Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joe R. Christopher correspondence with Phyllis White,
- Dates:
- 1978-1999.
- Creators:
- Christopher, Joe R., correspondent. and White, Phyllis, 1915-2000, correspondent.
- Abstract:
- Collection of correspondence between Joe R. Christopher and Phyllis White, widow of Anthony Boucher. Includes drafts and copies of essays and presentations by Christopher on topics related to Boucher's life and career.
- Extent:
- 0.4 and (1
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
- Joe R. Christopher correspondence with Phyllis White, BANC MSS 2016/114, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
-
Joe R. Christopher is a professor emeritus of English at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas. He has published three books on C.S. Lewis, short stories, over a hundred poems, and over a hundred essays and notes. He has edited three books, one of them being The Casebook of Gregory Hood, a collection of fourteen 1946 radio mysteries, written by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green.
Phyllis Price White graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1938. She was a librarian and a longtime Bay Area choral singer. With her husband, William Anthony Parker White (known professionally as Anthony Boucher), she was an editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She was also a founder and longtime member of a local Sherlock Holmes fan society. She lived in Berkeley, California until her death on December 22, 2000.
- Acquisition information:
-
of James White;
of James White;
- Physical description:
- 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Access and use
- Preferred citation:
- Joe R. Christopher correspondence with Phyllis White, BANC MSS 2016/114, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
-
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481