Paul Williams collection

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Title

Paul Williams collection

Date(s)

  • 1969-1999 (Creation)

Extent

1.00 linear feet (1 record storage carton)

Name of creator

(1948-2013)

Biographical history

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Scope and content

The Paul Williams collection consists of several issues of the newsletter and magazine Crawdaddy, written and published by Paul Williams himself, as well as newsletters and pamphlets published by the Philip K. Dick Society, which was also organized and maintained by Paul Williams. Other materials contained within include typed manuscripts, poems, audiocassettes, essays, and articles featuring the writings of Paul Williams and zines and pamphlets featuring short stories from other writers, such as Dyan Alter and Theodore Sturgeon.

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Conditions governing access

This collection is open for research.

Physical access

Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

Languages of the material

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Japanese

Scripts of the material

  • Katakana or Hiragana
  • Japanese
  • Latin

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Immediate source of acquisition

Collection donated in 2000.

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The following bibliographic materials arrived with the collection and can be accessed through the library catalog (https://www.library.miami.edu/):

  • How to become fabulously wealthy at home in 30 minutes by letting go of the desire to be wealthy (the Bodhisattva strategy), by Paul Williams, 1999
  • The map or rediscovering rock and roll: A journey, by Paul Williams, 1988
  • The international bill of human rights, edited by Paul Williams, 1999
  • Recuerda tu esencia by Paul Williams, 1993
  • Pushing upward by Paul Williams, 1999
  • Tell me a story: Science fiction, read by Paul Williams [Audiobook], 1997

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Archivist's note

Collection processed and finding aid edited by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, August 2025.

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