Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hagedorn, Jessica
- Abstract:
- The Jessica Hagedorn Papers, 1974-2006, consist of drafts of her works, public relations materials, contracts and agreements, notes, and correspondence. The materials relate to her major or minor works, or are directly relevant to Jessica Hagedorn's career as a novelist and a playwright.
- Extent:
- 21.25 linear feet (17 cartons and 1 oversize folder), 175 sound cassettes, 63 videocassettes, 17 sound tape reels, and 3 videotapes
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jessica Hagedorn Papers, BANC MSS 2007/160, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Jessica Hagedorn papers and audiovisual materials consist of drafts of her works, public relations materials, contracts and agreements, notes, correspondence, and audiovisual items. The materials relate to her major or minor works, or are directly relevant to Jessica Hagedorn's career as a novelist and playwright.
The collection has been divided into seven series: Dogeaters, Dream Jungle, Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Asian American Fiction, and Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World, Other Works, Personalia, Correspondence. and Audiovisual Materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jessica Hagedorn was born in Manila, Philippines in 1949 and immigrated to the United States at the age of 14 to live in San Francisco with her family. Her mother's background is Scotch-Irish-French Filipino and her father is considered Filipino-Spanish, although his great grandmother was Chinese.
Hagedorn studied at the American Conservatory Theater and published her first book of poems in 1972 at the age of twenty. Hagedorn continued writing poetry including Dangerous Music and Danger and Beauty while she was the lead singer and songwriter for the performance rock group, The West Coast Gangster Choir (later simplified to The Gangster Choir). She is also the editor of Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction and Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. She wrote the screenplay for the film Fresh Kill, directed by Shu Lea Cheang. She was also closely involved with the animated short series "Pink Palace" which explored issues that an adolescent Filipino girl might have to deal with after emigrating to the United States.
Around 1978 Hagedorn moved to New York to build on her skills and experience as a novelist, playwright and musician. In 1988 Hagedorn returned to the Philippines to finish her first novel, Dogeaters, which after being published in 1990 received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Hagedorn currently lives in New York with her husband and two daughters and continues to write about her interest in issues surrounding the Filipino American's struggle to find a place between two cultures.
- Acquisition information:
- The Jessica Hagedorn Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Lame Duck Books on March 1, 2007.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Antonio Espinoza in 2007. Audiovisual materials integrated into manuscript collection in 2022 by Lara Michels.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged to the container level.
- Accruals:
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No additions are expected.
- Physical location:
- Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jessica Hagedorn Papers, BANC MSS 2007/160, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481