This collection consists of materials from science fiction author and futurist Cooper, including a number of manuscripts from her works. These include the novels Reading the Wind (2008), Wings of Creation (2009), The Diamond Deep (2013), and Wilders (2017), as well as a number of Cooper's short stories. Also included are early examples of Cooper's writing, as collected in her writing portfolios from her creative writing classes at Lower Columbia College (Longview, WA).

The collection also includes a number of program books and other materials from numerous science fiction conventions that Cooper attended or was a guest at, as well as miscellaneous other materials.

S5-6/3: Advertising cards for the Ruby's Song series, 2013

S5-6/4: Badges - Cooper's government career and futurist work, 2007-2014; Undated

S5-6/5: Badges, miscellaneous, 2000-2010, Undated

S5-6/6: Bookmarks, Undated

S5-6/7: Business cards, Undated

S5-6/8: Notes on The Creative Fire (2012) by Cooper's father

Awards

• Writers Weekend: 1st Place for Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2004
• Endeavor Award (Norwescon - not the official award, but one specially made), 2008

Con Badges and Buttons

• Dragon Con, 2015
• Norwescon, 24-26 (2001-2003); 28-33 (2005-2010); 36 (2013); 38 (2015); 39 (2016)
• Orycon, 22-24 (2000-2003); 29-33 (2007-2011); 35 (2013)
• RadCon, 4B, 4C, 5B, Button - "Generically Rejected By Jay Lake", 2010
• Westercon, 57 (2004); 65 (2012)
• World Fantasy Convention, 2008-2012; 2014
• Worldcon
  • Chicon (Worldcon 58, 2000)
  • Philcon (Worldcon 59, 2001)
  • ConJose (Worldcon 60, 2002)
  • ConQuest (Worldcon 61, 2003)
  • Noreascon (Worldcon 62, 2004)
  • Interaction (Worldcon 63, 2005)
  • LACon (Worldcon 64, 2006)
  • Renovation (Worldcon 69, 2011)
  • Seattle Worldcom Bid 2011
  • ChiCon (Worldcon 70, 2012)
  • LoneStarCon (Worldcon 71, 2013)
  • Sasquan (Worldcon 73, 2015)

Assorted Additional Con Badges/Buttons

• "Analog Mafia"/Taste The Bad Candy/Steampunk Needs Historical Accuracy Like A Dirigible Needs A Goldfish
• Endeavor Award
• Science Fiction Experience Opening Summer 2004
• Contact 2001
• CascadiaCon, 2008
• Emerald City Comic Con, 2015
• "Generically Rejected By Jay Lake"
• 100 Year Starship: Canopus Finalist, 2015
• WorldFuture 2015

Sports Medals

• Kirkland Half-Marathon, 2005
• Deschutes Dash, 2005
• Vancouver Marathon: Half Marathon, 2008
• Bellevue Half Marathon, Undated
• Searfair Northwest Marathon, 2008

November 2016 Addendum - Badges

• Westercon 69 [Portland, OR], 2016
• MidAmericon II (WorldCon 74) [Kansas City, MO], 2016
• Emerald City Comicon [Seattle, WA], 2017
• Norwescon 40 [Seattle, WA], 2017

Articles

• "Futurist E-Roundtable", Puget Sound Business Journal, April 27, 2005

Cover Flats [for anthologies containing stories by Cooper]

• Changing The World
• Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar
• The Dimension Next Door
• Fellowship Fantastic
• Maiden, Matron, Crone

Posters

• Public Reading by Cooper at Lower Columbia College (4 copies), November 14th

November 2016 Addendum - Oversize Materials

• Manuscripts: Wilders (2017), notes on a large note pad, Undated

S3-5/03: Orycon 21 [Portland, OR] - Program Book, 1999

S3-5/04: Norwescon 24 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2001

S3-5/05: Orycon 23 [Portland, OR] - Program Book, 2001

S3-5/06: ConJose [Worldcon 60 - San Jose, CA] - Program Book, 2002

S3-5/07: Norwescon 26 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2003

S3-5/08: Westercon 56 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2003

S3-5/09: Nebula Awards - Program Book, 2004

S3-5/10: Interaction [Worldcon 63 - Glasgow, UK] - Program Book, 2005

S3-5/11: Norwescon 28 [Portland, OR] - Program Book, 2005

S3-5/12: Norwescon 29 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2006

S3-5/13: Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2006 Induction Ceremony – Program, 2006

S3-5/14: Orycon 30 [Portland, OR] - Program Book, 2008

S3-5/15: World Fantasy Convention [Calgary, AB, Canada] - Program Book, 2008

S3-5/16: Anticipation [Worldcon 67 - Montreal] - Program Book and Convention Guide, 2009

S3-5/17: Norwescon 32 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2009

S3-5/18: Norwescon 34 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2011

S3-5/19: Norwescon 38 [Seattle, WA] - Program Book, 2015

S2-5/1: Correspondence, 1999-2015; Undated

S2-5/2: Correspondence - Rejection letters, 1999-2011; Undated

S1-1/01: Work Portfolio from English 231: Creative Writing [Lower Columbia College], 1999

S1-1/02: Work Portfolio from English 232: Creative Writing [Lower Columbia College], 1999

S1-1/03: Work Portfolio from English 232: Creative Writing [Lower Columbia College] - Class evaluations of "Conventional Identities", 2000

S1-1/04: Work Portfolio from English 233: Creative Writing [Lower Columbia College], 2000

S1-1/05: Writing exercises, [1999 or 2000]

S1-1/06: "Ice and Mirrors" (short story, co-written with Larry Niven, 2001), proofs, 2000

S1-1/07: Photocopy of "Linda's Dragon" (short story, 2003), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-1/08: "The War of the Flowers" (short story, 2004), with reviewer's notes, sent as e-mail, November 2003

S1-1/09: "Black Armbands" (short story, 2005), proofs with handwritten edit

S1-1/10: "Dawn of Sorrows" (short story, 2005), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-1/11: "A Lingering Scent of Bacon" (short story, 2005), proofs [2 copies]

S1-1/12: "Recovery" (short story, 2005), partial typescript with handwritten edits

S1-1/13: "The Horses of the High Hills" (short story, 2006), typescript

S1-1/14: "Alien Graveyards" (short story, 2007), typescript

S1-1/15: "Mayan Summer" (short story, 2007), typescript [printout of e-mail attachment] draft

S1-1/16: "Trainer of Whales" (short story, 2007), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-1/17: "Blood Bonds" (short story, 2008), proofs

S1-1/18: "Friends of the High Hills" (short story, 2008), typescript

S1-1/19: "Friends of the High Hills" (short story, 2008), proofs with handwritten edits, 2007

S1-1/20: "Jack of the High Hills" (short story, 2008), typescript

S1-1/21: Photocopy of "Jack of the High Hills" (short story, 2008), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-1/22: "The Power of Three" (short story, 2008), proofs

S1-1/23: Photocopy of Reading the Wind (novel, 2008), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 203, 2009

S1-1/24: Photocopy of Reading the Wind (novel, 2008), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 204 - 351, 2009

S1-1/25: Photocopy of Reading the Wind (novel, 2008), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 352 - 454, 2009

S1-1/26: "Her Black Mood" (short story, 2009), typescript

S1-1/27: "Her Black Mood" (short story, 2009), page proofs with handwritten edits

S1-1/28: "In Their Garden" (short story, 2009), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-1/29: "The Last Part of the Way" (short story, 2009), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-1/30: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 2 - 103

S1-3/1: Cracking the Sky (anthology, 2015), advance uncorrected proofs with handwritten notes

S1-3/2: Spear of Light (novel, 2015, later retitled The Edge of Dark), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 125 [pages 12 - 125]

S1-3/3: Spear of Light (novel, 2015, later retitled The Edge of Dark), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 126 - 336 [assorted pages]

S1-3/4: Spear of Light (novel, 2015, later retitled The Edge of Dark), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 337 - 496, and comments from Darrah Metzger

S1-3/5: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 127, 2014

S1-3/6: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 128 - 263 (pages 91 - 138), 2014

S1-3/7: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 264 - 415 [assorted pages], 2014

S1-3/8: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 416 - 557 [assorted pages], 2014

S1-3/9: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), typescript of intermediate draft with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 148

S4-5/20: Futurism - Articles, 2002; 2009; 2013-2015

S4-5/21: Futurism - Book proposal for Lessons from the Future [unpublished, co-written with Glen Hiemstra], 2002

S4-5/22: Futurism - Conference materials, 2010; 2015

S4-5/23: Reviews, 2001-2012

S4-5/24: Writing - "Cavalcade of Authors" thank you, 2010

S4-5/25: Writing - Darrah Metzger article on critiquing, Undated

S3-7/15: DragonCon - Program Book, 2015

S3-7/16: Norwescon 39 [Seattle, WA] - Philip K. Dick Awards material, 2015

S3-7/17: Sasquan [Worldcon 73] [Spokane, WA] - Program Book and schedules, 2015

S1-7/01: Assorted poems, typescript with handwritten edits, July 2015 - February 2016

S1-7/02: Writing packet for MFA, typescript, April 2016

S1-7/03: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), proofs, chapters 1 - 10

S1-7/04: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), proofs, chapters 11 - 22

S1-7/05: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), proofs, chapters 23 - 34

S1-7/06: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), proofs, chapters 35 - 45

S1-7/07: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), proofs, chapters 46 - 54

S1-7/08: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), proofs, chapters 55 - 71

S1-7/09: Spear of Light (novel, 2016), Advance Reading Copy, with handwritten edits

S1-7/10: "The Black Witch of the Orcas" (short story, Undated), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-7/11: "Dana Point Harbor" (short story, Undated), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-7/12: "Elise's Town" (short story, Undated), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-7/13: "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (short story, Undated), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-7/14: "Stargarden" (short story, Undated), typescript with handwritten edits

S5-7/19: Rainforest Writers Village materials, 2016

S4-7/18: Futurism - '100 Year Starship Public Symposium 2015' Program, October 29 - November 1, 2015

S4-6/1: Writing - Steven Barnes' Lifewriting for Writers (6 audiocassettes), 1998

S4-6/2: Writing - Workshops, 2002-2004, Undated

S3-11/12: OryCon 22 [Portland, OR] - Program book, 2000

S3-11/13: Millennium Philcon [WorldCon 59] [Philadelphia, PA] - Progress reports, 2001

S3-11/14: ConJose [WorldCon 60] [San Jose, CA] - Progress report and update, 2002

S3-11/15: OryCon 38 [Portland, OR] - Program book, 2016

S3-11/16: Norwescon 40 [Seattle, WA] - Program book, 2017

S2-11/11: Correspondence, 1999-2001; 2017; Undated

S1-10/01: "Generation Gap" (later Building Harlequin's Moon, with Larry Niven), plot outline, 1999

S1-10/02: "Finding Myself" (with Larry Niven, 2002), proofs and editorial comments

S1-10/03: "The Barest Gift" (2014), proofs, 2014

S1-10/04: "The Crystal Gardener" (2017), typescript with handwritten edits, 2016

S1-10/05: "Heroes" (2017), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-10/06: Returners (1st portion, 2017 - NFA Thesis), partial typescript with handwritten edits, and with critical comments by Nancy Holder, 2017

S1-10/07: Returners (1st portion, 2017 - MFA Thesis), final submitted thesis, 2017

S1-10/08: Wilders (2017), "First Good Draft", typescript with track changes, table of contents - page 120

S1-10/09: Wilders (2017), "First Good Draft", typescript with track changes, pages 121 - 255

S1-10/10: Wilders (2017), "First Good Draft", typescript with track changes, pages 256 - 386

S1-10/11: Wilders (2017), "First Good Draft", typescript with track changes, pages 387 - 413

S1-10/12: Wilders (2017), typescript with handwritten edits, cover page - page 104

S1-11/01: Wilders (2017), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 105 - 252

S1-11/02: Wilders (2017), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 253 - 350

S1-11/03: Wilders (2017), editor comments by Darragh Metzger, Undated

S1-11/04: Keepers (2018), novel structure, typescript, Undated

S1-11/05: Keepers (2018), partial typescript - "July 18th', with handwritten edits, July 2017

S1-11/06: Keepers (2018), partial typescript - "Oct 8 for iPad', with handwritten edits, October 2017

S1-11/07: Keepers (2018), partial typescript - 'Oct 23', with handwritten edits, October 2017

S1-11/08: Keepers (2018), partial typescript- 'Oct 28 First Good Draft', with handwritten edits, October 2017

S1-11/09: Untitled graduation speech draft, typescript, Undated

S1-11/10: Untitled story, typescript with handwritten edits, Undated

S5-11/19: Endeavor Award announcement, [2016]

S5-11/20: Photocopy of New York Times review of Wilders, July 16, 2017

S5-11/21: Stonecoast MFA Program, plan, and schedule, 2016

S5-11/22: 2016 Philip K. Dick Award [DVD]

S4-11/17: Writing - "Science and Science Fiction in Conversation at the Anthropocene Border", typescripts with handwritten edits, Undated

S4-11/18: Writing - "What Is Environmental Imagination?", partial notes, typescript, Undated

S3-8/30: Interaction [WorldCon 63 - Glasgow, UK] - Progress reports and Hugo ballot form, 2005

S3-8/31: L.A.con IV [WorldCon 64: Los Angeles, CA] - Program guide, 2006

S3-8/32: Norwescon 29 [Seattle, WA] - Documentation, 2006

S3-8/33: MidAmericon II [WorldCon 74: Kansas City, MO] - Program book and Hugo Awards program, 2016

S2-8/29: Correspondence, Undated

S1-8/01: Story ideas re: Pluto story, from Cooper and Larry Niven, 2003 - 2004

S1-8/02: Building Harlequin's Moon (with Larry Niven, 2005), notes and source documentation, 2004

S1-8/03: Building Harlequin's Moon (with Larry Niven, 2005), page proofs, pages i -133

S1-8/04: Building Harlequin's Moon (with Larry Niven, 2005), pages 134 - 303

S1-8/05: Building Harlequin's Moon (with Larry Niven, 2005), page proofs, pages 304- 417

S1-8/06: Building Harlequin's Moon (with Larry Niven, 2005), page proofs, pages 418 - 501

S1-8/07: "The Horses of the High Hills" (short story, 2006), page proofs of the story for the anthology Children of Magic, 2006

S1-8/08: "Kath and Quicksilver" (novelette, with Larry Niven, 2005), typescript, June 2004

S1-8/09: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), typescript with handwritten copyedits, pages 1 - 120

S1-8/10: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), typescript with handwritten copyedits, pages 121 - 231

S1-8/11: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), typescript with handwritten copyedits, pages 232 - 338

S1-8/12: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), typescript with handwritten copyedits, pages 339 - 444

S1-8/13: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), typescript with handwritten copyedits, pages 445 - 555

S1-8/14: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), first-pass page proofs, pages 1 - 94

S1-8/15: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), first-pass page proofs, pages 95 - 227

S1-8/16: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), first-pass page proofs, pages 228 - 317

S1-8/17: The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007), first-pass page proofs, pages 318 - 396

S1-8/18: The Silver Ship and the Sea (mass market paperback, 2008), first-pass page proofs, pages i – 100 and cover letter

S1-8/19: The Silver Ship and the Sea (mass market paperback, 2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 101 - 216

S1-8/20: The Silver Ship and the Sea (mass market paperback, 2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 217 - 290

S1-8/21: The Silver Ship and the Sea (mass market paperback, 2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 291 - 371

S1-8/22: Reading the Wind (2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 1- 114 and cover letter

S1-8/23: Reading the Wind (2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 114 - 182

S1-8/24: Reading the Wind (2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 183 - 252

S1-8/25: Reading the Wind (2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 253 - 345

S1-8/26: Reading the Wind (2008), first-pass page proofs, pages 346 - 446

S1-8/27: Wilders (2017), typescript with handwritten edits, various pages (pages 1- 34, 95 - 110, 153 - 161, 286 - 292)

S1-8/28: "The Crystal Gardener" (short story), typescript with handwritten edits by Cooper's editor, Undated

S5-8/36: Financial documentation, 2006 [CLOSED TO PATRONS]

S5-8/37: List of goals for 2002

S5-8/38: Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame membership materials, 2005

S5-8/39: Speaking engagements by Cooper, Undated

S5-8/40: Stonecoast MFA Program Commencement Program, July 2016

S4-8/34: Futurism - ATCA Conference, 2005

S4-8/35: Writing - Various creative writing-related materials, Undated

S6-9/01: Asimov's Science Fiction #301, containing Cooper's and Larry Niven's novelette "Ice and Mirrors", February 2001

S6-9/02: The Salal Review #2, containing Cooper's story "Gift of Maps", 2002

S6-9/03: Analog, containing Cooper's and Larry Niven's story "Choosing Life", January 2002

S6-9/04: Analog, containing Cooper's and Larry Niven's novelette "Finding Myself", June 2002

S6-9/05: Asimov's Science Fiction #319, containing Cooper's and Larry Niven's novelette "Free Floaters", August 2002

S6-9/06: The Writer's Workshop: A Practical Guide for Starting and Maintaining a Writer's Group, containing Cooper's pieces "Group Styles and Forms" and "Separation: Three Tools for Critiques", 2003

S6-9/07: Analog, containing Cooper's story "Linda's Dragon", July/August 2003

S6-9/08: Analog, containing Cooper's and Larry Niven's novelette "The Trellis", November 2003

S6-9/09: Analog, containing Cooper's story "Savant Songs", December 2004

S6-9/10: Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly, vol. 6 #3, containing Cooper's story "Recovery", 2005

S6-9/11: Asimov's Science Fiction #355, containing Cooper's and Larry Niven's novelette "Kath and Quicksilver", August 2005

S6-9/12: The Salal Review #6, containing Cooper's story "Isaac's Granddaughter", Spring 2006

S6-9/13: Nature #7104, containing Cooper's piece "My Grandfather's River", 17 August 2006

S6-9/14: Nature #7231, containing Cooper's piece "For the Love of Mechanical Minds", 12 February 2009

S6-9/15: Asimov's Science Fiction #404, containing Cooper's story "In Their Garden", September 2009

S6-9/16: Analog, containing Cooper's story "The Single Larry Ti, or Fear of Black Holes and Ken", July/August 2010

S1-4/01: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), intermediate draft with handwritten edits, pages 149 - 337

S1-4/02: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), intermediate draft with handwritten edits, pages 338 - 446

S1-4/03: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), galley draft, pages 1 - 101

S1-4/04: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), galley draft, pages 102 - 204

S1-4/05: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), galley draft, pages 205 - 315

S1-4/06: The Edge of Dark (novel, 2015), galley draft, pages 316 - 404

S1-4/07: "Iron Pegasus" (short story, 2015), first-pass layout with handwritten edits

S1-4/08: "Amazing Grace" (unpublished short story, Undated), typescript

S1-4/09: "Asteroid Leavings" (flash fiction, Undated), typescript

S1-4/10: "Borders" (unpublished short story, Undated), typescript with handwritten edits

S1-4/11: "The Jazz Bar at Hotel Lutetia" (short story, Undated); "Our Lady of the Leaves" (short story, Undated), typescripts of first pages

S1-4/12: Post (unpublished novel, Undated), partial typescript, pages 1 - 71

S1-4/13: Post (unpublished novel, Undated), partial typescript, pages 72 - 156

S1-4/14: Post (unpublished novel, Undated), partial typescript, pages 157 - 269

S1-4/15: "Spring in the High Hills" (short story, Undated), typescript

S1-4/16: Poems, typescript, Undated

S1-4/17: Untitled poems, handwritten drafts, Undated

S1-2/01: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 104 - 256

S1-2/02: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 257 - 348

S1-2/03: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 349 - 457

S1-2/04: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 458 - 537

S1-2/05: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 113

S1-2/06: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 114 - 245

S1-2/07: Wings of Creation (novel, 2009), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 246 - 382

S1-2/08: "The Hebras and The Demons and The Damned" (short story, 2010), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-2/09: "Cracking the Sky" (short story, 2011), proofs with handwritten edits

S1-2/10: The Diamond Deep (novel, 2013), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 119

S1-2/11: The Diamond Deep (novel, 2013), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 120 - 254

S1-2/12: The Diamond Deep (novel, 2013), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 255 - 447

S1-2/13: "Biology at the End of the World" (short story, 2015), partial typescript

S1-2/14: "Biology at the End of the World" (short story, 2015), proofs with handwritten edits