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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Guy Davenport papers
    Date (inclusive): circa 1947-1998
    Collection Number: MS 194
    Creator: Davenport, Guy
    Extent: 5.42 linear feet (13 boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: A collection of essays, articles, fiction, poetry, and book reviews written by writer, translator, literary critic and visual artist Guy Davenport, who also taught literature at the University of Kentucky for 27 years before retiring in 1991. These items are photocopies of the originals. Also includes some correspondence.
    Languages: The collection is in English.

    Access

    This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials for research use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Guy Davenport papers (MS 194). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Provenance unknown.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    A collection of essays, articles, fiction, poetry, and book reviews written by writer, translator, literary critic and visual artist Guy Davenport, who taught literature at the University of Kentucky for 27 years before retiring in 1991. These items are photocopies of the originals. Also includes some correspondence.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    American literature
    Artists
    Authors

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Articles
    Correspondence
    Manuscripts