Alice B. Sheldon, pen name James Tiptree, Jr., papers, 1920-1999
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Alice B. Sheldon, pen name James Tiptree, Jr. (1915–1987), was a much acclaimed science fiction author, publishing from 1968 to 1987. She was also briefly a painter, an art reviewer for the Chicago Sun, a chicken farmer, and a CIA analyst. Alice earned...
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- Alice B. Sheldon, pen name James Tiptree, Jr., papers, 1920-1999
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- Alice B. Sheldon, pen name James Tiptree, Jr. (1915–1987), was a much acclaimed science fiction author, publishing from 1968 to 1987. She was also briefly a painter, an art reviewer for the Chicago Sun, a chicken farmer, and a CIA analyst. Alice earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology, focusing on novelty and visual perception, from George Washington University in 1967. She started writing science fiction as a graduate student, and began sending her work out to publishers in 1967 using the pen name James Tiptree, Jr. to protect her reputation as a scientist and academic. In 1976, her identity was discovered, and made widely public in 1977.
- Alice B. Sheldon’s life spanned several divergent careers and interests, culminating in her wide success as a feminist science fiction writer. The Alice B. Sheldon papers contain diaries; artwork; unpublished poetry, short stories and her manuscript “The Psychology of Value in the Graphic Arts”; documents relating to her military and CIA service; notes from her academic career; Tiptree’s science fiction manuscripts; and correspondence with her parents and other writers. A finding aid is available.
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