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Guide to the Wallace Stegner miscellaneous papers
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical note
  • Scope and Contents
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC1188
    Creator: Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993
    Title: Wallace Stegner miscellaneous papers
    Dates: circa 1944-1992
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
    Summary: Papers include miscellaneous files about Stanford University, the Wallace Stegner Fellowship in the Stanford University Creative Writing Program, and research and writings about Bernard De Voto.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Provenance

    This collection was given by Mary Stegner to Stanford University, Special Collections in June, 1999.

    Information about Access

    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.

    Ownership & Copyright

    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.

    Cite As

    [identification of item], Wallace Stegner miscellaneous papers (SC1188). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical note

    Wallace Earle Stegner was born February 18, 1909 in Lake Mills, Iowa. Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. He received a B.A. at the University of Utah in 1930. He also studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he received a master's degree in 1932 and a doctorate in 1935. Stegner taught at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University. Eventually he settled at Stanford University, where he founded the creative writing program. Stegner died on April 13, 1993.

    Scope and Contents

    Papers include miscellaneous files about Stanford University, the Wallace Stegner Fellowship in the Stanford University Creative Writing Program, and research and writings about Bernard De Voto.

    Access Terms

    De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955
    Stanford University. Creative Writing Program
    Stegner, Mary
    Creative writing--Study and teaching.
    Mormons--Utah--History.
    Stanford University--History.