Scope and Contents
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, research and teaching material, photographs, printed material, audiovisual material, computer disks, and other papers, documenting the literary and academic career of Gerald Robert Vizenor and relating to many of his published works on Native American literature, history, and culture.
Dates
- 1880 - 2015
- Majority of material found within 1960-2015
Creator
Language
English
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Boxes 44-45, 47, 63 and 102 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Boxes 46, 80, 85, 101 (digital media): Restricted Fragile. Reference copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Boxes 44-45, 47, 63 and 102 (audiovisual material): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Boxes 46, 80, 85, 101 (digital media): Restricted Fragile. Reference copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Gerald Robert Vizenor 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 Ken Lopez Bookseller on various funds, 2000-2019. For more information consult the appropriate curator.
Arrangement
Organized into five groupings: August 2000 Acquisition; August 2004 Acquisition; May 2008 Acquisition; October 2012 Acquisition; September 2015 Acquisition.
Material within this collection has been organized by acquisition reflecting the fact that the collection has been acquired in increments over time.
Researchers should note that material within each acquisition overlaps with and/or relates to material found in other acquisitions. For instance, correspondence and writings can be found in all three groupings. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each acquisition described in the Collection Contents section.
Researchers should also note that similar material can be arranged differently in each acquisition, depending on how the material was organized when it was received by the library.
Material within this collection has been organized by acquisition reflecting the fact that the collection has been acquired in increments over time.
Researchers should note that material within each acquisition overlaps with and/or relates to material found in other acquisitions. For instance, correspondence and writings can be found in all three groupings. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each acquisition described in the Collection Contents section.
Researchers should also note that similar material can be arranged differently in each acquisition, depending on how the material was organized when it was received by the library.
Extent
69.86 Linear Feet ((99 boxes) + 1 cold storage and 2 broadside)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, research and teaching material, photographs, printed material, audiovisual material, computer disks, and other papers, documenting the literary and academic career of Gerald Robert Vizenor and relating to many of his published works on Native American literature, history, and culture.
Gerald Robert Vizenor (1934)
Gerald Robert Vizenor is a Native American author, poet, and teacher. His works of prose comprise both fiction and nonfiction, and include The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories (1984), Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles (1990; originally published as Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart in 1978), The Heirs of Columbus (1991), and Manifest Manners: Postindian Warriors of Survivance (1994), among others. Vizenor is the founder and editor of the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies series at the University of Oklahoma Press.
Vizenor was born in 1934, and is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1960, and is Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Vizenor was born in 1934, and is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1960, and is Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
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, and competing priorities. 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 in some instances minimal organization, at or around the time of receipt by the library. Further description was carried out in 2011. Various acquisitions associated with the collection have not been merged and organized as a whole. Each acquisition is described separately in the contents list below, titled according to month and year of acquisition.
As a rule, 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.
This collection includes material formerly classed as: Uncat MSS 71, Uncat MSS 701, and Uncat MSS 1029.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and in some instances minimal organization, at or around the time of receipt by the library. Further description was carried out in 2011. Various acquisitions associated with the collection have not been merged and organized as a whole. Each acquisition is described separately in the contents list below, titled according to month and year of acquisition.
As a rule, 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.
This collection includes material formerly classed as: Uncat MSS 71, Uncat MSS 701, and Uncat MSS 1029.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American fiction -- Indian authors
- American literature -- Indian authors
- American poetry -- Indian authors
- Audiocassettes
- Audiovisual materials
- Authors -- United States -- 20th Century
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Born digital
- Electronic documents
- Indian literature -- United States
- Indians of North America -- Fiction
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Photographs
- Poets -- United States -- 20th Century
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Sound recordings
- Videocassettes
- Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934-
- Title
- Guide to the Gerald Robert Vizenor Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- 2007-05-16
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- December 2018: Updated with 2012 and 2015 additions.
- 2010-02-10: Transformed with yale.addEadidUrl.xsl. Adds @url with handle for finding aid. Overwrites @url if already present.
Repository Details
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository