Dillard, Annie

The Annie Dillard Papers document the work and life of writer Annie Dillard. The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, drafts of writings, notebooks and diaries, teaching materials, drawings, photographs, printed materials, audiovisual materials, computer disks, personal effects, and personal papers. The bulk of the collection consists of Dillard's writings and correspondence.

Letters, including eight autograph letters, signed, and four autograph postcards, signed, discuss literary matters, chiefly writing.

Correspondence consists of six typescript letters, signed, one typescript note, signed, two autogaph letters, signed, and one autograph card, signed. Accompanied by one envelope, one sketch (of Claire?), an inscribed proof of "The Boston Poems of H*CH*M*NH," a reprint of "The Man Who Wishes to Feed on Mahogany," and a clipping about Dillard.

The James Welch Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, and personal papers documenting the life and work of author James Welch. James Welch is well known for his fiction dealing with the histories and experiences of Native Americans, and the drafts of manuscripts, for novels and other works, together with correspondence and secondary literature, make the Welch papers a valuable resource for research in literary, American, and Native American studies.