Archives
Columbus State University Archives contains a wide variety of both primary and secondary source materials produced by or about Carson McCullers. Materials are collected in a variety of formats, and several individual manuscript collections contain pertinent information. Some of the holdings related to Carson McCullers include:
- Papers of Mary E. Mercer, MD. These materials include medical and psychoanalytic records, legal records regarding McCullers's estate, and information about McCullers's art, furniture, photos, manuscripts, and other items which Dr. Mercer bequeathed to Columbus State University’s Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians.
- Research collections from preeminent McCullers scholars such as Carlos Dews, Margaret Sullivan, and Virginia Carr.
- Carson McCullers's personal library of books she owned given to the Archives by Dr. Mary E. Mercer. These are cataloged and searchable in GIL and available in the Archives Reading Room.
- The Carson McCullers research and reference collections, which include materials both by and about the author. These are cataloged and searchable in GIL and available in the Archives Reading Room.
- Photographs and videos
- Audio cassettes and records
- Carson McCullers Society Newsletters