After Zora Neale Hurston died on January 28, 1960 in a Fort Pierce, Florida, hospital, her papers were ordered to be burned. A law officer and friend, Patrick DuVal, passing by the house where she had lived, stopped and put out the fire, thus saving an invaluable collection of literary documents for posterity. The nucleus of this collection was given to the University of Florida libraries in 1961 by Mrs. Marjorie Silver, friend and neighbor of Zora Neale Hurston. Other materials were donated in 1970 and 1971 by Frances Grover, daughter of E. O. Grover, a Rollins College professor and long-time friend of Hurston's. In 1979 Stetson Kennedy of Jacksonville, who knew Hurston through his work with the Federal Writers Project, added additional papers.

The Zora Neale Hurston literary estate is represented by
Victoria Sanders
Victoria Sanders Literary Agency
241 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 11H
New York, NY 10014

CONTENTS

1. Correspondence - 2 boxed volumes (C1-C2)
2. Manuscripts - 12 boxed volumes (Ms.1-Ms.12)
3. Biographical and Critical Papers - Ms. volume 12 and Ms. Box A
4. Reference Material - Copies of articles and stories by Hurston, secondary papers about her, and miscellaneous material. Ms. Box A
5. Photographs, Medal, and Tapes - Photo Binder and Ms. Box B

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