Helen Miller Jones loved collecting books. She shared this
love with Trinity University by gifting her collection containing numerous
autographed first editions to Trinity University in 1977, and today the
collection can be found in Special Collections & Archives.
Perhaps one thing making this collection unique is the
typescript of an Ernest Hemingway short story. Viewing the typescript it’s not
difficult to imagine him sitting at his typewriter composing his story. And what about the changes he made after
pulling the paper from the typewriter - why did he cross out a word here or
there, only to substitute another? What
was going through his mind that might have made him change a specific word or
phrase?
You can also page through a final typescript of a Willa
Cather title, ready to be sent off for printing. Looking at the typescript, the thought comes
to mind of how it must have felt to hold a completed novel before sending it on
its final journey to the printers and subsequent release to the public. Do you hope to someday find yourself in the
same position – holding that completed story you have so carefully crafted
before sending it off for publication?
Of course, now you’ll probably hit a key on a keyboard, rather than
viewing a typed manuscript as did Ernest Hemingway and Willa Cather, along with
so many others.
Additionally, a handwritten note by Somerset Maugham in one
of his books, or a book inscribed in 1933 to the collector Miss Helen Cameron,
by Robert Frost are only a few of the special
items in this collection. Visit Special Collections to view these, or to page
through Hemingway’s story or Willa Cather’s manuscript about to be printed. This is only one of several collections in
Special Collections & Archives and we will be highlighting them over
time! Special Collections is open Monday
– Friday from 1:15pm – 5pm, or hours as posted.
Check out our current exhibit featuring this collection on the 3rd
floor of Coates Library and come Discover Special Collections & Archives!
--Meredith Elsik
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, LC-USZ62-42538
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