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Title: Lisa See Papers
Date (inclusive): 1973-2001
Collection number: 564
Creator:
See, Lisa.
Extent:
62 boxes (30.5 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes.
Abstract: The Lisa See Papers collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and manuscript drafts, screenplays, treatments, articles,
clippings, and other printed materials relating to the literary career of author Lisa See. Lisa See was born on February 18,
1955, in Paris, France. As a young girl, she spent many hours with her paternal grandparents in Los Angeles' Chinatown. The
collection also includes materials related to a museum exhibition and opera, both based on her book "On Gold Mountain: The
One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family"; materials related to undergraduate course work at Loyola Marymount
University, and additional personal material such as notebooks, appointment books, and address books.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Lisa See was born in 1955 in Paris, France. She received a BA degree from Loyola Marymount University College of Liberal Arts
in 1979. Her published books include
On Gold Mountain : the one-hundred-year odyssey of my Chinese-American family (1996), a NY Times Notable Book of 1995, and
Flower net (1997), which was an Edgar Nominee for Best First Mystery. She has also collaborated on books with her mother Carolyn See
and John Espey, together using the pseudonym Monica Highland. These books include
Lotus land (1983),
110 Shanghai Road (1986),
Greetings from Southern California (1988) and
Precious cargo (1990). See worked as a freelance journalist for various publications, including
TV Guide and
Sporting Times. For many years she was the West Coast correspondent for
Publishers Weekly. In addition to writing books and articles, See wrote an opera libretto based on her book,
On Gold Mountain, and assisted in mounting an exhibition, based on the same book, for the Autry Museum of Western Heritage.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and manuscript drafts, screenplays, treatments, articles, clippings, and
other printed materials related to the literary career of author Lisa See, covering the years 1973-2001. It also includes
materials related to a museum exhibition and opera, both based on her book,
On Gold Mountain; materials related to her undergraduate ourse work at Loyola Marymount University; personal material such as notebooks, appointment
books, and address books.
Arranged in the following series:
- Articles about Lisa See
- Correspondence
- Material collected by Lisa See
- Personal
- Writings by Lisa See.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
See, Lisa --Archives.
Women authors, American --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.
Carolyn See Papers (Collection 1397)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.