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American Literary Studies
Harriet Doerr Papers
The Papers
Location: Department of Special Collections, Green Library
Call Number: M0668
Size: 10.5 linear feet
Finding Guide: A printed version is available in the reading
room of the Department of Special Collections. Electronic versions of
this finding guide are also available. If you have Microsoft's Internet
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Online Archives of California server.
Research Access and Use: Materials in the Department
of Special Collections are non-circulating and must be used in the Special
Collections' Reading Room in the Cecil H. Green Library. The Reading
Room is open 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday. Photocopies, photographs,
and microfilm can be made of some materials in the collections. For more
information about the collections and access policies, please contact
Special Collections by telephone at (650) 725-1022, by electronic mail
at speccollref@stanford.edu or by regular mail at the Department of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6004.
Career of Harriet Doerr (1910- )
Born in Pasadena and raised in California, Doerr enrolled at Smith College
in Massachusetts in 1927 before transferring the following year to Stanford
University. She left school after her junior year to marry Albert Doerr
and raise a family. Following her huband's
death, Doerr returned to Stanford and completed her degree in European history in 1977. Doerr extended her
studies into the field of creative writing and was awarded a Stegner fellowship
in 1979. In 1982, she won the Henfield Foundation Award for a group of
short stories which led to the publication of her first novel, Stones
for Ibarra, two years later. Written under a National Endowment for
the Arts grant, the book went on to win the American Book Award for First
Fiction. In 1990, she published a book of short stories, Under an
Aztec Sun. Her second novel Consider this Senora was released
in 1993. In 1995, she published another collection of short stories, Tiger
in the Grass: Stories and other Inventions.
Highlights and Research Potential of the Doerr Papers:
The papers feature the manuscripts of Doerr's novels and short stories
as well as notes for talks. Present are original drafts, multiple revised
versions, and final copy. Also included are incoming letters, and reviews.
Notable here is the correspondence with Marcia Davenport, Albert Guerard,
John L'Heureux, and Clive Miller.
Selected Biography and Criticism
- Contemporary Authors (Detroit, MI: Gale Research) vol. 117,
p 104 Brief biography.
- Contemporary Authors (Detroit, MI: Gale Research) vol. 122
Interview with author.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism (Detroit, MI: Gale Research,
1985) vol. 34, p 151. Reviews of Stones for Ibarra.
Related Manuscript Collections at Stanford
Stegner, Wallace (1909-1993).
Last modified:
July 6, 2010
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