Eudora Welty and Surrealism

Acknowledgments

ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people have contributed to the making of this book, first among them Eudora Welty’s heirs, Elizabeth Welty Thompson and Mary Alice Welty White, to whom I am most thankful. At the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, Forrest Galey and her staff supplied all the assistance one could ask for, reasonably and unreasonably. Likewise, Katie Hamm at the Eudora Welty House generously gave of her time, especially in leading me on a fascinating tour of Welty’s home library at Pinehurst Street. Keely Latcham at Russell and Volkening of New York gave kindly of her time, too. And, at the University Press of Mississippi, I thank Walter Biggins and copyeditor Lisa Paddock. At the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí in Figueres, Spain, Mercedes Aznar helped greatly in the provision of Dalí-related materials, as did Carol Butler at the Salvador Dalí Museum Archives in St. Petersburg, Florida. In New York, Andrea Fisher at Artists Rights Society and Andrea Mihalovic-Lee at the Visual Artists and Galleries Association dispensed much necessary advice. I would also like to thank the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, Joanna Ling and Katherine Marshall at Sotheby’s of London, Aimee L. Marshall at the Art Institute of Chicago, Rena Schergen at the Special Collections Research Center at the University of Chicago, Photofest Digital of New York, and the unfailingly helpful Marie Difilippantonio, archivist at the Jean and Julien Levy Foundation. At the libraries that opened their doors to me, I would like to thank Jennifer Ford of the J. D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi, Oxford; Sybil McNeil of Willet Memorial Library,Wesleyan College,Macon; and Meredith Murray and Linda Smith of Roberts Memorial Library, Middle Georgia College, Cochran. Furthermore, President Michael Stoy of x acknowledgments Middle Georgia College, Crystal O’Leary Davidson, Chair of Humanities, Mary Ellen Wilson and Mary Lou Frank, Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, and Louneil Tripp deserve special mention for their encouragement and support of this book. Some portions of chapter six appeared in a different form in the Southern Quarterly, and I thank the editors Douglas Chambers and Kenneth Watson for their permission to reprint. Finally, Noel Polk and Suzanne Marrs have either read and commented on drafts of this study, or provided help when I had niggling research questions. In addition, Pearl McHaney deserves special thanks for her guidance. I thank them all wholeheartedly, as I do Rosemary, Arthur, and James Fuller, Bill and Melinda Graves, and the inimitable David Jenkins. Finally, to my wife, Melissa, who gave unstintingly, I offer my most loving gratitude. EUDORA WELTY AND SURREALISM This page intentionally left blank ...