Janisse Ray papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Janisse Ray papers
Creator: Ray, Janisse, 1962-
Inclusive Dates: 1979-2019
Language(s): English
Extent: 6.75 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Collection Number: ms3986
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Writer, naturalist, and activist Janisse Ray (b. 1962) is the author of six books, including the widely acclaimed memoirs Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (1999) and Wild Card Quilt (2003). Her work has been widely taught and anthologized, and has received an American Book Award, a Southern Book Critics Circle Award, a Southern Booksellers Award, and many others. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana and has been awarded two honorary doctorates, one from Unity College in Maine and the other from LaGrange College in Georgia.

Ray has published many poems and essays in such magazines and newspapers as The Georgia Review, Georgia Wildlife, National Geographic Wildlife, and Orion. A nature commentator for Georgia Public Radio and a founding board member of Altamaha Riverkeeper, Ray also helped to form the Georgia Nature-Based Tourism Association and continues working to preserve the 3,400-acre Moody Forest in Appling County. She was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2015.

For more information, see the article "Janisse Ray (b. 1962)" in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of manuscript drafts of Janisse Ray's work, clippings of her writing for various publications throughout her career, correspondence, and printed material regarding her work.

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Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Though the collection is open for research, the audiovisual recordings do not have reference copies; however, reference copies are available upon request. Audiovisual research requests are dependent upon the format and condition of the recordings.

Preferred Citation

Janisse Ray papers, ms3986, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Manuscript drafts
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1		Altamaha: A River and Its Keeper- galley proof , 2012
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1	1-5	Drifting into Darien- revised draft, undated
1	6	Drifting into Darien- partial revised proof, undated
1	7-9	A House of Branches- revised draft, 2009
1	10	A House of Branches, Section One- early draft, undated
1	11	A House of Branches, Section Two- early draft, undated
1	12	A House of Branches, Section Three- early draft, undated
1	13	A House of Branches, Section Four- early draft, undated
1	14	Moody Forest- revised draft, 2007
1	15-17	The Seed Underground: A Revolution to Save Food- revised draft, 2007
1	18	The Seed Underground- revised proof , 2012
1	19-20	The Seed Underground- revised draft, 2012
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5	4	Waking in the Forest- edited draft, 2010
5	5	When I Live- edited draft

 

Writing
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1	21	Collection of poems, edited, 2000
1	22	Florida Wildlife Magazine, 1993-1995, 2003
1	23-24	Portfolio work, 1989-1994
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2	1	Writing- Clippings , 1979-1982
2	2	Writing- Clippings , 1988-1989
2	3	Writing- Clippings , 1989-1992
2	4	Writing- Clippings , 1997-2000
2	5	Writing- Clippings , 2002-2003
2	6	Writing- Clippings , 2003
2	7	Writing- Clippings , 2004
2	8	Writing- Clippings, 2005
2	9	Writing- Clippings, 2006
2	10	Writing- Clippings, 2012
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5	6	Writing- Clippings, 2001-2018
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2	11	Writing- Clippings, undated
2	12	Writing- Incomplete Drafts, undated
2	13	Resume, 2005
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4		Writing- Other writing in published works
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2		Clippings, 1983, 1988, 2003

 

Correspondence
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2	14	Letters Answered , 2004-2012
2	15	Letters to Answer, 2000
2	16-18	Letters in Praise, 2000-2003
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3	1	Letters in Praise, 2003-2011
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5	3	Letters in Praise, 2010-2017
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3	2-6	General , 1992-2012, undated
3	7-8	Regarding Moody, 1997-2008
3	9	University of Montana, 1995-1997

 

Printed material regarding Janisse Ray

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Clippings and Printed Material , 1995-2016

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Clippings and Printed Material , 2011-2019

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Book Jackets

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Certificates, 2000-2014

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Photographs of Janisse Ray

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Printed material , 2000-2016

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Newspaper Clippings , 1999-2019