Mrs. John Toole's notebook

Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969
Toole, Thelma

Two notebooks bound together with black construction paper and tape. Typed label on front cover reads: "Mrs. John Toole, 2226 Cambronne St. (crossed out), New Orleans, La." Notebook contains newspaper clippings of song lyrics, puns, articles, quotes, and jokes glued to various pages. Notebook includes several typed and handwritten poems. Pages 3-12 contain J.K. Toole's geography lessons. Pages 41-43 include an article about Walker Percy and advertisements for A Confederacy of Dunces.

1933-1980

Tulane University Digital Library

Authors
Books
Childhood & youth
Clippings
Newspapers
Scrapbooks
Student works
Writing

New Orleans (La.)

eng

115 pages

John Kennedy Toole Papers, Manuscripts Collection 740, Box 16, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University

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