A Preliminary Inventory of His Collection of David Foster Wallace at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Jackson, JT
Title:
JT Jackson Collection of David Foster
Wallace
Dates:
1985-2010
Extent:
1 document box (0.42 linear feet)
Abstract:
The JT Jackson Collection of David Foster
Wallace includes materials provided by friend and classmate of Wallace, JT Jackson.
The
collection contains typescript photocopies of workshop manuscripts, an English class
workshop schedule, a series of list-serv exchanges, and correspondence from Wallace
to
Jackson.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-05333
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research.
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archival materials.
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Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
JT Jackson Collection of David Foster Wallace (Manuscript Collection MS-05333). Harry
Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Spanning from 1985 to 2010, the JT Jackson Collection of David Foster Wallace documents
Wallace’s years at the MFA writing program at the University of Arizona.
Series I. Works by David Foster Wallace, makes up the bulk of the collection and contains
fourteen workshop manuscripts written by Wallace for the writing program at the University
of Arizona from 1985-1988. Some manuscripts include notes and reader comments.
Series II. JT Jackson Materials, contains a workshop schedule for a class shared by
Jackson
and Wallace, a series of list-serv pieces on Michael Bucher’s Wallace-I board from
2009 to 2010
documenting a group read of Girl With Curious Hair, and emails from JT Jackson explaining
the origin and context of these materials.
Series III. Correspondence. Letters from Wallace to Jackson. Includes one short story
by
Wallace.
JT ‘Jate’ Jackson was a long-time friend and graduate school classmate of David Foster
Wallace. They attended the MFA writing program together at the University of Arizona
from
1985 to 1988.
Related Material
Additional David Foster Wallace materials at the Ransom Center are located in the
David
Foster Wallace Papers; the David Foster Wallace Collection; the David Lipsky Collection
of
David Foster Wallace; the Little, Brown and Company Collection of David Foster Wallace;
the
Steven Moore Collection of David Foster Wallace; and the Bonnie Nadell Collection
of David
Foster Wallace.
