Mary Mackey papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00758
Scope and Contents
Literary papers including multiple drafts, galleys, published works, correspondence, publicity, interviews, and reviews.
Dates
- 1947 - 2017
Creator
- Mackey, Mary (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection contains materials in English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German, and Japanese.
Conditions Governing Access
Until we move into New Neilson in early 2021, collections are stored in multiple locations and may take up to 48 hours to retrieve. Researchers are strongly encouraged to contact Special Collections (specialcollections@smith.edu) at least a week in advance of any planned visits so that boxes may be retrieved for them in a timely manner.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that she owns copyright, Mackey has assigned the copyright in her works to Smith College; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by Mackey, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical Note
Born in 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana and related to Mark Twain on her father's side, Mary Mackey knew early on that she wanted to be a writer. She graduated, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1966 and earned a PhD in English from The University of Michigan in 1970. As a professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at California State University, Sacramento from 1972 until 2008, Mackey was one of the founders of the University's Women's Studies Program and of its Graduate and Undergraduate Creative Writing Programs. She is the author of fourteen novels, including "Immersion", believed to be the first feminist novel published by a Second Wave feminist press (Shameless Hussy Press, 1972); "McCarthy's List" (Doubleday, 1979); "A Grand Passion" (Simon & Schuster, 1986) which made "The New York Times" Best Seller list; "The Year the Horses Came" (Harper San Francisco, 1999); and, "The Widow's War" (Berkley Books, 2009). Mackey is also the author of eight volumes of poetry including "Sugar Zone" (Marsh Hawk Press, 2011), winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence and finalist for the 2012 California Book Reviewers Award, and "The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018" (Marsh Hawk Press, 2018). She has written several screenplays, including that for the award-winning feature film, "Silence." She has also written two comic novels under the pen name of "Kate Clemens." A co-founder of the Feminist Writers' Guild in 1978, Mackey served as president of the PEN American Center, West from 1989-1992. More information and a full list of Mackey's publications can be found at http://marymackey.com/.
Extent
48 linear feet (40 boxes. Other materials in the collection: 2 OS boxes (15S-89, #17&16S-03, #22).)
1 website (archived website)
0.02442 Gigabytes
Overview
The collection contains the literary papers of Mary Mackey, feminist novelist and poet.
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time. Note that in most cases, container numbers start over at 1 with each new accession.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection contains materials received from the donor in digital form that are not currently available online. Please consult with Special Collections staff to request access to this digital content.
Other Finding Aids
The collection has container lists that are available upon request by contacting specialcollections@smith.edu
Other Finding Aids
One or more content listings to individual accessions in this collection are available for download. Links can be found in the description of the individual accessions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was gifted by Mary Mackey in 2015 and 2016.
Processing Information
The contents of computer media in this collection has been copied to networked storage for preservation and access; the original directory and file structure was retained and file lists were created. Some floppy disks were unable to be copied. See the log files linked in the container list for more details.
- Audiotapes
- Authors, American -- 20th century
- Awards
- Bibliographies
- Biographical notes
- Books
- CD-ROMs
- Calendars
- Clemens, Kate
- Computer media
- Contracts
- DVD-Video discs
- Electronic records
- Essays
- Faculty papers
- Feminism
- Feminism
- Feminism in literature
- Feminist literature
- Feminists -- United States
- Galley proofs
- Interviews
- Mackey, Mary
- Manuscripts
- Newspapers
- Notes
- Periodicals
- Photographs.
- Proposals
- Publications
- Reviews
- Scripts
- Theses
- Videotapes
- Women authors
- Women poets
- Women's studies -- 20th century
- Writings
- articles
- clippings
- correspondence
- diaries
- notebooks
- Title
- Finding aid to the Mary Mackey papers
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Madison White
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017-07-26T17:48:24-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2018-10-18: Updated to conform to DACS
- 2020-05-27: Description added for born-digital content.
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
