Subseries A contains a partial manuscript of Dixon’s autobiography, The Story of a Minister’s Son. The manuscript notes that this is a “First Writing – to be revised and corrected.” Chapters included in the manuscript are Chapter 1 – Conceived in Sin, Chapter 15 – I Get Religion, Chapter 16 – The Night Watch, Chapter 18 – My First Love, Chapter 31 – I Stumble Into Paradise, and Chapter XXXII – I Build a Boat. Some chapters are partial while others are completed with editing notations. A version of the manuscript was later published after Dixon’s death as Southern Horizons. There are differences in chapter sequencing and written content between the first writing and Southern Horizons.
Subseries B contains the softbound play manuscript of The Traitor: A Dramatic Sequel to The Birth of a Nation. The volume is a 145 page, unpublished manuscript with penciled editing marks. Thomas Dixon’s New York telephone number is handwritten on the inside cover page. Subseries C contains a typed, partial draft of Dixon’s novel The Flaming Sword (Volume 2 and 3). The hard-bound volumes contain penciled editing marks and notations.
Subseries C has not been digitized and is available for research in-house at the John R. Dover Memorial Library University Archives.
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Subseries B – The Traitor: A Dramatic Sequel to The Birth of a Nation
Thomas Dixon
The Traitor: A Dramatic Sequel to The Birth of a Nation is a soft-bound play manuscript Thomas Dixon intended as a sequel to the film The Birth of a Nation. The volume is 145 pages long and contains penciled editing marks. Thomas Dixon’s New York telephone number is handwritten on the inside cover page.
