James Whitehead Joiner Typescript

Collection

Identifier: MC 2298

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of an annotated typescript of James Whitehead's novel, Joiner, which focuses on a Southern NFL star. Annotations include both content additions and editorial revisions, and appear to have been made by at least two individuals.

Dates

circa 1970

Creator

Whitehead, James (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

James Tillotson Whitehead was a poet, novelist, and Creative Writing professor.

Whitehead was born March 15, 1936, in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Vanderbilt University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. In 1965, he began teaching at the University of Arkansas, where he went on to co-found the Creative Writing program with William Harrison. He is the author of Joiner (1971), his only novel, and four books of poetry: Domains (1966), Local Men (1979), Actual Size (1985), and Near at Hand (1993).

Whitehead passed away August, 15, 2003, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Typescript pages are ordered as received; they are primarily in numerical order, with some insertions. There are no pages numbered 193-218 or 535-540.