In these letters from her agent and from various journal editors and book publishers, one can trace her development of and attempt to publish more novels and short stories throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Julie Fallowfield served as Sanguinetti’s agent from 1972 through her retirement. She had the task of attempting to find her a new publisher after a less-than-satisfactory experience with Holt, Rinehart and Winston. She worked at the firm McIntosh and Otis throughout their correspondence.
The letters below are listed chronologically.
Typed letter, Ellen A. Stoianoff, Fiction and Poetry Editor, Mademoiselle, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., July 31, 1972
Regarding the short story “The Baptist Minister’s House”
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 13, 1972
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 28, 1972
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., April 12, 1973
Regarding the short stories “The Lord Shall Descend from Heaven with a Shout” and “The Baptist Minister’s House”
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., March 11, 1974
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., March 18, 1974
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., May 16, 1974
Typed letter, Ray M. Atchison, Senior Professor of English, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., June 30, 1975
Regarding a textbook of Alabama authors
Typed letter, Ray M. Atchison, Senior Professor of English, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., January 13, 1976
Regarding a textbook of Alabama authors
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., October 6, 1977
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., October 31, 1977
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., August 21, 1978
Typed letter, Joe Ross, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, May 10, 1980
Regarding the essay collection Growing Up in Alabama, and Sanguinetti’s contribution, “Evelyn”
Typed letter, Joe Ross, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, July 8, 1980
Regarding “Evelyn” (for Growing Up in Alabama)
Typed letter, Joe Ross, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., September 4, 1980
Contains the following enclosure: Introductory text on Sanguinetti
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., September 8, 1981
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., March 7, 1985
Regarding a novel in progress, tentatively titled Gree
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., June 13, 1985
Regarding Gree
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., October 9, 1985
Contains the following enclosure: Typed letter, Malcolm M. MacDonald, Director, The University of Alabama Press, University, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, care of McIntosh and Otis, Inc., New York, N.Y., September 13, 1985
Regarding a reprint of The Last of the Whitfields
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., October 17, 1985
Contains the following enclosure: Typed letter, Malcolm M. MacDonald, Director, The University of Alabama Press, University, Ala., to Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, Inc., New York, N.Y., October 9, 1985
Regarding “Evelyn” (for Growing Up in Alabama ), Gree, and the reprint of The Last of the Whitfields
Typed letter, Sallie Bingham, American Voice, Louisville, Ky., to Elise Sanguinetti, October 26, 1985
Handwritten postcard, S. B. (Sallie Bingham), American Voice, Louisville, Ky., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 4, 1985
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., November 6, 1985
Regarding “Evelyn” (for Growing Up in Alabama ), Gree, and the reprint of The Last of the Whitfields
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., September 30, 1986
Regarding “The Baptist Minister’s House”
Typed letter, Editors, Alabama Literary Review, Troy, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., December 3, 1986
Regarding the short story “Love Letters”
Typed letter, Amber Vogel, Editor, Black Warrior Review, Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, July 8, 1987
Handwritten letter, Amber Vogel, Black Warrior Review, Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Elise Sanguinetti, July 15, 1987
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Phillip Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., September 8, 1987
Regarding “Love Letters” (for the Alabama Literary Review) and an unnamed story for the Black Warrior Review
Typed letter, Julie Fallowfield, McIntosh and Otis, New York, N.Y., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., June 1, 1995
Regarding the unpublished novel Call Back Yesterday
Typed letter, Shannon Ravenel, Senior Editor, Algonquin Books, Chapel HIll, N.C., to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., April 1, 1991
Regarding the unpublished novel Mothers and Daughters
Typed letter, James E. Colquitt, Livingston University, Livingston, Ala., on behalf of Alabama Bound, to Elise Sanguinetti, Anniston, Ala., April 4, 1994
Typed letter, Staige D. Blackford, Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review, Charlottesville, Va., to Elise Sanguinetti, November 6, 1997
Regarding “The Lord Shall Descend from Heaven with a Shout“
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