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Houston Book Clubs research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0521
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The Houston Book Clubs research materials consist of material from 1993-2007, including interviews, surveys, emails, reports, essays, lists, and correspondence between Elizabeth Long and members of the literary community. The files were compiled by Elizabeth Long during her study of the role of women's reading groups for her 2003 book "Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life" (University of Chicago Press). The surveys and interviews were conducted with Houston area book clubs from 1999-2007 with research focusing on both online book clubs and traditional ones and pertaining to their origins, members, discussions, and processes of book selection. Additionally, the collection contains information from and relating to the 2001 workshop in Cologne, Germany entitled "How literature enters life", sponsored by the International Association for the Empirical Study of Literature and the Media. Research on reading groups is arranged by individual book clubs.

Dates

  • 1993 - 2007

Creator

Access Restriction

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Book Clubs research materials must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical Sketch

Rice University sociology professor Elizabeth Long’s extensive research into the history and growth of reading clubs and their impact on social change is reflected in these papers. Professor Long majored in history at Stanford University and later earned Master’s and PhD degrees in sociology at Brandeis University. She joined Rice’s Department of Sociology in 1978 after teaching women’s studies at Wellesley College and M.I.T. Long has taught a wide variety of courses including the history of sociology, the sociology of gender, feminist social thought, and contemporary sociological theory. In 2003 she was named Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet ( (6 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The Houston Book Clubs Research Materials consist of material from 1993-2007, including interviews, surveys, emails, reports, essays, lists, and correspondence between Elizabeth Long and members of the literary community. The files were compiled by Elizabeth Long during her study of the role of women's reading groups for her 2003 book "Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life" (University of Chicago Press).

Arrangement

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Research organization and notes
  2. Series II: Book clubs
  3. Series III: Correspondence
  4. Series IV: Writings / Works

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dr. Elizabeth Long, January 2007

General Physical Description note

2.75 linear ft. (6 boxes)

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Houston Book Clubs research materials, 1993-2007
Status
Completed
Author
Lee Pecht
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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