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Collection Overview
Title: International Writers Center Archive, 1990-2001
Predominant Dates:1990-2001
ID: MS/MS/ms059
Primary Creator: International Writers Center
Extent: 45.0 Boxes
Date Acquired: 08/24/1998
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The International Writers Center Archive consist of materials toward IWC conferences and programs presented or co-sponsored by the IWC including The Writer in Politics, The Writer and Religion, and The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer; materials towards the production of Literary St. Louis: A Guide; correspondence; journals including Accent, Black Warrior, Boulevard, Ascent, Kansas Quarterly, etc.; clipping binder of IWC activities; unsolicited manuscripts; organizational materials; and various ephemera.
Collection Historical Note
The International Writers Center (IWC) was established at Washington University in October 1990 by William H. Gass “to build on the strengths of its resident and visiting faculty writers; to serve as a focal point for writing excellence in all disciplines and in all cultures; to be a directory for writers and writing programs at Washington University, in St. Louis, the United States and around the world; and to present the writer to the reader” (The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer). The IWC presented the International Writers Center Reading Series featuring writers such as David Foster Wallace, Michael Ondaatje, Ben Marcus, and Lydia Davis, published the St. Louis Literary Calendar, and hosted international conferences that generated the following books: The Writer in Politics (1992 conference), The Writer and Religion (1994 conference), and The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer (2 books; 1997 conference). In addition, with the assistance of Associate Director Lorin Cuoco, the IWC produced Literary St. Louis: A Guide (2000). Gass retired from the IWC in 2001 and it was reimagined as The Center for the Humanities under the directorship of Gerald Early in 2003.
Administrative Information
Repository:
MS Manuscripts
Access Restrictions:
Some restrictions. Please contact Modern Literature Curator for more details.
Use Restrictions:
Some restrictions. Please contact Modern Literature Curator for more details.
Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.
Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.
If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)
Acquisition Source:
Gift
Acquisition Method:
Accession number 22923. Gift of Arts in Transit, August 24, 1998.
Accession number 22930. Gift of the International Writers Center, 1999.
Accession number 2012.017. Gift of the Center for Humanities, May 1, 2012.
Related Materials:
See also MSS051 William H. Gass Papers and MSS152 Lorin Cuoco Papers
Preferred Citation:
Name of the Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Correspondence],
[
Series 2: Literary St. Louis],
[
Series 3: The Writer and Religion (TWAR)],
[
Series 4: The Writer in Politics (TWIP)],
[
Series 5: Dual Muse],
[
Series 6: A Temple of Texts: Fifty Literary Pillars],
[
Series 7: MetroLines],
[
Series 8: IWC Reading Series],
[
Series 9: IWC Programs],
[
Series 10: Unsolicited Manuscripts],
[Series 11: Administrative Materials],
[
Series 12: Organizations],
[
Series 13: Subjects],
[
Series 14: Writers],
[
Series 15: Print Materials],
[
Series 16: Audio/Video],
[
Series 17: Binders],
[
Series 18: Gassiana],
[
Series 19: Photographs],
[
Series 20: Oversized],
[
Series 21: Restricted],
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All]
- Series 11: Administrative Materials

- Box 21

- Folder 1: Amazon.com

- Folder 2: Art Inventory

- Folder 3: Ball, Sally

- Folder 4: Berg, Nancy

- Folder 5: Bestiary 1999 (1 of 2)

- Folder 6: Bestiary 1999 (2 of 2)

- Folder 7: Bestiary 2000 (1 of 2)

- Folder 8: Bestiary 2000 (2 of 2)

- Folder 9: Calendars 1991

- Folder 10: Calendars 1992

- Folder 11: Calendars 1993

- Folder 12: Calendars 1994

- Folder 13: Calendars 1995 (1 of 2)

- Folder 14: Calendars 1995 (2 of 2)

- Folder 15: Calendars 1996

- Folder 16: Calendars 1997 (1 of 2)

- Folder 17: Calendars 1997 (2 of 2)

- Folder 18: Calendars 1998 (1 of 2)

- Folder 19: Calendars 1998 (2 of 2)

- Folder 20: Calendars 1999 (1 of 2)

- Folder 21: Calendars 1999 (2 of 2)

- Folder 22: Calendars 2000

- Folder 23: Calendars - Gass

- Folder 24: Center for the Humanities file on IWC

- Folder 25: Cuoco Engagements

- Folder 26: Cuoco (Miscellaneous)

- Folder 27: Danforth, William (Chancellor)

- Folder 28: Development

- Folder 29: Directory of St. Louis Writers

- Folder 30: Dolan, Geri

- Folder 31: Eastman Portraits

- Folder 32: Edison, Julian

- Folder 33: Epstein, Ruthie (1 of 2)

- Folder 34: Epstein, Ruthie (2 of 2)

- Folder 35: Foundation Queries

- Folder 36: Funding Proposals

- Folder 37: Gass Logo Design

- Box 22

- Folder 1: Gass Recommendations (1 of 4)

- Folder 2: Gass Recommendations (2 of 4)

- Folder 3: Gass Recommendations (3 of 4)

- Folder 4: Gass Recommendations (4 of 4)

- Folder 5: Hagedorn Controversy

- Folder 6: Heath, Peter

- Folder 7: Hegel, Robert

- Folder 8: International

- Folder 9: Internships (1 of 4)

- Folder 10: Internships (2 of 4)

- Folder 11: Internships (3 of 4)

- Folder 12: Internships (4 of 4)

- Folder 13: Israel, Martin (1 of 2)

- Folder 14: Israel, Martin (2 of 2)

- Folder 15: IWC

- Folder 16: IWC Board

- Folder 17: IWC Board 1990-1991

- Folder 18: IWC Board 1991-1992

- Folder 19: IWC Board 1992-1993

- Folder 20: IWC Board 1993-1994

- Folder 21: IWC Board 1994-1995

- Folder 22: IWC Board 1995-1996

- Folder 23: IWC Board 1996-1997

- Folder 24: IWC Board 1997-1998

- Folder 25: IWC Board 1998-1999

- Folder 26: Kemper

- Folder 27: Layouts

- Folder 28: Literary Advisory Committee

- Folder 29: Logos

- Folder 30: Lorin Recommendations

- Folder 31: Macias, Ed

- Box 23

- Folder 1: Marketing

- Folder 2: Office Space (1 of 7)

- Folder 3: Office Space (2 of 7)

- Folder 4: Office Space (3 of 7)

- Folder 5: Office Space (4 of 7)

- Folder 6: Office Space (5 of 7)

- Folder 7: Office Space (6 of 7)

- Folder 8: Office Space (7 of 7)

- Folder 9: Photographs

- Folder 10: Print Templates

- Folder 11: Publishing (1 of 2)

- Folder 12: Publishing (2 of 2)

- Folder 13: Ray, Kevin (1 of 2)

- Folder 14: Ray, Kevin (2 of 2)

- Folder 15: Rimer, Tom

- Folder 16: Space (1 of 2)

- Folder 17: Space (2 of 2)

- Folder 18: St. Louis Community Foundation '92

- Folder 19: St. Louis Literary Calendar

- Folder 20: Student Life / Cadenza

- Folder 21: Tanna, Mira (1 of 2)

- Folder 22: Tanna, Mira (2 of 2)

- Folder 23: Wash U Literary History

- Folder 24: Wash U Network

- Folder 25: Wash U Publications

- Folder 26: Webster, Derek (1 of 2)

- Folder 27: Webster, Derek (2 of 2)

- Box 24

- Folder 1: Williams, Ray (1 of 2)

- Folder 2: Williams, Ray (2 of 2)

- Folder 3: Wisgerhof Endowment

Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Correspondence],
[
Series 2: Literary St. Louis],
[
Series 3: The Writer and Religion (TWAR)],
[
Series 4: The Writer in Politics (TWIP)],
[
Series 5: Dual Muse],
[
Series 6: A Temple of Texts: Fifty Literary Pillars],
[
Series 7: MetroLines],
[
Series 8: IWC Reading Series],
[
Series 9: IWC Programs],
[
Series 10: Unsolicited Manuscripts],
[Series 11: Administrative Materials],
[
Series 12: Organizations],
[
Series 13: Subjects],
[
Series 14: Writers],
[
Series 15: Print Materials],
[
Series 16: Audio/Video],
[
Series 17: Binders],
[
Series 18: Gassiana],
[
Series 19: Photographs],
[
Series 20: Oversized],
[
Series 21: Restricted],
[
All]