Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers,
- Dates:
- 1885-1974
- Creators:
- De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955
- Extent:
- 6 linear ft.
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, M0242, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes: 1)correspondence to and from Bernard DeVoto and to and from Avis DeVoto and other miscellaneous correspondents including Wallace Stegner and Carl Brandt, 2) financial papers such as cash account books, tax returns, receipts, 3) legal agreements, contracts and other documentations, 4) newsclippings, magazine articles and magazines, 5) photographs and 6) xeroxes of correspondence, newsclippings, magazine articles.
- Biographical / historical:
-
Bernard Augustine DeVoto, born in Ogden, Utah in 1897, received his early education in Utah and graduated from Harvard in 1920. He taught English and creative writing at Northwestern and Harvard Universities. DeVoto was a novelist, historian, critic, editor, and a vigorous exponent of government conservation of natural resources. He died in 1955.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of Wallace Stegner, 1973.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 June 1. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item] Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, M0242, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022