MenuInventory of the Susan Ketchin Papers, 1980-1994
Abstract
Susan Ketchin was an author, editor, and educator.
The Susan Ketchin Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of her writings and the writings of others, reviews, publications, printed matter, teaching materials, and other papers relating principally to her work with the St. Andrews Review, Southern Exposure, the Algonquin Press, and the Duke Young Writers Camp. Some papers also concern free-lance work. Access to the Roper, Benson, and August House papers is restricted. One large group of materials was generated in the process of producing and writing The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction. These materials include research files, audio tapes of interviews with authors featured in the book (Doris Betts, Randall Kenan, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Sheila Bosworth, and others), and typescripts. Other authors represented in the papers but whose interview tapes are not present are Reynolds Price and Clyde Edgerton. A video featuring Lee Smith is also included.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Ketchin, Susan.
- Title
- Susan Ketchin Papers, 1980-1994
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 10.5 Linear Feet, 4800 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Collection is restricted. Also, original audiovisual materials are closed to use. Use of these materials may require production of listening or viewing copies.
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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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Contents of the Collection
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Chiefly papers documenting Ketchin's work for the literary magazines Southern Exposure and the St. Andrews Review, and for Algonquin Press. Also includes some teaching material and freelance work, along with songs, music, and sermons. Contents are in original folder order as received.
Addition 95/065, 1980-1994
Chiefly folders on Ketchin's research on religious themes in Southern literature, culminating in her work, The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction. Includes production work, publisher-related and fan correspondence, interview tapes and transcripts with major Southern authors, and permissions files.
[Original audiovisual materials are closed to use. Use of these materials may require production of listening or viewing copies. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]
Current.
Includes Ralph C. Wood's article.
Including versions of interview.
Historical Note
Susan Ketchin was an author, editor, and educator.
Subject Headings
- Smith, Lee, 1944-
- Betts, Doris.
- Kenan, Randall.
- Gurganus, Allan, 1947-
- Brown, Larry, 1951-2004.
- Bosworth, Sheila.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933-
- Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-
- Authors, American--Southern States--Interviews.
- American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism.
- American fiction--Christian authors--History and criticism.
- Christian fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Southern States--Church history--20th century.
- Southern States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Susan Ketchin Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Susan Ketchin Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1992 and 1995.
Processing Information
Accessioned and processed by Rubenstein Library staff.
Encoded by Jen Snow and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, June 2011
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 1992-0075, 1995-0065
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.