Jan Erik Bouman collection of James Purdy
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1510
Scope and Contents
This collection contains writings of American author James Purdy, correspondence of Purdy and Dutch printer Jan Erik Bouman, photographs, drawings and a sketchbook by Purdy, ephemera, printed material, and computer media. Writings include typescript drafts of poems, novels, plays, and shorter works by Purdy, as well as published versions of Purdy's poems issued by Bouman's Utrecht-based press Hugin & Munin.
Dates
- 1977-2006
Creator
- Bouman, Jan Erik (Collector)
Language of Materials
In English, with a small amount of material in Dutch.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Box 3 (DVD): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 3 (DVD): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Jan Erik Bouman Collection of James Purdy is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rene Hesselink, 2011.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. James Purdy Writings, 1977-2004. II. Correspondence, 1984-2006, undated. III. Computer Media, 2004.
Extent
2.21 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
This collection contains writings of American author James Purdy, correspondence of Purdy and Dutch printer Jan Erik Bouman, photographs, drawings and a sketchbook by Purdy, ephemera, printed material, and computer media. Writings include typescript drafts of poems, novels, plays, and shorter works by Purdy, as well as published versions of Purdy's poems issued by Bouman's Utrecht-based press Hugin & Munin.
Jan Erik Bouman (1947-2010)
Jan Erik Bouman was a Dutch printer and friend of American writer James Purdy. He operated the small press Hugin & Munin in Utrecht, Netherlands, from 1995 until his death. Bouman printed several works by Purdy.
James Purdy (1914-2009)
James Purdy was an American author, poet, translator, and playwright. His early works include the short story collections 63: Dream Palace (1956) and Color of Darkness (1961), and the novels Malcolm (1959), which was adapted for the stage by Edward Albee in 1966, and Eustace Chisholm and the Works (1967). As a playwright, Purdy’s best-known work is Cracks, produced Off-Broadway in 1963. His later works include Collected Poems (1990), Out with the Stars (1992), and Moe's Villa and Other Stories (2000, 2005).
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American literature -- 20th century
- American poetry -- 20th Century
- Authors -- United States -- 20th century
- Born digital
- Bouman, Jan Erik
- Dramatists -- United States -- 20th Century
- Hugin & Munin (Firm)
- Novelists -- United States -- 20th Century
- Photographs
- Poets -- United States -- 20th Century
- Printers -- Netherlands -- 20th century
- Purdy, James, 1914-2009
- Sketchbooks
Creator
- Bouman, Jan Erik (Collector)
- Title
- Guide to the Jan Erik Bouman Collection of James Purdy
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Beinecke staff, Brooke McManus
- Date
- 2019. Revised: May 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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