Archive Notes: An Introduction to the Kazuo Ishiguro Papers

This article offers an introduction to the Kazuo Ishiguro Papers, which are preserved and accessible for research at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library at the University of Texas at Austin. The article explains how and when Ishiguro's archive was placed at the Ransom Center and describes a sampling of its contents. The article also describes how Ishiguro prepared his papers before sending them to the Ransom Center, highlighting some of the reflections and 'archive notes' he recorded. The article introduces readers to a unique archive that offers extensive opportunities for research and contains materials that cannot be found anywhere else. KEYWORDS: Kazuo Ishiguro, Harry Ransom Center, archives and records, English literature, contemporary literature
WHEN RESEARCHERS AT THE Harry Ransom Center open the first box of Kazuo Ishiguro's archive, the first folder-labeled '1.0' in the upper left corner--contains a typed document Ishiguro wrote in [...]