Preliminary Inventory of the Alice Denham Papers, 1950s-1990s
Collection Number 4581
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
- Processed by
- Manuscripts Department Staff
- Date Processed
- August 2002
- Encoded by
- Roslyn Holdzkom
- Date Encoded
- August 2002
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Denham, Alice.
- Title
- Alice Denham Papers, 1950s-1990s
- Call Number
- 4581
- Extent
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- 70 items (3.0 linear feet)
- Abstract
- Alice Denham (1933- ), author, adjunct professor of English at the City University of New York, and model, born in Jacksonville, Fla., and graduate of the University of North Carolina (B.A., 1949) and the University of Rochester (M.A., 1950). Denham has published numerous novels, articles, television and movie adaptations, and short stories, among them "The Deal," which was filmed in 1988. The collection includes correspondence, biographical materials, writings, and pictures of Denham. Included are copies of her novels, among them Amo (1974); Adios, Sabata (1971), a novelization based on a Western movie; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1968), based on a popular television series; and My Darling from the Lions (1968). Also included are manuscripts of three books by Denham, Shabby Genteel: A Southern Girlhood; Terminatrix, or Equal Opportunity Mayhem; and Sleeping with the Bad Boys. Also included are articles and published and unpublished photographs of Denham, including a Playboy centerfold.
Administrative Information
- Provenance
- Received from Alice Denham of New York, N.Y., in May 1991 (Acc. 91094) and May 1999 (Acc. 98366).
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Alice Denham Papers #4581, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Denham, Alice.
- Novelists, American--20th century.
- Photography of the nude.
- Photography of women.
- Women authors, American--20th century.
- Women novelists, American--20th century.
Biographical/Historical Note
Alice Denham (1933- ), author, adjunct professor of English at the City University of New York, and model, born in Jacksonville, Fla., and graduate of the University of North Carolina (B.A., 1949) and the University of Rochester (M.A., 1950). Denham has published numerous novels, articles, television and movie adaptations, and short stories, among them "The Deal," which was filmed in 1988.
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The collection includes correspondence, biographical materials, writings, and pictures of author, English professor, and model Alice Denham. Included are copies of her novels, among them Amo (1974); Adios, Sabata (1971), a novelization based on a Western movie; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1968), based on a popular television series; and My Darling from the Lions (1968). Also included are manuscripts of three books by Denham, Shabby Genteel: A Southern Girlhood; Terminatrix, or Equal Opportunity Mayhem; and Sleeping with the Bad Boys. Also included are articles and published and unpublished photographs of Denham, including a Playboy centerfold.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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Items Separated
Separated materials includes photographs (P-4581).