A Guide to the Papers of Ann Beattie #10414-z

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Signed student evaluations are restricted. Other material is open to the public.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Ann Beattie, Accession #10414-z, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection has been loaned to the University of Virginia Library on March 20 and April 24, 1996 by Ann Beattie, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

Papers of Ann Beattie consist of correspondence with editors, publishers, colleagues, fans, and friends; typescripts of books including Another You and Falling in Place; short stories from Burning house, Secrets and surprises, What was mine, and Where you'll find me; essays; a commencement address at American University; and legal papers especially contracts.

Also printed material; broadsides; interviews; book reviews; articles about Beattie; class evaluations from the University of Virginia; photographs; newsclippings; itineraries; posters advertising readings; published books and book catalogs; bookcover artwork and dust jackets; mailing list; a cassette tape of a reading for "Weekend edition"; and manuscripts and printed chapbooks by other authors.

Contents List

Series I: Manuscripts of Books, Short Stories, & Other Work

Box 1
Another You ca. 1995

TMs

with autograph corrections (3 folders)
Box 1
Another You ca. 1995

TMs

Bound Draft
Box 2
Another You ca. 1995

TMs

Spiral Bound Typescript
Box 2
Articles and Other Writings re Bob Adelman n.d.
Box 2
Commencement Address at the American University 1983 May 8
Box 2
Falling in Place ca. 1980

TMs

with autograph corrections (2 folders)
Box 2
Learning to Fall n.d.

TMs

First Draft with autograph corrections
Box 2
Learning to Fall n.d.

TMs
Box 3
Learning to Fall n.d.

TMs (EC)
Box 3
Life by Lynne Sherbondy 1991

TMs

based on a short story by Ann Beattie, Third Draft
Box 3
Love Always - Chapter 12, A Sketch n.d.

TMs
Box 3
Picturing Will 1989

TMs

with autograph corrections (4 folders)
Box 4
"The Old Man and the Fish" n.d.

TMs

(2 folders)
Box 4
Short Stories from The Burning House ca. 1982
Box 4
Short Stories from Secrets and Surprises ca. 1979
Box 4
Short Stories from What Was Mine ca. 1991
Box 4
Short Stories from Where You'll Find Me ca. 1986
Box 4
Short Stories - B Tiles 1996, n.d.
Box 5
Short Stories, C-W, and untitled ca. 1972-1994
Box 6
Short Stories, Essays, etc. - Published Versions (2 folders) 1972-1993
Box 6
A Vintage Thunderbird Screenplay by Robert Clem 1981

based on a story by Ann Beattie (3rd Draft)
Box 6
Weekend ca. 1981

with many autograph corrections
Box 6
Weekend 1981

Third Revision
Box 6
Weekend 1982 Jan 21

Final Script
Box 6
Writings by Other Authors 1982-1990, n.d.

Series II: Correspondence and Other Papers

Box 7
Book Catalog Notices of Ann Beattie's Books 1987-1992
Box 7
Book Jackets & Cover Design Material ca. 1990-1995
Box 7
Correspondence - Doubleday 1975-1977
Box 7
Correspondence - Editors, Publishers, Magazines, etc. 1975-1989

(4 folders)
Box 8
Correspondence - Editors, Publishers, Magazines, etc. 1990-1996

(2 folders)
Box 8
Correspondence - Friends, Colleagues, & Fans 1975-1979

(4 folders)
Box 9
Correspondence -- Friends, Colleagues, & Fans 1980-1995, n.d.

(6 folders)
Box 10
Correspondence - Friends, Colleagues, & Fans - Postcards ca. 1977-1992

(2 folders)
Box 10
Correspondence - Blanche Gregory 1974-1990

(2 folders)
Box 10
Correspondence - Universities, Colleges, etc. 1975-1992

(2 folders)
Box 10
Course Evaluations of Classes taught by Ann Beattie at the University of Virginia 1982 Fall
Box 10
Essays, Articles, and Reviews by Ann Beattie 1981-1996
Box 11
Interviews 1980-1996
Box 11
Legal Papers, Contracts, etc. 1976-1992

(2 folders)
Box 11
Photographs 1977-1991
Box 11
Printed Material & Miscellaneous 1980-1997
Box 11
Publicity 1988-1991, n.d.
Box 12
Reviews 1974-1995

(2 folders)
Box 12
Royalty Statements 1978-1987
Box 12
Miscellaneous Printed Books, Foreign & American Editions 1978-1995

(7 volumes)

Miscellaneous

2 Interviews of Ann Beattie in Simmons Review and CHALFA's Our Community & The Arts 1982 & 1985
Physical Location: Oversize Folder
3 Posters advertising readings by Ann Beattie n.d.
Physical Location: Oversize Folder

at the Rhode Island School of Design, the First and Second Church of Boston, and the Day Writers Series
Publicity Poster Board of Ann Beattie n.d.
Physical Location: Oversize Folder

in color