Rare Book and Manuscript Library
George Stade papers
Stade, George
7831955
MS#1537
English
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5.25 linear feet
4 record storage cartons
1973-2009
Author, and Columbia University Professor of English.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 2 series.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
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This collection has no restrictions.
Summary
The collection is primarily composed of manuscript drafts of Stade's four novels. Though Stade's fiction comprises the bulk of the material, the collection also includes a draft of Stade's doctoral dissertation and correspondence with colleagues and students.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Stade Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Columbia University English Department. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/06/2010.
Biographical Note
Writer and professor of English and Comparative literature at Columbia University, George Stade, is an author and respected literary critic.
Biographical Note
Stade received his PhD in English at Columbia University in 1965. after receiving his degree he remained at the University as an instructor, and remained at Columbia for over forty years, the duration of his academic career. Stade published both regularly in both academic and popular publications. He wrote four novels,
Confessions of a Lady-Killer, Sex and Violence, A Love Story, Love is War, and Swimming Through the Flotsam in Which we Live and Have Our Being, as well as a collection essays, and numerous articles, reviews, and introductions for journals such as Partisan Review, Hudson Review, Paris Review, Harper's Magazine, Nation, New Republic, and The New York Times Book Review. He acted as the Consulting Editor Director of Barnes and Noble Classics and Editor-in-Chief of Scribner's British Writers Series and the fourteen-volume European Writers Series.
Processing Information
Papers processed Carrie Hintz 02/22/2012.
Processing Information
Finding aid written Carrie Hintz 02/29/2012.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Fiction
Manuscripts (documents)
Galley proofs
Stade, George
Series I: Manuscripts, circa1980-2009Confessions of a Lady-Killer4Early Notes and Outline4Manuscript7 folders4Proofs2 folders4Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography1Love is War Manuscript6 folders1Robert Graves on Poetry: 1916-1927-- Dissertation Draft1Sex and Violence, A Love Story6 folders1Sex and Violence, A Love Story11 folders2Swimming Through the Flotsam in Which We Live and Move and Have Our Being11 folders3Series II: Correspondence1973-1997Goodman, William1979-19805Graver, David5Gray, Francine19865Heise, Ursula19975Kennedy, Ray19845Kilfeather, Siobhan1991-19925Koch, Kenneth19805Kosiuski, Jerzy19735Lish, Gordon1983-19865Locatelli, Carla1983-19925Matthews, Harry19845Montgomery, John1977-19875Poirier, Richard1974-19815Rothman, David1985-19865Shaw, Peter19945Simkin, Diane1982-19835Solotaroff, Theodore19735Tomkins, Jane19845Trilling Award19785Turner, Peter, 1983-1985Vendler, Helen5Viereck, Peter1974-19875Weinstein, Arnold5Williams, John A.19745Wood, Michael1976-19905