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Lurie (Alison) papers
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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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  • Biography
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  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Alison Lurie papers
    Creator: Lurie, Alison
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0269
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
    Date: 1964
    Abstract: Alison Lurie (1926- ) was a professor of English at Cornell University and won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her Foreign Affairs (1984). The collection consists of an original first draft typescript of Alison Lurie's book, The Nowhere City and a carbon typescript of a second draft.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
    • Gift of Mrs. Jonathan Peale Bishop, 1965.
    • Gift of Cornel Wilde, 1966.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Alison Lurie Papers (Collection 269). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9922210813606533 

    Biography

    Lurie was born on September 3, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois; BA, Radcliffe College, 1947; married Jonathan Peale Bishop, September 10, 1948; lecturer (1969-73), associate professor (1973-76), and professor of English in 1976, Cornell University; named Frederic J. Whiton Professor of American literature in 1989; won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her Foreign Affairs (1984); other books include The Nowhere City (1965), Imaginary Friends (1967), The War Between the Tates (1974), and The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (editor, 1993).

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of an original first draft typescript of Alison Lurie's book, The Nowhere City (London, 1965; New York, 1966), a novel set in Los Angeles. Contains a carbon typescript of a second and final draft. Also includes a movie scenario by an unknown author made from the novel.
    Description derived from in-house card file.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Manuscripts for publication
    Women novelists, American -- Archives.
    Lurie, Alison -- Archives