<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="edited-full-draft" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VGM">C0040</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Guide to the Fred Grossberg Creative Writers' Workshop collection, <date>1979-1980s</date> <num>C0040</num></titleproper><subtitle>Fred Grossberg Creative Writers' Workshop</subtitle><author>FINDING AID AUTHOR</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://library.gmu.edu/img/mason-logo.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2006 By George Mason University Libraries. All rights reserved.</date></p><address><addressline>Fenwick Library, MS2FL</addressline><addressline>4400 University Dr.</addressline><addressline>Fairfax, Virginia 22030</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 703-993-2220</addressline><addressline>Fax Number: 703-993-8911</addressline><addressline>speccoll@gmu.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://scrc.gmu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://scrc.gmu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-05-08 03:00:56 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is in English </langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Fred Grossberg Creative Writers' Workshop collection</unittitle>
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<p>There are no access restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Use Restrictions</head>
<p>The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Fred Grossberg Creative Writers' Workshop collection, Collection C0040, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Acquisition Information</head>
<p>Donated by Fred Grossberg.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>Processed by Special Collections Special Collections staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Biographical Information</head>
<p>Fred Grossberg was a professor of Creative Writing at George Mason University from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. He organized the Creative Writers' Workshop.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>Collection contains videotapes, meeting minutes, and other documents pertaining to former George Mason University English Professor Fred Grossberg's involvement in the Creative Writers' Workshop.</p><p>The videotapes in this collection consist of a series of interviews at a Creative Writers' Workshop directed by Fred Grossberg in 1979, which were funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The 21 hours of footage includes interviews and scenes of such prominent writers as John Gardner and Denise Levertov teaching in the classroom, reciting work at readings, and giving one-on-one tutorials. </p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Organized by subject and date.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Related Material</head>
<p>Special Collections and Archives also holds the George Mason University Archives.</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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