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Nancy Colberg research collection on Wallace Stegner, 1942-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Colberg, Nancy
Title
Nancy Colberg research collection on Wallace Stegner
Dates
1942-1996 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.2 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 2443
Summary
The Wallace Stegner Research Collection consists of periodicals and newspapers (including clippings) by and about Wallace Stegner throughout his prolific writing career. Besides his large body of monographic works, he wrote fictional short stories; accounts based on his childhood in the west; articles on writing, conservation, western U.S. history, Mormons, the wilderness, and politics (primarily of the west and its future).
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
Collection materials are in English
Sponsor
Funding for initial encoding of this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Historical Note

Nancy Colberg, a librarian, author of Wallace Stegner: A Descriptive Bibliography (Confluence Press Inc., 1990) and retired owner of Willow Creek Books, a used and rare book store in Denver, Colorado, collected one of the country's largest collections of publications written by and about Wallace Stegner - writer of fiction, history and essays on the U.S. west including: history, literature, public policy and conservation. In 1982, Colberg met Stegner and, as she collected works by him, she realized a need for an in-depth descriptive bibliography. When Stegner learned of her project, he granted her access to his books and papers and gave her a corner desk in his study when she visited at his California home. He also wrote letters of introduction for her to libraries and other sources of materials for her research. Colberg eventually gathered 54 original letters and postcards from Stegner written to her, photocopies of 370 Stegner letters written to others, and about 600 books, journals and article offprints created by or written about Stegner. All of Colberg's collected monographs have been individually cataloged and are available in Special Collections. The journals, articles, correspondence and other miscellaneous materials by and about Wallace Stegner are included in this collection. A second and smaller private collection of monographs and journal articles belonging to the late Thomas H. Watkins, who intended on writing a biography of Stegner, has been incorporated into this collection.

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Content Description

This collection of published materials contains periodicals and newspapers (including clippings) by and about Wallace Stegner throughout his prolific writing career. Besides his large body of monographic works, he wrote fictional short stories; accounts based on his childhood in the west; articles on writing, conservation, western U.S. history, Mormons, the wilderness, and politics (primarily of the west and its future). The collection is organized into five series which, for the most part, conform to the arrangement of the sections in Colberg's published bibliography of Stegner. Series 1 contains Stegner articles from periodicals and newspapers. Series 2 is an assortment of short stories in periodicals. Series 3 consists of published interviews; articles about Stegner's body of work; book reviews by and about Stegner; miscellaneous materials containing lectures, addresses, reprints and quotes from his writings; articles by his son, Page and book announcements and collecting information. Series 4 contains the letters and postcards from Wallace Stegner to Nancy Colberg. Series 5 is a set of business correspondence between publishers, individuals, educational institutions and others and Wallace Stegner.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Series 1: Articles in periodicals and newspapers, 1944-1983

Series 2: Short stories in periodicals and newspapers, 1942-1987

Series 3: Miscellaneous published materials by and about Wallace Stegner, 1942-1996

Series 4: Correspondence from Wallace Stegner to Nancy Colberg, 1982-1990

Series 5: Business correspondence for selected publications of Wallace Stegner, 1943-1976

Acquisition Information

Nancy Colberg sold her collection of the publications and correspondence of Wallace Stegner to Montana State University on June 30, 2001.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 21, with revisions applied in 2021.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Personal Names

  • Stegner, Page
  • Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993
  • Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993
  • Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993--Bibliography
  • Watkins, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), d. 2000

Geographical Names

  • West (U.S.)--In literature--Bibliography

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Book reviews
  • Correspondence
  • Interviews
  • Lectures
  • Short stories

Kim Allen Scott, 2009; revised by Jodi Allison-Bunnell, 2021
September 14, 2021

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