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Guide to the Jean Stafford Collection, 1964 - 1966
Descriptive Summary |
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| Repository | Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University |
| Creator | Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979. |
| Title | Jean Stafford Collection, |
| Dates | 1964 - 1966 |
| Linear Feet | 0.5 |
| Archival Boxes | 1 |
| Abstract | Jean Stafford (1915-1979) was a Pulitzer Prize winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, and children's literature. She spent the 1964-1965 academic year as a resident fellow in the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University. |
| Contains proofs of A Mother in History (1966), a non-fiction book based on interviews with Marguerite Oswald, the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Bad Characters, a book of short stories (1964). | |
| Call Number | 1000-14 |
| Location | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. |
| Language of Material | Material in English |
Biographical Note
Jean Stafford (1915-1979) was a Pulitzer Prize winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, and children's literature. She spent the 1964-1965 academic year as a resident fellow in the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University.
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Collection Overview
Contains proofs of A Mother in History (1966), a non-fiction book based on interviews with Marguerite Oswald, the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Bad Characters, a book of short stories (1964).
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Related Material
Most of Stafford's papers are located in the Jean Stafford Collection of the Norlin Library at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Forty-seven letters from Stafford to Lowell following their separation in August 1946 are in the Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The Center for Advanced Studies Records are in Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University.
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Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jean Stafford Collection, Collection #1000-14, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Donated to Wesleyan by Professor Joseph Reed through the Friends of the Wesleyan Libraries.
Processing Information
Processed by Jeffrey Makala, 2000
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, February 2008
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