J.I.M. Stewart Collection, 1952-1983

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Ross Valley Book Company
Abstract:
Correspondence with J.I.M. Stewart, receipts for books, dust jackets, and manuscripts of novels and short stories.
Extent:
1 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], J.I.M. Stewart Collection, D-590, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence with J.I.M. Stewart, receipts for books, dust jackets, and manuscripts of novels and short stories. Manuscripts include "The Open House", "A Venation of Centaurs", "Cucumber Sandwiches", and "Doppelgänger".

Biographical / historical:

John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-1994) was a Scottish writer and academic. He taught English at the University of Leeds; the University of Adelaide, South Australia; Queen's University, Belfast; and Oxford University. Stewart wrote both literary criticism and novels under his own name and mystery novels under the name Michael Innes.

Acquisition information:
Ross Valley Book Company, 1985.
Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], J.I.M. Stewart Collection, D-590, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621