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George V. Higgins Archive, 1943-2000 Collection: Mss Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections University of South Carolina Libraries George V. Higgins Archive, 1943-2000 Collection: Mss. 2003:4 Contact information: Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections University of South Carolina Libraries 1322 Greene Street Columbia SC 29208 (803) 777-3847 email: [email protected] ©2016 University of South Carolina Libraries Descriptive Summary Title: George V. Higgins Archive, 1943-2000 Collection Number: Mss. 2003:4 Creator: George V. Higgins Extent: 123 archival boxes, 140 cubic feet Administrative Information Provenance: Gift/purchase, 2003 Processed by: Eugene McClain, Michael Berry, Bruce Langley and Jeffrey Makala, with assistance from Kristi Castro Access Restrictions: Open to research Preferred Citation: [Item], George V. Higgins Archive, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries. Publication Rights: All rights reside with the estate of the creator. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Chronology November 13, 1939 Born in Brockton, Massachusetts. 1957-1961 Boston College, A.B. 1961-1962 Stanford University (M.A., 1965). 1962-1963 Reporter, Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin (RI). 1963-1966 Correspondent, reporter, editor – Associated Press. 1964-1967 Boston College Law School, J.D. 1967 Legal assistant, Department of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1967-1968 Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969-1970 Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1970-1973 Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts. 1971-1972 Instructor in trial practice, Boston College Law School. 1970s Columnist, Boston Magazine. 1972 The Friends of Eddie Coyle. 1973 Special Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts. 1973 The Digger’s Game. 1973-1983 Attorney at Law, George V. Higgins, Inc. 1974 Cogan’s Trade. 1974-1976 Columnist, Boston Phoenix. 1975 City on a Hill. 1975 The Friends of Richard Nixon. 1976 The Judgment of Deke Hunter. 1976-1979 Columnist, Boston Herald-American. 1977 Writer in residence, Washington Star. 1977 Dreamland. 1979 A Year or So with Edgar. 1979 Instructor in trial practice, Boston College Law School. 1979-1985 Columnist and critic, Boston Globe. 1980 Kennedy for the Defense. 1981 The Rat on Fire. 1982 The Patriot Game. 1984 A Choice of Enemies. 1984-1987 Critic, The Wall Street Journal. 1984 Old Earl Died Pulling Traps. 1984 Style Versus Substance. 1985 Penance for Jerry Kennedy. 1986 Impostors. 1987 Outlaws. 1988 The Sins of the Fathers. 1988 Visiting Professor of English, State University of New York at Buffalo. 1988 Wonderful Years, Wonderful Years. 1988-2000 Professor, Special Programs, Metropolitan College and Creative Writing Program, Department of English, Boston University. 1989 The Progress of the Seasons. 1989 Trust. 1990 Victories. 1990 On Writing. 1991 The Mandeville Talent. 1992 Defending Billy Ryan. 1993 Bomber’s Law. 1995 Swan Boats at Four. 1996 Sandra Nichols Found Dead. 1997 A Change of Gravity. 1998 The Agent. November 6, 1999 Death in Milton, Massachusetts. 2000 At End of Day. 2004 The Easiest Thing in the World. Scope and Contents Note This finding aid documents the life and works of American author George V. Higgins (1939-1999) found in the Higgins Archive at the University of South Carolina. The archive is a comprehensive collection of the author’s manuscripts and personal papers acquired in 2003 from the Higgins family. George V. Higgins, the author of The Friends of Eddie Coyle and 25 other novels, wrote gripping, ultra-realistic stories about individuals in crisis: criminals, police officers, lawyers and politicians. His work has been cited as an influence by authors ranging from Elmore Leonard and James Ellroy to David Mamet. His first published novel, the bestselling The Friends of Eddie Coyle, was hailed by The Observer as one of the top 20 American novels of the 20th century. In addition, Higgins wrote 4 nonfiction books, scores of short stories, newspaper and feature-length magazine journalism, literary criticism and book reviews, and hundreds of columns for major newspapers in Boston, Washington, D.C. and the Wall Street Journal. This itemization does not take into account his parallel careers as a prosecutor and U.S. Attorney, a lawyer in private practice and a professor and teacher of writing. Series IX includes documentation of his legal work on behalf of G. Gordon Liddy and Eldridge Cleaver in the 1970s. The Higgins Archive contains documentation of all these activities, and is organized into the series noted below. Additional notes and description occur at the beginning of each series in finding aid. Many of Higgins’ original folder titles, especially in the subject files series, remain and have been placed in quotation marks to distinguish them from supplied folder titles. Henceforward, Higgins will be abbreviated as Higgins. Related Materials Matthew J. Bruccoli collection of George V. Higgins, including books, periodical appearances, manuscripts, and ephemera. See library catalog. Matthew J. Bruccoli Correspondence Collection. Extensive incoming correspondence with George V. Higgins. Foreign, large print, and books-on-tape editions of George V. Higgins. See library catalog. Content Box Series I: Biography, CVs, family documents 1-2 Series II: Publicity and Interviews 3 Series III: Correspondence 4-15 Series IV: Books 15-60 Series V: Short Stories 60-64 Series VI: Screenplays, teleplays 64-65 Series VII: Addresses, journalism, book reviews 66-68 Series VIII: Newspaper columns 69-72 Series IX: Legal 72-80 Series X: Teaching 81 Series XI: Subject files 82-92 Series XII: Tax Documents 92-95 Series XIII: Photographs 95 Series XIV: Audio/visual materials 96-99 Series XV: Awards and realia 99-100 Series XVI: Printed materials 101-121 Series XVII: Oversize 122-123 Container List Series I: Biography, CVs, family documents Box Folder 1 1 Obituary, 1999 1 2-3 Higgins family documents (2 folders) Civil War diary of Guy L. Thompson, Fort Whipple (VA) and Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), Sept. 1864 – June 1865. Also includes farm journal for 1869-78. Arthur W. Thompson Civil War documents, 1863-65. Includes promotion documents and correspondence with the Thompson family following his death in New Orleans. John T. Higgins (Higgins’ father), correspondence and documents, including one piece of World War II V-Mail, 1943-63 1 4-17 Appointment calendars, 1974, 1980, 1986-96, 2000 (14 folders) 2 1 Associated Press sign, c 1965 2 2 Biology notes, Boston College, c 1958-61 2 3 Boston College class of 1961 25th reunion book, 1986 2 4 Business cards (not of Higgins) 2 5 Cruising notebook and ship’s logs 2 6-10 CVs and annual reports, Boston University (5 folders), c 1980s-1998 2 11 Licenses, ID cards, press passes 2 12 Passports (5 items) 2 13 Resumes and standard press biographies, c early 1970s-1998 2 14 Stanford University, enrollment forms and seminar paper “Deep River Gone Dry: A Study of Twelfth Night,” 1961-62 2 15 Stationery, envelopes, business cards 2 16 Telephone lists and address books 2 17 U.S. Attorney license plate, c 1970 2 18 Wills, U.S. Attorney questionnaire, biographical documents, 1973-92 Series II: Publicity and interviews Box: 3 This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings, media profiles, mentions of Higgins in the news, and published interviews from primarily American and English sources. Most book reviews are located with their attendant book manuscripts in Series IV. Also included here is one bound copy of “Expiation Ritual in the Crime Novels of George V. Higgins,” Ph.D. dissertation, Erwin H. Ford II, SUNY Buffalo, 1988. Series III: Correspondence This series includes personal and business correspondence, including extensive correspondence between Higgins and his agents, book editors, publishers’ staff, and magazine editors. The arrangement is chronological, and personal and business correspondence is intermixed. There is a separate grouping of personal and business correspondence within Series XI: Subject files that was maintained by Higgins’ staff at his law offices in the 1970s and includes correspondence with William F. Buckley, Jr., David Halberstam, Ward Just, Tracy Kidder, William Manchester, Robert B. Parker, and Hunter S. Thompson. A separate grouping of subject-based correspondence with individuals follows the chronological run in this series. Within this series drafts of short stories and magazine pieces, royalty statements, and travel documents can often be found. Interview transcripts include an extensive South Bank Show (UK) interview (4/5/87) and Higgins’ written responses to a French magazine’s questions (9/18/85). Notable correspondents in this series include: Jacques Barzun (1/24/90); Harold Bloom (1/19/95); William F. Buckley, Jr. (5/17/77); Father Robert Drinan (2/4/72, 12/9/87, 9/1/88); Gerald Ford (10/2/74); Donald Hall (12/6/93); Irving Howe to Leslie Fiedler re: Higgins (1/9/88); Stephen King (6/26/84); Elmore Leonard (9/6/87); G. Gordon Liddy (4/2/92, 4/11/92, 6/16/92); Norman Mailer (5/30/74, 3/21/77); William Manchester (1/18/90, 3/29/91, 7/11/91, 11/15/93, 3/12/92, 9/1/92, 4/7/93, 4/18/93, 8/4/93); Robert Pinsky (6/13/96); Julian Symons (8/15/85, 8/29/85, 10/4/85); Hunter S. Thompson (4/7/74, 6/1/74); John Updike (7/30/83, 11/28/85); George Will (8/5/74, 5/1/77, 1/4/84, 5/26/86, 1/26/89); and Ted Williams (5/1/89). There is extensive correspondence with novelists Robert B. Parker and Ward Just throughout the series. Also notable are the following items: “One Poem Taken to Heart,” (short story, 1/5/85); the introduction (unpublished) to a British edition of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye (8/22/89); and the following letters: to his son on his 18th birthday (6/1/87); to Matthew J.
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