Periodical contributions by and about Kurt Vonnegut, 1964-1999
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
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Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
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Creator
Vonnegut, Kurt.
TitlePeriodical contributions by and about
Kurt Vonnegut, 1964-1999
Call No.
PS3572 .O5
Extent
72 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The collection consists of periodicals,
ranging in date from 1964 to 1999, each of which contains an article by and/or about
the American author Kurt Vonnegut.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on November 11, 1922. He attended Shortridge
High School in Indianapolis, where he wrote for the
Shortridge
High School Echo,
one of the few daily high school newspapers in the
country. At the urging of his father, Vonnegut attended Cornell University to study
chemistry and biology. While at Cornell, Vonnegut worked for the
Cornell Daily Sun, even writing his own column. However,
before he could complete his degree, he enlisted in the Army. Vonnegut had seven
children in all, three from his first marriage to Jane Cox, his three nephews, and a
daughter he adopted with his second wife, Jill Krementz. Vonnegut lived in New York
with Jill until his death on April 11, 2007.
His first published work was a piece of short fiction "Report on the Barnhouse
Effect" which appeared in
Collier's, Feb. 1950. Over
the years his short stories and articles have appeared in many magazines, but he is
best known for his novels, the first of which,
Player
Piano,
was published in 1952. Vonnegut has also written for both the
stage and screen, and many of his works have been adapted to film, television and
theater.
Arrangement
Articles by Vonnegut are arranged chronologically; articles about Vonnegut are
arranged alphabetically by the author or title.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of 72 individual issues (some of which are duplicates) of 50
different periodicals. It includes essays, editorials, and fictional work by
Vonnegut, interviews with Vonnegut, as well as articles about Vonnegut.
Related Material
Vonnegut mss.,
Vonnegut mss. II, and
Sipper mss., also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the curator.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Periodical contributions by and about Kurt Vonnegut, Lilly Library,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Container List
Series:
Box 1
Articles by Vonnegut, 1964-1995
Item 1
"You've Never Been to Barnstable?"
Venture.
Oct. 1964:
145+.
Item 2
"Slaughterhouse Five." [First two chapters]
Ramparts.
Oct.
1968: 55-64.
Item 3
"In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself."
Harper's.
Nov.
1972: 60-68.
Item 4
"Essay for the Wheaton Library."
Wheaton College Alumnae Magazine.
Winter 1973: 15-17.
Item 5
"Breakfast of Champions."
Ramparts.
Feb. 1973: 43+.
[2 copies]
Item 6
"America: What's Good, What's Bad?"
Vogue.
July 1973:
63-64.
Item 7
"On reading/writing/freedom."
Mademoiselle.
Aug. 1977:
96+.
Item 8
"Two Letters."
Index on Censorship.
Dec. 1981:
19-21.
Item 9
"A Gorgeous Movie — An Audacious Political Act."
Vogue.
Apr.
1982: 315+.
Box 2
Item 10
"The Idea Killers."
Playboy.
Jan. 1984:
122+.
Item 11
"My Translators."
Journal of Literary
Translation. 12
(1984):
10-12.
Item 12
"Cruise of the Jolly Roger."
Cape Cod
Compass. 33
(1986):
77-84.
Item 13
"Requiem: The Hocus Pocus Laundromat."
North American Review.
Dec.
1986: 29-35.
Item 14
"Conversation with Syd."
Clubhouse.
Feb. 1987: 25+.
[2 copies]
Item 15
"Can't They Even Allow Jazz?"
Artforum.
1987: No
pagination.
Item 16
"The Hocus Pocus Laundromat."
Spokesman. 54
(1987):
5-15.
Item 17
"Love is Too Strong a Word."
World.
Jan./Feb. 1987: 4+.
[3 copies].
Item 18
"A Letter to the Next Generation."
Time.
Feb. 1988: No
pagination.
Item 19
"The Lake."
Architectural Digest.
June 1988:
27+.
Item 20
"My Fellow Americans: What I'd Say if They Asked Me."
Nation.
July
1988: 53-54.
Item 21
"Light at the End of the Tunnel?"
Lear's.
Nov./Dec. 1988:
106
Item 22
"Un Destino Peggiore della Morte." Trans. Luisa Saraval.
Linea d'Ombra.
Apr. 1989: 27-31.
Item 23
"My Visit to Hell."
Parade.
Jan. 1990: 16-17.
[2 copies]
Item 24
"Notes from My Bed of Gloom: Or, Why the Joking Had to Stop."
New York Times Book Review.
Apr. 1990:
14
Item 25
"Галапагос [Galapagos, Chapters 1 - 25]."
BCECBIT.
Aug.
1990: 3-50.
Item 26
"Галапагос [Galapagos, Chapters 26 - 38]."
BCECBIT.
Sep.
1990: 77-103.
Item 27
"A Bit of Hocus Pocus."
Cornell Alumni
News.
Oct. 1990:
26+.
Item 28
"Kurt Vonnegut '44."
Cornell Magazine.
May 1994:
31
Item 29
"Tribute to Jimmy Ernst."
Jimmy Ernst:
Trials of Silence, Works 1942-1983.
Sept./Nov. 1994: 6-7.
Item 30
Absolut Vodka [Advertisement].
New
Yorker.
July 3, 1995:
29
Series:
Box 2
Articles about Vonnegut, 1970-1999
Item 31
"Account of the Ancestry of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. by an Ancient
Friend of his Family."
Summary.
1970: 76-118.
Item 32
Ahrens Jr., Edward R. "1994 Award Recipient Kurt Vonnegut
Internationally Known Writer."
Volunteer
Fireman.
Sept. 1994:
29
Item 33
Aldiss, Brian W. "Guru Number Four."
Summary.
1970:
63-68.
Item 34
Bianculli, David. "A Kurt Post-mortem on the Generally Eclectic
Theater."
Film Comment.
Dec. 1985: 41-42.
Item 35
Blaustein, Arthur I. Review of
Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut.
Mother Jones.
Dec. 1988:
49
Item 36
Campbell, Andrew. "A Piece of the Master."
University of Chicago Magazine.
Apr. 1994: 24-25.
Item 37
Cherchi, Grazi. "Libertà vo' pubblicando."
Panorama.
11 Marzo 1990: 21-22.
Item 38
Cherchi, Grazi. "Ai ferri Kurt."
Panorama.
1 Aprile 1990:
95
Item 39
Cubbage, Robert. "The Acerbic Jester of Trafalmadore."
Notre Dame Magazine.
Winter 1986-87: 28-32.
Item 40
Delacorte Press. Advertisement.
Publishers Weekly.
Jun. 21,
1976: Inside front cover.
Item 41
Drent, Henk. "Oorlog gaat taal te boven."
Vrij Nederland.
19 janari 1991: 16-19.
Item 42
Fiene, Donald M. "Elements of Dostoevsky in the Novels of Kurt
Vonnegut."
Dostoevsky Studies.
1981:
129-142.
Item 43
Frank, Armin Paul. "Where Laughing is the Only Way to Stop it
From Hurting."
Summary.
1970: 51-62.
Item 44
Franklin Library [Advertisement].
Almanac.
Jan./Feb. 1989:
No pagination.
Item 45
Godwin, Gail. "Waltzing with the Black Crayon."
Yale Review.
Jan. 1999: 44-53.
Item 46
Hayman, David. "The Jolly Mix: Notes on Techniques, Style and
Decorum in Slaughterhouse-Five."
Summary.
1970: 44-50.
Item 47
Hendin, Josephine. "The Writer as Culture Hero, the Father as
Son."
Harper's.
July 1974: 82–86.
Item 48
Hillman, Tony. "Hooked."
Summary.
1970: 69-72.
Item 49
Horwitz, Carey. "An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr."
Library Journal.
Apr. 15, 1973: 1131
Item 50
Hume, Kathryn. "The Heraclitean Cosmos of Kurt Vonnegut."
Papers on Language & Literature.
Spring 1982:
208-224.
Item 51
Kiely, Robert. "Satire as Fantasy."
Summary.
1970:
41-43.
Item 52
Kohout, Milan. "Kurt Vonnegut."
Xantypa. Leden
[Jan.] 1999:
51-55.
Item 53
Kornblatt, Marc. "The Cuyahoga Massacre: An Adaptation of a Kurt
Vonnegut Story."
Scholastic Search.
Feb. 1990: 6-11.
[2 copies]
Item 54
Krementz, Jill. Pictorial.
Summary.
1970: 3-35.
Item 55
Lawrence, Seymour. "A Publisher's Dream."
Summary.
1970:
73-75.
Item 56
Marcham, John. "Slightly Off-Balance."
Cornell Alumni News.
Oct. 1990:
28-29.
Item 57
McLaughlin, Frank. "An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr."
Media & Methods.
May 1973: 38+.
Item 58
Reed, Peter J. "Collecting Kurt Vonnegut."
Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine.
Apr. 1998:
38-45.
Item 59
Scholes, Robert. "Chasing a Lone Eagle."
Summary.
1970:
35-43.
Item 60
"So You Want to be a Writer..."
Carroll
College Quarterly.
Spring 1989:
12-13.
Item 61
Todd, Richard. "The Masks of Kurt Vonnegut Jr."
New York Times Magazine.
Jan. 24, 1971: 16+.
Item 62
Wicks, Lee. "Dear Kurt Vonnegut."
Independent School.
Winter 1998:
61-64.
Item 63
Vitiello, Greg. "Time & Timbuktu."
Image. Mar.
1972:
6-9.
