An archive of material relating to Truman Capote and his cousin Joseph Faulk: 1. Manuscript material, comprising 5 Autograph Letters Signed (4 to his cousin John Faulk, and one to his uncle Seabon), 11 Autograph Postcards Signed to Seabon and family, and an inventory list of the contents of Capote's Palm Springs home for a moving company. Capote was helping "Johnny" through law school around the period covered by these letters (1963-1968), and offers advice more avuncular than cousinly: "If I had had simply talent, even genius - that would not have been enough. One must have a talent for having talent." To his uncle Seabon, Capote apologizes for not being able to send him money because he was "being sued for $800,000 - how's that for a laugh? - by some nutty woman who claims she is the girl in Breakfast at Tiffany's." 2. Approximately 30 photographs, including: Capote with Audrey Hepburn and her then husband Mel Ferrer; Capote with Joseph Faulk; Capote's father and paternal grandmother; 26 shots in the garden of Capote's Palm Springs home; Capote with his aunt Mary Ida; Capote's grandparents, Arthur and Edna Marie Faulk, with their children Mary Ida, Lillie Mae (Nina), Marie, Seabon and Lucille. 3. Upwards of 100 pages of transcripts, not in Capote's hand, of interviews with transsexuals, notes of their biographical details, together with printed details of Stanford University Hospital's Gender Identity Program. These are believed to be research notes for a book, or possibly a documentary film - although neither seems to have been completed. Capote briefly mentions working on an ABC documentary on transsexualism in a conversation with Andy Warhol in 1973 (Truman Capote: Conversations, p 248). 4. 11 books, one inscribed to Joe [Faulk] by Truman as a Christmas gift in 1969, and two inscribed with Capote's name and his address on Riverside Drive, New York (possibly by his mother and not in his own hand). 5. Two gold-plated hinged bangle bracelets with enamel floral detail (damage to one clasp), together with a fob watch, the round enamel dial with gold-colored arabic numerals and hands within a circular rose-color gold-plated case, both owned by Truman's mother, Nina. Provenance: Estate of Joseph Faulk, Capote's cousin.
An archive of material relating to Truman Capote and his cousin Joseph Faulk: 1. Manuscript material, comprising 5 Autograph Letters Signed (4 to his cousin John Faulk, and one to his uncle Seabon), 11 Autograph Postcards Signed to Seabon and family, and an inventory list of the contents of Capote's Palm Springs home for a moving company. Capote was helping "Johnny" through law school around the period covered by these letters (1963-1968), and offers advice more avuncular than cousinly: "If I had had simply talent, even genius - that would not have been enough. One must have a talent for having talent." To his uncle Seabon, Capote apologizes for not being able to send him money because he was "being sued for $800,000 - how's that for a laugh? - by some nutty woman who claims she is the girl in Breakfast at Tiffany's." 2. Approximately 30 photographs, including: Capote with Audrey Hepburn and her then husband Mel Ferrer; Capote with Joseph Faulk; Capote's father and paternal grandmother; 26 shots in the garden of Capote's Palm Springs home; Capote with his aunt Mary Ida; Capote's grandparents, Arthur and Edna Marie Faulk, with their children Mary Ida, Lillie Mae (Nina), Marie, Seabon and Lucille. 3. Upwards of 100 pages of transcripts, not in Capote's hand, of interviews with transsexuals, notes of their biographical details, together with printed details of Stanford University Hospital's Gender Identity Program. These are believed to be research notes for a book, or possibly a documentary film - although neither seems to have been completed. Capote briefly mentions working on an ABC documentary on transsexualism in a conversation with Andy Warhol in 1973 (Truman Capote: Conversations, p 248). 4. 11 books, one inscribed to Joe [Faulk] by Truman as a Christmas gift in 1969, and two inscribed with Capote's name and his address on Riverside Drive, New York (possibly by his mother and not in his own hand). 5. Two gold-plated hinged bangle bracelets with enamel floral detail (damage to one clasp), together with a fob watch, the round enamel dial with gold-colored arabic numerals and hands within a circular rose-color gold-plated case, both owned by Truman's mother, Nina. Provenance: Estate of Joseph Faulk, Capote's cousin.
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