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Kristin E. Payne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-473

Scope and Contents

The Kristin E. Payne Papers is comprised of numerous self-published works including poems, short stories, novels, and poem collections. It also includes unpublished notes and drafts, poems and stories, and non-fiction works, notably personal statements and essays written in pursuit of her Masters degree.

Dates

  • 1989-1997

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.

Biographical / Historical

Kristen Payne was born on September 15, 1964. She attended the University of Vermont, receiving an undergraduate degree in English in 1987, and later went on to receive a masters degree in Writing and Poetics from Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, graduating in 1994. She was a member of the Peace Corps working in Central Africa. Payne produced and self-published many works and wrote using aliases. She published under the names Keirsten/Kristin/Kristen Payne, Kree Westbrook, Kristen/Kristin/Keirsten Payne Hardiman and Kristen/Keirsten/Kristen Payne Eddy. She died in 1997 at the age of 33.

Extent

0.8 Linear Feet (2 document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of Payne's writings in various versions from manuscript drafts to final, bound typed versions with revisions.

Location

Library Research Annex; contact uvmsc@uvm.edu for access.

Title
Guide to the Kristin E. Payne Papers
Status
Completed
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Silver Special Collections Library
48 University Place, Room B201
Burlington Vermont 05405 U.S.A. US
(802) 656-2138
(802) 656-4038 (Fax)