Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Shirley Jackson, novelist and short-story writer, were given to the Library of Congress in 1967 by Jackson's husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman. Subsequent gifts include an addition formed from material removed from the Stanley Edgar Hyman Papers, which were donated by Hyman's second wife, Phoebe Pettingell, in 1979, and a small gift of several items in 1991. Additional material was given by Virginia M. Olsen in 1991 and Jackson's daughter, Sarah Hyman Stewart, in 1997.
Processing History
Part I of the papers of Shirley Jackson was arranged in described in 1969. Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1993 and described here as Part II. The collection was expanded and revised in 2011 and 2013.
Transfers
An audiotape has been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division where it is identified as part of these papers. Selected artifacts have also been transferred to the Smithsonian Institution.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Shirley Jackson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.