Preliminary Inventory of the Robert Bausch Papers, ca. 1968-1999
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleRobert Bausch Papers, ca. 1968-1999
Creator
Bausch, Robert
Extent
4.9 Linear Feet
3408 Items
Repository
3408 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
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Information for Users
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Bausch Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Purchase, 2000
Processing Information
Processed by Ruth E. Bryan
Completed January 11, 2001
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Robert Bausch is the author of four published novels and a collection of short stories. Born in 1945, he was raised in northern Virginia and lives in Stafford Virginia.
[top]Collection Overview
This collection documents the professional and creative life of writer
and teacher Robert Bausch. Materials include handwritten, typed, and electronic
(computerized)
drafts of published and unpublished
novels and
essays, including
The Gypsy Man,
On the Way Home,
Almighty Me,
For God's Sake, and
A Hole in the Earth;
galleys and corrected
proofs of his published novels; incoming and
outgoing
correspondence--including copies of
electronic mail--with writers, editors, readers,
students, and family; a few typescripts of works by others; book and
movie contracts and royalty statements; and
audiocassette tapes of Bausch's class discussions and readings by authors
George Garrett, Bausch, and Bausch's twin brother Richard Bausch.
(15 tapes) (2500 manuscript items) (31 disks) (893
computer files)
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- American literature--Southern States--20th century.
- Authors, American-Southern States--20th century.
- Creation (literary, artistic, etc.).
- On the way home.
- Almighty me.
- A hole in the earth.
- audio cassettes.
- Machine-readable records.
- Magnetic disks.
- Garrett, George P., 1929- .
- Bausch, Richard, 1945- .
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Accession 2000-0418 | ||||||
Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession 2000-0418
Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately
accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact
Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library to use this collection. Technical Services staff need to
remove material from envelopes and make use copies of audio tapes.
Box 1
Correspondence and writings
Includes personal and professional
correspondence;
book reviews of Bausch's work;
essays and
short stories;
Life Thus Far, a published
autobiography; and drafts and proofs of the
novels
The Gypsy Man,
On the Way Home, and
Almighty Me.
[31 computer disks were removed from this box and migrated to
the Special Collections server.]
Box 2
Correspondence, book and movie contracts, and
writings
Includes
correspondence, including from his
students; book and movie
contracts and
royalty statements; school
essays and other writings, including
manuscripts and
proofs of
For God's Sake and
Almighty Me.
Box 3
Writings and audio tapes
Drafts and proofs of
Almighty Me and
A Hole in the Earth
Audio tapes of class discussions and
readings by
George Garrett, Bausch, and Bausch's twin
brother
Richard Bausch,
1989-1993
Box 4
First completed final draft of
A Hole in the Earth.
