Ronald Fair Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Title
- Ronald Fair Collection
- Creator
- Fair, Ronald L.
- Identifier
- MS80
- Size
- 22 Boxes
- Dates
- 1961-1971
- Abstract
- Ronald Lyman Fair is an African-American writer known for his experimental and versatile literary forms. He is best known for his 1966 novel Hog Butcher, set in 1960s' Chicago.
- Language
- English .
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ronald L. Fair deposited this collection with the McCormick Library in the early 1980s for research by those who requested his permission. He formally donated the collection to the university in the late 1990s after moving abroad.
Other Finding Aids
https://northwestern.box.com/s/hydag3q0fm2pqafu2alnk93mx6lp5v20
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 15 by Lisa Calahan and Lauren Kalal.