The John Kennedy Toole Papers
Manuscripts Collection 740
John Kennedy Toole
1937-1969
Papers 1930-1989
10 linear feet
Source of acquisition:
The Toole Papers were donated by John Kennedy Toole's mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole, her estate, and heirs between 1980 and 1990.
Cite this collection as follows:
John Kennedy Toole Papers, Manuscripts Collection 740, Manuscripts Department, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 70119
Note:Rights to the letters of Walker Percy are retained by the Walker
Percy estate.
Brief Outline
I. John Kennedy Toole
- A. correspondence
- B. army papers
- C. scrapbooks
- D. school materials
- E. personal items
- F. miscellaneous
- G. unpublished works
- H. photographs
II. A Confederacy of Dunces
- A. the manuscripts
- B. page proofs
- C. printed editions
- D. collateral printed material
- E. posters
- F. programs about the work
III. The Neon Bible
- A. correspondence
- B. xerographic copies
- C. clippings
- D. published volumes
IV. John D. Toole, Jr. (father)
- A. army and scholarship certificates
- B. papers about his death and funeral
- C. photographs
V. Thelma Ducoing Toole
- A. correspondence
- B. personal and financial material
- C. programs of recitals and presentations by TDT
- D. notes and writings
- E. Typrescripts of interview with Tom Synder
- F. notebooks and scrapbooks
- G. photographs
- H. miscellaneous
- I. death of TDT
VI. Garvy/Ducoing family
- A. correspondence
- B. financial, legal and medical papers
- C. family home and tomb papers
- D. photographs
VII. Walker Percy
- A. correspondence
- B. photo
- C. clippings