Finding Aid to the Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn Papers, 1974-2006
Finding Aid written by Antonio Espinoza
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid to the Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn Papers, 1974-2006
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2007/160
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Antonio Espinoza
- Date Completed:
-
August 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn papers
Date (inclusive): 1974-2006
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2007/160
Creators :
Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata
Extent:
Number of containers: 12 cartons and 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 15
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn Papers, 1974-2006, consist of drafts of her works, public
relations materials, contracts and agreements, notes, and correspondence. The materials relate to her major or
minor works, or are directly relevant to Jessica Hagedorn's career as a novelist and a playwright.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice
may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the
Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. Materials in these collections are protected by the U.S.
Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and may not be used without permission of The Bancroft Library. Use may be
restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights,
licensing terms, and trademarks. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection
materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is
restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn Papers, BANC MSS 2007/160, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Videotapes/sound
recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library. Printed materials have
been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Filipino American women authors
Novelists, Filipino
Dramatists, Filipino
Filipino Americans--Fiction
American literature--Filipino American authors
Filipino American authors
Manila (Philippines)--Fiction
Poems
Short stories
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Lame Duck Books on March 1,
2007.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the container level.
Processing Information
Processed by Antonio Espinoza in 2007.
Biographical Information
Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn was born in Manila, Philippines in 1949 and immigrated to the United States at the
age of 14 to live in San Francisco with her family. Her mother's background is Scotch-Irish-French Filipino and
her father is considered Filipino-Spanish, although his great grandmother was Chinese.
Hagedorn studied at the American Conservatory Theater and published her first book of poems in 1972 at the age
of twenty. Hagedorn continued writing poetry including
Dangerous Music and
Danger and Beauty while she was the lead singer and songwriter for the performance
rock group, The West Coast Gangster Choir (later simplified to The Gangster Choir). She is also the editor of
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction and
Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. She wrote the screenplay for the
film
Fresh Kill, directed by Shu Lea Cheang. She was also closely involved with
the animated short series "Pink Palace" which explored issues that an adolescent Filipino girl might have to
deal with after emigrating to the United States.
Around 1978 Hagedorn moved to New York to build on her skills and experience as a novelist, playwright and
musician. In 1988 Hagedorn returned to the Philippines to finish her first novel,
Dogeaters, which after being published in 1990 received the American Book Award from the Before
Columbus Foundation. Hagedorn currently lives in New York with her husband and two daughters and continues to
write about her interest in issues surrounding the Filipino American's struggle to find a place between two
cultures.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn papers consist of drafts of her works, public relations materials, contracts and
agreements, notes, and correspondence. The materials relate to her major or minor works, or are directly
relevant to Jessica Hagedorn's career as a novelist and playwright.
The collection has been divided into six series:
Dogeaters,
Dream Jungle,
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian
American Fiction
and
Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World,
Other Works, Personalia, and Correspondence.
Container List
Series 1
Dogeaters
1977-2001
Physical Description:
Cartons 1-3
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically and chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of drafts in play, novel and film form and various materials regarding public response and
production of the work.
Carton 1, Folder 3-14
Drafts - novel
Apr. 1985-June 1986,
1987,
1989
Carton 1, Folder 15-18
Drafts - play
1997, Aug.-Sept. 1998
Carton 2, Folder 1-15
Drafts - play
Sept. 1998,
Dec. 1999,
Apr. 2000,
May 2000,
Nov. 2000,
Jan. 2001,
Mar. 2001
Carton 2, Folder 16-19
Drafts - film
Feb. 2002,
Mar. 2003
Carton 2, Folder 20-21
Miscellaneous draft pages
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 2-4
Public relations
1990-2001
Carton 3, Folder 5
Public relations - La Jolla
1998
Carton 3, Folder 8
Interview with Hagedorn
Dec. 1992
Carton 3, Folder 9
Miscellaneous draft pages
2001
Carton 3, Folder 13
Notes
1988,
1989,
2000,
2001
Carton 3, Folder 15
Roasting dog exhibit
1993
Carton 3, Folder 16
La Jolla Playhouse information
1998
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation -
Dogeaters
Oct. 23, 2004
Series 2
Dream Jungle
1997-2003
Physical Description:
Cartons 4-5
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically and chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists primarily of drafts.
Carton 4, Folder 1-16
Drafts - novel
Jan.-Aug. 2002,
Mar.-Sept. 2003
Carton 5, Folder 1-8
Incomplete drafts - novel
1998,
Jan. 1999,
2000,
Mar. 2001,
May 2002
Carton 5, Folder 9
Miscellaneous incomplete drafts
1997,
2002,
2003
Carton 5, Folder 11
Public relations
2003-2006
Carton 5, Folder 15
Mindanao travel arrangements
2001
Carton 5, Folder 16
Miscellaneous agreements
2003
Carton 5, Folder 17
Miscellaneous notebooks
1998-2001
Carton 5, Folder 18
Miscellaneous notes
Undated
Series 3
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian American Fiction and
Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World
1992-2004
Physical Description:
Carton 6
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of drafts, contractual materials, and public relations materials.
Carton 6
Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World
2003
Carton 6
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian American Fiction
1992,
1993
Carton 6, Folder 9-12
Permissions, contracts, agreements
1992,
1993
Carton 6
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian American Fiction and
Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World
2000-2003,
2005
Carton 6, Folder 13-15
Permissions, contracts, agreements
2000-2003,
2005
Carton 6
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian American Fiction
1993,
1994
Carton 6, Folder 17
Public relations
1993,
1994
Carton 6
Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World
2004
Series 4
Other Works
1974-2005
Physical Description:
Cartons 7-9
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically and chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists primarily of drafts and public relations materials of smaller or unpublished works. Carton 9
consists primarily of drafts of miscellaneous works.
Carton 7
Danger and Beauty
Aug. 1992-Apr. 1998
Carton 7, Folder 1-2
Drafts
Aug. 1992,
Apr. 1998
Carton 7
Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions
1979,
1981-1983
Carton 7, Folder 7
Public relations
1981-1983
Carton 7
Dangerous Music
1976,
1977,
1993
Carton 7
Stairway to Heaven
Sept. 2004-2005
Carton 7, Folder 11-13
Drafts
Sept. 2004,
Nov. 2004,
Feb. 2005
Carton 7
Airwaves/Wasteland/Fresh Kill
1990-1992,
1994
Carton 8
Gangster of Love
1990,
1993-1996
Carton 8, Folder 1-6
Incomplete drafts
1990,
undated
Carton 8
Gangster Choir
1970,
1976,
1979,
1980-1986,
1989,
1991
Carton 8, Folder 13
Public relations
1980-1985
Carton 8, Folder 15
Contracts and agreements
1985-1986
Carton 8, Folder 18
"Tenement Lover" – drafts
1979,
1981
Carton 8, Folder 19
"Tenement Lover" – public relations
1981
Carton 8, Folder 20
"Tenement Lover" – reviews
Undated
Carton 8, Folder 21
"Tenement Lover" – agreements
1981,
1989,
1991
Carton 8, Folder 29
Public relations
1993,
1994
Carton 8
Teenytown
1987-1990,
2000
Carton 8, Folder 32
Incomplete drafts
1988,
1989
Carton 8, Folder 33
Public relations
1987-1990
Carton 8
Travels in the Combat Zone
1983,
1990
Carton 8, Folder 41
Public relations
1978,
1979
Carton 8
The Pink Palace
1996-1999
Carton 9, Folder 1-13
Drafts by Hagedorn
1977,
1980,
1985,
1992,
1993,
1995,
2002-2005,
undated
Carton 9, Folder 15-17
Writings by Hagedorn
1989-2001
Carton 9, Folder 18
Various early writings by Hagedorn
1998
Carton 9, Folder 19-20
Drafts by others
1975,
1979,
1984,
1992
Carton 9, Folder 21
Proof of miscellaneous work
1996
Series 5
Personalia
1974-2006
Physical Description:
Carton 10
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of notebooks, awards, and subject files.
Carton 10, Folder 1-9
General Hagedorn public relations materials
1974-2006
Carton 10, Folder 10-11
Miscellaneous notebooks
1977,
1990
Folder 12
Editorial comments for miscellaneous works
1980
Carton 10, Folder 13
Hagedorn genealogy research
1989
Carton 10, Folder 14
Washington University visit/controversy
1993,
1994
Carton 10, Folder 15
Various awards
1993,
1999-2002
Carton 10, Folder 16-17
Lois-Ann Yamanaka controversy
1998
Series 6
Correspondence
1973-2006
Physical Description:
Cartons 11-12
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence relating to Hagedorn's various works followed by miscellaneous correspondence.
Carton 11, Folder 10-13
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian American Fiction and
Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World
1992-1994
Carton 11, Folder 14-16
Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions
1978-1981
Carton 11, Folder 17
Dangerous Music
1976-1981
Carton 11, Folder 19
Danger and Beauty
1995,
1997
Carton 11, Folder 20
Gangster Choir
1975,
1981,
1999
Carton 11, Folder 24
Four Young Women Poems
1972,
1973
Carton 11, Folder 27
Airwaves/Wasteland/Fresh Kill
1989?
Carton 11, Folder 29-33
Hagedorn family
1978-1997
Carton 11, Folder 34-37
Miscellaneous agreements, contracts, publishing
1983-2003
Carton 12, Folder 1-26
Miscellaneous correspondence
1973-2006
