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Title: Evan Shelby Connell papers
Identifier/Call Number: M1961
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25.0 Linear feet
(44 manuscript boxes; two half baoxes; 3 flat boxes; 1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1946-2012
Abstract: Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual material, documenting the life and career of American
author Evan Shelby Connell (1924-2013).
creator:
Connell, Evan S., 1924-2013
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
The collection is arranged into six series:
Series 1. Personal
Series 2. Correspondence
Series 3. Writing
Series 4. Photographs
Series 5. Ephemera
Series 6. Audiovisual
This collection was given by Evan S. Connell to Stanford University, Special Collections in November, 2013.
The collection was processed by Ivan Josh Henriquez Nunez.
[identification of item], Evan Shelby Connell Papers (M1961). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual material. The manuscripts include
the original working drafts and notes, with numerous subsequent drafts and typescripts of the majority of the nineteen works
written and published by Connell, most notably
Mrs. Bridge (1959),
Mr. Bridge (1969), and
Son of the Morning Star (1984). The correspondence consists of letters he received from 1946 to late 2012 from agents, publishers, authors, colleagues,
and friends.
American author (and editor and pilot), Evan Shelby Connell (1924-2013) was born in Kansas City and died in Santa Fe. He was
a versatile writer, praised for his spare portrayal of repression within a fictional upper-class Midwestern family in his
novels
Mrs. Bridge (1959) and
Mr. Bridge (1969), as well as for his account of the very real and bloody battle that was Custer's Last Stand in his non-fiction book
Son of the Morning Star (1984).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American literature--20th century.