Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Access
Processing Information
Preferred Citation
Publication Rights
Creator:
Peattie, Noel
Title: Noel Peattie Papers
Date (inclusive): 1972-2002
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Abstract: Noel Peattie (1932-2005), a poet and author of
Western Skyline,
In the Dome of St. Laurence Meteor,
King Humble's Grave and
Sweetwater Ranch, served as Acquisitions Librarian at the University of California, Davis from 1966-1992. His Papers contain correspondence
with Gary Snyder and A.D. Winans, among others, and manuscripts of some of Peattie's works.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-380
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
Noel Peattie was born on November 28, 1932 in Menton, France. He grew up in Santa Barbara, California, graduated from Pomona
College in 1954 where he majored in philosophy, and held master's degrees from Yale (philosophy) and the University of California,
Berkeley (library science).
He served as Acquisitions Librarian at the University of California, Davis from 1966-1992.
A poet, Peattie published
Western Skyline,
In the Dome of St. Laurence Meteor,
King Humble's Grave and
Sweetwater Ranch. He also wrote
Sipapu, a review of small press counter-culture literature, which he issued biannually for the library profession.
Peattie passed away on January 13, 2005.
Source:
Noel Peattie Obituary in the
Davis Enterprise, January 21, 2005.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence with Gary Snyder and A.D. Winans, among others, and manuscripts of some of Peattie's
works.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged three series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Works by Peattie, 3. Works by Others.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Peattie, Noel--Archives
Snyder, Gary, 1930---Correspondence
Winans, A.D.--Correspondence
Poets, American--20th century
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employee Michelle
Xie.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Noel Peattie Papers, D-380, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California,
Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.