Zale-Kimmerling Writers Collection
2007-129

Summary Information

Repository
Newcomb Archives
Title
Zale-Kimmerling Writers Collection
ID
2007-129
Date [inclusive]
Between 1986 and 2001
Extent
8.0 Cubic feet 5 cartons, 1 document box, 2 poster boxes
Language
English

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Scope and Contents note

The Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence Program was established in 1986 through the generosity of Dana Zale Gerard, Newcomb Class of 1985. The posters and books represent thirteen years of the program.

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Organization and Arrangement

Chronological order and size

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Newcomb Archives

Newcomb Center for Research on Women
Seltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu

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Controlled Access Headings

Occupation(s)

  • Writers

Personal Name(s)

  • Allison, Dorothy
  • Broner, E. M.
  • Brown, Rosellen
  • Butler, Octavia
  • Douglas, Ellen
  • Forche, Carolyn
  • Hagedorn, Jessica
  • Hogan, Linda
  • Lurie, Alison
  • Margolin, Deborah
  • Naylor, Gloria
  • Patchett, Ann
  • Sanchez, Sonia
  • Smith, Lee
  • Voigt, Ellen Bryant
  • Willard, Nancy

Subject(s)

  • Academic Programming
  • Women's Studies.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet

General note

1986 Alison Lurie (three files):

--Biographical information

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--Correspondence

1986 Alison Lurie (six books):

--1. Lurie, Alison. Don't Tell the Grown-ups: Subversive Children's Literature. Boston: Brown and Company, 1990.

--2. Lurie, Alison. The Heavenly Zoo: Legends and Tales of the Stars. Canada: Sunburst Books, 1996. First American edition 1979.

--3. Lurie, Alison. Imaginary Friends. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967.

--4. Lurie, Alison. Only Children. New York: Random House, 1979.

--5. Lurie, Alison, ed. The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

--6. Women and Ghosts. New York: Avon Books, 1994.

1986 Alison Lurie (two tapes):

--Colloquium on Men and Women (1/30/86)

--Interview: / Dale Edmonds (1/27/86)

1987 Carolyn Forché (two files)

--Biographical Information

--Display Item

--Photo

1987 Carolyn Forché (two books):

--1. Forché, Carolyn. Against Forgetting: Twentieth-century Poetry of Witness. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.

--2. Forché, Carolyn. The Angel of History. New York: Harper Perennial, 1995.

1989 Gloria Naylor (three files):

--Biographical information

--Display Items

--Illustration

1989 Gloria Naylor (one book):

--1. Naylor, Gloria. Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers 1967 to the Present. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1995.

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Box 2 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet

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1990 E.M. Broner (five files):

--Biographical Information

--Post Mortem information

--Display Items

--Photos

--Correspondence

1990 E.M. Broner (two books):

--1. Broner, E.M. The Women's Haggadat. San Francisco: Harper, 1994.

--2. Broner, E.M. A Weave of Women. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1985. First published in 1978.

1991 Ellen Douglas (two files)

--Biographical Information

--Photos

1991 Ellen Douglas (one book):

--1. Douglas, Ellen. Apostles of Light. Jackon, MS: Banner Books, University Press of Mississippi, 1994. First published in 1973.

--2. Douglas, Ellen. Truth: Four Stories I am Finally Old Enough to Tell. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1998.

1991 Ellen Douglas (one (8.5 x 11) poster matted on foam board)

1992 Sonia Sanchez (three files)

--Biographical Information

--Display item #1

--Display item #2.

1992 Sonia Sanchez (one book):

--1. Sanchez, Sonia. Wounded in the House of a Friend. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.

1992 Sonia Sanchez (one (8.5 x 11) poster matted on foam board)

1993 Linda Hogan (three files):

--Biographical information

--Display Item

--Catalogs and Brochures

1993 Linda Hogan (five books):

--1. Hogan, Linda. Book of Medicines. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1993.

--2. Hogan, Linda. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995.

--3. Hogan, Linda. Mean Spirit. New York: Athenaeum, 1990.

--4. Hogan, Linda. Red Clay: Poems & Stories. Greenfield Center, New York: The Greenfield Review Press, 1991.

--5. Hogan, Linda. Solar Storms. New York: Scribers, 1995.

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Box 3 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet

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1988 Nancy Willard (three files):

--Biographical Information

--TRANSCRIPT

--Brochures

--Correspondence

1988 Nancy Willard (20 books):

--1. Willard, Nancy and Jan Yolen. Among Angels. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995.

--2. Willard, Nancy. A Nancy Willard Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose. Hanover, NH: Middlebury College Press, 1991.

--3. Willard, Nancy. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1981.

--4. Willard, Nancy. The Ballad of Biddy Early. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1989.

--5. Willard, Nancy. East of the Sun & West of the Moon. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1989.

--6. Willard, Nancy. The Good-Night Blessing Book. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1996.

--7. Willard, Nancy. Gutenburg's Gift; A Book Lover's Pop-Up Book. Baltimore, MD: Wild Honey, 1995.

--8. Willard, Nancy. The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1990.

--9. Willard, Nancy. The Highest Hit. San Diego: Harcourt Jovanovich, Publishers, 1978.

--10. Willard, Nancy. Household Tales of Moon and Water. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1982.

--11. Willard, Nancy. The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1983.

--12. Willard, Nancy. Night Story. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1981.

--13. Willard, Nancy. Pish Posh and Hieronymus Bosch. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1991.

--14. Willard, Nancy. Simple Pictures Are Best. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1976.

--15. Willard, Nancy. Sister Water. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1993.

--16. Willard, Nancy. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1993.

--17. Willard, Nancy. Swimming Lessons: New and Selected Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. (2)

--18. Willard, Nancy. Telling Time: Angels, Ancestors, and Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.

--19. Willard, Nancy. The Well-Mannered Balloon. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1976.

1988 Nancy Willard (one tape): Interview: / Berthe Amoss (March 14, 1988)

1988 Nancy Willard (one (8.5.x 11) poster matted on foam board)

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Box 4 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet

General note

1994 Rosellen Brown (two files):

--Biographical information

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--Display Items

1994 Rosellen Brown (two books):

--1. Brown, Rosellen. Cora Fry's Pillow Book. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994.

--2. Brown, Rosellen. Some Deaths in the Delta & other poems. Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press: Maples Press Company: USA, 1970.

1994 Rosellen Brown (one tape): (4/15/94)

1994 Lee Smith (seven files):

--Biographical Information

--Interview transcript

--Time line

--Photo

--Copies

--Correspondence (2).

1994 Rosellen Brown (five books):

--1. Smith, Lee. Black Mountain Breakdown. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.

--2. Smith, Lee. The Christmas Letters. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: New York, 1996. (2)

--3. Smith, Lee. The Devil's Dream. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1992.

--4. Smith, Lee. Saving Grace. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995.

1995 Dorothy Allison (eight files)

--Biographical Information

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--Book Covers

--Display Items #1

--Display Items #2

--Photo

--Photo with Susanne Dietzel

--Correspondence

Copies

1994 Rosellen Brown (two books):

--1. Allison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina. New York: A Plume Book, 1992.

--2. Allison, Dorothy. Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. A Dutton Book. New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc., 1995.

1994 Rosellen Brown (one tape): Dorothy Allison reading (11/08/96)

Ann Patchett (one book): Selected Short Works of Ann Patchett.

1996 Ellen Bryant Voigt (four files):

--Biographical Information

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--NEED TRANSCRIPT

--Display Item

--Brochure

--Correspondence

1996 Ellen Bryant Voigt (two books):

--1. Bryant Voigt, Ellen. Kyrie. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995.

--2. Bryant Voigt, Ellen. Claiming Kin. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1976. First Published in 1969.

1996 Ellen Bryant Voigt (three tapes):

--1996 Zale: Meet the Author

--1996 Zale: Reading (11/6/96)

--Interview: / Peter Cooley (11/7/96)

1997 Deborah Margolin (four files):

--Biographical Information

--Critical Mass

--'O Wholly Night'

--Transcript (10/21/97)

1997 Deborah Margolin (one book): Case, Sue-Ellen. Split Britches. New York: Routledge, 1996.

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Box 5 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet 1 box

General note

13 (11X17) Posters:

--Deb Margolin Poster (Oct. 20-25, 1997) matted on foam board

--Ellen Bryant Voigt Poster (Nov. 4-7, 1996) matted on foam board

--Dorothy Allison poster (Nov. 7-11, 1995) matted on foam board

--Lee Smith poster (Nov. 10-12, 1994) matted on foam board

--Rosellen Brown poster (April 14-16, 1994) matted on foam board

--Linda Hogan poster (Feb. 9-10, 1993) matted on foam board

--Sonia Sanchez poster (Feb. 19, 1992) matted on foam board

--Ellen Douglas poster (Feb. 6, 1991) matted on foam board

--E.M. Broner poster (April 25, 1990) matted on foam board

--Gloria Naylor poster (April 12, 1989) matted on foam board

--Nancy Willard poster (March 17, 1988) matted on foam board

--Carolyn Forché poster (Jan. 28-29, 1987) matted on foam board

--Alison Lurie poster (Jan. 27, 1986) matted on foam board

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Box 6 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet 1 box

General note

16 files:

--Zale-Kimmerling

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence 1990-91

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence - Guest list - for 1990-91

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence 1990

--Zale-Kimmerling Miscellaneous (1990)

--Zale-Kimmerling Writers in Residence IV, Spring 1989, Invitations/Rejections

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence IV, Spring 1989, Gloria Naylor

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer 1989 Correspondence

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer 1989 Committee

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer 1989 Timetables

--Zale-Kimmerling expenses (4/89)

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer 1989 Travel/housing/food

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer 1989 Publicity

--Zale-Kimmerling Writer 1989 Guest List

--Zale-Kimmerling Miscellaneous (4/89)

--Seltzer-Gerard Reading Room Dedication & photos (Oct. 21, 1997)

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Box 7 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet

General note

One file, 31 posters

One file:

--Information for poster on E.M. Broner

--Sketches and drafts for E.M. Broner posters

--E.M. Broner's abbreviated resume

--Sketches and drafts for Anne Roiphe posters

--5.5x8.5 copies of Sonia Sanchez and Ellen Douglas posters.

31 posters:

--Octavia Butler 20x15 poster (Nov. 1-6, 1998) lavender with lighter shade lettering

--Nancy Willard 7x11 poster (March 17, 1988) white with green lettering (4)

--Lee Smith 8.5x11 poster (Nov. 10-12, 1994) white with red and black lettering

--Alison Lurie 8.5x11 poster (Jan 27-29, 1986) white with blue lettering

--Carolyn Forché 8.5x14 poster (Jan. 28-29, 1987) white with black and pink lettering (3)

--E.M. Broner 11x16.5 poster (April 25, 1990) violet with plum lettering (2)

--E.M. Broner 11x17 poster-violet with black lettering and illustrations

--Rosellen Brown 11x17 poster (April 14-16, 1994) white with black lettering

--Lee Smith 11x17 poster (Nov. 10-12, 1994) beige with red and black lettering (2)

--Dorothy Allison 11x17 poster (Nov. 7-11, 1995) white with black and maroon lettering (2)

--Nancy Willard 11x17 poster (March 17, 1988) green with white lettering

--Gloria Naylor 11x17 poster (April 12, 1989) blue and grey (2)

--Ellen Bryant Voigt 11x17 poster (Nov. 4-8, 1996) green and beige (2)

--Sonia Sanchez 11x17 photo copy (Feb 19, 1992)

--Ellen Douglas 11x17 photo copy (Feb 6, 1991)

--Linda Hogan 11x17 poster (Feb. 9, 1993) turquoise with brown lettering

--Deb Margolin 11x17 (Oct 20-25, 1997) yellow with red and blue lettering (4)

--Annie Roiphe 11x17 sketch (March 28, 1990)

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Box 8 of 8   1.0 Cubic feet

General note

1998 Octavia Butler (three files):

--Biographical Information

--Correspondence

--Transcript

1998 Octavia Butler (10 books):

--1. Butler, Octavia. Clay's Ark. New York: Warner Books, 1984.

--2. Butler, Octavia. Dawn. New York: Warner Books, 1987.

--3. Butler, Octavia. Adulthood Rites. New York: Warner Books, 1988.

--4. Butler, Octavia. Kindred. Boston: Beacon Press, 1979.

--5. Butler, Octavia. Imago. New York: Warner Books, 1989.

--6. Butler, Octavia. Parable of the Sower. New York: Warner Books, 1993.

--7. Butler, Octavia. Wildseed. New York: Warner Books, 1980.

--8. Butler, Octavia. Patternmaster. New York: Warner Books, 1976.

--9. Butler, Octavia. Mind of My Mind. New York: Warner Books, 1977.

--10. Butler, Octavia. Bloodchild and Other Stories. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1996.

1998 Octavia Butler (one tape): Interview: / Cynthia Lowenthal (11/3/98).

Addn 8/13/01:

--Jessica Hagadorn posters - matted

--Dogeaters and Gangster of Love book covers in oversized flat files

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