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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection donated by Paul Hendrickson.

Biographical / Historical

Paul Hendrickson is the author of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, Hemingway's Boat, and Sons of Mississippi, which won the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award. From 1998 to 2024, he was on the faculty of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Pennsylvania. For two decades before that, he was a staff writer at The Washington Post. Among his other books are Looking for the Light (1992 finalist for the NBCC award) and The Living and the Dead (1996 finalist for the National Book Award). He is the father of two grown sons, both of whom work in media, and he lives with his wife, Cecilia, a retired nurse, in Washington, D.C., and outside Philadelphia.

Content Description

The Paul Hendrickson papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, research files, book jackets and audio-visual materials documenting the the written works of journalist and author Paul Hendrickson. Materials include manuscripts and research files coveringPDF copy and JPG image of cover of "Reflections from the students of Paul Hendrickson," a collection of remembrances by Professor Hendrickson's students in English 145/155/156/160 – 301 from his career at University of Pennsylvania's English Department.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged into multiple series including: Series I. Sons of Mississippi and Series II. Plagued by Fire and Series III. Audio-Visual materials.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Authors, American--20th century
• Creative nonfiction, American
• English literature--Study and teaching--United States--History
• Manuscripts for publication
• Novelists, American
• United States--American Authors
• Writing