Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Alfred and Carol Schmitz Collection
- Dates:
- ca. 1967-1980
- Creators:
- Schmitz, Carol
- Abstract:
- Mainly first editions, many signed, of Booker Prize winner and shortlist books, together with related correspondence (mainly Booker authors), publicity, and other ephemera.
- Extent:
- 0.9 linear feet (2 document boxes and 1 map folder).
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Alfred and Carol Schmitz Collection. Printers Mss 65. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Alfred and Carol Schmitz Collection has been donated by Carol Schmitz in the name of her late husband and herself. The collection mainly contains Booker Prize winning and shortlisted books, together with related correspondence (mainly Booker authors), publicity, and other ephemera.
For several years Carol attended Booker Prize events in London and searched diligently for the best copies available of oftentimes obscure and difficult to find titles. The books are all first editions and many have been signed by the author.
The Booker Prize was founded in 1969 and became the Man Booker Prize in 2002, when the Man Group plc became the main sponsor. It is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded to contemporary authors of fiction. Only citizens of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland are eligible. Judges are chosen from among leading critics, writers, and academics. Decisions are often controversial and engender heated discussion in the British media.
The container list describes the manuscript and ephemeral parts of the collection. Books in the collection have been cataloged separately.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Carol Schmitz, 2009.
- Physical location:
- Boxes 1-2 (Del Sur); Map folder (Map Cabinet 21/2).
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Man Booker Prize
- Names:
- Schmitz, Carol
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2011
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by A. Demeter. Date of source: Jan. 7, 2010.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. 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 as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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Alfred and Carol Schmitz Collection. Printers Mss 65. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062