Emma Bull Papers, 1959-2009 | Northern Illinois University

Collection Overview

Title: Emma Bull Papers, 1959-2009

ID: RBSC/SFWA/055

Primary Creator: Bull, Emma (1954-)

Extent: 5.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Series I consists of Novels; Series II includes Short Stories; Series III contains Scripted Works, Series IV is Correspondence, Series V is newspapers, Series VI contains articles, Series VII consists of pictures and art, and Series VIII is made up of miscellaneous documents.

Date Acquired: 02/16/2012

Subjects: Bull, Emma, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Forms of Material: fantasy, science fiction

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Emma Bull Papers consist of printed (paper-based) manuscripts of novel collections, short stories, non-fiction articles, essays and miscellaneous materials from personal notes and interviews. The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of Novels; Series II includes Short Stories; Series III contains Scripted Works, Series IV is Correspondence, Series V is newspapers, Series VI contains articles, Series VII consists of pictures and art, and Series VIII is made up of miscellaneous documents. The majority of the materials are organized by date on work and original date of publication.

Dates of publication were taken from:

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?180

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?226

Collection Historical Note

Emma Bull was born on December 13, 1954. She attended high school in Ohio, where she was the editor of the school paper, The Indian. She later attended Beloit College and graduated in 1976. It was during her time at Beloit that she would meet her future husband, Will Shetterly. After graduating college she moved to Minneapolis, where she was a member of the band Cats Laughing and a member of the Scribblies. The Scribblies were a group of Minneapolis writers who practically without exception all became fantasy or science fiction authors of various levels of renown. After living in Minneapolis, she and her husband moved first to southern California and then after that to Bisbee. She currently lives in Tucson Arizona. During this time she was also in a musical duo, the Flash Girls.

Subject/Index Terms

Bull, Emma
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Access Restrictions: Photographs and photocopies of collection are prohibited.

Use Restrictions: Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.

Acquisition Source: Emma Bull

Related Materials: For more information please see http://emmabull.wordpress.com/about/.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Novels],
[Series II: Short Stories],
[Series III: Scripted Works],
[Series IV: Correspondence],
[Series V: Newspapers],
[Series VI: Articles],
[Series VII: Pictures and Art],
[Series VIII: Micellaneous],
[All]

Series VII: Pictures and Art

Box 1

Folder 1: Reading Dragon [by Ken Fletcher for Bull and Shetterly], 1985
Folder 2: Picture by Terri Windling for Bull and Shetterly, Dec-87
Folder 3: Comic by Neil Gaiman and Shetterly, 13-Dec-94
Folder 4: High-Tech Germans and Cyborgs, NO DATE
Folder 5: War for the Oaks picture, NO DATE
Folder 6: 4 mixed fantastical pictures [princess, king and queen, alien and faery], NO DATE
Folder 7: Comic by Shetterly and Bull, NO DATE
Folder 8: Comic pages and superhero sketches [pages 1-5, 7], NO DATE
Folder 9: Comic Pages and superhero sketches, NO DATE
Folder 10: Maya and Edger comic [by Emma Bull], NO DATE
Folder 11: Assorted Fantasy, sci-fi and superhero sketches [by Bull and Shetterly, x17 sketches], NO DATE
Folder 12: Koala pictures, NO DATE
Folder 13: Finder picture, NO DATE
Folder 14: picture of young Emma Bull, NO DATE
Folder 15: Christmas Tree and Musicians photo, NO DATE