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Machine-readable finding aid derived from FileMaker Pro database. Date of source: 1997.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Fanny Howe Papers, 1981-1995Collection number: M0848Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by: Special Collections staffDate Completed: 1997Encoded by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Descriptive SummaryHowe, Fanny. Papers, 1981-1995M0848Howe, Fanny.2.5 linear ft.Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence, the last including letters from Samuel Beckett, William Corbett, Mark Mirsky, and Alice Walker (one of Walker's containing reference to Tillie Olsen).Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 1996.

Preferred Citation

Fanny Howe Papers. M0848. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

Fanny Howe is Professor of Writing and Literature at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and poetry, most recently, One Crossed Out, 1997.

Access Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-Corbett, William, 1942-Mirsky, Mark.Olsen, Tillie.Walker, Alice, 1944-American literature--20th century.Collection ContentsSeries 1. Manuscripts and typescripts11O'clockFall 1995Ring-bound, white wrappers, 90 pp. Fair copy, virtually, though ink corrections on two leaves at least

Poems

12.124Bronte Wilde : penultimate draft : corrected ts, n.d.183 leaves, in rough order. Much paste up & corrected texts; some mechanically reproduced leaves

Fiction

13.134Saving history : summary treatment from the novel & corrected ts, n.d.20 pp. summary treatment + 3 p. corrected ts. + 184 pp. corrected ts. + 1 leaf ms.

Fiction

14.147Poems in corrected typescript. [Folder is mislabeled "Travel"]n.d.120 leaves, including a few prose pieces ; draft of one letter ; a few ms. leaves on ruled yellow foolscap. Much correction in ink throughout.

Includes: Proposal for a collection of Essays, 1 p. -- Puella songs [completed Holy Week, 1994] -- Strand -- For Tom Raworth -- The only way

15.152Inquest and experience : ts & ms, n.d.13 leaves of ms on ruled yellow foolscap + 10 leaves ts., very heavily corrected throughout

Includes: drafts of poems

26.163Tis of thee : seven year project "to be performed with jazz in San Diego" [1 of 2]n.d.26.465Tis of thee : seven year project "to be performed with jazz in San Diego" [2 of 2]n.d.27.173Africa America : a love story : typescripts, cut up, pasted up. -- London, n.d.54 leaves with short prose passages on recto & verso & 5 related pages28.183Fear : draft, 1993 Oct. 264 sections, each section being (usually) 2 sheets taped together

Includes corrected ts.

29Miscellaneous short pieces1991-199252 leaves, ts & ms, corrected ts.

Includes: The Netherworld -- Victory -- Latin -- Bad eyes

210.1104Prose work set in or near Boston with characters Ellen, Mason, and Blaise : drafts,n.d.50 p.

This group may belong to "Fear". With related sheets beginning "What was the thing ... ", 18 p. Also includes related text: Premise, Jamaica Plain, 6 p., an important prose outline of the whole project.

211The birth of error (from: The mother : a progress), n.d.12 p., corrected ts.

Related to: Tis of thee, which is mentioned in passing.

212.1123Scraps and fragments related to Fear,n.d.47 p., lightly corrected ts.213.1132Project with Maureen Owensn.d.

Includes: 2 tls from Maureen Owens, 1991 - 2 p. -- ALS from Bob Grenier, 2 p. -- 43 leaves (xeroxed) texts

214Saving history n.d.1 ms. leaf + 2 xeroxed sheets215Be again : voiceover,n.d.6 p., ts

Text for voiceover for video filmed in Ireland.

216.1163Bronte Wilde : intermediate draft of new version [1 of 2]n.d.170 leaves; some corrected, some pasted up316.4Bronte Wilde : intermediate draft of new version [2 of 2]n.d.170 leaves; some corrected, some pasted up317London notebook : ts, corrected, 1993-199476 leaves

Contents are autobiographical and include frequent correction in ink.

318.1182Manuscript notebook, Boston - UK1993-19941 v. : brown cloth, gilt, ca. 5x7 in., signed + 12 leaves of mss/notes tipped in319.1194NOD [previously: October] : poems, corrected ts,1996 Jan. 151 v. (93 p.) : ringbound, blue wrappers. Notes on plain covers in ink.

Includes "mid-draft", ts, velo-bound in yellow wrappers and later draft, 134 p., ts, very few marks

320.1204SALT : middle draft,n.d.118 leaves ; corrected ts., with yellow post-it tabs

Internal title: The Children's progress from the dream world to the world which is delivered under the likeness of a dream. Includes additional version, London, n.d., 129 leaves, no corrections, but at least one paste-on.

421Manuscript notebook accompanying SALT typescriptsn.d.ringbound, blue illus. covers. 152 p. closely written holograph ink

Includes creative text.

Series 2. Correspondence with established authors41Beckett, Samuel. ANS to Mary, Paris, 1981 Sept. 111 ans + envelope

Letter offers sympathy to Mary for difficult times which she is experiencing.

42Beckett, Samuel. ANS to Fanny Howe, Paris, 1981 Sept. 111 ans + envelope

Letter expresses sympathy to Fanny Howe on behalf of Mary for difficult times that Mary is experiencing. Indicates that he does not have Mary's address.

43Corbett, William. Poet1993 - 199511 als + 11 acs44.142Mirsky, Mark. Novelist1992 - 19947 tls + 63 p., typed texts45Walker, Alice1983 - 1987, n.d.10 als + 1 tls

Includes letters beginning on the day after Walker's 39th birthday. Letters relate to Walker's relationship with Robert, feelings for Howe's struggles for teaching and health, and on Tillie Olsen's meanness in tearing apart a Walker essay on Martin Luther King, Jr. she had sent to Olsen but which was returned "torn up".

Series 3. Correspondence, general41Banks, Russell2 letters42Browne, Laynie43Codrescu, Andrei44Cole, Peter45Creeley, Robert - APC199346d'Ormesson, Donatella2 letters47Davis, Leslie48Davison, Peter49deLissovoy, Peter. Author of FEEL GOOD1988-199123 letters410EL1993 Sept. 30411Foye, Raymond - APC412Gams, John413Green, Paul. UK publisher19958 letters + 7 envelopes414Greenfield, Amy415Guest, Barbara416Hambone [note: added to C27 - Nathaniel Mackey, same person]417Hausman, Fredrik418Hejinian, Lyn. Poet1986 - 19958 letters + 1 postcard419High, John199220 leaves420Howe, Fanny to Peter Gizzi [retained copy]421Johnston, Devin422Kozberg, Joanne423L'Heureux, John424Lee, Don2 letters425Loren, Davi426Lovell, Thoreau427Mackey, Nathaniel428Manson, Peter2 letters429Mayer, Bernadette19942 als430Messerli, Douglas. Sun & Moon Press3 letters + signed agreement; proof cover431Miles with peoms432Morrow, Brad2 letters433Mounkall, Stephen T.434Muckle, John2 letters + Howe proofs + draft, Howe to Muckle435O'Sullivan, Maggie436O-BLEK437Oerti, Katrin438Ratner, Rochelle439Rieselbach, Erik3 letters440Sherman, Ken5 letters441Stein, Jean (Grant Street)4 letters442Sukenik, Ron1 form letter443Tannahill, Anne444Tobier, Richard445Todd, Richard446Treisman, Deborah

Includes note on Grand Street xerox

447Wheeler, Susan448Woods, Peggy3 letters449Xeroxed letters & copies forwarded30 p.Series 4. Manuscripts by others51Armantrout, Rae. Feminist politics and the meaning of clarity.n.d.14 p. xeroxed prose essay, inscribed.52Fanny's tea : holograph poemn.d.1 p.53Gander, Forest. Eggplants and lotus root.n.d.11 p. typescript, inscribed54Gander, Forest. Hopkins leap : typescriptn.d.3 p. typescript, inscribed55Grenier, Robertn.d.16 leaves of text56Rodefer, Stepehn. Moncanard19951 v. (30 p.) : initialed. No. 3 of 7.57Walker, Alice. Coming in from the cold : speech draft,ca. 198418 leaves, inscribed to Fanny Howe, mechanically reproduced, corrections revealed

Draft of speech eventually given by Walker at the National Writers Union, New York City, 1984 Oct. 19.

Series 5. Contracts and Agreements51Contracts and agreements of Fanny HoweIncludes contracts and agreements with: Avon (2); Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Naropa Institute; Sun & Moon PressSeries 6. Ephemera51Ephemera22 p.

Includes flyers, announcements, posters (some involving Howe), curriculum vita, 3p.

Series 7. Reviews and notices51Reviews and notices

Includes 18 p. essay on Howe by Jean Day, with cover tls; plus 16 p. related material, including a few letters & xeroxes of letters