Jonathan Yardley Papers, 1792-2006

Collection Number: 05278

Collection Title: Jonathan Yardley Papers, 1792-2006

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Size	44.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 11800 items)
Abstract	Jonathan Yardley (1939- ), Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic, columnist, and author, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.; spent his childhood in Chatham, Va., where his father was headmaster of Chatham Hall, a girls' boarding school; and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1961. After graduation, he interned at the New York Times as assistant to James Reston. From 1964 to 1974, Yardley worked as an editorial writer and book reviewer at the Greensboro, N.C., News and Record; he was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, 1968-1969. From 1974 to 1978, he was the book editor of the Miami Herald, then book critic at the Washington Star, 1978-1981, winning a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism in 1981. In 1981, Yardley became book critic and columnist at the Washington Post. The collection consists of subject files, clippings, book production materials, family materials, and other items. Subject files relate to Yardley's career as a book critic, columnist, and author. Included is personal and professional correspondence with authors and others, among them Roger Angell, William Bennett, Doris Betts, Laurie Colwin, Robert Creamer, his agent Liz Darhansoff, Robb Dew, Fred Exley, Lynn Freed, Ellen Gilchrist, Gail Godwin, Don Graham, Paul Hemphill, Alfred Knopf, George McGovern, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, James Reston, Anne Tyler, Peter Taylor, Paul Theroux, and Ed Yoder. There is also correspondence regarding the publication of his books, articles, and his appointment on Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award committees and with members of his family. Subject files also include materials relating to books and projects that Yardley never completed, such as biographies of Stephen Crane and H. L. Mencken; materials relating to articles, reviews, and columns published in magazines and newspapers; materials relating to his childhood and school years through college; and materials relating to Yardley's family and heritage, including his father's work at Chatham Hall. Clippings include columns and reviews written by Yardley during his tenure at the Washington Post and other newspapers. Book production materials relate to Ring, Our Kind of People, Out of Step: Notes from a Purple Decade, and States of Mind: A Personal Journey Through the Mid-Atlantic. Family materials include items relating to Yardley's parents, William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley; family letters; memoirs; genealogical materials relating to the Yardley, Woolsey, Hart, Thorne, Gregory, and Ingersoll families; financial and legal documents; a diary; and carte de visite albums, photograph albums, and other images.
Creator	Yardley, Jonathan.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Jonathan Yardley Papers #5278, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Jonathan Yardley of Washington, D.C., in April 2006 (Acc. 100420).

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Processed by: Margaret Dickson, August 2006

Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, August 2006

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Jonathan Yardley, Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic, columnist, and author, was born 27 October 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pa., to William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley. The bulk of his childhood was spent in Chatham, Va., where his father was the headmaster of Chatham Hall, a girls' boarding school. In 1957, Yardley graduated from the Groton School in Groton, Mass., and went on to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., from which he graduated with a degree in English in 1961. While at UNC, Yardley edited the school newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel. Upon graduation, Yardley became an intern at the New York Times, where he was an assistant to James Reston.

In 1964, Yardley began his newspaper career as an editorial writer and book reviewer at the Greensboro, N.C., News and Record, where he stayed for the next ten years. From 1968 to 1969, Yardley was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. From 1974 to 1978, he was the book editor at the Miami Herald, and, from 1978 to 1981, he held the position of book critic at the Washington Star, where he won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism in 1981. When the Star folded in 1981, Yardley became book critic and columnist at the Washington Post.

Yardley was the author of several books, including a Ring (1977), a biography of Ring Lardner; Our Kind of People (1989), a family memoir about the lives of his parents; Out of Step: Notes from a Purple Decade (1991), a collection of his columns from the Washington Post; States of Mind: A Personal Journey Through the Mid-Atlantic (1993); Misfit, a biography of Fred Exley; and Monday Morning Quarterback (1998). His book reviews and articles appeared in the New Republic, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Esquire, Saturday Review, the New York Times Magazine, and other publications.

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The collection consists of subject files, clippings, book production materials, and family materials relating to book critic, columnist, and author Jonathan Yardley. Subject files relate to Yardley's career as a book critic, columnist, and author. Included is personal and professional correspondence with authors and others, among them Roger Angell, William Bennett, Doris Betts, Laurie Colwin, Robert Creamer, his agent Liz Darhansoff, Robb Dew, Fred Exley, Lynn Freed, Ellen Gilchrist, Gail Godwin, Don Graham, Paul Hemphill, Alfred Knopf, George McGovern, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, James Reston, Anne Tyler, Peter Taylor, Paul Theroux, and Ed Yoder. There is also correspondence regarding the publication of his books, articles, and his appointment on Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award committees and with members of his family. Subject files also include materials relating to books and projects that Yardley never completed, such as biographies of Stephen Crane and H. L. Mencken; materials relating to articles, reviews, and columns published in magazines and newspapers; materials relating to his childhood and school years through college; and materials relating to Yardley's family and heritage, including his father's work at the Chatham Hall girls' school in Chatham, Va. Clippings include columns and reviews written by Yardley during his tenure at the Washington Post and other newspapers. Book production materials relate to Ring, Our Kind of People, Out of Step: Notes from a Purple Decade, and States of Mind: A Personal Journey Through the Mid-Atlantic. Family materials include items relating to Yardley's parents, William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley; family letters; memoirs; genealogical materials relating to the Yardley, Woolsey, Hart, Thorne, Gregory, and Ingersoll families; financial and legal documents; a diary; and carte de visite albums, photograph albums, and other images.

Contents list

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1. Subject Files, 1911-2006 and undated.
1.1. Subject Files 1, 1965-2006 and undated.
1.2. Subject Files 2, 1939-2002 and undated.
1.3. Subject Files 3, 1911-1988 and undated.
2. Newspaper Columns and Reviews, 1966-2006 and undated.
2.1. Washington Post, 1972-2006 and undated.
2.2. Other Newspapers, 1966-1981 and undated.
3. Book Materials, 1975-1993.
3.1. Ring, 1975-1977 and undated.
3.1.1. Book Production Materials, 1975-1977.
3.1.2. Research Files, 1975-1977 and undated.
3.1.3. Reviews, 1977.
3.2. Our Kind of People, 1989.
3.3. Out of Step, 1991.
3.4. States of Mind, 1993.
4. Family Materials, 1792-1988.
4.1. William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley Materials, 1932-1988 and undated.
4.2. Letters to Jonathan Yardley and Susan Hart Yardley, 1976-1982 and undated.
4.3. Other Family Materials, 1792-1973 and undated.
5. Pictures, 1861-1985 and undated.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Subject Files, 1911-2006 and undated.

About 10,000 items.

Three runs of subject files created by Yardley. See the descriptions below for the general contents of each run. Note that, for the most part, original order and folder titles have been retained.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Subject Files 1, 1965-2006 and undated.

About 5,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Subject files containing both professional and personal materials. The bulk of the materials consists of correspondence with authors whose books Yardley reviewed or with whom he was friendly, with other people, about the publication of his books and articles, about his appointment on Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award committees, and with members of his family.

Notable correspondents include: Roger Angell, William Bennett, Doris Betts, Laurie Colwin, Robert Creamer, his agent Liz Darhansoff, Robb Dew, Fred Exley, Lynn Freed, Ellen Gilchrist, Gail Godwin, Don Graham, Paul Hemphill, Alfred Knopf, George McGovern, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, James Reston, Anne Tyler, Peter Taylor, Paul Theroux, and Ed Yoder.

Folder 1	A
Folder 2	American Book Awards
Folder 3	Angell, Roger
Folder 4-6 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6	B
Folder 7	Baker, Russell
Folder 8	Berg, Scott
Folder 9	Betts, Doris
Folder 10	Boyd, William
Folder 11	Buckley, Christopher
Folder 12-14 Folder 12 Folder 13 Folder 14	C
Folder 15	Coles, Robert
Folder 16	Colwin, Laurie
Folder 17	Creamer, Robert
Folder 18	D
Folder 19	Darhansoff, Liz
Folder 20-21 Folder 20 Folder 21	Dew, Robb
Folder 22	E
Folder 23	Exley, Fred
Folder 24-25 Folder 24 Folder 25	F
Folder 26	Family Portraits
Folder 27-28 Folder 27 Folder 28	Freed, Lynn
Folder 29-30 Folder 29 Folder 30	G
Folder 31	George Washington University
Folder 32	Gilchrist, Ellen
Folder 33	Godwin, Gail
Folder 34	Graham, Don
Folder 35	Greene, Annie
Folder 36	Griffin, Bryan
Folder 37	Groton School
Folder 38	Guggenheim Foundation
Folder 39-41 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41	H
Folder 42	Hemphill, Paul
Folder 43	I
Folder 44	J
Folder 45	Jazz Tapes
Folder 46	Johns Hopkins
Folder 47-48 Folder 47 Folder 48	K
Folder 49	Knopf, Alfred
Folder 50-51 Folder 50 Folder 51	Knopf-Mencken
Folder 52	L
Folder 53	Lardner, Ring
Folder 54	Lucas, Tony
Folder 55	Lynn, Kenneth
Folder 56-58 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58	M
Folder 59	McCullough, David
Folder 60	Mewshaw, Michael
Folder 61-64 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64	Misfit
Folder 65	N
Folder 66	O
Folder 67	Olson, Cate, and Nash Robbins
Folder 68-71 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71	Our Kind of People: Letters
Folder 72	Our Kind of People: Miscellaneous
Folder 73	Our Kind of People: Reviews
Folder 74	Out of Step
Folder 75-76 Folder 75 Folder 76	P
Folder 77-82 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82	Personal, Miscellaneous
Folder 83	Pulitzer Prize, 1989
Folder 84	Q
Folder 85-87 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87	R
Folder 88	Rand, Walt
Folder 89-91 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91	Reston, James
Folder 92	Riesman, David
Folder 93	Rowman and Littlefield Publishers
Folder 94-98 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98	S
Folder 99	Schnedler, Jack
Folder 100-101 Folder 100 Folder 101	Sky
Folder 102	Speeches, etc.
Folder 103-104 Folder 103 Folder 104	States of Mind
Folder 105	States of Mind: Reviews
Folder 106-107 Folder 106 Folder 107	T
Folder 108	Taylor, Peter
Folder 109	Theroux, Paul
Folder 110	U
Folder 111	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Folder 112	V
Folder 113	Victoria
Folder 114-116 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116	W
Folder 117-118 Folder 117 Folder 118	Villard Books
Folder 119	Washington Post Miscellaneous
Folder 119a	Washington Star Clips
Folder 120	Willingham, Calder
Folder 121-122 Folder 121 Folder 122	Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Folder 123-124 Folder 123 Folder 124	Yardley, Bill
Folder 125-126 Folder 125 Folder 126	Yardley, Jim
Folder 127	Yardley Family
Folder 128	XYZ

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Subject Files 2, 1939-2002 and undated.

About 3,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Other subject files consist of materials relating to books and projects which Yardley undertook but never completed, such as biographies of Stephen Crane and H. L. Mencken; materials relating to articles, reviews, and columns published in various magazines and newspapers; and materials relating to his childhood and school years through college, including report cards, manuscripts, two scrapbooks compiled by Yardley while he attended Woodberry Forest, and an audiotape entitled "Squibs, '57." Other materials in the subseries include manuscripts, information regarding the Nieman Foundation, and a list of books owned by Yardley (folder 189).

Folder 129	Boston Review of the Arts
Folder 130-131 Folder 130 Folder 131	Business, Miscellaneous
Folder 132	Collection: Jonathan Yardley
Folder 133	Crane, Cora: Letters
Folder 134	Crane, Stephen
Folder 135	Crane, Stephen: Appleton Records
Folder 136	Crane, Stephen: "Blue Hotel"
Folder 137	Crane, Stephen: Schoberlin
Folder 138	Esquire Magazine
Folder 139	Faulkner, William
Folder 140	Lardner, Ring
Folder 141	Lardner Centenary
Folder 142	Los Angeles Times: Book Review
Folder 143	Los Angeles Times: Op. Edit.
Folder 144	Mencken Correspondence: Jonathan Yardley
Folder 145-147 Folder 145 Folder 146 Folder 147	Mencken, H. L., etc.
Folder 148	Mencken, H. L.: Author's Query
Folder 149-156 Folder 149 Folder 150 Folder 151 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156	Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Folder 157-158 Folder 157 Folder 158	National Book Awards, 1973
Folder 159-161 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161	New Republic
Folder 162-163 Folder 162 Folder 163	New York Times Book Review
Folder 164	New York Times Magazine
Folder 165	New York Times Op. Edit.
Folder 166-167 Folder 166 Folder 167	Nieman Foundation
Folder 168-169 Folder 168 Folder 169	Orioles
Folder 170	Partisan Review
Folder 171-173 Folder 171 Folder 172 Folder 173	Pulitzer Prizes
Folder 174-175 Folder 174 Folder 175	Random House
Folder 176	Saturday Review
Folder 177-181 Folder 177 Folder 178 Folder 179 Folder 180 Folder 181	Sports Illustrated
Folder 182	Sports Illustrated II
Folder 183-186 Folder 183 Folder 184 Folder 185 Folder 186	Washington Post
Folder 187	Washington Star
Folder 188	Yardley Books
Folder 189	Yardley, Jonathan: Copy
Folder 190-191 Folder 190 Folder 191	Yardley, Jonathan: Early Manuscripts
Folder 192	Yardley, Jonathan: Miami Herald I
Folder 193-194 Folder 193 Folder 194	Yardley, Jonathan: Miami Herald II
Folder 195-198 Folder 195 Folder 196 Folder 197 Folder 198	Yardley, Jonathan: Miscellaneous
Folder 199	Yardley, Jonathan: Personal, Miscellaneous
Folder 200-202 Folder 200 Folder 201 Folder 202	Yardley, Jonathan: School, etc.
Folder 203-205 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205	Yardley, Jonathan: School Years
Oversize Volume V-5278/S-1-2	Woodberry Forest Scrapbooks
Audiotape T-5278/1	"Squibs, '57"

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3. Subject Files 3, 1911-1988 and undated.

About 2,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Materials chiefly relating to Yardley's family and heritage, predominantly about the lives of his parents. These materials were most likely compiled as a result of Yardley's efforts to gather information for his book, Our Kind of People. ncluded are family papers, financial documents, and partial transcripts of interviews Yardley conducted with family members and friends on subjects relating to his father, William Woolsey Yardley, regarding aspects of his life as a father and husband and as headmaster of Chatham Hall, and to his mother, Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley, regarding aspects of her life as a wife and mother.

See Series 3.2 for other materials relating to Our Kind of People and Series 4 for other family materials.

Folder titles were retained whenever possible. Folders relating to Yardley's family members are filed by first name.

Folder 206	Andrews, Jane
Folder 207	Appraisals
Folder 208	Bedford-Rippowan School
Folder 209	Book Collection
Folder 210	Catonsville, Md.
Folder 211	Chatham Hall: Business
Folder 212	Chatham Hall: Early
Folder 213	Chatham Hall: Faculty and Staff
Folder 214	Chatham Hall: Family
Folder 215	Chatham Hall: Financial
Folder 216	Chatham Hall: History
Folder 217	Chatham Hall: School Life
Folder 218	Chatham Hall: Trustees
Folder 219	Chatham Hall: Woodberry
Folder 220	Coolidge, Susan
Folder 221	Cooperstown, N.Y.
Folder 222	Courtship and Wedding
Folder 223	Desegregation
Folder 224	Dogs
Folder 225	Dyer Affair
Folder 226	"Family Letter"
Folder 227	Family and Money
Folder 228	Family Memoirs
Folder 229	Fowler, Louisa
Folder 230	Gilman, Lizzie
Folder 231	Grandchildren
Folder 232	Grandma Gregory
Folder 233	Grandma Yardley: Early
Folder 234	Grandma Yardley's Estate
Folder 235	Grandma Yardley: Late
Folder 236	Grandpa Yardley
Folder 237	Grandpa Gregory
Folder 238	Gregory Family: History
Folder 239	Gregory Family: Maplewood
Folder 240	Groton School
Folder 241	Harry Yardley
Folder 242	Helen Gregory Yardley as Parent
Folder 243	Helen Gregory Yardley: Bennington
Folder 244	Helen Gregory Yardley: Chatham
Folder 245	Helen Gregory Yardley: Early Years
Folder 246	Helen Gregory Yardley: Health and Death
Folder 247	Helen Gregory Yardley in Middletown
Folder 248	Helen Gregory Yardley: Redwood
Folder 249	Ingersoll Family
Folder 250	Jane Yardley
Folder 251	Jonathan Yardley
Folder 252	Middletown, R.I., 1950-1986
Folder 253	Middletown, R.I.: Financial
Folder 254	Middletown, R.I.: House
Folder 255	Middletown, R.I.: Rentals
Folder 256	Newport Family
Folder 257-258 Folder 257 Folder 258	Paul Yardley
Folder 259	Religion
Folder 260	Sarah Yardley
Folder 261	Shady Side Academy
Folder 262	Stockbridge, N.Y.
Folder 263	Thorne Family
Folder 264	Tuxedo House
Folder 265	Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
Folder 266	Tuxedo Park School
Folder 267	Women
Folder 268	Woodberry Forest School
Folder 269	Woolsey Family
Folder 270	World War II
Folder 271	Wright, Jack
Folder 272	Writing and Books
Folder 273	William Woolsey Yardley: As Parent
Folder 274	William Woolsey Yardley: As Rector
Folder 275	William Woolsey Yardley: Boyhood
Folder 276	William Woolsey Yardley: Boy's Latin
Folder 277	William Woolsey Yardley: Chatham Job Application
Folder 278	William Woolsey Yardley: Chatham Retirement
Folder 279	William Woolsey Yardley: Clothes
Folder 280	William Woolsey Yardley: Doctorate
Folder 281	William Woolsey Yardley: Hobbies
Folder 282	William Woolsey Yardley: Johns Hopkins
Folder 283	William Woolsey Yardley: Lolly's Wedding
Folder 284	William Woolsey Yardley: Merchants
Folder 285	William Woolsey Yardley: Ministy in Rhode Island
Folder 286	William Woolsey Yardley: Old Age
Folder 287	William Woolsey Yardley: On Education
Folder 288	William Woolsey Yardley: Ordination I
Folder 289	William Woolsey Yardley: Prejudices
Folder 290	William Woolsey Yardley: Sixties
Folder 291	Yardley, Elizabeth Woolsey: Estate
Folder 292	Yardley, Farnham, et al
Folder 293	Yardley, Henry
Folder 294	Yardley, Thomas Howe
Folder 295	Yardleys in Pennsylvania
Folder 296	Yeardley
Audiocassette C-5278/1-29 C-5278/1 C-5278/2 C-5278/3 C-5278/4 C-5278/5 C-5278/6 C-5278/7 C-5278/8 C-5278/9 C-5278/10 C-5278/11 C-5278/12 C-5278/13 C-5278/14 C-5278/15 C-5278/16 C-5278/17 C-5278/18 C-5278/19 C-5278/20 C-5278/21 C-5278/22 C-5278/23 C-5278/24 C-5278/25 C-5278/26 C-5278/27 C-5278/28 C-5278/29	Audiocassettes Contain interviews with family members and friends regarding the lives of William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley.

Expand/collapse Series 2. Newspaper Columns and Reviews, 1966-2006 and undated.

About 880 items.

Arrangement: by newspaper.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Washington Post, 1972-2006 and undated.

About 680 items.

Arrangement: by type of article, then chronological.

Clippings of reviews and columns written by Yardley during his tenure at the Washington Post. Most articles were published in the "Book World" section. Other clippings include "Second Readings" and reprints of articles.

Folder 297	Reviews: 1972
Folder 298-300 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300	Reviews: 1973
Folder 301	Reviews: 1974
Folder 302	Reviews: 1975
Folder 303	Reviews: 1976
Folder 304-305 Folder 304 Folder 305	Reviews: 1977
Folder 306	Reviews: 1978
Folder 307	Reviews: 1981
Folder 308-310 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310	Reviews: 1982
Folder 311-313 Folder 311 Folder 312 Folder 313	Reviews: 1983
Folder 314-316 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316	Reviews: 1984
Folder 317-319 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319	Reviews: 1985
Folder 320-322 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322	Reviews: 1986
Folder 323-325 Folder 323 Folder 324 Folder 325	Reviews: 1987
Folder 326-328 Folder 326 Folder 327 Folder 328	Reviews: 1988
Folder 329-331 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331	Reviews: 1989
Folder 332-334 Folder 332 Folder 333 Folder 334	Reviews: 1990
Folder 335-337 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337	Reviews: 1991
Folder 338-340 Folder 338 Folder 339 Folder 340	Reviews: 1992
Folder 341-343 Folder 341 Folder 342 Folder 343	Reviews: 1993
Folder 344-346 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346	Reviews: 1994
Folder 347-349 Folder 347 Folder 348 Folder 349	Reviews: 1995
Folder 350-352 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352	Reviews: 1996
Folder 353-355 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355	Reviews: 1997
Folder 356-358 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358	Reviews: 1998
Folder 359-361 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361	Reviews: 1999
Folder 362-364 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364	Reviews: 2000
Folder 365-367 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367	Reviews: 2001
Folder 368-370 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370	Reviews: 2002
Folder 371-373 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373	Reviews: 2003
Folder 374-376 Folder 374 Folder 375 Folder 376	Reviews: 2004
Folder 377-379 Folder 377 Folder 378 Folder 379	Reviews: 2005
Folder 380	Reviews: 2006
Folder 381-382 Folder 381 Folder 382	Reprints
Folder 383-385 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385	Second Readings
Folder 386	Columns: 1981
Folder 387-388 Folder 387 Folder 388	Columns: 1982
Folder 389-390 Folder 389 Folder 390	Columns: 1983
Folder 391-392 Folder 391 Folder 392	Columns: 1984
Folder 393-394 Folder 393 Folder 394	Columns: 1985
Folder 395-396 Folder 395 Folder 396	Columns: 1986
Folder 397-398 Folder 397 Folder 398	Columns: 1987
Folder 399-400 Folder 399 Folder 400	Columns: 1988
Folder 401	Columns: 1989
Folder 402-403 Folder 402 Folder 403	Columns: 1990
Folder 404-405 Folder 404 Folder 405	Columns: 1991
Folder 406-407 Folder 406 Folder 407	Columns: 1992
Folder 408-409 Folder 408 Folder 409	Columns: 1993
Folder 410-411 Folder 410 Folder 411	Columns: 1994
Folder 412-413 Folder 412 Folder 413	Columns: 1995
Folder 414-415 Folder 414 Folder 415	Columns: 1996
Folder 416-417 Folder 416 Folder 417	Columns: 1997
Folder 418-419 Folder 418 Folder 419	Columns: 1998
Folder 420-421 Folder 420 Folder 421	Columns: 1999
Folder 422-423 Folder 422 Folder 423	Columns: 2000
Folder 424-425 Folder 424 Folder 425	Columns: 2001
Folder 426-427 Folder 426 Folder 427	Columns: 2002
Folder 428	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Other Newspapers, 1966-1981 and undated.

About 200 items.

Clippings of reviews, columns, and editorials written by Yardley while employed at newspapers other than the Washington Post.

Folder 429	January-April 1974
Folder 430	Articles, 1978
Folder 431	By-Lines, 1979
Folder 432-433 Folder 432 Folder 433	Editorials, 1979
Folder 434	Articles, 1979
Folder 435-436 Folder 435 Folder 436	Articles, 1980
Folder 437-437a	Editorials, 1980
Folder 438	Articles, 1981
Folder 439-440 Folder 439 Folder 440	Greensboro Daily News
Folder 441	Los Angeles Times
Folder 442-444 Folder 442 Folder 443 Folder 444	Miami Herald
Folder 445-446 Folder 445 Folder 446	Washington Star

Expand/collapse Series 3. Book Materials, 1975-1993.

About 415 items.

Arrangement: chronological by book.

Materials relating to the production of several of Yardley's books, including drafts, galleys, and research materials.

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Ring, 1975-1977 and undated.

About 400 items.

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.1. Book Production Materials, 1975-1977.

About 50 items.

Folder 447-450 Folder 447 Folder 448 Folder 449 Folder 450	Draft
Folder 451-454 Folder 451 Folder 452 Folder 453 Folder 454	Draft
Folder 455-460 Folder 455 Folder 456 Folder 457 Folder 458 Folder 459 Folder 460	Draft
Folder 461-465 Folder 461 Folder 462 Folder 463 Folder 464 Folder 465	Setting Copy
Folder 466	Illustrations
Folder 467	Galley
Folder 468-469 Folder 468 Folder 469	Other Materials

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.2. Research Files, 1975-1977 and undated.

About 275 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Research files relating to the writing of Ring. For the most part, original order and folder titles have been retained.

Folder 470	Appearance
Folder 471-472 Folder 471 Folder 472	Baseball
Folder 473	Black Sox
Folder 474	Boston American
Folder 475	Collier's
Folder 476	Correspondence: Jonathan Yardley
Folder 477-478 Folder 477 Folder 478	Courtship
Folder 479	Criticism
Folder 480	Drinking
Folder 481	Elder
Folder 482	Ellis
Folder 483	Examiner I
Folder 484	Examiner II
Folder 485-486 Folder 485 Folder 486	Fame
Folder 487	Family
Folder 488	Fitzgerald, Scott
Folder 489	Great Neck, N.Y.
Folder 490	Health
Folder 491	Humor
Folder 492	Imitators
Folder 493	Inter-Ocean
Folder 494	Interviews
Folder 495	"June Moon"
Folder 496	Language
Folder 497	Lardner, Ring
Folder 498-499 Folder 498 Folder 499	Lardner: Articles About
Folder 500	Lardner: Letters To
Folder 501	Lardner: Miscellaneous
Folder 502-503 Folder 502 Folder 503	Lardner: Stories By
Folder 504	Lardner: Undated Letters
Folder 505-506 Folder 505 Folder 506	Last Years
Folder 507	Layman, Rick
Folder 508	Money
Folder 509	Movies
Folder 510	New Yorker
Folder 511	Newberry
Folder 512	Night Letter
Folder 513	Niles, Mich.
Folder 514	Nonsense
Folder 515	Plays
Folder 516	Politics
Folder 517	Rice, Grantland
Folder 518	"Ring": Name
Folder 519	"Ring's Side"
Folder 520	Sex-Prudery
Folder 521	Songs
Folder 522	South Bend
Folder 523	Sporting News
Folder 524	Tribune: 1908-1910
Folder 525	Undated Letters
Folder 526-527 Folder 526 Folder 527	"Wake"
Folder 528	Weekly Letter
Folder 529	Wheeler, John
Folder 530	World War I
Folder 531	Writing
Folder 532	You Know Me Al
Folder 533	Ziegfeld, Flo

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.3. Reviews, 1977.

About 75 items.

Folder 534-542

Folder 534

Folder 535

Folder 536

Folder 537

Folder 538

Folder 539

Folder 540

Folder 541

Folder 542

Reviews

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Our Kind of People, 1989.

4 items.

See Series 1.3 for other materials relating to Our Kind of People and Series 4 for other family materials.

Folder 543-546 Folder 543 Folder 544 Folder 545 Folder 546	Draft
Folder 547-550 Folder 547 Folder 548 Folder 549 Folder 550	Draft
Folder 551-555 Folder 551 Folder 552 Folder 553 Folder 554 Folder 555	Draft
Folder 556-559 Folder 556 Folder 557 Folder 558 Folder 559	Draft

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Folder 560-564 Folder 560 Folder 561 Folder 562 Folder 563 Folder 564	Galley
Folder 565-568 Folder 565 Folder 566 Folder 567 Folder 568	Master Set
Folder 569-572 Folder 569 Folder 570 Folder 571 Folder 572	Master Set
Folder 573-577 Folder 573 Folder 574 Folder 575 Folder 576 Folder 577	Setting Copy

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5 items.

Folder 578-580 Folder 578 Folder 579 Folder 580	Galley
Folder 581-583 Folder 581 Folder 582 Folder 583	Master Set
Folder 584-586 Folder 584 Folder 585 Folder 586	Master Set
Folder 587-590 Folder 587 Folder 588 Folder 589 Folder 590	Setting Copy
Folder 591-595 Folder 591 Folder 592 Folder 593 Folder 594 Folder 595	Galley

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About 500 items.

Arrangement: by type of material.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1. William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley Materials, 1932-1988 and undated.

About 225 items.

Materials relating to the lives of Yardley's parents, William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley, including letters; financial and legal documents; materials relating to their hobbies; and materials relating to William Woolsey Yardley's career as headmaster of Chatham Hall, a boarding school for girls, and as an Episcopalian minister.

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William Woolsey Yardley and Helen Ingersoll Gregory Yardley Materials

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"Letters to the Yardleys"

Embossed box of letters written by students at Chatham Hall on the occasion of William Woolsey Yardley's retirement as headmaster.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Letters to Jonathan Yardley and Susan Hart Yardley, 1976-1982 and undated.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Letters written by friends and family to Jonathan Yardley and Susan Hart Yardley, both as a couple and as individuals.

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Letters to Jonathan Yardley and Susan Hart Yardley

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.3. Other Family Materials, 1792-1973 and undated.

About 125 items.

Other family materials consist of memoirs; genealogical materials relating to the Yardley, Woolsey, Hart, Thorne, Gregory, and Ingersoll families; financial and legal documents; family letters; a diary written by Theodora Woolsey in 1874 and diary pages from "Elly's Diary", 1879 (folder 631); three carte de visite albums belonging to Ella Yardley and two photograph albums belonging to William H. Thorne; and other materials.

See Series 1.3 and 3.2 for other family materials relating to Our Kind of People.

Folder 624	"Family Papers" Bound Volume
Folder 625	Memoirs: T. H. Yardley, Jr., 1973
Folder 626	Memoirs: Helen Ingersoll Gregory, 31 August 1954
Folder 627-628 Folder 627 Folder 628	Memoirs
Folder 629	Genealogical Materials
Folder 630	Family Bible pages
Folder 631	Diary and diary pages
Folder 632-637 Folder 632 Folder 633 Folder 634 Folder 635 Folder 636 Folder 637	Other Papers
Folder 638-640 Folder 638 Folder 639 Folder 640	carte de visite Albums
Folder 641	Photograph Albums

Expand/collapse Series 5. Pictures, 1861-1985 and undated.

About 250 items.

Image Folder 1-3 Imagefolder 1 Imagefolder 2 Imagefolder 3	Jonathan Yardley
Image Folder 4	William Woolsey Yardley
Image Folder 5-12 Imagefolder 5 Imagefolder 6 Imagefolder 7 Imagefolder 8 Imagefolder 9 Imagefolder 10 Imagefolder 11 Imagefolder 12	Family Photographs
Image Folder 13	Book Photographs Photographs produced for use in Jonathan Yardley's books
Image Folder 14	John F. Kennedy Photographs Photographs of John F. Kennedy at an unidentified event
Image Folder 15	Newport Jazz Festival
Image Folder 16	Photographs of Houses
Special Format Image SF-P-5278/1	Ambrotype of William H. Thorne
Special Format Image SF-P-5278/2-6 SF-P-5278/2 SF-P-5278/3 SF-P-5278/4 SF-P-5278/5 SF-P-5278/6	Ambrotypes of Unidentified People
Special Format Image SF-P-5278/7	Daguerreotype of "Grandfather Thorne"
Special Format Image SF-P-5278/8-10 SF-P-5278/8 SF-P-5278/9 SF-P-5278/10	Daguerreotypes of Unidentified People
Oversize Image OP-P-5278/1	Photograph of Painting of William Woolsey Yardley
Oversize Image OP-P-5278/2-8 OP-P-5278/2 OP-P-5278/3 OP-P-5278/4 OP-P-5278/5 OP-P-5278/6 OP-P-5278/7 OP-P-5278/8	Portraits of William Woolsey Yardley
Oversize Image OP-P-5278/9	Portrait of Unidentified Man
Oversize Image OP-P-5278/10	Print of Woodcut

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Collection Number: 05278 Collection Title: Jonathan Yardley Papers, 1792-2006

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Collection Number: 05278

Collection Title: Jonathan Yardley Papers, 1792-2006