Ursula K. Le Guin papers, circa 1930s-2018  PDF

Overview of the Collection

Title
Ursula K. Le Guin papers
Dates
circa 1930s-2018 (inclusive)
1941-2018 (bulk)
Quantity
140.25 linear feet, (269 containers )  :  240 manuscript boxes; 2 half manuscript boxes; 11 record storage boxes; 14 oversize boxes; 2 oversize folders
39.19 gigabyte(s)
Collection Number
Coll 270
Summary
Ursula K. Le Guin was an internationally renowned Oregonian novelist, short story writer, children's author, essayist, and poet best known for her world-building science fiction and fantasy works. The papers include correspondence, literary works, legal and financial files, public appearances and publicity material, personal papers, photographs and artwork, audiovisual material, website and social media, and writing of others.
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives.
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 541-346-3068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.

The correspondence series in boxes 253 is closed until 2069 by request of the donor. Electronic mail messages are currently unavailable while being processed. No access will be granted until processing is complete. For more information, please contact Special Collections and University Archives. Selected email correspondence is closed for access until 2043.

The legal and financial files series in boxes 149-170 is closed pending redaction of personal identifiable information in the material. Researchers requiring access to individual files must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance.

Sound recordings, moving images, or digital files in this collection require the production of listening or viewing copies. Researchers requiring access must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance and pay fees for reproduction services as necessary.

Languages
English

Table of Contents

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Ursula K. Le Guin papers document Le Guin's career as a novelist, short story writer, children's author, essayist, and poet best known for her world-building science fiction and fantasy works. Her papers not only capture her public persona as an author, a teacher and mentor of other writers, and an activist for various causes throughout her lifetime, but also as a private individual devoted to the welfare of her family, friends, and community. The papers include correspondence, literary works, legal and financial files, public appearances and publicity materials, personal papers, photographs and artwork, audiovisual material, website and social media, and writing of others.

The correspondence series is arranged in ten categories: Literary agents, publishers, fan letters, other authors, paraliterary, transformative use, engagements, requests, family and friends, and email. Email is currently unprocessed.

The literary works series documents Le Guin's literary career and output of works written between 1948 and 2016. Materials include documents related to Le Guin's novels, short stories, essays, talks, literary criticism, children's books, poetry, performance works and adaptations, and other writing. For example, this series includes Le Guin's handwritten first drafts of A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and many other early novels and short stories.

The legal and financial files series includes publication agreements, letters of permission, royalty statements, and payments. There are transmittal and some negotiation letters. Documents relating to retirement, taxes, investments, trusts, ledgers, and contracts are also included in this series. This series is closed pending redaction of personal identifiable information. Researchers requiring access to individual files must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance.

The public appearances and publicity series contains documentation regarding events and workshops attended or taught by Le Guin, written interviews, and an assortment of book reviews and clippings sent to Le Guin by publishers, colleagues, and fans.

The personal papers series contains a variety of material related to Le Guin's personal life, including collegiate essays and theses; journals and notes; family writings, clippings, and remembrances; literary awards; and collected clippings, travel ephemera, and art.

The photographs and artwork series contains photographic prints and slides depicting Le Guin's family, travels, and professional events and exhibits, as well as artwork by Henk Pander, broadsides, and the artist's book "Direction of the Road."

The audiovisual series contains audiovisual material in a variety of formats relating to Le Guin's professional life. Interviews, public appearances, audiobooks, adaptations, interpretations, collaborations, and other collected tapes are included in this series. Sound recordings and moving images in this collection require the production of listening or viewing copies. Researchers requiring access must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance and pay fees for reproduction services as necessary.

The website and social media series comprises Ursula K. Le Guin's website and social media accounts, including her website, blog, Facebook account, and Instagram account. Digital files in this collection may require a file transfer or must be viewed in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room. Researchers requiring access must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance and pay fees for reproduction services as necessary.

The writing of others series contains scholarship and academic press, literary manuscripts and publications, transformative works, and trade and science fiction publications sent to and collected by Le Guin between 1941 and 2015.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Ursula K. Le Guin was an internationally renowned Oregonian novelist, short story writer, children's author, essayist, and poet best known for her world-building science fiction and fantasy works.

Ursula Kroeber was born on October 21, 1929 in Berkeley, California to author Theodora Kroeber and anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber. Le Guin had three older brothers, Clifton, Theodore, and Karl.

Le Guin graduated from Berkeley High School in 1947 and entered Radcliffe College where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Renaissance French and Italian Literature in 1951. She then enrolled in Columbia University, where she completed a Master of Arts in French in 1952, and began working toward a PhD in Medieval French poetry on a Fulbright scholarship. While en route to study in France, Ursula met historian Charles Le Guin. Following a two-month courtship, they married in Paris in 1953. The couple returned to the United States where Charles finished his doctorate at Emory University. Together they had three children, Elisabeth, Caroline, and Theodore.

In 1958, the Le Guins settled in Portland, Oregon, where Charles took a permanent position as a professor of French history at Portland State University. While Le Guin had shown an early interest in fantastic worlds and creative writing as a child, it was during this stable, domestic period of her life that she truly began to explore her craft. Her first published works, a poem entitled "Folksong from the Montayna Province" published in 1959, and a short story, "An die Musik," published in 1961, were both set in the fictional country of Orsinia, an imaginary Eastern European country that she had created while attending Radcliffe. Following a large number of encouraging, but nonetheless disappointing, rejections from mainstream publishers, Le Guin turned to science fiction outlets who readily accepted her imaginative and inventive tales of fictional countries and worlds. Her first novel, Rocannon's World, was published by Ace Books in 1966.

In 1968, at the age of thirty-nine, Le Guin finally began to have critical success. Her young adult fantasy, A Wizard of Earthsea, followed by 1969's other-worldly science fiction masterpiece, The Left Hand of Darkness, continue to be hailed as her most groundbreaking works. Both books have remained continuously in print for over fifty years.

Over the course of her career, Le Guin published twenty-three novels, tweleve volumes of short stories and novellas, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children’s books, eight collections of essays, and four volumes of translation. She taught writing for many years, both as a visiting professor and workshop leader, officially retiring from teaching in 2015. She has been honored numerous times by both science fiction and other literary organizations. Among the many honors she has received are a National Book Award, seven Hugo Awards, six Nebula Awards, the Howard Vursell Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the PEN/Malamud Award, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2000, she was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and in 2016 she joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America. Three of Le Guin’s books have been finalists for the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Though Le Guin led an intensely private life, she was deeply committed to many political causes. Describing herself as a "peace activist, pro-choice, environmentalist," she championed feminist activism, political and intellectual freedom, anti-racism, and the preservation of her beloved Western American landscape through her writing and outspoken political participation.

Ursula K. Le Guin died at her home in Portland, Oregon on January 22, 2018.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ursula K. Le Guin papers, Coll 270, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I.:  Correspondence, 1952-2018Return to Top

Ursula K. Le Guin's correspondence is arranged in ten categories which coincide with Le Guin's own organization of file topics. Correspondence by one individual may be dispersed among several different categories.

The correspondence series is arranged in ten subseries:
A. Literary agents, 1968-2015
B. Publishers, 1961-2015
C. Fan letters, 1955-2017
D. Other authors, 1961-2016
E. Paraliterary, 1966-2007
F. Transformative use, 1976-2010
G. Engagements, 1952-2018
H. Requests, 1971-2016
I. Family and friends, 1953-2016
J. Electronic mail messages, circa 1990s-2018

Files in box 253 are closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.

Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Literary agents
The literary agents subseries includes professional and personal correspondence exchanged between Le Guin and literary agencies. The bulk of the material is related to Virginia Kidd, who was Le Guin's literary agent for more than forty years. Their correspondence includes personal letters, photos, greeting cards, and professional letters regarding contract negotiations.
This subseries maintains original order used by the donor.
 1968-2015
Box/Folder
1/1-20, 2/1-18, 3/1-17, 4/1-19, 5/1-19, 6/1-17, 7/1-18, 8/1-19, 9/1-23, 10/1-27, 11/1-22, 253/14
Virginia Kidd
The files in box 253 are restricted due to privacy by request of the donor.
 1968-2014
Box Folder
11 23
Curtis Brown
 2012-2015
11 24
Janet Freer
 1969-1972
Box/Folder
11/25-26, 12/1-20, 13/1
Ilsa Lahn, for the Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency
 1973-1992
Box Folder
13 2-3
Lyceum Agency, Julie Mancini
 2008-2014
13 4-7
William Morris Agency
 1995-2002
B.: Publishers
The publishers subseries includes professional correspondence exchanged between Le Guin and publishing companies. It contains solicitations for articles and stories, acceptance and rejection letters, proposals, negotiations, and discussions of book reviews and manuscript edits. Additional correspondence related to specific published works authored by Le Guin can be found in Series II. Literary works.
This subseries is primarily arranged alphabetically by publishing company name. It also includes some files organized by the publisher's subject or genre, including magazines/journals, poetry, and translations.
 1961-2015
Box Folder
13 8-9
Ace
 1964-1984
13 10
AGBERG LTD, Robert Silverberg
 1996-1997
Box/Folder
13/11-19, 14/1-2
Atheneum
 1970-2001
Box Folder
14 3-6
Bantam
 1975-1996
14 7-8
Capra Press
 1982-1993
14 9
DK Publishing: Tom Mouse
 1997-2001
14 10-13
Eighth Mountain Press: Steering the Craft
 1996-2015
Box/Folder
14/14-20, 15/1
Gollancz
 1970-2001
Box Folder
15 2-4
Gollancz-Orion
 2001-2007
15 5-8
Harcourt Brace
 1999-2007
Box/Folder
15/9-17, 16/1-5
Harper
 1973-2003
Box Folder
16 6-7
Hiroshi Hayakawa
 1983-2010
16 8-11
Houghton-Mifflin
 1961-2009
16 12-16
Orchard
 1987-1999
16 17
Orchard-Scholastic
 2000-2009
Box/Folder
16/18-20, 17/1
Parnassus
 1970-1979
Box Folder
17 2
Penguin
 1971-1981
17 3-4
Penguin-Puffin
 1990-2010
17 5-6
Putnam
 1978-1984
17 7
Scribner's
 1958-1973
17 8-10
Shambhala
 1997-2012
Box/Folder
17/11-19, 18/1-4
Magazines/Journals publishers
 1975-1989
18/5-20, 19/1-17
Other publishers
 1953-2003
Box Folder
19 18-21
Paradoxa
 1994-1998
20 1-12
Poetry publishers
 1956-2014
20 13-15
Publicity
 1973-2002
20 16-17
Science Fiction Writers Association
 1973-1977
Box/Folder
20/18-20, 21/1-5, 238/1-5
Translation, foreign publication
 1971-2015
Box/Folder
21/6-22, 22/1-20, 23/1-23, 24/1-24, 25/1-20, 26/1-15, 27/1-2, 253/15-16, 264/1
C.: Fan letters
The fan letters subseries includes correspondence sent to Le Guin by readers and supporters and her responses. Many files include letters and drawings sent by elementary school classes. The content of the fan letters often relates to the personal impact of Le Guin's writing and sometimes includes small tokens or requests for advice.
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
The files in box 253 are closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1955-2017
D.: Other authors
The other authors subseries includes correspondence exchanged between Le Guin and other professional authors.
This subseries is primarily arranged alphabetically by correspondent last name. The "General by date" files were arranged chronologically by the donor and may also contain correspondence from individuals named elsewhere in the subseries.
 1961-2016
Box Folder
27 3
Adams, Richard
 1975-1984
27 4-5
Attebery, Brian
 1988-2010
27 6
Atwood, Margaret
 1994-2011
27 7
Barrington, Judith
 1990-2012
27 8-19
Bellessi, Diana
 1981-2003
27 20-23
Brogan, Hugh
 1976-2009
Box/Folder
27/24, 28/1-7
Cameron, Eleanor
 1969-1996
Box Folder
28 8
Charnas, Suzy McKee
 1976-1995
28 9
Chipman, Elizabeth
 1983
28 10-11
Chodos-Irvine, Margaret "Pegi"
 1986-1995
28 12
Contreras, Alan
 2004
28 13
Cowper, Richard
 1975-1981
28 14
Curtis, Walt
 2015
28 15-17
Davidson, Avram
 1970-1990
28 18
Delany, Samuel "Chip"
 2000
28 19-21
Dick, Philip K.
 1971-2007
28 22
Ellison, Harlan
 1971-2015
Box/Folder
28/23-24, 29/1
Emshwiller, Carol
 1997-2004
Box Folder
29 2
Ferrua, Pietro
 1980-2002
29 3-4
Fowler, Karen Joy
 1987-2009
29 5
Freedman, Carl
 2002
Box/Folder
32/16-25, 33/1-22, 34/1-21, 35/1-21, 36/1-20, 37/1-8
General by date
 1961-2016
Box Folder
29 6-7
Gorodischer, Angelica
 1990-2005
29 8
Gloss, Molly
 1986-2008
29 9
Grahn, Judy
 1986
29 10
Heilbrun, Carolyn
 1992-2003
29 11
Hill, Michael Ortiz
 1988-2011
29 12-13
Hymes, Dell
 1989-2004
29 14-18
James, Betsy
 1984-2009
238 8
Jayapal, Pramila
 2000-2002
238 9
Jones, Bart
 1981-1999
238 10
Jong, Erica
 circa 1994
238 11
Kiefer, Janet
 1991
238 12
Killian, Crawford
 1972-2007
238 13
Kingsolver, Barbara
 1992-2013
238 14-19
Lem, Stanislaw
 1971-1979
238 20-21
Mark, Jan
 1992-2004
Box/Folder
29/19-25, 30/1-7
McIntyre, Vonda N.
 1971-2002
Box Folder
30 8-10
Memon, Muhammad Umar
 1980-1981
30 11
Miller, Keith
 2004
30 12
Montero, Rosa
 1998-2002
30 13
Partnow, Elaine
 1986
30 14
Payne, Tonia L.
 2001-2004
30 15
Pei, Lowery
 1977-1980
30 16-23
Preuss, Paul
 1990-2006
30 24
Philmus, Robert
 1991-2001
30 25
Randall, Marta
 2006
30 26-28
Replansky, Naomi
 1993-2004
30 29
Robinson, Kim Stanley
 1978-1994
30 30
Rodriguez, Mariano
 2001
Box/Folder
30/31, 31/1
Rousseau, Yvonne
 1987-2014
Box Folder
31 2-4
Russ, Joanna
 1971-2002
31 5
Sacks, Oliver
 2001-2002
31 6
Salim-ur-Rahman, Muhammad
 circa 2001
31 7-8
Seaton, J.P. "Sandy"
 1999-2002
31 9
Silverberg, Robert
 1991-2002
31 10
Snyder, Gary
 1991-2010
31 11
Storrs, Elizabeth
 2010
31 12-24
Suvin, Darko
 1972-2004
Box/Folder
31/25-27, 32/1-6
Tiptree, James Jr.
 1971-1984
Box Folder
32 7
Tschachler, Heinz
 1990-2004
32 8
Urrea, Luis
 1977-2012
32 9
Vonarburg, Elizabeth
 1985-2001
32 10-14
Walsh, Jill Paton
 1993-2006
32 15
Wilder, Cherry
 1998-2001
E.: Paraliterary
The paraliterary subseries includes correspondence related to Le Guin's work and advocacy in the professional field of literature. The materials document her work on the issue of genre conventions in fiction writing, as well as her professional recommendations and service contributions. This includes supporting writing through education, fellowships, awards, and letters about three of her own publications.
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1966-2007
Box/Folder
38/19-23, 39/1-23, 40/1-13
General by date
 1966-2007
Box Folder
38 11
SFWA Lloyd Biggle
 1970-1972
38 1
Nebula 11
 1976
38 2-10
Recommendations
 1980-2007
37 16
"Two Delays on the Northern Line"
 1980
37 17
"A Very Warm Mountain"
 1980
37 21
MacArthur Fellowship recommendations
 1982-1995
38 18
"Who's Afraid of Science Fiction," refutation
 1988
37 9-15
"The Hand the Rocks the Cradle Writes the Book"
 1989
37 18-20
McArthur Foundation Service
 1989-1991
Box/Folder
38/12-17, 253/17-19
Tiptree Award
The files in box 253 are restricted due to privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1991-1995
Box Folder
40 14-18
Non-science fiction blurbs
 2002-2007
F.: Transformative use
The transformative use subseries contains permission requests from photographers, radio producers, musicians, film makers, and playwrights to adapt Le Guin's literary works. Responses from Le Guin and her literary agents, primarily Virginia Kidd and Ilsa Lahn, are included in this subseries.
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1976-2010
Box/Folder
40/19-22, 41/1-4
Photographers
 1976-1996
Box Folder
41 5-12
Radio
 1976-2006
Box/Folder
41/13-23, 42/1-6
Musicians
 1977-2010
Box Folder
42 7-13
Theater and video
 1982-2007
Box/Folder
42/14-24, 43/1-10
Miscellaneous
 1985-2007
Box Folder
43 11-16
Film
 1994-2007
G.: Engagements
The engagement subseries contains correspondence relating to activities in which Le Guin participated including conferences, workshops, talks, poetry readings, jobs, honors, and activism commitments.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject.
 1952-2018
Box/Folder
43/17-25, 44/1-22
Activism
 1980-2018
44/23-24, 45/1-27, 46/1-8
Conferences
 1976-2005
46/9-24, 47/1-17
Honors
 1972-2014
47/18-25, 48/1-23, 49/1-4
Jobs
 1952-2007
Box Folder
49 5-10
Poetry readings
 1988-2009
Box/Folder
49/11-24, 50/1-26, 51/1-16
Talks
 1987-2015
51/17-31, 52/1-23, 53/1-23, 54/1-4
Workshops
 1975-2003
H.: Requests
The requests subseries contains correspondence soliciting Le Guin's advice, requests for endorsement of various books authored by others, invitations to conferences and workshops, and requests for interviews.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject.
 1971-2016
Box/Folder
54/5-16, 260/1
Activism
 1977-2016
54/17-25, 55/1-13
Blurbs for other authors
 1982-1993
55/14-27, 56/1-21, 57/1-21, 58/1
Interviews
 1971-2003
58/2-20, 59/1-21, 60/1-3
Invitations refused
 1971-2004
60/4-21, 61/1-19, 62/1-2
Other requests
 1978-2016
I.: Family and friends
The family and friends subseries contains correspondence from Le Guin's immediate and extendend family, as well as friends and colleagues.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by correspondent last name.
 1953-2016
Family
Box Folder
62 3
Crockett, Candace
 1984-2016
62 4
Downes-Le Guin, India
 2001-2014
62 5
Downes-Le Guin, Isabel
 2006
62 6
Downes-Le Guin, Nancy
 1997-2003
62 7-8
Kroeber, Alan
 1979-2003
62 9-19
Kroeber, Alfred
 1953-1960
62 20
Kroeber, Arthur
 1984-1989
62 21
Kroeber, Betty "Stoobie"
 1975-2004
Box/Folder
62/22-26, 63/1-8/
Kroeber, Clifton
 1974-2016
Box Folder
63 9-17
Krober, Jean "Mishka"
 1975-2013
63 18
Kroeber, Jeff
 1998-2008
Box/Folder
63/19-22, 64/1-5
Kroeber, Karl
 1974-2010
Box Folder
64 6-7
Kroeber, Keith
 1976-1991
64 8
Kroeber, Paul
 1980-1993
64 9-15
Kroeber, Ted
 1974-1913
64 16
Kroeber, Theodora and Alfred to Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Le Guin
 1953-1954
Box/Folder
64/17-27, 65/1-16
Kroeber, Theodora
 1953-1979
Box Folder
65 17
Kroeber, Theodora Archives at Berkeley Library
 1982-2009
65 18-19
Kroeber, Tonki
 1979-2014
65 20-21
Kroeber-Wiley, Katharine "Katya"
 1978-2003
253 1-2
Downes-Le Guin, Theo
This file is closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1976-2015
253 3
Le Guin, Charles to Caroline Le Guin
This file is closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1999-2004
253 4-11
Le Guin, Charles to Elisabeth Le Guin
This file is closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1987-2006
Box/Folder
65/22-25, 66/1-9
Le Guin, Charles to extended family and friends
 1989-2006
Box Folder
66 10
Le Guin, Charles to Martha Francis Le Guin
 1989-2006
66 11-15
Le Guin, Charles to parents
 1953-1954
Box/Folder
66/16-22, 253/12
Le Guin, Charles to Ursula
Box 253, file 12 is closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1953-2000
Box Folder
66 23-25
Le Guin, Ursula K. to Charles Le Guin
 1953
66 26-27
Le Guin, Urusla K. to Charles Le Guin and children
 1977
66 28
Le Guin, Ursula K. to Ella Peavy Le Guin and family
 1953-1954
66 29-32
Le Guin, Ursula K. to Theodora and Alfred Kroeber
 1949-1959
Box/Folder
66/33, 67/1-11
Le Guin, Ursual K. to Theodora Kroeber
 1959-1979
Box Folder
67 12
Le Guin, Ursula K. to family regarding Arch street property
 1974-2012
67 13
Le Guin, Ursula K. to family regarding Kishamish property
 1979-2001
67 14
Le Guin, Ursula K. to family regarding Theodora's manuscript
 circa 1980-2000
67 15-16
Le Guin, Ursula K. cards from her children and grandchildren
 circa 2011-2016
67 17
Le Guin, Ella Peavy to Theodora Kroeber
 1953
67 18
Le Guin, Ella Peavy to Charles and Ursula K. Le Guin
 1954-1985
67 19
Prosser, Elisabeth Kroeber
 1983-1996
67 20-29
Quinn, John
 1975-2000
67 30
---, Gayle
 1992-1998
Friends
Box Folder
67 31
Anderson, Erland
 1975-2013
68 1
Armer, Elinor
 1997-2014
68 2
Barton, Todd
 1996-1998
68 3-4
Bollier, Philip
 1987-1992
68 5
Cohn, Arlan
 1976-1987
Box/Folder
68/6-7, 253/20
Farnsworth, Helen
Box 253, file 20 is closed for privacy by request of the donor.
 1976-2012
Box Folder
68 8
Finzi, Joy
 1976-1981
68 9
Fishman, Jill
 2001
Box/Folder
72/9-21, 73/1-16, 74/1-10, 253/21
General by date
Box 253, file 21 is closed for privacy reasons until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1968-2016
Box Folder
68 14
Glazer, Jane
 1980
Box/Folder
68/10-13, 253/13
Gomperts, Barbara
Box 253, file 13 is closed for privacy until 2069 by request of the donor.
 1974-1997
Box Folder
68 15
Grand, Theodore I.
 1997-2012
Box/Folder
68/16-26, 69/1-5
Hersh, George "Heggaia"
 1977-2002
Box Folder
69 6
Johannessen, Joy "Yoy"
 1977-1997
69 7
Leeds-Hurwitz, Wendy
 1983
69 8
Marsh, Thomas and Qiliu Pan
 1990
69 9
Mroczkowska-Brand, Katarzna
 1982-1984
Box/Folder
69/10-21, 70/1-6
Rooney, Delores
 1977-2010
Box Folder
70 7
Rubinyi-Anderson, Susan
 1987-1997
Box/Folder
70/8-20, 71/1-9
Sargent, Roussel
 1980-2014
Box Folder
71 10-16
Smith, Albert B. to Charles Le Guin
 1954-2006
71 17-18
Thompson, Joyce
 2001-2016
Box/Folder
71/19, 72/1-3
Vatter, Barbara
 1975-2002
Box Folder
72 4
Ward, E.J. and other London headmasters
 1975-1976
72 5-6
Wight, Margaret and Willard to Charles Le Guin
 1953-1977
72 7-8
Willis, Marian "Marnie"
 1978-2009
J.: Electronic mail messages
This subseries is currently unavailable while being processed. No access will be granted until processing is complete. For more information, please contact Special Collections and University Archives. Selected email correspondence is closed for access until 2043.
 circa 1990s-2018

II.:  Literary works, 1948-2016Return to Top

The literary works series documents Le Guin's literary career and output of works written between 1948 and 2016. Materials include documents related to Le Guin's novels, short stories, essays, talks, literary criticism, children's books, poetry, performance works and adaptations, book reviews, chapbooks, comics, festschrift contributions, letters to editors, newspaper articles, notebooks, and translations.

The novels subseries contains original literary manuscripts and supplementary production material related to Le Guin's published novel-length books. Materials include handwritten and typed drafts, galleys and proofs, notes, cover art and illustrations, maps, photographs, correspondence, and publicity.

The short stories and edited collections subseries contains original manuscripts and supplementary material for short stories by Le Guin, including works published or reprinted in edited collections or compilations of short fiction. Materials include typed and handwritten manuscript drafts, illustrations, cover art, notes, research material, galleys and proofs, production correspondence, and publicity materials.

The essays, talks, and criticism subseries contains original manuscripts and supplementary material for non-fiction essays, literary criticism, collections of essays, and speeches or talks delivered by Le Guin. Materials in this subseries include typed and handwritten manuscript drafts, bound publications, and some production correspondence.

The children's books subseries contains original manuscripts for Le Guin's illustrated juvenile books. Materials include typed and handwritten drafts, notes, research material, illustrations, cover art, proofs and galleys, dummies, and correspondence with artists and publishers.

The poetry subseries contains original manuscripts for poems and collections of poems by Le Guin. Materials include typed and handwritten drafts for individual works and collections of poetry, bound publications, proofs, and correspondence.

The performance works and adaptations subseries contains original performance works by Le Guin, as well as novel and short story adaptations reworked by Le Guin alone and in collaboration with other writers and artists. Materials in this subseries include primarily screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, and audio scripts as well as musical, operatic, orchestral, and dance works.

The other writing subseries contains manuscripts for supplemental literary works authored by Le Guin. These works include manuscripts for book reviews, chapbooks and comics, festschrift contributions and memorials, letters to editors and local newspaper articles, notebooks and notes, and translations. Materials in this subseries include typed and handwritten drafts, artwork, galleys and proofs, published books and periodicals, and newspaper clippings.

The literary works series is arranged in seven subseries:
A. Novels, 1952-2010
B. Short stories and edited collections, circa 1952-2016
C. Essays, talks, and criticism, circa 1970-2016
D. Children's books, circa 1952-2009
E. Poetry, 1948-2012
F. Performance works and adaptations, 1948-2004
G. Other writing, 1958-2015
Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Novels
The novels subseries contains original literary manuscripts and supplementary production material related to Le Guin's published novel-length books. Materials include typed and handwritten drafts, galleys and proofs, notes, cover art and illustrations, maps, photographs, correspondence, and publicity. Some handwritten drafts for works in this subseries may be found in the notebooks and notes in Series II. Literary works, Subseries G. Other writing.
This subseries is grouped by title and arranged in chronological order by first U.S. publication date. Materials within each title are arranged chronologically by date of creation.
 1952-2010
Rocannon's World (1966)
Box Folder
74 11
Notes
 1965
74 12-15
Edited typescripts
 circa 1966
74 16
Typescript, introduction
 1977
Planet of Exile (1966)
Box Folder
74 17-18
Notebooks
 circa 1966
75 1-6
Edited typescripts
 circa 1966
75 7
Edited typescripts and proofs
 1977
75 8-11
Edited proofs
 1977
75 12-23
Galleys
 1977
75 24
Typescript drafts, introduction
 circa 1977
75 25-27
Italian translation
 1979
City of Illusions (1967)
Box Folder
75 28-29
Notebooks
 circa 1967
76 1-5
Edited typescripts
 circa 1967
76 6
Typescript, introduction
 1977
76 7
Cover art proofs
 1978-1996
A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
Box Folder
76 8
Notebook
 circa 1967
76 9-16
Edited typescripts
 circa 1967
76 17
Notes and drawings
 circa 1967
76 18-22
Correspondence
 circa 1966-2000s
76 23
Cover art proofs
 1968-2012
76 24
Press clippings
 1969-1977
257 1
Artwork and proofs
 circa 1975-2004
238 22
Artwork and map proofs
 1991
77 1
Artwork proofs
 1991-2008
77 2
Production and composition layouts
 2004-2006
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
Box Folder
77 3-5
Handwritten draft
 circa 1967
Box/Folder
77/6-19, 78/1-3
Edited typescript drafts
 1968
Box Folder
78 4
Cover art illustrations
 circa 1968-1972
78 5
Cover art proofs
 circa 1969-2003
78 6
Edited typescript, introduction
 1976
78 7
Edited typescripts, afterword
 1994
The Tombs of Atuan (1970)
Box Folder
78 8
Handwritten draft and notebook
 circa 1969
78 9-18
Edited typescript drafts
 1969-1970
78 19
Corrections
 circa 1969-1970
78 20
Illustrations
 circa 1969-1971
Box/Folder
78/21, 79/1-3
Galleys
 1971
79/4, 257/4
Cover art proofs
 circa 1984-2001
Box Folder
79 5-6
Proofs
 2012
The Lathe of Heaven (1971)
Box Folder
79 7-9
Handwritten draft
 1970
79 10-21
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1970
80 1
Typescript, fragment
 circa 1970
80 2
Notes
 circa 1970
255 1
Cover art proofs
 circa 1972-2003
The Word for World Is Forest (1972)
Box Folder
80 3
Handwritten draft
 circa 1968
80 4-12
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1968-1972
80 13
Notes
 circa 1972
80 14
Typescript and proof, introduction
 1977
80 15
Cover art proof
 1985
The Farthest Shore (1972)
Box Folder
80 16-18
Edited typescript draft
 1970
80 19
Handwritten draft
 circa 1970-1972
80 20-23
Edited typescript draft
 circa 1970-1972
257 2-3
Galleys
 1971-1972
Box/Folder
80/24, 81/1-3
Edited typescript draft
 1972
Box Folder
81 4
Map proofs and correspondence
 1973-1975
81 5-8
Typescript draft
 circa 1973
81 9-12
Edited typescript draft
 circa 1973
Box/Folder
81/13, 257/4
Cover art proofs
 circa 1973-1990
Box Folder
81 14-15
Proofs
 2012
The Dispossessed (1974)
Box Folder
81 16
Typescript draft, short story
 1970
81 17
Notes
 1970-1971
81 18
Handwritten draft
 circa 1970-1972
238 23
Edited typescript draft
 circa 1970-1973
82 1-7
Typescript draft
 circa 1972-1973
82 8-17
Photocopy with editorial notes
 circa 1972-1974
Box/Folder
82/18-21, 83/1-7
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1972-1973
Box Folder
83 8
Maps and proofs
 circa 1972-1973
83 9
Typescript drafts, corrections
 circa 1972-1973
83 10
Typescript drafts, superceded
 circa 1972-1973
83 11
Editorial notes
 1973
83 12
Map artwork and layouts
 1973
Box/Folder
83/13-18, 84/1-2
Edited typescript draft
 1973
Box Folder
84 3-8
Proofs
 circa 1974
Box/Folder
84/9, 255/2
Cover art proofs
 circa 1974-2003
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (1976)
Box Folder
84 10-11
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1975-1976
257 5
Galleys
 1975
84 12
Uncut galleys
 1976
84 13
Press clippings
 1976-1977
85 1
Cover art proofs
 circa 1976-2004
85 2-3
French translation
 1984
The Eye of the Heron (1978)
Box Folder
85 4-5
Notebooks
 1972-1973
85 6-15
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1976-1977
85 16
Cover art
 circa 1984-2003
Malafrena (1979)
Box/Folder
85/17, 86/1
Handwritten drafts
 1952-1953
86/2-18, 87/1-16
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1953-1979
Box Folder
239 1-4
Galleys
 1979
87 17
Cover art proofs
 circa 1979
87 18
Press clippings
 1979-1980
87 19
Edited proofs, French translation
 1990
The Beginning Place (1980)
Box/Folder
87/20-21, 88/1-14
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1979-1980
88/15, 255/3
Cover art proofs
 1980-1991
Always Coming Home (1985)
Box/Folder
88/16-17, 89/1-15, 90/1-4
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 1984
Box Folder
90 5-10
Typescript copy
 circa 1984
90 11-12
Correspondence, Chodos, Margaret
 1983-1985
Box/Folder
90/13, 91/1-3
Correspondence, Valley Productions
 1983-1988
Box Folder
91 4-8
Correspondence, general
 1983-1986
91 9
Correspondence, Berinsky, Helene
 1984
91 10-14
Correspondence, Hersh, George
 1984
Box/Folder
91/15-17, 92/1-2
Illustrations
 circa 1984
Box Folder
256 2
Prints
 circa 1984
Box/Folder
92/3, 256/3, 244/16
Relief map photographs and slides
 circa 1984
Box Folder
256 4
Maps, music, and note to printer
 1984
Box/Folder
256/5-8, 257/6
Map artwork
 circa 1984
Box Folder
92 4
Handwritten notes and drawings
 circa 1984
Box/Folder
92/5-8, 93/1
Notebooks
 circa 1984
Box Folder
93 2
Sketchbooks
 circa 1984
93 3
Book reading script and editorial notes
 circa 1984-1985
93 4
Music recording notes
 circa 1984
93 5
Music contract and statements
 1985-1986
Box/Folder
93/6, 256/1
Cover art proofs
 circa 1985-1986
93/7-18, 256/9-12
Galleys
 1985-1986
Box Folder
93 19
Press clippings
 1985-1986
94 1
Publicity and ephemera
 circa 1985
94 2
Correspondence, French translation
 1990-1991
Tehanu (1990)
Box Folder
94 3
Handwritten drafts
 1987-1988
94 4-5
Edited typescript draft
 1988
94 6
Correspondence and illustrations
 1989-1990
94 7
Cover art and press
 circa 1990
94 8-9
Proofs
 2012
The Telling (2000)
Box Folder
94 10
Correspondence and illustrations
 1999
95 1-4
Typescript draft
 circa 1999
box-folders
95/5, 239/5
Cover art proofs
 2000-2003
Box Folder
95 6
Notes
 2012
The Other Wind (2001)
Box Folder
95 7
Handwritten draft
 1999
95 8-10
Edited typescript draft
 circa 1999-2001
95 11
Editorial notes and sheet music
 2000-2001
95 12
Proofs and corrections
 2001
95 13-15
Proofs
 2001
257 7
Posters
 2001
95 16
Cover art proofs
 2001-2003
Gifts (2004)
Box Folder
95 17
Notebook
 2003
96 1-2
Proofs
 2003
96 3
Correspondence and publicity
 2003-2004
96 4-9
Edited typescript drafts
 circa 2003-2004
96 10
Cover art proofs
 2004
Voices (2006)
Box Folder
97 1-7
Typescript drafts
 2004
Box/Folder
97/8-9, 98/1
Edited typescript draft
 2004-2005
Box Folder
98 2-3
Typescript draft
 2005
98 4
Cover art proofs, maps, and word list
 circa 2005-2006
98 5-6
Edited typescript draft
 circa 2005-2006
Powers (2007)
Box Folder
98 7-8
Typescript draft
 circa 2005
Box/Folder
98/9, 99/1-3
Edited typescript drafts
 2005
Box Folder
99 4-6
Typescript drafts
 2006
100 1-3
Edited typescript drafts
 2006
100 4-7
Proofs
 2007
100 8
Cover art proof
 2007
Lavinia (2008)
Box Folder
100 9
Edited typescript
 circa 1990-2008
Box/Folder
100/10-11, 101/1-2
Typescript drafts
 circa 2007
Box Folder
101 3-5
Edited proofs
 circa 2007-2008
101 6
Research material
 2010
B.: Short stories and edited collections
The short stories and edited collections subseries contains original manuscripts and supplementary material for short stories by Le Guin, including works published or reprinted in edited collections or compilations of short fiction. Materials include typed and handwritten manuscript drafts, illustrations, cover art, notes, research material, galleys and proofs, production correspondence, and publicity materials. Some published books and periodicals are also present. Works that were published individually and reprinted in anthologies or collections may be found within multiple titles. Some handwritten drafts for works in this subseries may be found in the notebooks and notes in Series II. Literary works, Subseries G. Other writing.
This subseries is arranged chronologically by date of creation.
 circa 1952-2016
Box Folder
101 7-8
"Conversations at Night"
 circa 1952-1976
Box/Folder
101/9-13, 102/1-6
Orsinian Tales
 circa 1952-1991
Box Folder
102 7
"Brothers and Sisters"
 1959-1976
102 8-9
"A Week in the Country"
 1961
102 10-11
"An die Musik"
 1961-1987
102 12
"The Masters"
 circa 1963-1975
102 13
"Selection"
 circa 1964
102 14-16
"Vaster than Empires and More Slow"
 circa 1967-1975
Box/Folder
102/17, 103/1
"Winter's King"
 circa 1967-1975
Box Folder
103 2
"Cake and Ice Cream"
 circa 1968-1973
103 3
"The House"
 circa 1968-1976
103 4
"The Road East"
 circa 1968-1976
103 5
"The Fountains"
 circa 1968-1976
103 6-7
"Nine Lives"
 circa 1969-1974
103 8
"The Gap"
 circa 1970
103 9
"A Trip to the Head"
 circa 1970
103 10
"The Direction of the Road"
 circa 1970-1975
103 11
"The Good Trip"
 circa 1970-1975
103 12
"Things"
 circa 1970-1975
103 13
"Mazes"
 circa 1971-1982
103 14
"Imaginary Countries"
 circa 1972-1976
Box/Folder
103/15-17, 240
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
 circa 1972-2000
Box Folder
103 18
"The Rule of Names"
 1973-1976
103 19
"The Ursula Major Construct; or, a Far Greater Horror Loomed"
 circa 1973
Box/Folder
103/20, 240
"Crab Nebula"
 circa 1973
Box Folder
103 21
"The Field of Vision"
 circa 1973-1975
103 22-23
"The New Atlantis"
 1973-1989
104 1-2
"Intracom"
 circa 1973-1990
104 4
"Schrödinger's Cat"
 circa 1974
104 4
"The Stars Below"
 circa 1974-1975
104 5
"The Lady of Moge"
 circa 1974-1976
104 6
"The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics"
 circa 1974-1982
Box/Folder
104/7-13, 255/4-9
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
 1974-1991
104/14-15, 240
"The Diary of the Rose"
 circa 1974-1996
104/16-17, 255
"The Day Before the Revolution"
 circa 1974-2008
Box Folder
104 18
"Angyarenes Medgift"
 1975
104 19
"Desperadoes of the Galactic Union"
 1975
Box/Folder
104/20, 240
"Malheur County"
 circa 1975-1982
Box Folder
104 21
"Ile Forest"
 circa 1976
105 1
"The Water is Wide"
 circa 1976
105 2-3
"The Pathways of Desire"
 circa 1976-1977
105 4
"The Eye Altering"
 circa 1976-1982
Box/Folder
105/5-9, 239/6, 257/8
The Compass Rose
 1975-2005
Box Folder
105 10
"The Word of Unbinding"
 1977
105 11
"Gwilan's Harp"
 1977-1978
105 12
"The White Donkey"
 circa 1978-1980
105 13
"SQ"
 circa 1978-1982
105 14
"Two Delays on the Northern Line"
 1979-1982
105 15
"The Phoenix"
 circa 1979-1982
105 16
"Some Approaches to the Problem of the Shortage of Time"
 circa 1979-1982
105 17
"Paradises Lost"
 circa 1980-2002
105 18
"Small Change
 1981
105 19
"Sur"
 1981-1985
106 1
"An Announcement from the Editor of the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics"
 1982
106 2
"The Spoons in the Basement"
 1982
106 3
"The Wife's Story"
 circa 1982
106 4-8
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences
 circa 1982-1990
106 9
"The Professor's Houses"
 circa 1982-1996
106 10
"The Ascent of the North Face"
 circa 1983-1994
106 11
"Dira"
 1984
106 12
"The Evil Eye"
 circa 1984
106 13
"The Invasion"
 1984-1985
106 14
"She Unnames Them"
 circa 1985
106 15
"Half Past Four"
 1987
Box/Folder
106/16, 240
"Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight"
 circa 1987-1993
Box Folder
106 17
"The Ship Ahoy"
 1987-1990
Box/Folder
106/18-21, 107/1-10, 239/7
Searoad
 circa 1987-1991
Box
240
"Riding Shotgun"
 1988
Folder
107 11
"In and Out"
 1988-1992
107 12
"Limberlost"
 circa 1989
107 13
"The First Contact With the Gorgonids"
 circa 1989-1992
107 14
"Crosswords"
 1990
107 15
"The Shobies' Story"
 circa 1990-1994
107 16
"Dragonfly"
 circa 1990-1999
108 1
"The Kerastation"
 circa 1990-2002
108 2
"Along the River"
 1991
108 3-6
"Hernes"
 circa 1991
108 7
"Newton's Sleep"
 circa 1991
Box/Folder
108/8, 257
"Sleepwalkers"
 circa 1991-1994
Box Folder
108 9
"April in Paris"
 1992
255
"Science Fiction and the Future"
 1992
Folder
108 10
"The Rock That Changed Things"
 circa 1992
108 11
"She Who Watches"
 1993
108 12
"Dancing to Ganam"
 circa 1993-1994
Box/Folder
108/13-18, 109/1, 255/10
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
 1993-2005
Box Folder
109 2
"Another Story"
 circa 1994
109 3-7
Four Ways to Forgiveness
 1994-1995
109 8-9
"Betrayals"
 circa 1994-1995
109 10-12
"Forgiveness Day"
 circa 1994-1995
109 13
"A Man of the People"
 circa 1994-1995
109 14
"A Woman's Liberation"
 circa 1994-1995
109 15
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
 circa 1994-2005
109 16
"Ether, OR"
 circa 1995-1996
109 17
"Solitude"
 1996
109 18
"The Lost Children"
 circa 1996
110 1
"The Finder"
 1997
110 2-3
"The Birthday of the World"
 circa 1997-2006
110 4
"The Asonu"
 1998
110 5
"The Island of the Immortals"
 circa 1998-2003
110 6
"Texts"
 1999
110 7
"Wake Island"
 1999
110 8
"Old Music and the Slave Women"
 circa 1999-2002
240
"The Alien's Tale"
 2000
Folder
110 9-13
Tales from Earthsea
 2000-2003
110 14
"The Fliers of Gy"
 circa 2000-2003
110 15
"The Royals of Hegn"
 circa 2000-2003
Box/Folder
110/16, 111/1-7, 112/1-3, 255/11
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
 circa 2001-2003
Box Folder
112 4
"The Bones of the Earth"
 circa 2001
112 5
"The Wild Girls"
 circa 2002
112 6
"Social Dreaming of the Frin"
 circa 2002-2003
112 7-11
Changing Planes
 circa 2002-2005
112 12
"Little and Big: A Story About a Town"
 2003
112 13
"The Ire of the Veski"
 circa 2003
112 14
"The Nna Mmoy Language"
 circa 2003
112 15
"Sita Dulip's Method"
 circa 2003
112 16
"Woeful Tales from Mahigul"
 circa 2003
112 17
"The Seasons of the Ansarac"
 circa 2003-2007
112 18
"Darkrose and Diamond"
 2004
113 1
"The Kalends of June, 766 BCE," in Four Letter Word
 2007
240
"In the Drought"
 2009
Folder
113 2
"LADeDeDa"
 2009
113 3
"Elementals"
 2012
113 4-10
The Unreal and the Real
 2012
113 11
"The Jar of Water"
 2013
113 12
The Found and the Lost
 circa 2016
C.: Essays, talks, and criticism
The essays, talks, and criticism subseries contains original manuscripts and supplementary material for non-fiction essays, literary criticism, collections of essays, and speeches or talks delivered by Le Guin. It also contains editorial material for anthologies and collections Le Guin edited, including the Norton Book of Science Fiction and Nebula Award Stories 11. Materials in this subseries include typed and handwritten manuscript drafts, bound publications, and some production correspondence. Essays also include prefatory material and introductions written by Le Guin for literary works by others. Titles of works in quotations are those supplied by the author. Untitled talks are described by the location or event where they were delivered, where known. Supplementary materials related to events and talks delivered by Le Guin may be found in Series IV. Public appearances and publicity.
This subseries is arranged chronologically by date of creation.
 circa 1970-2016
Box Folder
113 13
"Thea and I"
 circa 1970-1979
113 14
"The Flying Carpet Factory, or SF as a Market"
 circa 1970-1990
113 15
"Response to Workshop Tape"
 circa 1970-1990
113 16
Notes on essay dates
 circa 1970-2001
113 17
Untitled essays on writing
 circa 1970-2005
113 18
ASFR, talk
 1971
113 19
"The Crab Nebula, the Paramecium, and Tolstoy"
 1971
113 20
"From Elfland to Poughkeepsie"
 1972
113 21
On teaching SF, talk
 1972
113 22
"Fifteen Vultures, the Strop, and the Old Lady"
 circa 1972
114 1
"In Defense of Fantasy"
 1973
114 2
National Book Awards, acceptance speech
 1973
114 3-4
"Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?"
 1973-1974
Box/Folder
114/5, 240
"A Citizen of Mondath"
 1973-1975
Box Folder
114 6-7
"Dreams Must Explain Themselves"
 1973-1976
114 8
"The Stalin in the Soul"
 1973-1977
114 9
CATE Conference, talk
 1974
114 10
"The Future and the Way"
 1974
114 11
Milwaukee Teachers of SF, talk
 1974
114 12
"The Staring Eye"
 1974
114 13
"Reflections"
 circa 1974-1975
Box/Folder
114/14, 240
"Escape Routes"
 1974-1977
Box Folder
114 15
"Ketterer on The Left Hand of Darkness"
 1975
114 16
"The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen"
 1975
114 17
"The View In"
 1975
114 18
"Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown"
 circa 1975-1977
114 19-20
"Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction"
 1975-1982
Box/Folder
114/21-22, 240
"The Child and the Shadow"
 1975-2007
Box Folder
114 23
"The Language of the Night"
 1976
114 24
Reading University, talk
 1976
114 25
"A Response to the Le Guin Issue"
 1976
114 26
"Science Fiction as Prophesy: Philip K. Dick"
 1976
114 27
Women in SF panel, talk
 1976
114 28
"Eight Years Later"
 circa 1976
Box/Folder
114/29-31, 115/1-7
Nebula Award Stories 11
 1976-1977
Box Folder
115 8-9
Interfaces and Edges
 1976-1980
115 10-11
"The Space Crone"
 1976-1993
Box/Folder
115/12, 116/1
"Is Gender Necessary?"
 circa 1976-1985
Box Folder
116 2
"The Stranger Within"
 circa 1976-1992
116 3
"Concerning the Lem Affair"
 1977
Box/Folder
116/4, 240
"Do-It-Yourself Cosmology"
 1977
Box Folder
116 5
"Introduction" in Star Songs of an Old Primate
 1977
116 6
"Science Fiction Chauvinism"
 1977
116 7
Sleeve copy for Caedmon record
 1977
116 8
Southern Oregon College, talk
 1977
116 9
"Books Remembered"
 1977-1997
116 10
The Creative Spirit and Children's Literature Symposium, talk
 1978
116 11
"Noise and Meaning in SF Films"
 1978
Box/Folder
112/12, 240
"It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, or, Why Are We Huddling About the Campfire?"
 1979-1980
116/13-15, 240
The Language of the Night
 1979-1992
Box
240
"On Teaching Science Fiction"
 1980
Folder
116 16
"Some Thoughts on Writing SF"
 1980
240
"A Very Warm Mountain"
 1980
Folder
116 17
"A Day of Strings"
 1981
116 18
"Foreword" in To Spin a Cat
 1981
116 19
"The Prince of Kansas"
 1981
116 20
Lewis and Clark College, commencement address
 1982
116 21
"Mt St Helens"
 1983
Box/Folder
117/1, 240
"A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be"
 1983
Box
240
"A Parabola Bestiary"
 1983
Folder
117 2
"A Left-Handed Commencement Address"
 1983-1997
117 3
"Sharing the Light"
 1984
117 4
"Whose Lathe?"
 1984
117 5
NARAL Speak Out letter
 1985
117 6
"Text, Silence, Performance"
 1986
117 7-9
"A Woman Writing, or, the Fisherman's Daughter"
 1986-1988
117 10
"Introduction" in The Book of Fantasy
 1987
117 11
"On The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed"
 1988
117 12
Rochester conference, talk
 1988
117 13
"Introduction" in Angel Island
 circa 1988
117 14
"Legends of a New Land"
 1988-1989
117 15
"Voice-Text"
 1988-1991
Box/Folder
117/16-19, 118/1-2, 255/12
Dancing at the Edge of the World
 circa 1988-1996
Box Folder
118 3
On writing, in The Women's Review of Books
 1989
118 4
Pilgrim Award Banquet, talk
 1989
118 5
"Prides"
 1989
118 6
"So Much for Prince Charming"
 1989
118 7
"Some Thoughts on Narrative"
 1989
118 8
"Ursula Kroeber Interviews Ursula K. Le Guin"
 1989
118 9
"Writing Without Conflict"
 1989
Box/Folder
118/10, 240
"Children, Women, Men, and Dragons"
 1989-1992
Box Folder
118 11
"Spike the Canon"
 1989-1998
118 12
PSU/OHS Writing Women's Lives panel, talk
 1990
118 13
"The World of Science Fiction"
 1990
118 14
SF Book Festival panel, talk
 circa 1990
118 15
USC, talk
 circa 1990-1999
118 16
"Doing the Wash"
 1991
118 17
"Introduction" in Ishi in Two Worlds
 1991
118 18
On Powell's Bookstore, untitled article
 1991
118 19
Oregon Commission for Women, Women of Achievement Award, acceptance speech
 1991
118 20
"Out of the Highchair"
 1991
118 21
"Recreating Reality: Making It Happen for Your Reader"
 1991
118 22
"Writer and Reader"
 1991
118 23
"Collectors, Rhymesters, and Drummers"
 circa 1991
Box/Folder
119/1-10, 120/1-7, 121/1-12, 122/1
Norton Book of Science Fiction
 1991-1993
Box Folder
122 2
"Indian Uncles"
 1991-2000
122 3
Author introduction speeches
 circa 1991-2000
122 4
"Different Stories with a Lot in Common"
 1992
122 5
"Talking About Writing"
 1992
Box/Folder
122/6, 240
"Introducing Myself"
 1992-1994
Box Folder
122 7
"Pornography and Responsibility"
 circa 1992-1994
122 8
"Changing Kingdoms"
 1993
122 9
"Some Answers to Some Questions I Get Asked a Lot"
 1993
122 10
"Earthsea Revisioned"
 1993-1998
122 11
"An Appointment with the Enterprise"
 1994
122 12
"Introduction" in She's Fantastical
 1994-1995
122 13
"The Hope of Rabbits: A Hedgebrook Journal"
 1994-1997
122 14
"Reading Young and Reading Old"
 1994-2004
122 15
"Old Body Not Writing"
 circa 1994-2004
122 16
"Thinking About Cordwainer Smith"
 circa 1994-2004
240
"A Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin"
 1995
Folder
122 17
"The Matter of Seggri"
 1995
122 18
"Mrs Brown Twenty Years Later"
 1995
122 19
"Revisiting the Muskoxen"
 1995
Box/Folder
122/20, 240
"All Happy Families"
 1995-1997
Box Folder
122 21
"My Island"
 1995-1996
122 22
"Imagination and Fantasy: Garcia Marquez and Tolkein"
 circa 1995-2005
122 23
"The Just So Stories"
 circa 1995-2005
Box/Folder
122/24, 240
"Concerning Dinosaurs"
 1996
Box Folder
122 25
"Introduction" in The House the Blakeneys Built
 1996
122 26
"Stress-Rhythm in Poetry and Prose"
 1996
Box/Folder
122/27, 240
"Which Side Am I On, Anyway?"
 1996
Box Folder
123 1
"Why I Write in Despised Genres"
 1996-1998
123 2
James Tiptree Jr. Award, acceptance speech
 1997
123 3
"The Pursuit of Goodness"
 1997
123 4
UC Davis, talk
 1997
123 5
Library talks
 1997-2012
123 6-10
Steering the Craft
 1997-2015
123 11
AWP Lit Heroes panel, talk
 1998
Box/Folder
123/12, 240
"Fact and/or/plus Fiction"
 1998
Box Folder
123 13
On poetry first loves, in Journal of the Poetry Association of America
 1998
124 1
"Oregon Coast"
 1998
124 2
"Response to Dr. Jonathan Herman's Paper 'Taoist Environmentalism in the West'"
 1998
Box/Folder
124/3, 240
"Six Great SF Movies That Could Be Made Without Audible Explosions in the Vacuum of Space"
 1998
124/4, 240
"Why I Write"
 1998
Box Folder
124 5
"Award and Gender"
 circa 1998-1999
124 6
"An Envoy from Senectutus: WisCon 20 Guest of Honour Speech"
 1999
124 7
"Pinpointing the Perfect Point of View"
 1999
124 8
"Reading the First Chapter of a Novel"
 1999
124 9
"Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings"
 2000
124 10
"Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?"
 2000-2002
124 11
"Disinformation"
 2001
240
"Foreword" in November Grass
 2001
Folder
124 12
"Earth and Middle Earth"
 circa 2001
124 13
"A Matter of Trust"
 2002
124 14
"Notre Dame de la Faim"
 2002
124 15
"Introduction" in In a Land of Clear Colors
 2002-2003
Box/Folder
124/16-20, 125/1-9
The Wave in the Mind
 2002-2003
125/10-11, 126/1-2
"Cheek by Jowl"
 2002-2004
Box Folder
126 3-5
Selected Stories of H. G. Wells
 2002-2004
126 6
"Subversive Truths"
 2003
126 7
"A Response by Ansible, from Tau Ceti"
 2003-2004
126 8
"Dear Reader Message for Harcourt"
 2004
126 9
NARAL, talk
 2004
126 10
"Writing Novels"
 2004
126 11
"About Feet"
 circa 2004
126 12
"Being Taken for Granite"
 circa 2004
126 13
"On Genetic Determinism"
 circa 2004
126 14
"The Operating Instructions"
 circa 2004
126 15
"Unquestioned Assumptions"
 circa 2004
126 16
"Genre: A Word Only a Frenchman Could Love"
 2004-2005
126 17
"Coming Back to the Lady"
 2005
126 18
"Frankenstein's Earthsea"
 2005
126 19
Literature and Ecology conference, talk
 2005
126 20
"A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel Wrecked My Books"
 2005
126 21
"The Horrors of Riverdeep"
 circa 2005-2010
126 22
Lucille Clifton, speech
 circa 2005-2010
126 23
"Great Nature's Second Course"
 circa 2005-2012
126 24
"Learning to Write Science Fiction from Virginia Woolf"
 circa 2005-2012
126 25
"Taking Life"
 circa 2005-2012
126 26
20th Annual Book Awards, speech
 2006
126 27
"Imaginary Friends"
 2006
126 28
"Thoughts on YA"
 2006
Box/Folder
126/29, 240
Maxine C. Grey Award, acceptance speech
 2006-2007
Box Folder
126 30
"About a Poem"
 2007
126 31
"The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists"
 2007
127 1
"I Know What You Read Last Summer"
 2007
127 2
"Introduction" in The Languages of Pao
 2007
127 3
"Living in a Work of Art"
 2007
127 4
"On Serious Literature"
 2007
127 5
"Thoughts About Regional Writing"
 2007
127 6
"The Short Story"
 circa 2007
127 7
"Staying Awake While We Read"
 circa 2007-2012
127 8
"Teasing Myself Out of Thought"
 circa 2008
127 9
"Bottom Drawer"
 2009
127 10
"How to Read a Poem"
 2009
127 11
"Look! We Have No Emperor!"
 2009
127 12
"Heroines"
 2010
127 13
"The Eighteenth of May"
 2010
127 14
"Introduction to the Novels of Jose Saramago"
 2010
127 15
"Introduction" in The Book of Hours
 2010
127 16
"Make Your Fiction Truthful"
 2010
127 17
"Making Up Stories"
 2010
127 18
"Introduction" in The Princess and the Goblin
 circa 2011
127 19
"The Golden Age"
 2012
127 20
"Disappearing Grandmothers"
 circa 2013-2016
127 21-23
Words Are My Matter
 2015-2016
127 24
No Time to Spare
 2016
D.: Children's books
The children's books subseries contains original manuscripts for Le Guin's illustrated juvenile books. Materials include typed and handwritten drafts, notes, research material, illustrations, cover art, proofs and galleys, dummies, and correspondence with artists and publishers.
This subseries is arranged chronologically by date of creation.
 circa 1952-2009
Box Folder
127 25
Adventures in Kroy
 1952-1982
128 1-3
Leese Webster
 circa 1978-1980
258 1
The Adventures of Cobbler's Rune
 1982
128 4
Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World
 circa 1982-1983
Box/Folder
128/5, 258/3
A Visit from Dr. Katz
 circa 1986-1987
Box Folder
128 6
Fire and Stone
 circa 1988
Box/Folder
128/7, 258/2
Catwings
 circa 1988-2003
128/8-10, 258/4
Fish Soup
 1988-1992
Box Folder
128 11
Catwings Returns
 circa 1989-1991
Box/Folder
128/12, 258/5
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back
 circa 1991-1992
Box Folder
128 13
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
 1993
Box/Folder
129/1, 258/9
Tom Mouse
 1996-2000
Box Folder
129 2
A True Story
 1997
Box/Folder
129/3, 258/6-8
Jane on Her Own
 1997-1999
Box Folder
129 4
Cat Dreams
 circa 2009
E.: Poetry
The poetry subseries contains original manuscripts for poems and collections of poems by Le Guin. Materials include typed and handwritten drafts for individual works and collections of poetry, including Wild Angels, Hard Words, Wild Oats and Fireweed, Blue Moon Over Thurman Street, Going Out with Peacocks, and Sixty Odd. Early poetry written by Le Guin between 1948-1961 was filed by Alfred Kroeber, who was acting as Le Guin's agent at the time. These early files also include notes on submissions, rejections, and acceptances for journal publications. Other supplementary material for published collections, including proofs and correspondence, are filed with the works. Some published books and periodicals are also present, as well as unbound printed sheets for the chapbookTillai and Tylissos.
This subseries is arranged chronologically by date of creation.
 1948-2012
Box Folder
129 5
1948-1959
129 6
1958-1961
129 7
1959-1961
129 8
circa 1974
129 9
1976
129 10
1978
129 11-12
1978-1979
Box/Folder
129/13, 130/1
circa 1978-1981
Box Folder
130 2-3
1978-1981
Box/Folder
240, 258/10-11
1979
Box Folder
130 4
1980
130 5-7
circa 1981-1999
130 8-10
1981-2010
130 11-12
1982
131 1
1984
131 2-7
1985-1994
Box/Folder
131/8-10, 132/1
1986-1987
Box
240, 258
1987
Folder
132 2
1989
Box/Folder
132/3-12, 133/1
1990-1996
Box Folder
133 2
1990-2007
133 3
1992
133 4
circa 1993
133 5
circa 1994
133 6-10
1996-1999
133 11
1997
Box/Folder
133/12, 134/1-4
2000-2005
Box Folder
134 5
2004-2009
134 6
2010
134 7-10
2011-2012
F.: Performance works and adaptations
The performance works and adaptations subseries contains original performance works by Le Guin, as well as novel and short story adaptations reworked by Le Guin alone and in collaboration with other writers and artists. Materials in this subseries include primarily screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, and audio scripts as well as musical, operatic, orchestral, and dance works. The photo essay adaptation of Le Guin's 1985 novel Always Coming Home by Ernest Waugh and Alan Nicholson entitled Way of the Water's Going has also been included in this subseries. Supplementary materials, including correspondence and working notes related to the creation of these works, have been filed in this subseries with the work.
This subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1948-2004
Box Folder
135 1
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Past Conditional, libretto
 1948
135 2
Le Guin, Ursula K. and Bill Daughton. Far Away from Anywhere Else, stage adaptation
 circa 1970s-1980s
135 3-4
Chew, R.F. and Paul Preuss. The Left Hand of Darkness, film treatment and screenplay
 1974-1975
135 5
Le Guin, Ursula K. New Atlantis, stage adaptation
 circa 1975-1980
Box/Folder
135/6-13, 136/1-2
Le Guin, Ursula K., Rodger Swaybill, and Diane English. The Lathe of Heaven, teleplay
 1977-1985, 1992
Box Folder
136 4-12
Le Guin, Ursula K. and Michael Powell. A Wizard of Earthsea, screenplay
 1979-1989
Box/Folder
137/1, 264/2
Le Guin, Ursula K., Susan Sweeney, and Ric Young. Omelas, stage adaptation
 1980
Box Folder
137 2-5
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness, screenplay
 1981-1988
137 6-7
Le Guin, Ursula K. Vaster than Empires, teleplay
 1981
137 8-10
Le Guin, Ursula K. King Dog, screenplay
 1984
138 1-7
Le Guin, Ursula K. and Elinor Armer. Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts, multimedia performance
 1984-1995
138 8
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness, reading script, audio adaptation
 1985
Box/Folder
139/1-3, 257/9-10, 259/1-7
Le Guin, Ursula K., Ernest Waugh, and Alan Nicholson. Way of the Water's Going, photo essay adaptation
1987-1989
136/3, 139/4-5
Stockler, Michael. The Lathe of Heaven, musical adaptation
 1988-1993
Box Folder
139 6
Le Guin, Ursula K. Sur, radio adaptation
 1993
Box/Folder
139/7-9, 140/1-3
Le Guin, Ursula K. and Paul Preuss. The Left Hand of Darkness, screenplay
 1993-1994
Box Folder
140 4
Coules, Bert. A Wizard of Earthsea, radio adaptation
 1996
140 5
Johnson, Bryan. "Ride on the Red Mare's Back," score adaptation
 1999
Box/Folder
140/6, 264/2
Le Guin, Ursula K. and Judy Patton. "Stone Dances," interpretive dance
 circa 2000s
Box Folder
140 7
Aldrich, Nancy. "Ride the Red Mare," puppet theater adaptation
2001-2002, 2011
140 8
Powell, Jan. "Earth Stones," "Half Past Four," and "Findings," stage adaptation
2004
G.: Other writing
The other writing subseries contains manuscripts for supplemental literary works authored by Le Guin. These works include manuscripts for book reviews, chapbooks and comics, festschrift contributions and memorials, letters to editors and local newspaper articles, notebooks and notes, and translations. Materials in this subseries include typed and handwritten drafts, artwork, galleys and proofs, published books and periodicals, and newspaper clippings. Book reviews include drafts and published clippings for Le Guin's reviews of others' work in the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement, the Women's Review of Books, and the New York Times Book Review, among others. Notebooks and notes include handwritten drafts for multiple literary works, possibly including novels, short stories, and essays. Translations include drafts, notes, proofs, and correspondence related to Le Guin's published translations of others' works into English, including Tao Te Ching, The Twins, The Dream: Two Voices/Las Gemelas, El Sueño: Dos Voces, Kalpa Imperial, and Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
 1958-2015
Box/Folder
140/9-10, 141/1-7, 142/1-7
Book reviews
 1958-2013
Box Folder
142 8
Chapbooks and comics
 1978-1992
142 9-10
Festschrift contributions and memorials
 1982-2014
143 1-7
Letters to editors and newspaper articles
 1974-2015
Box/Folder
143/8, 144/1-6, 145/1-6, 146/1-3
Notebooks and notes
 circa 1973-2012
146/4-11, 147/1-8, 148/1-8
Translations
 1973-2003

III.:  Legal and financial files, 1962-2015Return to Top

The legal and financial files series contains publication agreements, letters of permission, transmittal and negotiation letters, royalty statements, and payments. Personal files regarding retirement, taxes, investments, trusts, ledgers, and contracts are also included in this series.

Materials in the financial and legal files series have been arranged using three distinct filing methods established by the donor: title of work, publication type of the work, and finanical or legal document type. Each filing system is internally arranged in alphabetical order.

This series is restricted pending redaction of personal identifiable information. To view these materials, please contact Special Collections and University Archives.

Container(s) Description Dates
By title
Box Folder
149 1
Along the River
 1991-1993
149 2-14
Always Coming Home
 1983-2010
149 15
"April in Paris"
 1962-1993
149 16
"Ascent of the North Face"
 1983-1989
149 17
"The Author of the Acacia Seeds"
 1982-1997
149 18
"The Barrow"
 1984-1991
Box/Folder
149/19-25, 150/1-3, 170/25
The Beginning Place
 1980-2003
Box Folder
150 4-7
Birthday of the World
 1977-2006
150 8
Blue Moon Over Thurman Street
 1993-1996
150 9-17
Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight
 1986-2002
150 18-26
Catwings I and II and Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
 1987-2002
Box/Folder
150/27, 151/1-4
Changing Planes
 1999-2004
Box Folder
151 5
"A Child Bride"
 1987-1990
151 6-7
City of Illusions
 1982-1997
151 8
"Climbing to the Moon"
 1991-1992
151 9
"Coming of Age in Karhide"
 1993-1997
Box/Folder
151/10-16, 170/1
The Compass Rose
 1982-2003
Box Folder
151 17
"The Creatures on My Mind"
 1990-1997
151 18
"Daddy's Big Girl"
 1985-1990
151 19-27
Dancing at the Edge of the World
 1985-1997
151 28
"Dancing to Ganam"
 1993-1994
151 29
"The Darkness Box"
 1963-1991
Box/Folder
151/30, 152/1-2
"The Day Before the Revolution"
 1973-1997
Box Folder
152 3
"Diary of the Rose"
 1979-1996
152 4
"The Direction of the Road"
 1970-1977
Box/Folder
152/5-26, 170/2-3
The Dispossessed
 1978-2012
Box Folder
152 27
"From Elfland to Poughkeepsie"
 1977-1978
152 28
"The Eye Altering"
 1980-1997
Box/Folder
153/1-6, 170/4
The Eye of the Heron
 1977-2006
Box Folder
153 7
Fire and Stone
 1987-1997
153 8
Fish Soup
 1990-1997
Box/Folder
153/9-12, 170/5
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
 1994-2003
153/13-16, 170/6
Four Ways to Forgiveness
 1994-1996
Box Folder
153 17
"Genre: A Word Only the French Could Love"
 2006
153 18-20
"Gwilan's Harp"
 1976-1995
153 21-22
"Horse Camp"
 1986-2004
153 23
"Intracom"
 1974-1994
170 7
"King Dog"
 1984-1987
Box/Folder
153/24-27, 154/1-6, 170/8-9
Language of the Night
 1977-1997
154/7-20, 170/10
The Lathe of Heaven
 1970-2012
Box Folder
154 21
Lavinia
 2008-2016
Box/Folder
154/22-28, 155/1-17, 170/11-13
The Left Hand of Darkness
 1968-2004
Box Folder
155 18
"Limberlost"
 1988-1995
155 19
Malafrena
 1978-1996
155 20
"Malheur County"
 1978-1992
155 21
The Masters
 1962-1992
155 22
"The Matter of Seggri"
 1993-1997
155 23
"May's Lion"
 1988-1994
155 24
"Mazes"
 1981-1997
155 25-27
"The New Atlantis"
 1973-1997
155 28
"Newton's Sleep"
 1990-1995
156 1-3
"Nine Lives"
 1969-1998
Box/Folder
156/4-27, 157/1-14
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
 1972-2004
Box
157/15-21, 170/14
Orsinian Tales
 1978-2003
Box/Folder
157/22, 170/15
Planet of Exile
 1966-1996
Box Folder
157 23
"The Poacher"
 1982-1994
157 24
"The Professors' Houses"
 1982-1990
157 25
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back
 1990-1994
Box/Folder
157/26-28, 170/16
Rocannon's World
 1965-2003
Box Folder
157 29
"The Rock that Changed Things"
 1992
Box/Folder
157/30-31, 158/1-4
"The Rule of Names"
 1963-1998
Box Folder
158 5-6
"Shrödinger's Cat"
 1982-1997
Box/Folder
158/7-17, 170/17
Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand
 1988-2003
Box Folder
158 18
"Selection"
 1964
158 19
"Semley's Necklace"
 1964-1997
158 20-24
"She Unnames Them"
 1985-2003
158 25-26
"The Shobies' Story"
 1988-1997
158 27
"Small Change"
 1981-1992
158 28
"Solitude"
 1994
Box/Folder
158/29-30, 170/18
"Solomon Leviathan's Nine Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World"
 1982-1998
Box Folder
159 1
"Some Approaches to the Problem of the Shortage of Time
 1979-1996
159 2
"The Spoons in the Basement"
 1982
159 3
"SQ"
 1981-1996
159 4
"Standing Ground"
 1991
159 5
"The Stars Below," and "The Escapist"
 1973-1983
159 6-9
"Sur"
 1981-1997
159 10
Tao Te Ching
 1997-2012
159 11-16
The Telling
 1999-2003
159 17
"Those Who Can"
 1995
159 18
Tom Mouse and Mrs. Brown
 1996-1997
159 19
"Unchosen Love"
 1994-1995
Box/Folder
159/20-21, 170/19
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
 1990-2003
Box Folder
159 22-24
"Vaster than Empires and More Slow"
 1971-2002
159 25
"A Visit from Dr. Katz"
 1986-1996
159 26
"The Way of the Water's Going"
 1989-1993
159 27
"The White Donkey"
 1981-1994
159 28-32
"The Wife's Story"
 1982-2007
Box/Folder
160/1-12, 170/20-21
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
 1968-2003
Box Folder
160 13
"Winter's King"
 1967-1995
160 14
"The Word of Unbinding"
 1963-1996
Box/Folder
160/15-25, 170/22-23
The Word for World is Forest
 1969-2006
Box Folder
160 26-27
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
 1998-2003
160 28
"The Writer on, and at, Her Work"
 1988-1994
By publication type
Box/Folder
160/29, 161/1, 170/24
Anthologies
 1976-1997
161/2-10, 170/25
Essays and reviews
 1971-1993
Box Folder
161 11-14
Nonfiction
 1993-1997
Box/Folder
161/15-23, 170/26
Poetry
 1975-1994
Box Folder
161 24-27
Recordings
 1973-1994
By document type
Box Folder
161 28
Business licence
 2005
162 1-10
Contracts
 1962-2009
Box/Folder
162/11-21, 163/1-6
Curtis Brown Agency agreements and check statements
 2013-2015
Box Folder
163 7-12
English accounts: Books
 1984-1986
163 13-14
Foreign taxes
 1975-2012
163 15
Investments
 2009
163 16-19
Literary financial ledger
 1971-1998
164 1-2
Kidd Agency ledger
 1998-2013
164 3
Non-royalty income
2004-2011
164 4-14
Permissions
 1983-2016
164 15-21
Permissions, royalties, and agreements
 2003-2007
164 22-23
Receipts
 1992-1993
164 24-26
Receipts: Non-profit organizations
 1978-2012
165 1-5
Receipts: Non-deductible
 1990-1992
165 6-14
Retirement materials
 1978-1989
Box/Folder
165/15-23, 166/1-4
Royalty statements
 1979-2011
Box Folder
166 5-20
Royalty statements: Joint
 1978-1999
166 21
Tax information
 2005-2012
Box/Folder
166/22-24, 167/1-2
Trust for Ursula K. Le Guin's children
 1990-1992
Box Folder
167 3-16
Virginia Kidd check records
 1988-2004
167 17-19
Virginia Kidd negative royalty statements
 2007-2010
Box/Folder
167/20-24, 168/1-16, 169/1-16
Virigina Kidd payment and royalty records
 2007-2013
Box Folder
169 17
Virginia Kidd summary income statements
 2013

IV.:  Public appearances and publicity, 1967-2016Return to Top

The public appearances and publicity series contains documentation regarding events and workshops attended or taught by Ursula K. Le Guin, written interviews, and an assortment of book reviews and clippings sent to Le Guin by publishers, colleagues, and fans.

The public appearances and publicity series is arranged in three subseries:
A. Events and workshops, 1971-2016
B. Interviews, 1971-2009
C. Book reviews and clippings, 1967-2016
Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Events and workshops
The events and workshops subseries contains flyers, schedules, readers, syllabi, and other resources for lectures, conferences, and classes that Le Guin attended, taught, and participated in between 1971 and 2016. Some general resources Le Guin used to write curriculums and exercises for her writing students have been included in this subseries. Correspondence related to events and workshops can be found in the correspondence series under Subseries G. Engagements and Subseries H. Requests.
The events and workshops subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1971-2016
Box Folder
264 3
"Author Forum," Lake Oswego Public Library, Lake Oswego, Oregon
 circa 1970s
171 1
"Ursula K. Le Guin internationally acclaimed Science Fiction Authoress Speaks," Portland State University
 1971 March 11
171 2
"Vancouver Science Fiction Convention," Vancouver, British Columbia
 1971 April
171 3
"SF Writers Workshop," University of Washington
 1972 July 10 - August 18
171 4
American Library Association Convention
 1972
171 5
"Nebula Awards Banquet," New York, New York
 1973 April 28
171 6
"Worlds of Wonder in Children's Literature," Portland State University
 1976 October 9
264 4
"Imaginative Fiction," Western Oregon State College
 circa 1980s
171 7
Readings at Looking Glass Bookstore, Portland, Oregon
 circa 1980s-1994
261 2
"Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture and Student Awards," Portland State University
 1980 April 16
171 8
"1981 Governor's Awards for the Arts," Salem, Oregon
 1981 January
171 9
"'82 Orycon"
 1982
171 10
"A Poetry and Prose Reading by Ursula K. Le Guin," Lewis and Clark College
 1982 March 2
171 11
"First Annual Robert and Elliot Memorial Lecture," University of California
 1982 April 21
239 13
Always Coming Home reading, Southern Oregon State College
 1985 April 4
171 12
"1985 Arts Awards," Portland, Oregon
 1984 May 14
264 6
"1985 Interational Festival of Authors," Toronto
 1985 October 23-26
Box/Folder
171/13, 261/3
"Ursula Le Guin Always Coming Home," Harvard University
 1985 October 30
Box Folder
261 4
"An Evening with Ursula Le Guin"
 1985 October 31
171 14
"1985 TABA Awards Presentation Ceremony," New York Public Library
 1985 November 21
171 15
"Literature, Poetry, and Music," Marin Community College
 1985
171 16
Readings at Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington
 1985-2001
239 12
"Spring Readings at Reed," Reed College
 1985
171 17
"Gund Writer-in-Residence," Kenyon College
 1986 March-April
239 9
"Ursula K. Le Guin reading from her work and in Colloquium on 'Women and Language'"
 1986 March 19-20
171 18
"Ursula K. Le Guin Reading from her Fiction,"
 1986 April 14
171 19
"Third Annual Presentation: Burnam-Clarke-Ford Writing Awards, Academy of American Poets Award," Portland State University
 1986 May
171 20
"The Katherine Payne Carnes Series," Wesleyan College
 1986 September 11
171 21
"A Woman Writing," Portland State University
 1986 October
Box/Folder
171/22, 261/5
"Text / Silence / Performance," University of California, Berkeley
 1986 November 2
Box Folder
239 11
"Coaster Theater: 1987 Fall Season," Cannon Beach, Oregon
 1987
239 14
"Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story," New York
 1988-1990
171 23
"An Evening with Ursula Le Guin: A Reading and Conversation to benefit Oregon Peace Institute," Portland, Oregon
 1988 May 5
239 8
"Second Annual Oregon Book Awards Ceremony and Celebration," Portland, Oregon
 1988 October 5
171 24-25
"Flight of the Mind: Writing Workshop for Women"
 1989-2005
264 5
"October Literary Month," Coconino County
 circa 1990s-2000s
171 26
Rhythm writing workshop
 circa 1990s
171 27-29
Writing worshop resources
 circa 1990s-2000s
171 30
Reading at Arkadian Bookshop, Seattle Washington
 1990 February 1
171 31
Reading hosted by the Center for the Study of Women in Society and the University of Oregon Library
 1990 February 16
171 32
"The Writer's Voice," New York, New York
 1990 March 30
261 6
"Voice Texts," Memorial University of Newfoundland,
 1990 April 2
239 10
"Columbia Writers Series," Clark College
 circa 1990
171 33
"Feminist Studies FRA Spring 1990 Dinner"
 1990
171 34
"Fishtrap," Oregon
 1990-2000
171 35
"Artquake," Portland, Oregon
 1991 September 1
171 36
American Anthropological Asscoation reception, Chicago, Illinois
 1991 November 22
171 37
The Choices We Made book signing
 1991
171 38
"Tending the World," Pacifica Graduate Institute
 1991
171 39
"Oregon Book Awards," Oregon Institute of Library Arts
 1992 October 13
171 40
ACLU MacNaughton Award, Oregon
 1992
172 1
"California Academy of Sciences Conversation at the Herbst Theatre," San Francisco, California
 1992-1993
261 7
"Major Authors Series," San Jose State University
 1992-1993
172 2
"Voices of Place: An Evening with Ursula K. Le Guin," Eugene, Oregon
 1993 November 3
172 3
"Prelude: Program in Writing and Thinking Anthology," University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
 1995
172 4
"Potlatch 4," Oakland, California
 1995 February 10-12
172 5
"Aussiecon," Austrialia
 1995 September
172 6
"Aubrey R. Watzek Awards," Lewis and Clark College
 1996 May 30
261 8
"The University of Calgary's Markin-Flanagan Writers Programme," Calgary, Alberta
 1996 September 26
172 7
"The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's 1996 San Antonio Inter-American Bookfair and Library Festival," San Antonio, Texas
 1996
172 8
"Steering the Craft Writing Workshop"
 1996
Box/Folder
172/9, 261/9
"Manulife Financial Literary Arts Festival," Victoria, British Columbia
 1997 May 14-18
Box Folder
261 11
"Oregon Book Awards," Portland, Oregon
 1997 November 6
Box/Folder
172/10, 261/10
"UC Davis Summer Sessions," University of California, Davis
 1997 June 28 July 11
Box Folder
172 11-12
"The First Chapter of Your Novel," writing workshop, Portland State University
 1998
172 13
"1999-2000 Major Authors Series," San Jose State University
 2000 April
172 14
"Sedge Thompson's West Coast Live," San Francisio, California
 2000 September 30
172 15
"Portland Arts and Lectures 2000/2001 Series," Portland, Oregon
 2000 October 11
264 7
"21st Annual International Festival of Authors," Toronto
 2000 October 18-28
172 16
"Festival of Books," California
 2000
172 17
"Other Worlds of Fantasy," San Jose State University
 2000
172 18
The Telling itinerary
 2000
172 19
"Writing Workshop with Ursula K. Le Guin," San Jose State University
 2000
172 20
"The Booksmith October Author Events," San Francisco, California
 2001
Box/Folder
172/21, 173/1
High Desert writing workshop
 2001
Box Folder
173 2
"Writing from the Imagination," writing workshop, Portland State University
 2001
173 3
Narrative Sentence workshop, Lower Columbia College
 2002
173 4
"Seattle Arts and Lectures," Seattle, Washinton
 2002 April 8
173 5
"For My Friends: Broadsides by Contemporary American Poets," Lewis and Clark College
 2002 August 1 - September 15
261 12
"Voices of the Southwest," University of New Mexico
 2004
173 6
"Annual Meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association," Las Vegas, Nevada
 2005 June 23-26
173 7
"Wiscon 30," Madison, Wisconsin
 2006 May 26-29
173 8
"Nye Beach Writer's Series," Oregon
 2007
173 9
"The No-Labor Day Celebration," Oregon
 2010
261 13
"Ursula K. Le Guin Speaking on Campus with Eleanor Berry," George Fox University
 2012 January 14
173 10
"Puyallup Festival of Books," Washington
 2013 September 27-28
173 11
"Arthur C. Clarke Awards"
 2013 October 22
173 12
"6th Annual Northwest Poets' Concord,'" Newport, Oregon
 2014 May 2-4
173 13
"The 65th National Book Awards," New York
 2014 November
261 14
"A Reading with Ursula Le Guin," Milwaukie High School
 2014 November 14
173 14
"Anthropocene: Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet," University of California, Santa Cruz
 2014
173 15
"Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award," Stockholm, Sweden
 2014
173 16
"Eastern Oregon Word Round-Up"
 2014
173 17
"Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA," Los Angeles, California
 2015-2016
B.: Interviews
The interviews subseries primarily contains written interviews with Le Guin conducted between 1971 and 2009. Unpublished interviews, transcripts, and preliminary drafts are also included. While some correspondence is included with interviews in this subseries, the bulk of correspondence regarding interviews can be found in the correspondence series under Subseries H. Requests.
The interviews subseries is arranged alphabetically by interviewer.
 1971-2009
Box Folder
173 18
Albert, Mimi. "Transcending Gender and Genre: The Myth Making of Ursula K. Le Guin"
 1993
173 19
Appelbaum, David. "Point of Return." Parabola 13 no. 1
 1998 February
173 20
Attebery, Brian. "A Conversation about Fantasy with Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 17 no. 4
 2007
173 21
Barth, Barry. "Ursula Le Guin: An Interview." Wam 2 no. 1
 1980 October
173 22
Bellessi, Diana. "Entrevista: Ursula K. Le Guin." El Pendulo 3
 1981 September
251
Broughton, Irv. "Ursula K. Le Guin" in The Writer's Mind. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press
 1990
Folder
173 23
Buchanan, Mary Ann. "Interviews on the Eighties." Oregon Forsight 4 no. 3
 1980 August
173 24
Carmean, Karen. "Interview: Ursula K. Le Guin." Washington Review of Books 3 no. 3
 1983 Fall
173 25
Crowley, Walt. "Ursula K. Le Guin and the Left Hand of Genre." Point No Point Spring/Summer
 1997
174 1
DuChamp, L. Timmel, ed. "Q and A: Ursula K. Le Guin." The Wiscon Chronicles 1
 2007
174 2
Ferrua, Pietro. "L'Anarchisme: Ideal Necessaire." Anarchies L'Arc 91
 1984
174 3
Gallagher, Nora. "Ursula Le Guin: In a World of Her Own." Mother Jones
 1984 January
174 4
Gilbert, Dorothy. "Interview: Ursula K. Le Guin." California Quarterly 13-14
 1978
174 5
Haselkorn, Mark P. "An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin." Science Fiction Review 25
 1978 May
174 6
Heideman, Eric M. "An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin." Tales of the Unanticipated 18
 1998
174 7
Heldreth, Lillian M. "ICFA Converses with 1992 G.O.H. Ursula K. Le Guin." International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Summer
 1992
174 8
Holway, Lowell H. "Ursula K. Le Guin at SJSU: 'The Future is Now.'" San Jose Studies 10 no. 1
 1994
174 9
Lehn, Fiona. "Fantasy and Piety: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin." Room 32 no. 2
 2009
174 10
Marcus, Leonard. "Inteview with Ursula K. Le Guin"
 2003 October
174 11
Remington, Thomas J. and Robert Galbreath. "Lagniappe: An Informal Dialogue with Ursula K. Le Guin" in Selected Proceedings of the Science Fiction Research Association National Conference. Cedar Falls: University of Northern Iowa
 1978
174 12
Scafford, Roger. "Ursula K. Le Guin." Prism
 1974 Fall
174 13
Schweitzer, Darrell. "Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin." Science Fiction Review
 1990 Summer
174 14
Searles, Baird. "Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe of Science Fiction." Amazing Stories 61 no. 3
 1986 September
175 1
Sitesh, Aruna. "Ursula K. Le Guin," in Her Testimony. New Delhi: East-West Press
 1994
175 2
Tschachler, Heinz. "Science Fiction Can Offer Alternatives." Englisch Amerikanische Studien 9 no. 2
 1987
175 3
Venn, George, ed. "Ursula Le Guin: Interview." Oregon East 19
 1988
175 4
Westerhoff, John H. "Voices: By Five Science Fiction Writers." Colloquy 4 no 5."
 1971 May
175 5
Wickes, George and Louise Westling. "Dialogue with Ursula Le Guin." Northwest Review of Books 20 no. 2 and 3
 1982
175 6
Wolk, Susan Stanley. "The Lionization of Ursula K. Le Guin." The Review Magazine 17
 1971
Box/Folder
175/7-12, 176/1-6, 177/1-6, 178/1-6, 179/1-6, 180/1-6, 181/1-6, 182/1-6, 183/1-6, 184/1-7, 185/1-6, 186/1-6, 187/1-6, 188/1-10, 260/2-13, 261/1, /1
C.: Book reviews and clippings
The book reviews and clippings subseries contains book reviews sent to Le Guin by publishers, colleagues, and fans, along with numerous newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to Le Guin's professional life and writings.
The book reviews and clippings subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1967-2016

V.:  Personal papers, 1944-2015Return to Top

The personal papers series contains a variety of material related to Le Guin's personal life, including collegiate essays and theses; journals and notes; family writings, clippings, and remembrances; literary awards; and collected clippings, travel ephemera, and art.

The personal papers series is arranged in five subseries:
A. Student material, 1944-1991
B. Biographical material, personal journals, and notes, circa 1970s-2015
C. Family papers and ephemera, 1976-2007
D. Awards and artifacts, 1970-2013
E. Collected clippings and ephemera, circa 1969-2012
Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Student material
The bulk of material in the student material subseries concerns Le Guin's undergraduate and graduate studies, although some report cards from Berkeley High School are present. Le Guin's bachelor's thesis, "The Metaphor of the Rose," and her master's thesis, "Aspects of Death in Ronsard's Poetry," along with class notes and other college essays can be found in this subseries.
The student material subseries is organized chronologically by date of creation.
 1944-1991
Box Folder
188 11
Garfield graduation program
 1944
188 12
Berkeley High School report cards
 1946
188 13
College essays
 circa 1947
188 14
Graduate school essays
 1950-1953
189 1-3
Class notes
 1951-1953
189 4-5
Bachelor's thesis, "The Metaphor of the Rose"
 1951
189 6-7
Master's thesis, "Aspects of Death in Ronsard's Poetry"
 1952
189 8
Radcliffe College 40th Reunion
 1991
Box/Folder
189/9-12, 190/1-6, 191/1
B.: Biographical material, personal journals, and notes
The biographical material, personal journals, and notes subseries contains papers that document Le Guin's professional career. It also includes bound journals and some loose notes containing personal travel writings, non-literary daily notes, and shorthand.
This subseries has no internal organization, according to the donor's arrangement.
 circa 1970s-2015
Box Folder
191 2-4
C.: Family papers and ephemera
The family papers and ephemera subseries contains documents related to Le Guin's children and parents. It includes drawings and gifts exchanged between Le Guin and her children, a remembrance of Theodora Kroeber, and clippings and articles related to Ishi (Yahi, c. 1861-1916) and Alfred Kroeber's anthropological work.
This subseries has no internal organization, according to the donor's arrangement.
 1976-2007
D.: Awards and artifacts
The awards and artifacts subseries contains various awards presented to Ursula K. Le Guin, among which include her Hugo Awards for The Left Hand of Darkness (1970), "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" (1973), The Dispossessed (1974), and "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" (1988). Other awards and artifacts of note include several Locus and World Fantasy Awards, as well as a t-shirt for "Coyote's Song: The Teaching Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin."
The awards and artifacts subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1970-2013
Box
254
Hugo Award, 28th World SF Convention Heicon '70 Annual Achievement Award, Best Novel 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness, trophy
 1970
263
Hugo Award, Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Short Story, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," DISCON II – 32nd World Science Fiction Convention, trophy
 1973
263
TORCON 2, Best Novella, Science Fiction Achievement Award, trophy
 1973
262
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Fiction, The Dispossessed, plaque
 1974
254
Hugo Award, Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Novel, The Dispossessed, trophy
 1974
262
Western Oregon State College Distinguished Service Award, plaque
 1982 June 11
241
Hugo Award, Science Fiction Achievement Award, NOLACON II, Best Novelette, "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight," trophy
 1988
242
World Fantasy Award, Best Novella, "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight," trophy
 1988
243
State of Oregon, Woman of Achievement, plaque
 1991
243
National Council for Research on Women Writer of Distinction Award, plaque
 1992 April 6
262
Locus, Best Novella, "Forgiveness Day," Dragon*Con, Atlanta, Georgia, trophy
 1995
242
World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, trophy
 1995
243
Aubrey R. Watzek Award, Lewis and Clark College, trophy
 1996
242
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, trophy
 2001
262
Locus Award, Best Novelette, The Birthday of the World, Westercon 54, Portland, Oregon, plaque
 2001 July 6
262
Locus Award, Best Science Fiction Novel, The Telling, Westercon 54, Portland, Oregon, plaque
 2001 July 6
243
Willamette Writers Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, plaque
 2002
242
World Fantasy Award, Best Novel, The Other Wind, trophy
 2002
243
Locus Award, Best Collection, Tales From Earthsea, Westercon 55, Los Angeles, California, plaque
 2002 July 5
243
Locus Award, Best Novella, The Finder, Westercon 55, Los Angeles, California, plaque
 2002 July 5
243
Locus Award, Best Short Story, "The Bones of the Earth," Westercon 55, Los Angeles, California, plaque
 2002 July 5
Folder
262 1
Asimov's Science Fiction 2003 Readers' Award, "The Wild Girls," certificate
 2003
243
Locus Award, Best Novelette, The Wild Girls, Westercon 56, Seattle, Washington, plaque
 2003 July 4
243
Locus Award, Best Collection, Changing Planes, plaque
 2004
Folder
262 1
Locus Award, Best Non-Fiction, The Wave in the Mind, Westercon, Calgary, Alberta, certificate
 2005
243
SF-FFW Roots in Writing Award, plaque
 2005
Folder
262 1
Washington State Book Awards, Maxine Cushing Gray Fellowship for Writers, certificate
 2006 October 18
262 1
20th Annual Oregon Book Awards, C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award, Portland, Oregon, certificate
 2006 December 1
243
Gallun Award, ICON 26, plaque
 2007
243
Locus Award, Best Fantasy Novel, Lavina, plaque
 2009
243
Locus Award, Best Non-Fiction/Art Book, Cheek By Jowl, plaque
 2010
243
Theatre Unit SALA, Changing Planes, statuette
 2011 September 30-October 4
243
Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination Award, plaque
 2013
243
Beaded marbles, "Sea creatures," given to Ursula K. Le Guin by Vonda N. McIntyre
 circa 1980s-2000s
243
"Coyote's Song: The Teaching Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin," t-shirt
 circa 2007
Box/Folder
191/5-9, 192/1-11, 260/14, 261/15-16, 264/8, 265/1
E.: Collected clippings and ephemera
The collected clippings and ephemera subseries contains collected newspaper clippings and articles, maps and travel guides, calendars, artwork, broadsheet poems (including works by William Stafford, Adrienne Rich, Ching Yun, Carolyn Kizer, Moe Bowstern, and Yuan Mei), a book of drawings by Luis Urrea, the Lord John Signatures book of collected signatures (1991), and the cookbook Her Smoke Rose Up From Supper (1993).
The collected clippings and ephemera subseries is arranged chronologically.
 circa 1969-2012

VI.:  Photographs and artwork, circa 1930s-2014Return to Top

The photographs and artwork series contains photographic prints and slides depicting Le Guin's family, travels, and professional events and exhibits, as well as artwork by Henk Pander, broadsides, and the artist's book "Direction of the Road."

The photographs and artwork series is arranged in three subseries:
A. Photo prints, circa 1930s-2014
B. Slides, circa 1968-1996
C. Artwork, circa 1970s-2007
Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Photo prints
The family and travel subseries contains photographic prints depicting Le Guin's family and friends; travels to Alaska, California, and various places around Oregon; and professional events and exhibits, including honors presentations, workshops, and book signings.
The family and travel subseries is grouped in two categories: Family and travel, circa 1930s-2014; and Events, exhibits, and professional life, 1981-2004.
 circa 1930s-2014
Family and travel
 circa 1930s-2014
Box Folder
193 1
"Ursula and Charles wedding, Paris," negatives
 1953 December 22
193 2
"Kish, Japanese Gardens - Theo, Katherine Daires"
 circa 1974-1975
193 3
"Ehleus Christmas musicale"
 1975
193 4
"Acapulco Christmas"
 1975
193 5
Elinor Armer and Ursula K. Le Guin photo shoot
 circa 1980s
193 6
"Lyra"
 1988
193 7
"May; Macarella at the Gorge"
 1988
193 8
"Closing our plantation"
 1988
193 9
"Cannon Beach: Helen and Margaret - new deck"
 1988-1989
193 10
"Macon and Emory Commencement, Matt and Jane"
 1988 May
193 11
"Cannon Beach"
 circa 1988
193 12
"Sierra's with Elly"
 1988 August
193 13
"Astoria"
 1988 August
193 14
"Hugo Award and others"
 circa 1988
193 15
"February snow - Spring, Taber visit"
 1989
193 16
"Georgia"
 1989 March
193 17
"E and MA - Sauvie's and Cannon Beach"
 Spring 1989
193 18
"Cannon Beach"
 1989
193 19
"Macon - Lyra and Elie"
 1989
193 20
"Cannon Beach: Keith, Janet McNary, Helen"
 1989
193 21
"Malheur Field Station"
 1989
194 1
"Georgia, September with Carlie"
 1989
194 2
"Bennington, Joy-Elly"
 1989
194 3
"Kish and Lyra, (Black cat), Elisabeth's Birthday"
 1989-1990
194 4
"Christmas"
 1989
194 5
"Joy Johannessen"
 1990 July
194 6
"Wallawas"
 1990 July
194 7
"John G. and Beth Mac W."
 1990 June
194 8
"Georgia, April and September"
 1990
194 9
"Snow and Spring"
 1990
194 10
"Sauvie's Island"
 circa 1990-1991
194 11
"Cannon Beach"
 1990-1991
194 12
"Georgia"
 1990 September
194 13
"Kish - Autumn, Winemaking, Halloween"
 1990
194 14
"Point Lobos, Ted's Kids"
 Fall 1990
194 15
"Redwood Highway"
 1990
194 16
"Christmas"
 1990
195 1
"Christmas, Lyra visit; Snow"
 1990
195 2
"Carlie - Pendleton - New car, Summer"
 1991
195 3
"Mary Bruce and Ralph"
 Summer 1991
195 4
"Requa"
 1990-1991
195 5
"Visit to LA"
 1991
195 6
"Contra Costa County"
 1991
195 7
"San Francisco Zoo"
 1991
195 8
"Clear Lake"
 1991
195 9
"Steve McLeod pictures"
 1991
195 10
"Seattle"
 1991
195 11
"Georgia"
 1991
195 12
"Georgia - Fall"
 1991
195 13
"Christmas"
 1991
195 14
"Thurman Street Garden"
 circa 1991
195 15
"Cannon Beach from hill above 101"
 1990
195 16
"Le Guin Retirement"
 1991 February 26
195 17
"Thurman Street"
 1992
195 18
"Cannon Beach"
 1992
195 19
"Astoria/Yachats"
 1992
195 20
"Pendleton"
 1992
195 21
"Georgia - Panama City"
 1992
195 22
"California - Kish; Clear Lake"
 1992
195 23
"Beloit; Beloit to Georgia; NYC; Pennsylvania"
 1992
195 24
"England"
 1992
196 1
"Orangeola; Snow and birds in Portland; Snow at Cannon Beach"
 1993 January
196 2
"Snow in Portland; St. Augustine, Florida; Okefenokee; Peavy; Trella"
 Spring 1993
196 3
"Kish and Clear Lake; San Francisco crew: Jill and John; garage"
 1993
196 4
"Jill and John; Lyla riding; Sandcastle day"
 1993 May-June
196 5
"Elisabeth at Kish"
 circa 1993
196 6
"Charles Painting Class"
 Summer 1993
196 7
"Elis; Jill and John; 4th of July Cannon Beach"
 Summer 1993
196 8
"Autumn: Sauvie Island"
 1993
196 9
"Fall: Mt. Hood with T and N; Spring: Sauvie Island, Cannon Beach"
 1993
196 10
"India"
 circa 1993-1994
196 11
"Christmas"
 1993
196 12
"India"
 Fall 1993
196 13
"Massachusetts"
 1994 July
196 14
"India's First Birthday"
 1994
196 15
"Christmas/Joint quilt"
 1994
196 16
"Tiptree chocolate"
 1994 April
196 17
"Point Reyes and driving home (Castle Crags)"
 1994 June
196 18
"Clear Lake, Konocti; Castle Crags near Shasta, and flowers there, druring house, India, Bean"
 1994 June
197 1
"July: Harvard yard with Jill and John; August: Flooded Tussahaw River, Georgia; September: New fountain, flowers, India, Bean"
 1994
197 2
"Malheur Field Sta., 6-11 September"
 1994
197 3
"2 of Benson Pond (Malheur), Lots of Bean"
 1994 September
197 4
"Burns, Ontario, Pendleton (Ursula's pictures)"
 1994 September
197 5
"Malheur, Ontario, Pendleton (Charles' pictures)"
 1994 September
197 6
"India (and others)"
 Spring 1994
197 7
"At Mary Bruces, April; Garden, April-Mayl Easter bouquet"
 1994
197 8
"1st Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas"
 1994
197 9
"Overnight cruise on Rotterdam (Vancouver-Portland)"
 1994 October
197 10
"Ursula: Japanese gardens, Cannon Beach rainbow, Halloween"
 Autumn 1994
197 11
"Toronto - Harbour front festival; Lyra; also Ursula and cat at home"
 1994 October
197 12
"Ursula and Charles"
 Autumn 1994
197 13-14
"Alaska"
 1994
197 15
"Alaska: Copies of Dorothy's photos"
 1994 June
198 1
"Sauvie Island; February eagle watch; Snow in Portland; Oregon Coast - May '95; Horrible Horace"
 1995
198 2
"India"
 1995 April
198 3
"Yosemite with Ted, Candace, Karlo"
 1995 May
198 4
"Rhododendron garden with the Raj; New work at Cannon Beach; Charles with Horrible Horace"
 1995 April
198 5
"California, Vietnam Memorial - Weed; Drive to Portland"
 1995 May
198 6
"Ursula K. Le Guin: Kish, Clear Lake, Vietnam Memorial at Weed"
 1995 May-June
198 7
"Christmas: Everybotty"
 1995
198 8
"Carlie and Rick - C. wedding; Grace Paley June visit"
 1995
198 9
"Kish - Marin Headlands, Charles Birthday; Yosemite"
 1995 May-June
198 10
"Trip with Ted and Candace, Sauvie Island Greenway"
 1995 July
198 11
"Massachusetts - England, Brandeis, Lowell, London"
 1995 September
198 12
"England, Charles Lewes - Cornwall"
 1995 September-October
198 13
"England, Lewes-Cornwall"
 1995 September-October
198 14
"Massachusetts, England, Georgia, Cornwall and Georgia"
 1995 September-October
198 15
"Georgia family reunion; All kids (except Lyra and Rick); Garden; Cannon Beach Halloween"
 1995
198 16
"At Barbara Gomperts - September; Christmas"
 1995
198 17
"Cannon Beach with Dolores - November; Christmas; Snow - February"
 1995-1996
199 1
"Leguin Reunion; Coast Range - E, MA, C, T, N, I"
 1995 October
199 2
"Christmas"
 1995
199 3
"Dakotas, Cannon Beach, Zorro, Party"
 1995 September-October
199 4
"Pendleton; Flood; CDL; Sauvie Island Floor; Cherry trees; cat, (before Utah)"
 1996
199 5
"Utah-California"
 1996
199 6
"Moscow Trip, Ch-E-C"
 1996 June
199 7
"Moscow, Idaho trip, Ch-E-C"
 1996 June
199 8
"New Mexico Trip"
 1996 October
199 9
"The Flood"
 1996 August-October
199 10
"Tom and Jean: gorge, mountain, Pendleton Parade (Charles)"
 1996 September
199 11
"Tom and Jean: gorge, mountain, Roundup (Ursula)"
 1996 September
199 12
"4th of July; Mt. Adams; Crater Lake (Ursula)"
 1996 July-August
199 13
"Crater Lake and Cannon Beach; T and I"
 1996 August-September
199 14
"4th of July; Crater Lake (Charles)"
 1996 July-August
199 15
"Yosemite; ECL at Kish; Flight of the Mind; 4th of July, India"
 1996 May-July
199 16
"Winie and Aicky; Christmas dinner with DL's; E and MA and DLs"
 1997 December
199 17
"Kittens"
 1997
199 18
"Kittens, Sauvie Island, Christmas haws"
 1997 October-November
199 19
"North Georgia (end of trip); Kittens; Pumpkin Patch"
 1997 October
199 20
"Darien; South Carolina; North Carolina; Georgia"
 1997 October
200 1
"Georgia: LaTrell's to St. Simon's"
 1997
200 2
"Isabel's First Week"
 1997 August 10-20
200 3
"Georgia - to Anna Ruby Falls"
 1997
200 4
"C. Beach, Falls: Georgia (to Savannah)"
 1997 September
200 5
"Party Kish, July 6; Wildlife Safari, July 9"
 1997
200 6
"Isabel, Harney County (Charles), Isabel)"
 1997 September
200 7
"Safari"
 1997 August
200 8
"Kish Party"
 1997 July
200 9
"Eastern Oregon to Kish"
 1997 June-July
200 10
"Eastern Oregon with Jill and John"
 1997 June
200 11
"E Graduation"
 1997 May 18
200 12
"May 1: Last pictures of Lorenzo, Lilac garden, Portland; Astoria; sunset of May 27; June 2-3: S Rocks, Harney County, Steens Mountain"
 1997
200 13
"ECL (M.A., Lyra, Prof)"
 1997 May 18
200 14
"Eastern Oregon with Jill and John"
 1997 June
200 15
"Garden, Bean, Cannon Beach storm, M and S and H"
 1997 April
200 16
"Victoria/Oakland"
 1997 May 13-18
200 17
"C-1, B.A."
 1997
200 18
"September"
 1997
200 19
"Harney County (Ursula); Charles and Isabel"
 1997 September
201 1
"Spaces"
 1998 March-April
201 2
"Cannon Beach, Christmas, Pendleton Round-up"
 1998
201 3
"Cats: Last shots of Willie; First of Zorro"
 1998 January-February
201 4
"T and N Anniversary Quilt (February); Isabel, 6 months old; Cannon Beach cats, first pictures of Zorro (January 30)"
 1998 January-March
201 5
"Charles trip to Georgia: Frances, Trella, Margaret, etc.; Charles and Ursula visit to Ted and Candace, Pt. Reyes; Spring garden"
 1998 March-April
201 6
"Mt. Shasta, sunset and sunrise; Kish, Elis, Lyra; Pt. Reyes; Boonville; Elk"
 1998 April
201 7
"Ursula Barton"
 1998
201 8
"S--- chewing pencil"
 circa 1998
201 9
"Visiting Marnie Willis - Derry, New Hampshire"
 1998 June
201 10
"Tractor at Adams - Quilts - USS MO - Isa and Theo"
 1998 June
201 11
"Z in dryer; Isa 1st Birthday (WT and C)"
 1998
201 12
"Alaska: negatives and proofs'"
 1998 September
201 13
"December"
 1998
201 14
"Cannon Beach; Ted and Zorro"
 1998 October
201 15
"Thanksgiving at India's school; Christmas; Snowfall 24 December; Zorro"
 1998
201 16
"Alaska: Ursula and Charles - seconds"
 1998 September
202 1
"Family photos"
 1999
202 2
"February/March"
 1999
202 3
"Washington D.C.; Georgia"
 1999 March
202 4
"Georgia; Thurman Sr. Egg.; Clear Lake"
 1999 April
202 5
"Summer"
 1999
202 6
"Cannon Beach; Cook's ship at Astoria; Endeavor; Marine's; Penobscot Bay"
 1999 July-August
202 7
"Hudson Bay trip: St. Pierce to H. Strait"
 1999 August
202 8
"Hudson Bay trip: Akpatok to Walrus Island"
 1999 August
202 9
"Olympic Peninsula: Lunch trip from Ft. Worden: Sherley Hoevell, Lyra, Susan"
 1999 July
202 10
"Party"
 1999 October
202 11-12
"Party and Central Oregon"
 1999 October
202 13
"Cat, kids, garden"
 1999 November
202 14
"Family photos"
 circa 1999
202 15
"Theodora Kroeber and Ursula stones"
 2000
202 16
"Hardison family graves - outside Byron Georgia"
 2000
202 17
"San Jose - Kish"
 Spring 2000
202 18
"San Jose Class party"
 Spring 2000
202 19
"Niagara"
 2000
203 1
"Ursula in S.d., cats, etc."
 Spring 2000
203 2
"Pix by Latrelle"
 2000 April-June
203 3
"Italy"
 2000 July
203 4
"CI May Garden, Vietnam memorial, SJ - Iera"
 2000 August
203 5
"Kish, Flight of Mind"
 2000 June
203 6
"Fishtrap, etc."
 2000 July
203 7
"Steens Mountain with Molly"
 2000 September
203 8
"Carche's pictures"
 2000 December
203 9
"San Jose"
 Spring 2000
203 10
"Lake Chelan"
 2001 September
203 11
"Blitzen (Harney County)"
 2001
203 12
"Snow at Cannon Beach"
 2001
204 1
"Torrey Pines, Anza-Borrego"
 2001
204 2
"E, Charles, Ursula visit Pendleton"
 2001
204 3
"Kish gathering"
 2001
204 4
"Harney County and Cannon Beach"
 circa 2001
204 5
"Christmas"
 2001
204 6
"Garden, Cannon Beach, Safari"
 2001
204 7
"Harney County"
 2001
204 8
"Malheur Field Stu. Workshop"
 2001
204 9-11
"Chile"
 2001
204 12
"Friends and family"
 2002
204 13
"Cannon Beach"
 2002
205 1
"Iera and Lucca"
 2002
205 2
"Harney County with Roger and P.; Rockpiles"
 2002
205 3
"Southwest"
 2002
205 4
"Southwest and Pendleton"
 2002
205 5
"Kishamish in the Summer of 2002"
 2002
205 6
"Last Steens Mountain shots; K. Beach sunset; Guerro painting"
 2003 September
205 7
"Henk painting UKL"
 2003
205 8
"Henk and portrait; Garden"
 2003 April
205 9
Photo album
 2003 August
205 10
"Railroad Motel, Kish (gathering)"
 June 2003
205 11-12
"SW Trip with Vonda and Molly"
 2003
206 1
"Ursula's Birthday Party, 30 October"
 2004
206 2
"Ursula's 75th Birthday (Also new Elinor), 30 October"
 2004
206 3
"Winter; 29 Palms"
 2003-2004
206 4
"McCoy Creek Ranch and Harney County, by John Buell"
 2004 September
206 5
"Harney County and Newport"
 2004 September
206 6
"Georgia, Florida, home"
 2004 June
206 7
"Harney County and Treehouse"
 2004 September
206 8
"Autumn: Japanese Gardens, St. Helens steaming; February-March: Jackie Shattpes"
 2004-2005
206 9
"St. Helens - II"
 2005
206 10
"M and S and H"
 2005 July
206 11
"M and S and U"
 2005 July
206 12
"Pt. Reyes, Garden"
 Spring 2005
206 13
"Cache and Perla"
 2005 July-August
206 14
"Kish, Harney County"
 2005 August
206 15
"McCoy Creek"
 2006 August
206 16
"McCoy Creek, Charles Hall"
 2006 August-September
206 17
"Charles Hall"
 2006 September 24
206 18
"29 Pamls, Joshua Tree, Death Valley"
 2006
206 19
"Northern Cascades"
 2006 July
206 20
"Retreat at Cedarwood Lodge: Judith, Ruth, Molly, Roussel"
 2007
206 21
"Cannon Beach - elk, Harney County"
 2008 August
206 22
"Harney County"
 circa 2008-2009
206 23
"Oregon Caves, Joseph Party"
 2009 October
207 1
"Harney County"
 2009 August
207 2
"McCoy Creek"
 2011 August
207 3-4
"Harney County"
 2011 August
Box/Folder
207/5-9, 208/1
"UKL: Various favorite photos -1975 on"
 circa 1960-2000s
Box Folder
208 2
"Old photos"
 circa 1930s
208 3
"C and U - Telluride; ALK/TKK"
 1962 September
208 4
"Ella Peavy: Georgia - Mother's 85th Birthday"
 1985
208 5
"Elisabeth's Wedding"
 circa 1984
208 6
"Joe Frazier's photos of the kids; Gordon Grant's seashore picture"
 circa 1980s
208 7
"Photos of Magnolia Wynn Le Guin, New Hope Cemetery, etc. - printed in 1985 for A Home-Concealed Woman (MWL Diaries)"
 circa 1930s-1985
208 8
"Large photos of Le Guins and Kroebers"
 circa 1950s-2000
208 9
"School Pix: Le Guin children"
 1964-1977
208 10
"Ancestral Le Guins and early Charles"
 circa 1940s-1970s
Box/Folder
209/1-5, 210/1-7
"Pix by Others"
 circa 1960s-2008
Box Folder
210 8
"Photos by Barbara Gomperts, England," photo album
 1992
210 9
"2014: Our Year!," photo album
 2014
210 10
Ursula K. Le Guin snapshots and portraits
 circa 1946-1993
210 11
Ursula and Charles Le Guin, snapshots and portraits
 circa 1978-1990s
210 12
Ursula K. Le Guin with family, friends, and fans, snapshots
 circa 1958-2000
210 13
Charles Le Guin, snapshots and portraits
 circa 1965-2008
211 1
Elisabeth Le Guin, snapshots and portraits
 circa 1969-1980
211 2
Caroline Le Guin, snapshots and portraits
 circa 1970s
211 3
Theodore Le Guin, snapshots and portraits
 circa 1975-1990s
211 4
Family snapshots and portraits
 circa 1930s-1999
211 5-7
Photographs from fans and friends
 1973-2002
Events, exhibits, and professional life
 1981-2004
Box Folder
211 8
"Ursula K. Le Guin, Library"
 circa 1981
211 9
Headshots by Fay Godwin
 circa 1983
211 10
Children's books display
 1989
211 11
Conference on Research in Gender Communication
 1989
211 12
Flight of the Mind
 1989-1993
211 13
Portland State University Honorary Degree
 1989
211 14
Portraits by Marian Wood Kolisch
 circa 1990s
211 15
Reading and book signing at Arkadian Bookstore, Seattle
 1990
211 16
Tehanu display
 circa 1990
211 17
"U.C. Anthro Department banquet"
 1991
211 18
Book signing
 circa 1993
211 19
Speaking engagement photographed by Bud Clark and Milla Walker
 1993
211 20
International Festival of Toronto Authors
 1994
211 21
San Antonio Bookfair
 1996
211 22
Wiscon
 1996, 2006
211 23
Recording Lao Tzu
 1997 August 1-8
211 24
LA Book Fair
 2000 April
211 25
"PA and L Presents Ursula K. Le Guin," Portland, Oregon
 2000 October 11
211 26
"Ursula, Theo, and Dorothy Hirsch reading 'Freshwater' at the Library Gala"
 2001
211 27
ALA (American Library Association) Meeting, Awards recipients, Florida
 2004 June
B.: Slides
The slides subseries contains photographic slides which depict a variety of subjects, including Le Guin's family, and travels to Europe, Alaska, California, Georgia, and various places around Oregon. Hand-written inventories for "Ch. 1983-5 (Canada)," "U.I.80-82," "U.II.82-87," "U.III.87-," and Alaska slides are also available.
Original order has been maintained for the slides subseries.
 circa 1968-1996
Box Folder
244 1-4
"Ch. 1983-5 (Canada)"
 1983-1996
244 4-7
"U.I.80-82"
 1980-1982
244 7-10
"U.II.82-87"
 1975-1987
244 10-12
"U.III.87-"
 circa 1968-1989
244 13
"Portland House and Garden"
 1983-1984
244 13
"California"
 1985
244 13
"Summer"
 1986
244 13-14
"England"
 1992
244 14-15
"Sea Bird"
 1992
244 15
"Charles - Churchill Trip"
 1983
244 15-16
"Alaska"
 1994
244 16
"Paris"
 1953
244 16
"Leningrad and Berkshire"
 1976
244 16
Photo by Tim Kirk
 1973
244 16
Photos by Roberta Fineberg
 1989-1992
244 16
Photos by Donald Powers
 1996
244 18
"Ch. 1983-5 (Canada);" "U.I.80-82;" "U.II.82-87;" "U.III.87-" slide inventories
 circa 1980-1987
244 17
Alaska slides inventories
 1994
C.: Artwork
The artwork subseries contains a portrait study of Ursula K. Le Guin by Henk Pander (the finished painting is on display in the Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room), reference photographs for artwork by Henk Pander, broadsides, and the artist's book "Direction of the Road" by Ursula K. Le Guin.
The artwork subseries is arranged chronologically by format.
 circa 1970s-2007
Box Folder
211 28
Reference photographs of Ursula K. Le Guin sent to Henk Pander by Mrs. Chuck Bigelow
 circa 1970s
211 29
Photograph of Henk Pander's 1979 pen and ink portrait of Ursula K. Le Guin
 circa 1979
Folder
2
Henk Pander portrait study of Ursula K. Le Guin
19 5/8" x 25 5/8"
 2002 January 15
Box Folder
265 2
"Torrey Pines Reserve," broadsides, designed and printed by Vance Gerry for the Lord John Press of Northridge, presentation copies
 1980
260 15
"Phoenicians," broadsides, designed and printed by Press-22 for In Concert Against Nuclear Arms, Portland, Oregon
Four copies signed by Ursula K. Le Guin and Henk Pander.
 1984 March 25
260 16
"The Vigil for Ben Linder," broadsides
Broadsides are signed by Ursula K. Le Guin.
 1987
264 9
"For Calyx," broadside, linocut created by Darryla Green-McGrath, printed by Sandy Tilcock and Alexandra Prentiss, Eugene, Oregon
Broadside is signed by Darryla Green-McGrath.
 1989 September 29
265 3
"Foam Women, Rain Women," broadsides, printed by Powell's Books, Portland, Oregon
 1991 October 17
265 4
"The First Thing About Rocks Is, They're Old," broadsides, printed for the Lane Arts Council's 1993 Voices of Place reading series by the lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon
This file contains one bound and two loose broadsides signed by Ursula K. Le Guin.
 1993
260 17
"The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," broadsides, printed to commemorate the wedding of Melissa Ann Kent and N. Wayne Simms
 1993 May 1
265 5
"Real Power," broadsides
 1997
260 18
"April in San Jose," broadside, San Jose, California
Broadside is signed by Ursula K. Le Guin.
 2000 April
266
"Futurology" by Ursula K. Le Guin and "Fibonacci" by Judith Barrington, broadsides
This file contains unsigned broadsides and three signed broadsides of "Futurology" by Ursula K. Le Guin and unsigned broadsides and three signed broadsides of "Fibonacci" by Judith Barrington. The portfolio of broadsides was presented to Ursula K. Le Guin at her reading for the Aubrey Watzek Library Poetry Series at Lewis and Clark College.
 2006 March 22
266
"Direction of the Road," artist's book, Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press
 2007
Henk Pander portrait of Ursula K. Le Guin digital image files
2 digital image file(s)
 2003

VII.:  Audiovisual material, circa 1972-2010Return to Top

The audiovisual material series contains audiovisual material in a variety of formats (cassette, VHS, videocassette, CD, vinyl LP, vinyl EP, pocket CD-R, and DVD) relating to Ursula K. Le Guin's professional life. Interviews, public appearances, audiobooks, adaptations, interpretations, collaborations, and other collected tapes are included in this series.

The audiovisual material series is arranged in four subseries:
A. Interviews and public appearances, circa 1970s-2010
B. Audiobooks, circa 1970s-2008
C. Adaptations, interpretations, and collaborations, circa 1972-2007
D. Collected tapes, circa 1980s-2002

Sound recordings and moving images in this series require the production of listening or viewing copies. Researchers requiring access must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance and pay fees for reproduction services as necessary.

Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Interviews and public appearances
The interviews and public appearances subseries contains recorded interviews (including some for NPR, and other local radio stations across the United States), talks, and appearances on various media including cassette, VHS, CD-R, and DVD-R.
The interviews and public appearances subseries is arranged chronologically.
 circa 1970s-2010
Box
245
"Ursula Le Guin: Woman of Science Fiction," cassette
 circa 1970s
245
"The Cabbages Speak," cassette
 circa 1970s-1980s
245
"Tomorrow Show," cassette
 circa 1970s-1980s
245
"Ursula K. Le Guin introduction to 'Nightfall'," OMSI H.C. Kendall Planetarium, reel-to-reel
 circa 1970s-1980s
245
"Ursula Le Guin: Women of Science Fiction," cassette
 circa 1970s-1980s
245
The New Atlantis, Oxford, Ohio, reel-to-reel
 1979
245
"The Dispossessed, Episode I," cassette
 circa 1980s
245
"Literature and Anarchism Panel," cassette
 circa 1980s
245
"NPR Interview with UKL in Portland, Howard Berkeis," KUMR, cassette
 circa 1980s
245
"NPR: St. Helens Dreams," cassette
 circa 1980s
245
"Ursula Le Guin in conversation with Barbara F---," cassette
 circa 1980s
245
"City Arts of San Francisco," hosted by Maya Angelou, cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
245
"OPB Golden Hours," Bob Griggs, cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
245
"Self Stone," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
245
"Ursula Le Guin interview: Charlotte Reed," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
245
"Ursula to Fannie," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
245
"Kellogg's Award Talk", Portland State University, cassette
 1980
245
"WABE Atlanta on Le Guin," cassette
 1980
245
"U. Le Guin interview," cassette
 1980 February 21
245
"Women in Science Fiction," KLCC Eugene, Oregon, cassette
 1981 January 4
245
"All Things Considered: Always Coming Home interview," cassette
 circa 1982
245
"UKL reading at Jung Institute of San Francisco," cassette
 1982 April
245
"In Celebration of the Feminie Spirit," C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, cassette
 1982 April 24
245
"Lewis and Clark Commencement Talk," cassette
 1982 June 13
245
"Anarchism in America documentary," DVD-RW
 circa 1983
245
"2 ATC pieces," cassette
 1983
245
"All Things Considered #830321-28," cassette
 1983 March
245
"Ursula Le Guin interviewed by Susan Stamberg," All Things Considered, NPR, cassette
 1983 March 20
245
"Stamberg Interview," All Things Considered, NPR, cassette
 1983 March 28
245
"Jung Institute San Francisco," cassette
 1983 May
245
"UKL for US Forest Service," cassette
 1984
245
"Chautauqua, Ursula Le Guin - Todd Barton, Erland/Susan," Ashland, cassette
 1985 April
245
"The Left Hand of Darkness," cassette
 1985 April
246
"Exploring Creativity with Ursula K. Le Guin," VHS
 1985 September
245
"Chautauqua: Barton and Le Guin," cassette
 1985 September 20
245
"NPR: Always Coming Home spot," cassette
 1985 September 29
245
"Valerie Jean Fisher interview with UKL," Seattle, cassette
 1985 October
245
"CBS Radio IDEAS Series: Other Worlds, Other Minds, Show #3: 'Stars In Our Eyes,'" cassette
 1986
245
"Poetry Night at the Null Hypothesis," cassette
 1986
245
"Harriet Baskas Interview, KBOO," cassette
 1987
246
"Ursula K. Le Guin: Tulane," VHS
 1987 February
246
"Reading at Tulane," VHS
 1987 February 10
245
"Conference on Poetry and Narrative," San Jose Poetry Center, cassette
 1987 March 27-29
245
"Marion Kolisch interview," cassette
 1987 June
246
"Emory University Graduation," VHS
 1988
245
"Writers at the Hult '88," cassette
 1988
245
"City Arts of San Francisco, 'Fisherwoman's Daughter,'" hosted by Sedge Thomson, cassette
 circa 1989
245
"Goteborg Talk," cassette
 1989 September
245
"Interview, Telling," KPCC, Pasadena, California, cassette
 circa 1990s
246
"The Possible Future presents: The SFWA Grand Masters," VHS
 circa 1990s
245
"Ursula Le Guin Public Radio Book Show," cassette
 1991 January 31
245
"Beauty: A Conference in the Healing Arts," San Francisco, California, cassette
 1991 June 22-23
245
"Together with Le Guin," cassette
 1991 August 31
245
"Bookworm," cassette
 1991 October 30
245
"Green Network," cassette
 1991 November
245
"Margot Adler Interview," NPR, cassette
 1992
245
"Telephone link-up interview with Terry Lane, ABC Radio, Melbourne," cassette"
 1992 May
245
"Sound of Writing NPR, 'Texts,'" cassette
 1992-1993
245
"KBOO Interview Searoad Chronicles," cassette
 1994 January 3
245
"Jean Feraca, Women in Community and Nature, Ursula Le Guin," cassette"
 1994 April 5
246
"WisCon 20," Madison, Wisconsin, VHS
 1996 May 24-27
246
"English 301: Women and Literature, with Dr. Karen Mann, The Left Hand of Darkness," VHS
 circa 1997
246
"ENG 301: Women and Literature, Ursula Le Guin Interview," VHS
 1997 August 11
245
"Ursula Le Guin, Todd Barton, Daniel Brecker," KCMU 90.3 FM, Seattle, cassette
 1997 December 11
245
"Los Angeles Times Book Prizes: 1999 Awards Ceremony," UCLA Royce Hall Auditorium, VHS
 1999
246
"On Despising Genre," Library of Congress, VHS
 1999 March 26
245
"The Writer's Almanac," Minnesota Public Radio, cassette
 2000 February 7-13
Folder
245 1
"Los Angeles Times Festival of Books," UCLA Royce Hall Auditorium, cassette
 2000 April 29
245
"Hour 25--Ursula K. Le Guin Interview," cassette
 2000 September 29
245
"The Book Show, #695," cassette
 2001 October 30
245
"Anthropology, U. Le Guin, Centennial Lecture Series," UC Berkely, cassette
 2001 November 16
245
"UrsulaKLeGuin.com," The Birthday of the World, CD-R
 2002 March 21
245
"The 2004 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Cheek by Jowl with Ursula K. Le Guin," Arizona, DVD-R
 2004
246
"Science Fiction Conversations," VHS
 2004 November 27
245
Book-It Repertory Theater, A Wizard of Earthsea, Shelton Timberland Regional Library, DVD-R
 2008 October 23
245
"Accents," hosted by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, WRFL 88.1FM, Lexington, Kentucky, CD-R
 2010 October 29
B.: Audiobooks
The audiobooks subseries contains produced audio recordings on cassette, CD, pocket CD-R, and vinyl LP of some of Ursula K. Le Guin's major works and short stories, including The Farthest Shore, Gwilan's Harp and Intracom, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Tombs of Atuan, and A Wizard of Earthsea, among others. Abridged and unabridged versions of works narrated by Le Guin and a variety of others are available.
The audiobooks subseries is arranged alphabetically by title of work.
 circa 1970s-2008
Box
246
"Bones of the Earth," Sci-FiAudio.com, Walnut Studios, CD
 2002
247
The Farthest Shore, Colophone, cassette
 1981
246
Gwilan's Harp and Intracom, Caedmon, cassette
 1977
267
Gwilan's Harp and Intracom, Caedmon, vinyl LP
 1977
246
Havvej: Klatsand-kroniker, Den Grimme Aelling, cassette
 1997
246
Intracom and Gwilan's Harp, cassette
 circa 1970s
246
Intracom and Gwilan's Harp, Harper Audio, cassette
 1992
247
The Left Hand of Darkness, Waldentapes, cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
267
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, including An Orgota Creation Myth and Direction of the Road, Alternate World Recordings, vinyl LP
 1976
247
The Other Wind, Fantastic Audio, cassette
 2001
246
The Shobies' Story, Infinivox, cassette
 1990
247
Tales from Earthsea, Fantastic Audio, cassette
 2001
247
The Tombs of Atuan, Colophone, cassette
 1981
246
The Tombs of Atuan, Recorded Books, cassette
 1994
247
A Wizard of Earthsea, Colophone, cassette
 1981
246
A Wizard of Earthsea, BBC Radio Collection, pocket CD-R
 circa 1990s-2000s
246
A Wizard of Earthsea, BBC Worldwide, cassette
 1997
247
A Wizard of Earthsea, Fantastic Audio, cassette
 2001
246
A Wizard of Earthsea, Craftsman, CD
 2005
246, 247
The Word for World is Forest, Book of the Road, cassette
 1985
246
Bear, Greg, et al., The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century, Dove Audio, cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
247
Mandelbaum, Paul, ed. First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors, Dove Audio, cassette
 1995
246
Silverberg, Robert, ed. Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy: Volume 3, Harper Audio, cassette
 1999
246
Symphony Space, Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story: For Better and For Worse, CD
 2008
C.: Adaptions, interpretations, and collaborations
The adaptations, interpretations, and collaborations subseries contains cassette, VHS, videocassette, vinyl LP, vinyl EP, CD, and DVD adaptations and interpretations of Le Guin's works, as well as collaborative works between Le Guin and other artists. Of note are several VHS recordings of the film adaptation of The Lathe of Heaven, along with musical collaborations between Le Guin and Todd Barton (such as Music from the Valley and Always Coming Home), and Le Guin and Elinor Armer (such as "The Great Instrument of the Geggerets" and Uses of Music in the Uttermost Parts).
The adaptations, interpretations, and collaborations subseries is arranged chronologically.
 circa 1972-2007
Box
248
"Armer," Ursula K. Le Guin and Elinor Armer cassettes
This file is comprised of 22 cassette tapes which contain projects created by Elinor Armer and Ursula K. Le Guin. Projects include "The Great Instrument of the Geggerets," "MarZena," "Lockerbones," "Airbones," "Eating with the Hoi," "Anithaca," "The Seasons of Oling," and Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts. Interviews with Ursula K. Le Guin and Elinor Armer are also present.
 circa 1972-1995
248
"Bedford, Omelas, 12 hours," cassette
 1975-1976
248
"J. Schwantner and UKL: 'Wild Angels,'" cassette
 1977 December
248
Todd Barton, Music from the Valley, demo tape, cassette
 circa 1980s
248
David Bedford, Rigel 9, cassette
 circa 1980s
248
Eric Funk, "Omelas," cassette
 circa 1980s
248
"KSOR Eye for an Eye Worktape," cassette
 circa 1980s
247
"The Lathe of Heaven," VHS
 circa 1980s
247
"Lathe of Heaven dubbed off TV-missing start," VHS
 circa 1980s
247
"The Lathe of Heaven," screening copy, VHS
 circa 1980s
248
"Locklair and Le Guin: Lairs of Soundings," cassette
 circa 1980s
248
"The Curve of Wonder I," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
"The Curve of Wonder II, An Eye for an Eye," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
Richard Hill and Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Sound of Writing #52," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
"KSOR Eye for an Eye, first version," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
247
"The Lathe of Heaven," VHS
 circa 1980s-1990s
247
"Lathe of Heaven: Virtual Pledge," VHS
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
"'The Phoenix,'" Otherworld Media, cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
Michael Stockler, "Orr Music," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
Michael Stockler and Tom McClary, The Lathe of Heaven, cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
"Stone I Said," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
248
"The Way Of, H.T.M.," cassette
 circa 1980s-1990s
247
"Ursula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven, 2 hour PBS dramatization of the novel," videocassette
 1980 January 9
248
Carol Sams, "Wild Angels," Seattle, cassette
 1980
248
"Vandervelde, Farthest Shore," cassette
 1982 September
248
Todd Barton, Music from the Valley, Demo #2, cassette
 circa 1983
248
Music from the Valley, cassette
 1983 December 16
248
Todd Barton and Ursula K. Le Guin, Always Coming Home, cassette
 1984
248
"'Dragonfly Song' fragment," cassette
 1984 April 4
248
"Heron Dance, Dragonfly Song, Homesick Song, River Song," Final Demo mix, cassette
 1984 April 24
248
"D. Bedford: Rigel 9 Demos," cassette
 1984 May
248
"King of Winter," cassette
 1984 August 9
248
Todd Barton and Ursula K. Le Guin, Always Coming Home: Performance Selections," cassette
 1985
267
David Bedford, Rigel 9, Famous Charisma Label, vinyl LP
 1985
267
Todd Barton, Pieces, vinyl LP
 1986
248
"Semley's Necklace," radio production
 1986
248
"Patrick Ball reads 'Gwilan's Harp,'" cassette
 1986 September
248
"Oregon Repertory Singers Concert," cassette
 1987 September 8
248
"Coleman: Text by UKL: The Great Lalula," cassette
 1988
248
Ursula K. Le Guin and Todd Barton, Songs of the Kesh, World Room, cassette
 1988
247
"Blood Lodge Dances," cassette
 1988 April
248
The Word for World is Forest, CBC adaptation, cassette
 1988 August 8
248
A Wizard of Earthsea, dramatized for radio by Bert Coules, cassette
 circa 1990s
248
Jason V. Barabba, Three Meditations, CD
 circa 1990s-2000s
248
Jason V. Barabba and Ursula K. Le Guin, Say I Am Not Far Enough, CD
 circa 1990s-2000s
248
Paul Hoftman, "Rowing on Crimson Wings," pocket CD-R
 circa 1990s-2000s
248
"The Seasons of the Ansarac," CD-R
 circa 1990s-2000s
248
Michael Sintros, City of Illusions, CD-R
 circa 1990s-2000s
248
The Lathe of Heaven, "Tape A," cassette
 1990
248
Ursula K. Le Guin and Todd Barton, Lao Tsu and Chuang Tzo, cassette
 1993 August 25
247
"Vision," VHS
 1994
248
David York and Judith Barrington, Mother of Us All, OMNI Records, cassette
 1994
248
David York and Judith Barrington, Mother of Us All, OMNI Records, CD
 1994
247
A Wizard of Earthsea, BBC TV, VHS
 1995 March 28
248
"Jeff Berkwits discusses ASTERISM on WNUA Radio's 'Point of View'," cassette
 1996 September 8
267
BloodHag, G.L.O.W.: Gorgeous Ladies of Writing, vinyl EP
 2000
247
The Lathe of Heaven, Newvideo, VHS
 2000
248
Ursula K. Le Guin, Jeffrey Lunden, and Linda Stephens, Places Names, CD-R74
 2000 May 26-27
247
"Lathe of Heaven with Moyer interview," VHS
 2000 June
248
"Rehearsal schedules for 'Dragonfly,' choreography by Leda Meredith," VHS
 2003
248
Radaid, "The Flight of Tenar," CD
 2004 June 15
248
"Ideas: The Word for World is Imagination," CD-R74
 2004 December 4
248
Aurora Chorus, Always Coming Home, CD
 2004 December 19
247
"Winnie the Pooh and George Orr, Too: Taoism in The Lathe of Heaven," VHS
 2005
248
Lindsay Ellison, "Gifts: Excerpts," CD-R
 2005 September
246
Tales from Earthsea, Studio Ghibli, DVD
 2006
248
The Dispossessed, Emre Senan, DVD-R
 2007
D.: Collected tapes
The collected tapes subseries contains an assortment of VHS and cassette tapes collected by Ursula K. Le Guin. Subjects include feminism, gender, Theodora Kroeber, Berkeley Class of 1947, and other literary related radio talks.
The collected tapes subseries is arranged chronologically.
 circa 1980s-2002
Box
252
"Prisoners of Gravity: Fairy Tales and Sexism/Feminism," VHS
 circa 1980s-1990s
252
"Tabit: Lahela," cassette
 1988 January 22
252
Smithsonian World, Gender: The Enduring Paradox, Episode #601, VHS
 1991 January 23
252
"KGLT's Live Wire," cassette
 1994 May 31
252
"Berkeley, class of '47, Reunion Videotape," VHS
 1997 September 27
252
"Storyline California: 'Ishi In Two Worlds' by Theodora Kroeber," cassette
 1999 October 3
252
Michael Silverblatt, "Bookworm," cassette
 2000 September 25
252
"Berkeley C/O 47: Events, Parties and Reunions," VHS
 2002 September 27

VIII.:    Website and social media, circa 2000-2018Return to Top

The website and social media series comprises Ursula K. Le Guin's website and social media accounts, including her website, blog, Facebook account, and Instagram account.

Digital files in this collection may require a file transfer or must be viewed in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room. Researchers requiring access must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance and pay fees for reproduction services as necessary.

IX.:  Writing of others, 1941, 1964-2015Return to Top

The writing of others series contains scholarship and academic press, literary manuscripts and publications, transformative works, and trade and science fiction publications sent to and collected by Ursula K. Le Guin between 1941 and 2015. The scholarship and academic press subseries contains journal articles and monographs of literary criticism about Le Guin's works, and science fiction broadly. The literary manuscripts and publications subseries contains fiction writing by others sent to Le Guin for review and comment. Some manuscripts have been annotated by Le Guin or contain her notes about the work. The transformative works subseries contains writing and creative works by other artists and fans based on Le Guin's literary works and other intellectual properties. Most writing in this subseries seems to have been sent unsolicited and was not created in collaboration with Le Guin. The trade and science fiction publication subseries contains magazines, newsletters, and zines collected by Le Guin between 1964 and 1998.

The writing of others is arranged in four subseries:
A. Scholarship and academic press, 1971-2013
B. Literary manuscripts and publications, 1941-2014
C. Transformative works, 1977-2015
D. Trade and science fiction publications, 1964-1998 These subseries are arranged alphabetically and chonologically.
Container(s) Description Dates
A.: Scholarship and academic press
The scholarship and academic press subseries contains journal articles and monographs of literary criticism about Le Guin's works, and science fiction broadly. This subseries contains both publications and manuscripts, as well as PhD dissertations and master's theses. Some correspondence is present. Noted authors in this series include Margaret Atwood, Joanna Russ, Darko Suvin, Charlotte Spivack, Brian Attebery, and Mike Cadden.
The scholarship and academic press subseries is arranged alphabetically by author or title where author is unknown.
 1971-2013
Box
249
Acta et commentationes collegii Narovensis
 2006
Folder
212 1
Adams, Mischa B.
 1985
212 2
Alterman, Peter S.
 1977
212 3
Arbur, Rosemarie
 circa 1980s
212 4-7
Attebery, Brian
 1982-2001
249
Atwood, Margaret
 2011
Folder
212 8
Bailey, Rosemary
 circa 1990s
212 9
Baldry, Cherith
 1992
212 10
Barbour, Douglas
 1973
212 11
Barr, Marleen S.
 1992
212 12
Barrington, Judith
 circa 1991
212 13
Barrow, Craig and Diana
 1991
212 14
Benford, Gregory
 circa 1970s-1980s
212 15
Bennett, Christine
 1989
212 16
Berkwitts, Jeff
 1996
212 17
Bickman, Martin
 1979
212 18
Bierman, Judah
 1986
213 1
Bigelow, Pamela
 1993
Box/Folder
213/2-5, 249
Bittner, James Warren
 1979-1984
Box Folder
213 6
Blankenship, Elizabeth
 1995
213 7
Bolker, Joan L.
 1994
213 8-9
Bratman, David S.
 1975-1996
214 1
Brogan, Hugh
 1973-1976
214 2
Brown, Robert McAfee
 1979
214 3
Bucknall, Barbara
 1989
Box/Folder
214/4-6, 249
Cadden, Mike
 1995-2005
214/7, 249
Cameron, Eleanor
 1971-1993
Box Folder
214 8
Cassel, Ann L.
 1975
214 9
Chipman, Elizabeth
 1985
214 10
Clark, Edith Ilise Victoria
 1987
Box/Folder
214/11, 249
Clarke, Amy M.
 2010
Box Folder
214 12
Clough, John H.
 1980
214 13
Cochran, Shannon
 1998
215 1
Collier, Laurie
 1992
215 2
Collins, Jerre
 circa 1970s-1980s
215 3
Collins, Samuel Gerald
 2009
215 4
Cooper, David
 circa 1990s
215 5
Crossley, Robert
 1993
Box/Folder
215/6, 249
Cummins, Elizabeth
 1993
Box Folder
215 7
Day, Phyllis J.
 1978
Box/Folder
215/8-10, 249
De Bolt, Joe
 1979
Box Folder
215 11
De Candido, Robert
 1987
215 12
Delany, Samuel R.
 1977
215 13
Dement, William C.
 1980
215 14
De Sylvas, Graciela Aletta
 circa 2004
215 15
Di Fillipo, Paul
 1993
215 16
Dillon, Grace
 circa 2000s
215 17
Dorsey, Tom
 1979
215 18
Duchamp, L. Timmel
 2007
215 19
Dump, Patricia Ann
 1991
215 20
Du Priest, Karen
 1983
216 1
Edwards, Christopher Gordon
 1998
216 2
Ehret, Terry
 circa 2000s
216 3
Elgin, Duane
 1975
216 4
Erlich, Richard
 1987
216 5
Ferreira, Elizabeth
 circa 2000
216 6
Finnegan, Mary J.
 1978
216 7
Fleck, Leonard
 circa 1970s
249
Foote, Bud
 1991
Folder
216 8
Franko, Carol
 1996
216 9
Freedman, Carl
 2000
216 10
Fry, Lisa
 1993
216 11
Galbreath, Robert
 1970s
216 12
Gies, Erica
 2001
249
Giles, Paul
 2011
Folder
216 13
Glover, Jayne
 2009
216 14
Grand, Theodore F.
 1992
216 15
Guy, David
 1984
216 16
Harris, Mason
 1987
216 17
Hatfield, Len
 1993
249
Hay, Chris
 1980
Folder
216 18
Hebert, Florent
 2010
216 19
Heldreth, Lillian Marks
 1990
216 20
Heltzel, Ellen Emry
 circa 1990s
217 1
Hersh, George Louis
 1999
217 2
Hidalgo, Mary E.
 1980
217 3
Holland, Norman N.
 circa 1970s
249
Holland-Cunz, Barbara
 1986
Folder
217 4
Hong, Kay
 1992
217 5
Huntington, John
 circa 1980s-1990s
217 6
Hymes, Dell
 1993-2000
217 7
Jenkins, Sue
 circa 1980
217 8
Johannessen, Joy
 1990
217 9
Jordan, Frank
 1972
217 10
Kallis, George and Hug March
 2015
217 11
Karner, Elizabeth
 1982
217 12
Keller, Robert
 1976
217 13
Keutcha, Rossini
 2001
217 14
Klein, Gerard
 1977
217 15
Kreider, Catherine E.F.
 1992
217 16
Lake, David J.
 circa 1980s-1990s
217 17
Lake, Lori
 2005
217 18
Landsberg, Michele
 1985
217 19
Langer, Suzanne and Geoff Fox
 1973
217 20
Lenz, Karen Chapman
 1985
218 1
Lichtjahr I: Ein Phantastick-Almanach
 1980
218 2
Lockwood, Vicky La Pointe
 1993
249
Logan, George M.
 2011
Folder
218 3
Lorenzo, Dalmazzo
 1986
218 4
Magorian, Bryce
 2011
Box/Folder
218/5, 249
Maslen, Robert
 1996, 2008
Box Folder
218 6
Mastromarino, Sergio
 1987
218 7-8
McDowell, Elizabeth
 1992
218 9
McLean, Susan
 1995
218 10
Mingwei, Song
 2013
219 1
Mollet, Lhorine
 2001
249
Moreno, Fernando Angel
 2010
Folder
219 2
Mullen, R.D. and Darko Suvin
 1975
219 3
Murphy, M. Lynne
 circa 1990s
Box/Folder
219/4, 249
Murphy, Patrick D.
 1989
Box Folder
219 5
Naglin, Nancy
 circa 1970s
219 6
Neuleib, Janice Witherspoon
 circa 1990s
219 7
Newman, Robert S.
 1979
249
Nichols, Ellen
 1989
Folder
219 8
Nodelman, Perry
 1995
249
Olander, Joseph D. and Martin Harry Greenberg
 1979
249
Oziewicz, Marek
 2008
Folder
219 9
Padovani, Gianna
 1988
250
Parker, Helen N.
 1984
Folder
219 10-12
Payne, Tonia L.
 circa 2001
250
Peel, Susan Ellen
 1983
Folder
219 13
Petersen, Zina
 circa 1998
219 14
Phillips, Julie
 2006
220 1
Proietti, Salvatore
 2004
220 2
Rabkin, Eric S.
 1979
Box/Folder
220/3, 250
Ransom, Amy
 2009
Box Folder
220 4
Rashley, Lisa Hammond
 1992
250
Reid, Suzanne Elizabeth
 1997
Folder
220 5
Rennou, Sebastien
 1996
220 6
Robertson, Roy F.
 circa 1990s
250
Robinson, Christopher L.
 2008
Box/Folder
220/7-8, 250
Rochelle, Warren
 1996-2001
Box Folder
220 9
Rodrigez, Mariano Martin
 2013
220 10
Roemer, Kenneth M.
 1990
250
Rosinsky, Natalie M.
 1984
Folder
220 11
Rousseau, Yvonne
 1985
220 12
Russ, Joanna
 circa 1970-1980
220 13
Sandman-Lilius, Irmelin
 1972
220 14
Schaafsma, Karen
 1991
220 15
Schifis, Ana Lia
 1995
220 16
Scholes, Robert
 1974, 1983
250
Selinger, Bernard
 1988
250
Seyferth, Peter
 2008
Folder
220 17
Shaffer, Eric Paul
 1988
221 1
Sheridan, Diana Brown
 1990
221 2
Shipping, Tom
 1976
221
Slusser, George Edgar
 1976-1988
Folder
221 4
Smith, Stephanie A.
 circa 2010
250
Sobat, Gail Sidone
 1991
Folder
221 5
Spencer, Kathleen L.
 1979
250
Spivack, Charlotte
 1984
Folder
221 6
Stevens, Chris
 1990
221 7
Sulzer, Caroline
 1986-1987
Box/Folder
239/15, 221/8-10
Suvin, Darko
 1971-2010
Box Folder
221 11
Talbot, Norman
 circa 1990s
221 12
Thomas-Hicks, Molly
 circa 2010
250
Thompson, Raymond H.
 1986
250
Toijer-Nilsson, Ying
 1981
Folder
221 13
Travers, Peter A.R.
 1977
222 1
Tschachler, Heinz
 1993
222 2
Tunley, Janet E.
 1985
222 3
Wald, George
 1985
222 4
Walker, Charlotte Zoe
 2001
222 5
Walsh, Jill Paton
 1997
222 6
Watson, Ian
 1975
222 7
Wayne, Kathryn Ross
 1991-1993
250
White, Donna R.
 1999
Folder
222 8
White, Jonathan
 circa 1990s
222 9
Wierucka, Aleksandra
 2011
222 10
Williams, Peregrine
 1976
222 11
Williams, Tess
 1996
222 12
Wood, Susan
 1976
222 13
Wright, Mark
 1998
Box/Folder
222/14-15, 223/1-2
Wytenbroek, J.R.
 1986-1989
Box Folder
223 3
Xia, Tongzhi
 1995
B.: Literary manuscripts and publications
The literary manuscripts and publications subseries contains fiction writing by others sent to Le Guin for review and comment. Some manuscripts have been annotated by Le Guin or contain her notes about the work. Some correspondence is also present. Noted authors in this series include Octavia Butler, Barry Lopez, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Darko Suvin.
The literary manuscripts and publications subseries is arranged alphabetically by author or title when author is unknown.
 1941-2014
Box Folder
223 4
Allende, Isabel
 circa 1990
223 5-7
Bellessi, Diana
 1993, 2002-2005
223 8
Benford, Greg
 1969
223 9
Blish, James
 1968-1978
223 10
Borgese, Elizabeth Mann
 1960
223 11
Bovarskikh, Ekaterina
 2009
223 12
Bowstern, Moe
 circa 2000s
Box/Folder
223/13-15, 224/1-2
Brogan, Hugh
 circa 1970s-1980s
Box Folder
224 3
Buckley, John
 1989
224 4
Butler, Octavia E.
 2005
224 5
Carlisle, Andrea
 1992
224 6
Casey, Thomas Aquinas
 1994
224 7
Chapman, Stepan
 2005
224 8
Clare, Susan M.
 1988, 2009
224 9
Curtis, Walt
 1974-1979
225 1
Daniel, John
 1994
225 2
Davies, Robert A.
 1982-1984
251
De Camp, L. Sprague and Catherine C.
 1975
Folder
225 3
Desai, Meena
 1984
225 4
Ferrero, Adrian
 circa 2000s
225 5
Grant, Gordon
 1976
225 6
Grossinger, Richard
 circa 2000-2010
225 7-8
Henley, John
 1985
225 9
Hoadley, Jodi
 1987
225 10
Hoffman, Nancy, Cynthia Secor, and Adrian Tinsely
 1972
225 11
Hymes, Ken
 circa 2000s
226 1
Inada, Lawson Fusao
 1985
226 2
James, Betsy
 1996, 2011
226 3
Jordon, Shelia Gray
 1995
226 4
Kandel, Michael
 2010
226 5
Keller, Jan
 1996
226 6
Kemball-Cook, Jessica
 circa 1971
226 7
Keyworth, Cynthia
 1976
250
Lem, Stanislaw
 2008
Folder
226 8
Levertor, Denise
 1970
226 9
Lightman, Alan
 2011
239 16
Longstreth, James M.
 1983
226 10
Lopez, Barry
 2007
226 11
Loris, Alison Slow
 2003
Box/Folder
226/12-13, 227/1-4
McIntyre, Vonda N.
 1980-2004
Box
250
Micklem, Sarah
 2008
Folder
227 5
Miranda, Deborah A.
 2011
227 6
Montero, Rosa
 2009
227 7
Morgan, Robin
 circa 2011
227 8
Morticella, Barbara
 circa 1970s-1980s
227 9
Nader, Laura
 2000
Box/Folder
227/10, 228/1-2
Nagarkar, Kiran
 2006
Box
250
Nixon, Nicholas
 2007
Folder
228 3
Norman, Howard
 circa 1975-1995
228 4-5
Pei, Lowry
 circa 2010
228 6
Polanzak, Mark and Rachel Yoder
 2011
228 7
Pope, Elizabeth
 circa 1980s
228 8
Preuss, Paul
 2003
251
Rahman, Muhammad Salimur
 1986
Folder
228 9
Ramsey, Jarold
 2010
Box/Folder
228/10, 229/1
Richen, Rae
 circa 2000s
Box Folder
229 2
Rilke, Rainer Maria
 1941
251
Rosenberg, Judith Pierce
 1990
Folder
229 3
Sakhi, Shokoufela
 2008, 2012
229 4
Sanders, Scott
 1981
229 5
Sargent, Roussel
 circa 1990
229 6
Scarf, Maggie
 1980
229 7
Seaton, J.P.
 2008
229 8
Smelcer, John E.
 circa 1977
229 9-10
Smith, Stephanie A.
 1981
230 1
Spillman, Rob
 2011
230 2
Storrs, Elizabeth
 2010
230 3
Suvin, Darko
 circa 1980-2010
230 4
Tidbeck, Karin
 2012
230 5
Tolmie, Sarah
 circa 2000-2010
230 6
Tom, Isadore
 circa 1990s-2000s
231 1
Tonkovich, Andrew
 2007
231 2
Truby, Seth
 2010
231 3
Tse, Gi Wan
 circa 2000s
Box/Folder
239/17, 231/4-6
Urrea, Luis
 circa 1979-2010
Box Folder
231 7
Vandermeer, Jeff
 2014
231 8
Walsh, Jill Paton
 1980s-1990s
231 9
Warner, Sylvia Townsend
 1977
Box/Folder
231/10, 232/1
Wexler, Robert
 circa 2000s
Box Folder
232 2
Wheeler, Lesley
 circa 2012
232 3
Wolk, Anthony
 1985
232 4
Young, Noel
 1991
232 5
--, Anndee
 1994
232 6
--, Katya
 circa 1960s-1970s
232 7-9
Unknown
 1970s-2002
C.: Transformative works
The transformative works subseries contains writing and creative works by other artists and fans based on Le Guin's literary works and other intellectual properties. Most writing in this subseries seems to have been sent unsolicited and was not created in collaboration with Le Guin. Some correspondence is included in this subseries.
The transformative works subseries is arranged alphabetically by creator.
 1977-2015
Box Folder
232 10
Balkenhol, Perihan Bayraktar
 circa 2000s
232 11
Belanger, Sharlene and Adrian Malone
 1993
232 12
Bristol, Michael D.
 1979
232 13
Chambers, David
 1996
232 14
Chicago Life Line Productions
 1995
232 15
Crowdus, S.D.
 2011
232 16
Daniels, Rebecca
 circa 2000s
233 1
Denise, Dana and Derek
 circa 1990s
233 2
Diekmann, Lara and Eric Rosen
 1994
251
Edwards, Malcolm and Robert Holdstock
 1983
Folder
233 3
Ellison, Pauline
 1978
233 4
Ferraro, Cari
 2001
233 5
Fitzhugh, Nick
 2013
233 6
Foley, Peter
 1998
233 7
Gold, Adam
 1995
233 8
Hegazy, Amira
 2015
233 9
Johnson, Marica
 2009
233 10
Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions
 1994
233 11
Locklair, Dan
 1981-1982
233 12
Long, Marissa
 circa 2010s
233 13
Lopez, Maria del Carmen Caunarena
 2010
251
Middleton, Julie Forest
 1998
Folder
233 14
Nahem, Larry
 1977
233 15
Philips, William
 2010
233 16
Putnam, Douglas
 1998
233 17
Ribbler, Eileen and Kathleen Spencer
 1979
233 18
Scardina, Steven
 2012
233 19
Schmor, John and Jonathan Walters
 2013
233 20
Schwantner, Joseph
 1978
233 21
Sebern, Saralyn
 1993
233 22
Selody, Kim
 1997
233 23
Sims, Ellen Sue
 1993
233 24
Stephenson, Allen
 1977
233 25
Szymko, Joan
 2004
233 26
Taylor, Stephen
 2008-2013
233 27
Tessa, Jehanne
 circa 1970s
233 28
Thornson, Lars Erik
 1984
233 29
York, David
 1992
264 2
Prendergast, Shaun
 circa 1970s-1980s
264 2
Friedman, Meryl
 circa 1995
D.: Trade and science fiction publications
The trade and science fiction publication subseries contains magazines, newsletters, and zines collected by Le Guin between 1964 and 1998. This subseries also includes the Science Fiction Writers of America directories, handbook, bylaws, and proceedings. These publications do not contain any content by Le Guin.
The trade and science fiction publications subseries is arranged chronologically.
 1964-1998
Box Folder
234 1
Pacificon II, program book
 1964
234 2-7
SFWA Bulletin
 1965-1978
234 8
SFWA newsletters and mailings
 1965-1974
Box/Folder
235/1-5, 236/1-2
SFWA Forum
 1967-1978
Box Folder
236 3
Kinesis
 1969
236 4
PITFCS
 1970-1971
236 5
Science Fiction Writers Speakers Bureau
 circa 1970
236 6
SFWA Directories
 1970-1976
236 7
SFWA handbook and bylaws
 1970-1976
236 8
SFWA Proceedings
 1970
236 9
Seldon's Plan
 1975
236 10-11
Vector
 1975-1976
237 1
Locus
 1978
237 2
Science Fiction Review
 1979
237 3
Venom
 1981
237 4
Cusfussing
 1986
237 5
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
 1998

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

  • Subject Terms :
  • American fiction -- Women authors
  • American literature -- 20th century
  • American literature -- Women authors
  • Anarchism
  • Fan magazines -- Specimens
  • Feminism -- United States
  • Feminism and literature
  • Feminist fiction, American -- Authorship
  • Feminists -- United States -- Correspondence
  • Gender expression
  • Science fiction
  • Science fiction -- History and criticism
  • Science fiction -- Women authors
  • Science fiction, American -- Authorship
  • Sex role
  • Utopias in literature
  • Women and literature
  • Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence

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