Sharon Webb papers

Sharon Webb papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Sharon Webb papers
Creator: Webb, Sharon
Inclusive Dates: 1980-1982
Language(s): English
Extent: 6.5 Linear Feet 13 document boxes
Collection Number: ms2113
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Sharon Lynn Webb, Georgia science fiction author and resident of Blairsville, Georgia. Webb was born in Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936, the daughter of William Wesley Talbott and Eunice Geraldine Tillman. On February 6, 1956, she married W. Bryan Webb. Their children were Wendy, Jerri, and Tracey.

From 1953 to 1956, Webb was a student Florida Southern College. She studied at the University Miami in 1962. In 1972, she earned her associate degree in Nursing from the Miami-Dade School Nursing. During this period (from 1960 to 1966), she worked as a freelance writer. She was an RN for the South Miami Hospital from 1972 to 1973 and for Union General Hospital, Towns County Hospital, Blairsville, Georgia from 1973 to 1981.

Webb is the author of RN (1981), Earthchild (1982), Earth Song (1983), Ram Song (1984), Adventures of Terra Tarkington (1985), Pestis 18, 1987, The Halflife (1989), and over 40 short stories. She is a member of the Author's Guild/League and Science Fiction Writers of America where she served as south/central director and as a member of the board directors. (Who's Who on the Web, retrieved February 16, 2010)

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of Sharon Webb from 1980-1982. The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of her works, printed material relating to science fiction, and personal notebooks. The correspondence includes letters from readers, members of various science fiction associations, and other science fiction writers such as Issac Asimov, Jeff Duntemann, John M. Ford, Barry Longyear, Claudia Peck, Alan Ryan, and Jane Yolan.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged into three series: 1. Printed materials; 2. Manuscript material; and 3. Correspondence


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Sharon Webb papers, ms2113, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this repository: Sharon Webb papers, ms2380, ms2452, and ms2575.


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Printed materials

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11Magazines and Fanzines A-D
12Magazines and Fanzines E-Z
13Science Fiction Convention Program Books-ASFiCON, Chattacon, Disclave-
14Science Fiction Convention Program Books-Noreascon, Northamericon-
15Science Fiction Convention Flyers
16Reviews, mentions
17Newspaper Clippings
 

2. Manuscript material



2.1 RN

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21Index cards
23Notes, outlines
23Typed synopses.
24Chapter I: "First Days"
25Chapter II: "Fundamentals I"
26Chapter III: "Fundamentals II"
27Chapter IV: "Med-Surg"
28Chapter V: "Case Study"
29Chapter VI: "Alicia"
210Chapter VII: "Orthopedics"
211Chapter VIII: "Surgery & GI"
212Chapter IX: "Medical Neuro"
213Chapter X: "Surgical Neuro"
214Chapter XI: "Psychiatric"
215Chapter XII: "Crisis Line"
216Chapter XIII: "OB"
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31Chapters 1-6 (page 1-132)
32Chapters 7-12 (page 133-279)
33Chapters 1-6
34Chapters 7-12
35Chapters 14-17
36Promtional Material



2.2 Earthchild

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41Notes, outlines
42-6Manuscript notebooks
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51Miscellaneous fragments
52Original final draft
53Copyedited final draft
54Galleys
55Page proofs
56Final proof copy
57Dust jackets, reviews



2.3 Earth Song

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61Original final draft
62Final draft-copyedited
63Galley proofs
64Unbound [final] proofs



2.4 Shorter Works

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71"Bitch on the Bull Run"
72"Bridges"
73"Cathedral in Dying Time"
74"A Chair is not for Tipping"
75"The Day of Jubal Lee"
76"The Dust of Creeds Outworn"
77"Earthchild Rising"
78"Hitch on the Bull Run"
79"An Icee and the Universe"
710"Itch on the Bull Run"
711"Janglers for Jodie"
712"The Letter of the Law"
713"Miss Nottworthy and the Aliens"
714"Niche on the Bull Run"
715"Our Man In Vulnerable"
716"Rare Bird"
717"Reliquary for an Old Soul"
718"Sharing Time in the Gallery"
719"Switch on the Bull Run"
720"The Syncopated Man"
721"Threshold"
722"Transference"
723"Twitch on the Bull Run"
724"Variation on a Theme from Beethoven"
725"With Gl-oon'sha Dreams Come"
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88Miscellaneous fragments



2.5 Notebooks

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81-7Notebooks
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91-11Notebooks
 

3. Correspondence

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10Personal correspondence A-L
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11Personal correspondence M-S
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12Personal correspondence T-Z
12SFWA Grievance Committee correspondence
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13Business correspondence

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