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William David Sherman papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 224

Scope and Contents

The William David Sherman papers contain correspondence, writings, and other materials documenting the personal and professional activities of American author William David Sherman. Correspondence in the collection consists chiefly of incoming letters from English-language authors and literary scholars active during the mid to late twentieth century, including Asa Benveniste, Basil Bunting, Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, David Goodis, Bill Griffiths, Jeremy Hilton, Lyn Lifshin, Susan Smith Nash, Frances Presley, and Tom Raworth. The largest correspondence files are from Corman and Griffiths, poet and curator of the Eric Mottram Archive at King's College, London. Griffiths's letters, for example, discuss literary matters, the literary scene in England, and life in northeastern England. Writings consist chiefly of drafts of poetry collections, but there are also novels, short stories, copies of Sherman's graduate student work at SUNY Buffalo, and offprints for articles by other writers. Other materials include audio recordings, computer disks, subject files, photographs, and printed materials.

Dates

  • 1958-2007

Creator

Language of Materials

Chiefly in English; some materials in Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Boxes 3 and 13 (computer disks): Restricted Fragile Material. Reference copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Boxes 7-9 (audiovisual material): Use of original is restricted. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Conditions Governing Use

The William David Sherman Papers 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

Purchased from David J. Holmes on the Alfred Z. Baker, Jr. and Stanton Francis Kennedy funds, 2005 and 2007.

Arrangement

Organized into two groupings: 2005 Acquisition and December 2007 Acquisition.

Extent

4.81 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

1.683 Megabytes (341 computer files (1683 kilobytes))

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.sherman

Abstract

The William David Sherman papers contain correspondence, writings, and other materials documenting the personal and professional activities of American author William David Sherman. Correspondence in the collection consists chiefly of incoming letters from English-language authors and literary scholars active during the mid to late twentieth century, including Asa Benveniste, Basil Bunting, Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, David Goodis, Bill Griffiths, Jeremy Hilton, Lyn Lifshin, Susan Smith Nash, Frances Presley, and Tom Raworth. The largest correspondence files are from Corman and Griffiths, poet and curator of the Eric Mottram Archive at King's College, London. Griffiths's letters, for example, discuss literary matters, the literary scene in England, and life in northeastern England. Writings consist chiefly of drafts of poetry collections, but there are also novels, short stories, copies of Sherman's graduate student work at SUNY Buffalo, and offprints for articles by other writers. Other materials include audio and video recordings, computer disks, subject files, photographs, and printed materials.

William David Sherman (1940-)

William David Sherman, American author, educator, and publisher, was born December 24, 1940, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Louis and Gertrude (Benn) Sherman. Sherman was educated at Temple University (B.A., 1962) and SUNY Buffalo (M.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1968), after which he taught as an instructor and lecturer at various institutions in the U.S and Great Britain over most of the next two decades before settling in French Polynesia.

Biographical information taken from "William David Sherman." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 8 June 2012.

Processing Information

Each acquisition is described separately in the contents list below, identified as a unique grouping and titled according to year of acquisition.

Descriptive information found in the Collection Contents section is drawn in large part 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.

Computer files in the December 2007 Acquisition series were accessioned by the Yale University Digital Accessioning Support Service (DASS). Born digital archival material acquired on media by Yale University Library repositories is accessioned through the DASS prior to researcher use. For more information on the DASS and the actions taken during its accessioning work, click here: Born Digital @ Yale: Digital Accessioning Support Service [https://guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=300384&p=3593184].

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

Title
Guide to the William David Sherman Papers
Author
by Beinecke staff
Date
May 2012
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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Opening Hours

Access Information

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