"Up like Thunder" manuscript

This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to Birmingham, Alabama, newspaper columnist John Temple Graves II. Manuscripts and letters written by Graves make up the bulk of the collection, although the collection also contains a small number of letters written by Graves' wife, Rose Duncan Smith Graves, to family members. Approximately forty letters document Graves' personal and professional life. Letters from John to Rose describe speaking engagements and business trips to West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. The collection also includes a number of letters written by newspaper editors and publishers discussing the syndication of Graves' newspaper column.

Typescript copies of Graves' poetry and prose are also included. The majority of these manuscripts are copies of poems written from 1910 to 1926. The collection also includes two longer manuscripts: the short story "Up Like Thunder" and the historical essay "Atlanta, New York, and Henry Grady," exploring the life of the Atlanta Constitution editor.