Brenda W. Clough Papers
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the material in the Brenda W. Clough papers are her manuscript drafts and proofs and background research which is significant in highlighting the novel writing life cycle from start to finish. In addition to her hand drafts and typed manuscripts, there are also accompanying research and maps associated with some of her major series. Publications include book reviews written by Clough. All of these are organized under the series Manuscripts and published works and organized by story-subseries. Filed under the series Administrative documents, you can find Clough's agent correspondence, self promotion, photographs, the World Science Fiction convention correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1976-2018
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright remains with donor, and any persons wishing to publish must obtain permission from copyright holder. The donor grants the University of Iowa a nonexclusive right to use and to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursant to a Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial license.
Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit the Special Collections and Archives website.
Biographical / Historical
Brenda W. Clough is hailed as the first Asian American woman author of science fiction (Clough describes her writing as Historical Science Fiction) and fantasy, first appearing in print in 1984. Clough is the other of thirteen novels, fifteen short stories, and twelve non-fiction works. Clough spent most of her childhood overseas, living in places such as Laos, the Phillipines, Europe, as well as many years in Washington D.C. Her novella May Be Some Time was a finalist for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards which became the novel Revise the World.
Full Extent
11.34 Linear Feet (27 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
11 monographs have been sent to cataloging and will be added to X collection.
How like a god, The crystal crown, The Heart of Mystery, An Impossible Summer, The Name of the Sun, Doors of Death and Life, Doors of Death and Life advanced uncorrected bound manuscript, The Dragon of Mishbil, Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three edited by Don Sakers.
- Title
- Brenda W. Clough papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2026 September 24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
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