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Michael Corrigan Papers, 1998-2017

Overview of the Collection

Title
Michael Corrigan Papers
Dates
1998-2017 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 linear feet, (4 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 156
Summary
Collection of Michael Corrigan manuscripts. Corrigan is a retired lecturer from Idaho State University and has published six books, mostly about the Irish American experience. He received a Pushcart Prize nomination for his short story "Free Fall."
Repository
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is available for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Collection of Michael Corrigan screenplay manuscripts. Some folders contain correspondence related to the manuscripts.

Forms part of the Idaho Writers Archive.

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Biographical Note

Michael Corrigan was born in San Francisco, received an MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State, and studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute. He taught Speech Communications and English and is a retired lecturer from Idaho State University. He has six published books, mostly about the Irish American experience. He received a Pushcart Prize nomination for his short story "Free Fall." Corrigan's short story book, These Precious Hours, has been serialized by The Scream Online.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Michael Corrigan Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Michael Corrigan.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Byron Redux
    Dates: 2012
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: My Name Is Jimmy: A Play about James Dean
    Dates: 2010
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: These Precious Hours (screenplay version)
    Dates: 2012
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Letters from Rebecca
    Dates: 1994
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Letters from Rebecca, correspondence and reviews
    Dates: 1994-1996
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Bruns, Rebecca L.: Letters to Michael Corrigan
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Byron (novel)
    Dates: 1995
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7-8
  • Description: Bay Area Playwrights Festival seminar
    Dates: 1980
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Confessions of a Shanty Irishman (first draft)
    Dates: 1994
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2-3
  • Description: The Filmmakers
    Dates: 2008
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: The Irish Connection and Other Stories
    Dates: 2003
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5-6
  • Description: JD (first draft)
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Journal of Grief or A Year and a Day
    Dates: 2009
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Journal of Grief, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
    Dates: 2007
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Mulligan (screenplay)
    Dates: 2004
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Return of the Exiles: A Collection of Collected Stories
    Dates: 2009
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11-12
  • Description: Touch of Fear (first draft)
    Dates: 1992
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13-14
  • Description: Book reviews of Corrigan's work, press, and book reviews written by Corrigan
    Dates: 1997-2007
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15
  • Description: Excerpt of "Confessions of an Irish Shantyman" in the Maui Review
    Dates: 1997-2007
    Container: Box 2, Folder 16
  • Description: KISU Interview of Michael Corrigan and reading from Free Fall
    Dates: 2007 November
    Container: Box 2, Folder 17
  • Description: Letters from Rebecca, VCR Recording of play
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: Michael Corrigan biography on squidoo.com
    Dates: 2009
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: The Pavee Boy [The Mulligan Stories]
    Dates: 2011-2012
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: The Pavee Boy [The Mulligan Stories}
    Dates: 2011-2012
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1-2
  • Description: The Killings
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3-4
  • Description: Confessions of a Shanty Irishman (early draft)
    Dates: 1994
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5-6
  • Description: So Many Roads (revision of old novel)
    Dates: 2014
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: Stop the Trains - draft and published
    Dates: 2021, 2022
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: The Dean Sisters
    Dates: 2015
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1
  • Description: Land of Enchantment
    Dates: 2015
    Container: Box 4, Folder 2
  • Description: DVDs: Letters from Rebecca; Tilly
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3
  • Description: A Year and a Day
    Dates: 2014
    Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  • Description: Three Viewpoints, One Theme
    Dates: 2016
    Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  • Description: Brewer's Odyssey draft
    Dates: 2017
    Container: Box 4, Folder 7-8
  • Description: The Milkman
    Dates: 2019
    Container: Box 4, Folder 9
  • Description: Help Me Remember and The Milkman
    Dates: 2018, 2019
    Container: Box 4, Folder 10
  • Description: In the River Bottoms
    Dates: 2021
    Container: Box 4, Folder 11

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Subject Terms

  • Authors, American
  • Irish Americans
  • Literature
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