Suits me : the double life of Billy Tipton : research and production records, 1897-1998 (inclusive), 1989-1998 (bulk)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Research files, including audio recordings and transcripts of interviews; notes; correspondence; clippings; photographs; photocopies; and other materials accumulated by Middlebrook in preparation for writing Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton. Also includes draft versions, page proofs, and a signed first edition of the book; correspondence with publisher Houghton-Mifflin; clippings of reviews and other publicity for the book; and correspondence received by Middlebrook in response to the book.
Description
Type of resource | mixed material |
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Extent | 8.75 |
Place | California |
Publication date | 1897 - 1998 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | Middlebrook, Diane Wood, 1939-2007 |
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Subjects
Subject | Tipton, Billy, 1914-1989 |
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Subject | Biography as a literary form |
Subject | Jazz musicians > United States > Biography |
Subject | Transgender people > United States > Biography |
Subject | Musicians |
Subject | Biographers |
Genre | Clippings (information artifacts) |
Genre | Correspondence |
Genre | Drafts (documents) |
Genre | Notes |
Genre | Photographs |
Genre | Sound recordings |
Genre | Transcripts |
Bibliographic information
Acquisition | Gift of Diane Middlebrook, 2001. |
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Biographical/Historical | Diane Wood Middlebrook was a longtime English professor at Stanford University. In 2002 she left Stanford as Professor Emerita to focus on her writing. She was the author of Anne Sexton, A Biography; Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton; and Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, a Marriage; among other works. |
Location |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hs570zp5257 |
Location | Finding aid |
Location | Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).