Preliminary Inventory of the Jim Grimsley Papers, 1970-2002 and undated
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleJim Grimsley Papers,
1970-2002 and
undated
Creator
Grimsley, Jim
Extent
18 Linear Feet
5650 Items
Repository
5650 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsAccess is restricted. Diaries/journals and
personal correspondence are available to researchers only
with permission of donor during his lifetime or until
1/1/2020; all other papers are open to researchers.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jim Grimsley Papers,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University.
Provenance
Purchased in 1997; addition received 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Ginny Daley and Paula Jeannet
Completed July 1997
Additions minimally processed by Elizabeth
Arnold
Last Updated July 9, 2003
Encoded by Lisa Stark; Elizabeth Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Author from Rocky Mount, NC, currently residing in Atlanta, GA.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection includes personal journals (1973-1993);
personal and professional correspondence (1970s-1996),
handwritten notebooks containing the creative beginnings of
his novels and plays, drafts of all of his writings (1970s
- 1997); publicity, reviews, and publications by or about
him in small magazines.
The addition (acc# 2003-0041)(3150 items, 5.0
linear feet) is minimally processed. Consists primarily of
annotated typescripts, drafts and galleys of Grimsley's
latest publications (including novels and plays), and
provides an in-depth look at his recent work. Also includes
personal correspondence (1982-2001); a journal and
appointment books (1977-[1980s]); translations of his
novels; and periodicals containing his contributions.
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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.
- Grimsley, Jim. 1955-
- Authors, American--20th century--United States.
- Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
- Family violence--United States--Fiction.
- North Carolina--Fiction.
- Southern States--Fiction.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Gay men in literature.
- Gay men--Fiction.
- Gay men's writings, American.
- Gay authors--Correspondence.
- Boys--United States--Fiction.
- Dream Boy.
- Winter Birds.
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession number: 1997-0055
Journals
1973-1993
Box 2
Correspondence
Personal
Box 3
Personal
Box 4
Other correspondence, ca.
1982-1996
Box 5
Notebooks
23 volumes
Box 6
19 volumes
Box 7
Manuscripts
A-
Dream
Boy
Box 8
Dream
Boy-H
Box 9
I-M
Box 10
M-P
Box 11
R-
Winter
Birds
Box 12
Winter
Birds-Y
Box 13
Publicity
Printed Materials
Clippings
Videotapes
Box 14
Printed Materials
Accession 2003-0041
Contents of Box 1:
[Contents are restricted. Patrons must
obtain written permission of the donor before use.]
Appointment books,
1980s
Personal correspondence,
1992-2000
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
[Contents are restricted. Patrons must
obtain written permission of the donor before use.]
[Attention: Contains pictorial
materials.]
Personal correspondence,
1982-2001
Journal,
1977-1978
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
Asimov's Science
Fiction
Oct./Nov. 2000 issue (2 copies),
Mar. 2002 issue
Issues include Grimsley stories.
Un Largo
Camino
Spanish translation of
Comfort and
Joy; Editorial Egales,
2001.
Hebrew translation of
Comfort and
Joy,
2001
Kirith
Kirin
Advanced reading copy, bound upside-down;
Meisha Merlin,
2000.
Boulevard
typescript, with editing marks
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
[Tech Services needs to make use copy of
computer disk before use.]
[Attention: Contains pictorial
material.]
Winter Birds
typescript (partial)
Drag Queens of the
21st Century script rewrite,
1994-1995
Mr. Universe
play galleys,
1993
Periodicals
American
Theatre, Sept., Nov. 1990, Jan., Apr., Oct. 1991
issues
Men's
Style,
Dec.
1995
Copies of introductions to
Grimsley's work by
Kaye Gibbons and
Craig Lucas,
1997
Comfort and
Joy, typescript with editing marks,
1995-1998
Mr. Universe and
Other Plays, setting manuscript and page proofs,
1998
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
Mr. Universe and
Other Plays, setting manuscript and page proofs,
1998
(cont.)
Comfort and
Joy manuscript,
1997
Boulevard
typescript with editing marks, undated
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
Boulevard
typescript with publisher's editing marks
Kirith Kirin
typescript with editing marks,
1999
Boulevard
typescript with comments by Elisabeth Lewis Corley,
2000
Box 7
Contents of Box 7:
Getting the
News typescript with editing marks
Kirith Kirin
typescript and page proofs with editing marks,
1999-2000
Into
Greenwood typescripts (2 versions), one with
editing marks
Thoroughly
script, undated
Early draft of play later retitled
Free
Market.
Box 8
Contents of Box 8:
The
Ordinary
Printout of pages written
Summer
1999 prior to rewrite,
Summer
2000.
Typescripts
Into
Greenwood,
2000
Reason to
Live
Kirith Kirin
cover
My Drowning,
setting manuscript and page proofs,
1996-1997
In Berlin
script (2 copies), one with editing marks,
1998,
2000
Boulevard
Version printed
April 1,
2000 before rewrites.
Box 9
Contents of Box 9:
Composition book with pages
inserted: Rewrite of
Kirith
Kirin,
Feb.
1998
Thoroughly
script
Comfort and
Joy, setting manuscript and page proofs , with
editing marks,
1999-2000
The Ordinary
typescript
