Guide to the Matthew Wolfe Writings,
1970-1988

Collection Number: 7322

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Phil McCray
Date completed:
November 12, 1991
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, May 29, 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Matthew Wolfe Writings [ca. 1970]-1988
Collection Number:
7322
Creator:
Matthew Wolfe, 1950-1988
Quantity:
.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Self-Published prose fiction manuscripts.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Matthew Wolfe lived in Boston and supported himself working in financial management firms. He studied at the University of Paris and the University of Strasbourg in the early 1970's.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The collection consists of sixteen prose fiction manuscripts, most of which are plastic-ring-bindered photocopies and some of which are bound original typescripts. They are self-published under the imprint Crow n' Co. The works "coming home" and "conetree" were completed following Wolfe's AIDS diagnosis. The prose is grammatically and orthographically idiomatic; the stories are non-narrative; the themes and motifs tend toward the introspective, free-form aesthetic and stream-of-consciousness, and artistically impressionistic. Gay themes are not immediately evident.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
AIDS (Disease)--Patients Biography.
Gay men--Biography.
Homosexuality and art.
Homosexuality, Male


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Matthew Wolfe Writings, #7322. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
crawford
Box 1 Folder
the crow and the dog
cecil truckman
corneilles wedding
cee moving
Box 2
casey
clever coïncidentals
cole
christs sake
coco comes out
clayton's sorrows
Box 3
CROWS COMPACT
conetree
coming home
cannes of crokay care of lokrin
cummings creek (curse of the crows) concorde wolfe