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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 3097

Jamaica Kincaid papers

Scope and Contents

Collection includes book-length and short compositions (including work for the New Yorker), diaries, photographs, 4 laptops, research files, correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, and biographical and family material.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1950-2013

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted: author's permission required for access to boxes 15 and 30; consult curatorial staff.

Restricted: laptops and other digital media are unprocessed; consult curatorial staff.

Extent

43 linear feet (46 boxes)
18000 Gigabytes (1 box)

Biographical / Historical

Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Special equipment or surrogate required; consult Houghton Staff.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2015M-92. Purchased with funds from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, the Amy Lowell Trust, and the Bayard Livingston and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund, 2015 December 16.

Separated Materials

Born-digital material has been separated: Am3097BD

Processing Information

Minimally processed by Melanie Wisner, 2017.

Title
Kincaid, Jamaica. Jamaica Kincaid papers, circa 1950-2013 (MS Am 3097): Guide.
Status
completed
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou02807

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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