Correspondence, 1959 - 1997
Scope and Contents
The papers contain approximately 2790 letters, cards, and documents between Lafferty, his literary agent Virginia Kidd, colleagues and friends, publishers and editors, organizations, etc. Convention progress reports and programs. Drafts of short stories, novels and novelettes, collected works, book reviews, poems, and essays, consisting primarily of carbon copy typescripts with autograph revisions and corrections and arranged alphabetically by title or subject (e. g., Bibliographical, Nonsense poems). Original typescript drafts and autograph preliminary notes and fragments. Card file box consisting of 413 3x4 inch index cards and 2 spiral pocket notebooks containing records of expenses, submission/return/publication histories, and earnings, by title of work. 2 plaques and 4 trophies, (including the Hugo trophy awarded in 1973).
Dates
- Creation: 1959 - 1997
Extent
From the Collection: 26 Linear Feet (44 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Please note: This series has not been separated into subcategories of letters to/from Lafferty and letters to/from Virginia Kidd because a) much of the correspondence consists of carbon copies of letters from literary agent Kidd to others as well as letters from others to her, often with typed or handwritten notes to Lafferty; and b) both types of correspondence deal with Lafferty’s works and their publication.
30th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: L. A. Con.
35th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: SunCon.
38th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: Noreascon Two.
39th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: Denvention Two.
44th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: ConFederation.
45th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: Conspiracy.
47th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: Noreascon Three.
48th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: ConFiction.
50th World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: MagiCon.
51st World Science Fiction Convention. See Series 1 : Correspondence: ConFrancisco.
229th AAA Reunion Group (James W. McDaniel, Secretary).
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
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Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
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