Adminstrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from Berry Morgan Galley Proofs must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Berry Morgan Galley Proofs, Ms1969-002, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1969.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Berry Morgan Galley Proofs was completed prior to February 2011. Additional description was completed in February 2011.

Biographical

Berry Morgan was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi in 1919. Her first book was Pursuit, published in 1966. Pursuit was followed by The Mystic Adventures of Roxie Stoner in 1974. These two novels were together know as the Certain Shadows series and won her the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. Morgan also worked for The New Yorker from 1966 to 1988 and was involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.

Sources:

"Mississippi Writers: Berry Morgan", http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/berry-morgan.html

Scope and Content

This collection contains the author's proof of Berry Morgan's novel Pursuit. The proof is dated April 27, 1966 and May 3, 1966 by H. Wolff Book MFG. Co. The book was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston.

Arrangement

Materials in this collection are arranged in chronological order.