likely 2005)

Folder 8: Correspondence regarding the transfer of Buechner letters and other materials from Princeton University to the Wheaton College Archives, 2005-06

Box 44

Folder 1: Jan-April 2006

Folder 2: March 2006. Correspondence & flyers related to "The Art of the Sermon: A Tribute to Frederick Buechner" at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC, April 5, 2006.

Folder 3: May-July 2006

Folder 4: Aug-Sept.2006

Folder 5: Oct-Dec. 2006

Folder 6: Undated

(likely 2006)

Box 45

Folder 1: Undated

(likely 2007)

Folder 2: Jan-April 2007

Folder 3: May-July 2007

Folder 4: Book manuscript ("Auralia's Colors," by Jeffrey Overstreet) for Buechner to review, 5/31/2007

(w/letter)

Folder 5: Aug-Dec. 2007

Folder 6: Correspondence related to dedication of Buechner Institute at King College, Bristol, Tenn., in January, 2008. Includes brochure from dedication ceremony.

Folder 7: Guestbook from Dedication of Buechner Center, 1/28/2008

Folder 8: Advent booklet featuring excerpts from Buechner's writings, in honor of Ken Main (with letter from Nancy Smith), 12/10/2007

Box 46: Jan-Dec, 2008

Box 47

Folder 1: Hellen Merrill, 1941-50

Folder 2: James Merrill, undated

Folder 3: James Merrill, undated

Folder 4: James Merrill, undated

Folder 5: James Merrill, 1941

Folder 6: James Merrill, 1941

Folder 7: James Merrill, 1942

Folder 8: James Merrill, 1942

Folder 9: James Merrill, 1943

Folder 10: James Merrill, 1944

Folder 11: James Merrill, 1944

Folder 12: James Merrill, 1944

Folder 13: James Merrill, 1944

Folder 14: James Merrill, 1945

Folder 15: James Merrill, 1946

Folder 16: James Merrill, 1947

Folder 17: James Merrill, 1947

Box 48

Folder 1: James Merrill, 1948

Folder 2: James Merrill, 1948

Folder 3: James Merrill, 1948

Folder 4: James Merrill, 1949

Folder 5: James Merrill, 1949

Folder 6: James Merrill, 1949

Folder 7: James Merrill, 1950

Folder 8: James Merrill, 1950

Folder 9: James Merrill, 1951

Folder 10: James Merrill, 1951

Folder 11: James Merrill, 1952

Folder 12: Hellen Merrill, 1959-1984

Folder 13: James Merrill, 1954

Folder 14: James Merrill, 1955

Folder 15: James Merrill, 1956

Folder 16: James Merrill, 1957

Folder 17: James Merrill, 1958

Folder 18: James Merrill, 1959

Folder 19: James Merrill, 1960

Folder 20: James Merrill, 1961

Folder 21: James Merrill, 1962

Folder 22: James Merrill, 1963

Folder 23: James Merrill, 1964

Folder 24: James Merrill, 1965

Folder 25: James Merrill, 1966

Folder 26: James Merrill, 1967

Folder 27: James Merrill, 1968

Folder 28: James Merrill, 1969

Folder 29: James Merrill, 1970

Folder 30: James Merrill, 1971

Folder 31: James Merrill, 1972

Folder 32: James Merrill, 1973

Folder 33: James Merrill, 1974

Folder 34: James Merrill, 1975

Folder 35: James Merrill, 1976

Folder 36: James Merrill, 1977

Folder 37: James Merrill, 1978

Folder 38: James Merrill, 1979

Folder 39: James Merrill, 1980

Folder 40: James Merrill, 1981

Folder 41: James Merrill, 1982

Folder 42: James Merrill, 1983

Box 49

Folder 1: James Merrill, 1985

Folder 2: James Merrill, 1986

Folder 3: James Merrill, 1987

Folder 4: James Merrill, 1988

Folder 5: James Merrill, 1989

Folder 6: James Merrill, 1990

Folder 7: James Merrill, 1991

Folder 8: James Merrill, undated

Folder 9: James Merrill

miscelleaneous

Folder 10: James Merrill, 1992

Box 50

Folder 1: James Merrill, 1941

(photocopies)

Folder 2: James Merrill, 1942

Folder 3: James Merrill, 1943

Folder 4: James Merrill, 1944

Folder 5: James Merrill, 1945

Folder 6: James Merrill, 1946

Folder 7: James Merrill, 1947

Folder 8: James Merrill, 1948

Folder 9: James Merrill, 1949

Folder 10: James Merrill, 1950

Folder 11: James Merrill, 1951

Folder 12: James Merrill, 1952

Folder 13: James Merrill, 1954

Folder 14: James Merrill, 1955

Folder 15: James Merrill, 1956

Folder 16: James Merrill, 1957

Folder 17: James Merrill, 1958

Folder 18: James Merrill, 1959

Folder 19: James Merrill, 1960

Folder 20: James Merrill, 1961

Folder 21: James Merrill, 1962

Folder 22: James Merrill, 1963

Folder 23: James Merrill, 1964

Folder 24: James Merrill, 1965

Folder 25: James Merrill, 1966

Folder 26: James Merrill, 1967

Folder 27: James Merrill, 1968

Folder 28: James Merrill, 1969

Folder 29: James Merrill, 1970

Folder 30: James Merrill, 1971

Folder 31: James Merrill, 1972

Folder 32: James Merrill, 1973

Folder 33: James Merrill, 1974

Folder 34: James Merrill, 1975

Folder 35: James Merrill, 1976

Folder 36: James Merrill, 1977

Folder 37: James Merrill, 1979

Folder 38: James Merrill, 1980

Folder 39: James Merrill, 1981

Folder 40: James Merrill, 1982

Folder 41: James Merrill, 1983

Folder 42: James Merrill, 1985

Folder 43: James Merrill, 1986

Folder 44: James Merrill, undated

Box 51: Unrelated items pertaining to James Merrill

[missing] (poem, tribute by Buechner for Merrill's mother (2000), article, etc.

Box 130

Folder 16: Correspondence from Chapel by the Sea congratulating Buechner on 80th birthday, 2006

Includes 2 photos

Box 131

Folder 4: Correspondence from Tom Steagold requesting Buechner book blurb, 2005

Folder 5: Correspondence with Society of St. John The Evangelist, 1998

Buechner seeking spiritual direction at a Minnesota abbey

Folder 7: Correspondence from Vermont Sunday Magazine (Mel Huff), 2005

Request for an "In Person" profile

Folder 8: Correspondence regarding Buechner's purchase of an autograph by Frank Baum, 2005

Buechner fan of Wizard of Oz books

Folder 11: Correspondence requesting a meeting with Buechner

From Rebecca Taylor, a former pastor

Folder 12: Correspondence between Dinah and Judy Buechner, 2008

Regarding request for a guest appearance by F. Buechner

Folder 13: Correspondence from Walter Brueggemann, 2008

Includes blurb by Brueggemann for "Yellow Leaves"

Folder 23: Correspondence from a fan asking to meet with Buechner, 2002

Letter from Thomas Pelz to "Lewis"

Sub-Series 2: Business

Box 52

Folder 1: Aaa-Ale, 1943-1958

correspondence-Alfred A. Knopf, 1956, see Box IV A 27

Folder 2: Alfred Knopf, 1949

Folder 3: Alfred Knopf, 1950

Folder 4: Alfred Knopf, 1951-1955

Folder 5: Alfred Knopf, 1955-1958

Folder 6: Alfred Knopf

royalty statements

Folder 7: Alg-Atg

Folder 8: Atheneum

Folder 9: Ati-Cgz

Folder 10: Chatto and Windus

Folder 11: Chp-Hap

Folder 12: Harper and Brothers

Folder 13: Has-Zzz

Folder 14: Aaa-Ale

Folder 15: Alfred Knopf, 1959

Folder 16: Alfred Knopf, 1960-1984

Folder 17: Alfred Knopf

royalty statements

Folder 18: Alg-Atg

Folder 19: Atheneum, 1959-1964

Folder 20: Atheneum, 1965-1968

Folder 21: Atheneum, 1969

Folder 22: Atheneum, 1970

Folder 23: Atheneum, 1971

Folder 24: Atheneum, 1972

Folder 25: Atheneum, 1973

Folder 26: Atheneum, 1974

Folder 27: Atheneum, 1975-1976

Folder 28: Atheneum, 1977

Folder 29: Atheneum, 1978

Folder 30: Atheneum, 1979

Folder 31: Atheneum, 1959-1972

royalty statements

Folder 32: Atheneum, 1973-1975

royalty statements

Folder 33: Atheneum, 1976-1979

royalty statements

Folder 34: Atheneum, 1980-1984

royalty statements

Folder 35: Atheneum, 1980-1984

royalty statements

Folder 36: Ati-Bqz

Folder 37: Brahim Books

Folder 38: Brb-Cgz

Folder 39: Chatto and Windus, 1959-1975

Folder 40: Chatto and Windus, 1976-1984

Folder 41: Chb-Ezz, 1959-1984

Folder 42: Faa-Haq

Folder 43: Harry Ford, 1964

Folder 44: Harry Ford, 1965

Folder 45: Harry Ford, 1966

Folder 46: Harry Ford, 1967

Folder 47: Harry Ford, 1968

Folder 48: Harry Ford, 1969

Box 53

Folder 1: Harry Ford, 1970

Folder 2: Harry Ford, 1971

Folder 3: Harry Ford, 1972

Folder 4: Harry Ford, 1973

Folder 5: Harry Ford, 1974

Folder 6: Harry Ford, 1975-1976

Folder 7: Harry Ford, 1977

Folder 8: Harry Ford, 1978

Folder 9: Harry Ford, 1979

Folder 10: Harry Ford, 1980-1983

Folder 11: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1984

Folder 12: Harper and Row, 1959-1973

Folder 13: Harper and Row, 1978

Folder 14: Harper and Row, 1974-1977

Folder 15: Harper and Row, 1979

Folder 16: Harper and Row, 1980-1981

Folder 17: Harper and Row, 1982

Folder 18: Harper and Row, 1983

Folder 19: Harper and Row, 1984

Folder 20: Harper and Row, 1959-1977

royalty statements

Folder 21: Harper and Row, 1980-1981

royalty statements

Folder 22: Harper and Row, 1982

royalty statements

Folder 23: Harper and Row, 1983-1984

royalty statements

Folder 24: Harriet Wasserman

Folder 25: Has-Lub

Folder 26: Lucy Kroll Agency

Folder 27: Lud-Mab

Folder 28: Mad-Riu

Folder 29: Riverwood Publishers

Folder 30: Macmillan

royalty statements

Folder 31: Riu-Rur

Folder 32: Rut-Sdz

Folder 33: Russell and Volkening

Folder 34: Seabury Press, 1959-1965

Folder 35: Seabury Press, 1966

Folder 36: Seabury Press, 1967

Folder 37: Seabury Press, 1968

Folder 38: Seabury Press, 1969-1970

Folder 39: Seabury Press, 1971-1975

Folder 40: Seabury Press, 1976-1984

Box 54

Folder 1: Seabury Press, 1959-1970

Folder 2: Seabury Press, 1971-1974

Folder 3: Seabury Press, 1975-1980

Folder 4: Seabury Press, 1981-1984

Folder 5: Taa-Whd

Folder 6: Wheaton College, 1959-1982

Folder 7: Wheaton College, 1983

Folder 8: Wheaton College, 1984

Folder 9: Sch-Szz

Folder 10: Whf-Wim

Folder 11: Winston Press

Folder 12: Winston Press

royalty statements

Folder 13: Wio-Zzz

Box 55

Folder 1: Aaa-Azz, 1985

Folder 2: A. M. Heath, 1985

Folder 3: Baa-Cgz, 1985

Folder 4: Chatto & Windus and Hogarth Press, 1985

Folder 5: Chb-Ctz, 1985

Folder 6: Cua-Ezz, 1985

Folder 7: Faa-Frz, 1985

Folder 8: Fsa-Haq, 1985

Folder 9: Has-Izz, 1985

Folder 10: Jaa-Kzz, 1985

Folder 11: Laa-Lzz, 1985

Folder 12: Maa-Mzz, 1985

Folder 13: Noa-Ozz, 1985

Folder 14: Paa-Pzz, 1985

Folder 15: Qaa-Rzz, 1985

Folder 16: Saa-Szz, 1985

Folder 17: Taa-Tzz, 1985

Folder 18: Uaa-Wak, 1985

Folder 19: Walker & Company, 1985

Folder 20: Wam-Whd, 1985

Folder 21: Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency, 1985

Folder 22: Wheaton College, 1985

Folder 23: Whf-Wzz, 1985

Folder 24: Xaa-Zzz, 1985

Folder 25: correspondence, 1985

mentioning Buechner and his work

Box 56

Folder 1: Harper and Row, 1985

royalty statements

Folder 2: Harper and Row, 1986

royalty statements

Folder 3: Harper and Row, 1987

royalty statements

Folder 4: Harper and Row, 1988

royalty statements

Folder 5: Harper and Row, 1989

royalty statements

Folder 6: William Morrow, 1989

Folder 7: Harper and Row, 1990

royalty statements

Folder 8: Harper and Row, 1991

royalty statements

Folder 9: Harper and Row / Harper Collins, 1991

royalty statements

Folder 10: Harper and Row, 1992

royalty statements

Folder 11: Harper and Row / Harper Collins, 1992

Folder 12: Harper and Row, 1980-90s

royalty statements

Folder 13: Harper, 1993

Folder 14: HarperCollins, 1993

royalty statements

Folder 15: HarperCollins, 1995-1996

re: The Longing for Home

Folder 16: HarperCollins, 1993-1995

Box 57

Folder 1: General, 1992-96

Folder 2: Harper San Francisco, 1996

Folder 3: General, 1997

Folder 4: Harper San Francisco, 1997

Folder 5: General, 1998

Folder 6: Harper San Francisco, 1998

Folder 7: Harriet Wasserman, 1996-98

Folder 8: Harper San Francisco, 1998

Folder 9: Harper San Francisco, 1998-99

(royalty information)

Folder 10: HarperCollins contract regarding "The Eyes of the Heart," "Brendan" and "The Book of Bebb", 1999

(reprints?)

Box 58

Folder 1: General, 1999

(plus smattering of undated letters)

Folder 2: Harper San Francisco, re. "The Eyes of the Heart", 1999

Folder 3: Harper San Francisco, re. paperback reissues of "Godric" and "Brendan"

Folder 4: Harper and General, 2000

Folder 5: General, 2001

Folder 6: Correspondence related to "Walking With God in a Fragile World," essay collection to include pieces by Buechner, 2002

Folder 7: Harper San Francisco. Includes cover of "The Storm", 2002

Folder 8: Older letters related to book proposals, book blurbs by Buechner, rejected magazine pieces, Buechner's response to proposal for TV show based on Bebb books, 1969-81

Folder 9: General, 2002

Folder 10: Harper San Francisco, 2003

Folder 11: General, 2003

Folder 12: Mixture of correspondence with Harper San Francisco staff and Harriet Wasserman (agent). Royalty statements, 1998-2001

Folder 13: Same as above, 2002. Royalty statements., 2002

Folder 14: Correspondence related to failed project to make a movie based on the Bebb books, 1984-87

Folder 15: Letter and signed agreement (1991) granting permission for "The Final Beast" to be adapted as a play and staged at Wheaton College., 1991

(no indication if play ever produced)

Box 59

Folder 1: General, 2004

Folder 2: Buechner's copy of HarperCollins contract for "Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought to Say," with statement on advance payment., 2000

Folder 3: Copy of preliminary design for cover of "Speak What We Feel" from HarperCollins., 2000

Folder 4: HarperCollins royalty statements., 2002-04

Folder 5: Correspondence with HarperCollins re. errors in "Listening to Your Life" before reprinting., 2000

Folder 6: Buechner's copy of HarperCollins contract for "Beyond Words"

(paperback compilation of excerpts from "Peculiar Treasures," "Wishful Thinking" and "Whistling in the Dark" 2003. Also, correspondence about the project, copies of book cover.

Folder 7: Correspondence with Paraclete Press re. re-issue of "The Faces of Jesus", 2005

(including book cover)

Folder 8: HarperSanFrancisco correspondence re. paperback edition of "Speak What We Feel"

(includes book cover)

Folder 9: Harper correspondence regarding new Buechner book "Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons", 2005

Folder 10: General, 2005-06

Folder 11: Correspondence with Westminster John Knox Press re. proposed book, "Confessions, and Tears, and Great Laughter: Reflections by Frederick Buechner", 2005

(typescript included). NOTE: In the end, Buechner rejected the project.

Folder 12: Correspondence with New Life Films re. interview with Buechner for possible inclusion in a PBS interview series.

Folder 13: Correspondence related to interview on Vermont Public Television's "Profile" show. April, 28 2006

Folder 14: Correspondence and other info related to interview on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio. April 4, 2006.

Folder 15: Correspondence related to 1) an interview of Buechner by Bob Abernathy for the PBS show, "Religion & Ethics Weekly" in May 2006 (including VHS copy of the show), and 2) a proposal from PBS to publish excerpts from the Buechner program in a book showcasing 9 years' worth of interviews on "Religion & Ethics Weekly."

Folder 16: Correspondence from Brook Street Press regarding book cover design for reissue of "The Return of Ansel Gibbs." July, 2006

Folder 17: Notes regarding Buechner's investment in Northshore Bookstore Properties, LLC. Jan. 2007

Folder 18: Correspondence regarding new edition of "The Wizard's Tide": letter from publisher, note from Buechner, Buechner's afterword for the book., 2005

(renamed "The Christmas Tide")

Box 60

Folder 1: The Alphabet of Grace; Godric; Book of Bebb (one volume; The Faces of Jesus; O Thou! O Thou!; New Handbook of Christian Theology; Spiritual Quests; Brendan; Contemporary Writers and the New Testament; The Hungering Dark; The Face of Love; Now & Then; The Sacred Journey; Wishful Thinking; Telling the Truth; The Son of Laughter

Contracts (photocopied from originals filed among business correspondence)

Folder 2: The Entrance to Elderberry; Love Feast; Whistling in the Dark; The Sacred Journey; Godric; A Long Day's Dying; The Final Beast; The Harrowing; Open Heart

Folder 3: The Storm; Listening to Your Life; The Clown in the Belfry; The Eyes of the Heart; Brendan; The Book of Bebb

Folder 4: On the Road with the Archangel; Beyond Words; Speak What We Feel; The Longing for Home; Telling Secrets; The Wizard's Tide

Box 131

Folder 3: Correspondence from Tom Gulotta: audiobooks proposal, 2007

Letter to David Altshuler, Buechner's son-on-law

Folder 18: Correspondence accompanying German book catalog, 2007

Includes entry for "Wishful Thinking"

Folder 26: Correspondence from Buechner to Church Publishing, 2005

Regarding jacket for new editon of "The Christmas Tide" Charming comments.

Sub-Series 3: Invitations to Speak

Box 61

Folder 1: A-B, 1959-84

invitations to lecture

Folder 2: C, 1959-84

Folder 3: D-E, 1959-84

Folder 4: F, 1959-84

Folder 5: G-K, 1959-84

Folder 6: L, 1959-84

Folder 7: M-N, 1959-84

Folder 8: O-R, 1959-84

Folder 9: S, 1959-84

Folder 10: T-V, 1959-84

Folder 11: W-Z, 1959-84

Box 62

Folder 1: A, 1985

invitations to lecture

Folder 2: B, 1985

Folder 3: C, 1985

Folder 4: C, 1985

Folder 5: C, 1985

Folder 6: D, 1985

Folder 7: E, 1985

Folder 8: F, 1985

Folder 9: F, 1985

Folder 10: G, 1985

Folder 11: H, 1985

Folder 12: K, 1985

Folder 13: I, 1985

Folder 14: 1993-present

Box 63

Folder 1: A-Z, 1985-92

invitations to lecture

Folder 2: L, 1985-92

Folder 3: L, 1985-92

Folder 4: M, 1985-92

Folder 5: M, 1985-92

Folder 6: N, 1985-92

Folder 7: O, 1985-92

Folder 8: P, 1985-92

Folder 9: P, 1985-92

Folder 10: P, 1985-92

Folder 11: R, 1985-92

Folder 12: S, 1985-92

Folder 13: S, 1985-92

Folder 14: S, 1985-92

Folder 15: 1992, 1985-92

Folder 16: Jan-May, 1993

Folder 17: June-July, 1993

Folder 18: Aug-Dec, 1993

Folder 19: invitations, undated

Box 64

Folder 1: T, 1985-92

invitations to lecture

Folder 2: U, 1985-92

Folder 3: V, 1985-92

Folder 4: W, 1985-92

Folder 5: W, 1985-92

Folder 6: Y-Z, 1985-92

Folder 7: T, 1985-92

Folder 8: A-L, 1993-95

Folder 9: M-Z, 1993-95

Folder 10: Celebration Address: Long Trail School, 1992

Folder 11: A-Z, 1996

Box 65

Folder 1: Goteborg Book Fair, 1996

Folder 2: Bowen Conference at Kanuga, 1996

Folder 3: Correspondence - business - invitations, 1997

Folder 4: Trinity Institute, 1998

Folder 5: Correspondence - business - invitations, 1998

Folder 6: Correspondence - business - invitations, 1999

Box 66

Folder 1: 2000

Folder 2: 2001

Folder 3: 2002

Folder 4: Correspondence related to Buechner's participation in Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing, April 22-24, 2004, plus Festival program, church service bulletin, comments by Annie Dillard and other Festival items. (Original invitation: 2002)

Folder 5: 2003

Folder 6: Jan.-Aug. 2004

Folder 7: Sept.-Dec. 2004

Folder 8: Jan.-June 2005

Folder 9: March-Nov. 2006

Folder 10: 2007

Box 130

Folder 2: Letter to Buechner's mother-in-law, 1974

Original and transcription

Box 131

Folder 9: Correspondence with friend George Connor, 1987

Postcard from Isle of Skye

Folder 10: Correspondence with friend Ric Neese, pastor, Chapel by the Sea, 2006

Mentions Barbara Brown Taylor; New Life Films DVD "Buechner"

Folder 14: Correspondence forwarded to Judy Buechner, 2008

Ina Cole's memories of meeting F. Buechner

Folder 15: Correspondence from Sue Anne Morrow, chaplain, Lawrenceville School

Morrow recalls long friendship with Buechner

Folder 16: Correspondence from friend to Katherine Arthaud (Buechner daughter, 2007

Compliments FB on a reading

Folder 20: Correspondence from Buechner supporting John Parker for admission to Lawrenceville School, 2008

Folder 25: 2 Buechner letters to grandson Jamie

Apparently from Fred and Judy (Boodie and Choochie)

Sub-Series 4: Personal

(to and from family, close friends, colleagues)

Box 67

Folder 1: 1993-Dec. 1998

Folder 2: 1998 Unpublished writings of Rev. Harold Odum

("Well, I'll Be

Folder 3: 1998 same

("Selected Scriptures and Pastoral Prayers") No letter.

Folder 4: 1998 same

("Selected Scriptures and Prayers Given on Special Occasions") No letter.

Folder 5: Jan-June 1999

Folder 6: July-Dec 1999

Folder 7: Jan-June 2000

Folder 8: July-Dec 2000

Box 68

Folder 1: Jan-April 2001

Folder 2: Apr-01

(manuscript from friend w/letter from Buechner)

Folder 3: May-July 2001

Folder 4: Aug.-Sept. 2001

Folder 5: Oct.-Dec. 2001

Folder 6: Jan-May 2002

Folder 7: June-July 2002

Folder 8: Aug.-Oct. 2002

Folder 9: Nov.-Dec. 2002

Folder 10: Undated letters, 2001-02

Box 69

Folder 1: Lengthy correspondence with Prof. George Connor, 1986-2002

(friend who compiled and edited "Listening to Your Life," a set of excerpts from Buechner's books)

Folder 2: SAME

Folder 3: Undated letters, 2003-04

Folder 4: Jan., Dec. 2003

Folder 5: Jan., Dec. 2004

Folder 6: Letter from Buechner (March, 2004) and other notes and items relating to the death of British journalist Alistair Cooke, a friend

Box 70

Folder 1: Undated letters, 2005-06

Folder 2: Jan-July 2005

Folder 3: Aug-Dec. 2005

Folder 4: Jan-July 2006

Folder 5: Aug-Dec. 2006

Folder 6: Undated letters, 2007

Folder 7: Jan-April, 2007

(Includes April 17 letter from chaplain who worked in morgue at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy, with response from Buechner and his blurb for her book about this.)

Folder 8: May-July 2007

Folder 9: Aug-Dec. 2007

Box 71

Folder 1: personal correspondence, undated

possibly 2008

Folder 2: Jan-June, 2008

Folder 3: July-Dec, 2008

Sub-Series 5: Letters to his classmate, Huyler C. Held, 1944-1966

Restricted, 136 pieces; no folders for 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961

Sub-Series 7

Box 199

Folder 9

Sub-Series 6

Box 197

Folder 54: The Observer, 1970

Series 4: Manuscripts

Sub-Series 1: Books

Box 72

Folder 1: A Long Day's Dying; Notes, 1946

Folder 2: A Long Day's Dying; Early Draft

Folder 3: A Long Day's Dying; Partial Typescript And Attempt At A Movie Script

Folder 4: A Long Day's Dying; Partial Typescript

Folder 5: A Long Day's Dying; Sample Pages

Folder 6: A Long Day's Dying; Omitted Pages

Folder 7: A Long Day's Dying; Screen Adaption, 1954

Folder 8: The Seasons' Difference; Book Cover

Folder 9: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; First Attempt

Folder 10: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; First Handwritten Draft, 1951 - 52

Folder 11: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Handwritten Draft Pt.2,, 1951 - 52

Folder 12: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Handwritten Draft, 1953

Folder 13: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Typed Draft, 1953

Folder 14: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Typed Draft Of Chapter 1 Revised, 1953

Folder 15: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Handwritten Draft, 1953 - 54

Folder 16: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Handwritten Draft, 1954

Folder 17: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Handwritten Draft, 1954 - 55

(Guggenheim Application Essay, A Sermon)

Folder 18: Unidentified Manuscript Fragments

Box 73

Folder 1: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; TV Adaption, 1958

Folder 2: The Return of Ansel Gibbs; Heiler Held's Signature Of Porter C. Hoyt

Folder 3: The Final Beast; First Idea

Folder 4: The Final Beast; Typescript with Corrections

Folder 5: The Final Beast; Sample Pages

Folder 6: The Final Beast; Book Cover. The Magnificent Defeat; One Of The Original Sermons, Sep 6, 1964

Folder 7: The Magnificent Defeat; Sample Pages

Folder 8: The Magnificent Defeat; Original Sermon, Sept. 6, 1964

Folder 9: The Hungering Dark; Color Stat for Paperback Cover

Folder 10: The Hungering Dark; Cover

Folder 11: The Alphabet of Grace; Noble Lectures, 1959 and Start Of Lion Country, 1969

missing [10/14/93]

Folder 12: The Alphabet of Grace; Noble Lectures Handwritten Manuscript, 1969

Folder 13: The Alphabet of Grace; 1969-70 Noble Lectures, Dec. 1-3, 1969

Folder 14: The Alphabet of Grace; Typescript 1 with Corrections

Folder 15: The Alphabet of Grace; Typescript 2 After Corrections

Box 74

Folder 1: The Entrance to Porlock; Handwritten First Attempt

Folder 2: The Entrance to Porlock; Early Attempt

Folder 3: The Entrance to Porlock; Typescript with Corrections

Folder 4: The Entrance to Porlock; Uncorrected Proof from Atheneum

Box 75

Folder 1: Open Heart; Handwritten Manuscript 1

Folder 2: Open Heart; Handwritten Manuscript 2

Folder 3: Open Heart; Handwritten Manuscript 3

Folder 4: Open Heart; Notes

Folder 5: Open Heart; Typescript

Folder 6: Wishful Thinking; First Handwritten Draft

Folder 7: Wishful Thinking; Handwritten Draft 2

Folder 8: Wishful Thinking; Typescript With Corrections

Box 76

Folder 1: Wishful Thinking; Typescript, 1-45

Folder 2: Wishful Thinking; Typescript, 46-100

Folder 3: Wishful Thinking; New Entries

Folder 4: Lion Country; Handwritten Manuscript 2

Folder 5: Lion Country; Handwritten Manuscript 3

Folder 6: Lion Country; Typescript

Folder 7: Lion Country; Uncorrected Proofs

Folder 8: Lion Country; Sample Pages

Folder 9: Lion Country; Possible Book Cover

Folder 10: Lion Country - Article That Inspired Buechner

Bruns, Bill. "Praise the Lord and pass the diplomas." Life Magazine (November 14, 1969), pp. 67-76.

Folder 11: Lion Country; Letter Written By Frederick Buechner

Folder 12: Lion Country; Screenplay Draft

Folder 13: Telling the Truth; Handwritten Manuscript 1, Beecher Lectures, 1976

Folder 14: Telling the Truth; Handwritten Manuscript 2, Beecher Lectures, 1976

Folder 15: Telling the Truth; Typescript With Corrections, Lecture One

Folder 16: Telling the Truth; Typescript

Box 77

Folder 1: Love Feast; Manuscript 1

Folder 2: Love Feast; Manuscript 2

Folder 3: Love Feast; Manuscript 3

Folder 4: Love Feast; Typescript With Corrections

Folder 5: Love Feast; Sample Pages

Folder 6: Love Feast; Possible Book Covers

Folder 7: The Faces of Jesus; Handwritten Manuscript, 1973 - 74

Box 78

Folder 1: Treasure Hunt; First Attempt

(Bebb 4)

Folder 2: Treasure Hunt; Manuscript 2

Folder 3: Treasure Hunt; Manuscript 3

Folder 4: Treasure Hunt; Typescript With Corrections

Folder 5: Treasure Hunt; Master Proof

Folder 6: Treasure Hunt; Possible Book Covers

Box 79

Folder 1: Peculiar Treasures; Handwritten Manuscript 1

Folder 2: Peculiar Treasures; Handwritten Manuscript 2

Folder 3: Peculiar Treasures; Handwritten Manuscript 3

Folder 4: Peculiar Treasures; Drawings

Folder 5: Peculiar Treasures; Book Covers

Folder 6: Jug No.1; Unfinished, Put Aside Winter Of 1978

Folder 7: Jug No.2; Handwritten Manuscript

Folder 8: Jug No.3; Handwritten Manuscript, 1978

Folder 9: The Book of Bebb; Sample Pages

Folder 10: The Book of Bebb; Color Stats

Folder 11: The Book of Bebb; Book Cover

Box 80

Folder 1: Godric; Handwritten Manuscript 1

Folder 2: Godric; Handwritten Manuscript 2

Folder 3: Godric; References Used In Writing Manuscript

Folder 4: Godric; Typescript

Folder 5: Godric; Sample Pages

Folder 6: The Sacred Journey; Complete Manuscript And Early Attempt At The Alphabet of Grace

Folder 7: The Sacred Journey; Spine Copy

Folder 8: The Sacred Journey; Dedicated To Louis Patrick

Folder 9: The Sacred Journey; Poem Used In Book

(About Buechner's Grandmother)

Folder 10: The Sacred Journey; Paper that Made Buechner Decide to be a Writer

(Lawrenceville 1940 - 43)

Folder 11: The Sacred Journey: Study Guide; Typescript

Folder 12: Now and Then; First Attempt

missing [9/05]

Folder 13: Now and Then; Handwritten Manuscript Of The Pentateuch Paper, 1953

Folder 14: Now and Then; Typescript

Folder 15: Now and Then; Later Typescript

Folder 16: Now and Then; Copy Edited Manuscript

Box 81

Item 1: Godric; Bound Copy of Manuscripts 1

Item 2: Godric; Bound Copy of Manuscripts 2

Item 3: Godric; Bound Copy of Typescript

Box 82

Folder 1: A Room Called Remember, Original typed manuscript with corrections

(incomplete)

Folder 2: A Room Called Remember; Typescript With Corrections

Folder 3: A Room Called Remember; Book Cover

Folder 4: Brendan; Article Quoted In Book

Folder 5: Brendan; Handwritten Manuscript part 1

Folder 6: Brendan; Handwritten Manuscript part 2

Folder 7: Brendan; Handwritten Manuscript part 3

Folder 8: Brendan; Edited Typescript, 1986

Box 83

Folder 1: Brendan; Corrected Typescript, 1986

Folder 2: Brendan; Typescript, 1987

Folder 3: Brendan; Galley Proof

Folder 4: Brendan; Page Proof

Folder 5: Brendan; Page Proof, 1987

Box 84

Folder 1: Whistling in the Dark, Notebook #1

Folder 2: Whistling in the Dark, Notebook #2

Folder 3: Whistling in the Dark; Illustrations

Folder 4: Whistling in the Dark; Topic Drawings by Katherine Buechner

["Anorexia - "Zero"]

Folder 5: Whistling in the Dark; Topic Drawings by Katherine Buechner

["A" - "Z"]

Folder 6: Whistling in the Dark;Drawings Not Used

Folder 7: The Wizard's Tide; Handwritten Draft

Folder 8: The Wizard's Tide; Original Manuscript

Folder 9: A Novelist Looks at the Bible for Literary Guide to the Bible by L. Ryken; Handwritten Draft

Folder 10: The Son of Laughter, Manuscript #1

Folder 11: The Son of Laughter, Manuscript #2

Folder 12: The Son of Laughter, Manuscript #3

Box 85

Folder 1: Son of Laughter; Typescript Sections 1-5

Folder 2: Son of Laughter Typescript Sections 6-10

Folder 3: Son of Laughter Typescript Sections 11-14

Folder 4: Son of Laughter Typescript Sections 15-21

Folder 5: Son of Laughter Typescript Sections 22-26

Folder 6: Son of Laughter; Handwritten Manuscript

Folder 7: Son of Laughter; Notes

Folder 8: Family Secrets; Handwritten Manuscript, 1989

Folder 9: Family Secrets, Edited Typescript, 1989

Folder 10: Family Secrets, March 1990

(Published as Telling Secrets)

Box 86

Folder 1: Typed original with corrections for one segment of Clown in the Belfry

Folder 2: Clown in the Belfry; Typescript, 1991

Folder 3: Clown in the Belfry; Book Cover photo

Folder 4: Promotional Ads, 1993

Folder 5: Promotional Ads, Harper San Francisco, 1993

Folder 6: Programs for Wheaton College's Productions of The Final Beast, 1992

Folder 7: Ads/Promotional for Son of Laughter, Listening to Your Life, Now & Then, The Wizard's Tide

Folder 8: Clown in the Belfry, computer disc

Folder 9: Son of Laughter; Copyedited version, July 1992 pp. 1-140

Folder 10: Son of Laughter; Copyedited version, July 1992 pp. 141-296

Folder 11: Son of Laughter, Electronic Media, Disc

Box 87

Folder 1: Longing for Home; handwritten manuscript

Folder 2: Longing for Home; corrected typescript, July 1994

Folder 3: Longing for Home, Part I: The Home We Knew, typed draft

Folder 4: Longing for Home, Part II: The Home We Dream, typed draft

Folder 5: Longing for Home, early draft, 1995

Folder 6: Unidentified manuscript

[start of an abandoned novel]

Folder 7: French translation of Godric

Folder 8: Illustrations for French translation of Godric

Folder 9: Changes to The Magic Kingdom

[later The Eyes of the Heart]

Folder 10: Edited transcript of The Magic Kingdom

[later The Eyes of the Heart]

Folder 11: The Storm, early notes

Folder 12: The Storm; handwritten manuscript, part 1

Box 88

Folder 1: Handwritten Manuscript, Contains Start of The Magic Kingdom; Sermon Notes at the National Cathedral; Notes for Novel Based on Greek Island Tour

Folder 2: Typescript for "The Island"

(later The Storm)

Folder 3: The Storm, Corrected Typescript

Folder 4: The Storm, Typescript of First Chapter

Folder 5: Notebook, Contains Aborted Attempt At Novel About St. Paul; Aborted Start to The Storm; Speech and Sermon Fragments

Folder 6: Notebook, Contains Magic Kingdom; Sermon Readings; and Notes on Grandfather's Handwritten Biography

Folder 7: On The Road With the Archangel, Part I

Box 89

Folder 1: On the Road with the Archangel, Part II

Folder 2: On the Road with the Archangel, Part III

Folder 3: On the Road, Revised Typescript

Folder 4: On the Road, Corrected Typescript

Folder 5: Notebook 1, Speak What We Feel

Folder 6: Notebook 2, Speak What We Feel

Folder 7: Notebook 3, Speak What We Feel

Folder 8: Early Draft, Hopkins section of Speak What We Feel

Folder 9: Book Cover, Speak What We feel

Box 90

Folder 1: Book cover (and preliminary sketches for it) for The Book of Bebb, new compilation of the 4 Bebb novels, 2001

published 2001

Folder 2: Handwritten notebook containing: Aborted manuscript for novel about Mary Magdalene, 1993-96

Folder 3: Drafts of "Schroeder Poems" about family members. Draft of sermon, "The Secret in the Dark", Drafts of miscellaneous letters

Folder 4: Handwritten notebook containing: Another aborted manuscript for novel about Mary Magdalene, Draft of an essay, 2002

Folder 5: Handwritten notebook containing; Starts on several unfinished novels and sermons on John 13 & 14; Family poems and other jottings, 2001

Folder 6: Handwritten notebook containing several "false starts" on unidentified novels. Main topic touched on: Buechner's childhood in Bermuda, 1989-91

Folder 7: Handwritten notebook: several false starts, 2002

Folder 8: Paperback copies of "Whistling in the Dark," "Wishful Thinking" and "Peculiar Treasures" showing

Box 91

Folder 1: Handwritten notebook: New entries for "Beyond Words"

Folder 2: Typescript I for "Beyond Words" edited by Buechner.

Folder 3: Typescript II for "Beyond Words" with Harper copy editor's changes and more Buechner edits.

(Two letters from Harper San Francisco attached regarding the book project, Oct. 2003)

Folder 4: Unidentified manuscript fragment -- "Early draft 1993"

Folder 5: Unidentified manuscript fragment -- dated "October 1994"

Folder 6: Handwritten notebook: labeled by author as "fragments of unfinished things" (received at Archive January, 2006).

(**COLLECTION CONTINUES IN A SECOND BOX)

Box 92: Handwritten notebook: labeled by author as "bits and pieces -- some aborted, discarded, some published (received at Archive January 2007).

(difficult to read)

Box 93

Folder 1: The Final Beast, Original Manuscript

(bound)

Folder 2: The Final Beast, Author's Typescript

Box 94

Folder 1: The Long Day's Dying, Original Manuscript -- Notebook 1, 1947-48

Folder 2: The Long Day's Dying, Original Manuscript -- Notebook 1, 1947-48

Folder 3: The Long Day's Dying, Original Manuscript -- Notebook 1, 1947-48

Folder 4: The Long Day's Dying, Original Manuscript -- Notebook 1, 1947-48

Folder 5: The Long Day's Dying, Original (author's) Typescript

Box 95

Folder 1: The Long Day's Dying, Plate Proofs

Folder 2: The Long Day's Dying, Advance Proofs

Box 96

Folder 1: The Long Day's Dying, Author's 1st Proof

Folder 2: The Long Day's Dying, Author's 2nd Proof

Box 97

Folder 1: The Return of Ansel Gibbs, Notebook and Miscellaneous Notes

Box 98

Folder 1: The Return of Ansel Gibbs, Author's 1st Proof

Folder 2: The Return of Ansel Gibbs, Author's 3rd Proof (?)

Box 99

Folder 1: The Return of Ansel Gibbs, Author's Original Typescript

Folder 2: The Return of Ansel Gibbs, Publisher's Typescript, pp. 1-163

Folder 3: The Return of Ansel Gibbs, Publisher's Typescript, pp. 164-328

Folder 4: Correspondence -- Alfred A. Knopf, 1956

Folder 5: The Hastening Angel, Notebook

Box 100

Folder 1: The Seasons' Difference, Original Manuscript, Notebooks I and II

Folder 2: The Seasons' Difference, Original Manuscript, Notebook III

Folder 3: The Seasons' Difference, Original Manuscript, Notebooks IV and V

Folder 4: The Seasons' Difference, Typescript

Box 101

Folder 1: The Seasons' Difference, Plate Proofs for Copyright, 3 and 83 with marked proofs

Folder 2: The Seasons' Difference, Plate Proofs with miscellaneous

Folder 3: The Seasons' Difference, Plate Proof p. 294

Folder 4: The Seasons' Difference, Plate Proofs colophon

Folder 5: The Seasons' Difference, Plate Proofs pp. 3-303

Folder 6: The Seasons' Difference, Author's 1st Proof

Sub-Series 2: Introductions, Poems, Short Stories, Plays, Book Reviews, Short works

Box 102

Folder 1: Introduction To Five Miles Away By Sam Slaymaker, Typescript, 1984

Folder 2: Poem; "Is", 1944

Folder 3: Poems; "The Fat Man's Prescriptions I - X," Typescript, Mar 1946

Folder 4: Poem; "Ah, Goldie, Betty, Gentle Friends"

Folder 5: Poem; "S.F.", 1975

Folder 6: Poem; "The Dorfmans"

Folder 7: Poem;"Sonnet on Rare Animals"

Folder 8: Short Story; "The Tiger," Typescript

Folder 9: Short Story; "Outward Bound," Correction Notes And Correspondence

Folder 10: Short Story; "Outward Bound," Page Proof, Jan 1943

Folder 11: Short Story; "Outward Bound," Typescript, Jan 1943

Folder 12: Short Story; "Outward Bound," Edited Version Of The Lit

Folder 13: Short Story; "Tyger Of Wrath," Typescript 1

[CIR. 1943]

Folder 14: Short Story; "Tyger Of Wrath," Typescript 2

[CIR. 1943]

Folder 15: 14. Short Story; "Monkey See," Typescript 1 With Corrections, Jun 1942

Folder 16: Short Story; "Monkey See," Typescript 2, Apr 1944

Folder 17: Short Story; "Monkey See," Typescript 3, Apr 1944

Folder 18: Short Story; "Monkey See," Typescript 4, May 1944

Folder 19: Short Stories; Incomplete, 1953

Folder 20: Short Story; "The Proposal", 1953

Folder 21: Short Story; "The Dog Bath Club,", 1954

Incomplete

Folder 22: Short Story; "Penfield Gammon Exposed", 1954

Folder 23: Play; "The Hastening Angel"

(unpublished and unproduced)

Folder 24: Short Work; "Preaching on Hope," Galley Proof.

Folder 25: Manuscript; early writing at Lawrenceville School

Folder 26: Article; "Journey Toward Wholeness," Theology Today, Jan 1993

Folder 27: Poems; May, June, 1993

Folder 28: Article; "Hunger for Life," Alive Now! Jan/Feb 1994

Folder 29: Notes re: daughter (?), holograph, 1993

Folder 30: 12 Questions answered about himself, 1992

Folder 31: Article; "The Sacred Journey", The Journal of Fellowship in Prayer,

Folder 32: October 1997.

missing

Folder 33: Excerpt from Telling the Truth., 1977

missing

Folder 34: Excerpt from Listening to Your Life. December 7, 1997.

missing

Folder 35: Final Beast. A one act play.

Folder 36: Typed manuscript (with corrections) and letter for article solicited by New York Times Book Review, Dec. 1968. Piece to focus on "just what religion is and what is a religious book".

(unclear if published)

Folder 37: "Family Scenes"

(appeared in Quarterly Review of Literature, 1970). Undated typescript version.

Folder 38: Cana, poem/meditation on Buechner's father (?), based on John 2:1-11. Undated typescript.

Folder 39: Humorous poem or words to song about a female friend/relative? Undated typescript.

Folder 40: The Old Whipple Mill. Typescript with changes for article published as "Of Whipples, Wheels, And Posy," Country Journal., 1976

Folder 41: Handwritten manuscript and corrected typescript of essay, for inclusion in upcoming book: "Walking With God in a Fragile World."

Folder 42: Corrected typescript for unidentified (story?) Dated Sept. 2002

Folder 43: Incomplete autobiographical story

(corrected typescript) Undated

Folder 44: Article, "The Book Nobody Reads" for Reader's Digest, 1972

(corrected typescript)

Folder 45: Review of book, "The Shriven Self" for Northern Illinois University Press, 1969

(typescript)

Folder 46: Poetry submitted to Anglican Theological Review, 1979

(handwritten page and typescripts)

Folder 47: Article for Country Journal magazine, "Ice Splits Starwise", 1978

(rejected). Corrected typescript

Folder 48: Three short meditations submitted to the Canto Review of the Arts., 1977

(rejected). Typescripts

Folder 49: Story, "The Harrowing," submitted to The New Yorker magazine, 1970

(rejected). Typescript

Folder 50: Statement of Purpose: Religion Dept., Phillips Exeter Academy

(about 1960)

Folder 51: Preface for book by George Connor, "Living With the Word" with copy of several segments of the book. No publication date given.

(corrected typescript)

Folder 52: Lengthy typescriptof long story.

(with Buechner edits) No title or date. No indication if published.

Folder 53: Introduction for "A Clerk's Tale," by Spencer Reese, 2003

(book of poems), Xeroxed manuscript attached.

Folder 54: Typed poem, "June 1943-1993," apparently written for 50th anniversary of friends.

Folder 55: Typed poem, "Florida." written for South Beach magazine

(undated)

Folder 56: Typescripts of BOOK REVIEWS by Buechner: "Travels With My Aunt," by Graham Greene (for Boston Herald, 1974); "The Real Diary of a Real Boy," by Henry Shute (undated, no ID); "The Supper of the Lamb," by Robert Capon (for NY Times, Nov. 17, 1968); "Holy the Firm," by Annie Dillard (for NY Times, Sept. 7, 1977); reviews of 4 children's books on religion, dated Sept. 13, 1977 (no other ID); "Thresholds," by Dorothy Strauss (no ID); "Unfinished Tales," by JRR Tolkien (for NY Times, October, 1980).

Folder 57: Typed poem "My Father"

(about his suicide). No date

Folder 58: Typed limerick about a friend.

Undated.

Folder 59: Preface by Buechner for "Seeing A Life," a memoir by Buechner's cousin, painter Thomas Buechner. Hand-dated Nov. 2005. No other accompanying material.

Folder 60: Short piece, "The Last Drive Together" (about Buechner's mother), with refusal letter from The New Yorker. April 2007.

Box 128

Item 11: Introduction to biography of George MacDonald

Sub-Series 3: Speeches and Addresses

Box 103

Folder 1: 1958 - 1967

Folder 2: Chaplain

Folder 3: Lecture Notes, 1958 - 67

Folder 4: Lecture Notes Religion 2, 1958 - 67

Folder 5: Lecture Notes Religion 3 and 4, 1958 - 67

Folder 6: Lecture Notes Religion 4, 1958 - 67

Folder 7: Lecture Notes Religion 5, 1958 - 67

Folder 8: Lecture Notes Existentialism, 1958 - 67

Folder 9: Lecture Notes Old Testament, 1958 - 67

Folder 10: Lecture Notes English Writers, 1958 - 67

Folder 11: Taught Humanities Class, 1969 -70

Box 104

Folder 1: Lawrenceville, 1948 - 53

Folder 2: The World In Books, WEVD Radio, Jan 26, 1952

Folder 3: Radio Schedules, 1952

Folder 4: New York University; Taught Fiction, 1954

Folder 5: Basic Community Resources Panel Nov 1966

Folder 6: The Alphabet of Grace, the 1969 - 70 Noble Lectures, Dec 1 - 3, 1969

Folder 7: Ecumenical School Of Religion; Taught, 1971

Folder 8: Bennington College; Taught Religion and Literature Course, Fall 1975

Folder 9: Bennington College; Lecture Notes, 1975

Folder 10: Beecher Lectures, 1977

Folder 11: Samuel Harris Lectures On Literature And Life, Bangor Seminary, Jan. 29 - 31, 1979

Folder 12: Samuel Harris Lectures On Literature And Life, Bangor Seminary, Jan. 29 - 31, 1979

Folder 13: Commencement Address, Union Theological Seminary, 1979

Folder 14: Zabriskie Lectures, Virginia Theological Seminary Fall Convocation, 1982

Folder 15: Earl Lectures, Pacific School Of Religion, Feb 8 - 10, 1983

Folder 16: San Francisco Theological Seminary, Feb 11, 1983

Folder 17: Union Theological Seminary's Rededication Of Library, Apr 25, 1983

Folder 18: Princeton Theological Seminary Commencement Address, May 1984

[program only]

Folder 19: Wheaton College Writing And Literature Conference, Oct 11 - 13, 1984

Folder 20: Course Notes from Harvard Divinity and Wheaton College

Folder 21: Lecture notes:Religion & Literature, Tufts University, Nov. 16, 1971

Box 105

Folder 1: Manuscript of "Faith and Fiction Talk" and other misc. jottings, 1985-86

Folder 2: Commencement address in Princeton Seminary Bulletin, 1984

Folder 3: Wedding, May 1990

Folder 4: Joy Green, May 1990

Folder 5: Davidson Roundtable, May 7, 1994

Folder 6: Lecture: The Faces of Jesus, Davidson College, April 1996

Sub-Series 4: Sermons and Chapel Talks

Box 106

Folder 1: Gulliver's Travels, 1948-53

Folder 2: The Chinese Emperor, 1948-53

Folder 3: What Kind Of Creature Is Man?, 1948-53

Folder 4: The Age Of Fear, 1948-53

Folder 5: I Want! I Want!, May 2, 1954

Folder 6: The Whole Story, Nov 7, 1954

Folder 7: Good Morning, Nov 6, 1955

Folder 8: Lawrenceville - Easter, Apr 1958

Folder 9: The Search for a Face, 1958-67

Folder 10: Are You He That is to Come?, 1958-67

Folder 11: The Face of Love, 1958-67

Folder 12: What Have We Lost?, 1958-67

Folder 13: A Christmas Carol, 1958-67

Folder 14: Who is Jesus?, 1958-67

Folder 15: The Two Great Wars, 1958-67

Folder 16: Who Christ is Not, 1958-67

Folder 17: Who Christ Is, 1958-67

Folder 18: What Christ Came to Do, 1958-67

Folder 19: Zooey, Jan 11, 1958 - 67

Folder 20: Who is Jesus?, Apr 1958 - 67

(see "We are Fools," 1959)

Folder 21: No One is Innocent, Aug 1958 - 67

Folder 22: The God's are Dying, Nov 5, 1958 - 67

Folder 23: Lost in Oz, Dec 1958 - 67

Folder 24: On the Way to Emmaus, Apr 11, and Jun 15, 1958

Folder 25: Who Is the Greatest?, Apr 28, 1958

Folder 26: Are We the Good Guys?, Sep 19, 1958

Folder 27: What About the Church?, 1959

Folder 28: We are Fools, 1959

Folder 29: Today is Friday, Mar 1959

Folder 30: The Green Pastures, Mar 1959

Folder 31: Mark, Mar 1959

Folder 32: The Son of God, Mar 1959

Folder 33: Your Redemption is Drawing Near, Apr 19, 1959

Folder 34: The Call of Moses, Sep 1959

Folder 35: The Call of Isaiah, Sep 1959

Folder 36: The Call of a Rich Young Man, Sep 1959

Folder 37: Stories of Christmas, Dec 10, 1959

Folder 38: Accounts of the Birth, Dec 11, 1959

Folder 39: To be a King, Dec 12, 1959

Folder 40: Suffering Servant, Feb 1960

Folder 41: Grand Inquisitor, Feb 1960

Folder 42: Good Friday, Apr 1960

Folder 43: It is Finished, Apr 1960

Folder 44: The Monkey - God, May 1960

Folder 45: The Road to Emmaus, May 1960

Folder 46: 150th Anniversary - Lawrenceville, Jun 29, 1960

Folder 47: The Explainers, Sep 22, 1960

Folder 48: The Power and the Glory, Sep 23, 1960

Folder 49: Isaiah and Hosea, Sep 24, 1960

Folder 50: Are Stories True?, Dec 4 and 7, 1960, and May 21, 1961 and Sep 6, 1964

Folder 51: No Villains, Dec 18, 1960

Box 107

Folder 1: The Same Old Face, Jan 12, 1961

Folder 2: We Cannot Change, Jan 13, 1961

Folder 3: What Does Following Mean?, Feb 5, 1961

Folder 4: Is it True that God Is?, Mar 5, 1961

Folder 5: The 84 Lily Plants, Apr 9, 1961

Folder 6: Who Created These?, Apr 18, 1961

Folder 7: What is a Word?, Apr 20, 1961

Folder 8: Goodbye, Jul 4, 1961

Folder 9: Lord of the Universe, Sep 21, and Oct 8, 1961

Folder 10: The Wind in the Willows, Sep 25, 1961

Folder 11: Zooey, Oct 4, 1961

Folder 12: Father Mapple, Oct 5, 1961

Folder 13: The Secret Battle, Oct 6, 1961

Folder 14: God the Beloved Enemy, Feb 4, 1962

Folder 15: A Variety of Passages, Feb 14, 1962

Folder 16: The World Cannot Tolerate Love, Apr 18, 1962

Folder 17: The Empty Cross, Apr 19, 1962

Folder 18: Death is Not the End, Easter 1962

Folder 19: The Dream, May 6, 1962

Folder 20: God is Not a Christian, Sep 23, 1962

Folder 21: Religious Cliches, Oct 4, 1962

Folder 22: The Nothing Box, Dec 2, 1962

Folder 23: For the Time Being, Jan 9, 1963

Folder 24: Dream of the Babe, Jan 10, 1963

Folder 25: Prayers from the Ark, Jan 11, 1963

Folder 26: If Only I Could Believe, Jan 13, 1963

Folder 27: Sermons: Chapel Talks, Feb 1963

Folder 28: Christ the Tiger, Feb 3, 1963

Folder 29: What are You Going to Do with Your Life?, Mar 3, 1963

Folder 30: Is Jesus Risen?, Apr 1963

Folder 31: The Passion Story, Apr 9, 1963

Folder 32: Maundy Thursday, Apr 10, 1963

Folder 33: The Face of Jesus, Apr 11, 1963

Folder 34: Sermons: Chapel Talks, 1964 - 65

Folder 35: To be a Saint, Sep 6, 1964

Folder 36: The Mysteries of Life, Sep 24, 1964

Folder 37: The Miracles of Life, Sep 25, 1964

Folder 38: Why Doesn't God Prove He Exists?, Nov 1, 1964

Folder 39: What is the Truth?, Dec 25, 1964

Folder 40: The Power Out of the Depths of Life, Feb 7, 1965

Folder 41: Sermons: Chapel Talks, Mar 1965 - Sep 1966

Folder 42: The Breaking of Silence, Mar 4, 1965

Folder 43: Prayer is a Channel, Mar 5, 1965

Folder 44: Prayer is Childish, Mar 6, 1965

Folder 45: Confusion of Face, Mar 14, 1965

Folder 46: What is Reality?, May 23, 1965

Folder 47: You Only Live Once, Sep 1965

Folder 48: The Dead Letter, Sep 23, 1965

Folder 49: You and I, Sep 24, 1965

Folder 50: The Terrible Justice of God, Sep 25, 1965

Folder 51: The Dance of Life, Nov 7, 1965

Box 108

Folder 1: Into The Depths Of Darkness, Jan 16, 1966

Folder 2: Another World, Feb 1966

Folder 3: The Woman and the Onion, Feb 1966

Folder 4: Why I Am Not a Christian, Feb 1966

Folder 5: Sir, I Exist!, Feb 1966

Folder 6: The Many Meanings of Love, Feb 6, 1966

Folder 7: Listen to the Voices, Mar 6, 1966

Folder 8: What is Easter?, Easter 1966

Folder 9: It's His Time, Apr 7, 1966

Folder 10: Vietnam, Apr 8, 1966

Folder 11: The Way to Wait, Apr 9, 1966

Folder 12: Listen to Your Life, May 1, 1966

Folder 13: Isn't Everything Lovely?, Jun 3, 1966

Folder 14: Blowin' in the Wind, Jun 20, 1966

Folder 15: Let's Look at One Another, Sep 22, 1966

Folder 16: No Man is an Island, Sep 23, 1966

Folder 17: The Vision and the Darkness, Sep 24, 1966

Folder 18: Is God Dead, or are We?, Sep 18, 1966

Folder 19: What is the Truth?, Nov 20, 1966

Folder 20: The Believing Unbelievers, Dec 11, 1966

Folder 21: The Temptation, Feb 8, 1967

Folder 22: The Snowstorm, Feb 9, 1967

Folder 23: The Silence, Feb 10, 1967

Folder 24: Will We Recognize Christ?, Mar 4, 1967

Folder 25: The Popularity of Tolkien Pt.1, Apr 26, 1967

Folder 26: The Popularity of Tolkien Pt.2, Apr 27, 1967

Folder 27: The Popularity of Tolkien Pt.3, Apr 28, 1967

Folder 28: We are Doomed, Jun 4, 1967

Folder 29: Love, an Act of the Will, Aug 1967

Folder 30: The Hungering Dark, Oct 20, 1968

Folder 31: The Painful Birth, Nov 30, 1969

Folder 32: Change, Oct 10, 1972

Folder 33: Wheaton College, Sermon, Oct 1985

Folder 34: Whistling in the Dark, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1989

Folder 35: Absalom, Date Unknown

Folder 36: Adam and Eve, Date Unknown

Folder 37: An Act of Trusting, Date Unknown

Folder 38: Buddhist Love pt. 1, Date Unknown

Folder 39: Buddhist Love pt. 2, Date Unknown

Folder 40: Buddhist Love pt. 3, Date Unknown

Folder 41: The Call of Moses, Date Unknown

Folder 42: Does God Really Have Power? Date Unknown

Folder 43: Fools for Christ, Princeton Chapel Talk, Date Unknown

Folder 44: Has God Died?, Date Unknown

Folder 45: Hell, Date Unknown

Folder 46: Life of Struggle or Peace, Date Unknown

Folder 47: Love is the Meaning of Life, Date Unknown

Folder 48: Memorial Service for George Bennett, Date Unknown

Folder 49: Mystery, Date Unknown

Folder 50: Paul, Date Unknown

Folder 51: Plato, Date Unknown

Folder 52: Poems by Stephen Crane, Date Unknown

Folder 53: The Poorhouse Fair, Date Unknown

Folder 54: Religious Cliches, Date Unknown

Folder 55: The Shocking and Scandalous Story, Date Unknown

Folder 56: Swift, Date Unknown

Folder 57: The Two Armies, Date Unknown

Folder 58: What are the Consequences of Electing a Catholic President?, 1960

Folder 59: Incomplete Sermons and Chapel Talks

Box 109

Folder 1: Corrected typescript of sermon referencing Oskar Schindler.  Luke 24:13-31

Folder 2: Bulletin announcement for sermon, 10/24/1976

[missing]

Folder 3: Sermon (corrected typescript): Luke 21:25-31, 1997 November 30

preached at the National Cathedral

Folder 4: Sermon, "A Call to Joyous Friendship," given before the 1997 General Assembly of the PCUSA. Reprinted copy from Network News (Witherspoon Society), 1997 June-August

Folder 5: Sermon/address for Chicago Sunday Evening Club. No title or date. Program #3416

includes message by, and interview of, Buechner

Folder 6: Sermon. Corrected typescript of sermon based on a visit to Seaworld. John 21:1-7, undated

Folder 7: Sermon. Corrected typescript of sermon based on "the news of the day." John 15:1-5, undated

Folder 8: Sermon/address "A Moment of Grace," for Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Program #3601. Marked as "First Aired October 4, 1992"

Folder 9: Sermon, "A Secret in the Dark," apparently for publication, possibly in a sermon collection (no date). Attached: poem about Buechner's father, brief story called "Silence," apparently for publication with the sermon.  Luke 24:13-32

Folder 10: Sermon, "The Jesus Who Was and Who Is," as published in "The Living Pulpit" magazine. Copyrighted 2000.

Box 128

Item 12: Sermon manuscript on John 21:1-17

Sub-Series 5: Transcripts

Box 109

Folder 11: Interview with Buechner, probably conducted at Wheaton College by Prof. Em Griffin. Undated.

Sub-Series 6: Prayers

Box 109

Folder 12: Prayers; Union Theological Seminary, 1954-58

Folder 13: Prayers; Given at Exeter as School Minister, 1958-67

Folder 14: Prayers; Given at Exeter as School Minister, 1958-67

more from 1958 - 67

Folder 15: Handwritten prayer, 1980 April 30

Folder 16: Pastoral prayer, Manchester Congregational Church, 1986 November 30

Folder 17: Pastoral prayer, 1970 August 23

(no other ID) Handwritten.

Folder 18: Handwritten draft of Prayer for Kit Foster, 1998 June 2

(nearly illegible)

Folder 19: Various typed and handwritten prayers for funerals, etc., 1955-2004

Sub-Series 7: Miscellaneous writings

Box 109

Folder 20: Miscellaneous - comments for anniversaries, funerals, etc., 1971-1974; 1999-2001

Item 1: Eulogy for friend Ted Barry, Dec. 1, 1974. Typescript

Item 2: "Birthday Ode"

(for friend named May). Undated typescript

Item 3: Eulogy for friend Gerrish Thurber, Sept. 2000. Typescript

Item 4: Handwritten prayer for daughter Katherine's installation as a UCC pastor. 2001 church bulletin attached

Item 5: Biographical blurb for 25-year Yearbook for Princeton Class of 1947. Typescript dated March 23, 1971

Item 6: Handwritten fragment of commencement address or sermon.

(marked as pages 8-9). Undated

Item 7: Comments written for 50th anniversary of Selena and James Howard

Item 8: Undated limerick

Folder 21: Copy of handwritten Buechner family tree

Folder 22: Lawrentian (alumni magazine for Lawrenceville School), 2006 September-November

comments in section for class of 1943

Box 131

Folder 24: Notes on a talk for a Buechner family reunion, 2004

about things they loved as children

Series 5: Published Material

Sub-Series 1: Short Stories, Poems, Book Reviews, Articles, and Short work

Box 110

Folder 1: The Birthday Of The Infanta, And "Our Children's Sorrow," The Lit, Jun 1941

Folder 2: This Silent Place, "Impressions in Black & White," & "Auf Wiedersehen," The Lit, Oct 41

Folder 3: Apology, The Lit, Dec 1941

Folder 4: El Greco, "Notre Dame De Paris," & "To Be Sung To A Dying Nun," The Lit, Feb 1942

Folder 5: Hands, & "Red And Gold," The Lit, Apr 1942

Folder 6: Monkey See, & "Masks In The Clouds," The Lit, Jun 1942

Folder 7: Green Finger, "Sonnet," & "Twilight," The Lit, Oct 1942

Folder 8: Mistletoe, "The Two Poets," & "Reflections in a Pool of Muddy Water," The Lawrenceville Literary Magazine, Dec 1942

Folder 9: Circles, "I," & "The Devil's Key," The Lawrenceville Literary Magazine, Feb 1943

Folder 10: Snow, "William Blake," "Tyger of Wrath," and "Walt," The Lit, Jun 1943

Folder 11: The Fat Man's Prescriptions 1 - 4, Poetry, Nov 1946

Folder 12: The Fat Man's Prescriptions 1 - 9, Ten Poets Anthology, 1947

Folder 13: Prologue to a Novel in Progress, Furioso, Spring 1948

(Also 2nd photocopy)

Folder 14: Omen in the Sky, Town and Country, Dec 1949

(OS)

Folder 15: When the Wind Blows, Town and Country, Apr 1950

(OS)

Folder 16: Prelude to Morning, Town and Country, Aug 1951

(OS)

Folder 17: Book Review; "Look to the Young," The Lawrence, Apr 17, 1953

Folder 18: The Emperor of China, The Lawrentian, Summer 1953

Folder 19: The Tiger, The New Yorker, Nov 21, 1953

Folder 20: A Christmas Triptych, Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Jan 1964

(w/ excerpts pub. elsewhere)

Folder 21: Book Review; "The Role of Man," The New York Times Book Review, Mar 6, 1966

Folder 22: The Killing of Time, Presbyterian Life, Feb 1, 1969

Folder 23: The Calling of Voices, Messenger, Feb 13, 1969

Folder 24: Forgiveness for Failed Saints, The Christian Century, Feb 19, 1969

Folder 25: Promise of Paradise, The Christian Century, Feb 26, 1969

Folder 26: Comfort for a Sorrowing Mother, The Christian Century, Mar 5, 1969

Folder 27: Book Review; "The Supper of the Lamb," The New York Times Book Review, Mar 9, 1969

Folder 28: Despair in the Final Hour, The Christian Century, Mar 12, 1969

Folder 29: Summons to Pilgrimage, The New York Times Book Review, Mar 16, 1969

Folder 30: Thirst for Fulfillment, The Christian Century, Mar 19, 1969

Folder 31: Finality and Completion, The Christian Century, Mar 26, 1969

Folder 32: Tribute to teacher Bruce McClellan of the Lawrenceville School, 1969

(copy) Source unidentified-alumni magazine?

Box 111

Folder 1: Family Scenes, Quarterly Review Of Literature, Vol XVII, No.1 - 2, 1970

Folder 2: The Book Almost Nobody Reads, Reader's Digest, Sep 1972

Folder 3: ABC's of Salvation, A.D., Apr 1973

Folder 4: If Not God, Old Scratch, The New York Times Book Review, May 6, 1973

Folder 5: Between Karl Barth and Captain Kangaroo, New York Times Book Review, Nov 13, 1977

Folder 6: Lenten Meditations, Christian Century, March 1979

Folder 7: All's Lost, All's Found, The Christian Century, Mar 12, 1980

Folder 8: "For Devotees of Middle Earth [review of] Unfinished Tales, New York Times Book Review, Nov 16, 1980

Folder 9: "UTS Commencement Address," Perkins School Of Theology, The Log, Spring 1983

Folder 10: Follensby Pond, Country Journal, August 1983

Folder 11: We are in Love with Our Own Destruction, Christianity Today, Mar 2, 1984

Folder 12: The Face in the Sky, His, December 1986

Folder 13: Grace, Youth, March 1987

Folder 14: Judgement, Anglican Digest, Advent-Epiphany 1989

Folder 15: A Sermon, Testament ( publication of Princeton Theological Seminary) Fall 1990

Folder 16: Reprint of forward for "Flannery O'Connor: A Proper Scaring," book by Jill Baumgartner (Wheaton College Literary Series) Undated.

Folder 17: [Contributor] Bibliography to accompany Spiritual Quests: The Art and Craft of Religious Writing (a series of 6 talks by Buechner and others, sponsored by the New York Public Library/Book of the Month Club), Undated.

Folder 18: Church bulletins quoting Buechner (early 1990s)

Folder 19: Poem "Johnny" in "Smartish Pace" literary magazine. Buechner's attached note: "Contains a poem I wrote on the death of Judy's (his wife's) retarded brother, Johnny Merck." Folder includes handwritten note to Buechner from Daniel Todd, Senior Editor, "Smartish Pace.", 2002

(2 copies of magazine)

Box 112

Folder 1: "From Death to Life. Forty Questions for Lent: Meditations From the Writings of Frederick Buechner." Creative Communications for the Parish., 1991

Folder 2: Brief contribution, "The Answer of a Girl," Anglican Digest vol. 33, no. 6, Advent / Epiphany, 1991

Folder 3: "A Church Like That," Anglican Digest vol. 33, no. 5, Michaelmas, 1991

Folder 4: "The Faces of Jesus" (excerpts & photos from Buechner book of the same name), Presbyterian Survey, May 1990

Folder 5: Christmas Day segment for "What Child Is This," Advent calendar edition of Presbyterian Survey magazine, Dec. 1990

Folder 6: Same Christmas Day segment as above, reprinted in Advent Devotional for Sardis Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C., December, 1991

Folder 7: "Class Poem, 1943;" The Lawrence (weekly newspaper of the Lawrenceville School) Jan. 18, 1991

Folder 8: "Jesus Who Was and Who Is" The Living Pulpit, Jan-Mar 1994

Folder 9: "Beyond Evil, Looking for Good" op-ed piece for NY Times: handwritten draft, typed proof and final version printed 12/26/1994

Folder 10: "Preaching On Hope" The Living Pulpit, Jan-Mar 1992

Folder 11: "A Secret in the Dark," Keynote Address of G.D. Davidson Round Table, May 7&8, 1994, Arren Ailson College

Folder 12: "Movie That Changed My Life": story from Inklings, including segment on "Marie Antoinette" by Buechner

(Winter-Spring edition, 1995)

Folder 13: Preaching the Truth," Circuit Rider, Dec.-Jan. 1995-1996

Folder 14: "The Holy Spirit: The Power of God," The Living Pulpit, Jan.-Mar. 1996

Folder 15: "Discovering the Sound of My Own Voice," Weavings, vol. IV no. 5, Sep/Oct 1989

Folder 16: "Journey Toward Wholeness", Theology Today, January 1993.

Folder 17: "And Nothing is the Same Again", The Lutheran, December 14, 1988

Folder 18: "Discovering Christ: The Baby and King," condensed segment from "Whistling in the Dark," International Christian Digest, Dec / Jan 1988/89.

Folder 19: "The End is Life", The Church Herald, March 1989

Folder 20: Insight on a Lenten reading from Matthew (16:21-17:13), from "Time With God: The New Testament for Busy People," Word Publishing, 1991

Folder 21: "What Have We to Give?", Leadership., 1988

Folder 22: "Grace," commentary for bulletin of radio program, "Chicago Sunday Evening Club", 1993

Folder 23: Michigan Quarterly, Summer 2000, segment related to the theme for this issue: Secret Spaces of Childhood: Part 2

Folder 24: "Grandchildren," brief article in The Living Pulpit, Oct.-Dec. 2003 issue

Folder 25: 1984 Buechner note reprinted in The (C.S.) Lewis Legacy, Autumn 1993 edition

Folder 26: "At the Last Supper: Bidding Farewell." Christian Century magazine, April 4, 2006. With thank you letter from the editor.

Folder 27: Poem "Miriam" in Christian Century magazine, Feb. 21, 2006

(typescript and copy of magazine).

Box 128

Item 1: Omen In The Sky, Buechner, Town and Country, Dec 1949

oversized

Item 4: When The Wind Blows, Buechner, Town and Country, Apr 1950

Item 5: Prelude To Morning, Buechner, Town and Country, Aug 1951

Box 129

Folder 3: Christian Century article, 2006

The Last Supper

Folder 7: Short story: "Our Last Drive Together", 2008

Story for Ruminate magazine about Buechner's mother in her last days

Folder 8: "The Eyes of the Heart", 2006

Sermon included in book, "Shouts and Whispers: 21 Writers Speak About Their Writing and Their Faith"

Box 131

Folder 6: Letter to the editor by Buechner (Boston Globe), 2005

Re: Bush and war on terror; includes response from a friend (Alexandra Marshall)

Series 6: Book Announcements, Reviews, and Excerpts

Box 113

Folder 1: Alphabet of Grace

Folder 2: The Book of Bebb

Folder 3: Brendan [National Geographic article, "Voyage of 'Brendan" by T. Severin]

Folder 4: Brendan, 1992

Folder 5: A Clown in the Belfry, 1992

Folder 6: The Entrance to Porlock

Folder 7: The Faces of Jesus

Folder 8: The Final Beast

Box 114

Folder 1: Godric

Folder 2: How Can I Find God (Collection of Essays)

Folder 3: The Hungering Dark

Folder 4: The Life of Jesus

Folder 5: Listening to Your Life

Folder 6: Listening to Your Life, 1992-93

Folder 7: Lion Country

Folder 8: A Long Day's Dying

Folder 9: The Longing For Home

Box 115

Folder 1: Love Feast

Folder 2: The Magnificent Defeat

Folder 3: Now and Then

Folder 4: Now and Then, 1993

Folder 5: On the Road With the Archangel

Folder 6: Open Heart

Folder 7: Peculiar Treasures

Box 116

Folder 1: The Return of Ansel Gibbs

Folder 2: A Room Called Remember

Folder 3: The Sacred Journey

Folder 4: The Seasons' Difference

Folder 5: The Son of Laughter; Jan - July 1992

Folder 6: The Son of Laughter; Aug - Dec 1992

Folder 7: The Son of Laughter; April 1993

Folder 8: The Son of Laughter; Winter 1993

Folder 9: The Son of Laughter; March 1993

Folder 10: The Son of Laughter, Book World, April 1993

Folder 11: The Son of Laughter reviews

Folder 12: The Storm

Folder 13: Reviews of Various Books

Box 117

Folder 1: Telling Secrets

Folder 2: Telling Secrets; Winter/Spring 1992

Folder 3: Telling Secrets; Spring/Summer 1992

Folder 4: "Telling Secrets, Telling the Truth," Reflections, Winter-Spring 1992

Folder 5: Telling the Truth

Folder 6: Treasure Hunt

Folder 7: Treasure Hunt

Folder 8: Whistling in the Dark

Folder 9: Wishful Thinking

Folder 10: The Wizard's Tide

Folder 11: The Wizard's Tide, 1992

Folder 12: Excerpts from lectures

Folder 13: Excerpts from IMAGE, Interview with John Irving

Folder 14: Quotes/Mentionings, 1991-94

Folder 15: Excerpt from The Son of Laughter

Folder 16: Sermon Review on "Deliverance", Matt 11:28-30, Lectionary Homiletics, Mar 1992

Folder 17: Book Announcement: The Christian Century, March 18-25, 1992

missing

Folder 18: Announcements of discussion group on The Eyes of the Heart at Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, Vt.

(undated-1999?)

Box 118

Folder 1: On the Road With the Archangel; reviews, 1997-98

Folder 2: The Storm; reviews, 1998-99

Folder 3: The Eyes of the Heart; reviews, 1999-2000

Folder 4: HarperCollins catalog, Fall 1999

Folder 5: Harper San Francisco catalog, Sept.-Dec. 1999

Folder 6: Harper San Francisco catalog, May-Aug. 2000

Folder 7: HarperCollins catalog, Summer 2000

Folder 8: Harper San Francisco catalog, Sept.-Dec. 2000

Folder 9: Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought to Say, reviews, 2001-03

Folder 10: Book of Bebb, review of new compilation of all 4 Bebb novels, by Velma Daniels, News Chief Nov. 2001

Folder 11: HarperSanFrancisco catalog, May-Aug. 2001

(Catalog cover: Cover of Speak What We Feel)

Folder 12: HarperSanFrancisco catalog, Sept.-Dec. 2001

(The Book of Bebb)

Folder 13: HarperCollins catalog, Fall 2001

(The Book of Bebb)

Folder 14: "Aha! Experiences" (excerpt from The Hungering Dark), Bonkers Magazine (For People With a Passion for Pets), July/Aug/Sept 2000 issue

Folder 15: Harper Collins catalog, paperbacks ("The Storm"), Summer, 2002

Folder 16: Paraclete Press catalog, 2005

(new version: "Faces of Jesus")

Folder 17: Westminster John Knox Press catalog, Spring 2007. "The Book of Buechner," by Dale Brown. With note and book jacket proof from Brown.

Folder 18: Paraclete Press catalog, Fall 2006. "The Faces of Jesus" (reissue)

Folder 19: Independent Voices of Northshire Bookstore (Manchester Center, Vt.) Spring/Summer 2006 catalog. "Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons"

Folder 20: Snippet review of "The Book of Buechner" Detroit Free Press, June 2, 2007.

Folder 21: Online review from brookstreetpress.com: Paperback reissue of "A Long Day's Dying." October, 2003

Folder 22: Four reviews of "The Faces of Jesus" (new version): Dallas News, This Week at Derry Church, Catholic Review Online, Church & Synagogue Library Association, 2006

Folder 23: Review of "The Yellow Leaves," by Ken Camp, Baptist Standard, Sept. 15, 2008.

Folder 24: Review of "Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons," by Nancy Haught, Portland Oregonian, July 9, 2006.

Folder 25: Reviews of "The Book of Buechner: A Journey Through His Writings," By Dale Brown, 2007

Folder 26: Review of "Godric," by Luci Shaw. Radix: Where Christian Faith Meets Contemporary Culture. 2004.

Box 128

Item 7: Whistling in the Dark; Excerpts

Item 8: Book Reviews

Box 130

Folder 3: Review of "The Clown in the Belfry" By Wesley Sheffield, 1992

Journal newspaper, Manchester, VT

Folder 4: Review of "The Eyes of the Heart" By Lauren Winner, 2000

From re-generation quarterly

Folder 7: Publication announcement for "The Book of Buechner"

Westminster-John Knox Press

Folder 8: Review of "Whistling in the Dark"

The Observer

Folder 9: Review of "The Wizard's Tide"

The Observer

Folder 10: Review / endorsement of "Secrets in the Dark" by Max Lucado, 2005

Harper San Francisco

Folder 11: Commentary on "The Book of Buechner: A Journey Through His Writings." By John Wilson, 2007

Christianity Today

Folder 12: Ad for reading by Buechner from "The Eyes of the Heart", 2000

The Episcopal Book/Resource Center, New York City

Folder 13: Book announcements for "Beyond Words," "Listening To Your Life", 2004

Harper San Francisco

Folder 14: Ad for "Speak What We Feel", 2001

New York Review of Books

Folder 17: Review of "Secrets in the Dark" By Nancy Haught, 2006

The Oregonian

Folder 18: Review of "The Eyes of the Heart" By Steve Rabey, 2000

Baptists Today

Box 131

Folder 2: Ad for "Secrets in the Dark", 2006

Publishers Weekly

Folder 22: Publication announcement for "A Long Day's Dying"

Xerox of original 1949 ad from Knopf

Series 7: Secondary Material

Sub-Series 1: Published

Box 119

Folder 1: Articles Mentioning Buechner Wide range 1950s-1990s

(newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, etc.)

Folder 2: Articles Mentioning Buechner

(same as above)

Folder 3: "1943 Clubs Enjoy Successful Season," The Lawrence, Jun 7, 1943

Folder 4: "Annual Class Day Exercises Held in Front of Dickinson," The Lawrence, Jun 7, 1943

Folder 5: "The New Bohemia," Charles J. Rolo, Flair, Feb 1950 (OS)

missing

Folder 6: "Notes From The John Dixon Library," Gerrish Thurber, The Lawrentian, Winter 1950

Folder 7: After The Lost Generation reviewed by John W. Aldridge, New York Herald Book Review, May 27, 1951

Folder 8: "Young Author Likes Tar Heel Life," Ann Rush, The News and Observer, Jul 15, 1951

Folder 9: "Mr. Frederick Buechner's 'The Tiger' Takes A Third In O'Henry Awards," The Lawrence, Jan 21, 1955

Folder 10: "Biographical Sketches: Frederick Buechner," Vineta Colby, Wilson Library Bulletin, Jan 1959

Folder 11: "They're Mannerists Not Moralists," Frederick Crews, Book Week Paperback Issue, Jan 10, 1965

Folder 12: Zion Library Luncheon To Honor Buechner," Manchester Journal, Jan 30, 1969

Folder 13: "Literary Luncheon In Manchester Center," Mountain Echo, Mar 1969

Folder 14: "What's This? A Novelist Who Aims," Michael Putney, National Observer, 1972

Folder 15: "Of Whipples, Wheels, And Posy," Frederick Buechner (possibly a relative), Country Journal, Jan 1976

Folder 16: "The Princeton Novel," Nathaniel Burt, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Spring 1979

Folder 17: "The God of Storm and Stillness," Horton & Marie - Helene Davies, Religion In Life, Summer 1979

Folder 18: "Frederick Buechner and the Strange Work of Grace," Horton Davies, Theology Today, Jul 1979

Folder 19: "Buechnerography," Larry Thomas, The Wittenburg Door, Dec 1979/Jan 1980

Folder 20: "Frederick Buechner and the Literature of Grace" Nancy Myers, Mission Journal, May 1981

Folder 21: "Rev. Frederick Buechner To Read His Works In Manchester," Manchester Vermont Journal, Mar 11, 1982

Folder 22: "Nine Months With Book," Marie - Helene Davies, HUN Today, Autumn 1982

Folder 23: "Buechner To Speak At Charlotte Church," The Presbyterian News, Oct 1982

Folder 24: "Kilroy Of Religion Pays Tribute To A Saint," Terry Mattingly, The Charlotte News, Oct 29, 1982

Folder 25: "The Doors Of Perception," Rudolph L. Nelson, Southwest Review, Summer 1983

Folder 26: "The Reverend Novelist Frederick Buechner," Bill Blumenauer, Vermont Summer, Jul 29, 1983

(interview)

Folder 27: "A Conscious Remembering," Jack Buckly, Radix, Jul/Aug 1983

Folder 28: "A Buechner Bibliography," Jack Buckly, Radix, Jul/Aug 1983

Folder 29: "Books Most In Demand," The Review of Books and Religion, Aug 1983

Folder 30: "An Afternoon With Frederick Buechner," Em Griffin, Wheaton Alumni, Sep - Oct 1983

Folder 31: "Frederick Buechner: The Novelist As Theologian," James W. Woelful, Theology Today, Oct 1983

Folder 32: "Christian Publishing: Too Many Books & Too Few Classics," P. Yancey,Christianity Today, Mar 2, 1984

Folder 33: "Ordinary Orator Gets Rave Reviews," Terry Mattingly, Apr 9, 1984

Folder 34: "Building A Religious Library," Nancy Myers, Missions Journal, Aug 1984

Folder 35: "Anger Is Tantamount To Suicide," Ann Landus, Martin County News, Sep 27, 1984

Folder 36: "Buechner's Selections to Join Wade Collection," Melissa May, The Wheaton Record, Oct 12, 1984

Folder 37: "Autumn Conferences Gather Scholars," Inform: Bulletin of Wheaton College, Dec. 1984

Folder 38: "Buechner Featured at 2nd Henderson Conference," Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Panorama, 1986

Folder 39: "Preaching as Tragedy, Comedy and Fairy Tale," J. Luchsinger Religious Communication Today, Sept 1986

Folder 40: "Fools For Christ's Sake," Marie - Helene Davies, Thalia: Studies In Literary Humor

Folder 41: Articles Pertaining to Buechner's Visit to the University of Tennessee, 1986

Folder 42: "Buechner Finds Deft Definitions" by Bruce Buursma, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 1988

Folder 43: McCoy, Marjorie. Frederick Buechner: Novelist and Theologian to the Lost and Found; Reviews

Folder 44: "The Oddball Saints of Author Frederick Buechner," Mich Finley, Our Sunday Visitor, March 26, 1989

Folder 45: "A Visit with Frederick Buechner," Vic Jameson, John Milton Magazine, September 1989

Folder 46: "Novelist's Pen is a Mighty Pulpit," Roland Krekeler, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Oct. 21, 1989

Folder 47: "Pulitzer Prize Nominee Finds Iowa "Fantastic,'" Midland Times, October 26, 1989

Folder 48: "The Very Style of Faith," Chris Anderson, Christianity and Literature, Winter 1989

Folder 49: "Who is Frederick Buechner...?" James Buie, The Lion's Roar, March 1990

Folder 50: "Frederick Buechner's Sacred Journey," Timothy J. Jones, Christianity Today, Oct. 8, 1990

Folder 51: "Author Snags Glimpse of Grace in Muck," Rick Jackson, The Herald, Oct. 20, 1990

Folder 52: Article about Buechner in The Presbyterian Record 5/1985, by John Congram.

Folder 53: Section on Buechner from "Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Vol. II", 1984

(includes short interview).

Box 120

Folder 1: Article about FB in Our Sunday Visitor 5/12/1991, by Fr. Robert Griffin.

Folder 2: Online News Service print-outs about FB.

Folder 3: Article mentioning Capt. Ansel Gibbs, Shipmaster

Folder 4: "Past/present/future-perfect" by Anne H. Gross; The Living Church, October 14, 1992

Folder 5: Review of Frederick Buechner, Novelist and Theologian of the Lost and Found, Virginia Seminary Journal, March 1991

Folder 6: Program from Wheaton College Arena Theater Festival, featuring Buechner works., 1992

Folder 7: Invitation to Arena Festival dinner, 1992, 1992

Folder 8: Articles pertaining to Buechner's visit to Calvin College, April 1992

Folder 9: Biographical sketch for updated Contemporary Authors

Folder 10: Picture of Buechner's publishers and reviewer, 1950

missing

Folder 11: "Minister reaps awards..." WP Jones, Daily Progress, Apr 13, 1992 Charlottesville, Va.

Folder 12: Humor in American Literature, Don Wilson

Folder 13: "Theologian Reflects on Pals and Prophets in Pulpit," Alberta Lindsey, Richmond Times Dispatch, 4/20/96

Folder 14: "World According to Bebb," Benjamin DeMott, The Atlantic Monthly,

Folder 15: "Take the Gospel seriously, minister tells conference," Sally Cook-Anderson, Times-News, March 28, 1996

Folder 16: Poems by Lodene Hathaway

Folder 17: Yancey, Philip

Folder 18: Article, "A Faith to Live and Die With: The Stories and Words of Frederick Buechner," Sojourners magazine. May/June 1998

Folder 19: "Wrestling With Angels: The (Im) Possibility of Joy in the Fiction of Frederick Buechner," The Hollins Critic, Hollins University, December 1999

Folder 20: "Coming Home in the Writings of Frederick Buechner" Christianity and the Arts Winter 2000

Folder 21: Articles mentioning Buechner, 1998-99

Folder 22: Articles mentioning Buechner, 2000-02

Folder 23: Church bulletins for ceremonies where Buechner officiated/preached, 1976

bulletins date from 1976 on

Folder 24: Church bulletin listing Holy Week Services, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, March, 2002.

(with quote from "Whistling in the Dark" on the front)

Folder 25: Church newsletter (April 2002) and Sunday bulletin for April 28, 2002, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago; both acknowledging Buechner as guest preacher.

Folder 26: "Pilgrim's Progress Report", by Michael Murray, Wheaton College Alumni Magazine, Autumn 2000

(Buechner visit as speaker for 2000 Writing & Literature Conference at Wheaton College)

Folder 27: "The Doubter's Library: Evangelicals Find an Unlikely Hero in Frederick Buechner," by Lauren Winner, Re:generation Quarterly: Community Transforming Culture, Spring 2000.

Folder 28: "Lawrenceville Medal to Frederick Buechner, '42" Lawrentian, Autumn 1993

(quarterly alumni magazine for the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J.)

Folder 29: "Listen to Your Life," article on Buechner, Chattanooga Times-Free Press, April 2002

Folder 30: The Lawrentian (alumni magazine for the Lawrenville School), Spring 2001. John Updike quote praising Buechner

Folder 31: "Faith by the Book: Author Preaches About Biblical Perspective," by Matt VandeBunte, Grand Rapids Press, April 2004

(regarding Buechner speech at 2004 Calvin College Festival of Faith & Writing)

Folder 32: Exeter Review, Spring 2004. Includes excerpts from alum Buechner's latest book, "Beyond Words."

Folder 33: Lenten Devotional Guide 2000, Northminster Baptist Church (no location given), with excerpt from "Listening to Your Life."

Folder 34: "Keeping The Faith, After Easter," by Tom Schaefer, The Providence Journal, April 19, 2003. Cites Buechner book "Listening to Your Life."

Folder 35: "What Would Jesus Write? For Ordained Author Frederick Buechner, Literature is Liturgy," by Ken Kelley, Seven Days, Dec. 17-29 edition, 2003.

Folder 36: Two book reviews of "Laughter in a Genevan Gown: The Works of Frederick Buechner 1970-1980" by Marie-Helene Davies. From The Church Herald, May 1984; and Christian Century, April 1984.

Folder 37: Booklet: Service of Ordination for Susan Cooke Kittredge (daughter of Alistair Cooke). Buechner participant., 1998

Folder 38: Page from Christian Century: What Preachers Are Reading: Pastors' Picks (includes Buechner) August 2003.

Folder 39: Church bulletins that mention Buechner or include Buechner quotes, 1992

bulletins date from 1992 on

Folder 40: November 2003 issue of Echoes (Maplebrook School, Amenia, NY), with article on Buechner visit.

Folder 41: Notice about class, "Themes of Sacred and Profane in the Fiction of Frederick Buechner" by Wendy Murray Zoba, Gordon College, Fall 2004. Also: syllabus, typed comments from students.

Folder 42: More material from same class, including CD "Frederik Buechner: Book of Bebb-Interviews 9-28-04."

Box 121

Folder 1: "Author Of Lion Country," Gig Barenose, Manchester Vermont Journal, May 6, 1971

Folder 2: "Interview with Frederick Buechner," Review of Books and Religion, Mid - Sep 1973

Folder 3: "Door Interview: Frederick Buechner," Wittenburg Door, Dec 1979 - Jan 1980

Folder 4: "Novelist To 'Cultural Despisers,'" Shirley and Rudy Nelson, Christianity Today, May 29, 1981

Folder 5: "Peculiar Treasure," Tina Bruton, Focus, Winter, 1981

Folder 6: "Frederick Buechner," John F. Baker, Publisher's Weekly, Feb 12, 1982

Folder 7: "Frederick Buechner," Shirley And Rudy Nelson, Christianity and Literature, Fall 1982

Folder 8: "Ordained To Write," Kenneth Gibble, United Presbyterian A.D., Mar 1983

Folder 9: "A Conscious Remembering," Jack Buckley And Sharon Gailagher, Radix, Jul - Aug 1983

Folder 10: "Listening To My Life," Kenneth Gibble, The Christian Century, Nov 16, 1983

Folder 11: "In The News," Cokesbury, Just Looking, Mar 1984

Folder 12: "Buechner Discusses Saints, Bebb, Fiction, The Wheaton Record, Nov 6, 1987

Folder 13: "An Interview with Frederick Buechner," Dave Hardin, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Jan 15, 1989

Folder 14: "Frederick Buechner: An Interview," Canada Lutheran, March 1989

Folder 15: "A Conversation With Frederick Buechner," Harold Fickett, Image, Spring, 1989

Folder 16: Ron Parker, PSR Bulletin, January 30, 1989

Folder 17: "Interview with Buechner," Buie, James, Books and Religion, Winter 1989

Folder 18: "We're All So Hungry," W. Dale Brown, Reformed Journal, March 1990

Folder 19: "Buechner Tells the Truth," Falcon, October 24, 1990

Folder 20: "CA Interview," Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 11

Folder 21: "Frederick Buechner: to listen for Christ," Dialogue, March 1992

Folder 22: "Interview with Frederick Buechner," Cokesbury's Good Books Catalog, Fall/winter 1991-1992

Folder 23: "On spiritual autobiography," Stephen Kendrick, The Christian Century, Oct. 14, 1992

Folder 24: "The World and I," by Wendy Wise Herstein, April 1993

Folder 25: "Conversation with Frederick Buechner" Baptist Message, Feb. 18, 1993

Folder 26: "On Preaching" Reformed Liturgy and Music, Spring 1994

Folder 27: "The Reverend of Oz" by Philip Yancey, in Books and Culture, March/April, 1997

Folder 28: Published interview in Kodon, November 1985.

Folder 29: Interview in the Wheaton Record, Sept. 27, 1985.

Folder 30: Sacred Journey, October, 1997

Folder 31: Interview in Trinity School magazine, Spring 1999

(Alumni Focus)

Folder 32: "Bridging Heaven and Earth." Boston Herald, Jan. 9, 2000

Folder 33: "Whispers in the Wings." Chattanooga Free Press, May 6, 2000

Folder 34: "The Eyes of the Heart: Frederick Buechner sees God's presence in the daily happenings of life," by John Armistead, Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss., Jan. 6, 2001

(set of 3 articles on Religion page)

Folder 35: "A Literary Divine," profile of Buechner by Heather Stephenson, Vermont Sunday Magazine, July 8, 2001

(ran in Rutland Herald and Times Argus)

Folder 36: "A Literary Companion Along the Way: Frederick Buechner tries to reach the spiritual 'lost and found'", by Jim Bule, Episcopal Life, January, 2002

Folder 37: "Frederick Buechner Writes of Life and Death," by Steve Rabey, Religious News Service, Sept. 2000.

Folder 38: "Fred Buechner: A Lifetime of Meditation, Writing and Discovering the Resources of His Own Soul," by Louise Jones, Stratton Magazine-Celebrating Southern Vermont, Winter 2001-2002

Folder 39: "Storytelling Connects Us All in Profound and Lasting Ways," by David Crumm. Detroit Free Press April 28, 2006

Folder 40: In Person-"Frederich Buechner: His ministry has been the writing of books." By Mel Huff. Vermont Sunday Magazine, Nov. 5, 2006.

Folder 41: "Vermont's Own Buechner to be in Manchester" . Manchester Journal, Aug. 17, 2001.

(no author)

Box 122

Folder 1: "Ordained to Write: An Interview with Frederick Buechner," Christian Century, Sept. 2002

Folder 2: "Flesh and Blood in the Magic Kingdom," by Wendy Murray Zoba, Christianity Today magazine, March 2003

Folder 3: Interview in The Door magazine, Jan-Feb. issue, 1995

Folder 4: "Good Sermons Stir the Spirit," by Wilma Supik The Record (North Jersey, NJ), May 3, 1992

Folder 5: "Frederick Buechner Tells the Truth." Lengthy printed interview with Buechner after a lecture at Seattle Pacific University. No date or author.

Folder 6: "Living Your Life From the Inside Out." By Dr. Charles Lewis. Bonita Banner, Bonita Springs, Fla. 9/5/92

Folder 7: "A Stepping Stone To New Experiences," By Nell Mohney. Chattanooga News-Free Press. May 1, 1993.

Folder 8: "Advice for Grads: Be Your Own Self," by Jennifer Paine. Story about Buechner graduation speech at Long Trail School, Dorset, Vt. No date. Paper listed only at the "Journal."

Folder 9: "The Sacred Journey: Questions & Answers with Frederick Buechner." Sacred Journey: The Journal of Fellowship in Prayer, October 1997.

Folder 10: "A Visit With Frederick Buechner." Interview by Vic Jameson. Presbyterian Survey magazine, March, 1988.

Folder 11: "The Uncertain Future of Poetry," by Lisa Coffman. Interview with poet James Merrill that mentions classmate Buechner. The Lawrentian, Autumn 1991 edition.

(alumni magazine of the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ)

Folder 12: Two columns by Chicago Tribune religion writer Bruce Buursma that mention Buechner. One dated Aug. 20, 1983. Other undated.

Folder 13: "The Absence of Religious Subjects in Young Children's Drawings," by Irene Jakob, Japanese Bulletin of Art Therapy, 1976

mentions Faces of Jesus

Folder 14: "Frederick Buechner (1926-): A Primary and Secondary Bibliography," by Robert Baker., 1996

(uncertain where published)

Folder 15: Book "Facing Forward: Finding Hope to Begin Again," by Wendy Murray Zoba, Includes lengthy section mentioning friendship with Buechner: "Friendship of the Broken.", 2002

(Tyndale House, 2002)

Folder 16: "The Thorn" literary magazine, Covenant College, Ga. Introduction refers to Buechner. Undated.

Folder 17: Announcement on donation of Buechner papers to Wheaton College (origin unclear). May 1983.

Folder 18: The Writer's Almanac. Online copy of humorist Garrison Keillor's remarks for July 11, 2002 (includes birthday notice about Buechner).

Folder 19: "Lost Virtue: God Gives Grace to the Humble," by ELCA Bishop Mark Hanson,  The Lutheran magazine, Nov. 2004.

(commentary including a quote from Buechner's "Wishful Thinking.")

Box 128

Item 2: Four New Writers, Life, Jan 30, 1950

Item 3: The New Bohemia, Charles J. Rolo, Flair, Feb 1950

Item 6: Family History: Jules Golay

(Buechner's Great - Grandfather)

Item 10: Art and Religion Announcement poster

Box 129

Folder 4: Review of "A Faith to Live and Die With: The Stories and Words of Frederick Buechner," by Dale Brown, 2005

Folder 5: Citation in "The World is My Home: A Memoir," by James Michener

Box 130

Folder 1: Christianity and Literature, 2008

Segment on lifetime achievement award presented to Buechner by Conference on Christianity and Literature

Folder 5: Interview: Minister sees divine in everyday struggles, 2008

Boston Globe

Folder 6: Advertisement for "Beyond Words"

Northshore Bookstore, Manchester, Vt

Folder 19: Essay on humility citing Buechner. By Bishop Mark Hanson, 2004

The Lutheran

Folder 21: Interview: Storytelling connects us all in profound and lasting ways. By David Crumm, 2006

Newspaper unidentified

Folder 22: Interview: Frederich Buechner: His ministry has been the writing of books. By Mel Huff, 2006

Vermont Sunday Magazine

Box 131

Folder 1: News story: Vermont's Own Buechner to Be in Manchester, 2001

Reading by Buechner from "Speak What We Feel" at a local church

Folder 17: Christmas Eve church bulletin showing reading by Buechner, 2007

United Church of Westford; Pastor Katherine Arthaud, Buechner's daughter

Folder 21: Oprah magazine: Read This Now quote from Buechner, 2003

Sub-Series 2: Manuscript Material

Box 123

Folder 1: Interview; "The Author Speaks," John Barkham, Mar 27, 1971

Folder 2: "The Final Beast," W. Cunningham Bissell, Feb 26, 1980

Folder 3: "The Book of Bebb," W. Cunningham Bissell, Apr 14, 1980

Folder 4: "Upon Rupert Mountain," W. Cunningham Bissell & E. Gleason, May 10, 1980

Folder 5: Interview; Bill Blumenauer, Bennington Banner, Jun 1983

Folder 6: "Transfigured," Sermon Preached By Rev. George H. Booth, Feb 23, 1986

Folder 7: "Conversation With Herman Redpath," Steve Cary

Folder 8: "Why Believe?," Rev. John B. Coburn, Jan 24, 1971

Folder 9: Interview; Cokesbury, Jan 1984

Folder 10: "The Theology and Ministry of F. Buechner as Discovered in The Sacred Journey, David Earnest, 1985

Folder 11: "An Afternoon With Frederick Buechner," Em Griffin (Wheaton College professor), September 1983

Folder 12: "Christmas Pageant," Allen Grothe, Dec 1979

Folder 13: "Necessary Losses," Sermon Preached By Allen Grothe, Sep 7, 1986

Folder 14: "Artist As Theologian Exam Question," By Louisa Hasen, May 20, 1986

Folder 15: "Good News Cabaret," Play, David F. Keller, Dec 16, 1976

Folder 16: "Telling The Truth," Sermons, G. Avery Lee, Mar 31, 1980

Folder 17: "The Incredible Presence," Christmas Program, Phebe Lewis, Dec 14, 1966

Folder 18: "Graduation As Tragedy, Comedy And Fairy Tale," Terry Lindvall, Jun 1978

Folder 19: "Frederick Buechner Novelist/Theologian of The Lost & Found," Preliminary Outline, Marjorie C. McCoy

Folder 20: "A Narrative Book Review," By A Student of Thomas McKibbens, Oct 30, 1985

Folder 21: "The Alphabet of Grace," An Adaption For Dramatic Reading, Betty McLaney and Goldie Stribling

Folder 22: "Autobiography And Revelation: A Dialogue With Frederick Buechner," By Richard C. Neese, May 1, 1985

Folder 23: "The Dry Clack - Clack Of The World's Tongue," "Mystical Illumination in the Novels of Frederick Buechner," & "Holy Mirth in the Novels of Frederick Buechner," Rudy Nelson, July 1982

Folder 24: Interview; Miss Ross

Folder 25: "Soul Friend: Guidance On Our Sacred Journeys," Edward C. Sellner, Sep 10, 1982

Folder 26: "Up A Tree," Sermon, Rev. Edmund A. Steimle, Jul 27, 1975

Folder 27: "Reflections On Frederick Buechner," Claire S. Straudberg, May 26, 1980

Folder 28: "The Rediscovery of Wonder: A Critical Introduction to the Novels of F.B.," Stacy Webb Thompson, 1980

Folder 29: "Fiction And The Preacher," Robert Wallace, Jun 1981

Folder 30: "Godric," Papers written by Malcolm Warford's Students at Eden Theological Seminary

Folder 31: Interview; Wheaton College, Oct 1985

Folder 32: "Frederick Buechner: The Novelist As Theologian," by James W. Woelful, Feb 8, 1983

Folder 33: Interview; Preaching Today

Folder 34: "The Very Style of Faith: FB as Homilist and Essayist," by Chris Anderson

Folder 35: Dialogue interview, March 1992

Folder 36: Manuscript and notes for Interview of Buechner by Em Griffin (Wheaton College professor)

Folder 37: "Men and Gender," Frank Pittman at conference of N.C. Marriage and Family Therapists

Folder 38: "A Different Person," James Merrill pp. 1-155

Folder 39: "A Different Person," James Merrill pp. 156-271

Folder 40: SERMONS CITING BUECHNER:

Item 1: "You Can Go Home Again," Dr. J. Philip Klinger, First United Methodist Church, Anderson, Ind., Aug. 18, 1996

Item 2: Sermon for Easter, All Saints Church, Pasadena, Calif., by Scott Richardson, May 21, 2000

Item 3: "I Surrender All," Dr. Peter Barnes, First Presbyterian Church, Boulder, Colo., July 1, 2001

Item 4: Memorial Homily by the Rev. Dr. Gene Langevin, '61, at service marking the 40th Reunion of the Class of 1961 at Harvard, Memorial Church-Harvard, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 26, 2001.

Item 5: "The Magic Kingdom," the Rev. Lindley DeGarmo, First Presbyterian Church, New York, NY., Nov. 25, 2001

Item 6: "A Season of Anticipation," the Rev. John Wilkinson, Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 9. 2001.

Item 7: "Turn the Page," the Rev. Anne Myers, Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, Penn., Jan. 13, 2002

Item 8: "The Light," the Rev. John Buchanan, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Jan. 13, 2002.

Item 9: "Sacred Seeking," the Rev. Susan Andrews, Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Md., Jan. 20, 2002.

Item 10: "Consider Your Call," the Rev. Art Ross, White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, N.C., Jan. 27, 2002.

Item 11: "From Temptation to Faith," the Rev. Art Ross, White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 17, 2002.

Item 12: "The Secret Seeker," Dr. Eugene C. Bay, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Penn., Feb. 24, 2002

Item 13: "Telling The Truth," Dr. William P. Wood, First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC March 26, 2002

Item 14: "The E Prayer," the Rev. Gary Charles, Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Alexandria, Va., April 14, 2002

Item 15: "Even at the Unlikeliest of Moments," the Rev. John Buchanan, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Ill., April 14, 2002.

Item 16: "What's God Like?" the Rev. Pat Rabun, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga., May 5, 2002

Item 17: "Help Wanted," the Rev. Anne Myers, Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, Penn. June 16, 2002.

Item 18: "Deadly Sermon," Rev. Michael Lindvall, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2004

Item 19: Series of 3 Advent sermons based on Buechner's book, "The Magnificent Defeat," by the Rev. John Lougheed, Calvary Memorial United Church, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. December, 2002

Item 20: "The Permanent Wave," Rev. Susan Cooke Kettredge, The Old Meeting House, Boston, Mass. Minister the daughter of British media icon Alistair Cooke. Sermon preached shortly after father's death. Buechner, a friend, is mentioned.

Box 124

Folder 1: Paper: "Notes on Frederick Buechner's Themes and Influences"

SAME MATERIAL CONTINUED IN A NEW, SMALLER BOX (also labeled VII B 1)

Folder 2: Printed story about Buechner (graduate student project) by Chris Rank. Color pix of Buechner., 2004

Folder 3: "And So I Quote You Extensively" Poem about faith that mentions Buechner. Dated Dec. 14, 1987.

(No other ID but probably written by a pastor.)

Folder 4: "Your Sacred Journey," text of commencement address at Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, Ill.) that mentions Buechner. Dated May 27, 1990.

(no author given)

Folder 5: Printed text of PBS interview with Buechner by Robert Abernathy: Easter Hope in Time of War, April 18, 2003

Folder 6: Lecture by Archbishop of Canterbury, Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, Pittsburgh, Penn., May 3, 2002.

(includes Buechner quote)

Box 125

Folder 1: Frederick Buechner: Novelist/Theologian of the Lost & Found, Preliminary Outline

Folder 2: Frederick Buechner: Novelist/Theologian of the Lost & Found, Manuscript

Folder 3: "Lion Country: The Book of Bebb, Part I," Screenplay by David Lewis

Folder 4: Elliott's Rainbow by James H. Silcox, Jr.

Folder 5: Conversations With John Irving", Image, Summer 1992.

Box 126

Folder 1: The Supper of the Lamb; Robert Capon. Final galley Buechner used to write a review.

Folder 2: The Oyster and the Ballerina; Robert Capon

Folder 3: Exit 36: A Fictional Chronicle; Robert Capon

Folder 4: The Third Peacock; Robert Capon

Folder 5: The Evening Edition of the Morning Star; Martin Copenhaver

Folder 6: Davies, Marie-Helene. Laughter in a Geneva Gown: The Works of Frederick Buechner, 1970-80

missing [6/08]

[with dup. Bks.]

Folder 7: Form in the Fire; Kenton Ross

Folder 8: Shadow of Turning; Kenton Ross

missing [6/08]

Folder 9: The Wizard's Looking Glass; Kenton Ross

missing [6/08]

Folder 10: The Gospel Truth; Karen King

Folder 11: F. Buechner: Master Theologian; Nina Watson

Folder 12: Sacred Threshold; Paula D'Arcy, 2004

Box 127

Folder 1: The Secret of the Mustard Seed: Stories of Hope; Rev. Andrea Ruehrwein Raynor. No date or accompanying letter

(likely sent 2007)

Folder 2: Brendan; by Michael D. Maden Sr. A play based on Buechner's novel of the same name. No date or accompanying letter

(likely sent 2007)

Sub-Series 3: Buechner Institute

Box 129

Folder 2: Buechner Institute materials, 2008-2009

Inauguration booklet, 2009 Lecture Series, Conference: Faith Engaging Culture

Folder 6: Buechner Institute materials, 2008

Booklets on founding of institute

Box 130

Folder 15: Announcement about founding of Buechner Institute, 2006

Presbyterian News Service

Series 8: Artwork

Box 136

Item 8: Artwork; "A Treacherous Baptism," Oct 23, 1988

Flat Storage 1

Item 1: Artwork; Original painting for the cover of Treasure Hunt