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Adrien Stoutenburg papers, 1934-1987.
BANC MSS 71/199 cLOCAL
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Adrien Stoutenburg papers, 1934-1987Creator/Contributor:
Stoutenburg, Adrien., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Elson, Virginia, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Slavitt, David R., 1935-, Correspondent.Abstract:
Manuscripts and correspondence chiefly relating to Stoutenburg's work as a poet. Principal correspondents include David Slavitt
(aka Henry Sutton), Virginia Elson, James Dickey, and her publishers, Curtis Brown Ltd. and Viking Press, with a few letters
from others, including Thomas Gaddis, Josephine Miles, and Joyce Carol Oates. Manuscripts include drafts of Short history
of the fur trade and Greenwich mean time, with a few miscellaneous poems and other writings.
Date:
1934 (issued)Note:
See also related collection: BANC MSS C-H 150.
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Born Dafur, Minn,. Dec. 1, 1916; died 1982. Stoutenburg was a professional writer of children's books, as well as a poet and
historical novelist. Her work appears under her own name, as well as under various pseudonymns, including Lace Kendall. She
first began to write poetry at the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction of Laurence Hart, and it was for
this reason that she chose to deposit her poetry manuscripts and related correspondence in the Library of the University of
California at Berkeley.
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2 boxes (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 71/199 cLOCAL
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Literary rights have not be granted to The Bancroft Library. Consult the Curator of the Bancroft Collection for further information.