International Writers Center Archive (MSS059), 1990-2001 | MSS Manuscripts

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Collection Overview

Title: International Writers Center Archive (MSS059), 1990-2001

Predominant Dates:1990-2001

ID: MSS/MSS/059

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: MSS 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:

[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]

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