Russell Banks:
A Preliminary Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
| Creator: | Banks, Russell, 1940-2023 | |
| Title: | Russell Banks Collection | |
| Dates: | 1972-2004 | |
| Extent: | 1 box (.42 linear feet) | |
| Abstract: | This collection contains a typescript of a novel, professional correspondence, and a copy of the New York Times Book Review with a review by Russell Banks. | |
| Call Number: | Manuscript Collection MS-05385 | |
| Language: | English |
| Access: | Open for research |
Administrative Information
| Acquisition: | Purchases and Internal Transfer, 2004-2009 (R16500, 2009-09-007-P) | |
| Processed by: | Elizabeth E. Preston, 2015 |
| Repository: |
Scope and Contents
| This collection contains material relating to American novelist and poet Russell Banks and his professional activities. The bulk of the collection is a corrected typescript of The Book of Jamaica (1980). Other materials include correspondence with colleagues and a published review Banks wrote of Ha Jin’s War Trash in 2004. | ||
Related Material
| Additional Russell Banks materials at the Ransom Center are located in the Russell Banks Papers, the Ray Kass Collection of Russell Banks, and the Stephen Banks Collection of Russell Banks. | ||
Container List
| The Book of Jamaica, corrected typescript, 1980 | Container 1.1-1.2 |
| The Book of Jamaica, accompanying material, 1980 | Container 1.3 |
| War Trash, by Ha Jin, review by Banks in New York Times Book Review, 10 October 2004 | Container 1.6 |