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Maxine Hong Kingston Papers, 1952-1999
BANC MSS 85/20 c
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Collection Title:
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
papers
Date (inclusive): 1952-1999
Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/20 c
Creators :
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Extent:
Number of containers: 61 boxes, 16 oversize boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 volume
Linear feet: approximately 30
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract:
The
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
contain typescripts, proofs and galleys, announcements, reviews, and related material for Kingston's books,
The Woman Warrior and
China Men, as well as other material related to her writing. The collection dates from 1952 to 1999 and has been divided into six
series: Books; Other Writings; Correspondence; Professional Papers; Biographical Research Materials; Teaching Career; and
Personal and Family Papers. In addition to her writings, the collection includes documentation of Kingston's teaching career,
speaking engagements, and honors. The correspondence is particularly rich and includes correspondence with other well-known
authors, including Joan Didion and Jessica Hagedorn, publishers, and fans. Family correspondence can be found in the Personal
and Family Papers series.
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
contain typescripts, proofs and galleys, announcements, reviews, and related material for Kingston's books,
The Woman Warrior and
China Men, as well as other material related to her writing. The collection dates from 1952 to 1999 and has been divided into six
series: Books; Other Writings; Correspondence; Professional Papers; Biographical Research Materials; Teaching Career; and
Personal and Family Papers. In addition to her writings, the collection includes documentation of Kingston's teaching career,
speaking engagements, and honors. The correspondence is particularly rich and includes correspondence with other well-known
authors, including Joan Didion and Jessica Hagedorn, publishers, and fans. Family correspondence can be found in the Personal
and Family Papers series.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item],
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
, BANC MSS 85/20 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
, BANC MSS 85/20 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume 1 (Chinese edition of
China Men) is available on microfilm.
Videotapes/sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kingston, Maxine Hong--Archives
Chinese American authors
Women authors, American--20th century
Manuscripts for publication.
The
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
were given to The Bancroft Library by Maxine Hong Kingston beginning in the year 1981.
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
were given to The Bancroft Library by Maxine Hong Kingston beginning in the year 1981.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Jane Phillips in 1987; revised by Manuscripts Processing Staff in 1992, 1997 and 2005.
Maxine Hong Kingston was born October 27, 1940 in Stockton, California. She received her B.A. degree in Education from the
University of California, Berkeley in 1962. Kingston taught high school English and mathematics in Hayward, Calif., and various
subjects in a number of schools in Hawaii, and was a visiting associate professor of English at the University of Hawaii.
Her book,
Woman Warrior: Memoirs Of A Girlhood Among Ghosts, which was published in 1976, received a general nonfiction award from the National Book Critics Circle in the same year.
China Men, published in 1980, received an American Book Award in 1981.
Kingston has also contributed stories and articles to a number of magazines, including
American Girl, English Journal, Viva, New West, American Heritage, and
Washington Post.
Adapted from
Contemporary Authors, vol. 69.
Scope and Content of Collection
The
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
contain typescripts, proofs and galleys, announcements, reviews, and related material for Kingston's books,
The Woman Warrior and
China Men, as well as other material related to her writing. The collection dates from 1952 to 1999 and has been divided into six
series: Books; Other Writings; Correspondence; Professional Papers; Biographical Research Materials; Teaching Career; and
Personal and Family Papers. In addition to her writings, the collection includes documentation of Kingston's teaching career,
speaking engagements, and honors. The correspondence is particularly rich and includes correspondence with other well-known
authors, including Joan Didion and Jessica Hagedorn, publishers, and fans. Family correspondence can be found in the Personal
and Family Papers series.
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Papers
contain typescripts, proofs and galleys, announcements, reviews, and related material for Kingston's books,
The Woman Warrior and
China Men, as well as other material related to her writing. The collection dates from 1952 to 1999 and has been divided into six
series: Books; Other Writings; Correspondence; Professional Papers; Biographical Research Materials; Teaching Career; and
Personal and Family Papers. In addition to her writings, the collection includes documentation of Kingston's teaching career,
speaking engagements, and honors. The correspondence is particularly rich and includes correspondence with other well-known
authors, including Joan Didion and Jessica Hagedorn, publishers, and fans. Family correspondence can be found in the Personal
and Family Papers series.
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