Guide to the Wallace Stegner Papers M0054
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997
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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 Except for those of Jacob Norton and John Bond, these diaries are unpublished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
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1961), book on John W. Powell. 447079
box 1, folder 1
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian typescript 447109
box 1, folder 2
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian typescript 447107
box 1, folder 3
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian typescript 447105
box 1, folder 4
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian typescript 447103
box 1, folder 5
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian typescript 447101
box 1, folder 6
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian typescript, and notes for books 447099
box 1, folder 7
Powell, W.C., letters to Chicago Tribune, 1971-1872 447097
box 2, folder 1
Powell: miscellaneous correspondence with private individuals 447095
box 2, folder 2
Powell: Huntington Library; miscellaneous libraries, museums, universities, publications and societies 447093
box 2, folder 3
Powell: Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, etc. 447091
box 2, folder 4
Powell: Department of Agriculture; other federal offices and government agencies 447089
box 2, folder 5
Powell: Smithsonian, Bureau of American Ethnology, Mae Tucker 447087
box 2, folder 6
Powell: miscellaneous 447085
box 2, folder 7
Powell Report: typescripts of introduction, index, footnotes, etc. with manuscript corrections and editing 447083
box 2, folder 8
Powell Report: author's copy with manuscript corrections and editing 447081
box 2, folder 9
Women on the Wall manuscript 447077
box 3, folder 1
Sabrina I manuscript 447073
box 3, folder 2
Sabrina II manuscript 447071
box 3, folder 3
Sabrina Ia manuscript 447069
box 3, folder 4
Sabrina IIa manuscript 447067
The Mormon Trail research materials 447033
box 3, folder 5
Oliver Boardman Huntington: diary, 1842-1900 (copy) 447063
box 4, folder 1
Patience Loader: portions of a diary (copy) 447061
box 4, folder 3
John Pulsipher: portions of a journal, 1848 (copy from BYU) 447057
box 4, folder 4
John Pulsipher: diary, vol. 1, March 1835 - October 1894 (copy of typescript) 447055
box 4, folder 5
Oliver Boardman Huntington: portions of a journal, 1848 (copy from BYU) 447053
box 4, folder 6
George Laub: portions of a journal, 1952 (copy from BYU) 447051
box 4, folder 7
Journal of Amasa M. Lyman kept by Albert Harrington, April 8 - September 10, 1847 (copy from BYU) 447049
box 4, folder 8
Hosea Stout: portions of a journal, 1848 (copy from BYU) 447047
box 4, folder 9
Appleton M. Harmon: diary (copy of typescript from the Utah Historical Records Survey), part I 447045
box 4, folder 10
Harmon diary part II 447043
box 4, folder 11
Levi Jackman: journal. Pioneer Personal Sketches at end. Mrs. Nicholas Gourley Teeples about her husband. (copy from U.S.H.S.) 447041
box 5, folder 1
Journal of Immigration Co. "...into the great Salt Lake Valley," 1852 (copy from U.S.H.S.) 447039
box 5, folder 2
The Record of Norton Jacob, ed. by C. Edward Jacob and Ruth S. Jacob, 1949 (opy) 447037
box 5, folder 3
Bond, John, Handcarts West in '56, 1945 447035
box 5, folder 4
Wolf Willow, front matter and pp. 1-156 447031
box 5, folder 5
Wolf Willow, pp. 157-241 447029
box 5, folder 6
Wolf Willow, pp. 242-338, end 447027
box 5, folder 7
Paul F. Hoye to Wallace Stegner, May 5, 1971, re: "Discovery"; Harwood P. Hinton to Wallace Stegner, July 2, 1965, re: Arizona
and the West
447025
box 5, folder 8
"Remember about the West" manuscript with corrections 447023
