Scope and Content Note
The collection houses draft typescripts, final manuscripts, poetry, short stories, correspondence, contracts, data files, and biographical information. Monographs are catalogued separately.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-2004
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Biographical Note
Paul Cook was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1950. He received his B.A. Degree in Philosophy from Northern Arizona University in 1972, his M.A. in English from Arizona State University in 1978, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Utah.
Since the age of eleven, Paul Cook has been writing science fiction stories in one form or another. He began writing serious
science fiction in 1968, publishing his first story in Northern Arizona University's creative writing journal, Pine Knots, in the spring of 1969. In 1978 he wrote his first novel, Tintagel.
Paul Cook also writes poetry and published his first poem in 1971. Since then he has published over 150 poems in journals such as The Seattle Review and the Georgia Review.
As the Writer-in-Residence at Arizona State University since June 1987, Paul Cook is currently living and teaching in Arizona where he has spent most of his life.
(Biographical information supplied by Paul Cook)
Full extent
32 Box(es)
Full extent
13 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection houses draft typescripts, final manuscripts, poetry, short stories, correspondence, contracts, data files, and biographical information. Monographs are catalogued separately.
Arrangement
This collection consists of twenty-seven boxes divided into six series:
- Series I: Published Novels
- Series II: Unpublished Novels
- Series III: Short Stories
- Series IV: Poetry
- Series V: Reviews and Columns
- Series VI: Letters to the Editor and Other Materials
Provenance
The Paul Cook Papers (ACC# 2003-02767), were received in 1987 (on-going) from Paul Cook.
- Title
- Paul Cook Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Karen Bachman and Carol Moore
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu