Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Paul Williams collection
Date(s)
- 1969-1999 (Creation)
Extent
1.00 linear feet (1 record storage carton)
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
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.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
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.
Technical access
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
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Collection donated in 2000.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
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
Existence and location of copies
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Related descriptions
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Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Collection processed and finding aid edited by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, August 2025.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Dick, Philip K. (Subject)
- Sturgeon, Theodore (Subject)
- Williams, Paul, 1948-2013 (Subject)