The collection contains Austen's correspondence with John W. Crowley, Carl Stroven, and Thomas Brumbaugh, 1977-1984; unpublished essays on D.H. Lawrence and Jack London, a short story, and manuscripts of Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard, and "Boomerang," a study of the homosexual scandal at the Newport Naval Training Station in 1919. Much of the correspondence concerns Austen's research on Stoddard and his difficulties getting his work published.
Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Roger Austen (1935-1984) was a literary historian whose work focused on gay writers.
Finding Aids
Finding aid available in repository and on internet.
