Gloria Jones collection of James Jones | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Gloria Jones collection of James Jones

ID: 01/MSS00026

Primary Creator: Jones, Gloria (1928-2006)

Other Creators: Jones, James (1921-1977)

Extent: 12.8 Cubic Feet

Subjects: Authors - American, World War, 1939-1945

Languages: English

Gloria Mosolino was born on June 6, 1928 in Pottsville, PA, to Gertrude Parton (1902-1989) and Anthony Mosolino (1895-1947), a cigar merchant. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1949, Mosolino worked as a Hollywood actor, with uncredited roles in On the Waterfront (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), and La Dolce Vita (1960). She married author James Jones (1921-1977) in 1957 and the couple shared two children.

From 1959-1974, the Joneses lived in Paris, where they hosted several notable writers, including James Baldwin, Mary McCarthy, Romain Gary, and William Styron. The family returned to the United States in 1974, ultimately settling into a farmhouse in Sagaponack, NY. Here, the couple continued to maintain their literary circle, hosting writers such as Arthur Miller, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, and Peter Matthiessen.

Jones died on June 9, 2006 in Sagaponack, NY. She is buried in Poxabogue-Evergreen Cemetery.

Authors - American
World War, 1939-1945

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence, 1957-1997

The majority of the Correspondence series is personal and professional correspondence (letters, cards, and postcards) to both Gloria and James Jones, the bulk from the 1970s and early 1980s. Folder 10 contains correspondence written by Gloria Jones and folder 11 contains correspondence written by James Jones (predominantly photocopies of letters held at other university collections of James Jones correspondence).

Arrangement: The Correspondence series is organized into folders in approximately alphabetical order by author (personal or corporate name), and each item has a box-folder-number designator (items are in ascending order of item number).

Box1 contains correspondence from authors with names beginning A-L.

Box 2 contains correspondence from authors with names beginning M-Z.

Box-Folder 001/1-13

Box-Folder 002/14-19