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A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Adam Heien.

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Sanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell), 1945-

Collection No.
C359

Extent
4 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Scott Russell Sanders taught in the Indiana University English Department from 1971-2009. He specialized in writing fiction, and also was heavily involved with the Wells Scholars program, serving as its director from 1997 to 2003. This collection consists of the teaching and faculty files of Dr. Sanders.

Access Restrictions

Information related to grades, student evaluations of classes, and recommendations are closed to researchers at this time.

Advance notice required for access to collection.

Biographical Note

Scott Russell Sanders was a Professor at Indiana University for the duration of his teaching career, 1971-2009. He demonstrated an interest in both literature and science, initially attending Brown University on a physics scholarship before his graduate study in literature at Cambridge. As a member of the IU’s English department, he became recognized as one of the finest essayists in the country, releasing more than twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the science fiction novel Terrarium and the collections Writing from the Center, In Limestone Country, and The Paradise of Bombs. Sanders also played a large role in the Wells Scholars program during his Indiana career, frequently teaching courses in the program and serving as the program director from 1997-2003. His writings and courses both demonstrate an interest in natural history in addition to focusing on more traditional literary subjects, such as in his "Imagining Nature" courses and publications such as his 2009 A Conservationist Manifesto.

Arrangement

The Scott R. Sanders papers are arranged in two series, Teaching files and Faculty files.

Scope and Content Note

The Scott R. Sanders papers are organized into two series. The first series, Teaching files, consists of the records created for classes taught by Sanders during his tenure at Indiana University. The individual folders are arranged chronologically by semester, and span the period from 1971 to 2009. The series includes handouts, teaching and lecture notes, as well as some of Sanders’ correspondence with students and fellow faculty. For some of these files access is restricted because they contain sensitive or confidential information.

The second series, Faculty files, contains records created by or about Sanders during his Indiana University career. Included within this series are notifications about various awards that Sanders received during his career, promotional material about talks or recitations that he would deliver, correspondence, and his annual faculty summary reports. For some of these files access is restricted.

Additional papers of Dr. Sanders are housed at IU’s Lilly Library. Consult Lilly staff for further information.

• Indexing Terms

• The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

• • Names
  • Sanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell), 1945- --Archives.
  • Indiana University. Dept. of English --History --Sources.
  • Indiana University, Bloomington. Dept. of English --History --Sources.
• • Topics
  • Literature --Study and teaching (Higher) --Indiana --Bloomington.
  • Authors --Archives.
  • Literature teachers --Indiana --Bloomington --Archives.

Separated Material

Three images removed and transferred to the Photograph Collection. One, a picture of a squirrel, was from the Spring 1990 Imagining Nature. The second was a picture of a humpback whale and was from the 1991 “Imagining Nature” IFS folder. The third picture was a group photograph of the 2003 Wells Scholars finalists, and was removed from the Spring 2004 H203 Life Stories folder.

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