Booker Prize Collection
Scope and Contents
Primarily comprised of promotional ephemera related to the Booker Prize (1984, 1989, 1991, 1997-1998) and the Russian Booker Prize (1994-1997). Of note is an autographed photograph of Ben Okri and an illustrated broadside with an excerpt from The Famished Road.
Also includes three VHS recordings related to the 1998 Booker Prize (ceremony, discussion, and "shorts") and a "Handlist of Exhibitors Introduced by Lawrence Durrell" at the Fifth Antiquarian Book Fair in London (1962).
Dates
- Creation: 1962 - 1998
Creator
- Booker Prize Foundation (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Historical Note
The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, is a literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, which was published in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (3 folders, 3 VHS tapes, and 2 audio cassettes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown for the bulk of the collection is unknown. The materials were likely purchased between 2000 and 2020.
Ben Okri and Lawrence Durrell materials were purchased from Quill and Brush with the Healy Fund in 2025.
Processing Information
The collection has been rehoused in acid-free boxes and folders.
- Title
- Booker Prize Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2026-04: Accession GTM-20250429 added to the finding aid by John Zarrillo.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu