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Date Participants Reading Splices†
15 February 1957Gwynns Literature Class
Colemans Writing Class
7 March 1957The English Club, tape 1 “Spotted Horses”
The English Club, tape 2
9 March 1957Undergraduate Literature Class
11 March 1957Undergraduate Literature Class
13 March 1957McAleers Literature Class, tape 1
McAleers Literature Class, tape 2
13 April 1957Blotners & Gwynns Classes, tape 1
Blotners & Gwynns Classes, tape 2
15 April 1957Virginia Colleges Conference, tape 1 “Shingles for the Lord”
Virginia Colleges Conference, tape 2
25 April 1957At Mary Washington College, tape 1 “Shingles for the Lord”
At Mary Washington College, tape 2
27 April 1957Blotners & Gwynns Classes, tape 1
Blotners & Gwynns Classes, tape 2
30 April 1957The Jefferson Society “The Waifs”
7 May 1957University Radio Show, tape 1
University Radio Show, tape 2
8 May 1957Engineering School Students, tape 1 “Was”
Engineering School Students, tape 2 End of “Was”
Engineering School Students, tape 3
13 May 1957English Department Faculty & Wives
15 May 1957General Public, tape 1
General Public, tape 2
16 May 1957Law School Wives
20 May 1957Introductory Literature Class, tape 1 “Old Man”
Introductory Literature Class, tape 2
20 May 1957Press Conference
30 May 1957Local & UVA Communities, tape 1 The Town
Local & UVA Communities, tape 2
Local & UVA Communities, tape 3
5 June 1957Local & UVA Communities, tape 1 The Town
Local & UVA Communities, tape 2
20 February 1958Raven, Jefferson, ODK Societies, 1 “A Word to Virginians” play
Raven, Jefferson, ODK Societies, 2
21 February 1958Graduate Class in American Fiction
26 February 1958Undergraduate Writing Class, tape 1 “Race at Morning” play
Undergraduate Writing Class, tape 2
24 April 1958Undergraduate Writing Class, tape 1 “A Word to Young Writers” play
Undergraduate Writing Class, tape 2
28 April 1958First-Year English Class, tape 1play
First-Year English Class, tape 2
1 May 1958Undergraduate Literature Class
2 May 1958Writing & Literature Classes, tape 1play
Writing & Literature Classes, tape 2
6 May 1958Whats the Good Word Radio Program
7 May 1958Department of Psychiatry, tape 1
Department of Psychiatry, tape 2
8 May 1958Combined Literature Classes, tape 1play
Combined Literature Classes, tape 2
12 May 1958Visitors from Other Colleges, tape 1play
Visitors from Other Colleges, tape 2
15 May 1958At Washington & Lee University The Town
23 May 1958General Public The Sound and the Fury
6 July 19621962 English Department Press Conference

† Although most of Faulkner's public sessions lasted about 50 minutes, a reel of tape was typically full after about half an hour. Thus during Faulkner's first term as Writer-in-Residence (Spring 1957), a few minutes in the middle of every session went unrecorded while a fresh tape was loaded on the recorder. The next year a new taping system was used, allowing a second 30-minute tape to begin recording as the first 30-minute tape was about to run out. This allowed a whole session to be captured on the two tapes, but invariably, a question and answer was divided between the two. For these double-taped sessions, we've taken the end of the first tape and spliced it into the beginning of the second, and made separate files of them. These "splices" allow you to hear the exchanges without interruption or repetition.