Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992.
2. Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
3. McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.
4. Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

Description

1. 45 linear ft. (86 boxes).

Summary

1. The papers document Grumbach's professional career and personal life.The collection contains letters to Doris Grumbach from authors, writers, editors, publishers, journalists, academic and professional colleagues, readers of her books, friends and acquaintances; topical files reflecting her varied literary and professional activities and associations; holograph and typescript drafts of her articles, reviews, speeches and lectures; interviews by her, and of her; diaries and notebooks recording her social, literary and professional life and activities; personal miscellany including certificates, diplomas, and broadsides announcing her lectures; printed matter and sound recordings.

Subject

1. Sound recordings
2. MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.)
3. Notebooks
4. Critics
5. Manuscripts for publication
6. Video recordings
7. Lectures
8. American University (Washington, D.C.)
9. Authors and publishers
10. New Republic (New York, N.Y.)
11. Authors
12. Yaddo (Artist's colony)
13. Grumbach, Doris
14. College of Saint Rose (Albany, N.Y.)
15. Authors, American
16. Iowa Writers' Workshop
17. Photographs
18. Interviews
19. Broadsides
20. Diaries

Genre/Form

1. Broadsides.
2. Diaries.
3. Interviews.
4. Lectures.
5. Manuscripts for publication.
6. Notebooks.
7. Photographs.
8. Sound recordings.
9. Video recordings.

Call number

1. MssCol 1261

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Grumbach, Doris.

Biography (note)

1. Doris Grumbach is a novelist, biographer, and literary critic. Her published works include a biography of Mary McCarthy, THE COMPANY SHE KEPT (1976), the novel CHAMBER MUSIC (1979), and the memoir COMING INTO THE END ZONE (1991). She has served as literary editor of THE NEW REPUBLIC and on the faculties of the College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY), American University (Washington, DC) and the Writer's Workshop of the University of Iowa. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines, newspapers, periodicals and on National Public Radio.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Provenance (note)

1. were previously on deposit at the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Processing action (note)

1. Reprocessed

Author

1. Grumbach, Doris.

Title

1. Doris Grumbach papers, 1938-2002.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Doris Grumbach is a novelist, biographer, and literary critic. Her published works include a biography of Mary McCarthy, THE COMPANY SHE KEPT (1976), the novel CHAMBER MUSIC (1979), and the memoir COMING INTO THE END ZONE (1991). She has served as literary editor of THE NEW REPUBLIC and on the faculties of the College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY), American University (Washington, DC) and the Writer's Workshop of the University of Iowa. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines, newspapers, periodicals and on National Public Radio.

Provenance

1. Portions of this collection were previously on deposit at the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Authors.
2. Critics.

Added author

1. Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992.
2. Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
3. McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989.
4. Sarton, May, 1912-1995.

Research call number

1. MssCol 1261