Scope and Contents
Correspondents include W. H. Auden, John Ashbery, John Berger, Raymond Carver, Alfred Corn, Margaret Drabble, Kenward Elmslie, Nuruddin Farah, Suzi Gablik, Derek Jarman, Jill Johnston, R. B. Kitaj, Ann Lauterbach, John Lehmann, Harold Norse, A. Poulin, Hilary Spurling, Jerl Surratt, Diana Trilling, and Jonathan Williams. Among the other correspondents are the three subjects of Plante's Difficult Women, Jean Rhys, Sonia Orwell, and Germaine Greer. The collection additionally contains letters and artwork by David Hockney; letters and writings of Mary Gordon and Steven Runciman; and photographs by Fay Godwin. Also present are professional and personal correspondence of art editor Nikos Stangos, and papers of English author Stephen Spender, which include letters to Plante and Stangos, writings, photographs, materials related to his copyright infringement lawsuit against David Leavitt, several original poems by Auden, and ephemera.
Dates
- 1927-2014
Creator
- Plante, David (Author)
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Box 13 (computer disk): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
11.34 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
David Plante (1940-)
Processing Information
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 and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American literature -- 20th century
- American literature -- 21st century
- Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
- Authors -- United States -- 20th century
- Authors -- United States -- 21st century
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives
- Authors, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Authors, English -- 20th century
- Authors, Expatriate
- Berger, John, 1926-2017
- Born digital
- College teachers -- New York -- 21st century
- Corn, Alfred, 1943-
- Drabble, Margaret, 1939-
- Drawings (visual works)
- Editors -- Great Britain
- Elmslie, Kenward, 1929-
- Farah, Nuruddin, 1945-
- Gablik, Suzi
- Gay authors
- Godwin, Fay
- Gordon, Mary, 1949-
- Greer, Germaine, 1939-
- Hockney, David
- Inkjet prints
- Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994
- Johnston, Jill
- Kitaj, R. B.
- LGBTQ resource
- Lauterbach, Ann, 1942-
- Leavitt, David, 1961-
- Lehmann, John, 1907-1987
- Norse, Harold
- Orwell, Sonia
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Poulin, A., Jr., 1938-1996
- Rhys, Jean
- Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000
- Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995
- Spurling, Hilary
- Stangos, Nikos
- Surratt, Jerl
- Trilling, Diana, 1905-1996
- Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the David Plante Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Brooke McManus
- Date
- January 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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