

Even in Salt Lake City, the family moved within the city several times. He described his father as a man with the frontier characteristics of the late nineteenth century-a "boomer" who moved his wife and two sons from Iowa to North Dakota, Washington, Saskatchewan, Montana, Wyoming, and in 1921, to Salt Lake City, Utah, always seeking fresh opportunities for quick financial success.

Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was born on 18 February 1909, in Lake Mills, Iowa, the second son of Hilda Emelia Paulson and George Henry Stegner. Languages English, German Historical Note Return to Top Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Repository University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections Also included are the correspondence files kept by Stegner's long-time agent, Carl Brandt, and some material donated by Philip Fradkin, author of Wallace Stegner and the American West. This collection of his papers contains personal and professional correspondence, journals, manuscript drafts for work both published and unpublished, research material, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and books containing letters of condolence compiled by Mary Stegner. He taught at the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard University before heading to Stanford University, where he founded the Creative Writing Program in 1946. Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993), writer of novels, short stories, essays, and biographies was in addition a historian, a teacher, a speaker, and a respected advocate for the environment. 1935 2004 Quantity 139 linear feet Collection Number Ms0676 Summary
