Melissa Fay Greene papers, 1954-2011, bulk 1979-2011

Summary

Creator:
Greene, Melissa Fay
Date:
1954-2011, bulk 1979-2011
Extent:
34 Linear Feet 3 half boxes, 8 slide boxes, 50 boxes, 1 oversized folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Melissa Fay Greene papers, MS 3646. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, and media. The correspondence includes letters from family, fans, and publishers and letters regarding awards and speaking engagements. Writings include articles, short stories, reviews, and books. Greene has written five books: Praying for Sheetrock (1991), politics and civil rights in McIntosh County (Ga.); Last Man Out (1996), a mine disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia; The Temple Bombing (2003), the bombing of a synagogue in Atlanta in 1958; There is No Me Without You (2006), AIDS and orphans in Ethiopia; and No Biking in the House Without a Helmet (2011), a humorous look at life with nine childlren. Research for these books includes interviews with the various persons in the books. Also included are manuscript drafts, both handwritten and typed. There are several editions of Greene's books in the printed material and magazines containing her articles. There are photographs of Melissa Fay Greene, but most are of Ethiopian children photographed while researching for There is No Me Without You. Audiovisual material consists mainly of cassette tapes of interviews.

Biographical / historical:

Melissa Fay Greene was born in 1952 in Macon (Ga.), moved to Dayton (Ohio), graduated from Oberlin College in 1975, and worked in Savannah (Ga.) with the Georgia Legal Services Program. She is the author of five books of nonfiction and in 2011 was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. She lives in Atlanta (Ga.) with her attorney husband Donald Franklin Samuel. They have nine children, five of whom were adopted from Bulgaria and Ethiopia.

For addtional information see: Melissa Fay Greene, New Georgia Encyclopedia; Georgia Writers Hall of Fame interviews Melissa Fay Greene

Arrangement:

Organized into 6 series: biographical information, correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, and audiovisual material.

Access and use restrictions

Restrictions:

Restrictions: No photocopying of material in boxes 19, 20, and 33

Preferred citation:

Melissa Fay Greene papers, MS 3646. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.