Ted Wojtasik papers
Collection
0559-LIT
This collection contains the papers of Ted Wojtasik, an author and friend of Katherine Anne Porter late in her life. Wojtasik was born and raised in Connecticut and obtained an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Columbia University and a Ph.D in 20th century American literature from the University of South Carolina. Wojtasik met Porter in July 1979 and briefly worked on an edition of her letters. Wojtasik is currently a visiting professor in Creative Writing at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, North Carolina. He has published three novels, No Strange Fire (1996), Collage (2004), and Wild Animal Nation (2006) in addition to several short stories.
The collection consists of correspondence between Wojtasik and Joan Givner, Earl Graves, Rhea Johnson, Anatole Pohorilenko, Katherine Anne Porter, Paul Porter, Darlene Unrue, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, Monroe Wheeler, and Glenway Wescott, amongst others. It also includes photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence between Porter and Rhea Johnson, essays, and short stories.
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the Special Collections Reading Room. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
This collection is minimally processed. This means that materials are in the same state we received them and have not been reviewed for content or condition. The collection may need to be screened prior to use. Please contact us before visiting the Special Collections reading room to view this collection. Preliminary inventories are available under the Inventories/Additional Information section.
Photocopies or digital surrogates may be provided in accordance with Special Collections and University Archives duplication policy.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs unless otherwise specified. It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission to publish materials from the appropriate copyright holder.
Archival materials may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws or other regulations. While we make a good faith effort to identify and remove such materials, some may be missed during our processing. If a researcher finds sensitive personal information in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the special collections reading room staff.
.75 Linear Feet (1 letter size box and 1 legal size box)
16 Photographs : Color photographs and black and white photographs
English
This collection was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Ted Wojtasik, an author and friend of Katherine Anne Porter, in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.
These materials were received by the University of Maryland Libraries from 2018 to 2022. Upon arrival, Caroline Ackiewicz re-housed materials received from 2018 to 2019 into archival quality boxes and placed them in acid-free folders. Folders were left in the original order in which they were received. Loose materials were placed in folders and kept in their original order. Six (6) books were removed for cataloging.
Lindsay Oliver re-housed materials received from 2020 to 2021 into archival quality boxes and placed them in acid-free folders. Folders were left in the original order in which they were received. Loose materials were placed in folders and kept in their original order. One (1) book was removed for cataloging.
Lindsay Oliver re-housed materials received in 2022 into archival quality boxes and placed them in acid-free folders. Folders were left in the original order in which they were received. Loose materials were placed in folders and kept in their original order. Three (3) books were removed for cataloging. Three (3) sets of matches were removed from three (3) matchbooks, and matchbook covers were returned to their original envelope.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives