Preliminary Inventory of the Patricia Rowe Willrich Papers, 1949-1996
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitlePatricia Rowe Willrich Papers,
1949-1996
Creator
Willrich, Patrica Rowe
Extent
2.25 Linear Feet
750 Items
Repository
750 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Patricia Rowe Willrich Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library recieved the collection as a gift from Mason Willrich in 1998.
Processing Information
Processed by Don Sechler
Completed October 28, 1998
Encoded by Don Sechler
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
Particia Rowe Willrich was a free-lance writer, speaker, and teacher who made presentations about selected contemporary American authors at bookstores, libraries, clubs, senior centers, etc.
[top]Collection Overview
The Patricia Rowe Willrich Papers, 1948-1996, are comprised of published and unpublished autobiographical writings; essays and lectures on contemporary American authors; correspondence with contemporary American authors; and miscellaneous other papers related to 20th century American literature. The writers featured in the correspondence include Maxine Hong Kingston, Larry McMurtry, John McPhee, Reynolds Price, Wallace Stegner, Peter Taylor, and Anne Tyler. The most extensive correspondence is with Anne Tyler and is arranged in the Anne Tyler Papers Series.
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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.
- Authors, American--20th century-Correspondence
- American Literature--20th century--Criticism
- Authors, American--20th century--Interviews
- Patricia Rowe Willrich
- Maxine Hong Kingston--Correspondence
- Larry McMurtry--Correspondence
- John McPhee--Correspondence
- Reynolds Price--Correspondence
- Wallace Stegner--Correspondence
- Peter Taylor--Correspondence
- Anne Tyler--Correspondence
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Writings and Speeches | ||||||
| | Correspondence1980s-1990s | ||||||
| | Anne Tyler Papers | ||||||
 | | Miscellaneous | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection: Accession 1998-0465
Writings and Speeches
Typscripts of college essays, short stories, autobiographical sketches, and essays on contemporary American authors.
Box 1
Early Writings, ca. 1948-1949
(2 folders)
Includes correspondence with Seventeen magazine concerning stories submitted for publication.
College Writings,1960
Creative Writing, 1979-1991,
undated
(9 folders)
Autobiographical writings and short stories, chiefly written for creative writing classes.
Poetry, 1984-1985
Essays on Contemporary Authors
Essays and lectures written by Willrich for presentations on contemporary American authors at bookstores, libraries, clubs, senior centers, etc. Arranged alphabetically by author or subject.
Anne Beattie,
undated
Saul Bellow - first draft, undated
Truman Capote,
1983-1993,
undated
(4 folders)
Raymond Carver,
1990
John Cheever,
undated
Anne Dillard,
undated
E.L. Doctorow,
undated
(2 folders)
Louise Erdrich,
1991
Richard Ford,
undated
Ellen Gilchrist,
undated
Gail Godwin,
undated
Kazuo Ishiguro,
undated
William Kennedy
Maxine Hong Kingston,
1990
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Bobbi Anne Mason
Cormac McCarthy,
undated
Larry McMurtry,
1987,
1990
(2 folders)
Toni Morrison,
1993
Joyce Carol Oates,
undated
Reynolds Price,
undated
Southern Literature,
1992
San Francisco Literary History
Stanford Writing Program, undated
Wallace Stegner,
1991
Gertrude Stein,
undated
William Styron,
undated
Peter Taylor, undated
Anne Tyler,
undated
John Updike,
undated
Alice Walker,
undated
Eudora Welty, undated
"Patricia Rowe Willrich: Literary Works, Vol. I-III"
Duplicates of some of Willrich's writings and correspondence. Volume I: Essays on American Fiction Writers; Vol. II: Correspondence with American Authors; Volume III: Autobiographical and Creative Writings, Professional Notes.
Correspondence1980s-1990s
Willrich's correspondence with American authors. Some correspondence files include transcripts of interviews, notes, clippings, and other related materials. Files are arranged alphabetically by author. For Anne Tyler's correspondence see the Anne Tyler Papers Series.
Box 2
Roger Angell
Anne Beattie
Peter Benchley
Carolyn Cassady
Alan Cheuse
Robert Croft
Gail Goodwin
Elizabeth Hardwick
William Kennedy
Maxine Hong Kingston
John L'Heureux
Ann McLaughlin
Larry McMurtry
John McPhee
Joyce Carol Oates
Reynolds Price
Includes cassette tape and transcript of a1990interview with Reynolds Price.
Nesta Ramazani
Wallace Stegner
Includes photographs of Stegner and correspondence with others concerning Stegner's death.
Elizabeth Tallent
Peter Taylor
Alice Walker
Eudora Welty
Alan Williams
Williams is an editor at Viking Press. Includes correspondence with and concerning Arturo Islas.
Anne Tyler Papers
Chiefly correspondence between Willrich and Anne Tyler, 1983-1996.Includes some writings about Tyler's work and notes and recollections of meetings with Tyler. Topics of letters include family issues, travel, and writing. In several letters Tyler responds in depth to Willrich's questions about her life and work.
Box 3
Correspondence, 1983-1996
(13 folders)
Notes, 1986-1996
(10 folders)
Notes written by Willrich after meeting Anne Tyler for lunch on several occasions between 1986-1993;notes from letters and articles about Tyler.
Miscellaneous
Clippings
Kepler's Bookstore Bookgroup, Fall1994
Suggested Summer Reading Lists
Promotional Materials
Course Fliers
Pen/Faulkner Materials,1989
Book Proposal
