Samuel Beckett Materials
-
Select files to request
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of two handwritten thank-you notes from Beckett to Robert Cochran (a writer and a professor in the University of Arkansas Department of English), as well as a copy of a book review. Cochran is the author of Samuel Beckett: A Study of the Short Fiction (1991), and also wrote his doctoral thesis, "'Unmakable Love': A Study of the Plays of Samuel Beckett" (1973) on Beckett's work.
Dates
- 1971-1982
Creator
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Samuel Barclay Beckett was born April 13, 1906, in Dublin, Ireland; he later moved to Paris, France. The author of noted works such as Waiting for Godot and Endgame, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Beckett passed away December 22, 1989.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged in a single folder, and stored within a box with other smaller manuscript collections.
Acquisition Information
The Samuel Beckett Materials were donated by Robert Cochran of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on July 3, 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in July 2017.
- Title
- Samuel Beckett Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- July 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu