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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: February 2008 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Guide to the Jean Stafford Collection, 1964 - 1966 Special Collections & ArchivesWesleyan University Middletown, CT, USA

Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979. Jean Stafford Collection, 1964 - 1966 1000-14 Material in English 0.5 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. 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). Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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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.

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

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.

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).

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979. Authors, American--20th century--Manuscripts. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Center for Advanced Studies. 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.

Detailed Description of the Collection 11 A Mother in History, Master Galley Proofs. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. With printer’s corrections. 17.5 x 52.5 cm. Gift of Professor Joseph Reed, April 1967. 12 Bad Characters, Advance Uncorrected Proofs. New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1964. With corrections in the author’s hand. 17.5 x 30.5 cm. Gift of Professor Joseph Reed, October 1969.