Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the Handy Writer’s Colony of Robinson, Illinois. It includes: by-laws, minutes, correspondence, membership, and financial records of the colony regarding its founding, organization, finances, philosophy, and teaching methods; approximately two thousand letters written by Lowney Handy, Harry Handy, James Jones, colony members, relatives, publishers, editors, and friends; military records, and other personal papers of James Jones; commonplace books,...

Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection relates to James Jones: Reveille to Taps, a documentary produced by Lennon and Jeffrey Van Davis for Sangamon State University and the Illinois Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, copyright 1984. The documentary explores James Jones' life and work, his childhood in Illinois, and his stay at the Handy Colony and his relationship with Lowney Handy. Other materials relate to Lennon’s time as a professor at Sangamon State...

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This collection contains the personal papers of Kenneth Snedeker relating to his time as a member of the Handy Writer’s Colony. It contains writing feedback from Lowney Handy addressed to multiple individuals and writing advice, notes, draft pages, and feedback that were stored in two binders.

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This collection contains the correspondence of Vera Newlin, primarily letters received from Lowney Handy between 1951 and 1956. All materials are reproductions.

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‘One in the Middle,’ is a partially fictionalized memoir written by Vivian Turner McClellan. It discusses her childhood and young adulthood as well as her sister Lowney Turner Handy and author James Jones.

Folders 1-6 of Box 1 house MS 0072 and MS 0073.