Susan Ketchin papers, 1980-1994
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Summary
- Creator:
- Ketchin, Susan
- Abstract:
- Susan Ketchin was an author, editor, and educator. The Susan Ketchin Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of her writings and the writings of others, reviews, publications, printed matter, teaching materials, and other papers relating principally to her work with the St. Andrews Review, Southern Exposure, the Algonquin Press, and the Duke Young Writers Camp. Some papers also concern free-lance work. Access to the Roper, Benson, and August House papers is restricted. One large group of materials was generated in the process of producing and writing The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction. These materials include research files, audio tapes of interviews with authors featured in the book (Doris Betts, Randall Kenan, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Sheila Bosworth, and others), and typescripts. Other authors represented in the papers but whose interview tapes are not present are Reynolds Price and Clyde Edgerton. A video featuring Lee Smith is also included.
- Extent:
- 10.5 Linear Feet
4800 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00775
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Susan Ketchin Papers span the years from about 1980 through 1994, and consist chiefly of professional correspondence, manuscripts of her writings and the writings of others, reviews, publications, printed matter, teaching materials, and other papers relating principally to her work with the ST. ANDREWS REVIEW, SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, the Algonquin Press, and the Duke Young Writers Camp. Some papers also document her freelance work. Access to the Roper, Benson, and August House papers is restricted; for details, please contact the Rubenstein reference staff. One large group of materials was generated in the process of producing and writing THE CHRIST-HAUNTED LANDSCAPE: FAITH AND DOUBT IN SOUTHERN FICTION. These materials include research files, audio tapes of interviews with authors featured in the book (Doris Betts, Randall Kenan, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Sheila Bosworth, and others), and typescripts. Other authors represented in the papers but whose interview tapes are not present are Reynolds Price and Clyde Edgerton. A video featuring Lee Smith is also included.
- Biographical / historical:
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Susan Ketchin was an author, editor, and educator.
- Acquisition information:
- The Susan Ketchin Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1992 and 1995.
- Processing information:
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Accessioned and processed by Rubenstein Library staff.
Encoded by Jen Snow and Paula Jeannet, June 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 1992-0075, 1995-0065
Materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Authors, American -- Southern States -- Interviews
American fiction -- Southern States -- History and criticism
American fiction -- Christian authors -- History and criticism
Christian fiction, American -- History and criticism - Names:
- Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-
Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
Bosworth, Sheila
Brown, Larry, 1951-2004
Betts, Doris
Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011
Smith, Lee, 1944-
Kenan, Randall - Places:
- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Southern States -- Church history -- 20th century
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