Stephen Marlowe Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Stephen Marlowe Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
8.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Marlowe, Stephen, 1928-2008
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Stephen Marlowe Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Mss. 75 Lit 34: Literary manuscripts of five of Stephen Marlowe's books, The Summit, Colossus, The Cawthorn Journals, Translation, and The Valkyrie Encounter. Also includes manuscript for the book entitled "1956."

Also contains manuscript versions (Mss. Acc. 1992.60) for The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes by Marlowe, first draft, October 1981-August 1990, Boxes 1 and 2, and (Mss. Acc. 1994.32) first draft of The Lighthouse at the End of the World, a tale of Edgar Allan Poe, also by Marlowe.

Addition (Mss. Acc. 2008.56) contains draft and final manuscripts and notes for Box 1 includes Changing Sides and Box 2 includes Face of the Deep, Identity, The Lighthouse at the End of the World, The Man with No Shadow, Roanoke Project, Teneduc, and Teneduc/Pilgrims. Teneduc/Pilgrims includes a floppy disk. The materials in this addition date from 1993-2006.

Biographical / historical:

Stephen Marlowe (1928-2008), author and a member of the William & Mary class of 1948, served as writer-in-residence at the university from 1974-1975.

Acquisition information:
Various gifts between 1975 and 2008.