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Vance Bourjaily Papers,
1942-1984.
11.25 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14
Series List:
- Novels: manuscripts, drafts, notes,
proofs, etc., 1944-80 7.0 linear feet.
- Stage and television scripts: drafts,
notes, etc., 1943-58 1.5 linear feet.
- Poems: drafts and letters, 1945-66
0.25 linear feet.
- Opera: libretto, audio tapes, etc.,
1969-70 0.25 linear feet.
- Other writings: drafts, correspondence,
articles, etc., 1942-84 0.75 linear feet.
- Biographies, etc.: articles and essays,
1967-84. 0.5 linear feet.
- Newspapers and clippings, 1947-71
0.25 linear feet.
- Letters, 1944-82 0.75 linear
feet.
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Vance Bourjaily (Bowdoin 1944) was born in 1922 and is a noted author
of books, magazine articles, stage and television plays, and other
works. Much of his early material is drawn from his experiences
with the American Field Service (1942-1944) and the U.S. Army (1944-1946).
He has been a journalist, co-founding and editing the journal Discovery
(1951), a faculty member at Oregon State University and the University
of Iowa's Writers Workshop and has undertaken special assignments
for the U.S. Department of State.
Bourjaily's novels include
The End of My Life, Brill Among the Ruins, Now Playing
at Canterbury and A Game Men Play.
Bourjaily married Bettina Yensen in 1947, and the couple has three
children.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains letters; reviews; drafts of television plays,
an opera, published and unpublished fiction, drama and poetry; magazine
and newspaper articles and essays; audio tapes; and the final manuscripts
of ten published novels, most as originally arranged by Bourjaily.
Correspondents include John Cheever, Malcolm Cowley, John Irving,
Norman Mailer, William Styron, Gore Vidal and Kurt Vonnegut.
Provenance:
Cite as: Vance Bourjaily Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
Access Restrictions: None.
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