Preliminary Guide to the Richard Barre Papers

Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Preliminary Guide to the Richard Barre Papers, ca. 1995-2003

Collection number: Mss 167

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
D. Tambo
Date Completed:
Apr. 1, 2003
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Richard Barre Papers
Dates: ca. 1995-2003
Collection number: Mss 167
Creator: Barre, Richard
Collection Size: 1 linear foot (1 carton)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Typescript and edited drafts, correspondence, proofs, sample chapters, as well as promotional literature and other miscellany, of a Santa Barbara area mystery writer. Also, signed first editions of his works, which are cataloged separately.
Physical location: Del Sur.
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

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

Richard Barre Papers. Mss 167. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Richard Barre, 1999-2003.

Biography

Rich Barre's web page at http://www.caprapress.com/barre/  contains a biographical sketch, interview, and other information about his works.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains typescript and edited drafts, related correspondence, proofs, sample chapters, as well as promotional literature and other miscellany, of an award-winning Santa Barbara area mystery writer.
UCSB Special Collections also has signed first editions of Richard Barre's work, which have been cataloged separately and can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Barre, Richard
Mystery and detective fiction.


Box 1

The Innocents (1995) - recipient of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel of 1995

Box 1

Bearing Secrets (1996)

Box 1

The Ghosts of Morning (1998)

Box 1

Blackheart Highway (1999)

Box 1

Burning Moon - A Wil Hardesty Novel (Capra, 2003)

 

Barre Christmas Stories

Box 1

The Bargain (1998)

Box 1

The Star (2002)