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Tom Wolfe papers

Title
Tom Wolfe papers, 1930-2016 (bulk 1960-1998).
Author
Wolfe, Tom.
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Additional Authors
  • Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008.
  • Dietz, Lawrence.
  • Lish, Gordon.
  • Strachan, Patricia.
  • Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1917-2004.
  • Thompson, Hunter S.
  • Tyrrell, R. Emmett.
  • Van Petten, O. W.
  • Wenner, Jann.
  • Wong, Kailey.
Description
98.03 linear feet (236 boxes, 1 volume, 4 oversize folders, 8 audio files)
Summary
Tom Wolfe is an American author and journalist known for such works as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. He is credited with reviving the social realism genre in fiction and is a pioneer of the New Journalism. The Tom Wolfe papers, dated 1930 to 2016, comprehensively document Wolfe's career, providing insight into his writing process and the development of his signature style; the professional relationships he maintained with editors, writers, and cultural critics; his social life in New York City; and readers' responses to his published work. The collection includes draft manuscripts, outlines, research files, correspondence, lectures, photographs, and drawings.
Subject
  • Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
  • American literature > 20th century
  • Authors and publishers
  • Authors and readers
  • Authors, American > 20th century
  • Journalism > United States
  • Nonfiction novel
  • Social realism in literature
  • United States > Social life and customs > 20th century
Genre/Form
  • Drawings (visual works)
  • Galley proofs.
  • Lectures.
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Manuscripts for publication.
  • Photographs.
  • Research notes.
  • Screenplays.
  • Scripts (documents)
  • Shorthand.
  • Sketches.
  • Sound recordings.
Access (note)
  • Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Some files from Series I and Series V are closed until 2034 and 2039 per seller agreement.
Source (note)
  • Purchased from Tom Wolfe, 2014. Additions donated by Sheila Wolfe, 2019
Call Number
MssCol 22833
OCLC
901573922
Author
Wolfe, Tom.
Title
Tom Wolfe papers, 1930-2016 (bulk 1960-1998).
Restricted Access
Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Some files from Series I and Series V are closed until 2034 and 2039 per seller agreement.
Source
Purchased from Tom Wolfe, 2014. Additions donated by Sheila Wolfe, 2019
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Occupation
Authors United States.
Journalists United States.
Added Author
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008.
Dietz, Lawrence.
Lish, Gordon.
Strachan, Patricia.
Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1917-2004.
Thompson, Hunter S.
Tyrrell, R. Emmett.
Van Petten, O. W.
Wenner, Jann.
Wong, Kailey.
Research Call Number
MssCol 22833
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