A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Rao, Raja, 1908-2006
Title:
Raja Rao
Papers
Dates:
1956-2006
Extent:
41 records storage cartons, 6 document boxes (43.52 linear feet), and 12
electronic files (1.5 MB)
Abstract:
The professional papers of Raja Rao,
essayist, novelist, and professor of philosophy. Materials include drafts of novels
and non-fiction works, essays, correspondence, and articles written by
others.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-3382
Language:
English and French
Access:
Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days’ notice for access in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material: reference@hrc.utexas.edu To request access to electronic files, please email Reference.
Restrictions on Use:
Certain restrictions apply to the use of electronic files. Researchers must agree
to
the Materials Use Policy for Electronic Files before accessing them. Original
computer disks and forensic disk images are restricted. Copying electronic files,
including screenshots and printouts, is not permitted.
This collection consists of professional materials relating to Raja Rao’s writing
career and his career as a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas
at
Austin. After his death and in the process of boxing his papers, Rao’s estate
created detailed descriptions of much of the material; these descriptions are
located in their corresponding boxes. The collection is roughly organized into
four
series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Professional Papers; Series III.
Works;
and Series IV. Works by Others. Series I contains both incoming and outgoing
correspondence. Series II is made up of class notes, books read and annotated
by
Rao, and student papers. Access to student papers is restricted. Series III contains
of drafts of novels, monographs, essays, speeches, and interviews. Many of the
drafts have extensive annotations by Rao. Series IV contains published and
unpublished articles and papers by others. Rao divided the articles into papers
from
the West and papers from India. Also included here are articles written by others
about Rao.
Note: This collection has not been fully processed and Ransom Center staff have
relied on the descriptions prepared by Rao’s estate that accompany the material.
The
descriptions are included in the boxes to which they correspond. Not all boxes
have
such descriptions. Loose items were foldered during initial processing, but not
organized, and the collection as a whole remains largely in the order in which
it
arrived at the Ransom Center.
Related Material
Additional Raja Rao materials at the Ransom Center are located in the Raja Rao
Collection.
Separated Material
A typewriter and a bed desk, both used by Rao, were transferred to the Ransom
Center’s Personal Effects collection.
