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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Wallace Stegner Papers
Identifier/Call Number: M0054
Identifier/Call Number: 1453
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1961-1964
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials
are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The manuscript of Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, correspondence regarding Stegner's research on John W. Powell, and the manuscripts
of Women on the Wall and Sabrina were received from Wallace Stegner in 1961. In August 1963 Stegner delivered photocopies
of diaries used in his research for The Mormon Trail. Except for those of Jacob Norton and John Bond, these diaries are unpublished
and were obtained from Brigham Young University or the Utah State Historical Society. In December of 1964 the Powell Report
manuscript was received, also from Stegner.
Biographical / Historical
Wallace Earle Stegner was born February 18, 1909 in Lake Mills, Iowa. Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story
writer, and environmentalist. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. He received a B.A.
at the University of Utah in 1930. He also studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he received
a master's degree in 1932 and a doctorate in 1935. Stegner taught at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University. Eventually
he settled at Stanford University, where he founded the creative writing program. Stegner served as a special ssistant to
the Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and also on the board of directors of the Sierra Club. He also helped create the
Committee for Green Foothills, an environmental organization to preserve the ecosystems of the San Francicsco Peninsula. Stegner
died on April 13, 1993 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Wallace Stegner Papers, M0054, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Related Materials
Stanford Libraries also holds:
SC1188: Wallace Stegner miscellaneous papers, 1944-1992
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10368532
M0184: Wallace Earle Stegner Papers, 1961-1965
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082947
M0241: Wallace Earle Stegner conservation collection, 1956-1974
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082950
M0058: Wallace Earle Stegner Creative Writing Program : correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1992
Stephen Fisher collection of Wallace Stegner materials, circa 1945-1992
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11956404
M0807: Wallace Earle Stegner papers: concerning the Asian-American Literary Exchange, 1949-1954
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4084510
M0952: Research material about Wallace Stegner, ca. 1909-1996
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4084486
The Hoover Institution holds 52008: Wallace Earle Stegner miscellaneous papers
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4087918
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and documents relating chiefly to the writing and
publication of two works by Stegner, A SHOOTING STAR and THE GATHERING OF ZION. Also includes material on Mormonism used as
background for later work.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mormons
Authors and publishers.
Utah
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902