| Novels: manuscripts,
drafts, notes, proofs, etc., 1944-80 (Brill Among The Ruins to The
Man Who Knew Kennedy)
7.0 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.1
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Series Description:
Notes; manuscript and typescript drafts, some with holographic corrections;
proofs, corrected and uncorrected; layouts; reviews; letters; and
other material related to the writing and publication of Bourjaily's
novels, stored in the author's original order. The envelopes and
folders in which they material came are preserved at the beginning
of each box because of extensive notations by Bourjaily. The novels
are The End of My Life (1947), The Hound of Earth (1955), The Violated
(1958), Confessions of a Spent Youth (1960), The Unnatural Enemy
(1963), The Man Who Knew Kennedy (1967), Brill Among the Ruins (1970),
Country Matters (1973), Now Playing at Canterbury (1976), A Game
Men Play (1980), and the unpublished The Sun Follower, or, The Hero
of Friday Afternoon.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Stage and television
scripts: drafts, notes, etc., 1943-58
1.5 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.2
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Series Description:
Notes; letters; and drafts and revisions, some with holographic
corrections, for Bourjaily's stage or television plays, 1943-58,
some never been performed. Included are notes for several that were
not written. Original envelopes and folders have been kept at the
front of each box to preserve the author's annotations.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Poems: drafts
and letters,
1945-66
0.25 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.3
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Series Description:
Drafts of Bourjaily's poems, 1945-53; some written during World
War II are collected under the title "The Cold Valley", which is
represented both by typescript and a photocopy of the manuscript
held by the University of Florida at Gainesville. The files include
correspondence with Donald Justice, 1966, re possible publication
of the work.
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically.
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| Opera: libretto,
audio tapes, etc., 1969-70
0.25 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.4
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Series Description:
Libretto, audio tapes, and printed verion of "'$4000' : An Opera
in five Scenes" on which Bourjaily collaborated with composer Tom
Turner. The preparations for the first performance became the basis
of Bourjaily's novel, Now Playing at Canterbury.
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically.
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| Other writings:
drafts, correspondence, articles, etc.,
1942-84
0.75 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.5
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Series Description:
Published and unpublished articles, stories, etc. in draft and final
form, as well as notes, letters, photographs, contracts and other
material relating to those works; dating from 1942 to 1984. The
original manuscript for Not to Confound My Elders, of which the
collection includes a photocopy and typescript, is owned by the
University of Florida at Gainesville.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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| Biographies, etc.:
articles and essays, 1967-84.
0.5 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.6
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Series Description:
Articles and essays from 1967 to 1984, including interviews and
an autobiography, about Bourjaily and his work. Also contains a
bibliography of his publications ca. 1968.
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically.
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| Newspapers and
clippings,
1947-71
0.25 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.7
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Series Description:
Newspapers and sections of newspapers, consisting largely of full
issues of the New Castle [Virginia] Record, 1947-48, owned and contributed
to by Bourjaily, and published by his mother; and the Sunday leisure
section of the San Francisco Chronicle, to which he contributed
in 1949 and 1950. A few articles about Bourjaily, 1947-71, are also
included.
Arrangement:Arranged chronologically.
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| Letters, 1944-1982
0.75 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M14.8
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Series Description:
Selected letters received by Vance and Tina Bourjaily between 1960
and 1982, most from noted modern American authors, others from political
or film figures. A note by Bourjaily, explaining who some of the correspondents
are and why they corresponded, precedes the letters. Miscellaneous
letters, 1964-1973, and correspondence with Bowdoin officials, 1944-1961,
are also included.
Arrangement:Arranged alphabetically.
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