Anne McCaffrey papers on Dragonsinger
Overview
Contains typescript drafts of McCaffrey's novel, Dragonsinger, with corrections by the author and publicher, as well as correspondence relating to the publication of the novel by Atheneum (New York, N.Y.).
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1981
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
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Extent
.8 linear feet (2 boxes)Contains multiple corrected typescript drafts of the science fiction novel Dragonsinger, with notes both by author Anne McCaffrey and editors at Atheneum. Further materials include partial working drafts and several letters concerning the editing and publication process from either McCaffrey's agent or the editor, along with carbon copies of McCaffrey's responses.
Biographical / Historical
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1926-2011) was a writer of science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series. She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1947 with a degree in Slavonic languages and Literature. She began writing and publishing science fiction in the 1950s, beginning with the short story “Freedom of the Race” before writing The Ship Who Sang. She moved to Ireland in 1970 following her divorce from Horace Wright Johnson, and continued her writing career there, writing the Dragonriders of Pern series throughout the 1970s. She began the series in 1968 with Dragonflight, followed by Dragonquest in 1970 and The White Dragon in 1970. A second trilogy in the series, included Dragonsong (1976), Dragonsinger (1977), Dragondrums (1979), as well as others in the series by McCaffrey and later written collaboratively with her son Todd. For work, McCaffrey earned the Hugo Award for fiction and the Nebula Prize, the first woman to win each of these prizes. She was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006, and given the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007. She died in Ireland in 2011.
Arrangement
Collection has been minimally processed. Materials have not been arranged.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2008M-6. Purchase, Amy Lowell Trust, 2008 July.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
- Title
- McCaffrey, Anne, 1926-2011. Anne McCaffrey papers on Dragonsinger, 1975-1981 (MS Am 3325): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 July 17
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03223
Repository Details
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