Finding aid for the Nevada Barr Collection
MUM00022
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Controlled Access Headings
- PURL
- Collection Inventory
- Box 1: Promotional Materials and Reviews
- Blind Descent
- Blood Lure
- A Death in Ruins ( Restricted)
- Deep South
- Endangered Species
- Firestorm
- Box 20: Flashback
- Hell's Backdoor
- Hunting Season
- Ill Wind
- Isle Notebooks
- Box 11: Liberty Falling
- Box 19: seeking enlightenment... hat by hat
- Box 5: A Superior Death
- Box 4: Track of the Cat
- Box 3: Trial by Fire ( Restricted)
- Unlabeled
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00022/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Barr, Nevada
- Title
- Nevada Barr Collection
- ID
- MUM00022
- Date [inclusive]
- 1990s-2000s
- General Physical Description note
- 20 boxes (9.13 linear feet)
- Abstract:
- Collection of manuscripts, drafts, galleys, and promotional materials for works by Nevada Barr.
Prefered Citation
Nevada Barr Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Biographical Note
Born 1 March 1952, Nevada Barr is the daughter of two pilots and grew up in California. She attended the California Polytechnic State University and graduated from UC-Irvine. After college, Barr pursued a career in theatre before becoming a National Park Service Ranger.
Barr's fiction centers on her character Anna Pigeon, a U.S. Park Service Ranger who solves a different murder mystery, at a different National Park, in each novel.
Scope and Content Note
Collection of galley proofs, handwritten notebooks and typed manuscripts of the works of Nevada Barr; also contains publicity materials for some of her work.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by literary work. Box 1 contains miscellaneous materials related to publicity.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries
Access Restrictions
The Nevada Barr Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Acquisition Information
Materials donated by Nevada Barr.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives & Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 5 November 2009.
Related Materials
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For more literary collections housed at the University of Mississippi Archives & Special Collections, please see our Literary Collections Subject Guide
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- United States. National Park Service. -- Fiction
Format(s)
- galley proofs
- manuscripts (document genre)
- manuscripts for publication
- notebooks
- promotional materials
Geographic Name(s)
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Southern States -- Fiction
Personal Name(s)
- Barr, Nevada
- Pigeon, Anna (Fictitious character)
Subject(s)
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- National parks and reserves -- Fiction
- Women novelists, American
Collection Inventory
Box 1: Promotional Materials and Reviews |
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Publicity Material |
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The Purloined Letter. Vol 16, No. 1, 16 January 1995 |
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Promotional Material for Track of the Cat, Ill Wind, A Superior Death |
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Promotional Materials |
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Crime Times, May-June 1995 |
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"The Mysteries of Nature" USA Today, 17 May 1995 |
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Lemuria Newsletter, Literary Type Scope and Contents noteIncludes article by N. Barr |
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"Bear and Tear: Camping Nevada Barr-style" by Lynn Coulter in Sky : Delta Air Lines in-flight Magazine. March 2001 |
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Oxford Town # 449. 21-27 March 2002 |
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"Flip-flops, Girlfriends & Denim Jackets" by Nevada Barr. Clipping. Family Circle, 10 June 2003 |
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Blind Descent |
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Box 9, Folder 1: Original Manuscripts |
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Box 9, Folder 2: Author's Galleys |
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Box 9, Folder 3: Printing Instructions |
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Box 10: Galleys |
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Blood Lure |
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Box 16: Original Notebooks 1-4 |
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Box 17: Style Sheets |
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Box 17: Galley Proof |
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Box 18: Original Manuscript |
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A Death in Ruins ( Restricted) |
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Box 2: Original Notebooks (7 notebooks) |
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Deep South |
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Box 12: Original Manuscripts |
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Box 12: Author's Galleys |
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Box 13: Notebooks 1-5 |
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Endangered Species |
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Box 8, Folder 1: Original Manuscript |
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Box 8, Folder 2: Author's Galleys |
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Firestorm |
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Box 7, Folder 1: Manuscript |
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Box 7, Folder 2: Author's Galleys |
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Box 20: Flashback |
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Manuscript. Chapter 1 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 2-4 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 5-7 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 8-11 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 12-14 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 15-18 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 19-21 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 22-26 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 27-30 |
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Manuscript. Chapter 31-end |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 1-3 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 4-6 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 7-12 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 13-17 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 18-20 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 21-25 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 26-30 |
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Galley Proof. Chapter 31-end |
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Hell's Backdoor |
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Box 14: Notebooks 2-3 |
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Hunting Season |
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Box 15: Notebooks 1 & 4 |
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Ill Wind |
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Manuscript for Ill Wind |
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Author's Galleys |
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Isle Notebooks |
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Box 14: Notebooks 1-4 |
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Box 11: Liberty Falling |
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Original Manuscripts |
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Author's galleys |
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Box 19: seeking enlightenment... hat by hat |
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Original Manuscripts |
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Author's galleys |
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Box 5: A Superior Death |
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Typesetting Typescript |
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Author's Galleys |
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Box 4: Track of the Cat |
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Original T.M |
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Galleys of Track of the Cat |
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Box 3: Trial by Fire ( Restricted) |
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Chapters 1-5 |
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Chapters 6-12 |
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Chapters 13-18 |
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Chapters 19-28 |
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Unlabeled |
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Box 15: Untitled notebook |
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