Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Ford, Richard
- Abstract:
- This material comprises unbound galley proofs (201 pages on 104 leaves) of Richard Ford's second novel. Each sheet but two contains holograph corrections in Ford's hand, some grammatical, some textual, and some quite extensive. Many of these changes were incorporated into the final text of the book.
- Extent:
- 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Richard Ford, The Ultimate Good Luck galley proofs. MS-L017. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This material comprises unbound galley proofs (201 pages on 104 leaves) of Richard Ford's second novel. Each sheet but two contains holograph corrections in Ford's hand, some grammatical, some textual, and some quite extensive. Many of these changes were incorporated into the final text of the book.
- Biographical / historical:
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Richard Ford is a writer of fiction, including the novels The Sportswriter (1986) and Independence Day (1995), the latter of which earned him both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1996. He was born in 1944 and received his M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine in 1970.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased in 2000.
- Processing information:
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Processed by William Landis in 2000.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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Richard Ford, The Ultimate Good Luck galley proofs. MS-L017. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
- Contact:
- (949) 824-3947