http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6290054g No online items Guide to the Barry Gifford Papers M0927 Stephan J. Potchatek Department of Special Collections and University Archives 1998 ; revised 2017 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064
[email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Barry Gifford Papers M0927 1 M0927 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Barry Gifford papers creator: Gifford, Barry, 1946- Identifier/Call Number: M0927 Physical Description: 57 Linear Feet: 57 boxes ; 1 map folder Date (inclusive): circa 1967 - 2012 Scope and Contents The Barry Gifford Papers comprise more than forty-eight boxes of archival material, the vast majority of which related to the publication process of Gifford's many books. The largest subseries is composed of manuscript material, including correspondence with publishers and editors, typewritten and handwritten drafts of books, and research materials. As well, there are fifteen boxes of Gifford's notebooks, which contain partial drafts of books as well as individual poems, journal entries, and memoranda. There is also a significant file of correspondence, notable primarily for the six boxes of letters Gifford wrote to his longtime friend and associate, bookseller Marshall Clements. Finally, the collection contains copies of books and other published material used in his research. Biographical / Historical Poet, biographer, novelist, memoirist, and essayist, Barry Gifford was born October 18, 1946 in Chicago to Adolph, a pharmacist, and Dorothy Colby Gifford, a model. He was raised in Chicago and in Key West and Tampa, Florida. Gifford attended the University of Missouri where he played baseball.