Bill Barich Papers, 1961-2010

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Summary

Creators:
Barich, Bill
Abstract:
Bill Barich is the author of: Laughing in the Hills (1980), Traveling Light (1984), Hard to Be Good (1987), Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California (1994), and Carson Valley (1997). The collection contains his writing journals, manuscripts and published versions of his writings, promotional materials about his works, as well as literary and editorial correspondence.
Extent:
11.8 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bill Barich Papers, D-552, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains Barich's writing journals, manuscripts and published versions of his writings, promotional materials about his works, as well as literary and editorial correspondence. The correspondence series also contains letters that Barich wrote to his family while he spent a semester in Italy and served in the Peace Corps in Eastern Nigeria (later Biafra).

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged in four series: 1. Biographical Materials, 2. Writings by Barich, 3. Correspondence, 4. Research Materials.

Biographical / historical:

Bill Barich was born in Winona, Minnesota, on August 23, 1943 to Russell and Lois Barich. In 1950, Barich moved with his family to Westbury, New York. Barich graduated from Colgate University in 1965 and in February 1966 he joined the Peace Corps as a teacher in Eastern Nigeria (later Biafra). Upon his return he was hired to teach seventh grade in a boarding school in New Jersey. By 1969, Barich left New Jersey and moved to San Francisco.

Barich is the author of: Laughing in the Hills (1980), Traveling Light (1984), Hard to Be Good (1987), Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California (1994), Carson Valley (1997), Crazy for Rivers (1999), and Long Way Home: On the Trail of Steinbeck’s America (2010), and numerous articles.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Bill Barich in 2012.
Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection with assistance from student employee Michelle Xie.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Bill Barich Papers, D-552, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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