MsC 588
Collection Dates: 1987 --
1.5 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: December 1997
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Table of Contents
Box 1 Correpondence -- Broken Heartland
Box 2 Broken Heartland -- Under Fire
Box 3 Under Fire
Osha Gray Davidson
was born and educated in Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1982
with a B.A. in English. He is married and has two daughters. A free-lance writer,
Davidson’s work has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive,
the St. Louis Post - Dispatch, and others.
The papers of Osha
Gray Davidson consist of 1.5 linear feet of manuscripts dating from 1987 to
1994. They deal primarily with the writing of his two books, Broken Heartland
and Under Fire, and related articles. Included are research notes,
correspondence, early drafts, printer’s typescripts, and reviews.
Clippings, 1997, 1998
Correspondence, 1987
-- 1994 and undated
Iowa demographic information
Articles from writing of Broken Heartland
“The Farm Crisis at the Turning Point”“Into the Farm Future”
“Lyn’s [Lyndon LaRouche] Last Hurrah”
“Perestroika University of California Style”
“The Rise of the Rural Ghetto”
“Rural Homelessness”
“Rural Industrial Homework”
Articles from Under Fire
“The Blurred Blue Line: The NRA, Police, and Gun Control”“Cracking Down on Gun Theft/Getting Tough with Gun Dealers”
“Free the Brady Bill”
Broken Heartland
Drafts:PrefaceChapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Early drafts (2 folders)
Typescript draft
Broken Heartland (cont.)
Printer’s typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)Page proofs
Acknowledgments and biographical note
Appendix
Bibliography
Footnotes
Photographs
Book review
Under Fire
ProposalNote cards - research
Under Fire (cont.)
Notes (2 folders)Typescript (3 folders)
Photograph
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Book review
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