TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Audrey Niffenegger.
Scope and Content of the Collection
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Inventory of the Audrey Niffenegger Papers, 1990 -
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Joy L. Austria, 2008. ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Niffenegger, Audrey |
| Title | Audrey Niffenegger Papers |
| Dates | 1990 - |
| Extent | 2.1 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Typescript drafts of The Time Traveller’s Wife and other works; related sketches, drawings, correspondence, and ephemera; press clips and other biographical information. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Wing Modern MS Niffenegger |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 52 11 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Audrey Niffenegger Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of Audrey Niffenegger, 2004 -
Processed by
Paul F. Gehl, January 2008.
Access
The Audrey Niffenegger Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum (Priority II).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Audrey Niffenegger Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Audrey Niffenegger.
Chicago book artist and novelist, born June 13, 1963; Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts, Columbia College Chicago. She is represented by Printworks Gallery, Chicago.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Continuing deposits from the author include typescript drafts of The Time Traveller’s Wife and other works; related sketches, drawings, correspondence, and ephemera; press clips and other biographical information. Editions of Niffenegger’s books, most also the gift of the author, are cataloged as part of The Newberry Library’s Wing collection.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Biographical, 1993 -. Box(es) 1-2
- Series 2: Works, 1990 -. Box(es) 1-2
- Series 3: Artifacts. Box(es) 1
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- MacAdam Cage (Firm)
- Newberry Library – Fiction
- Niffenegger, Audrey
- Printworks Gallery
Subjects
- Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Sources
- Artists' Books -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Authors, American -- 21st century -- Sources
- Graphic novels
- Librarians -- Fiction
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Married people -- Fiction
- Time travel -- Fiction
- Women art students -- Fiction
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Container List
Series 1: Biographical, 1993 - |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | Invitations (mostly from Printworks Gallery), press clips, catalogs, other ephemera | ||||||||||
| 2 | Oversize ephemera | ||||||||||
Series 2: Works, 1990 - |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | small broadsides, 1990 - | ||||||||||
| 1 | Spring (artist's book with M. Sward), prospectus | ||||||||||
| 1 | Song of the Womb (collage, published) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Three Incestuous Sisters (artist's book), prospectus | ||||||||||
| 1 | Night Bookmobile (short story), typescript | ||||||||||
| 1 | Night Bookmobile, published version | ||||||||||
| 1 | Time Traveler's Wife, final draft | ||||||||||
| 1 | Time Traveler's Wife, copy-edited draft | ||||||||||
| 1 | Time Traveler's Wife, proposed book jackets | ||||||||||
| 2 | Time Traveler's Wife, book jacket sketches by Audrey Niffengger | ||||||||||
Series 3: Artifacts |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | gift clock | ||||||||||