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Claire Sprague archive of the Doris Lessing Society

Collection 1996-007

Dates: 1976-1991.

Extent: (8 boxes).

Level of Description: Item level.

Name of creator(s): Claire Sprague.

Date of creation: Undetermined.

Scope and Content: Consists of materials collected during Claire Sprague's tenure as president of the Doris Lesing Society (1980-1988) and as editor of the Doris Lessing Newsletter (1982-1988). It includes a full set of the newsletter from Winter 1976 through Spring 1988 with scattered issues after 1988, typescripts of many articles submitted to the newsletter, and related editorial correspondence.

Administrative/Biographical History: The archive relates to the Doris Lessing Society's Modern Language Association (MLSA) sessions and its incorporation and acceptance as an MLA Allied Organization (1977-1979).

Access and Copyright:

Language and Scripts: English

Finding aid/Inventory: Finding aid is available online.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition: Claire Sprague

Date(s) of description: 1996, 1998, 2007

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Inventory
Series 1: Doris Lessing Newsletter
1:1	Winter 1976, Fall 1977, and Vol. 2:1 (1978) - Vol. 7:2 (1983).
1:2	Vol. 8:1 (1984) - 12:2 (1989).
1:3	Vol. 13:1 (1989) - Vol. 17:2 (1995).
1:4	Prospectus (3 copies) and blank subscription form.
	Newsletter business and editorial records
1:5	1981. Includes society articles of organization, society by-laws and logo designs.
1:6	1982.
1:7	1983.
1:8	1984.
1:9	Jan-Aug 1985.
2:1	Sept-Dec 1985.
2:2	Jan-Aug 1986.
2:3	Sept-Dec 1986.
2:4	Jan-Jul 1987.
2:5-6	Aug-Dec 1987.
3:1	Jan-Mar 1988.
3:2	Jan-Mar 1988.
3:3	Apr 1988-1991.

Series 2: MLA sessions on Doris Lesssing
1:1	1971. “The Fiction of Doris Lessing.” Papers collected by Paul Schlueter in a spiral bound notebook.
1:2	1978. The Dispossessed and The Four-Gated City. Lessing and Ursula LeGuin. Drafts of a paper by Claire Sprague.
1:3	1979.
1:4-6	1980. “Mixed Doubles in Doris Lessing” by Claire Sprague; papers by other authors.
1:7	1982. “Aging.”
2:1	1982. “Doris Lessing and the Commonwealth Novel.”
2:2	1983.
2:3	1984-1986.
2:4	1990-1996.
2:5	1994. Allied organization status renewal.
	Correspondence
2:6	Abel, Elizabeth.
2:7	Alkalay-Gut, Karen.
2:8	BA, Ginette; Badode, Ram M.
2:9	Bertelsen, Eve.
2:10	Brueck, Eric; Burkom, Selma.
2:11	Caracciolo, Peter; Collins, Jere and Wilson, Raymond.
3:1	Draine, Betsy.
3:2	Fishburn, Kathy; Friedman, Ellen.
3:3	Galvan, Fernando; Gamallo, Isabel Anievas.
3:4	Goodblat, Chanita.
3:5	Gurr, Andrew J.
3:6	Hanley, Lynn.
3:7	Hansen, Jorgen Christian.
3:8	Hanson, Clare; Hite, Molly.
3:9	Hoy, Pat C.
3:10	Imrie, Malcolm; Jouve, Nicoloe Ward.
3:11	Kaplan, Carey.
3:12	Karen [?]; Kellerman, Henryk.
3:13	Knapp, Mona.
3:14	Lewis, Helena.
3:15	Loshitzky, Yosefa.
3:16	Maslen, Elizabeth.
3:17	Mattheson, Sue; McMaster, Graham.
3:18	Nickelsen, Ellin A.
3:19	Rose, Ellen Cronan.
4:1	Rubenstein, Roberta.
4:2	Sage, Lorna; Schlueter, Paul.
4:3	Seamon, David.
4:4	Seligman, Dee.
4:5	Taylor, Jenny.
4:6	Weinhouse, Linda.
4:7	Miscellaneous.

Series 3: Claire Sprague research files
1:1	“Doris Lessing and the BBC.”
1:2	In Pursuit of Doris Lessing: Nine Nations Reading. 1989. Claire Sprague, editor. Related correspondence, publisher’s agreements, dust jacket.
1:3	Rereading Doris Lessing. Narrative Paterns of Double and Repetition Claire Sprague. 1987. Photocopied galleys and segments of page proofs; related material.
1:4	London. 1986-1989.
1:5	Personal. 1962-1989.

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Revised: 08/20/09.