Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes (University of Michigan) winning manuscripts, 1931-2019, 1898

Summary

Creator:

University of Michigan. Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes.

Abstract:

Winning manuscripts of the University of Michigan's Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes, a creative writing scholarship program at the University of Michigan. The manuscripts, dated 1931-2019, are bound in volumes according to the corresponding competition category, and accompanied by an author index.

Extent:

119 linear feet (in 120 boxes containing approximately 1,338 bound volumes and a card index.)

Language:

English

Call Number:

2023004 Bimu C26

Authors:

Finding aid created by Olga Virakhovskaya in April 2023.

Background

Scope and Content:

1931-2019 winning manuscripts of the University of Michigan's Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Prizes competition (also known as the Hopwood Awards). The manuscripts are bound in volumes according to the competition category for each year (e.g., "Undergraduate Short Fiction," "Drama," "Summer Awards," etc.) The collection is accompanied by an author card index. Cards within the index are arranged in alphabetical order by last name and include information about the manuscript title, competition category, competition year, the number of the volume that contains the manuscript, and the awarded prize amount.

Biographical / Historical:

Consult the finding aid for the University of Michigan's Department of English Language and Literature records

Acquisition Information:

Donated by the University of Michigan Hopwood Program (donor no. 1805 ) in April 2022; and by the University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center (donor no. 9776 ) in October 2022.

Processing information:

Contents of volumes described as they appear on the spines. Materials for the year 2019 is available only in one category, Underclassmen Awards.

Bentley Historical Library's collection does not include volumes 7 through 11, 15-16, and 18; volume 105 Minor Drama (contains Arthur Miller's No Villain) and volume 127 Minor Drama (contains Arthur Miller's Honors at Dawn). See "Related" note for more information about Arthur Miller's manuscripts.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into three series: 1. Diary of Avery Hopwood, August 29-December, 1898 (photocopy). 2. Bound manuscripts. 3. Index to manuscripts.

Volumes in the Bound manuscripts series are organized chronologically, between 1931 and 2019; and in numerical order according to the volume numbers within each year.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

Materials related to the Hopwood Award Program are found within the collection of records of the U-M Department of English Language and Literature as well as the Department of English Language and Literature publications, housed by the Bentley Historical Library.

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin houses three Hopwood Award manuscripts by Arthur Miller: 1936 Minor Drama winner Honors at Dawn; 1937 Minor Drama winner No Villain; and the 1938 runner-up play The Great Disobedience.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Essays.
Fiction.
Plays.
University of Michigan -- Students.

Formats:

Manuscripts.
Poetry.