The Gypsy Man,

bauschrobert Preliminary Inventory of the Robert Bausch Papers, ca. 1968-1999 Processed by: Ruth E. Bryan; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ruth E. Bryan

Aleph Number: 002963985

Machine-readable finding aid derived from word processing program. Date of source: January 11, 2001 Processed by Ruth E. Bryan, January 11, 2001; Finding Aid encoded by Ruth E. Bryan, Duke University, January 26, 2001 Description is in English. 07-14-2005 PUBLIC "-//Rare Book, Manuscript, and SpecialCollections Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Robert Bausch Papers, ca. 1968-1999)//EN""bausch-robert.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan. The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. Preliminary Inventory Robert Bausch Papers, ca. 1968-1999 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185

Descriptive Summary Robert Bausch Papers, ca. 1968-1999 Bausch, Robert 4.9 Linear Feet 3408 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Information for Users Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Bausch Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Purchase, 2000

Processing Information

Processed by Ruth E. Bryan

Completed January 11, 2001

Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan

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This collection is unprocessed: materials have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

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.

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 andoutgoing 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; andaudiocassette tapes of Bausch's class discussions and readings by authorsGeorge Garrett, Bausch, and Bausch's twin brother Richard Bausch.

(15 tapes) (2500 manuscript items) (31 disks) (893 computer files)

Subject Headings

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American literature--Southern States--20thcentury. Authors, American-Southern States--20thcentury. 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- . Contents of 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.

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 thenovels The Gypsy Man, On the Way Home, and Almighty Me.

[31 computer disks were removed from this box and migrated to the electronic records server.]

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.

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

4 First completed final draft of A Hole in the Earth.