Harriette Simpson Arnow papers

Descriptive Summary

Title
Harriette Simpson Arnow papers
Date
1907-2004
Creator
Arnow, Harold B.
Extent
54.71 Cubic feet
Subjects
American literature--Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region--Social life and customs.
Appalachians (People) in literature.
Authors and publishers.
Authors, American--20th century.
Authors, American--Kentucky.
Authors--Correspondence.
Families--Photographs.
Literary agents.
Manuscripts, American--Kentucky.
Mountain life in literature.
Publishers and publishing--United States.
Short stories, American.
Social history.
Women authors--20th century.
Arrangement
Arranged into nine series by subject or format: Biographical Materials, Correspondence, Creative Works, Nonfiction, Critical Works, Promotional Materials, Subject Files, Photographs, and Harold B. Arnow.
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Archives staff under the direction of Kate Black
Preferred Citation
81M2: [identification of item], Harriette Simpson Arnow papers, 1907-2004, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Born in Wayne County, Kentucky, Harriette Simpson Arnow (1908-1986) grew up in the rugged foothills of the Appalachians, where the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River emerges from the East Kentucky Coalfield. Arnow’s parents, Mollie Jane Denney and Elias Thomas Simpson, were schoolteachers before having their six children. After attending Berea College, Arnow became a teacher herself, at a one-room school in Pulaski County, Kentucky. In 1931, she earned a BS in education from the University of Louisville and taught until she moved to Cincinnati in 1934. In Cincinnati, as Arnow was writing her first novel, Mountain Path, she also worked as a waitress and typist and, eventually, as a writer for the Works Progress Administration, where she met journalist Harold Arnow. They married in 1939 and moved to Keno, Kentucky, to write and farm. During World War II, they moved to Detroit where Harold took a job at the Detroit Times and Harriette finished Hunter’s Horn. The Arnows had two children, Marcella and Thomas. Arnow's parents and grandparents were storytellers, inspiring Harriette to become a writer. She published short stories, five novels, and three works of non-fiction from the 1930s to 1977. Her acclaimed and best-selling novels, Hunter’s Horn (1949) and The Dollmaker (1954), are part of a Kentucky trilogy that includes Mountain Path (1936). In these works of fiction, Arnow explores how the social and economic fabric of rural Kentucky hill communities in the first half of the 20th century was changed by the coming of roads, electricity, and the World Wars. Arnow also completed two social histories, Seedtime on the Cumberland (1960) and Flowering of the Cumberland (1963), which examine the settlement of the Cumberland River Valley at the end of the 18th century, as well as a memoir, Old Burnside (1977), that focuses on her childhood in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Two final novels, Weedkiller’s Daughter and The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution were published in the early 1970s. She died in Michigan in 1986. A collection of short stories and a novel, Between the Flowers, were released posthumously.
Scope and Content
The Harriette Simpson Arnow papers (54.71 cubic feet, dated 1907-2004) provide a broad look at a writer’s life and work. Included are materials that document her writing process, from first-draft manuscripts on dime store tablets, through various iterations and drafts, to printer page proofs. Also included are correspondence with family, editors, publishers (especially Alfred A. Knopf and Macmillan Company), and literary agents such as Russell and Volkening, Inc. Researchers will find mail from readers, photographs, speeches, and materials documenting Arnow’s political interests such as McCarthy’s House Un-American Activities Committee, the Vietnam War, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Book reviews, scholarly articles, and dissertations written about Arnow’s work are also featured in the papers.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment. Box 136 in the Harold B. Arnow Series is restricted.
Use Restrictions
The physical rights to the material in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Permission must be provided in writing from the Arnow family before quotations and reproductions are allowed for publication or public use of the material.

Contents of the Collection

Biographical Materials, 1907-2004

  • Box 1-22

Journals and Calendars, 1958-1985

, 1958

  • Box 1, Item 1
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, 1960-1961

  • Box 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents note

1960 is in black ink; 1961 is in blue ink; "DD" is frequently mentioned [DD is a character in an unpublished manuscript, originally titled A Journey for Lucinda, but later changed to To You No Place]

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, 1967

  • Box 1, Item 3
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, 1968

  • Box 1, Item 4
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, 1970

  • Box 1, Item 5
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, 1979

  • Box 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains some notes about Belle.

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, 1982-1983

  • Box 1, Item 7
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, 1984

  • Box 1, Item 8
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, 1985

  • Box 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents note

Wall calendar and pocket calendar, in which HSA notes that Harold Arnow died on February 20, 1985

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Clippings, 1936-2004

, 1936

  • Box 2, Folder 1
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, 1940-1949

  • Box 2, Folder 2
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, 1950-1959

  • Box 2, Folder 3
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, 1960-1969

  • Box 2, Folder 4
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, 1970-1979

  • Box 2, Folder 5
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, 1980-2004

  • Box 2, Folder 6
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, undated

  • Box 2, Folder 7
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Michigan Council for the Arts, 1955-1971

Meeting minutes and membership rosters, 1955 May- 1971 January; undated

  • Box 2, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

HSA was a member of the Literature and Cultural Committee

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Obituaries, 1986

Scope and Contents note

HSA died on March 22, 1986.

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Family Genealogy, undated

, undated

  • Box 2, Folder 10
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Daughters of the American Revolution Materials, undated

  • Box 2, Folder 11
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Awards and Honors, 1929–1990

Chi Delta Phi, 1929

  • Box 3, Folder 1
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Hamilton County [Ohio] Authors and Composers of 1949, 1949

  • Box 3, Folder 2
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Friends of American Writers’ Award, 1955

  • Box 3, Folder 3
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Albion College honorary degree, 1955

  • Box 3, Folder 4
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Berea College Centennial Award, 1955

  • Box 3, Folder 5
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Michigan Authors’ Breakfast, 1955

  • Box 3, Folder 6
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Home Library of the White House Presentation, 1957

  • Box 3, Folder 7
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Michigan Authors, 1960

  • Box 3, Folder 8
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Commendation for Seedtime on the Cumberland, Tennessee Historical Commission, 1961

  • Box 3, Folder 9
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"Award of Merit" for Seedtime on the Cumberland, 1962

  • Box 3, Folder 10
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American Association for State and Local History Merit Award, 1962

  • Box 3, Folder 11
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Michigan State Council for the Arts, 1966

  • Box 3, Folder 12
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Question posed to "Ask the Professor" in which HSA is featured, 1969 January 1

  • Box 3, Folder 13
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P.E.N., 1972 and 1974

  • Box 3, Folder 14
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Cranbrook Writer’s Guild Literary Medal of Honor, 1975

  • Box 3, Folder 15
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International Authors and Writers Who’s Who, 1976

  • Box 3, Folder 16
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Honorable recognition by Alice Lloyd College, 1976

  • Box 3, Folder 17
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Honorary Degree – Transylvania University, 1979 May 27

  • Box 3, Folder 18
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"Special Award "from Berea College, 1978

  • Box 3, Folder 19
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Distinguished Alumna of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Louisville, 1979

  • Box 4, Folder 1
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Recognition Award, A Celebration of Kentucky Writing, 1979

  • Box 4, Folder 2
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Certificate of Commemoration by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1979

  • Box 4, Folder 3
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Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Kentucky, 1980

  • Box 4, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes induction pin, program, certificate, and Gurney Norman's introduction for HSA.

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Honorary degree, University of Kentucky, 1981

  • Box 4, Folder 5
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Kentucky Arts Council Milner Award, 1983

  • Box 4, Folder 6
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Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, 1983

  • Box 4, Folder 7
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Mark Twain Award, 1984

  • Box 4, Folder 8
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Harriette Simpson Arnow Prizes, The American Voice, 1990 Spring

  • Box 4, Folder 9
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Award named in HSA’s honor

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Plaques, 1965, 1983-1984

Outstanding Citizen, Wayne County, Kentucky, 1965

  • Box 5, Item 1
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Memorabilia, 1907-2004

David Levine sketchbooks (3), circa 1960s

  • Box 6, Folder 1
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Guest Register for Harriette Arnow Memorial Service, Ann Arbor, 1986

  • Box 6, Folder 2
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HSA’s Christmas Card List, c. early 1980s

  • Box 6, Folder 3
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Literary Map of Kentucky, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 4
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HSA is designated by the number 25 on the map

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Marcella and Tom Arnow Memorabilia, 1955 May-1964 February

  • Box 6, Folder 5
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Map, "proposed relocations of U.S. 23 from Milan to north of Ann Arbor", undated

  • Box 6, Folder 6
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Place holders, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 7
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Roster of names, street addresses, phone numbers, appearing to be in Ann Arbor, Michigan [original purpose unknown], 1952

  • Box 6, Folder 8
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Supreme Court of the United States Memo Pad, circa 1940s

  • Box 6, Folder 9
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University of Kentucky Extension course on literature and composition, 1926 November 1-1927 February 12

  • Box 6, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Assignments 1-5, 7; includes a note from HSA about this experience

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University of Kentucky Extension course on literature and composition, 1926 November 1-1927 March 31

  • Box 6, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Assignments 8-11, 13, 17 and 18; on assignment 17-18 page or pages are missing between 13 and [13.1]

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William Rufus Morgan: In Memoriam Booklet with inscription to HSA by Marjorie Morgan, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 12
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Readers’ Choice of Best Books, 1954 September-1955 March

  • Box 6, Folder 13
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Paper accompanying presentation of Seedtime on the Cumberland from Lucius E. Burch, Jr., to each of his daughters, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 14
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Educational Materials, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 15
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Notes, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 16
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 6, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes biographical materials, notes to receive rations, and a curriculum vita.

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Hymnal, undated

  • Box 7, Item 1
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Postcards, undated

  • Box 7, Item 2
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[This seems to be a wallet or card carrying case with "H.Arnow" printed inside], undated

  • Box 7, Item 3
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) membership cards, 1953, 1957, 1959

  • Box 7, Item 4
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Bookplates, undated

  • Box 7, Item 5
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Six Place Tables [signed Harriette L. Simpson], 1925

  • Box 7, Item 6
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Passports, undated

  • Box 7, Item 7
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Rosters for Somerset Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1954-1955, 1957-1958

  • Box 7, Item 8
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Sketch of Gertie in The Dollmaker [done by fan], undated

  • Box 7, Item 9
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HSA’s birth certificate, 1907 July 7

  • Box 7, Item 10
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Florist delivery card, circa mid-1980s

  • Box 7, Item 11
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Ship boarding pass, 1954

  • Box 7, Item 12
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Promotional piece from Bear Creek Rally Ranch, Spokane, Missouri, undated

  • Box 7, Item 13
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High school party invitations, early 1920s

  • Box 7, Item 14
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Print of Picasso painting, undated

  • Box 7, Item 15
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Program from performance at "College Tabernacle" [probably at Berea College], 1925 May 2

  • Box 7, Item 16
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Exhibition note for display commemorating Seedtime on the Cumberland, Bonham Library (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1960

  • Box 7, Item 17
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Child’s shoe, undated

  • Box 7, Item 18
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Scrapbook – various clippings, undated

  • Box 7, Item 19
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Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Chart, undated

  • Box 7, Item 20
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Picture postcards – Detroit Institute of Art, undated

  • Box 7, Item 21
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St. Helen’s commencement program, April 1920; diploma from St. Helen’s Grammar School, April 21, 1920; Certificate of Attainment from Burnside High School, May 19, 1922; diploma from Burnside High School, May 15, 1924, 1920 April 21, 1922 May 19, 1924 May 15

  • Box 7, Folder 22
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Distinguished Alumnus Award, Berea College, 1983

  • Box 5, Item 2
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Mark Twain Award, Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, 1984

  • Box 5, Item 3
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Public Appearances, 1955-1984

Scope and Contents note

These files, arranged chronologically, include copies of correspondence (originals were placed with "General Correspondence"), clippings, programs, agendas, and promotional materials concerning Arnow’s readings and speaking engagements. In some cases, the location was not determined.

Special Libraries Association, unknown location, 1955 June 13

  • Box 8, Folder 1
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Morehead Writers' Workshop, Morehead, Kentucky, 1955 July 25-August 5

  • Box 8, Folder 2
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University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1956 April 4

  • Box 8, Folder 3
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Kentucky Council of Teachers of English, unknown location, 1956 April 12

  • Box 8, Folder 4
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Kansas Writers' Conference, unknown location, 1956 June 28-July 2

  • Box 8, Folder 5
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Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, Michigan, 1957 March 12

  • Box 8, Folder 6
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Adult Books for Young Adults Program, unknown location, 1959 June 20

  • Box 8, Folder 7
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Conference in Creative Writing in the Appalachians, unknown location, 1959 July 20-21

  • Box 8, Folder 8
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North Carolina English Teachers Association, unknown location, 1959 July 31

  • Box 8, Folder 9
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Theta Sigma Phi, Detroit, Michigan, 1960 June 4

  • Box 8, Folder 10
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Michigan Council of Teachers in English, unknown location, 1961 April 9

  • Box 8, Folder 11
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Workshop on Urban Adjustment of Southern Appalachian Migrants, Berea, Kentucky, 1961July 18

  • Box 8, Folder 12
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Dedication of James Still Room, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, 1961 October 12

  • Box 8, Folder 13
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Historical Book Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1961 October 8-15

  • Box 8, Folder 14
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Conversations about Literature, Michigan Public Television, 1961 November 1

  • Box 8, Folder 15
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Luncheon at Franklin School, unknown Location, 1962 January 29

  • Box 8, Folder 16
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Branch, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1963 September 26

  • Box 8, Folder 17
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Attwsa International, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1963 October 9

  • Box 8, Folder 18
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Morehead Writer's Workshop, Morehead, Kentucky, 1963 July 22-August 2; 1964 July 27-August 7

  • Box 8, Folder 19
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Western Michigan University Festival of Arts, 1964 March 2-March 27

  • Box 8, Folder 20
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Workshop on Urban Adjustment of Southern Appalachian Migrants, Berea, Kentucky, 1964 July 10-24

  • Box 8, Folder 21
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Women's City Club of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965 April 1

  • Box 8, Folder 22
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"Fiction as Sociology" Lecture, unknown location, 1966 July 15

  • Box 8, Folder 23
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Planned Parenthood- Mideast regional Meeting, unknown location, 1968 May 1-4

  • Box 8, Folder 24
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Alma College, Alma, Michigan, 1969 February 23

  • Box 8, Folder 25
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Cranbrook Writer's Conference, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1971 August 12-15

  • Box 8, Folder 26
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Jesse Stuart Creative Writing Workshop, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1972 June 26-July 14

  • Box 8, Folder 27
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Appalachian Heritage Week, Whitesburg, Kentucky, 1973 December 16

  • Box 8, Folder 28
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Freshman Seminar 001 Trip to Appalachia University of Michigan and Berea College, unknown location, 1974 October 22-24

  • Box 8, Folder 29
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Detroit Book Club and Author Luncheon, unknown location, 1975 May 19

  • Box 8, Folder 30
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Book and Author Luncheon, Flint, Michigan, 1975 May 20

  • Box 8, Folder 31
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Jesse Stuart Creative Writing Workshop, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1975 Summer

  • Box 8, Folder 32
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Commencement Speech Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky, 1976 May 5

  • Box 9, Folder 1
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Reading Fellows Auditorium, unknown location, 1977 April 19

  • Box 9, Folder 2
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Jesse Stuart Creative Writing Workshop, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1977 July 14

  • Box 9, Folder 3
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Appalachian Writer's Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1977 August 1-12

  • Box 9, Folder 4
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Appalachian Writer's Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1978 August 6-12

  • Box 9, Folder 5
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Book Signing, Somerset, Kentucky, 1978 November 17

  • Box 9, Folder 6
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Appalachian Writer’s Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1979 August 5-17

  • Box 9, Folder 7
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Reception University of Kentucky Special Collections, Lexington, Kentucky, 1981 April 4

  • Box 9, Folder 8
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Appalachian Writer’s Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1981 August 5

  • Box 9, Folder 9
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Elizabeth Madox Roberts Centenary Conference at St. Catherine College, Springfield, Kentucky, 1981 October 30-31

  • Box 9, Folder 10
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Appalachian Writer’s Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1982 August 1-7

  • Box 9, Folder 11
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1983 April 20

  • Box 9, Folder 12
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Appalachian Writer’s Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1983 August 1-5

  • Box 9, Folder 13
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Dedication Louis R. Miller Memorial Library, Marine City, Michigan, 1983 September 25

  • Box 9, Folder 14
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Kentucky Writer’s Conference, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 1983 October 1

  • Box 9, Folder 15
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Distinguished Alumnus Award, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 1983

  • Box 9, Folder 16
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Appalachian Writer’s Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1984 August 6-10

  • Box 9, Folder 17
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Appalachian Writer’s Workshop, Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky, [No Year] July 16-29

  • Box 9, Folder 18
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Albert F. Stewart Writer’s Workshop, unknown location, [No Year] August 7-11

  • Box 9, Folder 19
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Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, [No Year] December 13

  • Box 9, Folder 20
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12th Annual Book Fair of East Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, undated

  • Box 9, Folder 21
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5th Annual Writer’s Workshop for People Over 57, unknown location, undated

  • Box 9, Folder 22
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Writing Workshops and Teaching, 1946-1983

Cranbrook Foundation, 1971-1981

Scope and Contents note

In 1969, Arnow helped establish the Cranbrook Writers' Conference housed at the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She was a member of the Writers' Conference board as well as a lecturer and teacher. In addition to organizational records, included are an incomplete manuscript on the history of Cranbrook Foundation and the emergence of the Cranbrook Writers' Conference penned by Arnow for an unknown purpose.

History of Cranbrook Foundation and Writers' Conference [written by Harriette Arnow]., undated

  • Box 10, Folder 1
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Incomplete. Manuscript pages are placed in running narrative order with page numbers penciled in right upper corner to indicate this order, p. 1-81a.

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Organizational papers, 1972-1977

  • Box 10, Folder 2
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Organizational papers, 1978-1981

  • Box 10, Folder 3
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Clippings, 1971-1977

  • Box 10, Folder 4
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"The Spring Weeps Summer" by Joanne P, undated

  • Box 10, Folder 5
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Presentation copy of original poetry from the Fifth Annual Cranbrook Writers' Conference. Inscribed To: "Mrs. Harriette Arnow with appreciation and respect for your kind encouragement. "

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General, 1946-1980

Arnow teaching materials, 1946 September 8-1968 Fall, undated

  • Box 10, Folder 6
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Class rolls from unknown writing workshops, 1980 August 4, undated

  • Box 10, Folder 7
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Literary awards [HSA was judge]: Tompkins Award; Hopwood Award, 1955, 1974-1975

  • Box 10, Folder 8
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HSA's comments on manuscripts by other writers, undated

  • Box 10, Folder 9
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Writings by students and colleagues, 1959-1983

"It is a Strange House", author unknown, undated

  • Box 10, Folder 10
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Addresses by Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Wilma Dykeman, and James Stokley given at Berea College, 1959 July 20

  • Box 10, Folder 11
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Miscellaneous, 1968-1983, undated

  • Box 10, Folder 12
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Elizabeth Simpson Materials, 1970-1989

Scope and Contents note

These materials include numerous essays and articles that Elizabeth Simpson, Harriette Arnow's older sister, wrote for the Wayne County Outlook and possibly other publications, such as the Overview. Elizabeth Simpson was the editor of Overview, the newsletter of the Wayne County Historical Society, of which she was Vice President.

, 1970-1979

  • Box 11, Folder 1
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, 1980-1989

  • Box 11, Folder 2
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, undated

  • Box 11, Folder 3
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Financial and Business Materials, 1927-1986

Scope and Contents note

These materials include bank statements, household bills, vehicle expenses, hospital service bills, statement of insurance premiums, statement of security investments, and income tax returns.

, 1927-1938

  • Box 12, Folder 1
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, 1939

  • Box 12, Folder 2
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, 1940

  • Box 12, Folder 3
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, 1941

  • Box 12, Folder 4
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, 1942

  • Box 12, Folder 5
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, 1943

  • Box 12, Folder 6
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, 1944

  • Box 12, Folder 7
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, 1945

  • Box 12, Folder 8
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, 1946-1948

  • Box 12, Folder 9
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, 1949

  • Box 12, Folder 10
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, 1950

  • Box 12, Folder 11
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, 1951

  • Box 12, Folder 12
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, 1952

  • Box 12, Folder 13
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, 1953

  • Box 12, Folder 14-15
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, 1954

  • Box 13, Folder 1
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, 1955

  • Box 13, Folder 2
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, 1956

  • Box 13, Folder 3
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, 1957

  • Box 13, Folder 4
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, 1958

  • Box 13, Folder 5
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, 1959

  • Box 13, Folder 6
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, 1960

  • Box 13, Folder 7
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, 1961

  • Box 13, Folder 8
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, 1962

  • Box 13, Folder 9
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, 1963

  • Box 13, Folder 10
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, 1964

  • Box 13, Folder 11-12
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, 1965

  • Box 14, Folder 1
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, 1966

  • Box 14, Folder 2
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, 1967

  • Box 14, Folder 3
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, 1968

  • Box 14, Folder 4
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, 1969

  • Box 15, Folder 5
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, 1970

  • Box 15, Folder 1
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, 1971

  • Box 15, Folder 2
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, 1972

  • Box 15, Folder 3
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, 1973

  • Box 15, Folder 4
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, 1974

  • Box 15, Folder 5
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, 1975

  • Box 16, Folder 1
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, 1976

  • Box 16, Folder 2
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, 1977

  • Box 16, Folder 3-4
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, 1978

  • Box 16, Folder 5-6
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, 1979

  • Box 17, Folder 1-2
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, 1980

  • Box 17, Folder 3
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, 1981

  • Box 17, Folder 4
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, 1982

  • Box 17, Folder 5
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, 1983

  • Box 17, Folder 6
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, 1984-1986

  • Box 17, Folder 7
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, undated

  • Box 18, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Part I

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, undated

  • Box 18, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Part II

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Topical arrangement, 1974-1986

Medicare, 1974-1980

  • Box 19, Folder 1
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Medicare, 1981-1986

  • Box 19, Folder 2
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Insurance Policy

Country estate

  • Box 19, Folder 3
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Automobile

  • Box 19, Folder 4
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Homeowners

  • Box 19, Folder 5
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Health plan

  • Box 19, Folder 6
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Written works

Copyrighted materials

  • Box 19, Folder 7
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Royalty statements, 1938-1970

  • Box 19, Folder 8
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Royalty statements, 1971-1986

  • Box 19, Folder 9
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Land and Tree Taxes

Kentucky Land, 1941-1979

  • Box 20, Folder 1
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Ann Arbor, 1949-1975

  • Box 20, Folder 2
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Ann Arbor, 1976-1986

  • Box 20, Folder 3
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Correspondence of woodland management

  • Box 20, Folder 4
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Miscellaneous materials for woodland management

  • Box 20, Folder 5
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Copies of stock certificate

  • Box 20, Folder 6
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Last will and testament; Promissory note

  • Box 21, Folder 1
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Warranties and operating instructions for indoor tools

  • Box 21, Folder 2
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Warranties and operating instructions for outdoor tools

  • Box 21, Folder 3
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Income Tax Returns, 1956-1983

, 1956

  • Box 22, Folder 1
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, 1957

  • Box 22, Folder 2
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, 1958

  • Box 22, Folder 3
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, 1959

  • Box 22, Folder 4
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, 1960

  • Box 22, Folder 5
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, 1961

  • Box 22, Folder 6
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, 1962

  • Box 22, Folder 7
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, 1963

  • Box 22, Folder 8
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, 1964

  • Box 22, Folder 9
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, 1967

  • Box 22, Folder 10
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, 1968

  • Box 22, Folder 11
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, 1969

  • Box 22, Folder 12
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, 1970

  • Box 22, Folder 13
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, 1971

  • Box 22, Folder 14
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, 1972

  • Box 22, Folder 15
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, 1973

  • Box 22, Folder 16
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, 1974

  • Box 22, Folder 17
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, 1975

  • Box 22, Folder 18
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, 1976

  • Box 22, Folder 19
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, 1977

  • Box 22, Folder 20
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, 1978

  • Box 22, Folder 21
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, 1979

  • Box 22, Folder 22
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, 1980

  • Box 22, Folder 23
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, 1981

  • Box 22, Folder 24
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, 1982

  • Box 22, Folder 25
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, 1983

  • Box 22, Folder 26
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Correspondence, 1918-1986

  • Box 23-43

Family Correspondence, 1925-1986

Harriette Arnow to Harold Arnow, 1943 September-1978 November 18, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 1
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Harriette Arnow to Marcella Arnow, 1963 September 5-1966 May 12, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 2
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Harriette Arnow to Tom Arnow, 1965 March 6-1974 October 29, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 3
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Harold Arnow to Harriette Arnow, circa late 1930s-1966 March 30, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 4
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Harold Arnow to Harriette Arnow, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 5
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Harold Arnow to Marcella Arnow, 1963 September 15-1966 April 24

  • Box 23, Folder 6
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Harold Arnow to Tom Arnow, 1965 February 11-circa 1966 May or 1967, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 7
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Marcella Arnow to Harriette Arnow, 1960 November 4-1985 May 28

  • Box 23, Folder 8
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Marcella Arnow to Harold Arnow, 1960 January 31-1966 April 23, undated

  • Box 23, Folder 9
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Marcella Arnow to Tom Arnow, 1963 September 13-1965 December 11

  • Box 23, Folder 10
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Marcella Arnow to "Family", 1960 April 11-1963 January 6

  • Box 24, Folder 1
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The letters are addressed to "Family" because they were meant to be read by all three other family members (Harriette, Harold, and Tom).

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Marcella Arnow to "Family", 1963 January 6-1964 December 20

  • Box 24, Folder 2
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Marcella Arnow to "Family", 1965 January 1-1982 September 27, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 3
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Tom Arnow and Maureen Arnow to Harriette Arnow and Harold Arnow, 1956 May 10-1986 January 3, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 4
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Tom Arnow to Marcella Arnow, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 5
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Marcella Arnow (as her dog Lady) writing to Arnow family dog, "Cousin Sin", 1975 November 26-1977 May 9, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 6
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Marcella Arnow to Mollie Simpson, 1949 July 16-1951 June 29

  • Box 24, Folder 7
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Mollie Simpson to Marcella Arnow, 1946 April 11-1959 January 4, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 8
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Aunts Elizabeth and Willie to Marcella Arnow, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 9
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Lucy Simpson Johnston to Marcella Arnow, 1967 December 4

  • Box 24, Folder 10
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Various Non-Family Members to Marcella Arnow, 1962 January 12-1968 December 7

  • Box 24, Folder 11
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Mrs. Jones and Katharine Harrington (teachers) to Tom Arnow, 1963 September 30, undated

  • Box 24, Folder 12
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Letters of Sympathy to Marcella and Tom Arnow following Harriette’s death, circa 1986 March

  • Box 24, Folder 13
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Mollie Simpson (mother) to Harriette Arnow, 1925 April 26-circa 1935 December

  • Box 25, Folder 1
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, circa 1935 December-1936 December 16

  • Box 25, Folder 2
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, circa 1937 January-1940 June 11

  • Box 25, Folder 3
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1941 December 1-1945 December 18

  • Box 25, Folder 4
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1946 January 23-1949 November 7

  • Box 25, Folder 5
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1949 November 29-1950 November 10

  • Box 25, Folder 6
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1951 January 14-1953 December 28

  • Box 25, Folder 7
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1954 January 28-1955 February 15

  • Box 25, Folder 8
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1955 February 24-circa 1956 October

  • Box 25, Folder 9
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1957 January 23-1959 June 9

  • Box 26, Folder 1
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1959 August 5-1963 July 30

  • Box 26, Folder 2
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, undated

  • Box 26, Folder 3
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Mollie Simpson to Harriette Arnow, undated

  • Box 26, Folder 4
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Harriette Arnow to Mollie Simpson, circa late 1950s- 1964 March 6

  • Box 26, Folder 5
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Harriette to Mama (Mollie Simpson) and family, circa early 1930s

  • Box 26, Folder 6
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E.T. [Elias Thomas (father)] Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1927 June 28

  • Box 26, Folder 7
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Harriette Arnow to James and Christine Simpson, 1960 March 23-1964 August 7, undated

  • Box 26, Folder 8
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Jim and/or Christine Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1935 July 9-1986 January 7, undated

  • Box 26, Folder 9
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Jim and/or Christine Simpson to Harriette and Harold Arnow, 1944 April 23-circa 1984, undated

  • Box 26, Folder 10
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Jim Simpson to Harold Arnow, 1958 April 15

  • Box 26, Folder 11
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Harriette Arnow to Willie Simpson Atwater, 1965 January 12-circa 1966 December 31

  • Box 26, Folder 12
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Willie Simpson Atwater to Harriette Arnow, 1935 October 1-1976 July 7, undated

  • Box 26, Folder 13
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Willie Simpson Atwater to Arnow family, 1942 November 2-1962 September 10, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 1
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Willie Simpson Atwater (writing as son Tommy) to Arnow family, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 2
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Harriette Arnow to Elizabeth Simpson, 1954 November 26-1984 August 24

  • Box 27, Folder 3
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Harold Arnow to Elizabeth Simpson, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 4
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Elizabeth Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1938 June 8-1952 March 3

  • Box 27, Folder 5
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Elizabeth Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1952 October 26-1984 April 14

  • Box 27, Folder 6
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Elizabeth Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1984 May 28-1985 September 1, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 7
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Elizabeth Simpson to Arnow family, 1944 August 28-1984 January 4

  • Box 27, Folder 8
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Lucy Simpson Johnston to Harriette Arnow, 1935 December 22-1985 February 5, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 9
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Lucy Simpson Johnston to Arnow Family, 1949 April 24-1953 April 13

  • Box 27, Folder 10
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Margaret Simpson Davis ( "Peggy") to Harriette Arnow, 1935 January 3-1986 January 2, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 11
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Margaret Simpson Davis ( "Peggy") to Arnow Family, 1944 October 31-1984 August 12, undated

  • Box 27, Folder 12
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Mollie D. Dick (cousin) to Harriette Arnow, 1952 December 26

  • Box 27, Folder 13
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Jim Simpson (cousin) to Harriette Arnow, 1936 August 31

  • Box 27, Folder 14
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Mildred Denney (cousin) to Harriette Arnow, 1983 April 25

  • Box 27, Folder 15
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(Ray?) Simpson to Harriette Arnow, 1937 December 19

  • Box 27, Folder 16
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Dick Atwater (nephew) to Harriette and Arnow family, 1966 December 22-1968 July 7

  • Box 27, Folder 17
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Miscellaneous from family members to Harriette Arnow, 1954 October 29-1963 January 1

  • Box 28, Folder 1
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Harold Arnow to "Pop" (father), 1941 May 4

  • Box 28, Folder 2
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Harriette Arnow to Judy Arnow (Harold’s mother), undated

  • Box 28, Folder 3
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Harriette Arnow to Edna Arnow (Harold’s sister-in-law), 1985 October 24

  • Box 28, Folder 4
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Edna Arnow to Harriette Arnow, 1962 January 16-1986 January 24, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 5
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Edna Arnow to Harriette and Harold Arnow, 1963 May 28-1984 December 5, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 6
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Gail Arnow to Harriette Arnow, circa 1985 February

  • Box 28, Folder 7
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Pat Arnow (niece) to Harriette and Harold Arnow, 1985 June 6-1985 August 11, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 8
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Fay Arnow to Harriette and Harold Arnow, 1977 January 29

  • Box 28, Folder 9
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Judy Arnow to Mollie Simpson, 1939 November 28

  • Box 28, Folder 10
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Mollie Simpson to daughters (combined), circa 1934 February-1955 June, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 11
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Mollie Simpson to Willie Simpson Atwater, circa 1934-1935 June 19, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 12
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Mollie Simpson to Elizabeth Simpson, 1934 October 29-1936 August, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 13
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Mollie Simpson to Lucy Simpson Johnston, 1934 December 15-1935 July 5

  • Box 28, Folder 14
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Willie Simpson Atwater to Simpson Family Members, 1937 January 31-1978 January 31, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 15
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Willie Simpson Atwater to Simpson Family Members, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 16
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Elizabeth Simpson to Simpson Family Members, 1942 April 12-1961 December 30, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 17
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Lucy Simpson Johnston to Simpson Family Members, circa 1939 May-1953 April 7, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 18
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Lucy Simpson Johnston to siblings, circa 1961

  • Box 28, Folder 19
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Letter examines mother’s mental health and relationship with children.

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Jim Simpson to Simpson Family Members, 1934 July 13-1942 January 24

  • Box 28, Folder 20
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Margaret Simpson Davis ( "Peggy") to Simpson Family Members, circa 1935 July-circa 1942 April, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 21
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Mollie D. Dick to Simpson Family Members, 1952 February 19-1953 February 23

  • Box 28, Folder 22
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Anna Paul to Molly Simpson and Family, 1935 June 9

  • Box 28, Folder 23
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Dick Atwater to Mollie Simpson, 1961 September 9

  • Box 28, Folder 24
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Mildred Simpson to Elizabeth Simpson, 1983 July 1

  • Box 28, Folder 25
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Various Simpson Family Members to Elizabeth Simpson, 1984 May 14, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 26
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Letters to Simpson/Arnow Family Members not from Other Family Members, undated

  • Box 28, Folder 27
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Christmas Cards, 1933-1985

To Harriette Simpson Arnow, 1933 December 19-1985 December, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 1
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To Harold Arnow, 1949 December 10-1981 December, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 2
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To Marcella Arnow, 1941 December 20, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 3
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To Marcella and Tom Arnow, 1957 January 1, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 4
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To Harriette and Harold and the Arnow Family, 1942 December 21-1985 December 12

  • Box 29, Folder 5
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To Harriette and Harold and the Arnow Family, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 6
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To Harriette and Harold and the Arnow Family, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 7
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To Harriette and Harold and the Arnow Family, undated

  • Box 29, Folder 8
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To Elizabeth Simpson, 1934

  • Box 29, Folder 9
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Publisher Correspondence, 1934-1986

Scope and Contents note

The Publisher Correspondence Series contains both incoming (to Arnow) and outgoing (from Arnow) mail from various publishers and editors. The names and titles of these publishers and editors and their relationship to Arnow follows.

Harold Strauss, Arnow's editor for Mountain Path at Covici Friede, tried unsuccessfully to find a publisher for her second novel after Covici folded. He eventually became editor at Knopf and later edited Arnow's books The Weedkiller’s Daughter and The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution under that publisher.

Charles Cunningham was Macmillan’s Editor-in-Chief during the publication of The Dollmaker. Cecil Scott, Editor for Macmillan, edited Hunter’s Horn and the first part of The Dollmaker before falling out with Arnow. The break between Arnow and Scott came in a letter to Cunningham, October 26. 1952. Scott eventually became Editor-in-Chief for Macmillan. Susan Prink, worked for the editorial department during the publication of The Dollmaker. Virginia Patterson was the Publicity Director for Macmillan for more than a decade and continued her correspondence with Arnow during and after working for Macmillan.

A.J. Hart was Editor-in-Chief during the publication of Seedtime on the Cumberland and was fired in January, 1964, just short of retirement. Ada Shearon was Manufacturing Editor for Seedtime on the Cumberland. J.P.R Budlong was the Director of the Trade Department at Macmillan and was a reader of Seedtime on the Cumberland. Budlong was replaced by R.L. De Wilton in February, 1959. Mary Heathcote, an admirer of Arnow's, was editor after Hart left (February 1964-August 1967.) Heathcote was replaced by Diane F. Harris. J. Randall Williams, was Vice President at Macmillan during the publication of The Dollmaker. Williams left for Little, Brown, and Company. HSA helped push Harry Caudill's Night Comes to the Cumberlands for them. Helen Taylor was with Sloane, then went to Viking. Al Hart was a Senior Editor for McGraw-Hill. Robert Penn Warren was a managing editor of The Southern Review. Granville Hicks worked for Macmillan as a freelance editor and an author. Hicks read and helped edit Hunter’s Horn and The Dollmaker when Arnow no longer wanted Scott.

Country Beautiful magazine bought a Christmas story from Arnow, and then only paid $50 of the $300 owed her, due to their own financial difficulties. Arnow wrote several letters demanding payment. The article was submitted August 1, 1963. Arnow still had not been fully paid as of July 5, 1965.

Covici Friede, Inc., 1935 October 3-1939 August 24

  • Box 30, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

For Harold Strauss, see also Knopf files.

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The Macmillan Company, 1935 July 30-1948 December 21

  • Box 30, Folder 2
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The Macmillan Company, 1949 January 4-December 2

  • Box 30, Folder 3
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The Macmillan Company, 1950 January 6-Novemer 29

  • Box 30, Folder 4
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The Macmillan Company, 1951 January 11-December 6

  • Box 30, Folder 5
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The Macmillan Company, 1952 January 8-December 8

  • Box 30, Folder 6
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The Macmillan Company, 1953 January 16-December 29

  • Box 30, Folder 7
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The Macmillan Company, 1954 January 12-December 16

  • Box 30, Folder 8
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The Macmillan Company, 1955 January 7-1957 August 7

  • Box 30, Folder 9
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The Macmillan Company, 1958 February 8-December 24

  • Box 30, Folder 10
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The Macmillan Company, 1959 January 7-December 21

  • Box 30, Folder 11
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The Macmillan Company, 1960 February 4-November 22

  • Box 31, Folder 1
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The Macmillan Company, 1961 January 5-December 14

  • Box 31, Folder 2
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The Macmillan Company, 1962 January 21-December 31

  • Box 31, Folder 3
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The Macmillan Company, 1963 January 2-December 20

  • Box 31, Folder 4
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The Macmillan Company, 1964 January 23- 1983 September 27, undated

  • Box 31, Folder 5
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The Macmillan Company, Fragments, 1952 December 5-1965 March 31, undated

  • Box 31, Folder 6
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Granville Hicks, 1946 May 19-1954 August 6

  • Box 31, Folder 7
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1938 October 21-1968 April 2

  • Box 31, Folder 8
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1968 April 3-December 26

  • Box 31, Folder 9
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1969 January 2- 1970 December 16

  • Box 32, Folder 1
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1971 July 23-1986 February 18, undated

  • Box 32, Folder 2
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The University Press of Kentucky, 1972 December 6-1986 February 28

  • Box 32, Folder 3
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Miscellaneous Book Editors and Publishers, 1936 June 30-1982 February 19, undated

  • Box 32, Folder 4
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Miscellaneous Periodical Editors and Publishers, 1934 March 12-circa 1979

  • Box 32, Folder 5
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Fragile Originals, photocopy in regular file, undated

  • Box 32, Folder 6
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Fragile Originals, photocopy in regular file, undated

  • Box 32, Folder 7
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Literary Agent Correspondence, 1935-1979

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from or to: Elizabeth Nowell, the original agent for Mountain Path; Galina Hopkins, the second and final agent for Mountain Path; Russell and Volkening, Inc. the agents for The Dollmaker; Edith Jackson, agent for much of the screen and dramatic rights for Arnow’s works, including Mountain Path, Hunter’s Horn, and The Dollmaker; and miscellaneous agents.

Between HSA and Elizabeth Nowell, circa 1936 April-May 1

  • Box 33, Folder 1
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Between HSA and Galina Hopkins, 1936 April 14-1938 June 28, undated

  • Box 33, Folder 2
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Between HSA and Russell and Volkening, Inc., 1952 October 20-1958 December 4

  • Box 33, Folder 3
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Between HSA and Russell and Volkening, Inc., 1959 February 16-1967 December 5

  • Box 33, Folder 4
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Between HSA and Russell and Volkening, Inc., 1968 February 15-1979 January 26, undated

  • Box 33, Folder 5
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Between HSA and Russell and Volkening, Inc., undated

  • Box 33, Folder 6
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Incomplete/Parts of Letters

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Between HSA and Edith Jackson, 1950 February 16-1964 March 3, undated

  • Box 33, Folder 7
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Between HSA and Miscellaneous Agents, 1935 May 1-1964 March 3

  • Box 33, Folder 8
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Between HSA and Miscellaneous Unknown Agents, Undated

  • Box 33, Folder 9
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Fragments

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Fragile Originals, not for researcher use, undated

  • Box 33, Folder 10
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Adaptations, 1949-1978

Scope and Contents note

Multiple entities (publishing companies, literary agencies, and artists) have attempted or succeeded getting the dramatic rights to a number of Arnow’s works.

Between HSA and Robert McCahon, 1949 October 24-1977 August 7, undated

  • Box 33, Folder 11
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Between HSA and MCA Artists, Ltd., 1954 December- 1955 January

  • Box 33, Folder 12
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Between HSA and Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1954 December 9-1959 January 13

  • Box 33, Folder 13
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Between HSA and Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1967 July 27

  • Box 33, Folder 14
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Miscellaneous, 1955 January 5-1978 June 1

  • Box 33, Folder 15
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General Correspondence, 1918-1985

Scope and Contents note

This series includes both incoming (to Arnow) and outgoing (from Arnow) letters of a general nature--i.e., not to/from immediate family members or professional (publisher) colleagues. Also held separately (See Box 43) are those incoming letters deemed to be Reader's Mail, which satisfy the criteria of being an initial contact from an otherwise unknown or unaffiliated individual (often praising a book or requesting a book or an autograph). The folder-level descriptions that follow are not exhaustive but, rather, representative. An attempt has been made to establish chronological context, and to identify significant letters or correspondents; but not all letters in each folder have been listed. Scattered throughout the General Correspondence are handwritten notes by Arnow often mere phrases, names, titles, or calculations that may appear in margins or on the backs of unrelated letters. Moreover, Arnow apparently often used the backs of previous typescripts (or any other available sheet of paper) for her carbon copies, and these are usually reproduced showing both sides, though many of these copies of carbons represent only a first page of a longer letter; correspondence consistently includes invitations to speak or appear, as well as inquiries about genealogical matters, and requests for advice from unpublished writers. In the case of new correspondents, initial letters from strangers to Arnow may be found in the Reader's Mail folders for the appropriate years, although Arnow often would reply, beginning a regular exchange. Most of the Arnow-authored letters (outgoing) are copies. The fragile originals have been preserved in separate envelopes and are stored, together, in Box 40.

, 1918-1934

  • Box 34, Folder 1
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Correspondence includes: a 1918 postcard from a WWI Army inductee, for whom a 10-year-old Harriette Simpson apparently mailed a letter; two 1921 summertime letters from a former classmate at the Stanton Academy; several letters from the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs concerning student loans to Simpson during her studies at the University of Louisville.

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, 1935

  • Box 34, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: a receipt for payment on HS's student loan; correspondence from a Cincinnati literary club, and one from fellow member (Leslie Dressler) who moved to California and sought to advise and represent HS; and a postcard from what appears to be a correspondence course in writing.

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, 1936

  • Box 34, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes student loan correspondence from the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs and notes from Louisville friend Mrs. R.E. Hill. It also includes reactions to the publication of Mountain Path from both friends and strangers, some asking for advice, and thanks from those to whom HS sent autographed copies, including E.J. Weekes, HS's English professor at Berea College. Correspondence from Leslie Dressler who offers to sell the story in Hollywood and from Albert I. Mayer, Jr., children's book author, who discusses writing.

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, 1937

  • Box 34, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: an invitation to join the League of American Writers (on the back of which HS has penciled a snippet of a prose description concerning a man's hat); reaction to Mountain Path; letters from HAS to W.F. Munnikhuysen concerning Mountain Path; gossip from Cincinnati department store co-workers; news from "home", i.e., Pulaski County, Kentucky; and a dunning letter from the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs.

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, 1938

  • Box 34, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: a January 6 letter from the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs confirming that HS's student loan is paid in full; letters from Albert I. Mayer; family news from Aunt Dovie Kenney in Delta, Kentucky; two letters from E.J. Weekes, back from a semester at the University of London; letter from a distant cousin (Florence Hurt Clawson) in North Dakota; a request from the University of Kentucky for historical information about the Stanton Academy; letter from Robert Pittman Reid, recommending the works of Jesse Stuart; an invitation from the London, Kentucky Women's Club to speak, and confirmation of HS's acceptance; an invitation from Sue Bennett College to also appear (the college was in London); and a notice from the Ohio State Employment Service.

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, 1939

  • Box 34, Folder 6
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Correspondence includes: a reply from the Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals pertaining to available geological maps; a note from the registrar of Sue Bennett College (London, Kentucky); an April 19 letter from Mabel French Taylor concerning HSA's plans to purchase land near Burnside, Kentucky (Harriette and Harold were married March 22, and moved to Keno, Kentucky); and a December letter from Ohio friends to Harriette and Harold, responding to the news that the Arnows' son ( "Denny") had been still-born.

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, 1940-1945

  • Box 34, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: a 1940 reply from a University of Cincinnati botanist agreeing to help HSA identify plants found in and around Keno, Kentucky; correspondence from friends, old and new; a letter from a Somerset, Kentucky attorney (W.R. Jones) who says he's "shocked" at "conditions being imposed" upon the Arnows (the context is unstated); a response from U.S. Senator Alben Barkley (Kentucky) transmitting federal agricultural yearbooks, the reverse side of which has been used for part of a typescript of Hunter's Horn; a 1943 V-Mail; news from home (Burnside, Kentucky), that Jim Bill Simpson (HSA's brother) is missing in Germany (May, 1944); a neighbor's description (April, 1945) of the Arnows' Keno, Kentucky homestead, "flowers blooming, an upstairs window broken", after the couple moved to Detroit; letter from friends asking whether Jim Bill (HSA's brother) has been liberated yet (May, 1945); letter from a Keno neighbor (Richmond Casada) apologizing for his son breaking windows at the Arnows' Keno homestead with his slingshot; letter from R. Casada asking if he may graze mules on the Arnows' land; and an October 1945 letter fragment from Harriette, apparently at Keno, writing to Harold in Detroit.

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, 1946-1948

  • Box 34, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: several letters from Keno, Kentucky, one from neighbor Richmond Casada asking if the Arnows want to sell their Keno farm, or sell some of the timber on it; a note from editor/author Granville Hicks; a letter from Mary E. Garrett, a Kentucky teacher campaigning to be assigned to the Casada School; and a reply from J. Donald Adams of The New York Times Book Review (October 1948).

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, 1949

  • Box 34, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: a letter from HSA to the editors of the Saturday Review of Literature, chastising author Taylor Caldwell for statements made in a previous issue; a letter from HSA to a "Mr. Hare" in reply, apparently, to his response to her SRL letter; news from Keno neighbors; letter from Mary E. Garrett, teaching in Cincinnati; letter from Mildred Schulze, friend and colleague of sister, Elizabeth Simpson, explaining her enthusiasm for Hunter’s Horn; a letter from Francis Hutchins, the president of Berea College, providing his father's (Dr. William Hutchins, St. Louis) address and acknowledging news of the publication of Hunter's Horn; an invitation from the Detroit Women Writers' Club in honor of HSA's first novel ( Mountain Path had been published in 1936); praise for Hunter's Horn from Marcellus Frost of Nashville, Tennessee, beginning what will become a steady correspondence in which Frost advises HSA about hounds, horses, and history; invitations to appear at literary clubs in Cincinnati and Somerset; from Keno neighbor Lillian Dobbs and mother Ollie, pertaining to the Arnows' offer to help Lillian with college expenses; an invitation from the Pen and Brush Club of New York, upon which HSA has penciled notes for a brochure about Berea College; a note from Berea College, acknowledging receipt of the finished version of HSA's "What Berea Meant To Me"; a note from Granville Hicks; and a note from John Wilson Townsend, Lexington, Kentucky author and bookseller.

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, 1950

  • Box 34, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: a letter from HSA in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Lexington, Kentucky author and bookseller John Wilson Townsend in which she praises his work, describes working on manuscripts that will become The Dollmaker and Seedtime on the Cumberland, and reveals her lasting disappointment that the "literary element "in Kentucky did not support her early works; typewritten cards back to HSA from John Wilson Townsend; a letter from the University of Kentucky library seeking permission to microfilm the Library of Congress's copy of Mountain Path because it was unavailable elsewhere; a number of thank you notes from persons HSA sent copies of her book; details of personal appearances; and continuing news from Keno, Kentucky.

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, 1951

  • Box 34, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence includes: greetings from William Hutchins (father of Berea College president) in St. Louis; a fragment of the reply from HSA to Lena Wells Voiers of Vanceburg, Kentucky (who had questioned HSA's seemingly unflattering review of Jesse Stuart's Clearing in the Sky) explaining some of the differences between HSA's realistic "hill people" and the characters in Jesse Stuart's work; instructions from Mary S. Wait in Pikeville, Kentucky on how HSA can qualify for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution; a polite reply from Mrs. Voiers in Vanceburg, Kentucky saying she's proud of both Stuart and Arnow; a thank you note from Burnside's Bernice Mitchell for HSA's "very, very nice check" to benefit the Girl Scouts; several letters from Margaret Frye, genealogist, pertaining to HSA's Daughters of the American Revolution application; word from Keno that Lillian Dobbs has joined the Air Force; and thank-you notes for book copies, including one from missionary Flora E. Dodson in Hong Kong.

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, 1952

  • Box 34, Folder 12
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Correspondence includes: an invitation to join the Detroit Women Writers' Club; a letter from Cairo, Egypt from a translator of Hunter's Horn into French; a request from HSA to the Veterans' Action Committee of Syracuse, New York for information about its anticommunist activities, and a response from the Committee announcing her addition to their mailing list (subsequent mailings from the group are filed in "Clippings--Anticommunist"); very similar letters from HSA to Ford Motor Company and General Electric asking for historical information about the companies' activities in Russia during the early days of the Soviet regime; news from Keno, Burnside, and Somerset; and a reply from Sears, Roebuck and Company suggesting HSA contact Senator Joseph McCarthy's office for copies of his speeches.

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, 1953

  • Box 34, Folder 13
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Correspondence includes: a letter from J.W. Wells of Ribbon, Kentucky announcing the close-out sale of his History of Cumberland County; a reply from the Smithsonian Institution pertaining to archeological sites in the Cumberland area; several typed postcards from Lexington author and bookseller John Wilson Townsend; an exchange with the Ann Arbor Trust Company concerning a construction loan; a letter of transmittal from the Army Corps of Engineers referencing the enclosure (not present) of maps, folders, and brochures about the Cumberland; a letter from HSA to the Kerner Insurance Agency, describing an automobile accident that was certainly not her fault; news of Burnside, Kentucky from Bernice [Mitchell]; a letter from Helen Wolfert, poet and wife of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, Ira Wolfert.

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, 1954 January 2-April 11

  • Box 34, Folder 14
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Correspondence includes: an inquiring letter from HSA to Michigan Senator Charles E. Potter concerning his cooperation with Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Un-American Activities Committee; a letter from HSA's Berea English professor, E.J. Weekes, who had moved to California and "lived around the corner" from writer Ruth Suckow; an appreciative reply from Arkansas Senator J.W. Fulbright concerning HSA's endorsement of his "views about the McCarthy appropriation"; from HSA to U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell claiming she was "amazed and appalled "to hear Senator McCarthy declare the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) "subversive"; two drafts of a sharply critical letter (one ten pages and another 17 pages)to the Superintendent of Washtenaw County Schools reviewing problems HSA's children had while enrolled at the rural Hagen elementary; from HSA to Mrs. Viola Hart, seeking name of radio commentator who had remembered Hunter's Horn so HSA could send a free copy of The Dollmaker; congratulations on reviews of the new book, The Dollmaker, from back home (Bernice Mitchell, Margaret Frye, Mary Wait); information from Marcellus Frost about corn, whiskey, and mules; a reply from the Attorney General's office with an attached list of designated (i.e., subversive) organizations, which does not include the ACLU.

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, 1954 April 13-July 29

  • Box 34, Folder 15
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Correspondence includes: several thank you notes for free copies of The Dollmaker (one from the Burnside Girl Scout Council for its 10 copies); the first page of a longer letter from HSA to Marcellus Frost; a letter from HSA to Robert Penn Warren; a letter from HSA to the Chicago Tribune praising an illustration used to represent The Dollmaker; a letter from HSA declining to submit a "Drama in Real Life" story for the Reader's Digest; a letter from University of Kentucky librarian Lawrence Thompson noting the death of Kentucky author Felix Holt; a letter from HSA to Louis Wallace at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture concerning her research for the "Cumberland book"; a thank you letter from Mildred Schulze; an exchange confirming a speaking engagement in East Lansing; a letter from HSA to a University of Kentucky--and then to the National Museum--anthropologist concerning copper artifacts found in Wayne County; and exchanges with Margaret Frye and Mary Wait.

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, 1954 August 2-December 26

  • Box 34, Folder 16
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Correspondence includes: an appreciative letter from J.C. Burton of Monticello, Kentucky, owner of the copper pieces HSA has been trying to identify; news from Keno, Kentucky and Ollie [Dobbs]; a congratulatory note from fellow Macmillan author, Hilda Sidney Krech; numerous invitations to speak to local organizations; a sympathetic review of HSA's publishing troubles from Lost Generation author, Malcolm Cowley; a letter from Mildred Schulze about local response to The Dollmaker; pages of research done in the Cumberland area by HSA correspondent Margaret Frye; an offer from Keno, Kentucky to acquire mineral rights to the Arnow lands; a letter from HSA to Gerald Griffin of the Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal newspaper concerning his story about human remains found in the Cumberland area; and a letter and partial repayment from Lillian (Dobbs) Tetzloff, whom the Arnows loaned money for school in 1949.

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, 1955

  • Box 35, Folder 1
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Correspondence includes: a contract cover letter from John Jarmer in Keno, Kentucky proposing arrangements to strip-mine coal from the Arnow land there; two notes from Ollie Dobbs in Keno, Kentucky urging the Arnows to decline 10 cents a ton for their coal and to hold out for twenty-five cents a ton; exchanges with Wayne University (Detroit) concerning HSA's agreement to judge its literary awards; a note from Ollie Dobbs announcing she has, in fact, leased her own rights for twenty-five cents a ton; a letter from Louisville attorney Guy Shearer listing HSA's Wayne County ancestry among the Shearers; a letter from University of Kentucky Director of Libraries Lawrence Thompson estimating the value of her The Dollmaker manuscript at $500; from HSA to a reader, Mrs. Martin, railing against the literature establishment (the Saturday Review had given The Dollmaker a poor review); several letters offering invitations and awards; a letter from Louis Wallace (Tennessee Department of Agriculture) concerning sorghum molasses; a letter from University of Kentucky historian Thomas D. Clark concerning early explorations of the Cumberland, and another concerning the early making of corn whiskey; a response from New York theater impresario and author, Howard Otway (1922-1994); a letter from Marcellus Frost about arrangements to ship a cupboard to the Arnows; a reply from Headquarters First Army (New York, New York) saying the pamphlet, How to Spot a Communist was no longer available, and returning HSA's handwritten check for $1.00 (check is attached); an appreciative thank you note from author Shirley Ann Grau (1929- ) for HSA's praise of Grau's first published collection, The Black Prince and Other Stories; a letter from the Wisconsin State Historical Society concerning HSA's interest in the Draper Manuscript Collection and early Tennessee newspapers; a letter from the National Archives concerning HSA's request for early customs records, and another transmitting two Reference Service Reports about 18th century Army whiskey rations; a letter from Vanderbilt University historian H.L. Swint; from Margaret Frye about HSA's dues payment to the Somerset, Kentucky chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.); a letter from Mildred Schulze about Arnow being mentioned at the ALA meeting in Cleveland; and a letter from fledgling Michigan author Daniel D. Nern (1926- ).

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, 1956

  • Box 35, Folder 2
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Correspondence includes: responses to HSA's annual Christmas cards; letter from the wife of the Hartford, Kentucky postmaster to the Ann Arbor, Michigan postmaster seeking help in finding HSA; invitations to speak in Kentucky and in Michigan; news of home from Margaret Frye; advice on changing publishers from Helen Wolfert, poet and wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ira Wolfert; reactions to HSA's appearance in Woman's Home Companion; a letter from Tennessee State Library and the University of Pittsburgh Library concerning microfilming research materials; invitations to join and to speak, including an invitation to appear on Detroit public television; a letter from the Tennessee State Library (Gertrude Parsley) about 18th century land surveying methods; transmittal for maps of the Cumberland River from the Corps of Engineers; congratulatory letter from Mildred Schulze; letter from scholar and author James McConkey informing HSA of his imminent departure from Morehead State College (Morehead, Kentucky) to join the faculty of Cornell University; and a personal letter from Gertrude Parsley.

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, 1957

  • Box 35, Folder 3
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Correspondence includes: a personal letter from Louis Wallace (Tennessee Department of Agriculture); a letter from Lillian (Dobbs) Tetzloff in Oslo, Norway, sending along her last $50 repayment of the Arnows' 1949 loan for her (unfinished) college study; an offer from Theodore Casada to purchase the Arnows' Pulaski County, Kentucky farm; and notes from Vanderbilt University historian H.L. Swint to whom HSA sent part of the manuscript for Seedtime on the Cumberland for his review.

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, 1958

  • Box 35, Folder 4
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Vanderbilt University historian H.L. Swint concerning the Cumberland manuscript and delays in his reading of it; an invitation to appear at the Holland, Michigan Public Library; an apology from Michigan author Daniel D. Nern for a misunderstanding resulting in an attempt to quote HSA on the dust jacket of his new novel, Black as Night; notes from the Friends of the Detroit Public Library concerning an article HSA prepared for its quarterly journal, Among Friends; permission from the Wisconsin State Historical Society to use material from the Draper Collection; a letter from Madeline Kneberg, University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology, after reading the manuscript for Seedtime on the Cumberland; a letter from Marcellus Frost, one transmitting "two items" (not present); numerous letters throughout the year from individuals and institutions concerning permissions for materials used or consulted in the preparation of Seedtime on the Cumberland, including many of HSA's detailed and specific letters requesting same; a request from the Bourbon Institute for information about the history and folklore of whiskey; from HSA to son Tommy's teacher asking for leave to take him to the dentist; news from Ollie Dobbs in Keno, Kentucky with a request for confirmation that daughter Lillian had finished paying the Arnows; and a thank-you note from Grace M. Mayer for HSA's positive comments about Mayer's 1958 Once Upon A City: New York from 1980 to 1910.

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, 1959

  • Box 35, Folder 5
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Correspondence includes: a note from Mrs. William Cleveland lamenting the disappearance of Burnside, Kentucky (HSA's childhood home) beneath the waters of man-made Cumberland Lake; numerous letters throughout the year from individuals and institutions concerning permissions for materials used or consulted in the preparation of Seedtime on the Cumberland, including many of HSA's detailed and specific letters requesting same; from HSA to Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams complaining of his newly dug fallout shelter and his Public Service Commission's raising of telephone rates; HSA's acceptance of a request to speak in Washington, D.C. in June; news from Ollie Dobbs; from HSA to University of Kentucky Libraries Director Lawrence Thompson concerning the origins of the word bourbon; from Cratis Williams confirming HSA's intended July appearance in Boone, North Carolina and HSA's thank-you to the Williamses afterward; a warm exchange between HSA and John Wilson Townsend, Lexington, Kentucky author and bookseller; HSA's resignation from the Somerset, Kentucky Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.); and news from Mary Casada of "a mess "in the inheritance of Casada properties in Keno, Kentucky.

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, 1960 January-August

  • Box 35, Folder 6
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Correspondence includes: a note from Ollie Dobbs in Keno, Kentucky sending "the hundred dollars I owe you"; from HSA to John Leggett on "dehumanizing the humanities"; a letter from HSA to Michigan Senator Pat McNamara concerning communism and fascism, and the senator's reply to "Mrs. Arnos "[sic]; from HSA to the Internal Revenue Service concerning social security tax for a part-time cleaning woman; from Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal reporter/columnist Allan Trout sending gourd seeds and a copy of his book; from HSA to the Michigan Public Service Commission complaining about her telephone service; from HSA to Michigan Senator [Philip] Hart in response to a radio appearance of his; from HSA to Air Force Secretary Dudley C. Sharp complaining of maneuvers over Detroit; from HSA to the House Un-American Activities Committee requesting information; from Bruce Brown [Pikeville, Kentucky] sending an article on Kentucky author James Still (not attached); from the Pikeville, Kentucky public librarian saying their purchase for $32.50 from HSA correspondent John Wilson Townsend ended a ten-year search for a copy of Mountain Path; from the Ann Arbor Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy seeking support; from Mary Casada (Alpine, Kentucky) concerning flowers for the Arnow "childrens' graves" in Keno; from Gertrude Parsley at Tennesee Library and Archives with a correction for Seedtime on the Cumberland; document order form ( "Selected Government Publications Relating to Un-American Activities") returned from the U.S. Government Printing Office with a refund in the form of coupons; thank-you note from Detroit Public Library for HSA's appearance on public TV; thank-you from Edward McColgin of Detroit for HSA's visit to his ailing wife, Helen; an offer of an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Berea College (Berea, Kentucky); from Hensley C. Woodbridge, Murray State College (Murray, Kentucky) librarian and Jesse Stuart bibliographer; from HSA to Robert McCahon asking for the return of dramatic rights for Hunter's Horn; from HSA to President Dwight Eisenhower complaining of spy flights over USSR; several exchanges concerning an HSA appearance in Berea and a potential interview of her by Southern Appalachia Studies; from HSA to Carol Ludington, delegate-at-large to the 1960 Democratic national convention, urging the nomination of Adlai Stevenson for president; from Mildred Schulze announcing the publication date for Seedtime on the Cumberland; several from HSA heralding complimentary copies of Seedtime on the Cumberland to be officially published August 29; a thank-you from HSA to historian Allan Nevins, whose original, anonymous assessment for Macmillan of the Seedtime on the Cumberland manuscript had been positive; and from Indiana author Ruby Dell Baugher seeking help finding an agent for The Long Bridge; and many thank-yous for complimentary copies of Seedtime on the Cumberland.

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, 1960 September-December

  • Box 35, Folder 7
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Correspondence includes: reactions to and thank-yous for complimentary copies of Seedtime on the Cumberland; a note from Edward McColgin of Detroit announcing the death of his wife, Helen; an exchange with Georgia novelist and journalist Vinnie Williams about HSA's review of Williams' Walk Egypt; a request from the Tennessee Historical Quarterly for submission of any leftover sections cut from Seedtime on the Cumberland, with HSA's annotation: "Sent Crops, Education & Profess[ions]"; an exchange with Mary Stahlman Douglas, the Nashville Banner reviewer; several exchanges concerning a possible HSA appearance in North Carolina in 1961; from historian at Columbia University, Allan Nevins, praising HSA’s new book; HSA to a Mrs. Edwards in which HSA quotes her mother's specific description of where in Wayne County HSA was born; from HSA to a gift shop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina attempting to purchase a coffee table from there; from HSA accepting speaking engagements in Nashville, Tennessee and Greensboro, North Carolina; a note from Forsythe Junior High School concerning son Tom's performance, with HSA's response; in a reply to reader Mrs. E.H. Watson of Cookeville, Tennessee, HSA reviews the reviews of Seedtime on the Cumberland; from HSA to Cratis Williams; a scathing letter-to-the-editor from HSA concerning the Ann Arbor school bus system; from HSA to University of Kentucky librarian Lawrence Thompson changing her mind and choosing to donate the manuscript for Seedtime on the Cumberland during the 1960 tax year; and an exchange with California journalist and author Paul Jordan-Smith.

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, 1961 January-June

  • Box 36, Folder 1
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Correspondence includes: a letter from sculptor Puryear Mims asking for advice in fashioning his statue of Cumberland pioneers James Robertson and John Donelson, which now stands in Nashville's Bicentennial Park; an exchange with Georgia author Vinnie Williams; from HSA to her U.S. Senators complaining of the taxes on Harold's severance pay; from HSA to Mary Stahlman Douglas, the Nashville Banner reviewer; exchange with novelist and critic David Madden, then at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky; copy of page 1 of the February "Michigan English Teacher" announcing an April HSA appearance and featuring a photo of her, along with several later follow-ups and thank-yous for it; several responses from HSA to readers who wrote to praise the book; several concerning plans for HSA's April visit to and appearances in Knox County, Tennessee during National Library Week, including a request to publish her remarks in "The Tennessee Librarian"; HSA's copy of University of Kentucky librarian Lawrence Thompson's request to Philip Cloutier for an appraisal of the Seedtime on the Cumberland manuscript; exchanges with Greensboro, North Carolina organizers (Mattie Straughan and Clara Booth Byrd) of an HSA appearance there in October; a response from Michigan U.S. Senator Pat McNamara to HSA's suggestion that he help with the "rough deal" given to former employees of the failed Detroit Times (Harold Arnow was one); a letter from James Still; news from Cassie in Bedford, Indiana that Grandpa Denney was ill in the Somerset, Kentucky hospital; an exchange with Helen Wolfert, poet and wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ira Wolfert of New York; a thank-you for HSA's appearance at a University of Michigan journalism class; from William Alderson, editor, about HSA's article for the Tennessee Historical Quarterly; from producer/director/writer Robert McCahon relinquishing his hold on dramatic rights to Hunter's Horn; transmittal of the $100 award HSA won with "The Pioneer Framer and His Crops" for the Tennessee Historical Quarterly; and confirmation of HSA's scheduled appearance at the Wayne, Michigan Ladies Literary Club in November.

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, 1961 July-December

  • Box 36, Folder 2
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Correspondence includes: HSA answering eight questions about writing posed by a high school junior; from Mildred Schulze regarding Elizabeth’s leaving Ohio and response; from the Council of the Southern Mountains in Berea, Kentucky concerning its intent to republish Mountain Path; from HSA to Jack Jacobs, negotiating dramatic rights to Hunter's Horn; multiple letters from Albert F. Stewart, poet, Writer’s Workshop director at Morehead State College, and founding editor of Appalachian Heritage magazine, concerning HSA upcoming appearance at workshop; from HSA to Gussie Davis, following a July visit to Wayne County, Kentucky; from HSA to Albert Stewart at the Morehead, Kentucky, Writer's Workshop confirming her attendance in August; an HSA polemic addressed to The National Committee for an Effective Congress; an HSA letter to the editor questioning the survivability of fallout shelters; a note from Georgetown, Kentucky newspaperman Archie Frye (son of frequent HSA correspondent Margaret Frye) saying book dealer Philip Cloutier was advertising a copy of Mountain Path for sale, and HSA's appreciative response; an exchange with Georgia writer Vinnie Williams; from and to author Josephine Benton; from Cleveland (WERE) disc jockey Bill Randle concerning recordings made of HSA reading from The Dollmaker and Mountain Path; continuing plans for HSA's October visit to North Carolina; from Loyal Jones, Associate Executive Secretary of the Council of the Southern Mountains; from Tennessee historian Louis D. Wallace; from North Carolina professor and author Walter Spearman; a response from California U.S. Representative James Roosevelt, quoting part of his own remarks in opposition to funding the House Committee on Un-American Activities; from Caroline Arnold relating that her husband, Madisonville, Kentucky newspaperman Edgar Arnold, presented President John F. Kennedy with a copy of Seedtime on the Cumberland during a September visit; an exchange with Gene Caesar, author of the 1961 biography of Jim Bridger, King of the Mountain Men; from HSA to historian Allan Nevins on receiving a copy of his positive assessment for Macmillan of her Seedtime on the Cumberland sequel manuscript; an exchange with P.F. Ayer, Council of the Southern Mountains, concerning the contract for the reprinting of Mountain Path; from HSA to James Still, confirming that she will speak at the dedication of the James Still Room at Morehead (Kentucky) State College, but another saying she can't meet him at his home in Hindman, Kentucky beforehand; from Albert F. Stewart, Morehead (Kentucky) State College, confirming HSA's attendance at the dedication of the college library's James Still Room; follow-up from HSA's Morehead visit from Masterplots editor Dayton Kohler, and her response to him; constituent mailing about Detroit Times employee tax relief from Michigan U.S. Senator Pat McNamara; from Murray (Kentucky) State College professor and Jesse Stuart bibliographer Hensley C. Woodbridge; a congratulatory letter from HSA to William L. Shirer, for his The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich; from Elsie Ravenell, mother of Marcella Arnow's Swarthmore roommate, concerning some of Marcella's possessions (Marcella having transferred to University of Michigan), and HSA's response; HSA's account of a traffic accident, addressed to the Ann Arbor Police; from Burke Davis, author of the Revolutionary War novel, The Ragged Ones, along with HSA's reply praising that work; from HSA to President [John F.] Kennedy, chastising him for putting the welfare of Germany above his own country; a complaint to writer and Saturday Review columnist Niccolo Tucci, concerning fascism and propagandism and his lengthy response; and protests from HSA to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and the Federal Highway Administrator, prompted by a controversy over development near Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College.

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, 1962 January-June

  • Box 36, Folder 3
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Correspondence includes: part of an encouraging letter from HSA to Mary Stahlman Douglas, the Nashville Banner reviewer, as well as her reply; to and from Roy Cassell, a writer in Cadiz, Ohio; from librarian and author Dean Cadle soliciting an essay for his book on James Still and HSA's reply, declining; from the theatre program at University of Michigan concerning a possible stage production of The Dollmaker, along with HSA's reply; from historian Allan Nevins concerning impact upbringing has on authors later work; from HSA to President [John F.] Kennedy concerning militarism, another about nuclear testing, and another about Cuba; another request for the essay from Dean Cadle; a series of exchanges seeking William Randle, and requesting that he return borrowed manuscript materials; from HSA to the editor of The [Ann Arbor] News decrying the despoiling of the Ann Arbor landscape by developers and highwaymen; from HSA to Georgia author Vinnie Williams; Kentucky news from Gussie Davis, and Bonnie and Ollie Dobbs; an exchange with P.F. Ayer at the Council of the Southern Mountains over premature announcement of the reprinting of Mountain Path; a letter from HSA to Lorraine Jackson about the sixteen-volume Braille edition of The Dollmaker; from Tennessee historian and collaborator Louis Wallace telling of the death of his wife and his own imminent departure for a trip to Russia; arrangements for HSA to appear before the Kentucky Library Association in October; and exchanges with Gussie Davis in Kentucky concerning her family's move and accommodations for HSA's mother.

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, 1962 July-December

  • Box 36, Folder 4
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Correspondence includes: permissions requests (notably to Tennessee librarian Gertrude Parsley) for what is to become Flowering of the Cumberland; a request from Ish Richey, author of Kentucky Literature, (1963) for a biographical sketch to be included in that work; to Wilma Dykeman, praising The Tall Woman; a letter of praise to poet and etymologist, John Ciardi; a thank-you for HSA's contribution to the "Tom Payne for Congress Committee"; from Hensley C. Woodbridge, Murray (Kentucky) State College librarian; and from HSA to Whitesburg, Kentucky author and environmentalist Harry M. Caudill, in praise of his Atlantic magazine piece, " The Rape of the Appalachians".

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, 1963 January-September

  • Box 36, Folder 5
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Correspondence includes: letters from Georgia author, Vinnie Williams; a letter HSA wrote to Whitesburg, Kentucky author and environmentalist Harry M. Caudill, after reading pre-publication galleys of Night Comes to the Cumberlands, along with responses from Caudill and from his wife, Anne; letters from Loyal Jones, director of the Workshop on Urban Adjustment of Southern Appalachian Migrants in Berea, Kentucky concerning HSA's possible participation and the reprinting of Mountain Path; from U.S. Senator Pat McNamara, in reply to HSA's opposition to the military draft; Kentucky news from Ollie Dobbs of Keno and Elma [Ross] of Pine Knot; daughter Marcella's graduation announcement from University of Michigan; from an ailing E.J. Weekes in Claremont, California, HSA's former English professor at Berea College; from the ACLU of Michigan, in response to HSA's criticism; from HSA to Loyal Jones, declining the Berea Workshop invitation due to son Tom's heart surgery; an exchange with Mrs. Caroline Arnold of Madisonville, Kentucky; from HSA to Little, Brown and Company, publishers of Night Comes to the Cumberlands, with suggestions to promote sales of the book; from the American Friends Service Committee, concerning a visit from India's Bela Bannerjee; from HSA to Albert Stewart, concerning her possible appearance in Kentucky Writing; from Robert McCahon expressing renewed interest in film rights to Hunter's Horn; and a transmittal from Louis Cochran of Santa Monica, California, of his Raccoon John Smith.

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, 1963 October-December

  • Box 36, Folder 6
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Correspondence includes: a note from Al Stewart, Morehead (Kentucky) State College Writers' Workshop, saying HSA's short story, "The Washer Woman's Day", would be included in Kentucky Writing; from Margaret Frye of Somerset, Kentucky; congratulatory notes for the completion of Flowering of the Cumberland from Louis D. Wallace, Marcellus Frost, Cratis Williams; HSA's response to Robert McCahon concerning dramatic rights to Hunter's Horn; exchanges with Mrs. Caroline Arnold of Madisonville, Kentucky; from Nashville Banner reviewer Mary Stahlman Douglas; from Roy G. Lillard, Benton, Tennessee, county historian; thank-you notes for complimentary copies of Flowering of the Cumberland from Fran Murray, Thurman Sensing, Bernice Mitchell, John Wilson Townsend, William L. Shirer, the Detroit Public Library, the historical societies of Wisconsin, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, The Filson Club of Louisville, Kentucky, and others; a warm letter from R.L. DeWilton, recently retired from Macmillan; from Michigan Governor George Romney appointing HSA to the state's Council for the Arts; and from HSA to E.J. Weekes, HSA's former English professor at Berea College.

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, 1964

  • Box 37, Folder 1
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Correspondence includes: a proposal from Quentin D. Allen for an Appalachian newspaper, soliciting HSA's participation; from HSA to Short Way bus lines, complaining of being stranded in Toledo at night; from the president of the Junior Class at Burnside (Kentucky) High School; from Mary Stahlman Douglas, the Nashville Banner reviewer; a reply from Michigan Senator Philip A. Hart; a book order to the Council of the Southern Mountains, and thank-you from them for HSA's contribution to their addressograph fund; an invitation to speak to Eastern Michigan University's 1964 Book Fair, along with HSA's acceptance; from author Josephine Benton; to Jack Jacobs, who was pitching Hunter's Horn to filmmakers; from Albert Stewart, Writers' Workshop at Morehead (Kentucky) State College, inviting HSA to appear, and her note agreeing to do so; from Louis D. Wallace, of Nashville; from HSA to Michigan State Senator Bilbert Bursley, complaining of increased property taxes; from HSA to the Washtenaw County Road Commissioner's Office, complaining that weed killer had been sprayed on her roadside shrubs; to Ish Rickey [Ish Richey], author of Kentucky Literature (1963), concerning permission to use portions of her work; a request to the Wayne County Clerk for a copy of son Thomas Louis Arnow's birth certificate; to A.L. Hart, formerly with Macmillan and now with McGraw-Hill Book Company; an exchange with Loyal Jones at the Council of the Southern Mountains; an exchange with Caroline [Mrs. Edgar] Arnold of Madisonville, Kentucky; from HSA to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, asking for a copy of The Uniform Crime Rate Reports for the United States; to President Lyndon Johnson and to Michigan Senator Philip A. Hart, complaining of the bombing of North Vietnam, and to Oregon Senator Wayne Morse applauding his opposition to it; to the Washtenaw County Clerk and to the Sheriff, seeking to be excused from jury duty during September, the time of a planned trip to take son Tom to school in Montreal, then by ship to England to visit daughter Marcella; requests for information from historian and author F. van Wyck Mason; and three letters from aspiring author and Joliet, Illinois, prison inmate Willie C. Toler.

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, 1965

  • Box 37, Folder 2
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Correspondence includes: two letters from Joliet, Illinois prison inmate Willie C. Toler, one asking for, and another thanking HSA for, help with his (unsuccessful) parole petition; a letter from Albert Stewart; two notes from historian and author F. van Wyck Mason; an exchange with author and environmentalist Harry Caudill; a note from R.L. DeWilton; and an exchange with George M. Clark, chairman of the board of the Pioneer Bank of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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, 1966

  • Box 37, Folder 3
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Vanderbilt University historian H.L. Swint; from the Communications Workers of America confirming HSA's appearance at a dinner seminar; a letter from James Still; a proposal to establish a Harriette Simpson Arnow Collection at the University of Michigan; and a holiday note to University of Kentucky librarian Lawrence Thompson.

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, 1967

  • Box 37, Folder 4
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Correspondence includes: a letter to Garnet Walker in which HSA reminisces about the Keno experience; a thank you from University of Michigan Hospital surgeon Edgar A. Kahn for books received with a wish that HSA "continue to improve"; a printed invitation from the Cranbrook Foundation to meet poet Robert Francis and a personal reply from Francis to HSA alluding to HSA's illness; from Al Stewart about HSA’s upcoming visit; a form letter from University of Michigan Hospital confirming an August 11 admission reservation; and from Bernice [Mitchell] of Burnside sending news and asking, "Does your head feel better since the operations?"

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, 1968

  • Box 37, Folder 5
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Corrsepondence includes: a note from Jack Pickering; a letter from HSA to President Lyndon Johnson and a form-letter reply from the Department of State; personal letters from U.S. Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) following up on a Cincinnati conversation suggesting HSA write a novel "based on the population explosion", and referring to their shared concern about Vietnam; from writer Evelyn [S. Stewart] in Big Sur, California reflecting on Robert F. Kennedy's assassination; from Mary Stahlman Douglas, of the Nashville Banner; and to Cranbrook School professor Carl Wonnberger concerning activities of the Michigan Arts Council on which they both served.

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, 1969

  • Box 37, Folder 6
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Includes a form letter apparently to members of the Michigan Council to Repeal the Draft and a thank you from University of Michigan Hospital surgeon Edgar A. Kahn for HSA's participation in an interview program.

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, 1970

  • Box 37, Folder 7
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Jack Pickering; a note from Kentucky author Jesse Stuart expressing his pleasure that HSA will be Murray (Kentucky) State University in the summer; from HSA to the postmaster at Mayfield, Kentucky enlisting his aid in getting payment to chairmaker Colley Acree for chairs purchased while HSA was at Murray writers' workshop; and a thank you note from author Mary Penick Motley in reply to HSA's praise of Motley's new book ( Africa: Its Empire, Nations and People).

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, 1971

  • Box 37, Folder 8
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Correspondence includes: a letter from novelist and critic David Madden, then at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, telling of a forthcoming New York Times essay on The Dollmaker by Joyce Carol Oates and revisiting a debate between Madden and HSA that occurred previously in Pikeville, Kentucky; from Tennessee author/illustrator Jack Knox; from Jack Pickering; a follow-up from L.J. Hortin, director of Journalism at Murray (Kentucky) State University, for an appearance there by HSA; a reservation confirmation for a cottage in Nova Scotia for September; a letter from Kentucky author Jesse Stuart, pursuant to the Murray workshop and reflecting on the burdens of fame; and from Michigan professor and writer Albert Drake, pursuant to an HSA appearance at Cranbrook School.

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, 1972

  • Box 37, Folder 9
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Ralph Deitrick; from William Broughton, a student from HSA's Murray, Kentucky workshop; a printed political circular by Josephine Gomon; from L.J. Hortin of Murray (Kentucky) State University, concerning the 1972 writers' workshop; from author Aleda Renken; and from Albert Stewart enlisting HSA's support of Appalachian Heritage magazine.

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, 1973

  • Box 37, Folder 10
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Correspondence includes: a copy of a letter from Kentucky Author Jesse Stuart to L.J. Hortin of Murray (Kentucky) State University, declining to participate in the 1973 writers' workshop; a postcard from writer James Still; a letter from the Army Corps of Engineers concerning the size and depth of Kentucky's man-made Lake Cumberland; from Al Stewart concerning description of "betty wood tree"; an explanation of income apparently addressed to Social Security administrators; to Mary Stahlman Douglas.

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, 1974

  • Box 37, Folder 11
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Correspondence includes: a receipt from Skip M. Brittenham, of a California law firm; a letter from writer Jesse George Murray; from Al Stewart and Cratis Williams; from Jack Pickering; from Gertrude Parsley; from Georgia attorney and writer Milton K. Wallace; several letters with news (and memories) of Burnside from Bernice [Mitchell]; and from the Pulaski County (Kentucky) Historical Society, sending pictures of old Burnside; a holiday note from Ollie Dobbs.

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, 1975

  • Box 37, Folder 12
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Correspondence includes: news of Burnside, Kentucky, from Bernice [Mitchell]; from Glenda Hobbs, Boston College, inquiring whether HSA is interested in a writer-in-residency position; a postcard from writer James Still; from HSA granting operatic production rights to Carol Schoenhard of the Westminster College (Pennsylvania) Department of Music; from Mildred Schulze about The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution; from HSA to WJBK-TV of Southfield, Michigan, disagreeing with criticism of sex education; confirmation of HSA's appearance before the Detroit Women Writers; and a note from Margaret Wait.

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, 1976

  • Box 37, Folder 13
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Correspondence includes: news of Burnside, Kentucky from Bernice [Mitchell]; from Ross Kreamer, criticizing the Corps of Engineers; from Glenda Hobbs at Boston College, asking permission to photocopy the HSA manuscript material at the University of Kentucky Library as well as to visit Ann Arbor; a thank you from Mimi Conway, following up an oral history interview with HSA; a copy of recollections and questions about Old Burnside sent by Bernice Mitchell to her brother; and from Murray (Kentucky) writers' workshop participant Roland D. Carter.

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, 1977

  • Box 37, Folder 14
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Cora (Mrs. Marvin) Lucas of Louisville; from Fay Arnow; from the Tennessee Historical Commission concerning HSA's request for historical books; a postcard from Kentucky author James Still; from a Minneapolis junior high school librarian asking for information about Appalachian foods; from Alexis Levitin, Denison University, concerning HSA's planned appearance there; from Albert Stewart about Writers' Workshop, and with copies of pieces from a letter-writing campaign trying to save historic structures on the Cumberland Plateau; a card from Ross Kreamer asking about The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution ; from oral historian and author of Rise Gonna Rise: A Portrait of Southern Textile Workers, 1979, Mimi Conway; from HSA to George Rasmussen of Kentucky Educational TV, concerning an interview she gave as well as rights to The Dollmaker and Hunter's Horn; from Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Lee Pennington; a cover letter from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation asking for a recommendation of an unspecified candidate; reaction to Old Burnside from Bernice [Mitchell]; from Writers' Workshop participant Kathy Culbert; from former Burnside resident Robert Taylor; and from Mary [Stahlman] (Mrs. Byrd) Douglas of Nashville.

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, 1978

  • Box 37, Folder 15
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Correspondence includes: letters from Boston College instructor and HSA biographer Glenda Hobbs; from Jerry Mitchell, Bernice's brother; from Kentucky historian and editor James C. Klotter concerning an HSA review for the Historical Society's Register; from HSA to the University Press of Kentucky concerning a mixed-up book order; from Cora (Mrs. Marvin) Lucas of Louisville; from Reuben Powell of Springfield, Ohio; from Watson E. Wordsworth, concerning the Hindman Settlement School; from E. Ray Gaskin of Wartburg, Tennessee with attached poems; from Susan Williams at the Southern Appalachian Writers' Co-op; from Claire Badaracco; from Al Stewart; from Kentucky teacher and Writers' Workshop participant Kathy Culbert; an announcement of the publication of David Madden's novel, The Suicide's Wife; a card from Kentucky writer Lillie D. Chaffin requesting a submission to an anthology (eventually published as God's Plenty: Modern Kentucky Writers); and a holiday note, with printed photo card, from Kentucky writer James Still.

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, 1979

  • Box 37, Folder 16
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Correspondence includes: letters from Boston College instructor and HSA biographer Glenda Hobbs, both before and after Hobbs left Boston for Los Angeles, California; from Mary [Stahlman] (Mrs. Byrd) Douglas of Nashville; from Reuben Powell of Springfield, Ohio; from Albert Stewart, editor of Appalachian Heritage; from Bob McCahon; from Transylvania University (Lexington, Kentucky) confirming HSA's attendance at Commencement and the bestowal of an honorary Doctor of Literature upon her; and from Transylvania University President William W. Kelly, thanking HSA for her participation.

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, 1980

  • Box 37, Folder 17
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Reuben Powell of Springfield, Ohio; from Transylvania University (Lexington, Kentucky) concerning plans for a meeting of the Founders Board (HSA a member); from former librarian and collaborator Gertrude Parsley of Nashville; a postcard from writer James Still; an invitation to a meeting of the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society in Nashville, Tennessee, along with a newspaper clipping; from Nashville historian and author Sarah F. Kelley, concerning the city's historical record; from E[leanor?] Denney; from Cora Lucas of Louisville; from Elizabeth Rains Webb in Springfield, Tennessee concerning Captain John Rains' origin; from Frieda Mullins, following the Hindman Settlement School writers' workshop; from Bernice [Mitchell]; and from Opal Gaskin Smith, sister of the late E. R. Gaskin.

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, 1981

  • Box 37, Folder 18
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Correspondence includes: a letter from from Kentucky teacher and Writers' Workshop participant Kathy Culbert; a copy of a letter by David C. Smith, friend and former editor at the Detroit Free Press, pitching his book to HSA's publisher Knopf, as well as a note telling HSA of Knopf's rejection; from Mark Morrow, photographer, concerning plans for his 1985 work Images of the Southern Writer; a note from Paul Willis, director of libraries at the University of Kentucky; from Mrs. John Ricca of Bristow, Virginia; a letter and manuscript from Somerset, Kentucky, writer and Hindman workshop participant John D. Douglass; a letter from writer James Still; two letters from HSA to critic and conference director William H. Slavick concerning her appearance at the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Centenary Conference in Springfield, Kentucky; news of Keno, Kentucky, from Ollie Dobbs; a follow-up note from Roberts Conference participant Ronald Butler of Henderson, Kentucky; news of Kentucky from Burnside resident Bernice [Mitchell] and from Opal Gaskin Smith, sister of the late E. R. Gaskin; part of a note from Kentucky teacher and Writers' Workshop participant Kathy Culbert, writing to Sin, the Arnow dog; and from writer and HSA biographer Glenda Hobbs, now in Los Angeles, California.

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, 1982 January

  • Box 37, Folder 19
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Letters from students at Coral Gables High School; some are undated.

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, 1982 January-December

  • Box 38, Folder 1
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Correspondence includes: several letters from then-Ph.D. candidate Danny L. Miller (d.2008 critic, author, and chair of the Department of Literature and Language at Northern Kentucky University), concerning an interview with HSA in Ann Arbor; a report from the Library of Congress's Copyright Office showing the 1954 copyright on The Dollmaker had not, as of February, been renewed, and then a copy of the renew certificate; a proposal from East Tennessee State University for HSA to participate in a conference there; a letter from Kentucky teacher Kathy Culbert; from Al Stewart; two letters from HSA to Mr. Colley Acree of Mayfield, Kentucky covering the purchase and shipping of chairs as a gift for daughter Marcella in Brooklyn, New York; several from Michigan friends, Beatrice and Hugh Henshaw; an invitation and request for materials to be included in a special library collection at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (now known as the Dean Cadle collection), on the back of which HSA has hand-written part of a statement on her approach to writing; a birthday card and note from Detroit teacher and author Sandra P. Aldrich; a letter from Kentucky author Garry Barker, then working at the Council of Southern Mountains bookstore in Berea, Kentucky; a note from Opal Smith, sister of the late E. R. Gaskin; a letter and questionnaire from Ohio State graduate student Susan Lucarelli-Caudill, with HSA's two pages of answers; a letter from Ross Kreamer describing a Civil War-era photograph he has of Burnside; and a note from Louisville Courier-Journal reporter Shirley Williams, with an attached copy of a letter to her from Jane Fonda.

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, 1983

  • Box 38, Folder 2
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Patricia L. Hudson of Knoxville, Tennessee offering to host the Arnows if they want to come see location filming for The Dollmaker (in Sevier County, Tennessee); news of Burnside and Kentucky from Bernice Mitchell; from Loyal Jones, at Berea College's Appalachian Center; two letters from Appalshop filmmaker Herb Smith, documenting HSA's visit to Whitesburg, Kentucky; a note from Ruth Martin (Robinson) in Santa Monica, California written on the back of a photocopy of a two-and-a-half-page letter written to her by HSA in 1955; a remembrance of the funeral of Samuel J. Denny, dead in Kentucky at 98; from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln concerning her appearance there; from Marcella (Mrs. John) Ricca in Bristol, Virginia; from Knoxville writer and Hindman Workshop participant Patricia Shirley; an exchange with then-student (later professor and author) Kristina K. Groover; birthday notes from prolific children's book author, Ann Tompert, and Detroit teacher and author Sandra P. Aldrich; a note from Kathryn (Mrs. Clifton L.) Thompson relating the death of Margaret Wait in Burnside, Kentucky; a follow-up to the Hindman Settlement School's Appalachian Writers' Workshop from director Mike Mullins; letters from Kenneth Cherry, director of the University Press of Kentucky, confirming the reissue of Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland; from nephew Ben, proprietor of Hart Brothers publisher; from the Sign of the Unicorn bookstore in Danville, Kentucky concerning HSA's planned appearance there during Centre College's Kentucky Writers' Conference; and from writer Alex Kotlowitz, requesting an interview on behalf of National Public Radio.

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, 1984 January-May

  • Box 38, Folder 3
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Kentucky author Garry Barker, then working as Communications Coordinator at Morehead (Kentucky) State University's Appalachian Development Center, concerning HSA's appearances at the Hindman and Morehead writers' workshops; news from Burnside, Kentucky, from Bernice Mitchell; letters from University of Michigan professor emeritus and Arnow friend Carlton F. Wells; an invitation from the Henderson, Kentucky, Arts Council for an appearance; a request for assistance from High Point (North Carolina) College professor and bibliographer Edward J. Piacentino (apparently unanswered); from Mike Mullins concerning the Hindman Settlement School's Appalachian Writers' Workshop; a request for an interview from Wayne State University student Ann Matheson; follow-ups to HSA's appearance at Western Kentucky University for a screening of the film version of The Dollmaker, from Appalachian poet and scholar Jim Wayne Miller and from WKU President Donald Zacharias; from Carlton [F. Wells]; from Beatrice Henshaw, a copy of her letter-to-the-editor about the upcoming airing of Jane Fonda's The Dollmaker along with a copy of a newspaper article covering the death (in a residential fire) of Victor Sturm of Conway, Michigan; a request for an interview from Kristina K. Groover of Dickinson College; a follow-up from Michigan State University Professor Pauline Adams to HSA's appearance to accept an award, along with a transcript of Adams's remarks at the ceremony; and reactions to The Dollmaker airing from Marcella Ricca, Roland D. Carter, Opal Gaskin Smith, Kathy Culbert (who included photos of her cow, "Harriette"), Mildred Schulze, and novelist Jack Cady.

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, 1984 June-December

  • Box 38, Folder 4
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Appalachian writer Wilma Dykeman; notes from James Hougland and Robert Morris Dills at the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky; a follow-up to her visit with HSA from Dickinson College's Kristina Groover; a note from Amy Garza, one of HSA's students at the Hindman Settlement School Appalachian Writers' Workshop; Burnside, Kentucky news from Bernice Mitchell; copies of The Dollmaker movie reviews from former Workshop participant Jean Cogan in Cucamonga, California; from writer Alex Kotlowitz; from HSA to the American Civil Liberties Union, questioning a bill for dues; from Richard Abel concerning HSA's planned appearance at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa; from Robert Taylor, formerly of Burnside, Kentucky; and a thank you from Steve Pett of Iowa State University for HSA's appearance in Ames.

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, 1985 January-June

  • Box 38, Folder 5
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Correspondence includes: Kentucky news from Ollie Dobbs and Bernice Mitchell; from Kentucky author Garry Barker, then Communications Coordinator at Kentucky's Morehead State University's Appalachian Development Center concerning HSA's appearance at the Morehead writers' workshop in June; condolences on Harold's death from Henry Scripps Booth (Cranbrook Foundation), Robert Taylor, Willis Weatherford, Beatrice and Hugh Henshaw, Albert Stewart, Ollie Dobbs, Kristina K. Groover, and many others; a Sustaining Membership card to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, courtesy of daughter Marcella; an inquiry from Alice Lloyd College (Pippa Passes, Kentucky) history professor Charles E. Martin about a "modified form of phonetic transcription "supposedly devised by HSA; and from HSA to the University of Washington, confirming her later appearance there.

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, 1985 July-December

  • Box 38, Folder 6
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Correspondence includes: a letter from HSA biographer Sandra Ballard; from HSA to Garry Barker, Communications Coordinator at Morehead (Kentucky) State University's Appalachian Development Center, concerning expenses for HSA's appearance; condolence letters from Al Stewart; an exchange with Ollie Dobbs of Burnside, thanking her for attending the Somerset service for Harold; from HSA to University of Washington, following her appearance there; from HSA to Mike Mullins at the Hindman Settlement School confirming her plan to come to the Appalachian Writers' Workshop despite husband Harold's death; an invitation to an August lunch at the Boone Tavern in Berea, Kentucky from Berea President John B. Stephenson; from Beatrice Henshaw; from editor and friend David Smith, agreeing to purchase HSA's 1983 Ford Aries car; from Bernice Mitchell to HSA, apparently hospitalized in Lexington, Kentucky; from David Smith concerning the automobile sale and referencing HSA's "bout with pneumonia"; a letter from University of Kentucky Libraries' Anne Campbell, with a newspaper clipping about HSA's Lexington hospitalization; and exchanges with Hindman Settlement School director Mike Mullins, concerning HSA's illness, its effect on the workshop, and the bill for the ambulance.

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, 1986

  • Box 38, Folder 7
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Correspondence includes: a letter from Jim and Sue Galbraith; a postcard from Beatrice and Hugh [Henshaw]; a postcad from Kentucky writer James Still; several letters from Beatrice [Henshaw]; a letter from Hindman Settlement School director Mike Mullins, in anticipation of HSA's appearance at the 1986 Appalachian Writers Workshop; and a March 24 sympathy card addressed to "Mr. Arnow and Family" on the death of Mrs. Arnow from the former director of the Murray (Kentucky) State University journalism department.

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, undated

  • Box 38, Folder 8
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, undated

  • Box 38, Folder 9
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, undated

  • Box 38, Folder 10
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, undated

  • Box 39, Folder 1
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Fragments

  • Box 39, Folder 2
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Fragile Originals, 1949-1985

, 1949-1955

  • Box 40, Item 1
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, 1958

  • Box 40, Item 2-3
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, 1959

  • Box 40, Item 4-5
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, 1960

  • Box 40, Item 6-9
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, 1961

  • Box 40, Item 10-14
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, 1962

  • Box 40, Item 15-19
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, 1963

  • Box 40, Item 20-21
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, 1964

  • Box 40, Item 22-23
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, 1965-1985

  • Box 40, Item 24
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, undated

  • Box 40, Item 25-26
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Bickhoff and Gomon Correspondence, 1955-1985

Michael Bickhoff, 1957-1985

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Harriette Arnow and Michael Bickhoff were pen pals. Aside from letters, the pair sent one another gifts, including stamps, sea shells, maps, and a boomerang. Their correspondence began in 1957 when Bickhoff wrote a short letter (see August 12, 1957 letter) to Arnow saying he enjoyed reading the condensed version of her book in Reader’s Digest and hoped to read more of her work in the future. Bickhoff is a cowboy and groom who worked in various places during the course of the correspondence. Letters are conversational but formal. Most of the early letters discuss farming, gardening, and the weather. Later letters discuss family events, politics, the Vietnam War, and other major world events. Includes newspaper articles, discussion of sheep, animal diseases, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Cuban crisis, doctors, Apollo 13, Richard Nixon, Watergate, Labour Government, Cambodia, Aborigines, Angola, Ronald Reagan, 1984 Olympics, AIDS, rising costs, and whether the Arnows want to continue country life.

, 1957 August 12-1969 December 9

  • Box 41, Folder 1
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, 1970 January 9- 1975 December 8

  • Box 41, Folder 2
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, 1976 February 20-1979 December 17

  • Box 41, Folder 3
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, 1980 January 7-circa 1983 December

  • Box 41, Folder 4
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, 1984 January 16-1985 November 16, undated

  • Box 41, Folder 5
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 41, Folder 6
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Includes newspaper articles, blank postcards, and event programs.

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Josephine Gomon, 1955-1977

Scope and Contents note

Josephine Gomon was the Executive Secretary to Detroit Mayor Frank Murphy from 1930-1933. She also served as Chairwoman of Mayor’s Unemployment Committee, Director of Detroit Housing Commission, Director of Women’s Personnel at Willow Run Bomber Plant during World War II, and Director of Detroit Atheist Society. Gomon was a founding member of Planned Parenthood and both national and Detroit chapters of the ACLU. While there is no evidence from the letters as to how their friendship began, it is likely Arnow and Josephine met while working at the Willow Run Bomber Plant. The Arnows and Gomon lived relatively close to one another, and Marcella Arnow seems to be a frequent visitor to Gomon’s apartment.

Josephine Gomon to Harriette Arnow, 1955 September 26-1969 December 18, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 1
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Includes religious debates (especially Catholicism), immediate family, trips, housing, both women’s writing and poetry, deteriorating health, Frank Murphy, presidents, other officials (including McCarthy and Romney), Jacqueline Kennedy’s trip to India, Willow Run, The Dollmaker, vacations, ACLU activities, the press, and family stories earlier in their lives.

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Josephine Gomon to Harold Arnow, 1962 June 15-1963 January, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 2
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Includes family updates, Peach demonstrations, Greek politics, George Edwards, Henry Sedmak, ACLU, health, weather, Kennedy and Johnson (both of whom Gomon comes to dislike) Vietnam, and Wayne State.

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Josephine Gomon to Harriette and Harold Arnow, 1966 April 9-1968 June 17

  • Box 42, Folder 3
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Josephine Gomon to Marcella Arnow, 1967 March 2, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 4
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Josephine Gomon to Kids, 1963 March 3-1972 February 28, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 5
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"Kids "appears to be a term used to by Josephine Gomon when writing to various, multiple members of the Arnow family. Part of the reasoning behind this conclusion is that Josephine signs the letters alternately using "Gram", "Mom", "Mother", and "Jo". Josephine writes mostly about family events and matters, including how her children and grandchildren are doing. Includes discussions on Vietnam, McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Wayne State University, ACLU, Dissenting Democrats, Paris Peace Negotiations, and Nasser’s death.

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Josephine Goman to Kids, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 6
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Josephine Gomon to Presidents, Statesmen, and other public officials, 1963 April 22-1971 March 22, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 7
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Josephine Gomon is mostly writing in protest of something, like funding private schools with public monies, Vietnam War, treatment of Vietnamese, and racial inequality. Mentions: China, Chiang Kai-Shek, foreign policy, Catholics, Abe Fortas, Commission on Children and Youth, Henry Ford, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and Romney.

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Josephine Gomon to Newspapers and Newpaper employees, 1963 November 5-1968 September 27, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 8
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Mostly editorial in nature. Includes discussion of the "welfare state", tax cuts, living wages, de Gaulle, China, separation of church and state, communism, Eugene McCarthy, "women for peace", Catholics, fall-out shelters, John Birch Society, Arthur Holmes, federal aid to private schools, judicial criticism, ACLU, and Vietnam.

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Josephine Gomon to Christopher (Gomon’s granddaughter), undated

  • Box 42, Folder 9
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Includes discussion of Chris’s birth, family events, Democratic Party, integrated bussing, and Josephine’s health.

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Josephine Gomon to Bill and Olga (Josephine’s son and daughter-in-law), 1963 November 22-1967 December 29, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 10
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Bill and Olga reside in Florida for the bulk of the correspondence. The correspondence is mostly about past or contemporary personal events. Includes discussion of John F. Kennedy's assassination, Vietnam, CIA, Wayne State University, James Thurber, ACLU, Giffels suit, Josephine’s health, family events, Frank Murphy, prison changes, Goddard School, Bill of Rights, and the Peace March.

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Josephine Gomon to Bobbie Lou, Jeanne, and Jimmie (Gomon’s relatives), 1966 July 27-1977 March 26, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 11
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Includes discussion of Gomon’s trip to Australia, family events, Harriette Arnow, Press Club, Wayne State University, and Frank Murphy biography.

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Josephine Gomon to Miscellaneous People, circa 1962 October-1963 June 12, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 12
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Includes discussion of drug trial laws, John F. Kennedy, editorial discretion, ADA, Gomon’s housing complex, Howard Gomon (Josephine’s son killed in WWII), Flowering of the Cumberland, China, politics, Vietnam, Leonard Lanson Cline, Murphy book, Wayne State University, Cardinal Spellman, Lyndon Johnson, Federal Aid to Education Bill, Americans in Chinese business, friends with money, John Boyne, and family events.

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Miscellaneous Clippings and Pamphlets, 1960 September 30-1972 May 21, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 13
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Fragments, undated

  • Box 42, Folder 14
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Reader’s Mail, 1934-1964

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Arnow received a number of letters from fans and critics, even before the publication of her first novel, Mountain Path. While the majority of letters only comment on Arnow’s works, some letters include requests for autographs and inquiries for sources of genealogical information from the nonfiction pieces (particularly Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland). Some of the inquiries regarding genealogical or other historical information are detailed and specific; no notice is given as to whether or not Arnow personally responded to the research questions.

, 1934 July 9-1946 May 20

  • Box 43, Folder 1
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, 1949 January 17-December 27

  • Box 43, Folder 2
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, 1950 January 6-1953 November 24

  • Box 43, Folder 3
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, 1954 March 23-December 14

  • Box 43, Folder 4
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, 1955 January 10-December 26

  • Box 43, Folder 5
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, 1956 January 6-April 24

  • Box 43, Folder 6
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, 1957 February 5-June 9

  • Box 43, Folder 7
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, 1958 February 10-July 6

  • Box 43, Folder 8
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, 1959 January 3-December 10

  • Box 43, Folder 9
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, 1960 June 22-December 20

  • Box 43, Folder 10
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, 1961 January 9-November 28

  • Box 43, Folder 11
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, 1962 January 23-December 8

  • Box 43, Folder 12
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, 1963 January 7-December 11

  • Box 43, Folder 13
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, 1964 January 6-October 14

  • Box 43, Folder 14
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, undated

  • Box 43, Folder 15
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Creative Works

  • Box 44-103

Novels

Belle

  • Box 44-48
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Unpublished; Belle is a Civil War novel Arnow worked on toward the end of her career. Like its unpublished counterpart, To You No Place, Belle is a decidedly unfinished work with physical evidence of heavy reworking and large gaps in the narrative. Unlike To You No Place, though, we lack a complete, coherent set of manuscripts to help us gauge Arnow's creative process. As a result, Belle's method of composition and ultimate direction are not self-evident. While notebooks, pieces of drafts and a working version exist for Belle, none of these are complete in the conventional sense; the reader is left to work through the gaps in the collection and accept that Belle was left a work-in-progress at the time of Arnow's death.

Notebooks, 1976-1978, 1982, 1984, undated

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Following HSA's standard compositional procedure, Belle began as a series of notebooks, in which HSA would write, in longhand, entire episodes. In the margins or end pages of these notebooks she would often list or revise characters' names, make note of historical references or books to look up, or make personal notes and reminders. Though numerous, these notebooks do not reflect the whole of the Belle typescript, nor do they have much correspondence with the typescript. Only about one-third of the Belle typescript can be traced back to the notebooks in this collection and only then in significantly altered form. Whether HSA changed her method and composed on a typewriter, whether notebooks have been destroyed or misplaced or whether other notebooks exist is unknown. In any case, the notebooks in this collection have no continuity between them and serve mainly to represent the embryonic stages of the novel. The notebooks arranged here are in three categories: Very Early drafts, Early drafts and Later drafts (these distinctions were not made by HSA herself). The Very Early drafts are those that have only the vaguest resemblance to the typescript; sometimes the mention of the Civil War is the only indication we have that these drafts are related to the larger work. Early notebooks are closer to the typescript but differ in major respects. The biggest hint as to the relative date of the Early and Later notebook are the characters' names. "Victoria", "Jean Paul", "Dave", and "Akhim "in the Later draft and most typescript drafts were "Beulah", "Dave", "Dwight" and "Achen "in the Early notebooks and the earliest typescript drafts. To avoid confusion, one should make note of the two different characters alternately named "Dave". In the early stages of the manuscript HSA apparently had not arrived at names for some of her minor characters; they are either dubbed "Name" or signified by two dashes.

Earlier Belle Notebooks, 1976, undated

Notebook, about 160 pages, undated

  • Box 44, Folder 1
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Belle character named "Phoebe", "Jean Paul" character named "Dave".

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Notebook, 202 pages, 1976 May 11

  • Box 44, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Page 115 dated May 11, 1976, with fragment of personal diary.

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Early Belle Notebooks, 1977-1978, 1982

Notebooks, totaling 200 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 3
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Page 98 of first notebook flows into page 17 of second notebook. Page 13 of first notebook corresponds to typescript fragment dated May 23, 1977 in Box 4, Folder 16. Pages 1-12 of the first notebook and p. 9-16 of the second notebook have been removed and placed with materials from Old Burnside (Box 108, Folder 1). Pages 1-8 of the second notebook have been removed and placed with Notebooks and fragments, personal notes (Box 126, Folder 13).

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Notebook fragment, 4 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 4
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Rough correspondence to Chapter IV.

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Notebook fragment, 18 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Rough correspondence to Chapter VIII.

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Notebook, 323 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 6
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Rough correspondence in part to Chapter X. Page 270 dated December 27, 1977.

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Notebook, 75 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 7
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Page 39 dated Sunday February 8 1978 and page 41 dated February 12, both containing fragments of personal diary. Photocopy of last page of notebook in Box 44, Folder 6, flows into this notebook.

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Notebook, 156 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 8
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Inside cover has notes on Civil War household goods and clothing. Early pages roughly correspond to Chapters XVIII, XIX and XXI. Pages 142-145 titled "Christmas" has rough correspondence to Chapter X.

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Notebook, 200 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 9
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Page 1 dated Sunday April 16th, p. 41 dated Saturday April 22nd and p.154 dated July 10, 1978, all containing fragments of personal diary. Writing continues onto both sides of the back cover. Rough correspondence to Chapters XIII and XIV.

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Notebook, 102 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Chapter XIV.

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Notebook fragment (photocopy), 10 pages

  • Box 44, Folder 11
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Page 63 dated Sunday morning May 16, 1978, containing fragment of personal diary. Original notebook from which these photocopies were made is in Notebooks, Fiction (Box 125, Folder 2).

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Notebook, 50 large index cards, with two pages of notes at beginning

  • Box 44, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Chapter XXIII.

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Notebook, 92 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Chapter XIV (Continuation of notebook in Box 1, Folder 9). Back cover contains personal notes.

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Notebook, 24 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Chapter XXV.

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Notebook, 272 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 3
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Bottom half of p. 7 is missing, Belle draft is on p. 1-7, 11-20, 53-59, 61-272. Page 7A-8, notes about libraries, p. 21-52 personal family history unrelated to Belle. Rough correspondence to Chapter XXVII of Belle, starting around p. 97. Page 194 dated October 8, 1982.

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Later Belle Notebooks, 1984

Notebook, 77 pages. Titled "Chapter XI".

  • Box 45, Folder 4
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Roughly corresponds to Chapter IV. Includes unrelated page that was at end of notebook after many blank pages; correspondence unknown.

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Notebook, 135 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Rough correspondence to Chapters XXI and XXII.

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Notebook, 75 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes used in a writing workshop, interspersed with Belle text. Rough correspondence with Chapter XIII.

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Notebook, 117 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 7
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Pages 1-50 have rough correspondence with Chapter XXVII (end). Page 99 contains personal notes, p. 115 contains fragment from personal diary dated Friday, March 30, 1984. Page 117 is a listing of Belle character names.

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Notebook, 47 pages

  • Box 45, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Pages 1-256 of the same notebook have been removed and placed in Notebooks, Fiction (Box 125, Folder 1).

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Two fragments of manuscript, one on reverse of envelope, one with explanatory note and transcription by Marcella Arnow.

  • Box 45, Folder 9
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Typescript Drafts

Scope and Contents note

The condition of the drafts and cut-and-paste sections of Belle is much like that of the notebooks. What is represented here is incomplete and far from polished. As noted before, it is conceivable (likely, perhaps) that an intermediate typescript draft exists that was either lost, destroyed, not donated to Special Collections, or parceled out by HSA in cut-and-paste versions. The reader is left to deal with surviving fragments that suggest, rather than make evident, HSA's intentions. Like the notebooks, typescript drafts are categorized by Special Collections into Earlier, Early and Later Drafts. This categorization is done for the sake of convenience; the reader is cautioned, however, that: 1) each category probably contains the remainder of several drafts, given the fact that HSA did not revise the entire work (or an entire chapter) every time she made revisions, but wrote and edited in sections. The large gaps between sections make subcategorizing impossible; 2) HSA made numerous, heavy revisions to some episodes, while some episodes appear largely unchanged from the initial typescript. For this reason, there may be three "Later" versions of one episode or chapter and only one of the next chapter; and 3) The distinction between Early and Later Drafts is an arbitrary one made for the sake of this collection. The dividing line is the point in which the "Beulah" and "Dave" characters of the notebooks have their names changed to "Victoria" and "Dave", respectively. This change not only occurs at a convenient midway point in the novel's composition, but also signals a shift in tone and direction that is reflected in the Typescript Version.

Belle Typescript Drafts and Fragments

Scope and Contents note

The following sections are typescripts that reflect the early stages of Belle's composition both in characterization and direction. HSA's own edits, both typed and handwritten, emphasize that these are working drafts.

Typescript drafts and fragments

  • Box 45, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Pages 37-53, titled "Chapter Following Achen", includes fragment of personal diary, lightly edited; early draft.

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Typescript drafts and fragments

  • Box 45, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Pages 65-66, 70, 85-86, 89, titled "This and that; a mixture of events during 1861, '62", lightly edited.

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Typescript drafts and fragments

  • Box 45, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Pages 110 and 112, titled "Christmas", probably related to draft in Folder 2, heavily edited on p. 112.

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Typescript drafts and fragments

  • Box 45, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Page 84, "Springpole" character of Later draft named "Turniptop" in this draft. Roughly corresponds to p. 104-105 in Chapter IV of Typescript Version, moderately edited. Pages 91-94, plus one attached, handwritten page, titled "IV Still School with Zion and Turniptop", probably related to p. 84, above. Roughly corresponds to p. 110-112 in Chapter IV of Typescript Version, moderately edited.

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Typescript drafts and fragments

  • Box 45, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Pages 227, 229-230, 233, lightly edited

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Typescript Fragments

Scope and Contents note

The following are noncontinuous typescript fragments from the Earlier and Early Drafts. While these fragments may have similarity in passing to sections of the Later draft or the Typescript Version, they mostly represent rejected plot developments or episodes later superseded by the Later draft. There is no correspondence between the numbering of these drafts and the numbering in the Typescript Version; in the case of a page that HSA renumbered by hand, the later, handwritten page number is referred to below. Because these fragments are brief and provide few clues as to their interrelation, they have all been arranged in numerical order. It should be stressed that these fragments do not come from the same drafts but are the only surviving remains of heavy authorial revision.

Earlier Draft Typescript Fragments

  • Box 45, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Page 6, titled "Jean Paul", "Belle" character is named "Phoebe" and "Jean Paul" character is named "Dave".

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Early Draft Typescript Fragments, 1977

  • Box 45, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Page 1, titled "Chapter", moderately edited; p.1-4 and 13, dated May 23, 1977 and titled "Visit of Keziah and her mother or grandmother", moderately edited; p. 4, titled "Nameless"; p. 13, "Barstow "character is named "Arthur"; p. 20, titled "Hominy"; p. 21, titled "Achen"; p. 25, titled "Ms.", heavily edited; p. 98, titled "IV", moderately edited; p. 120, titled "Jean Paul Gaudais", probably from a draft of Chapter V; p.127, lightly edited; p. 129, titled "Feeding the Tenants", probably from same draft as p. 127 above; p.140; p. 142, marked "End of Chapter IV", probably from same draft as p. 140 above; p. 144, with unmarked, handwritten page; p. 149, lightly edited; p.157, lightly edited; p.162, moderately edited; p.176 and 177, titled "Chapter -- Andrew brings three wounded soldiers and letters", lightly edited with authorial note to change a line in line 12 of p. 177; p.183, titled "Chapter -- The Evil Man Comes", lightly edited; p. 256, titled "Chapter -- Another soldier is brought not wounded but sick to his death"; p. 449, titled "Chapter XII or XIII", second paragraph has some correspondence with p. 436 in Typescript Version, heavily edited, early draft; p. 543, with list of names on reverse; three unnumbered fragments, no interrelation to one another, lightly edited, early draft; and three handwritten fragments (one unnumbered page, one numbered p. 5 and one numbered p. 10), no known interrelation.

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Later Draft - Typescript Variants I

Scope and Contents note

The following variants come from the Later draft; some sections may have been cuts from the Typescript Version. Correspondence to the Typescript Version, when known, is listed below.

Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Pages 57-58, with alternate p. 58, probably a variant of p. 57-58.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Page 103, corresponds to p. 112-113.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Page 116, probably a variant of p. 116 of Chapter V.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Page one unnumbered page, first page corresponds to p. 128, second paragraph corresponds to p. 132; p. 129-130, corresponds to p. 128-131; p. 139, corresponds to p. 139-140.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Pages 142-144 and 148, with writing on reverse, corresponds to p. 142-146; moderately edited.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Pages 150-153, includes fragment of personal diary, corresponds roughly to events in Chapter VIII, heavily edited.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Pages 197-200, corresponds roughly to events in Chapter IX.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Page 344, probably a variant of p. 344; p. 348, probably a variant of p. 348.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Page 584, probably a variant of p. 548.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 26
Scope and Contents note

Pages 749-750, probably a variant of p. 749-750, moderately edited.

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Typescript Variants I

  • Box 45, Folder 27
Scope and Contents note

Pages 1-2, titled "Chapter XVI". There is no Chapter XIV in the Typescript Version. No correspondence to any other chapter; heavily edited.

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Later Draft - Typescript Variants II

Scope and Contents note

This series of Later typescript variants differ from those in Box 45, Folders 17-27 in that they are lengthy, often complete episodes that do not strictly correspond to the Typescript Version. When a correspondence can be inferred, it is noted below. The lack of page numbering and presence of alternate beginnings in some cases suggests that these were run-throughs of pivotal episodes.

Typescript Variants II

  • Box 45, Folder 28
Scope and Contents note

Ten unnumbered pages, with four pages of alternate beginnings. No link between any of the four beginnings and the fifth page or any link between the seventh and eighth page. Some correspondence to p. 97-98 in Chapter III; lightly edited, with margin notes by HSA regarding edits.

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Typescript Variants II

  • Box 45, Folder 29
Scope and Contents note

Thirteen unnumbered pages, titled "Jean Paul's visit". Last page probably follows p. 127 in Typescript Version. Some correspondence with Chapter V; moderately edited.

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Typescript Variants II

  • Box 45, Folder 30
Scope and Contents note

Seventeen unnumbered pages. Some correspondence to Chapter VI; moderately edited.

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Later Draft - Typescript Draft

Scope and Contents note

These sections are the largest sections of the typed Later draft, sometimes encompassing entire chapters. Several subsections are cut-and-paste, which HSA incorporated into the typescript. This method led to many renumberings; when a typed number and a later, handwritten number appear, the handwritten number is indicated below.

Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Page 93, corresponds to p. 93 in Typescript Version; p. 99-100, corresponds to p. 99-100 in Typescript Version; p. 1, corresponds to p. 102 in Typescript Version.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Pages 6-7 corresponds to p. 106-108 in Typescript Version; p. 95 corresponds to p. 108 in Typescript Version; markings in black pen by Marcella Arnow; two unnumbered pages, correspond to p. 111 in Typescript Version.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Page 12, corresponds to p. 112-113 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; one page of handwritten inserts; p. 14 corresponds to p. 114-115 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 14 corresponds to p. 115 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; two unnumbered pages of typed inserts correspond to p. 115-116 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 16 corresponds to p. 116-117 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 18 corresponds to p. 118-119 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 21 corresponds to p. 122-123 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version. Heavily edited with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Page 23 corresponds to p. 124-125 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 24 corresponds to p. 125-126 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version. Fragment from Chapter II on reverse; p. 26-27 corresponds to p. 127-129 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 29-30, with one unnumbered page of inserts, corresponds to p. 130-132 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version; p. 36-37, with one unnumbered page of inserts, corresponds to p. 138-140 of Chapter IV in Typescript Version.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Pages 338-341 and 344-351, correspond to p. 338-350 in Typescript Version. Gap in numbering due to incomplete renumbering.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Pages 1-24, corresponds to p. 536-579 in Typescript Version. Heavily edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Pages 2-24 corresponds to p. 582-603 in Typescript Version. Heavily edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Pages 601-604 corresponds to 601-604 in Typescript Version. Lightly edited on p. 601.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Pages 3-41 with several unnumbered inserts, corresponds to p. 623-656 in Typescript Version.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Page 676, corresponds to p. 676 in Typescript Version; p. 695 corresponds to p. 695 in Typescript Version. Moderately edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Pages 6-26, corresponds to p. 695-713 in Typescript Version. Heavily edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Pages 700-717 corresponds to p. 695-712 in Typescript Version; retyped copy of corrections made in Folder 10; p. 719, with two unnumbered handwritten pages, corresponds to p. 713-714 in Typescript Version.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Pages 700-733, with typed fragments on reverse of p. 709, 720, 728 and 732; fragment on reverse of p. 720 indicates that this is written post-1983; two alternates of p. 731, corresponds to p. 695-729 of Typescript Version; p. 739-740, with typed fragment on reverse of p. 740, corresponds to p. 732-735 in Typescript Version. Heavily edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Pages 17-38, with one unnumbered typed fragment, corresponds to p. 750-773 in Typescript Version. Heavily edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Pages 782-783, corresponds to p. 782-783 in Typescript Version. Moderately edited.

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Later Draft

  • Box 46, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Pages 2-8, with one unnumbered typed fragment, corresponds to p. 801-808 in Typescript Version, heavily edited; p. 12, with unnumbered fragment on reverse, corresponds to p. 866-867 (end) in Typescript Version, heavily edited, with cut-and-paste sections.

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Typescript Version

Scope and Contents note

Apart from a brief section published in Adena (Spring 1980) issue, this Typescript Version is the closest we have to a realization of Belle and the only draft with a beginning, middle and end. No conclusion can be made as to whether this typescript reflected HSA's final intentions or was ready to be offered in whole to a publisher. Judging solely from a textual standpoint -- taking into consideration the numerous editorial marks, page misnumberings, chapter misnumberings or omissions and several loose pages -- this does not appear to be a finished work. To present a legible version, original carbons co-mingle with photocopies. Rather than correct obvious mistakes in page and chapter numberings through renumbering, such discrepancies are noted below for the reader's information. In chapter numbering, HSA mixed Roman and Arabic numerals. For the sake of consistency with the final typescript, Roman numerals have been adopted in the following inventory. It appears that Belle never underwent editing beyond the expected authorial revision. However, it appears that HSA's daughter Marcella attempted to work on the Typescript Version after her mother's death. This attempt can result in some confusion. In Chapter IX, for instance, there is a glut of corrections made in pen using signs (such as question marks) that HSA never used in revising her own work. We have no indication that HSA dictated these changes nor would they seem to follow any editorial rationale. In addition, Marcella Arnow photocopied pages of the typescript. In the process, she wrote OBS (short for obsolete) in pen on pages she believed were merely carbons, superfluous to the Typescript Version. Unfortunately, several of those pages were not carbons but pages that filled gaps in the typescript. Several other marked pages were far clearer than the photocopies, necessitating their use in the Typescript Draft or Typescript Version boxes. Simply put, the reader should not misinterpret OBS as a directive or note by HSA.

Chapters I and II, p. 1-67

  • Box 47, Folder 1
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Chapters III and IV, p. 68-140

  • Box 47, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Writing in blue ink in Chapter IV by Marcella Arnow. Pages 73 through 75A and 93 through 95A probably later inserts.

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Chapters V and VI, p. 108-156

  • Box 47, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Writing in blue ink in Chapter V by Marcella Arnow. Note discrepancy in page numbering between Chapters IV and V. Three different pages numbered 138, all out of context to varying degrees. Page 144 has an extra line at the bottom of the page that seems out of context.

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Chapters VII and VIII, p. 157-194

  • Box 47, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Fragment of alternate beginning on reverse of p. 157. Chapter VII is entirely original carbons. Chapter VII is mostly original carbons, with exception to p. 184, 195, and 192.

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Chapters IX and X, p. 195-280

  • Box 47, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corrections in black pen in Chapter IX by Marcella Arnow. Two variant p. 279.

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Chapters XI and XII, p. 281-336

  • Box 47, Folder 6
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Chapters XIII and XIV, p. 337-401

  • Box 47, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Two variant p. 384.

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Chapter XV, p. 402-459

  • Box 47, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Two variant p. 436. There is no Chapter XVI; consistent page numbering suggests this is the result of misnumbering, rather than omission.

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Chapters XVII and XVIII, p. 460-521

  • Box 47, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Missing p. 489; context suggests this is the result of misnumbering, rather than omission.

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Chapters XX and XXI, p. 522-580

  • Box 47, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

There is no Chapter XIX; consistent page numbering suggests this is the result of misnumbering, rather than omission. Includes typed note at the end of Chapter XX in regard to corrections; probably made by HSA.

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Chapters XXII and XXIII, p. 581-656, includes p. 585A and 606A

  • Box 47, Folder 11
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Chapters XXIV and XXV, p. 657-735

  • Box 48, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

There is no p. 682; context suggests that this is the result of misnumbering, rather than omission.

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Chapters XXVI and XXVII, p. 736-799

  • Box 48, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Two alternate p. 754As, one lightly edited.

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Chapter XXVIII, p. 800-867 (end)

  • Box 48, Folder 3
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"Interruptions to School at Home" by Harriette Simpson Arnow, Adena, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 1980) p. 40-55., Spring 1980

  • Box 48, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Photograph of HSA and James Still on p. 17. This excerpt from Belle is probably an earlier version of Chapter IV in the Typescript Version.

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Between the Flowers

  • Box 49-50
Scope and Contents note

Arnow sent the third draft of this work to her publisher Harold Strauss at Covici-Friede circa September 1936 according to correspondence, making it her second known novel; however, Between the Flowers was not published until 1999 through the work of editor Frederic Svoboda. The typescripts are undated, but correspondence with Harold Strauss suggests that she sent the drafts for editing in late 1936 and early 1937. Arnow almost discontinued work on the novel after frustrations with criticisms from Mr. Strauss according to a letter dated circa early August 1937 (Box 30, Folder 1). In October 1938, Mr. Strauss left Covici-Friede and forwarded Between the Flowers to Alfred Knopf, for whom later Mr. Strauss would work and HSA would publish. In December 1938 (Box 30, Folder 1), Mr. Strauss wrote to Arnow, informing her that Mr. Knopf had declined to publish Between the Flowers. One of Arnow’s friends offered to publish the novel through his small, independent publishing company (Box 30, Folder 1); Mr. Strauss requested that she avoid this route, and he continued to send her manuscript to several publishers over the next few years, to no avail.

Early Draft

Scope and Contents note

This is the original, partial typescript as submitted to Harold Strauss according to correspondence circa September 1939 (Box 30, Folder 1). The pages are ordered exactly as they were found in the original folder kept by HSA. On the backs of the pages are hand-written notes regarding Between the Flowers, but it is difficult to tell if it is a new draft.

Chapters I and II

  • Box 49, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 39-76 with handwritten notes on back. Also includes page one of the introductory letter to Mr. Strauss.

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Chapters III and IV

  • Box 49, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 39-76 with handwritten notes on back. Page 67 is misnumbered as p. 77.

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Chapters V and VI

  • Box 49, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 77-125 with handwritten notes on back.

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Introductory letter to Harold Strauss

  • Box 49, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes a nine-page letter with handwritten notes on back (plus one page of handwritten notes). The letter explains her vision for the novel. Pages 5-7 are missing. Mr. Strauss mentions in a letter dated October 20, 1936 (Box 30, Folder 1) that he never received these pages, so it is likely that HSA did not include them in her submission packet.

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Readers’ Reports

  • Box 49, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

The readers’ reports do not refer to the shorter draft in the collection, the partial draft sent to Mr. Strauss in late 1936. In the earlier, shorter draft, HSA refers to the male lead character as "Wash", yet the readers’ reports refer to "Marsh", a change noted in the longer draft of this collection. However, the reports do not refer to the longer, later draft, either; the page references do not match with the longer draft of this collection. It is unclear how many intermediary drafts HSA undertook, so it is impossible to determine which of those drafts the readers’ reports reference. Letters to and from Mr. Strauss, dated October 1937 (Box 30, Folder 1), mention the readers’ reports.

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Later Draft

Scope and Contents note

This draft is a full-length typescript, as opposed to the partial, earlier draft. The typescript is split into two parts: Part I (Chapters I-XV) and Part II (Chapters XVI-XXVIII). The 1999 published version closely follows the typescript, except for some work on the ending.

Chapters I-V

  • Box 49, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes p.1-79.

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Chapters V-X

  • Box 49, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 80-158.

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Chapters XI-XV

  • Box 49, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes p.159-225.

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Chapters XVI-XX

  • Box 49, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 226-319, 241A. Missing p. 290. Duplicate p. 316. Although there is no p.320, it is unclear if the last page of Chapter XX is missing or if it was skipped due to misnumbering of Chapter XXI.

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Chapters XXI-XXV

  • Box 49, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes p.321-410, 363A, 377A, and 377B.

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Chapters XVI-XVIII

  • Box 49, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 411-470 (end).

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Fragile Originals

Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 12
Scope and Contents note

Chapter I (p. 1-15).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 13
Scope and Contents note

Chapter II (p. 16-35).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 14
Scope and Contents note

Chapter III (p. 36-53).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 15
Scope and Contents note

Chapter IV (p. 54-68).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 16
Scope and Contents note

Chapter V (p. 69-79).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 17
Scope and Contents note

Chapter VI (p. 80-99).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 18
Scope and Contents note

Chapter VII (p. 100-119).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 19
Scope and Contents note

Chapter VIII (p. 120-130).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 20
Scope and Contents note

Chapter IX (p. 131-147).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 49, Item 21
Scope and Contents note

Chapter X (p. 148-158).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XI (p. 159-168).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XII (p. 169-181).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 3
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XIII (p. 182-198).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 4
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XIV (p. 199-213).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XV (p. 214-225).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 6
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XVI (p. 226-241).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 7
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XVII (p. 241A-264).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 8
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XVIII (p. 265-284).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 9
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XIX (p. 285-302).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 10
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XX (p. 303-319).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 11
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XXI (p. 321-342).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 12
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XXII (p. 343-362).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 13
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XXIII (p. 363A-377A).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 14
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XXIV (p. 377B-394).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 15
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XV (p. 395-410).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 16
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XVI (p. 411-432).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 17
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XVII (p. 433-445).

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Fragile Originals

  • Box 50, Item 18
Scope and Contents note

Chapter XVIII (p. 446-470).

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The Dollmaker

  • Box 54-59, 63, item 60-62, volume 64
Scope and Contents note

In an attempt to make The Dollmaker manuscripts accessible, they were grouped into four different versions. This arrangement does not necessarily represent Arnow's own order or sequence, and she certainly did not refer to them as Version 1, Version 2, etc. Some versions represent only a small portion of the novel. Where possible, an indication of the rough correspondence between the versions and the published first edition has been noted. Both Version 1 and Version 2 correspond roughly to Chapters 1-18 in published first edition. Version 1 is longer and appears to have been written first. Version 2 corresponds to the published version more closely that Version 1 in most cases. Of the four versions, Version 3 corresponds most closely to the published version. Version 4 appears to be part of an earlier version submitted to Cecil Scott, Arnow's editor at Macmillan, and some correspondence to the published version is apparent.

Some character names change from the earlier versions to the published version. Most notably, the Murphys become the Dalys and Mr. Hoard becomes Mr. Flint. Also included are the publisher's page proofs, pre-publication review copy, and galley sheets. Arnow worked on the manuscript for several years. In a letter to Charles Cunningham (Editor-in-Chief of the Trade Department, Macmillan) dated October 26, 1952, Arnow stated that she had been working on this manuscript for about four years (since before Hunter's Horn was published) and that she had thought about parts of it for twenty years. Arnow's struggles with this manuscript were compounded by the efforts of Cecil Scott. Between the revisions written by Scott and his suggested cuts, little of Arnow's original manuscript remained. Arnow finally finished the manuscript with the help of Granville Hicks, her editor for Hunter's Horn. Correspondence between Hicks and Arnow deals with the editing and revision of the manuscript, as well as the situation involving Scott. These letters include corrections suggested by Hicks and corrections submitted by Arnow as well as their personal anecdotes (See Box 31, Folder 5). It appears that Arnow often referred to the manuscript as "The doll "and "Gertie". Roman numeral chapter numbers were given by Arnow.

Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

There are four boxes of notebooks related to The Dollmaker. Most notebooks correspond, at least in part, to the published first edition. Box 54 also includes notebooks relating to "Dollmaker's Children "and the [cat on roof story]. The word "done" in pencil on the cover of various notebooks appears to be Harold Arnow's indication that he had typed the notebook. There is child's scribbling throughout notebooks. The Roman numerals on the notebooks were given by HSA. Some notebooks are missing according to the Roman numerals, so they have been renumbered in brackets to provide uniformity. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition.

Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to Chapters 1-8 in the published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version.

Notebook I (1), (p. 1-84).

  • Box 51, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version. The material in this notebook takes place before the beginning of the book.

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Notebook II (2), (p. 1-82).

  • Box 51, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. Includes partial outline.

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Notebook III (3), (p. 1-84).

  • Box 51, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. List of names of actual people (not characters) on last page. First quarter of notebook contains a first-person piece, likely autobiographical, discussing the narrator's parents.

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Notebook IV (4), (p. 1-74).

  • Box 51, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 1 and 2. List of names on last page. This notebook was washed and deacidified on May 27, 1992.

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Notebook V (5), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2. Last few pages contain very short outline, a few notes, and list of states with numbers.

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Notebook VIII (6), (p. 1-68).

  • Box 51, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 3 and 4. Last four pages contain genealogy or historical material. Prose poem beginning "He didn't love his wife or the virgin" about five pages from end of notebook.

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Notebook IX (7), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4. A few lines about having a union and not needing God on last page.

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Notebook X (8), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4. Half of last page appears to be notes for something else, perhaps related prose poem.

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Notebook XI (9), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4. Last page outlines next part of book.

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Notebook XII (10), (p. 1-74). (There are two notebooks labeled XII).

  • Box 51, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Follows end of Notebook XI. No correspondence to published version.

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Notebook XII (11), (p. 1-76). (There are two notebooks labeled XII).

  • Box 51, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Notebook XIV (12), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Notebook XV (13), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 5 and 6. Next to last page includes notes on scenes from the earlier part of the book, and the last page contains list of books and authors.

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Notebook XVI (14), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Notebook XVII (15), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6. Last page has diagram of house layout. Also contains prose poem "To the Christ of the Sweat..."

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Notebook XVIII (16), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6. Notebook includes approximately five pages of notes for speech about hill people.

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Notebook XIX (17), (p. 1-72).

  • Box 51, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 6 and 7.

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Notebook XX (18), (p. 1-72).

  • Box 51, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7. Includes historical notes and a crossed out section about interview with Berea businessman, Carter B. Robinson.

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Notebook XXI (19), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 51, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Notebook, unnumbered (20) and photocopy, (p. 1-39).

  • Box 51, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to Chapters 9-20 in the published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version.

Notebook XXII (21), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 8 and 9.

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Notebook XXIII (22) and photocopy, (p. 1-43).

  • Box 52, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 9 and 10. Page 34 and 35 are missing in Arnow's numbering sequence, but nothing appears to be missing narratively. Last page appears to be list of citations from the Bible.

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Notebook XXIII (23) and photocopy, (p. 1-36).

  • Box 52, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Notebook XXIIIV (24), (p. 1-72).

  • Box 52, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11. Notebook begins with what appears to be a speech about Berea College and its president, Dr. Frost. One section corresponds to typed draft of "Dollmaker's Children". Notebook includes calculations for household expenses, writing supplies, and research trips.

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Notebook XXV (25), (p. 1-98).

  • Box 52, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11. Last page includes list of characters and scenes.

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Notebook XXIV (26), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 11 and 12. Near end of notebook is poem beginning "Out of ovens. "

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Notebook (27), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Notebook XXXII (28), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 12 and 13. Last page itemizes Nevel family's expenses.

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Notebook (29), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Last three pages include lists, computations, and reference to Corinthians.

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Notebook XXXII (30), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13 and 14. Includes brief notes on later portions of the book. Poem "Git over Hyar" at end of notebook.

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Notebook (31), (p. 1-94).

  • Box 52, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 14 and 17.

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Notebook (32) and photocopy, (p. 1-38).

  • Box 52, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 14, 16, and 17.

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Notebook XXXV (33), (p. 1-100).

  • Box 52, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15. Poem "My child adjusted/ to the formula...." at end of notebook.

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Notebook I (34), (p. 1-75).

  • Box 52, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Notebook II (35), (p. 1-96).

  • Box 52, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Notebook III (36), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 52, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 16, 20, and 21. Last page outlines much of the remainder of the book.

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Notebook IV (37), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 52, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 17 and 20. Notebook appears to have been shared by Marcella and contains some of Marcella's schoolwork and a page with three, addressed envelopes drawn onto it.

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Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to Chapters 17-35 in the published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version.

Notebook (38), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 17. List on inside back cover outlines the rest of the book.

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Notebook (39), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 18.

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Notebook "Xmas continued" (40), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 18 and 19.

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Notebook I (41), (p. 1-60).

  • Box 53, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 19 and 21.

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Notebook (42), (p. 1-60).

  • Box 53, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 21.

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Notebook (43), (p. 1-82).

  • Box 53, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 20 and 21.

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Notebook (44), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 22 and 24. Includes short list of events on last page. Poem beginning "Warm me oh Lord" on last three and a half pages.

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Notebook (45), (p. 1-64).

  • Box 53, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 22 and 23.

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Notebook (46), (p. 1-64).

  • Box 53, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 23 and 24.

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Notebook (47), (p. 1-64).

  • Box 53, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 24 and 25.

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Notebook III (48), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25 and 26.

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Notebook IV (49), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 26 and 27.

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Notebook V (50), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 27 and 28.

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Notebook VI (51), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 28.

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Notebook VII (52), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 28 and 29.

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Notebook VIII (53), (p. 1-50).

  • Box 53, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Notebook IX (54), (p. 1-48).

  • Box 53, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 29 and 30.

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Notebook X (55), (p. 1-48).

  • Box 53, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 30.

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Notebook 11 "eleven" (56), (p. 1-48).

  • Box 53, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 30 and 31.

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Notebook 13 (57), (p. 1-44).

  • Box 53, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 31.

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Notebook 13 "insert" (58), (p. 1-56).

  • Box 53, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 31 and 32. Includes section marked "insert".

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Notebook 14 (59), (p. 1-58).

  • Box 53, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 32.

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Notebook 15 (60), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 32 and 33.

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Notebook 16 (61), (p. 1-78).

  • Box 53, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 33 and 34.

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Notebook 17 (62), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 53, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 34 and 35.

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Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to Chapters 35-39 of published version. Some notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version. Notebook containing "Dollmaker's Children "and four notebooks containing [cat on roof story].

Notebook 18 (63), (p. 1-76).

  • Box 54, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 35 and 36. Next to last page has short list of items with numbers (dollars?).

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Notebook 19 (64), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 54, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 36 and 38.

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Notebook 20 (65), (p. 1-80).

  • Box 54, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 38 and 39.

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Notebook (66), (p. 1-72) and edited typescript of "The Dollmaker's Children."

  • Box 54, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to p. 2-12 of typed draft. This notebook is continued by Notebook XXIIIV which corresponds to p. 11-13 of draft. Since XXIIIV also contains section corresponding to first edition of The Dollmaker p. 138-141, it is in the proper order with the other notebooks used in the book. XXIIIV has pages that might correspond to p. 14-16 of "The Dollmaker's Children", but we have no typed draft of those pages. Typed draft of "The Dollmaker's Children" with corrections (p. 1-11, 11 two p. 11s, 13, 17). No actual title on draft, but it appears to be an earlier version judging from two page draft by that title.

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Notebook VI "out/inner" (67), (p. 1-76). [cat on roof story] which Gertie is a character in, but it is not part of The Dollmaker.

  • Box 54, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to typed p. 1-10 (included). Last two pages includes list of doctors. Typed version has " call the police "written on top, p. 1-2, 4-10 (missing p.3). Also includes two p.1s and unnumbered page. Handwritten revisions on back of p. 1,2, 4,5, one of the extra p. 1s, and the unnumbered page. Notes appear to be reworking of beginning.

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Notebook "Dollmaker Inner" (68), (p. 1-32). Contains incident in which Gertie shoots cat on roof and is not included in published version of The Dollmaker. Notebook follows VI "out/inner".

  • Box 54, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to p. 10-15 of typed version (p. 11-15 included).

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Notebook Dollmaker (69), (p. 1-32).

  • Box 54, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Relates to [cat on roof story]. Back of notebook seems to be a review of Jesse Stuart's Beyond Dark Hills dealing with life in Kentucky mountains. Also includes photocopy of p. 21 of [cat on roof story] and photocopy of unnumbered page that appears to be p. 22 because it continues the flow of the story. Original is with first section of [cat on roof story] because there are handwritten notes on back.

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Notebook "Dollmaker Inner" (70), (p. 1-32).

  • Box 54, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to p. 15-21, but p. 15 is with preceding notebook. [cat on roof story]. Typescript version p. 16-21 is included.

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The Dollmaker - Typescript Versions

The Dollmaker - Version 1

Scope and Contents note

Version 1 includes p. 1-359 (some pages missing). This version corresponds roughly to Chapters 1-18 in the published first edition. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral chapter references were given by Arnow.

Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 4-26 (18-24 missing; p. 10 numbered p. 11).

  • Box 55, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 27-41. Chapter II.

  • Box 55, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 43-62A (p. 62A follows p. 62). Chapter III.

  • Box 55, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 63-87 (p. 67-70, 76-77 missing). Chapter IV.

  • Box 55, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 4.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 89-110 (p. 90-100, 111-113 missing). Chapter V.

  • Box 55, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 114-136 (p. 126, 137-140 missing; p. 129 numbered p. 128). Chapter VI.

  • Box 55, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 141-172 (scattered). Chapter VII.

  • Box 55, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapters 7, 8 and 9.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy,(p. 174-183). Chapter XI.

  • Box 55, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10. Both p. 174 and p. 184 are labeled Chapter XI.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, (p. 184-204). Chapter XI.

  • Box 55, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 11. Both p. 174 and p. 184 are labeled Chapter XI.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, (p. 205-231). Chapter XVIII.

  • Box 55, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 12.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 232-253 (p. 247-250 missing; p. 251 originally numbered p. 252). Chapter IXV.

  • Box 55, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 253A-304 (p. 261-268, 290-303 missing). Chapter XV.

  • Box 55, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 14, 15 and 16.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 317-338 (p. 320-330, 333-337 missing; unnumbered page between p. 332 and p. 338). Chapter XVII.

  • Box 55, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 17.

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Version 1, unedited typescript and photocopy, p. 339-359 (p. 346-352, 354-358 missing). Chapter XVIII.

  • Box 55, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 18.

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The Dollmaker - Version 2

Scope and Contents note

Version 2 includes the preliminaries and p. 2-314 (some pages are missing). This version includes some double numbering. Notes concerning pages that have been renumbered are referred to by their original number. This version corresponds roughly to Chapters 1-18 of the published first edition. Editing appears to be by Arnow and by Granville Hicks. The letters between these two is helpful [See letters in Box 31, Folder 7. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral chapter references were given by Arnow.

Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, preliminaries and p. 2-23 (scattered).

  • Box 55, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 26 and p. 35. Chapter II.

  • Box 55, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 41-46 (p. 43 missing). Chapter III.

  • Box 55, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 65-77 (scattered; two variants p. 68).

  • Box 55, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 80- 92 ( p. 81 and p. 91 missing; two variants p. 88).

  • Box 55, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 96-114 (scattered; renumbered p. 102-120; p. 98 was not renumbered). Chapter VI.

  • Box 55, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 6.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 118-127 [p. 123 missing; renumbered p. 124-133 (p. 119-121 not renumbered)]. Chapter VII.

  • Box 56, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 128-135 [renumbered p. 134-141 (p. 129 was renumbered twice)]. Chapter VIII.

  • Box 56, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 137-145 (p. 138-139 missing; p. 140-145 renumbered as p. 146-151). Chapter IX.

  • Box 56, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9. A sheet numbered p. 2 containing handwritten notes follows p. 145 and appears to continue the storyline.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 146A-153A (scattered; renumbered p. 152-159; p. 146B is renumbered twice). Chapter X.

  • Box 56, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 146-165 [p. 146-163 renumbered p. 162-178 (p. 169 missing); p. 152 renumbered p. 168B; p. 153 and p. 154 are both renumbered as p. 168]. Chapter X.

  • Box 56, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 166-191 (p. 167-190 renumbered as p. 181-204; p. 179 was originally numbered as p. 219). Chapter XI.

  • Box 56, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 192-212 [renumbered p. 201-221 (p. 202, 211 missing); p. 203 is renumbered twice]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 56, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Note on p. 212 about a Senator Ferguson, Senate Office Bldg, Wash., D.C. and Rep. Velde, House of Representatives. Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 213-226 (renumbered p. 222-235; p. 213 and p. 226 renumbered twice). Chapter XIV.

  • Box 56, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 227-253 (p. 338-340 missing). Chapter XV.

  • Box 56, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 254-316 [scattered; p. 301-316 renumbered p. 258-273 (p. 304 missing)]. Chapter XVI.

  • Box 56, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 274-295 [p. 276-287 originally numbered as p. 320-330 (includes p. 327 and p. 327A)]. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 56, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 17.

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Version 2, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 296-314 (p. 302-308 were originally numbered p. 346-352). Chapter XVIII.

  • Box 56, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 18.

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The Dollmaker - Version 3

Scope and Contents note

Version 3 includes p. 1-644 (some pages missing). This appears to be the carbon of the version sent to the typesetter. Some pages are marked to indicate correspondence to a galley (e.g., p. 7 marked galley 3). This version corresponds closely to published first edition. However, there are a few minor differences (e.g., p. 24 paragraph 7 in manuscript and p. 20 paragraph 7 in published version). Pages 40 and 452 are missing, but there is no break in the text. Two variants of p. 478, 506, 525, 534, and 542 are included. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral chapter references were given by Arnow.

Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 1-25 (includes p. 10 and p. 10A). Chapter I.

  • Box 56, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. Note on p. 10A: "insert."

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 26-39. Chapter II.

  • Box 56, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 41-59. Chapter III.

  • Box 56, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 60-78. Chapter IV.

  • Box 56, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 78A-99. Chapter V.

  • Box 57, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 100-123. Chapter VI.

  • Box 57, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 124-133A. Chapter VII.

  • Box 57, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 134-142. Chapter VIII.

  • Box 57, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 143-151. Chapter IX.

  • Box 57, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 152-161. Chapter X.

  • Box 57, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 162-178. Chapter XI.

  • Box 57, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 179-200A. Chapter XII.

  • Box 57, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 201-220. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 57, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 221-232. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 57, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 233-252A. Chapter XV.

  • Box 57, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 253-270. Chapter XVI.

  • Box 57, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 271-290. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 57, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 17.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 291-306. Chapter XVIII.

  • Box 57, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 18.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 307-325. Chapter XIX.

  • Box 57, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 19.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 326-342. Chapter XX.

  • Box 57, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 20.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 343-361. Chapter XXI.

  • Box 57, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 21.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 362-374 (p. 363-364 originally numbered p. 379-381). Chapter XXII. Corresponds to Chapter 22.

  • Box 58, Folder 1
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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 375-391. Chapter XXIII.

  • Box 58, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 23.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 392-412. Chapter XXIV.

  • Box 58, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 24.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 413-325. Chapter XXV.

  • Box 58, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 426-440. Chapter XXVI.

  • Box 58, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 26.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 441-451 (p. 452 missing). Chapter XXVII.

  • Box 58, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 27.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 453-469. Chapter XXVIII.

  • Box 58, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 28.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 470-489 (p. 475 missing; includes p. 478 and replacement p. 478). Chapter XXIX.

  • Box 58, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 490-507 (includes p. 506 and replacement p. 506; replacement p. 506 is edited typescript).

  • Box 58, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 30.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 508-528 (includes p. 525 and replacement p. 525). Chapter XXXI. Note that p. 518A appears to be a continuation of p. 518.

  • Box 58, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 31.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 529-545 (includes p. 534 and replacement p. 534; replacement p. 534 is edited typescript; includes p. 542 and replacement p. 542).

  • Box 58, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 32.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 546-555. Chapter XXXIII.

  • Box 58, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 33.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 556- 575. Chapter XXXIV.

  • Box 58, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 34.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 576-583. Chapter XXXV.

  • Box 58, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 35.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 584-598. Chapter XXXVI.

  • Box 58, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 36.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 599-610. Chapter XXXVII.

  • Box 58, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 37.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 611-624. Chapter XXXVIII (originally labeled as XXVIII).

  • Box 58, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 38.

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Version 3, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 625-644. Chapter XXXIX.

  • Box 58, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 39.

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Version 3, fragments

  • Box 58, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Includes pages 12, 14, 16, 17, 50, 57, 59-60, 238-239, 798, and unnumbered.

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Version 4, edited typescript, p. 118-650 (scattered). Renumbered p. 113-591 (scattered).

  • Box 58, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

This version appears to represent an early version of the manuscript submitted to Scott and possibly Hicks as well. Editing appears to be primarily by Scott [pencil]. Editing of Scott's editing also apparent--possibly by Hicks. Notes in what appears to be Arnow's hand on back of p. 183. Some correspondence to published version.

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Page proofs, Pre-publication review copy, and Galley sheets

Page proofs, p. 1-549; Pre-publication review copy, p. 1-549

Page proofs, preliminaries and p. 1-84. Chapters 1-5.

  • Box 59, Folder 1
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Page proofs, p. 85-150. Chapters 6-11.

  • Box 59, Folder 2
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Page proofs, p. 151-213. Chapters 12-15.

  • Box 59, Folder 3
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Page proofs, p. 214-289. Chapters 16-20.

  • Box 59, Folder 4
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Page proofs, p. 290-360. Chapters 21-25.

  • Box 59, Folder 5
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Page proofs, p. 361-430. Chapters 26-30.

  • Box 59, Folder 6
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Page proofs, p. 431-489. Chapters 31-34.

  • Box 59, Folder 7
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Page proofs, p. 490-549. Chapters 35-39.

  • Box 59, Folder 8
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Pre-publication review copy, preliminaries and p. 1-122.

  • Box 59, Folder 9
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Pre-publication review copy, p. 123-250.

  • Box 59, Folder 10
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Pre-publication review copy, p. 251-410.

  • Box 59, Folder 11
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Pre-publication review copy, p. 411-549. Includes book jacket.

  • Box 59, Folder 12
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Cover sheet to The Dollmaker typescript, undated

  • Box 59, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Contains a cover letter to an unknown typescript copy of The Dollmaker.

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Galley sheets for published first edition, pages 1-205

  • Item 60
Scope and Contents note

Missing pages 94, 141, 191, and 198

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Galley sheets for published first edition, pages 1-359

  • Item 61
Scope and Contents note

Includes pages through part of Chapter 39. Missing parts of galleys 1,2,57, and 64. Duplicate galleys 162,163, and 169 on white paper. Notes and marks on galleys 57,64,162, and 169 (white paper). Includes galley fragment with no top and no number.

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Publication materials

  • Item 62
Scope and Contents note

Includes hand-drawn image, two book jackets, two color prints of the front cover and side of book jacket, photostat and copy of the front cover and side of book jacket, a promotional item, and one large painting used for a promotional item.

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Adaptations

Scope and Contents note

The Dollmaker was adapted into a variety of formats, including the popular film starring Jane Fonda.

The Dollmaker, a teleplay by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn, revised script, 1983

  • Box 63, Folder 1
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"An Opinion on How to Divide for Three Two-Hour TV Sessions," written by HSA

  • Box 63, Folder 2
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Textbook excerpt from The Dollmaker

  • Box 63, Folder 3
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Title page, contents page, and illustration from British Reader’s Digest Condensed Books version of The Dollmaker

  • Box 63, Folder 4
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"The Dollmaker: A Viewer’s Guide," by ABC, 1984

  • Box 63, Folder 5
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List of proposed cuts to The Dollmaker by Cecil Scott, Macmillan Company, undated

  • Box 63, Folder 6
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Two brief treatments/summaries of The Dollmaker by HSA, undated

  • Box 63, Folder 7
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HSA on The Dollmaker's success and republications, undated

  • Box 63, Folder 8
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Clippings and reviews of the TV movie The Dollmaker, 1974–1984, undated

  • Box 63, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes newspaper and magazine clippings related to The Dollmaker adaptations, particularly the film starring Jane Fonda, and a letter from Barbara Smith dated May 17, 1984.

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Scrapbook

  • Item 64
Scope and Contents note

Contains original artwork on first page by unknown painter. Includes articles from around the world related to the novel.

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Hunter's Horn

  • Box 68-77, volume 75
Scope and Contents note

The many versions and variants of Hunter's Horn arrived at the University of Kentucky in complete disarray. With a few exceptions, pages were not in sequential order, and different versions and different formats (original typescript and carbon) were mixed together. Although certain pages apparently followed in sequence, it was not always clear with which version a fragment belonged. Moreover, many pages were missing. Arnow often used the reverse side of apparently discarded manuscripts to type something else. In some of her later works such as Weedkiller's Daughter, these discarded pages were from an earlier manuscript. However, in Hunter's Horn the discarded pages are, for the most part, from earlier versions of the same manuscript making the task of processing extremely difficult. It was not always clear which version came first. An attempt was made to place both versions within the logical progression of the manuscript. When the later version could be determined, the original was placed there and a photocopy of the earlier version was placed in an appropriate place. When it could not be determined which came first, the original was placed within the sequence of the most complete version and a photocopy was placed with the other version.

In an attempt to make the many fragments of the manuscript more accessible, the fragments were grouped as Early Drafts, Middle Drafts, and Later Drafts. These drafts were then sorted into versions. It must be emphasized that this arrangement into versions does not necessarily represent Arnow's own order or sequence. Rather the parts were pieced together by an educated guess as to what the original and appropriate order might have been. Some versions represent only a chapter or small portion of the novel because a definite link to another sequence could not be determined. It is quite probable that Arnow did not view these sequences as integral versions but rather as reworkings of particular parts of the manuscript. Where possible, an indication of the rough correspondence between the fragmented versions and the published first edition has been given. Also included are versions of chapters with headers that include Arnow's name and address. It is possible that these chapters were submitted as short stories or excerpts from the novel. Arnow worked on the manuscript for many years. Over the course of these years, Arnow changed the order and direction of the story several times. Although many of the incidents in the Early and Middle Drafts also occur in the Later Draft, the sequence of events is different. Therefore, it was very difficult to arrange the manuscript in a logical order.

Macmillan accepted the manuscript for publication in 1946, but the book was not published until 1949 after extensive revisions and other problems. Correspondence between Arnow, her editor Granville Hicks, and Macmillan reveals several quarrels over the length of the book, its title, and the lack of definitive action by Macmillan to publish the book. Only after Arnow, encouraged by Hicks, pursued a contract with another publisher did Macmillan finalize the deal. Cecil Scott, an editor at Macmillan, was also involved with this manuscript (See The Dollmaker). Although parts of the story first appear in the Early and Middle Drafts, it is not until the Later Draft versions that the novel has assumed a general shape close to the published version. Arnow was particularly upset by Macmillan's decision to rename the manuscript. The original title "End of the Gravel" was considered too vague and regional to have mass appeal. Other possible titles included "King Devil" and "The Hills Remain". The title Hunter's Horn was never satisfactory to Arnow because she felt it gave the impression of English-style fox hunting which is nothing like fox hunting in the hills of Kentucky. In later years, Arnow referred to the novel as "the horn". In a note found with the manuscript, Arnow states that the original manuscript sent to Macmillan was destroyed, but she does not elaborate. There is some confusion over a "missing "chapter of Hunter's Horn. Upon surveying the four copies of the novel in Special Collections, discrepancies were found. The original version which was used to write this inventory [New York : Macmillan, 1949 (1st printing)] contains 38 chapters. Another version published later (New York : Macmillan, c1949) contains only 37 chapters. A version published in Great Britain (c1950) contains all 38 chapters. A 1986 edition by the University Press of Kentucky is a reprint of the c1949 version with only 37 chapters. The controversial Chapter 30 concerns the illnesses of Lureenie and her children due to starvation. No apparent reason for the omission was determined from the books or from the correspondence. Also included with this manuscript are fragments that could not be placed within a version, summaries of the story, notes, and a hand-drawn map of the Ballew area. Some pages contain typescript on back. When this appears to be only typing mistakes or false starts, it was not noted. A child's scribbling appears throughout the manuscript. Roman numeral and quoted chapter headings were given by Arnow.

Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

There are four boxes of notebooks related to Hunter's Horn. Since Arnow did not number the notebooks, we have no way of knowing the order in which the story was written. Therefore, the notebooks have been arranged according to their correspondence with the published first edition. This arrangement is based on the correspondence of the beginning of the notebook to the published first edition. It must be stressed that this was not Arnow's ordering and almost certainly does not represent the order in which the story was written. Box 68 contains 4 notebooks relating to the story, but which contain no real correspondence to the published first edition. Page numbers and notebook numbers in brackets represent our numbering not Arnow's. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition.

Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version. Many of the notebooks contain miscellaneous notes.

Notebook [1] and photocopy, [p.1-72].

  • Box 65, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Notebook "H.H." [2] and photocopy, [p. 1-117].

  • Box 65, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3. Includes notes, partial outline of story, and list of famous people.

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Notebook "H.H." [3] and photocopy, [p. 1-122].

  • Box 65, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 5, 7, and 10. Includes partial outline.

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Notebook [4] and photocopy, [p. 1-81].

  • Box 65, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 7 and 13.

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Notebook "H.H." [5] and photocopy, [p. 1-48].

  • Box 65, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 7 and 13.

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Notebook "H.H." [6], [p.1-220].

  • Box 65, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13, 29, 8, 2, and 9. See Folder 6 for photocopy.

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Photocopy of Notebook "H.H." [6], [p. 1-220].

  • Box 65, Folder 7
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Notebook " Sheep hunt " "H.H." [7] and photocopy, [p. 1-70].

  • Box 65, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 9, 10, and 29. Includes mention of "the Nevels" [ The Dollmaker] on [p. 17].

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Notebook "H.H." [8] and photocopy, [p. 1-70].

  • Box 65, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Notebook [9] and photocopy, [p. 1-70].

  • Box 65, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 11, and 12.

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Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version.

Notebook 5 "H.H." [10] and photocopy, [p.1-106].

  • Box 66, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 14, 34, and 36. Includes poem [I clatter over bumpy ways...] and partial outline.

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Notebook "H.H." [11] and photocopy, [p. 1-122].

  • Box 66, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 15, and 16. Includes partial outlines.

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Notebook "H.H." [12], [p. 1-144].

  • Box 66, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16. See Folder 4 for photocopy.

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Photocopy of Notebook "H.H." [12], [p. 1-144].

  • Box 66, Folder 4
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Notebook "H.H." [13], and photocopy [p. 1-144].

  • Box 66, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 16, 17, and 18.

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Notebook "H.H." [14] and photocopy, [p. 1-122].

  • Box 66, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 18, and 19.

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Notebook "H.H." [15] and photocopy, [p. 1-112].

  • Box 66, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 19, 20, 21, and 22.

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Notebook [16] and photocopy, [p. 1-32].

  • Box 66, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 22.

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Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to the published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version.

Notebook "H.H." "Harriette Simpson Arnow "[17] and photocopy, [p. 1-96].

  • Box 67, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 22, 23, and 24.

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Notebook [18] and photocopy, [p. 1-114].

  • Box 67, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 25.

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Notebook 3 "H.H." [19] and photocopy, [p. 1-82].

  • Box 67, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapters 25 and 26. Includes partial outline.

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Notebook 6 "H.H." [20] and photocopy, [p. 1-70].

  • Box 67, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 26 and 27.

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Notebook 7 [21] and photocopy, [p. 1-44].

  • Box 67, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 27.

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Notebook 8 [22] and photocopy, [p. 1-68].

  • Box 67, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 27 and 28.

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Notebook 9 "H.H." [23] and photocopy, [p. 1-72].

  • Box 67, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 28 and 29.

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Notebook "H.H." [24] and photocopy, [p. 1-72].

  • Box 67, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 29 and 30.

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Notebook "H.H." [25] and photocopy, [p. 1-122].

  • Box 67, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 30 and 31. Includes poems on [p. 110-120].

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Notebook "H.H. - MS" [26] and photocopy, [p. 1-120].

  • Box 67, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 31 and 32.

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Notebook "H.H." "revival + omitted parts" [27] and photocopy, [p. 1-120].

  • Box 67, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 33.

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Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to published version. Some of the notebooks contain incidents not included in the published version. Also contains notebooks that do not correspond to published version.

Notebook 5 "H.H." [28] and photocopy, [p. 1-120].

  • Box 68, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 33, 34, and 35.

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Notebook "H.H." [29] and photocopy, [p. 1-122].

  • Box 68, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 35.

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Notebook 5 "H.H." [30] and photocopy, [p. 1-124].

  • Box 68, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 35 and 36. Includes drawing on [p. 123] and partial outline.

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Notebook "H.H." [31] and photocopy, [p. 1-108].

  • Box 68, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 37 and 38.

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Notebook [32] and photocopy, [p. 1-108].

  • Box 68, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 38.

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Notebook "H.H." [33] and photocopy, [p. 1-52].

  • Box 68, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Notebook " H.H." "End" [34] and photocopy, [p. 1-30].

  • Box 68, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Notebook "H.H." [35] and photocopy, [p. 1-64].

  • Box 68, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Notebook 5 "H.H." [36] and photocopy, [p. 1-72].

  • Box 68, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Notebook "H.H's notes" [37] and photocopy, [p. 1-56]. Includes draft of letter concerning contract for Hunter's Horn. Includes summary of the story and several partial outlines. Also includes chronological listing of events.

  • Box 68, Folder 10
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Hunter's Horn - Manuscript Version, Early Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Early Draft, Version A.1, B.1, C.1, C.2, D.1, D.2, D.3, D.4, E.1 and E.2 contain variants of Chapters 1-3 in the published version. Early Draft, Version D.4 appears to be a handwritten draft of Early Draft, Version D.3. Early Draft, Version F.1, F.2, F.3, G.1, and G.2 include versions of early chapters that were not included in the published version. Early Draft, Version G.2 appears to be a handwritten draft of Early Draft, Version G.1. Early Draft, Versions H.1 and I.1 appear to be handwritten drafts of book Chapters 34 and 12, respectively. Early Draft, Version J.1 (p. 50-408) appears to be the earliest, relatively complete version of the manuscript. It has little correspondence to the published version. Early Draft, Version K.1 includes a version of book Chapter 9 that appears to have been written between Early Draft, Versions J.1 and L.1. Early Draft, Version L.1 (p. 1-403) has more correspondence to published version than Early Draft, Version J.1. Early Draft, Version M.1 (p. 1-408) could possibly be the carbon of Early Draft, Version L.1. However, the first page of every chapter is different. Many pages have been renumbered, sometimes more than once. Many pages contain handwritten notes on back of page. Child's scribbling is also common throughout the manuscript. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral and quoted chapter headings were given by Arnow.

Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Early Drafts: Versions A.1 - I.1

Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 3-24 [2 handwritten pages after p. 16; p. 19-24 renumbered p. 43-47].

  • Box 69, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 3. Note at top p. 8: "The fall III."

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 48-65 [renumbered p. 29-46; originally numbered p. 1-18]. Chapter IV [originally Chapter III].

  • Box 69, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 66-80 [originally numbered p. 1-15].

  • Box 69, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 3.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 147-148 [originally numbered p. 1-2].

  • Box 69, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published edition.

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Early Draft, Version B.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-17 [scattered]. Chapter I.

  • Box 69, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Early Draft, Version B.1, edited typescript, p. 21-29 [scattered].

  • Box 69, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. [1]-10 [p. 7 unnumbered]. "The Lamb Money "Chapter I.

  • Box 69, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. All pages except the last page are photocopies. The originals are with other versions of Hunter's Horn.

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Early Draft, Version C.2, photocopy, p. 9-14 [scattered]. Some correspondence to Chapter 1. Originals with other versions of Hunter's Horn.

  • Box 69, Folder 8
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Early Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 18-28 [originally numbered 1-11]. Chapter II.

  • Box 69, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version D.2, edited typescript, p. [1]-13 [p. 8-12 missing]. Chapter II.

  • Box 69, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version D.3, edited typescript, p. 1-10.

  • Box 69, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version D.4, handwritten script and photocopy, p. 1-34.

  • Box 69, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version E.1, edited typescript, p. 1-14.

  • Box 69, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 3.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, edited typescript, p. 28-42 [originally numbered p. 11-13, 1-12].

  • Box 69, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3. Note at top p. 31: "Chapter III."

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Early Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 24-47 [p. 30,43 missing; handwritten page after p. 24 not in sequence; originally numbered p. [1]-17, [1]-7].

  • Box 69, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published edition.

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Early Draft, Version F.2, edited , cut and pasted typescript, p. [1]-9 [p. [1] numbered p. 42]. Chapter III.

  • Box 69, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published edition.

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Early Draft, Version F.3, edited typescript, various pagings.

  • Box 69, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published edition. This version appears to be one in which Arnow used to cut and paste another due to its fragmented condition.

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Early Draft, Version G.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. [1]-16 [unnumbered page after p. 2; p. 10A after p. 9; various renumberings]. " Chapter 2."

  • Box 69, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published edition.

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Early Draft, Version G.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. [1]-34 [2 paged numbered 28, the first appears to belong between p. 25 and p. 27; various renumberings; includes p. 32B].

  • Box 69, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published edition.

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Early Draft, Version G.2, handwritten script. No correspondence to published version.

  • Box 69, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

This version appears to be part of the first draft of Early Draft, Version G.1.

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Early Draft, Version H.1, handwritten script and photocopy, p. 1-60.

  • Box 69, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 34.

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Early Draft, Version I.1, handwritten script and photocopy, p. 1-12.

  • Box 69, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 50-56 [originally p. 18-24].

  • Box 69, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 57-74 [originally p. 1-18]. "Chapter two rewrite."

  • Box 69, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 75-92 [originally p. 64-82].

  • Box 69, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 94-128 [originally p. [1]-35].

  • Box 69, Folder 26
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 4.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 129-144 [originally p. 36-51; handwritten p. 1-6 after p. 136]. "The Vigil."

  • Box 69, Folder 27
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5. Includes typescript poem back p. 133.

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Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Early Draft, Version J.1-L.1

Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 145-156 [originally p. 52-63].

  • Box 70, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 157-162 [originally p. 83-88 and p. 4-12 (two numbered p. 6)].

  • Box 70, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7. Pages 4-12 are handwritten and continue storyline from handwritten notes on back p. 158, 161-162.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 163-175 [originally p. 1-13, two unnumbered, handwritten pages after p. 3; one unnumbered page after p. 4].

  • Box 70, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 7.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 176-196 [originally p. 13-34].

  • Box 70, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Includes typescript verse on back p. 184.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 197-228 [originally p. 35-61].

  • Box 70, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 8. Typescript on back p. 228 continues storyline.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 229-244 [originally p. 62-76].

  • Box 70, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 245-268 [originally p. 1-24, unnumbered page after p. 253].

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 29.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 269-285 [originally p. 25-32, 1-9; p. 1-9 renumbered p. 32-40].

  • Box 70, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 30.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 286-324 [various renumberings].

  • Box 70, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapters 30, 31, and 32.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 325-343. "New Chapter."

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 14.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 344-369. "New Chapter."

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Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 34.

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Early Draft, Version J.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 370-408. "New Chapter."

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapters 11, 12, and 14.

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Early Draft, Version K.1, edited typescript, p. 1-19.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 1-17. Chapter I.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 18-38. Chapter II.

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Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 39-58. Chapter III.

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Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 59-75. Chapter IV.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 76-98. Chapter V.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 3.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 99-122. Chapter VI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 123-138. Chapter VII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Early Draft, Versions L.1 - M.1

Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 138-150. Chapter VIII.

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Corresponds to Chapter 6. Note that this version contains two pages numbered 138. They are not duplicates.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 151-163. Chapter IX.

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Scope and Contents note

Little correspondence to Chapter 7.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 164-181. Chapter X.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 7.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 182-204. Chapter XI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 205-222. Chapter XII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 223-245. Chapter XIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Chapter XIV begins on p. 245.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 260-265.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to end Chapter 29.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 266-283. Chapter XV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 30.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 284-303. Chapter XVI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 31.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 304-313. Chapter XVII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 32.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 314-333.Chapter XVIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 14.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 334-350. Chapter XIX.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 34.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 351-361. Chapter XX.

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Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 362-372. Chapter XXI.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 14.

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Early Draft, Version L.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 373-403. Chapter XXII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 11-12.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 1-17. Chapter I.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. Includes "Chap XX" note on front p. 1 and "1st fall Chap. 39" on back p. 1.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 18-38 [p. 34 missing]. Chapter II.

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Little correspondence to Chapter 2. Includes "Chap. III" notation at bottom p. 25.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 39-58. Chapter III.

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No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 59-75. Chapter IV A.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 76-98. Chapter V.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 3. Includes notes on back p. 98 that appear to be partial outline.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 99-123 [pages are renumbered p. 81-104]. Chapter VI.

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Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 124-139 [p. 133-139 renumbered as p. 115-121]. Chapter VII.

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Corresponds to Chapter 5. Includes notes on back of p. 139 that appear to be partial outline.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 140-153 [renumbered p. 122-134]. Chapter VIII.

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Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 153-165 [originally p. 171-183; p. 159-165 renumbered p. 139-145]. Chapter IX.

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Little correspondence to Chapter 7. Includes notes on back of p. 165 that appear to be partial outline.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 166-183 [p. 177-179, 182 missing; various renumberings]. Chapter X.

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Some correspondence to Chapter 7.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 184-206 [p. 187-206 renumbered p. 149-168]. Chapter X [originally XI].

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Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 207-224 [renumbered p. 169-185]. Chapter XIX.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 225-246 ["Insert B" page after p. 226]. Chapter XII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 247-267 [p. 261-267 renumbered p. 8-14; p. 262-267 renumbered again p. 13-18]. Chapter XIV.

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Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 268-286. Chapter XV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 30.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 286-305 [6 pages inserted between p. 286 and p. 287]. Chapter XVI.

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Corresponds to Chapter 31.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 306-315. Chapter XVII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 32. Includes handwritten chapter headings "death" and "Chap. 36" at top of p. 306.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 317-336 [p. 316 missing].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 337-353 [originally p. 316-332]. Chapter XIX [originally XVIII].

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Corresponds to Chapter 34. Three handwritten pages inserted between p. 339-340.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 354-364. Chapter XX.

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No correspondence to published version. Handwritten draft of what appears to be a letter to the publishers on back p. 363-364.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 365-375. Chapter XXI.

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Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 14.

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Early Draft, Version M.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 376-408 [p. 395 missing]. Chapter XXII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 11 and 12.

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Hunter's Horn - Manuscript Versions, Middle Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Middle Draft, Versions A.1, A.2, A.3, B.1, B.2, and B.3 are variants of Chapter 3. Middle Draft, Version A.2 is a more complete carbon of Middle Draft, Version A.1. Middle Draft, Version A.3 corresponds to parts of Middle Draft, Versions A.1 and A.2, but was cut from the final version. Middle Draft, Version B.2 appears to be handwritten draft of Middle Draft, Version B.1. Middle Draft, Version C.1 corresponds to parts of Chapters 5 and 7 in published version. Middle Draft, Version D.1 corresponds to Chapter 33. Middle Draft, Version E.1 contains handwritten drafts of several chapters that appear to have been written after the Early Draft versions and before the Later Draft versions. Middle Draft, Version F.1 corresponds to Chapters 15-29, 33-38 of published version and many pages have been cut and pasted. Many pages have been renumbered, sometimes more than once. Many pages contain handwritten notes on back of page. Child's scribbling is also common throughout the manuscript. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral and quoted chapter headings were given by Arnow.

Hunter's Horn

Scope and Contents note

Middle Draft, Versions A.1 - F.1

Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 42-55 [p. 43,45-47 missing; p. 44 renumbered p. 65 and p. 48 renumbered p. 69]. Chapter III.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 73-84 [scattered].

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Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 42-61. Chapter III.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3. Includes photocopy of p. 57.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 62-85. Chapter IV.

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Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. 82-85 [p. 82 renumbered p. 58].

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Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Middle Draft, Version B.1, edited typescript, p. 1-3.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version B.2, handwritten script, p. [1]-10.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3. This appears to be a handwritten version of Middle Draft, Version B.1.

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Middle Draft, Version B.3, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 1-3.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 105-114 [originally p. 1-10]. Chapter VII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Middle Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 135-138 [originally p. 1-4].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Middle Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 13-16.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 33.

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Middle Draft, Version E.1, handwritten script, p. 1-25.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 22.

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Middle Draft, Version E.1, handwritten script and photocopy, p. 1-63 [p. 25-26, 61-62 missing].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 24.

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Middle Draft, Version E.1, handwritten script and photocopy, p. [1]-14, 1-16.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 26.

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Middle Draft, Version E.1, handwritten script, p. 1-6 [one page unnumbered].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 27.

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Middle Draft, Version E.1, handwritten script, p. [1]-4, 1-12.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Middle Draft, Version E.1, handwritten script and photocopy, p. 1-5, [1]-12 [unnumbered page at beginning].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 33.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 3-17.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 1-30. Chapter XV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 1-35 [p. 1 renumbered p. 313; Insert A follows p. 313]. Chapter XIX or XVIV or XVIII, "Chap 19" [originally Chapter XVI].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 17-18.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-13.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 19.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-9.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 20.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 1-9 [unnumbered page after p. 7].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 21.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 14-30 [p. 28-29 appear to be carbon typescript].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 22.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 1-11 [p. 10A and 11 follows p. 7; p. 12 and 13 follows p. 9].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 23.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-15.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 24.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. [1]-13 [p. 10B follows p. 9; unnumbered page after p. 10; various renumberings]. Chapter I.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. 1-14 [p. 7-9 originally numbered p. 4-6; p. 10-14 originally p. 5-9].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 26.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. 1-16 [a second p. 5 after p. 6; a second p. 12 after p. 13; various renumberings].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 27.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. [1]-14 [various pagings and renumberings].

  • Box 72, Folder 30
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 28.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. 1-12 [p. 12 originally numbered p. 2; p. 5-6 renumbered twice]. "Beginning Chapter."

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29. Page 11 labeled "Insert 7."

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. 1-24 [3 unnumbered pages after p. 4; 2 unnumbered pages after p. 5]. "Revival."

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 33.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-4. "New Chapter."

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 34. Note at top p. [1] "The Fire." Note at bottom p.4 "Fire follows."

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. 1-31 [p. 1-7 originally numbered p. A-g]. "The Hunt."

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 35.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-31 [p. 294 follows p. 3; p. 316 follows p. 4].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 36-37.

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Middle Draft, Version F.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-19. "Last Chapter (I HOPE!)."

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 38.

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Hunter's Horn - Manuscript Versions, Later Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Later Draft, Version A.1 includes variant of Chapter 5. Later Draft, Versions B.1 and B.2 include two variants of Chapter 7. Later Draft, Version C.1 includes variants of Chapters 10 and 15. Later Draft, Versions D.1 and D.2 include two variants of Chapter 25. Later Draft, Version E.1 includes variant of Chapter 29. Later Draft, Version F.1 includes variants of Chapters 31 and 38. Later Draft, Versions G.1 and G.2 includes two variants of Chapter 34. Later Draft, Version H.1 (p. 34-334 [scattered]) appears to be edited typescript of Later Draft, Version I.1. According to Arnow, Later Draft, Version I.1 (p. 1-733) is carbon typescript of the version sent to Macmillan for final editing. It is the most complete manuscript version in this collection and it corresponds closely to the published version. It contains several chapters that were cut from the final version. Later Draft, Version J.1 includes revisions of Later Draft, Version I.1. Some pages have been renumbered and some contain handwritten notes on back of page. Child's scribbling is common throughout the manuscript. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral and quoted chapter headings were given by Arnow.

Later Draft, Version A.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 102,109 [originally p. 109,116]. Chapter VI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Later Draft, Version B.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 147-148.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, edited typescript, p. [1]-2. Chapter IX.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 1-19. Chapter XII [originally Chapter XI].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 1-2. Chapter XIV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript and script, various pagings [3 total]. Chapter XXVII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, edited typescript, p. 1-2.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25.

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Later Draft, Version E.1, edited, cut and pasted typescript, p. 2-4.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Later Draft, Version F.1, handwritten script, p. [1]-6, [1]-10 [some unnumbered].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 31.

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Later Draft, Version F.1, handwritten script, p. [1]-8 [unnumbered page at beginning].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 38.

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Later Draft, Version G.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 634-640 [p. 640 originally numbered p. 440]. Chapter XXXVII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 34.

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Later Draft, Version G.2, lightly edited carbon typescript, p. 634-441 [p. 636 missing; p. 441 misnumbered; unnumbered page at end]. Chapter XXXVII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 34. This appears to be carbon of Later Draft, Version G.1.

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Later Draft, Version H.1, edited typescript, p. 34-334 [scattered].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 2, 5, 7, 9-13, 16-18.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 1-19. Chapter I.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript and photocopy, p. 20-41. Chapter II.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 42-61. Chapter III.

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Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 62-72. Chapter IV [relabeled "New Chapter III"].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 86-108. Chapter VI [relabeled "New Chapter IV"].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 109-125. Chapter VII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 126-138. Chapter VIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 139-155. Chapter IX.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, o. 156-171. Chapter X.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 172-188. Chapter XI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9. Note that p. 188 has a duplicate part of page on back.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 189-204. Chapter XII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 205-215. Chapter XIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 216-234. Chapter XIV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12. Note that p. 223-226 have beginnings of other pages on back.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 235-251. Chapter XV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 252-269 [includes rewrite of p. 267]. Chapter XVI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 270-284. Chapter XVII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 285-312. Chapter XVIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 313-331. Chapter XIX.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 17.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 332-348. Chapter XX.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 18.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 349-363. Chapter XXI.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 19.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 364-387. Chapter XXII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 20.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 388-401. Chapter XXIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 21.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 402-417. Chapter XXIV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 22.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 418-430. Chapter XXV.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 23.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 431-447 [p. 432-433 renumbered p. 433-434]. Chapter XXVI.

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Corresponds to Chapter 24.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 449-459 [p. 448 missing].

  • Box 73, Folder 39
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 460-477. Chapter XXVIII.

  • Box 73, Folder 40
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 478-507. Chapter XXIX.

  • Box 74, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 508-522. Chapter XXX.

  • Box 74, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 26.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 523-535 [p. 536 missing]. Chapter XXXI.

  • Box 74, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 27.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 537-550. Chapter XXXII.

  • Box 74, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 28.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 551-566 [p. 553, 557-558 missing]. Chapter XXXIII.

  • Box 74, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 567-582. Chapter XXXIV.

  • Box 74, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 30.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 583-598. Chapter XXXV.

  • Box 74, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 31.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 599-607. Chapter XXXVI.

  • Box 74, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 32. Note the p. 608 is also labeled Chapter XXXVI.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 608-633. Chapter XXXVI.

  • Box 74, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 33.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 634-651. Chapter XXXVII.

  • Box 74, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 34.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 652-680 [duplicate p. 676 and p. 68-]. Chapter XXXVIII.

  • Box 74, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 35.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 681-695 [p. 681 originally numbered 680]. Chapter XXXIX.

  • Box 74, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 36.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 696-712. Chapter XL.

  • Box 74, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 37.

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Later Draft, Version I.1, edited carbon typescript, p. 713-733 [two pages numbered 715, but are not duplicates. They appear to follow storyline]. Chapter XLI.

  • Box 74, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 38.

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Later Draft, Version J.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 318.

  • Box 74, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 17.

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Later Draft, Version J.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 448-451. Chapter XXVII.

  • Box 74, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 25.

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Later Draft, Version J.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 460-474. Chapter XXVIII.

  • Box 74, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version J.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 508-509. Chapter XXX.

  • Box 74, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 26.

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Later Draft, Version J.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 537-539 [p. 539 renumbered 538A]. Chapter XXXII.

  • Box 74, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 28.

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Later Draft, Version J.1, unedited carbon typescript, p. 551-570 [p. 563 missing]. Chapter XXXIII.

  • Box 74, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 29.

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Fragments; Summaries; Notes; Publication Materials; and Map

Short Stories, Version A.1, unedited carbon typescript and photocopy, p.[1]-15 [p. 2-5 missing; p. 6-15 originally numbered p. 3-12]. "The Lamb Money."

  • Box 74, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 1.

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Short Stories, Version A.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. [1]-14 [p. 6, 8 missing]. "The Lamb Money."

  • Box 74, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1, except this version mentions Nunn buying food for the pups, not Zing.

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Short Stories, Version A.3, unedited typescript, p. [1]-13 [p. 3, 5, 10-11 missing]. " The Lamb Money."

  • Box 74, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to Chapter 1.

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Short Stories, Version A.4, edited typescript, p. [1]-15. "The Lamb Money."

  • Box 74, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. Handwritten notes "the paper" and "the vaccinations" at top p. [1].

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Short Stories, Version B.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-10. "Jamboree."

  • Box 74, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Short Stories, Version C.1, unedited typescript, p. [1]-7. "The Lesson."

  • Box 74, Folder 26
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7. Handwritten "III" at top p. [1].

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Short Stories, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. [1]-15. "The Gift."

  • Box 74, Folder 27
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Fragments

  • Box 74, Folder 28
Scope and Contents note

This folder contains various fragmented pieces of manuscript that could not be placed within a particular version. In most cases, these fragments appear to represent places where Arnow rewrote and/or retyped the manuscript. In almost every case, the material found in these fragments is also found in the more complete versions.

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Summaries, edited typescript

  • Box 74, Folder 29
Scope and Contents note

This folder contains two summaries of the story. The longer summary [p. 2-9] includes more detail than the published version.

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Map, tissue paper

  • Box 74, Folder 30
Scope and Contents note

This folder contains a hand-drawn map of the Ballew area to be included in the published first edition. In a letter dated December 6, 1948, Cecil Scott requested a "sketch showing the countryside, the position of Nunn's house..." to be used as the model for an endpaper map in the published version. This appears to be an artist's rough sketch sent to Arnow for approval.

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Notes

  • Box 74, Folder 31
Scope and Contents note

This folder contains various pages of notes that Arnow used to write the novel. Includes partial outlines of the story, lists of characters' names and place names, and Biblical quotes. Also includes two cardboard notebook backs with notes. Two pages are photocopied due to their delicate condition.

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Publication Materials

  • Box 74, Folder 32
Scope and Contents note

Includes book jacket and mockup of pages.

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Scrapbook Photocopies

  • Box 74, Folder 33
Scope and Contents note

Use photocopies instead of fragile scrapbook (Item 75).

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Scrapbook

  • Item 75
Scope and Contents note

Fragile Originals; use photocopies (Box 74, Folder 33). Includes one attached telegram on page 69 to the drama editor of The Detroit Times regarding the sale of rights for Hunter's Horn (January 13, 1950). Loose pieces that were clearly intended to be pasted into the scrapbook have been attached on pages 70-72.Between pages 48 and 49, multiple loose items were placed into the scrapbook. These loose pieces have been removed and replaced into other appropriate areas of the collection: Advance News of Books from the Macmillan Company, July 16, 1949 (Box 130, Folder 4); press release to 140 Kentucky newspapers, May 31, 1949 (Box 130, Folder 4); Macmillan Books, Spring, 1949 (Box 130, Folder 4); pamphlet of suggested summer book reading, including Hunter's Horn (Box 130, Folder 4); book jacket and incorrectly-numbered page mockup (Box 74, Folder 32); "Wife of Times Reporter Pens Novel of Hill Country", May 26, 1949, The Detroit Times (Box 2, Folder 2); Book Review, December 16, 1945 (Box 131, Folder 26); " Detroit is the of the Welfare Wanderers",undated; "Security Versus Suppression", June 17, 1949 (Box 131, Folder 28); The Guild Memo, August 1949 (Box 139, Folder 22); "Auto Agencies, Officers Deny Federal Charge" by Harold Arnow, undated (Box 139, Folder 23); Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association, January 1947 (Box 133, Folder 8); letter from Henry Volkening, circa December 10, 1952 (Box 133, Folder 3); telegram from Cecil Scott, June 28, 1948 (Box 30, Folder 2); letter from a reader, May 29, 1950 (Box 43, Folder 3); letter from reader, May 15, 1951 (Box 43, Folder 3); letter from reader, April 3, 1950 (Box 43, Folder 3); letter from an acquaintance, April 16, 1950 (Box 34, Folder 10); and a letter from Anne G. Campbell, Appalachian Librarian, April 2, 1981 (Box 37, Folder 18).

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A Journey for Lucinda

  • Box 76-79
Scope and Contents note

Unpublished [Character names: DD, Johalia, Mollie, Maggie, MU] The manuscript for the unpublished novel To You No Place (as Arnow entitles it in the last draft of the manuscript) is preserved here in all its known versions. The novel grew out of the unpublished short story "A Journey for Lucinda", though the lack of a date on the manuscript prevents one from knowing when the novel was commenced or how soon the novel followed the short story ( "Lucinda "was submitted to Arnow's literary agent, Henry Volkening in January 1954, Box 33, Folder 3). In keeping with her usual work habits, Arnow often used the back of personal letters, early drafts and typescript notes to both Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland in the composition of the To You No Place typescript. In these cases, the original was photocopied, then the photocopy placed within the To You No Place typescript, while the photocopy of a letter was placed within the appropriate correspondence box, photocopies of drafts were placed with fellow drafts and so on.

The last known typescript of To You No Place (known here as Version A) was given to Special Collections preserved in a cardboard box, complete and in order. All other drafts of the novel and short story arrived at Special Collections unsorted, with pages of separate drafts commingling. Because Arnow numbers each page, though, it was possible to piece together a running order for all drafts. In addition to the two latest workings of the novel (Versions A and B), there is an earlier version dating from around 1961, referred to here as Version C. In a self-deprecating letter to the author and editor John Leggett on October 19, 1961, Arnow describes her submission of this version to Macmillan, who, she says, " rejected it with vehement speed". Though she goes on to say in the letter that she "cannot say it would have merit", it appears from this submission to Leggett and her two subsequent reworkings of the novel that she did have some publication hopes for this novel. Both "A Journey for Lucinda" and To You No Place are resolutely works-in-progress.

The manuscript of "A Journey for Lucinda" includes three distinct beginnings (plus a fragment with a fourth beginning) as well as three distinct endings. An educated guess was made in surmising the causal link between the three drafts: handwritten emendations to the first draft (draft A) became part of draft B and draft B's emendations find their way onto draft C's typescript. One should not assume, however, that draft C was Arnow's intended final version or that it is the version she submitted to Henry Volkening. As for the novel, its genesis probably lies in Box 76, Folder 5, which has fragments of "A Journey for Lucinda". The numbers in parentheses in the typescript are Arnow's own references to the corresponding manuscript page. Where a correspondence, even a rough one, between manuscript and typescript can be established, it is noted below. For reasons unknown, the final typescript of the novel (Version A) lacks a corresponding set of drafts and notes, while only fragments of Version C have been retrieved from the backs of her everyday correspondence. With the exception of Versions A and C of To You No Place, both the story and novel are composed on very cheap, fragile paper: either a coarse, newspaper-type paper or a brittle, tissue-thin paper. Unfortunately, due to prohibitive cost, all of these pages cannot be photocopied for use in these collections. Therefore, appropriate care must be taken when perusing and handling these materials.

A Journey for Lucinda

Scope and Contents note

Complete manuscripts and typescripts of "A Journey for Lucinda." To You No Place manuscript pages.

"A Journey for Lucinda", Version A p. 2-36

  • Box 76, Folder 1
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"A Journey for Lucinda", Version B p. 1-32; corrected fragments.

  • Box 76, Folder 2
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"A Journey for Lucinda", Version C, p. 1-32.

  • Box 76, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Page 12 is misnumbered as page 13.

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"A Journey for Lucinda" fragment; roughly corresponds to Version B.

  • Box 76, Folder 4
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"A Journey for Lucinda "fragments with Henry Volkening cover sheet and what is probably Arnow's writing

  • Box 76, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Much had been cut from this draft for use in To You No Place's rough drafts. Corresponds to Version C.

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"A Journey for Lucinda" rewrites and corrections of Version C p. 1-8, 16, 19, 24-26, 30-32.

  • Box 76, Folder 6
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Draft Arnow titled "New Beginning"

  • Box 76, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Edited typescript p. 1-3 of a rejected beginning with notes on the back.

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Rejected To You No Place beginning

  • Box 76, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds with the novel's Version B, p. 1-2.

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To You No Place Manuscript

To You No Place manuscript, p. 1-78, 1-28, 1-16.

  • Box 76, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 16-37.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 1-102, labeled "Episode 3"

  • Box 76, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 97-113.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 103-231.

  • Box 76, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 113-133.

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To You No Place manuscript, 232-393.

  • Box 76, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 133-155.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 61-304.

  • Box 76, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 156-192.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 305-506.

  • Box 76, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 192-224.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 507-720.

  • Box 76, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 225-258.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 721-922.

  • Box 76, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 258-288.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 923-1127.

  • Box 76, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 289-319.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 128-381.

  • Box 76, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 319-357.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 382-540.

  • Box 77, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 357-381. Notes to both Cumberland books are on the backs of some of these pages, in no set order.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 541-600.

  • Box 77, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 381-390. Notes to both Cumberland books are on the backs of some of these pages, in no set order.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 601-684.

  • Box 77, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 390-403.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 685-790.

  • Box 77, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 403-416.

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To You No Place manuscript, p. 791-982.

  • Box 77, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 416-444.

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To You No Place manuscript fragment, p. 4-6.

  • Box 77, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Version B, p. 42.

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To You No Place early manuscript

  • Box 77, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Version B, p. 46-47.

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To You No Place early manuscript, p. 1-9.

  • Box 77, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 61-62.

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To You No Place early manuscript, p. 3-50.

  • Box 77, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B, p. 68 and 72-81.

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Unplaced fragments

  • Box 77, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Version B.

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Miscellaneous

  • Box 77, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes Arnow's handwritten notes, corrections and dialogue run-throughs for To You No Place.

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To You No Place Typescript, Version A

To You No Place Typescript, Version A fragments (p. 1-285)

  • Box 77, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Missing multiple pages; duplicate pp. 10 and 104; page 11 misnumbered as "LL."

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To You No Place Typescript, Version A fragments (p. 300-520, end)

  • Box 77, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Missing multiple pages; duplicate p. 302

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To You No Place Typescript, Version B

To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 1-50)

  • Box 78, Folder 1
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To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 51-96)

  • Box 78, Folder 2
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To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 97-155)

  • Box 78, Folder 3
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To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 156-224)

  • Box 78, Folder 4
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To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 225-288)

  • Box 78, Folder 5
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To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 289-359)

  • Box 78, Folder 6
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To You No Place Typescript, Version B (p. 360-444, end)

  • Box 78, Folder 7
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C

To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters I and II (p. 1-52)

  • Box 78, Folder 8
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters III and IV (p. 53-103)

  • Box 78, Folder 9
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters VIII-IX (p. 104-168)

  • Box 78, Folder 10
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters X-XI (p. 169-226)

  • Box 79, Folder 1
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters XII-XIII (p. 227-280)

  • Box 79, Folder 2
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters XIV-XV (p. 281-331)

  • Box 79, Folder 3
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters XVI-XVIII (p. 332-390)

  • Box 79, Folder 4
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Chapters XIX-XX (p. 391-427, end)

  • Box 79, Folder 5
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To You No Place Typescript, Version C, Alternate Chapter 1 (p. 1-30)

  • Box 79, Folder 6
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The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution, 1974

  • Box 80-84
Scope and Contents note

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. The many versions and variants of The Kentucky Trace arrived at the University of Kentucky in disarray. With a few exceptions, pages were not in sequential order, and different versions and different formats (original typescript and carbon) were mixed together. Although certain pages apparently follow in sequence, it was not always clear with which version a fragment belonged. Moreover, many pages were missing. Arnow often used the reverse side of apparently discarded pages from one work to type something else. For example, some pages of The Kentucky Trace were typed on the backs of correspondence and drafts of essays, and vice versa. In these cases, the original was photocopied and kept with the material where it was found, and the photocopy was placed in the appropriate file.

In an attempt to make the many fragments of the novel more accessible, they were grouped as Early Drafts, Middle Draft, Late Draft, and Final Draft. The Early Drafts have been sorted into versions, an arrangement which does not necessarily represent Arnow's own order of sequence; she certainly did not designate her drafts by using these terms. The parts were pieced together by an educated guess at what their original and appropriate order may have been. Arnow quite possibly did not think of some of the sequences as integral versions but rather as reworkings of a particular part of the novel. Precisely when Arnow began working on the novel is unclear. In a letter dated July 23, 1971, Harold Strauss queried her, asking "Are you . . . working on a book now? If so, what is it, and when do you expect to finish it?" In a letter from Arnow to Strauss dated September 12, 1972, she apologizes for the time she's taken to finish the manuscript, which, she says, still does not have a "suitable name." Six months later, on March 7, 1973, Arnow wrote to Strauss to tell him that a draft of about 105,000 words will be on its way to him shortly (the Middle Draft likely represents this draft). Strauss's assistant at Knopf acknowledged receipt of the manuscript on March 28, 1973. After extensively revising portions of the novel during the next several months (see the Knopf correspondence file, Box 32, Folder 2, for discussion between author and editor/s), the novel appeared in publication in June 1974. Much of the revision between the first submission and the final typescript centered on the initial and especially the closing chapters of the novel. The many revision attempts of various pages and sections comprise the Late Draft, which is not, in itself, a whole draft. The Final Draft is composed of the extant pages, mostly carbons, that closely match the published version.

Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Version A consists of seven extant notebooks and an incomplete typescript of these notebooks, which together represent Arnow's initial attempt at the first working draft of The Kentucky Trace. Following her usual drafting process, Arnow wrote this first draft in notebooks and then typed them (or perhaps had her husband or someone else type them), sometimes making slight revisions or commentary in the running text during the transcription. Some notebooks and portions of the typescript of Version A are missing. Plot events are similar to the published version, but some names are different (most notably, Watson in this version is Leslie in subsequent versions).

Photocopy of pages from Notebook 1

  • Box 80, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains first chapter and probably beyond (no chapter divisions are indicated). Original notebook (Big 25 Pencil Tablet) is in The Weedkiller's Daughter files. Page numbers written on photocopies (105-196) indicate sequence of pages within notebook; the numbers are not Arnow's. The working typescript of these pages is missing.

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Notebook 2 (Jet Mail Writing Tablet)

  • Box 80, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains draft that corresponds to text of pages 112 through 126 of initial working typescript.

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Notebook 3 (Blue Composition Book)

  • Box 80, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains draft that corresponds to text of p.146-184 of initial working typescript.

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Notebook 4 (Reddish Orange Chaffee Banner Theme Book)

  • Box 80, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains draft that corresponds to text of p.184-235 of initial working typescript.

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Notebook 5 (Navy 5-Subject)

  • Box 80, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Continues Notebook 4, with only the initial page appearing in typescript form (p.235).

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Notebook 6 (Pink Composition Book)

  • Box 80, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Appears to be a continuation of Notebook 5. No typescript is available. Notebook 6 also contains, in p.1-52, nonfiction material on Southern Appalachians and coal companies, which have been photocopied and placed in nonfiction notebooks (Box 126, Folder 2). Novel material begins in middle of p.52 and continues through p. 104, the end of the notebook. Page numbers are not Arnow's.

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Notebook 7 (Blue and Yellow Best-Rite Theme Book)

  • Box 80, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Appears to be a continuation of Notebook 6. No typescript is available. Pages are numbered 1-108; numbers are not Arnow's.

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Early Typescript Drafts

Typescript, Version A

Earliest extant typescript of draft (Version A) based on notebooks. Incomplete, scattered paging, and lightly edited. Contains p.107-119, 124-211, 214-217, and 222-235. Also contains p. 35, 78, and 79, which appear to be from Version A (but do not seem to match text in available notebooks).

  • Box 80, Folder 8
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Typescript, Version B

Scope and Contents note

First extant attempt at whole-novel typescript. Lightly to heavily edited.

Draft of first two pages, which appear to be preparatory to Version B

  • Box 80, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Both pages are titled "Third Revision," which may indicate that other drafts occurred between Versions A and B.

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Chapter 1, Version B (p.1-29)

  • Box 80, Folder 10
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Chapter 2, Version B (p.30-54)

  • Box 80, Folder 11
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Chapter 3, Version B (p.55-84)

  • Box 80, Folder 12
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Chapter (4 or 5), Version B (p. 84, 86-93)

  • Box 80, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

The numeral V is marked in pencil at the top of p.84, probably by Arnow; chapter pagination places it as Chapter 4

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Chapter 5, Version B (p. 94-118). Also contains variant of page 94.

  • Box 80, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds roughly to Chapter 6 in published version of novel.

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Chapter 6, Version B (p.119-151)

  • Box 80, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Also contains variant of page 119.

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Chapter 7, Version B (p.152-168)

  • Box 81, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds roughly to Chapter 9 in published version of novel.

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Chapter 8, Version B (p.169-183; p.170 and after are renumbered as 149-162).

  • Box 81, Folder 2
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Chapter 9, Version B (p.184-215; renumbered as 163/164-194)

  • Box 81, Folder 3
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Chapter 10 (also marked in pencil as XXI), Version B

  • Box 81, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Some page numbers are non-sequential, though the narrative appears sequential; others have been marked through and changed, sometimes twice. Pages include 216-223, which have been changed to 195-202; 218, 219, 220, 220A, and 221, which are renumbered twice as 224-228 and 203-207; and 229-254, which are renumbered as 209-234 (with some of these pages renumbered yet again, ending the chapter with three different numbers: 254 and 234 and 237).

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Chapter 12, Version B (p.255-267, with some pages renumbered)

  • Box 81, Folder 5
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Chapter 13 in draft sequence (chapter number is not given), Version B (p.269-282, with all pages renumbered twice)

  • Box 81, Folder 6
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Chapter 14 (marked in ink as Chapter XV), Version B, p.283-296 (twice renumbered)

  • Box 81, Folder 7
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Chapter 15 in draft sequence (number not provided), Version B (p.307-337, twice renumbered)

  • Box 81, Folder 8
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Chapter 16 in draft sequence (number not provided), Version B (p.348-376, with some pages renumbered)

  • Box 81, Folder 9
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The Kentucky Trace, Early Draft, Version C

Scope and Contents note

Typescript is lightly edited.

Chapter 1, Version C (p.1-26); also contains a variant of page 4.

  • Box 81, Folder 10
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Chapter 2, Version C (p.27-50)

  • Box 81, Folder 11
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Chapter 3, Version C (p.51-60)

  • Box 81, Folder 12
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Chapter 4, Version C (p.61-80)

  • Box 81, Folder 13
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Chapter 5, Version C (p.81-89)

  • Box 81, Folder 14
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Chapter 6, Version C (p.90-112)

  • Box 81, Folder 15
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Chapter 7, Version C (p.113-142)

  • Box 81, Folder 16
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Chapter 8, Version C (p.143-163); also contains variant of p.143-148.

  • Box 81, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds roughly to Chapter 9 of published version.

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Chapter 9, Version C (p. 164-195)

  • Box 81, Folder 18
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Chapter 10, Version C (p.197-220)

  • Box 81, Folder 19
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Three versions of initial pages of Chapter 1, two of which are edited

  • Box 81, Folder 20
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Various early to middle attempts at opening pages of Chapter 18 (p.349-351)

  • Box 81, Folder 21
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Miscellaneous draft insertion sections. Points of insertion and sequence of drafting are unclear.

  • Box 81, Folder 22
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Miscellaneous pages and sections, which appear not to fit into any of the early versions

  • Box 81, Folder 23
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The Kentucky Trace, Middle Draft

Scope and Contents note

Likely represents the initial version submitted to Knopf in March 1973. Much of this version was found in a box labeled in Arnow's handwriting, "Last Revision Before Submission." Typescript exists mostly in carbon-copy form with no editing.

Chapter 1, Middle Draft (p.1-25)

  • Box 82, Folder 1
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Chapter 2, Middle Draft (p.26-50)

  • Box 82, Folder 2
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Chapter 3, Middle Draft (p.51, 52, 54, 56-59)

  • Box 82, Folder 3
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Chapter 4, Middle Draft (p.60-65, 67-69, 71-77)

  • Box 82, Folder 4
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Chapter 5, Middle Draft (p.81-89)

  • Box 82, Folder 5
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Chapter 6, Middle Draft (p.92-100, 102, 104, 109-111)

  • Box 82, Folder 6
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Chapter 7, Middle Draft (p.112-127)

  • Box 82, Folder 7
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Chapter 8, Middle Draft (p. 128-149)

  • Box 82, Folder 8
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Chapter 9, Middle Draft (p.150-170)

  • Box 82, Folder 9
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Chapter 10, Middle Draft (p. 171-199)

  • Box 82, Folder 10
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Chapter 11, Middle Draft (p.200-224)

  • Box 82, Folder 11
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Chapter 12, Middle Draft (p.225-235)

  • Box 82, Folder 12
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Chapter 13, Middle Draft (p.236-258)

  • Box 82, Folder 13
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Chapter 14, Middle Draft (p.259-278)

  • Box 82, Folder 14
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Chapter 15, Middle Draft (p.279-288, 290-305; also contains variant of page 303)

  • Box 82, Folder 15
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Chapter 16, Middle Draft (p.306-327)

  • Box 82, Folder 16
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Chapter 17, Middle Draft (p.328-348)

  • Box 82, Folder 17
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Chapter 18, Middle Draft (p.349-368)

  • Box 82, Folder 18
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Chapter 19, Middle Draft (p.369-385)

  • Box 82, Folder 19
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Chapter 20, Middle Draft (p.386-407)

  • Box 82, Folder 20
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Chapter 21, Middle Draft (p.408-418)

  • Box 82, Folder 21
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Variant pages and sections of Middle Draft

  • Box 82, Folder 22
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Arnow's responses to editorial queries (page numbers seem to correspond to Middle Draft)

  • Box 82, Folder 23
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Revisions of miscellaneous pages of Middle Draft composed in response to editorial queries

  • Box 82, Folder 24
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Miscellaneous draft pages of Chapter 1, which appear preparatory to Late Draft

  • Box 82, Folder 25
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The Kentucky Trace, Late Draft

Scope and Contents note

Typescript is mostly unedited; some pages are lightly edited. Appears to be directly preparatory to Final Draft, with much of it addressing Knopf's advice to revise the first and last chapters (see letters from Harold Strauss of Knopf filed in correspondence with editors and publishers).

Chapter 1, Late Draft (p.1-20, with some pages renumbered)

  • Box 82, Folder 26
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Chapter 2, Late Draft, p. 27, 29/29, 34

  • Box 82, Folder 27
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Variants of p. 68, 82, 86, and 114 of Late Draft

  • Box 82, Folder 28
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Chapter 10, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 82, Folder 29
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Chapter 11, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 82, Folder 30
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Chapter 12, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 83, Folder 1
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Chapter 13, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 83, Folder 2
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Chapter 14, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 83, Folder 3
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Chapter 15, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 83, Folder 4
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Chapter 16, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 83, Folder 5
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Chapter 17, Late Draft, scattered paging with variants

  • Box 83, Folder 6
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Chapter 20, Late Draft, several variant portions

  • Box 83, Folder 7
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Chapter 21, Late Draft, several variant portions

  • Box 83, Folder 8
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Final Draft

Scope and Contents note

Pages and portions of Final Draft, that closely match published version. Version exists mostly in carbon-copy typescript with no editing.

Chapter 1, Final Draft (p.1-25H)

  • Box 83, Folder 9
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Chapter 2, Final Draft (p. 28, 29, 34, 43, 43A, 49)

  • Box 83, Folder 10
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Chapter 4, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p. 61, 62, 67, 68)

  • Box 83, Folder 11
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Chapter 5, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p. 81, 82, 84-86)

  • Box 83, Folder 12
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Chapter 6, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.94, 98, 101, 102, 109, 110, 110A)

  • Box 83, Folder 13
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Chapter 7, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.112, 114, 115, 118, 124)

  • Box 83, Folder 14
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Chapter 8 & 9, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p. 130, 137, 146/146, 155, 170)

  • Box 83, Folder 15
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Chapter 10, pages/portions of Final Draft (p.171-179, 181, 185-197)

  • Box 83, Folder 16
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Chapter 11, Final Draft (p.198-219)

  • Box 83, Folder 17
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Chapter 12, pages/portions of Final Draft (p.225-233, 235)

  • Box 83, Folder 18
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Chapter 13, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.236, 235, 256, 257)

  • Box 83, Folder 19
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Chapter 14, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.259, 265, 267-269, 271, 274-275, 277)

  • Box 83, Folder 20
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Chapter 15, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.279, 281, 283, 291-292, 295-299, 304-305)

  • Box 83, Folder 21
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Chapter 16, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p. 306-307, 309-310, 325, 327)

  • Box 83, Folder 22
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Chapter 17, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.328-333, 335-336A, 339-340, 345-346, 348)

  • Box 84, Folder 1
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Chapter 18, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.355-359, 364, 366-368)

  • Box 84, Folder 2
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Chapter 19, miscellaneous pages of Final Draft (p.372, 382-385)

  • Box 84, Folder 3
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Chapter 20, Final Draft (p.389-405)

  • Box 84, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Two copies: a photocopy apparently made by Arnow and a carbon copy of the typescript.

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Chapter 21, Final Draft (p.406-425)

  • Box 84, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Two copies: a photocopy apparently made by Arnow and a carbon copy of the typescript.

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Galley Corrections and Uncorrected Proof

Arnow's extant galley corrections, five pages

  • Box 84, Folder 6
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Uncorrected proof

  • Box 84, Folder 7
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Mountain Path, 1936

  • Box 85
Scope and Contents note

Mountain Path was Arnow's first novel. She first submitted the typescript to Macmillan, who rejected it. She submitted the same draft to Harold Strauss at Covici Friede, where it was subsequently published. Mr. Strauss initially warned Arnow that the draft in its then-current form would meet opposition, calling it "another hillbilly novel somewhat melodramatic in nature" in a letter dated March 12, 1936, and encouraged revisions (Box 30, Folder 1). Arnow’s first literary agent, Elizabeth Nowell, submitted the draft to a contest by Houghton Mifflin publishers after Covici Friede’s initial hesitance to publish, a move which "nearly wrecked [HSA’s] chance of publication," according to a letter by Galena Hopkins on April 14, 1936 (Box 33, Folder 2). Arnow terminated her contract with Ms. Nowell in April 1936 and requested to withdraw the book from Houghton Mifflin. Arnow began working with Galena Hopkins in April 1936.

Introduction

  • Box 85, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Note from Arnow to the University of Kentucky upon the typescript’s arrival to the collection, explaining the reason for not having the manuscript and the details of this typescript.

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Tentative Outline by Chapters, p. 1-19

  • Box 85, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Outlines Chapters I through XXII of Mountain Path.

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Typescript Draft

Scope and Contents note

According to Arnow in the introduction (Box 85, Folder 1), this typescript was the copy she sent to Macmillan, who subsequently rejected it, and to Harold Strauss at Covici Friede. Also in the note, she suggests that Mr. Strauss made the editorial notes in the margins of the typescript. All of the chapters in this typescript correspond roughly to the same chapters in the published version, with exception to the second Chapter XX as noted in its description (Box 85, Folder 23).

Chapter I, p. 1-9

  • Box 85, Folder 3
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Chapter II, p. 10-17

  • Box 85, Folder 4
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Chapter III, p. 18-37

  • Box 85, Folder 5
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Chapter IV, p. 38-52

  • Box 85, Folder 6
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Chapter V, p. 49-66

  • Box 85, Folder 7
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Chapter VI, p. 67-78

  • Box 85, Folder 8
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Chapter VII, p. 79-89

  • Box 85, Folder 9
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Chapter VIII, p. 90-100

  • Box 85, Folder 10
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Chapter IX, p. 101-109

  • Box 85, Folder 11
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Chapter X, p. 110-121

  • Box 85, Folder 12
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Chapter XI, p. 122-133

  • Box 85, Folder 13
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Chapter XII, p. 134-144

  • Box 85, Folder 14
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Chapter XIII, p. 145-153

  • Box 85, Folder 15
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Chapter XIV, p. 154-168

  • Box 85, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Includes partial second copy (pp. 154-162) with editorial marks.

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Chapter XV, p. 169-189

  • Box 85, Folder 17
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Chapter XVI, p. 190-203

  • Box 85, Folder 18
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Chapter XVII, p. 204-210

  • Box 85, Folder 19
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Chapter XVIII, p. 211-227

  • Box 85, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Includes two copies with different editorial notes.

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Chapter XIX, p. 228-241

  • Box 85, Folder 21
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Chapter XX, p. 242-257

  • Box 85, Folder 22
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Chapter XX, p. 1-11

  • Box 85, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Likely misnumbered as XX instead of XXI because it closely corresponds to Chapter XXI in the published version. Unclear why the numbering begins renumbering with 1 rather than continuing with 258.

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Book jacket

  • Box 85, Folder 24
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Scrapbook

  • Box 85, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Includes press releases, book reviews, and letters regarding the publication.

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The Weedkiller's Daughter, 1970

  • Box 86-99, item 100
Scope and Contents note

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. The many versions and variants of The Weedkiller's Daughter arrived at the University of Kentucky in complete disarray. With a few exceptions, pages were not in sequential order, and different versions and different formats (original typescript, carbon, and photocopies) were mixed together. Although certain pages apparently follow in sequence, it was not always clear with which version a fragment belonged. Moreover, many pages were missing. Arnow often used the reverse side of apparently discarded pages from one work to type something else. For example, the reverse sides of pages from The Weedkiller's Daughter were used to type parts of Kentucky Trace, "A Tumor Tale," and various correspondences. In these cases, the original was photocopied, and the photocopy was put with the appropriate part of The Weedkiller's Daughter, and the original was left with the material where it was found.

In an attempt to make the many fragments of the novel more accessible, the manuscript fragments were grouped as Early Drafts, Middle Drafts, Later Drafts, and Typesetters Drafts. These drafts were then sorted into versions. It must be emphasized that the arrangement into versions does not necessarily represent Arnow's own order or sequence, and she certainly did not call the versions Early Draft, Middle Draft, etc. Rather the parts were pieced together by an educated guess at what their original and appropriate order might have been. In cases where one sequence of pages might follow another sequence but the thread between the parts could not be established clearly, the sequences were kept separate, but a note was made about their probable link. It is quite possible that Arnow did not think of these sequences as integral versions but rather as reworkings of a particular part of the novel. Some versions represent only a chapter or small portion of the novel because a definite link to another sequence could not be determined. Where possible, an indication of the rough correspondence between the fragmented versions and the published version has been given. Arnow worked on the manuscript over many years. Early Version B.1, p. 55 has the following note: "begun writing Dec. 5 here, 1963--typed Feb. 19, 64" [sic]. Harold Strauss formally accepted the manuscript for publication by Alfred A. Knopf in his letter of July 7, 1967, but it was not until November 13, 1969 after the manuscript had undergone extensive revision that he was able to send Arnow the first copy of The Weedkiller's Daughter to come off the press. The Knopf correspondence deals with the editing and revision of the novel (See Box 31, Folders 8-9, and Box 32, Folder 1). An indication of the extent of the revisions is the fact that one of the early typed versions (Early Draft, Version E.2) has pages numbered to 1073, but the typesetter's version contains 614 pages. In his letter of March 28, 1968, written after he received the last 300 pages of the novel, Strauss asks Arnow to submit again an earlier version of the manuscript. His letter of April 19, 1968 indicates that the editors are reading the two versions of the novel. It appears that the editors decided on the shorter version. In the Middle Draft versions, the novel has assumed a general shape close to the published version. It appears from some of the file folders in which the manuscript was kept that Arnow at some point called the manuscript "Ter" and "Light My Fire". Roman numeral chapter numbers were given by Arnow.

Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

There are two boxes of notebooks related to The Weedkiller's Daughter. The notebooks in the first box correspond at least in part to the published version. The notebooks in the second box contain material not used in the published version. Page numbers and notebook numbers in square brackets [ ] represent our numbering not Arnow's. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition.

Correspondence to published version

Scope and Contents note

Notebooks corresponding to published version. Some of the notebooks also contain incidents not included in the published version.

Notebook [1] and photocopy, [p. 1-196].

  • Box 86, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 3 and 4. Includes speech to Colonial Dames and outline of story. Also includes some correspondence to Chapter 1, The Kentucky Trace.

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Notebook I [2] and photocopy, 1-72 followed by 1A-72A.

  • Box 86, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 9 and 14.

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Notebook [3] and photocopy, p. 1-142 [p. 111, 113 missing].

  • Box 86, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 14.

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Notebook [4] and photocopy, [p. 1-179].

  • Box 86, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to chapters 15 and 16. Includes brief summary of novel on p. 175-179 and a few autobiographical notes.

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No correspondence to published version

Scope and Contents note

These notebooks do not correspond to the published version. Incidents in these notebooks carry the story beyond the published version. Early Draft, Version E.2 appears to have been typed from these notebooks. Arnow occasionally notes the date when or place where the notebook was written.

Notebook [5] and photocopy, [p. 1-56].

  • Box 86, Folder 5
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Notebook [6] and photocopy, [p. 1-21].

  • Box 87, Folder 1
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Notebook [7] [p. 1-38].

  • Box 87, Folder 2
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Notebook II [8] [p. 1-145].

  • Box 87, Folder 3
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Notebook I [9] [p. 1-37].

  • Box 87, Folder 4
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Notebook II [10] [p. 1-37].

  • Box 87, Folder 5
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Notebook III [11] [p. 1-37].

  • Box 87, Folder 6
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Notebook IVII [12] [p. 1-52].

  • Box 87, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes on Hines Cave.

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Notebook [13] [p. 1-122].

  • Box 87, Folder 8
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Notebook II [14] [p. 1-24].

  • Box 87, Folder 9
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Notebook III [15] [p. 1-24].

  • Box 87, Folder 10
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Notebook IV [16] [p. 1-40].

  • Box 87, Folder 11
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Notebook V [17] [p. 1-120].

  • Box 87, Folder 12
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Notebook VI [18] [p. 1-68].

  • Box 87, Folder 13
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Notebook VII [19] [p. 1-150].

  • Box 87, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Short autobiographical note on p.2.

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Notebook [20] [p. 1-128].

  • Box 87, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Short autobiographical note on p.1. This notebook corresponds to Early Draft, Version E.2, p. 1043-1073.

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Typescript Versions, Early Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Early Draft, Version A.1 includes p. 1-170 (including chapters III, V, VI, and VII). Some of the pages in this draft have been renumbered or numbered twice, and it is not always clear which numbering sequence should be followed. Because of the ambiguity of this double numbering, a fragment which originally may have been part of the Version A.1 sequence has been designated Early Draft, Version B.1 (p. 49-72, 75-87). There are text and notes on the reverse side of some pages in the early drafts. Early Draft, Version C.1 includes p. 99-124, 175-256 (chapters IV and VI). Early Draft, Version D.1 (p. 1-51, 64-107, with p. 64-91 renumbered 40-66; including chapter II) incorporates some changes from Early Draft, Version A.1. Early Draft, Version E.1 includes p. 216-370 (chapters X-XIII). Early Draft, Version E.2 (381-721, 735-861, 935, 1028-1073) appears to follow Version E.1. Most of Version E.2 was not used in the published version. Some pages in E.2 have notes indicating where and when the page was written. Version E.2 contains a few photocopies of hand written pages that were found with but do not fit into this sequence. Because of the renumbered pages and because it is not clear where Early Draft, Version F.1 and Early Draft, Version G.1 should fit in the sequence of Early Drafts, these two fragments have been kept separate. Early Draft, Version F.1 (p.6-26) is dated June 17, 1964 on p. 26. A note on p. 33 of Early Draft, Version G.1 (p. 37-63 renumbered p. 12-39) dates that fragment on Aug. 4. Early Draft Fragments Folder 19 contains numbered and unnumbered pages that belong with the early drafts but do not clearly fit into a particular sequence. One reason for the difficulty in linking pages was that there are many pages missing. Correspondence between some but not all of these fragments and the published version have been established. Correspondence between the various Early Draft versions and chapters in the published version have been noted. When a photocopy has been provided, the original should not be used due to its delicate condition. Roman numeral chapter numbers were given by Arnow.

Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 1-21.

  • Box 87, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

This may be the first typed version. Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 22-46 [p. 23 missing; renumbered p. 45-69].

  • Box 87, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Chapter III [originally Chapter II]. Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 88-98.

  • Box 87, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 99-111. Chapter V.

  • Box 88, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 115-144. Chapter VI.

  • Box 88, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Early Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 145-170. Chapter VII.

  • Box 88, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Early Draft, Version B.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 49-72, 75-87.

  • Box 88, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Gertie Nevels appears in this section as "the Primitive." Although this section does not correspond to the Published version, Gertie Nevels does appear in chapter 4.

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Early Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p.99-124. Chapter IV.

  • Box 88, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Early Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p. 154-174 (scattered).

  • Box 88, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Early Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript (p. 175-256) and photocopy (p. 175-203). Chapter VI.

  • Box 88, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Early Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript and photocopy, p.1-26.

  • Box 88, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Early Draft, Version D.1, photocopy of edited typescript, p. 27-51 [p. 30 missing]. Chapter II.

  • Box 88, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Original typescript is with the "Tumor Tale." Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 64-107 [p. 64-91 renumbered p. 40-66, some pages are missing].

  • Box 88, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 7 and 8.

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Early Draft, Version E.1, edited typescript, p. 216-258. Chapter X.

  • Box 88, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Early Draft, Version E.1, edited typescript, p. 258 [258A]-298 and photocopy, p. 283-85, 291-92 [p. 261-262 missing]. Chapter XI.

  • Box 88, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Early Draft, Version E.1, edited typescript, p. 299-332. Chapter XII.

  • Box 88, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13 and 14.

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Early Draft, Version E.1, edited typescript, p. 330-370 [p. 342-343 missing]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 88, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 381-429.

  • Box 88, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version. Handwritten page after p. 383 appears to be part of another sequence.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 430-509 [p. 470, 503-508 missing].

  • Box 89, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, edited typescript, p. 627-665.

  • Box 89, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version. Includes photocopy of handwritten page not part of this sequence.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 666-687.

  • Box 89, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 687 [688]-721.

  • Box 89, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, edited typescript, p. 735-747.

  • Box 89, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 748-86 [p. 754 missing].

  • Box 89, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 787-825.

  • Box 89, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version. Includes photocopy of handwritten page not part of this sequence.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 826-37.

  • Box 89, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 838-861.

  • Box 89, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 935-1027 [scattered].

  • Box 89, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version E.2, typescript, p. 1028-73 and photocopy, p. 1048-73.

  • Box 89, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Early Draft, Version F.1, photocopy of edited typescript, p. 6-26 [p.18-21 missing].

  • Box 89, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Original typescript is with "Tumor Tale." Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Early Draft, Version G.1, edited typescript, p. 12-39 [renumbered p. 37-63, some pages missing].

  • Box 89, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6. Short autobiographical note on p.33 (dated August 4).

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Early Draft fragments, p.47-552 [scattered] and unnumbered pages, typescript and photocopies of typescript.

  • Box 89, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

These fragments are from different versions. When fragment pages that belong to early drafts of The Weedkiller's Daughter were found with other manuscripts or with correspondence, these pages were photocopied for inclusion here. Page 111, 114 correspond to p. 189, 193 (chapter 9); p. 144 corresponds to p.258-9 (chapter 12); p. 188 corresponds to p. 176 (chapter 9); p. 281-2 corresponds to p. 251-2 (chapter 12). There was insufficient time to determine other correspondences.

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Typescript Versions, Middle Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Middle Draft Versions A.1, A.2, A.3, and A.4 are very close in text. Middle Draft Version A.2 is the carbon of Middle Draft Version A.1. Middle Draft Version A.4 is the carbon of Middle Draft Version A.3. Middle Draft Version A.1 appears to have been written before Middle Draft Version A.3. Corresponding pages in Versions A.1 and A.3 often begin and/or end with the same word. Version A.3 is the most complete version. Versions A.1 and A.2 are fragmented with numerous pages missing. Chapter divisions in the Middle Draft versions correspond to the published version in many but not all cases. Roman numerals refer to Arnow's chapter numbers in the draft. Correspondence between the various Middle Draft versions and chapters in the published version have been noted. Middle Draft, Version A.1 (p. 1-376, scattered) includes variants of several pages (p. 8.84, 180, 188, 308, 310, 375). Middle Draft, Version A.2 (p. 2-376, scattered), the unedited carbon of Version A.1 includes variants of p. 118, 375. Middle Draft, Version A.3, is the edited typescript of chapters 1-15, p. 1-377. Editing in blue and red ink and green pencil is probably by Arnow. A few notes in red and pencil queries may be by an editor. Middle Draft, Version A.4, the carbon typescript of Middle Draft, Version A.3 is an unedited, fragmented version. There are computations and text on the reverse of a few pages.

Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 1-24 [scattered]. Chapter I.

  • Box 89, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 29-52 [scattered]. Chapter II.

  • Box 89, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 55-74 [scattered]. Chapter III.

  • Box 89, Folder 17
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Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 83-101 [scattered]. Chapter IV.

  • Box 89, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 102-117 [scattered]. Chapter V.

  • Box 89, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 119-148 [scattered]. Chapter VI.

  • Box 89, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 149-175 [scattered]. Chapter VII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 176-188 [scattered]. Chapter VIII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 199-217 [scattered].

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 232-42 [scattered]. Chapter X.

  • Box 90, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 243-53 [p. 249, 251 missing]. Chapter XI.

  • Box 90, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 270-301 [scattered].

  • Box 90, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 303-35 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 90, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13 and 14.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 336-60 [scattered]. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 90, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 363-76 [p. 365-65 missing]. Chapter XV.

  • Box 90, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 2-24 [scattered].

  • Box 90, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, photocopies of carbon typescript, p. 32 and 46 from Chapter II.

  • Box 90, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2. Original carbons are in Knopf correspondence file.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 55-74 [scattered]. Chapter III.

  • Box 90, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 118-148 [scattered; two variants of p. 118]. Chapter VI.

  • Box 90, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 150-75 [scattered].

  • Box 90, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 176-177 and photocopy of carbon, p. 181, 188 from Chapter VIII.

  • Box 90, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8. Original carbons are with The Kentucky Trace.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 223-242 [scattered]. Chapter X.

  • Box 90, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 83-101 [scattered]. Chapter IV.

  • Box 90, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 243-267 [scattered]. Chapter XI.

  • Box 90, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 268-301 [scattered]. Chapter XII.

  • Box 90, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 303-35 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 90, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13 and 14.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 336-60 [scattered]. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 90, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Middle Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 363-376 [p. 365-6 missing; two variants p. 375]. Chapter XV.

  • Box 90, Folder 22
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Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 1-28 [p.3 missing]. Chapter I.

  • Box 90, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 29-53 [p. 29 renumbered as p. 49]. Chapter II.

  • Box 90, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 54-82 [p. 54 renumbered as p. 79]. Chapter III.

  • Box 90, Folder 25
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Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 83-101. Chapter IV.

  • Box 90, Folder 26
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Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 102-17. Chapter V.

  • Box 90, Folder 27
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Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 118-48. Chapter VI.

  • Box 90, Folder 28
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Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 149-75. Chapter VII.

  • Box 90, Folder 29
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Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 176-92. Chapter VII.

  • Box 90, Folder 30
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 193-222. Chapter IX.

  • Box 90, Folder 31
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Corresponds to Chapter 9. Numbers on p. 193 probably refer to the Early Draft, Version E.2.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 223-242a. Chapter X.

  • Box 90, Folder 32
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Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 243-67. Chapter XI.

  • Box 91, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 268-302. Chapter XII.

  • Box 91, Folder 2
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Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 303-35. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 91, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13 and 14.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 336-62. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 91, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version A.3, edited typescript, p. 363-77. Chapter XV.

  • Box 91, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 4-28 [scattered].

  • Box 91, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 54-82 [scattered]. Chapter III.

  • Box 91, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 87-96 [p.89 missing].

  • Box 91, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 120-45 [missing p. 127-9, 139, 142-3]. Chapter VI.

  • Box 91, Folder 9
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Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 150-74 [scattered]. Chapter VII.

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Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 178.

  • Box 91, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, photocopy of carbon typescript, p. 190, 192.

  • Box 91, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8. Original carbons are with The Kentucky Trace.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 224-41 [scattered].

  • Box 91, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 251-66 [missing p. 252-3, 260-4].

  • Box 91, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 269-302 [scattered].

  • Box 91, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 304-29 [scattered].

  • Box 91, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 13 and 14.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 338-62 [scattered].

  • Box 91, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, carbon typescript, p. 365-66.

  • Box 91, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to the published version.

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Middle Draft, Version A.4, fragments, p. 190-619, unnumbered

  • Box 91, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to the published version.

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Typescript Versions, Later Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Later Draft, Version A.1 (p. 1-755 [scattered], 800-4, 825-6) is an edited, fragmented version. Editing appears to have been done primarily by Arnow. Some parts are cut and pasted. Later Draft, Version A.2 (p. 3-37) appears to follow p. 826 in Later Draft, Version A.1. Because of the possible confusion resulting from the page numbering, A.2 has been made a separate version. Later Draft, Version A.3 (p. 38, 81, 194, 432-577 [scattered], 685-757, 800-845 [scattered]) is a very fragmented carbon copy of Later Draft, Version A.1. However, parts of Version A.3 are substantially different from A.l because A.1 is an edited and, in part, cut and pasted version. Later Draft, Version A.4 (p. 6-485 [very scattered], 800-4), is a very fragmented photocopy of Later Draft, A.1. Later Drafts, Version A.5, A.6, and A.7 are all reworkings of the first chapter. Version A.5, a fragment of unedited typescript (p. 1-5) and carbon (p. 2,3,5,6), has slight variations from the beginning of the first chapter in A.1. Version A.5 does not incorporate changes made on Version A.l. Later Draft, Version A.6, edited typescript (p. 1-19 [scattered]) and unedited carbon (p. 1-19 [scattered]), is similar to Versions A.1 and A.5 but is slightly more colloquial in diction. A note on Later Draft, Version A.7 indicates that it is a retype of p. 1-5 inclusive of "manuscript originally sent to Mr. Strauss." Later Draft, Version A.8 consists of seven variants of p. 81-84. Not all variants include all pages in this sequence. Later Draft, Version B.1 (p. 6-483 [scattered]) incorporates changes from Later Draft, Version A.1. Later Draft, Version B.2(p. 1-364 [scattered]) is the unedited carbon of Later Draft, Version B.1. Later Drafts, Versions B.3 (p. 1-27) and B.4 (p. 1-295 [very scattered], 432-65 [scattered]) are photocopy versions of B.1. A few pages have text on the reverse side. Later Draft, Version C.1 (p. 357-855 [scattered] almost appears to be a continuation of Later Draft, Version B.1. However, some pages overlap with different page variants in the B.1 version. Version C.1 appears to have been written after the B.1 version. The pages of Later Draft, Version C.1 were one of the few parts of the novel that were found together in relative order in a box and definitely appear to belong together as a coherent version. Later Draft, Version C.2 (p. 42-855 [scattered] is the carbon of Later Draft, Version C.1. Later Draft, Version C.3 (p. 90-853 [very scattered]) is the photocopy of Later Draft, Version C.1. Later Draft, Version D.1 (p. 109-145 [scattered], 204-607 [scattered]) probably was written after Later Drafts, Version A.1, B.1, and C.1, but this is not certain. It is more compressed than some of the earlier versions. Later Draft, Version D.2 (p. 204-607 [scattered]) is the carbon of Later Draft D.1. Later Draft D.3 (p. 614-635) is a photocopy that contains editing by Arnow and by someone else, possibly an editor. Later Draft, Fragments E.1 and E.2 are fragments that appear to be part of the Later Draft. Because of missing pages, it was not possible to fit these fragments into the various drafts.

Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 1-36, 38, 40. Chapter I.

  • Box 91, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Later Draft. Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 42-78 [scattered]. Chapter II.

  • Box 91, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 80-127 [two variants p. 96].

  • Box 91, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 128-57 [scattered]. Chapter IV.

  • Box 91, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 158, 171, 174, 178. Chapter V.

  • Box 91, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 5.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 182-223 [scattered]. Chapter VI.

  • Box 91, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 229-263 [scattered]. Chapter VII.

  • Box 91, Folder 26
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 275-98 [p. 278-81, 296 missing].

  • Box 91, Folder 27
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 324-53 [scattered].

  • Box 91, Folder 28
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 354-72 [p. 360 missing]. Chapter X.

  • Box 91, Folder 29
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10. Insert that was taped to p. 357 appears to belong after p. 372.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 373-432 [some pages missing and some pages overlaps and gaps because of editing]. Chapter XI [not clear where XI ends].

  • Box 92, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 436-91 [scattered].

  • Box 92, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 492-519 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 92, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, p. 519 [519A]-42 [scattered]. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 92, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Includes some yellow sheets with corrections.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 542 [543A]-73 [p. 566-68 missing]. Photocopies of p.593-4 included [originals are with correspondence files], but page renumbering and the fact that these pages were used to make carbons of letters indicates that Arnow cut them from this version. Note between p. 569 and 570. Chapter XV.

  • Box 92, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 574-602. Chapter XVI.

  • Box 92, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 600-29. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 92, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 630-56 [missing p. 634-5]. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 92, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 663-80. Chapter XVIII.

  • Box 92, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 10 and 15.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 681-95 [p. 688 missing]. This section appears to be a continuation of chapter XVIII; chapter break is not clear.

  • Box 92, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 696-708 [p. 701 missing].

  • Box 93, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 721-46, 750-5 [p. 752 missing]. Chapter break not clear.

  • Box 93, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited photocopy and carbon copy, cut and pasted, p. 800-4.

  • Box 93, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.1, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 825-6. Chapter XXII.

  • Box 93, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.2, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 3-20 [a few pages missing]. This section appears to follow p. 826 and to be part of chapter XXII.

  • Box 93, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.2, edited typescript, cut and pasted, p. 22-37 [two variants of p. 27; unnumbered page fragment between these two variants].

  • Box 93, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to the published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, carbon, p. 38, 81, 194.

  • Box 93, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 3 and 6.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, unedited carbon, p. 432-491 [a few pages missing].

  • Box 93, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, unedited carbon, p. 492-519 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 93, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, unedited carbon, p. 530-541 [scattered].

  • Box 93, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, unedited carbon of version that was cut and pasted to make Later Draft, Version A.1, p. 543-577. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 93, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, unedited carbon, p. 685-757 [pages missing, chapter break not clear].

  • Box 93, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited carbon, p. 800-845 [scattered; some pages renumbered].

  • Box 93, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Later Draft, Version A.4, scattered photocopies of Later Draft, Version A.1, p. 6-804 [very scattered; triplicate p. 100, 803; duplicate p. 802, 804].

  • Box 93, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version A.5, fragment of unedited typescript (p. 1-5) and unedited carbon (p. 2-3, 5-6). This version has slight variations from Later Draft, Version A.1. Editing changes on A.1 are not incorporated in this version.

  • Box 93, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Later Draft, Version A.6, fragment of edited typescript, p. 1-19 [scattered] and unedited carbon, p. 1-19 [scattered].

  • Box 94, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. This version is similar to Later Drafts, Versions A.1 and A.5 but is slightly more colloquial in diction.

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Later Draft, Version A.7, fragment. Retype of p. 1-5 inclusive of manuscript originally sent to Mr. [Harold] Strauss. See Strauss letter to Arnow of March 28, 1968 and Arnow's letter to Strauss of 31 April [March 31?]. Original typescript [missing 3-5 page 2] with light editing and unedited photocopy of p. 2 (3-5) and unedited carbon of p. 1-5.

  • Box 94, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Later Draft, Version A.8, fragments. Seven variants of p. 81-4. Not all variants include all pages in the sequence. Three variants are edited typescripts, one variant is edited typescript and unedited carbon, three are unedited carbons. Some pages have text on the reverse side.

  • Box 94, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Later Draft, Version B.1, edited typescript, p. 6-483 [very scattered]. Later Draft, Version B.1 incorporates changes from Later Draft, Version A.1. Editing appears to be by both Arnow and someone else [perhaps an editor].

  • Box 94, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Originals of duplexed photocopies are with "Tumor Tale."

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon of Version B.1, p. 1-40 [p. 7, 22, 37-9 missing; two variants of p. 34-35]. Chapter I.

  • Box 94, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon, p. 42-72. Chapter II.

  • Box 94, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2. Note on back of p. 72 re: Arthur Miller.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon, p. 82-127 [scattered].

  • Box 94, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon, p. 128-78 [scattered].

  • Box 94, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 4 and 5.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon, p. 182-223 [scattered].

  • Box 94, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon, p. 232-63 [scattered].

  • Box 94, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, unedited carbon, p. 275-95 [p. 277-81 missing].

  • Box 94, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 8.

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Later Draft, Version B.2, lightly edited carbon, p. 359-364 [p. 361-363 missing].

  • Box 94, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10.

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Later Draft, Version B.3, edited photocopy of Later Draft, Version B.1, p. 1-27.

  • Box 94, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 1. This photocopy has a distinctive appearance (different from other photocopies of the novel). Extensive pencil notes [perhaps by an editor] and notes in another hand [possibly Arnow's].

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Later Draft, Version B.4, unedited photocopy of Later Draft, Version A.1, p. 1-295 [very scattered], 432-65 [scattered; duplicates p. 1, 95]. Pages 434, 448, 449, and unnumbered pages after 449 are photocopies of photocopies.

  • Box 94, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Original photocopies were used to type carbons of letters on the reverse side and are in the Knopf correspondence files re: The Weedkiller's Daughter.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 42, 357-358, 361.

  • Box 94, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10. Original p. 42 is with "Tumor Tale" file.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 375-420 [p. 378-379 missing].

  • Box 94, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 478-479, 490.

  • Box 94, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 492-519 [p. 510-11 missing]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 94, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Editing appears to be by Arnow and someone else [perhaps an editor].

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 519A-541. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 94, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Editing appears to have been done by Arnow and someone else [perhaps an editor].

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Later Draft, Version C.1, edited typescript, p. 542-567. Chapter XV.

  • Box 94, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14. Sequence moves from p. 567 to p. 574.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, typescript with minor editing changes, p. 574-599. Chapter XVI.

  • Box 94, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14. Sequence moves from p. 599 to 603.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, typescript with minor editing changes, p. 603-654 [p. 640 missing]. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 94, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14. Sequence moves from p. 654 to 663.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, typescript with minor editing changes, p. 663-707 [two variants p. 704]. Chapter XVIII.

  • Box 94, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, typescript with minor editing changes, p. 708-757 [two variants p. 724, 732, and 733]. Chapter XIX.

  • Box 94, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version. Sequence moves from p. 735 to 752.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, typescript with minor editing changes, p. 758-809 [p. 760 missing]. Chapter XX.

  • Box 94, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16. Sequence moves from p. 809 to 825.

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Later Draft, Version C.1, typescript with minor editing changes, p. 825-855. Chapter XXI.

  • Box 95, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon of Later Draft, Version C.1, p. 42-420 [very scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon, p. 478-479, 490.

  • Box 95, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon, p. 496-518 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 95, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon, p. 520-539 [p. 530, 533-536 missing].

  • Box 95, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13. Page of "Description of manuscript" on reverse of p. 539.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon (p. 611, 611A, 613, 640).

  • Box 95, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon (p. [724], 732-733, 752, 757).

  • Box 95, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon, p. 758-809 [p. 794 missing, but flow of text is not interrupted]. Chapter XX.

  • Box 95, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Later Draft, Version C.2, unedited carbon, p. 825-855 [scattered]. Chapter XXIII.

  • Box 95, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version C.3, unedited photocopy, p. 90-853 [very scattered duplicate p. 157, 410, 589; triplicate p. 640].

  • Box 95, Folder 10
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Later Draft, Version D.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 109, 116, 122.

  • Box 95, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 3.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 125, 132-133, 145.

  • Box 95, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Later Draft, Version D. 1, edited typescript, p. 204, 209.

  • Box 95, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Later Draft, Version D. 1, edited typescript, p. 230-283 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 7 and 8.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 314-348 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 9 and 10.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 375-406 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, lightly edited typescript, p. 409B-454 [scattered]. Chapter XII.

  • Box 95, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 455-494 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 95, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 495-517 [very scattered]. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 95, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 535-77 [scattered]. Chapter XV.

  • Box 95, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 605-607.

  • Box 95, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Later Draft, Version D.1, edited typescript, p. 513A-513B (which is labeled "An attempt to follow editorial suggestions for an end to "), unnumbered note about ending the book, and p. 614-635.

  • Box 95, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

The note and p. 513A-513B correspond to Chapter 16.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 7-75 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 23
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds Chapters 1 and 2.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 91-122 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 2.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, carbon typescript, three variants of p. 125, 133.

  • Box 95, Folder 25
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 4.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 195-197 and p. 202 (photocopy).

  • Box 95, Folder 26
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, carbon typescript, p. 244-284 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 27
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 7 and 8.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, lightly edited carbon, p. 302A-321 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 28
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, lightly edited carbon typescript, p. 329-347 [p. 330-1, 335 missing].

  • Box 95, Folder 29
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 10. Some pages marked A or B.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, lightly edited carbon typescript, p. 375A-406 [scattered].

  • Box 95, Folder 30
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, carbon typescript, p. 409-454 [scattered]. Chapter XII.

  • Box 95, Folder 31
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 12.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 455-94 [scattered]. Chapter XIII.

  • Box 95, Folder 32
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 13.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 495A-6, 504, 514. Chapter XIV.

  • Box 95, Folder 33
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 14.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 533-77 [scattered]. Chapter XV.

  • Box 95, Folder 34
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 15.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 605-7.

  • Box 95, Folder 35
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 16.

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Later Draft, Version D.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 614-35. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 95, Folder 36
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Version D.3, edited photocopy, p. 614-35. Chapter XVII.

  • Box 95, Folder 37
Scope and Contents note

No correspondence to published version.

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Later Draft, Fragments E.1, typescript, carbon, and photocopy, p.3-729 [scattered and some unnumbered]. These fragments appear to be from various versions of the Later Drafts.

  • Box 96, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes a few proposed inserts.

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Later Draft, Fragments E.2, typescript, carbon, and photocopy, p. 159, 186-272 [scattered], 616-855 [scattered]. Pages 159, 186-266 appear to be related to but are earlier than Later Draft, Version D and the Typesetter's Draft. Original typescripts are with the "Tumor Tale". Pages 616-855 appear to be from the version that was cut and pasted to make Later Draft, Version A.1.

  • Box 96, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

The originals are in the correspondence files.

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Typescript Versions, Typesetter's Drafts

Scope and Contents note

Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1 is the draft sent to the typesetter. It includes blue slips and tabs from copy editors' queries and was edited and marked for the typesetter by copy editors. Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2 is the carbon typescript of Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1. Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3 is the photocopy of Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1. Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4 is a photocopy edited with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1.

Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, Preliminaries, note on type, brief publisher's note.

  • Box 96, Folder 3
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 1-39 [missing p. 38, 40].

  • Box 96, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 40 to p. 42. Chapter 1.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 42-77. Chapter 2.

  • Box 96, Folder 5
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 78-122. Chapter 3.

  • Box 96, Folder 6
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 123-49. Chapter 4.

  • Box 96, Folder 7
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 150-71. Chapter 5.

  • Box 96, Folder 8
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 172-210. Chapter 6.

  • Box 96, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 202 to 204 and from p. 210 to 215.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 215-51. Chapter 7.

  • Box 96, Folder 10
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 252-285. Chapter 8.

  • Box 96, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 285 to 288.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 288-328. Chapter 9.

  • Box 96, Folder 12
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 329-64. Chapter 10.

  • Box 96, Folder 13
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 365-408. Chapter 11.

  • Box 96, Folder 14
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 409-454. Chapter 12.

  • Box 96, Folder 15
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 455-494. Chapter 13.

  • Box 97, Folder 1
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 495-534. Chapter 14.

  • Box 97, Folder 2
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 535-566. Chapter 15.

  • Box 97, Folder 3
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, copy edited typescript, p. 567-615.

  • Box 97, Folder 4
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 5, 5A, 8, 27, 27A. Page 455 on back of 5A. Chapter 1.

  • Box 97, Folder 5
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, unedited carbon typescript, p. 60-75. Chapter 2.

  • Box 97, Folder 6
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, lightly edited carbon, p. 89-113 [scattered]. Chapter 3.

  • Box 97, Folder 7
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, lightly edited carbon typescript, p. 124-146. Letter on back of p. 146.

  • Box 97, Folder 8
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, lightly edited carbon typescript, p. 159-283 [scattered].

  • Box 97, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8. Original carbons of p. 161-62, 164-67 are with "Tumor Tale." or "1966 Decrepitude."

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, lightly edited carbon typescript, p. 299-328 [includes p. 314-315 and replacement p. 314; p. 318 and replacement 318; p. 326 and similar variant 326A. Chapter 9.

  • Box 97, Folder 10
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 329-364. Chapter 10.

  • Box 97, Folder 11
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 365-408. Chapter XI.

  • Box 97, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 11. Does not include 373A and 373B which were sent to typesetters to replace 374-76.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 409-452. Chapter 12.

  • Box 97, Folder 13
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 455-494. Chapter 13.

  • Box 97, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 472 to p. 476.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 495-534. Chapter 14.

  • Box 97, Folder 15
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, edited carbon typescript, p. 535-566 [p. 541, 543 missing]. Chapter 15.

  • Box 97, Folder 16
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.2, carbon typescript, p. 567-613. Chapter 16.

  • Box 97, Folder 17
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 1-40 [p. 11, 15 missing]. Chapter 1.

  • Box 97, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 40 to p. 42.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 42-76. Chapter 2.

  • Box 97, Folder 19
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 78-122 [several pages missing]. Chapter 3.

  • Box 97, Folder 20
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 123-149 [scattered]. Chapter 4.

  • Box 98, Folder 1
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 150-171 [p. 159 missing]. Chapter 5.

  • Box 98, Folder 2
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 172-214 [ p. 187-189, 193-99 missing]. Chapter 6.

  • Box 98, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

This version includes p. 211-214 which were not used in actual typesetter's copy (Version A.1).

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, edited photocopy, p. 215-251 [some pages missing]. Chapter 7.

  • Box 98, Folder 4
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 252-278. Chapter 8.

  • Box 98, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 285 to 288.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, lightly edited photocopy, p. 316-328. Chapter 9.

  • Box 98, Folder 6
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, unedited photocopy, p. 329-364. Chapter 10.

  • Box 98, Folder 7
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.3, unedited photocopy, p. 365-400. Chapter 11.

  • Box 98, Folder 8
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 1-40. Sequence moves from p. 40 to p. 42. Chapter 1.

  • Box 98, Folder 9
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 42-77. Chapter 2.

  • Box 98, Folder 10
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 78-122. Chapter 3.

  • Box 98, Folder 11
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 123-149 [p. 144 is a carbon typescript not a photocopy]. Chapter 4.

  • Box 98, Folder 12
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 150-171. Chapter 5.

  • Box 98, Folder 13
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 172-210 [missing p. 193]. Chapter 6.

  • Box 98, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 210 to p. 215.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 215-251. Chapter 7.

  • Box 98, Folder 15
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 252-285. Chapter 8.

  • Box 98, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Sequence moves from p. 285 to p. 288.

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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 288-328. Chapter 9. Sequence moves from p. 314 to p. 316.

  • Box 98, Folder 17
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 329-364[missing p. 330]. Chapter 10.

  • Box 98, Folder 18
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 365-408 [missing p. 373A and p. 373B]. Chapter 11.

  • Box 98, Folder 19
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 409-454. Chapter 12.

  • Box 99, Folder 1
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 455-494. Chapter 13. Sequence moves from p. 472-476.

  • Box 99, Folder 2
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 495-534. Chapter 14.

  • Box 99, Folder 3
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 535-566. Chapter 15.

  • Box 99, Folder 4
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Typesetter's Draft, Version A.4, edited photocopy with Arnow's corrections which were transferred to Typesetter's Draft, Version A.1, p. 567-614. Chapter 16.

  • Box 99, Folder 5
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Handwritten and typescript notes referring to various pages. Notes are in the hand of Arnow and of someone else. It is not clear to which versions these notes refer. Typed chapter explanations.

  • Box 99, Folder 6
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Galley sheets for published first edition (oversize package)

  • Item 100
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Short Fiction

  • Box 101-103
Scope and Contents note

All extant versions of Arnow's short stories are kept in this collection. Stories are arranged alphabetically; where a story undergoes a title change in revision, it is cross-referenced to its counterpart. While there are no exact dates of composition for these stories, there are some clues as to the general chronological order of the stories, as most drafts have a return address in the upper left-hand corner.

The breakdown is as follows: Burnside (c. 1920s): "Dreams Come True," "The Goat Who Was Cow," "Winky Creek's New Song."

Cincinnati (c. early 1930s): "Blessed--Blessed" (later draft), "An Episode In The Life of Ezekial Whitmore" (later draft), "Home Coming," "Ketchup Making Saturday" (later draft), "No Lady", "Sugar Tree Holler", "Tin Cup", "White Collar Woman".

Covington (c. 1930s): "Almost Two Thousand Years", "The First Ride", " Fra Lippi and Me," "The Hunters "(a.k.a. The Two Hunters), "Zekie the Hill-Billy Mouse". Keno (c. 1939-1944): "The Gift", "Jamboree "(both later changed to Detroit on typescript), "The Lesson".

Detroit (c. mid-1940s): "King Devil's Bargain".

While these stories probably were not written in this order, sorting them by this method at least gives some hint as to their date of completion and submission to periodicals. Further information can be gleaned from the log Arnow kept in the 1930s, tracking the completion and submission of various stories (see Box 2, Folder 42). An interesting side note is the existence of the "H. Simpson" responsible for "An Episode In the Life...", "The Hunter" and "The Two Hunters". The stories themselves are certainly Harriette Arnow's work, dating back to her writing at Burnside, but "The Hunter" and "The Two Hunters" were published under pen names. Esquire published "The Two Hunters" in July 1942, a reprint of Harriette Simpson's "The Hunters", with credit on the author page going to "H.L Simpson", pictured and described as a man, with no mention of Harriette (while she jokingly refers to this incident in her letters with editor Harold Strauss, there is no mention of who the man in the picture is; Esquire thought they were printing a story by a man. The story was republished in the Fall 1979 Appalachian Heritage and credited to Harriette Arnow. "The Hunter", in the Atlantic Monthly, November 1944, is credited to "H. Arnow" (the pen name of a husband-and wife-collaboration) (p. 79).

Whether this collaboration was a true writing and editing team or a compromise to the publishing industry is unknown. This collection houses 34 complete stories and two lengthy fragments. Of these 34, 18 are stories never published in any form (plus, obviously, the two fragments), 6 are unpublished drafts excerpted from longer works that were published later and the remaining 10 are published. In addition to these stories, several drafts of a story entitled "The Lamb Money" are in the Hunter's Horn series. It is known that she submitted a draft of this story to The Atlantic Monthly. However, due to missing pages, it is unclear which, if any, of these drafts were intended to be published as a short story; therefore, that story is not included here.

The publishing history of those stories is as follows: 1934: "Marigolds and Mules" ( Kosmos, August/September). 1935: "A Mess of Pork" ( The New Talent, October-December). 1936: "The Washerwoman's Day" ( Southern Review, 1). 1942: "The Two Hunters" ( Esquire, July). 1944: "The Hunter" ( Atlantic Monthly, November). 1963: "The Washerwoman's Day "(reprint) ( Deep Summer - Kentucky Writing, Number 4). 1971: "Love?" ( Twigs, Fall). 1973: "The Washerwoman's Day "(reprint) ( Appalachian Heritage, Fall). 1979: "Fra Lippi and Me" ( Georgia Review, Winter); "The Two Hunters" (reprint) ( Appalachian Heritage, Fall). 1980: "Interruptions to School at Home" ( Adena, Spring). 1981: "The Washerwoman's Day" (reprint) ( I Have A Place, an anthology published by Alice Lloyd College). 1986: " Fra Lippi and Me" (reprint) ( Georgia Review, 40th Anniversary Fiction Retrospective, Spring). 1988: "Blessed--Blessed" ( Appalachian Heritage, Spring/Summer). 1989: "The First Ride" ( Appalachian Heritage, Fall). Unfortunately, it appears that the final drafts of the stories published early in Arnow's career, like "The Washerwoman's Day "and "A Mess of Pork", were kept by their respective publisher.

All photocopies of published stories are from the original magazine, except where noted. As for the untitled stories below, no information is given by Arnow in the margins or in a heading as to their date of composition. In these cases, each story's first line and cast of characters are given to aid the reader.

"Almost Two Thousand Years" (p. 1-12, complete), undated

  • Box 101, Folder 1
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"Blessed--Blessed", 1988 Spring/Summer

  • Box 101, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes four versions. Version 1 (p. 1-13) closely corresponds to published version with slightly different ending; Version 2 (p. 1-12, complete) is a corrected carbon of an earlier draft; Version 3 (p. 2-8) is probably the earliest; and Version 4 as published in Appalachian Heritage.

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"Dreams Come True" (p. 1-10, complete)

  • Box 101, Folder 3
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"An Episode In the Life of Ezekial Whitmore"

  • Box 101, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 (p. 1-7, complete), early draft of "Zekie the Country Mouse", credited to H. Simpson; Version 2 "An Episode In the Life of Ezekial Whitmore--A Person of Small Learning but Great Wisdom " (p. 1-7, complete), earliest draft of "Zekie."

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"Failure" (p. 1-10, complete)

  • Box 101, Folder 5
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"The First Ride", Fall 1989

  • Box 101, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 (p. 1-6, complete); Version 2 as published in Appalachian Heritage

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"Fra Lippi and Me", 1986 Spring

  • Box 101, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 (p. 1-10, complete); Version 2 as published in The Georgia Review 40th Anniversary Fiction Retrospective. Includes congratulatory letter from Georgia Review editor Stanley Lindberg and publishing agreement for the reprint.

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"The Gift" (p. 1-15 complete, with two unnumbered handwritten pages). Credited to "H. Arnow"

  • Box 101, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 9 (p. 106-118) of Hunter's Horn, first edition.

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"The Goat Who Was a Cow" (p. 1-7, complete)

  • Box 101, Folder 9
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"Home Coming"

  • Box 101, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 (p. 1-6, complete, with addendum by Arnow, "This story has been submitted to and "; Version 2 (p. 1-4, incomplete, slightly different draft).

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"The Hunter" as published in Atlantic Monthly by "H. Arnow", 1944 November

  • Box 101, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Hunter's Horn. Original in Hunter's Horn series.

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"The Hunters" (p.1-11, complete), 1942 July

  • Box 101, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Draft of story published as "The Two Hunters" in Esquire. No relation to "The Hunter. "

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"Interruptions To School At Home" as published in Adena Spring. Excerpt from unpublished novel Belle, 1980

  • Box 101, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Includes introduction and picture of Arnow at The Celebration of Kentucky Writing.

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"Jamboree" (p. 1-11, complete). Credited to "H. Arnow", 1979

  • Box 101, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 6 (p. 69-79) of Hunter's Horn, first edition. Original in Hunter's Horn series.

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"A Journey for Lucinda" (p. 1-32, complete)

  • Box 101, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Third of four drafts, see manuscript box of Arnow's To You No Place for other drafts.

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"Ketchup Making Saturday"

  • Box 101, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 (p. 1-11, complete); Version 2 (p. 4-12 of an earlier draft).

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"King Devil's Bargain" p. 1-12, complete)

  • Box 101, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

See Hunter's Horn and "The Hunter."

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"The Last Snow"

  • Box 101, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 (p. 1-13 complete); Version 2 (p. 2-11), earlier draft. Though credited to Harold Arnow, both the story’s content and HSA’s experience with Esquire’s all-male writers policy strongly suggest this is her story.

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"The Lesson" (p. 1-7, complete). Credited to "H. Arnow"

  • Box 101, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Chapter 7 (p. 80-92) of Hunter's Horn, first edition. Original in Hunter's Horn series.

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"Love?" as published in Twigs, 1971 Fall

  • Box 101, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to notebook with draft of "Love?"(Box 125, Folder 5).

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"Marigolds and Mules" as published in Kosmos, 1934 August/ September

  • Box 101, Folder 21
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"A Mess of Pork" as published in The New Talent, 1935 October-December

  • Box 101, Folder 22
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"No Lady" (p. 1-4, complete, with note by Arnow: "No Lady has been sent to New Masses".)

  • Box 101, Folder 23
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"Sugar Tree Holler" (p. 1-32, complete)

  • Box 102, Folder 1
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"Tin Cup" (p. 1-12, complete)

  • Box 102, Folder 2
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"The Two Hunters" as published in Esquire July 1942 by H.L. Simpson and in Appalachian Heritage Fall 1979 by Harriette Arnow., 1942 July, 1979 Fall

  • Box 102, Folder 3
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"The Un-American Activities of Miss Prink" (title by Marcella Arnow, circa 1986) (p. 1-20, complete), circa 1986

  • Box 102, Folder 4
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"The Washerwoman's Day", 1935-1936, 1963

  • Box 102, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions: Version 1 as published in the Southern Review reprint series; Version 1 as published in Deep Summer: Kentucky Writing

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"The Washerwoman's Day", 1973 Fall, 1981

  • Box 102, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes two version: Version 1 as published in Appalachian Heritage; Version 2 as published in I Have A Place, an anthology published by Alice Lloyd College

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"White Collar Woman" (p. 1-12, complete)

  • Box 102, Folder 7
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"Winky Creek's New Song" (p. 1-7, complete, with introductory note by Arnow)

  • Box 102, Folder 8
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"Witch-Hazel Blooms in November" (p. 1-35, incomplete with a page 36 that does not fit the story)

  • Box 102, Folder 9
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"Zekie the Hill-Billy Mouse" (p. 1-6, complete). See "An Episode in the Life..."

  • Box 102, Folder 10
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Untitled short story, undated

  • Box 102, Folder 11
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Includes two parts: First part (p. 1-14, complete, with an alternate beginning). First line, version one: "The sun came in a long slant through the door and the clock ticked...". First line, version two: "He dropped the stick of maple wood...". Characters: Mr. Allison, Old Sil, Aunt Marthie.; Second part (p. 17-39), page 18 roughly corresponds to p. 13 in the draft found in Folder 14, Box 2. Features the same characters as the story in Folder 14, though it is unknown whether this is part of a revised draft of that story or a portion of a longer work.

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Untitled short story (p. 1-27, probably not complete), undated

  • Box 102, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Heavily edited. First line: "It was some seconds before he awakened. Still sleeping, his head jerked upward, and he sat a moment, rigid...". Characters: High Pockets Copenhaver, Sil, Marthie. Unknown whether this story relates, if at all, to the untitled sections in Folders 35 and 36.

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Untitled short story (p. 1-28, complete, plus one alternate p. 2 and two handwritten pages), undated

  • Box 103, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

First line: "The east lay pale and faintly gold in the promise of a sunrise...". Characters: Blunder.

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Untitled short story (p. 1-18), undated

  • Box 103, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence to short story fragment Box 103, Folder 3

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Untitled fragment of a short story (p. 17-44), undated

  • Box 103, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Page 18 roughly corresponds to page 13 of short story in Box 102, Folder 11

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Untitled fragment of a short story (p. 2-5 with five handwritten pages), undated

  • Box 103, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Characters: John and Kitty

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Untitled fragment of a short story, undated

  • Box 103, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Pagination is questionable. Includes several handwritten pages.

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Untitled fragment of a short story (p. 3, 12-18), undated

  • Box 103, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Characters: Jerrie, Lurie, High Pockets. While these names appear in some other Arnow works, true correspondence to other works has not been found.

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Untitled fragment of a short story, undated

  • Box 103, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Pagination not continuous but pages flow together narratively. Unnumbered first page, p. 1-15, 30-33, and 36. Missing p. 34-35. Two pages, unnumbered, clipped separately, are part of the piece and possibly could be its beginning. Narrative has characteristics similar to The Dollmaker: tensions and differences between "hillbillies" and others living in "the alley" in likely Detroit during World War II figure prominently in this story. Characters include Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Shopinsky (?), and the Prossers.

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Rejection slips

  • Box 103, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopied rejection slips from various publishers and magazines concerning Arnow’s short stories and poetry in the early stages of her writing career. Marcella Arnow’s handwriting in blue ink on each of the photocopies indicates that she provided the photocopies while retaining the originals, which are not part of this collection. While many of the notices are the standard form letters, several notices include constructive criticism, indicating that Arnow’s work was being read by publishers. Especially notable is the March 1934 rejection slip from Hal Roach Studios (then a major Hollywood Studio) for a work entitled "Calf Money." Because there is no draft of that work, it is unknown whether this was Arnow’s own screenplay, an idea for a screenplay, or possibly connected to her short story "The Lamb Money." Also, there are three brief rejection notices from Southern Review (subsequent to her publication of "The Washerwoman’s Day" in that magazine) from editor Robert Penn Warren. These notices are arranged alphabetically by magazine and include the following: American Prefaces, The Anvil, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Frontier and Midland, Kosmos, Manuscript, The New Talent/Advance Guard Quarterly, Hal Roach Studios, Southern Review, and Sweetheart Stories/Dell Publishing. Marcella Arnow also provided photocopies of form rejection letters from The Frank A. Munsey Company, L ove Novels Magazine, The Farmer’s Wife, Street and Smith Publications, McFadden Publications ( Liberty), Story, Munsey Publications, and The Saturday Evening Post.

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Arnow's logbook

  • Box 103, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes notebook with the words "Memorandum Book "on the front cover. In addition to the rejection slips and letters from editors, Arnow kept a logbook of her various submissions early in her writing career. The contents are mostly self-evident (submitted stories are itemized by their dates of submission and return, then listed separately in a sort of inventory; addresses are given for magazines and literary contacts). Several stories apparently submitted to major magazines are not found in our collection. These include "Please the Guests" (submitted to Author's Exchange), "Crazy Blanket" (Curtis Publications and Writer's Digest), "Madame Butterfly" ( Liberty and College Humor). Other stories with unfamiliar titles are: "Algebra is Simple", "Two of a Kind", "Mountain Woman", "She Hated Him", "Chick Girl", "Secretary". "Mistake in Heaven", "Teacher Story", "Eyes in the Twilight", "Against the Wind", "I Went To the Store," "Girl Marriage," "Chicken Story", "The Last Snow", "Pie Supper", and "London Copy". Some may exist under other titles or correspond to later novels (as "The Hunter "corresponds to Hunter's Horn). In the margins, Arnow made notations like "pulp" alongside the stories "Mountain Woman "and "She Hated Him" and "juvenile" alongside "Pie Supper." Pages containing addresses have been photocopied and placed with "Addresses" in "Personal Notes" folder (Box 126, Folder 14).

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Poetry

  • Box 103
Scope and Contents note

Arnow wrote a few pieces of poetry, but she did not have great success. It is unclear if she attempted to publish many pieces on her own. The two known published pieces in this collection, "To Know the Rain "and "Ode to a Purple Aluminum Christmas Tree", are listed as found poems by Ronald W. Butler, suggesting that they were originally published elsewhere. A rejection slip from Kosmos mentions "Logic" as being "amusing" (Box 103, Folder 7). Because most of the rejection slips are form letters, it is difficult to assess which are for short fiction and which are for poetry.

Pegasus Publication Pieces, 1972 Autumn

  • Box 103, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes "To Know the Rain" and "Ode to a Purple Aluminum Christmas Tree" as published in Pegasus.

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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 103, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes "Transplanted,"(carbon) "Detroit Housing Project Hill Wife," "Logic," "Midnight," "Transplanted,"untitled (begins " I shall go out to see the woods…,") and untitled (begins "I’m the devil on a mule…")

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Nonfiction

  • Box 104-126

Autobiographical Writing

Early Days at Keno, 1939 Autumn

Scope and Contents note

This unpublished manuscript is entitled "Early Days at Keno" because the folder in which it was contained upon arrival at Special Collections was so labeled. It is unpublished except for two short excerpts (see Box 105, Folder 14). By all indications, the manuscript was written starting at the end of the summer of 1939. At this time Arnow and her husband Harold had recently purchased and moved onto an abandoned farm on Little Indian Creek on the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in Pulaski County, Kentucky. This autobiographical essay, 179 pages in length and written in a journal style, describes, in colorful, personal imagery, the pleasures and trials of living in close association with the land and its seasons, and sharing with neighbors the challenges and amusements of day-to-day rural life. The first entry is dated August 31, the last entry September 1 [1940]. This appears to be an original manuscript, although pages 1-3 are probably carbons. Most of the manuscript is in very fragile condition; each folder contains a photocopy, which is the user copy. Special Collections holds only one version of this manuscript and as far as is known no subsequent versions exist.

Lightly edited original typescript and photocopy, p. 1-4

  • Box 104, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes a note that accompanied the original folder. There is some light editing and notes that look as though they were written by Arnow. The last line of page 3 has a cut off appearance and is not entirely readable; page 3 appears to have been a carbon copy, as do pages 1 and 2.

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Lightly edited original typescript and photocopy, p. 5-7

  • Box 104, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Page 7 has an insert to the script in longhand.

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Lightly edited typescript and photocopy, p. 8-9

  • Box 104, Folder 3
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 10-12

  • Box 104, Folder 4
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 13-24

  • Box 104, Folder 5
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 25-30

  • Box 104, Folder 6
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 31-35

  • Box 104, Folder 7
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 36-43

  • Box 104, Folder 8
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 44-47

  • Box 104, Folder 9
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Script with photocopy, p. 48-50

  • Box 104, Folder 10
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Script with photocopy, p. 51-54

  • Box 104, Folder 11
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 55-60

  • Box 104, Folder 12
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 61-66

  • Box 104, Folder 13
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Script and photocopy, p. 67-70

  • Box 104, Folder 14
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Lightly edited script and photocopy, p. 71-74

  • Box 104, Folder 15
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Script and photocopy, p. 75-80

  • Box 104, Folder 16
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Original typescript and photocopy, p. 81-85

  • Box 105, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Page 85 of original has typescript on front and back.

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Original typescript and photocopy, p. 86-90

  • Box 105, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Very lightly edited.

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Original typescript and photocopy, p. 91-100

  • Box 105, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Two pages labeled by author as page 95. Arnow's pagination starting at page 95-0 does not make sense. The page has been rearranged so that the error will not confuse future readers. The corrected pagination goes as follows: Follow Arnow's pagination through page 96. At that point what Arnow labeled page 99-1 becomes page [96-1]; what was the backside of 99-1 becomes [96-2]; Arnow's page 95-0 becomes [97-1]; the backside of 95-0 becomes [97-2]; what Arnow called 97-1 becomes [98-1]; what was the backside of 97-1 becomes [98-2]. What Arnow labeled 98-1 becomes [99-1], and what was the backside of 98-1 becomes [99-2]. From there the pagination returns to Arnow's page 100-1. Arnow's entry of March 30 seems to be a typo and was probably intended to be March 3.

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Original typescript with photocopy, p. 101-105

  • Box 105, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Pages 102, 103, 105 of originals have typescript on front and back.

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Typescript and photocopy, p. 106-110

  • Box 105, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Pages 106 and 109 have script on front and back.

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Typescript and photocopy, p. 111-115

  • Box 105, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Very lightly edited. Pages 111 and 115 have text on front and back.

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Typescript and photocopy, p. 116-136

  • Box 105, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

The original script was typed on New York Life Insurance Company stationery, using back of page. Pages 117-136 were also paginated, in Arnow's longhand, as pages 2 through 21.

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Typescript and photocopy, p. 137-157

  • Box 105, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Some light editing. Pages 137-157 of the originals were written on the back of New York Life Insurance Company stationery. Pages 137-151 were also paginated, in the author's longhand, as p. 22-36. Pages 152-157 also paginated as p.1-6.

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Original typescript with photocopy, p. 158-169

  • Box 105, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Lightly edited script. Editing marks do not appear to be in author's longhand. Pages 158-169 also paginated as 7-18.

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Original typescript and photocopy, p. 170-174

  • Box 105, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Lightly edited. Editing marks do not appear to be in author's longhand. Pages 170-174 also paginated as 19-23.

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Original typescript and photocopy, p. 175-179

  • Box 105, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Lightly edited. Also paginated, in upper left, as pages 24-28.

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An 11 page section that appears to be a later, lightly edited, version of the first 11 pages of the 179 page manuscript

  • Box 105, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

A page seems to be missing between pages 4 and 5, despite the fact that the pagination is continual. The missing page corresponds to p.4 of the primary manuscript. The last page ends abruptly mid-sentence at the bottom of the page, as if this were part of a larger whole.

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Eleven page carbon of the original found in folder 12

  • Box 105, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

The original contains light editing marks that do not appear in the carbon contained herein.

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Two short excerpts published in Now and Thenmagazine, 1988 Summer and Fall

  • Box 105, Folder 14
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Short Essays, 1941

Scope and Contents note

Three short autobiographical essays, never published, were also written while Arnow was residing in Pulaski County. These essays were written in an informal, personal style. Unlike "Early Days at Keno," however, they were not written as a journal.

The Simple Life?, circa early 1941

  • Box 105, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Ten page original with photocopy. Some light editing. In this 10 page autobiographical essay Arnow discusses her impressions of living simply in Pulaski County, noting that, while she and Harold had found many joys in the rustic life, they had found little of the simplicity. The various demands of attending to a household and farm are discussed, as are county politics, relations with neighbors, local gossip, and the Works Progress Administration. The essay is in fragile condition; a photocopy is provided as a user copy.

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Health, circa 1941 January

  • Box 105, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Twelve page original with photocopy. Some light editing. Page six is missing. This 12 page essay focuses on the efforts that Arnow and Harold took to protect their health while living on their Pulaski County farm. She compares their health while living in town with that of country living, discusses local health services, describes the steps that she and Harold took to maintain bodily comfort, and discusses their diet in considerable detail. Her biggest consternation was a fear of accidents, since the nearest hospital, she explained, was about 110 miles away. The manuscript is in fragile condition; a photocopy is provided as a user copy.

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Plans and Problems, circa 1941 February

  • Box 105, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Twelve-page original with photocopy. This 12 page essay, written 18 months after Arnow and Harold arrived at the farm, takes stock of their experiences up to that time. The title conveys the basic theme of the essay, which is that their expectations and plans regarding country living had to be modified and made more realistic. Apparently one of the reasons they moved to the country was to have more time to write, but the demands of farm and household resulted at best in their writing no more than they did when living in town. Arnow describes the various chores that she and Harold had to do, and reflects on the differences between country and city living, particularly as they affect what Arnow calls their standard of living, although she uses the term to apply to more than simply income. The manuscript is in fragile condition; a photocopy is provided as a user copy.

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Untitled, circa 1966-1970

Scope and Contents note

Mostly dating from the late 1960s, this is a series of autobiographical essays concerning Arnow's health and lifestyle in that time period. The piece as a whole does not have a collective title; folders containing some fragments of the work have titles like "Biography of a Body"and "A Tumor Tale" written on their outside, but there is no evidence that these titles are Arnow's own or were ever considered as titles. The version collected in Box 106, Folders 2 and 3, appears to be the version that Arnow worked on last.

According to the letter from Arnow to her physician Dr. Kahn on November 18, 1969 (Box 106, Folder 1), the composition of this piece was designed to be therapeutic. Apparently Dr. Kahn read this version of 173 pages and made suggestions for cuts (implying that a secondary purpose of this piece was eventual publication in a magazine or journal). The last of these three letters to Dr. Kahn, dated April 14, 1970, has Arnow mentioning her latest series of edits (cutting 107 pages roughly in half) and her hope that "the thing [presumably this piece] will earn some money for the [medical] department. "In the April 14th letter, the penciled-in brackets represent proposed cuts, probably by Arnow. In addition there are many interrogatives on the margins, presumably to get Dr. Kahn's input on what to cut or keep. This collaborative effort presents the most polished version of this autobiography, though then UK graduate student Martha Billips, who was the first to review this manuscript in 1986, believed it was less revealing as a result.

Marcella Arnow labeled the version in Folders 2 and 3 Version 1 in blue ink on the typescript, but it is certainly not the first version written. Because the revisions seem to have occurred months apart, each version offers a new slant on Arnow's life in the late 1960s, a period marked not only by illnesses (a pituitary tumor, a bladder infection, an ulcer, several vision problems and a marked slide into depression) but by her children leaving home and endless revisions of The Weedkiller's Daughter. Following this argument, it stands to reason that the earlier versions offer a more immediate, fuller depiction of her life. For this reason, all attempts have been made to piece together complete versions of each section and present each version as a separate, unique entity, rather than a rejected draft. Because of large gaps in some versions, it was necessary to piece together carbons and originals within a version in order to present a narrative whole. It may be possible that some pages of this piece are on the back sides of other manuscripts, just as drafts of The Weedkiller's Daughter,original correspondence and notes for speeches (all of which have been photocopied) appear in these drafts.

The raw materials of this autobiography have been rearranged in reverse chronological order; the reader can work backwards, from the 1970 version commissioned by Dr. Kahn, through its various (and varying) editions, to the initial journal, which recounts events dating back to 1960. Before Dr. Kahn's input, however, Arnow apparently had a design in mind as far as presentation of this autobiography. The piece moves chronologically through four sections. Only the versions in Folders 2 and 3 and Folders 4 and 5 are presented together as a whole, since they are the only drafts where all four sections were found together. Where a correspondence between sections can be inferred in other versions, it is mentioned below. For this reason, all versions of Section I (save the Dr. Kahn versions) are collected together, in reverse chronological order, then Section II, and so on. Roughly speaking, Section I, titled "Old Age" in later drafts, is a retrospective, self-penned medical history up to about 1964, with descriptions of her health before and after the births of her children. Section II, "Decrepitude", seems to be a contemporaneous account of her condition between March 1966 and January 1967, after leaving the hospital for treatment of her vision problems (an early symptom of her tumor). Two interesting anomalies in this collection relate to this section. First, an early draft titled 1966 exists, which may have been written before the four-section schema of this piece was formulated. Second, the piece found in Box 107, Folder 9, relates the same experiences as "Decrepitude" but in a more detached style, without specific names and places, suggesting strongly that Arnow may have contemplated turning this experience into a short story. "Metempsychosis", Section III, is a contemporaneous account of her surgery and recovery from a pituitary tumor. Its earlier versions also offer some of the most unflinching portrayals of her mental condition at the time; perhaps for this reason, it is one of the more heavily reworked sections. Though no drafts name any names, Martha Billips believes the early drafts recount a trip Arnow made to a writer's workshop at Morehead State University in the company of James Still. Arnow moves this episode to Section II in her last version. Section IV is alternately titled "Temporary Backsets" and "Temporary Backset;" whether this subtle change was intentional or erroneous is unknown.

As with the other three sections, various undated versions exist, without any clear indications as to their origins and order. Some strong hints exist, however: because the handwritten emendations to the draft in Box 107, Folder 7 show up in the typescript in Folder 6, for example, we can make an educated guess that the Folder 7 version was written first. Also notable is the shift of narrative tone: one need only to compare the final paragraphs of the two aforementioned versions to trace the decline from optimism to undisguised despair, finally resolving in the benign, resigned tone of the Box 106, Folder 3, version. Much of this anxiety regarding her surroundings and the state of the nation circa 1969-70 also found its way into Arnow's fiction at this time-- The Weedkiller's Daughter and the unpublished To You No Place.

Letters from Harriette Simpson Arnow to Dr. Kahn, November 18, 1969, February 6, 1970, and April 14, 1970

  • Box 106, Folder 1
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Sections I (Old Age, p. 1-21, complete) and II (Decrepitude, p. 1-26, complete)

  • Box 106, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Probably the last draft. Lightly edited, with penciled brackets, presumably by Arnow, to show proposed cuts. Blue felt-tip pen markings by Marcella Arnow.

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Sections III (Metempsychosis, p. 1-39, complete) and IV (Temporary Backset, p. 1-21, complete)

  • Box 106, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Probably the last draft. Lightly edited, with penciled brackets, presumably by Arnow, to show proposed cuts. Blue felt-tip pen markings by Marcella Arnow. Change in Section IV's title is probably not Arnow's.

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Draft of Section I, untitled

  • Box 106, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Because of Arnow's inconsistent system of numbering and renumbering over the course of revision, the materials in this folder have been arranged by context, rather than page numbers, which often conflict. Heavily edited, with several cut-and-paste sections and comments by an outside reader, usually pertaining to medical issues (presumably Dr. Kahn). Draft includes four handwritten pages, probably unconnected to each other, of preliminary drafts. Draft of Section II, titled "Part II Decrepitude", p. 1-47, missing p. 3 and 5. Self-edited, with many cuts suggested in pencil.

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Draft of Section III, titled Metempsychosis

  • Box 106, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Pages 1- 58, complete, heavily self-edited in red pen and pencil. Editorial comments in another hand (p. 39, et al.) are presumably Dr. Kahn's. Draft of IV, titled "Temporary Backsets", p. 1-26, complete. Self-edited, with many cuts suggested in pencil. Ending is significantly different than that in Folder 3.

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Carbon of Section I, titled Old Age, p. 1-21, missing p. 3

  • Box 106, Folder 6
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Carbon of Section I, untitled, p. 1-40, missing p. 2-5

  • Box 106, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Lightly edited with significantly different version of p. 21 on the reverse side of that page.

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Draft of Section I, untitled, p. 1-29, missing p. 8 and 9

  • Box 106, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited with an alternate p. 5 at the end.

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Fragments of Section I, p. 1,5,6,10,11,13-29, one unnumbered page with a handwritten fragment

  • Box 106, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Due to misnumbering, there is no p. 12. Most pages correspond to the draft in Folder 8, but not all pages necessarily come from that version. Significantly different p. 6.

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Draft of Section I, untitled, p. 1-12

  • Box 106, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Heavily edited, perhaps the earliest draft.

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Draft of Section II, titled 1966 Decrepitude, numbered p. 1-26, 24 pages in total due to misnumbering

  • Box 106, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Cut-and-paste section with several margin notes by Arnow. Probably a companion piece to Folder 4's Section I.

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Section II fragments cut from final versions, 9 pages total, with each fragment individually numbered

  • Box 106, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

(1) Carbon of p. 1, Section II, Folder 2. (2) Corresponds to p. 1, Section II, Folder 2. (3) Continuation of (2). (4) Carbon of p. 2, Section II, Folder 2. (5) Carbon of p. 5 and 6, Section II, Folder 2. (6) Carbon of p. 7, Section II, Folder 2 (labeled p. 8). (7) Carbon of p. 9, Section II, Folder 2. (8) Carbon of p. 15, Section II, Folder 2. (9) Carbon of p. 15, Section II, Folder 2. (10) Continuation of (9). (11) Carbon of p. 16, Section II, Folder 2. (12) Carbon of p. 20, Section II, Folder 2. (13) Carbon of p. 3, Section II, Folder 15. (14) Roughly corresponds to p. 12-13, Section I, Folder 7 and events of Section II in the final draft. (15) Draft of p. 20, Section II, Folder 13.

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Carbon of Section II, titled Part II – Rememberings of 1966... p. 1-47, missing p.3-7, 10-11, 14-18. Missing pages probably correspond to same-numbered pages in Box 107, Folder 2, as that draft and the draft in this folder are much the same.

  • Box 106, Folder 13
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Draft of Section II, untitled, written March 1966, according to introduction. p. 1-118, no p. 84 due to misnumbering, 1966 March

  • Box 106, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited in black and red pen, with some preliminary notes on the reverse sides of some pages and one unnumbered page of notes at the end.

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Carbon copy of the Section II draft in Box 106, Folder 14, p. 1-63 only

  • Box 107, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Lightly edited in pen and in pencil, with some editorial marks, presumably by Arnow (p. 7 and 11, et al.).

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Carbon of Section III, titled Metempsychosis, p. 1-39 (complete)

  • Box 107, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Pages 3 and 4 are mislabeled Section II. Probably an edited version of Folder 3's draft.

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Draft of Section III, titled Metempsychosis, p. 1-58 (complete)

  • Box 107, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Few editorial marks.

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Section III carbon fragments, mostly unedited duplicates from existing drafts. 12 pages total.

  • Box 107, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes draft of p. 35, Section III, Box 107, Folder 1; carbons of p. 2 and 9, Section III, Box 107, Folder 3; drafts of p. 15 and 16, Section III, Folder 3; carbons of p. 20, 25, 45, 52, 57, Section III, Box 107, Folder 3; and carbons of p. 2 and 45, Section III.

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Section IV, titled Temporary Backset, p. 1-20 (complete)

  • Box 107, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Few editorial marks. Probably a companion piece to Folder 2's Section III.

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Section IV, titled Temporary Backsets, p. 1-25 (complete)

  • Box 107, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Lightly edited typescript. Significantly different ending than earlier drafts.

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Section IV carbon fragments, mostly unedited duplicates from existing drafts. 18 p. total.

  • Box 107, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes carbons of p. 1, 3, 7, 8, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, Section IV, Box 106, Folder 5; carbons of p. 1, 3, 7, 8, 14, 22, Section IV, Box 107, Folder 8; and drafts of p. 22 and 25, Section IV, Box 106, Folder 5.

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Unnumbered section titled 1966, p. 1-21, with no clear sense of ending

  • Box 107, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Events depicted correspond with most drafts of Section II.

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Carbon of unnumbered section titled Summer 1966, p. 1-55, missing p. 24

  • Box 107, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Heavily edited. Context makes this unclear as to whether this is a rough draft of the events of Section II and III, a lengthy typed journal entry or a rough draft for an autobiographical short story.

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Diary relating events that correspond to those in Section III, 1967

  • Box 107, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Sorted into three groupings: June 14-26, p. 1-19; July 2-24, p. 1-8; and July 31-September 12, p.1-14

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Retyped diary entries titled 1963, p. 1-9

  • Box 107, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Brief entries as to days' events with emphasis on weather and the health of herself and her family. Some correspondence with Section I.

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Retyped diary entries titled 60 & 61 only parts copied, p. 1-5.

  • Box 107, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Brief entries as to days' events with emphasis on health of herself and her family. Includes two page handwritten log.

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Undated diary entry titled The Beginning, p. 1-45

  • Box 107, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to travel episodes in some drafts of section III.

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Old Burnside, 1977

Scope and Contents note

Old Burnside was commissioned and published (1977) by the University Press of Kentucky for its Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf series. The slender volume (less than 150 pages in its first edition) is both a history of Burnside and a series of Arnow's recollections of her childhood in the Pulaski County town. Like so many of her other works, Old Burnside saw many changes over the course of its composition, often due to author-publisher disputes. Invited by the publisher to expand the historical background in the book, Arnow, after undertaking extensive research and revision of the original typescript, produced a work reminiscent of her Cumberland social histories and more in-depth than her publishers intended. After some sharply worded letters from Arnow and an unfinished attempt at condensing the history, the final typescript and the published version isolated the historical material to Chapters 1 and 2. The personal history that makes up the remainder of the work was also edited down. As a result, the published version seems to be a compromise between author and publisher, with the publisher winning out.

The materials in this collection offer a glimpse of Arnow's original intentions for Old Burnside. Due to the aforementioned incomplete versions of the book and a cut-and-paste version (Box 109, Folders 2-12) in which the unused remnants were likely discarded, the collection for Old Burnside has more fragments and loose pages than most of Arnow's other works. While it is possible that interstitial pages connecting the fragments may be found in the unprocessed pages of this collection, it is more likely that these fragments are a lasting result of several drastic revisions and reworkings. Also, it should be noted that Arnow used a mixture of Roman and Arabic numerals to number the chapters over the course of composition. For the sake of consistency, this inventory, in accordance with the published work, uses Arabic numerals.

A number of letters in the publisher correspondence, Box 32, Folder 4, detail Arnow’s experience with the University Press of Kentucky in writing this novel. William Jerome Crouch (signing his name as Wm. Jerome Crouch in correspondence) first approached Arnow with the proposal to write a Burnside memoir for the bicentennial bookshelf series in 1972. After a few years of tense letters, Arnow comments in early 1975 "the best thing to be done is forget ." Later in the year (September 8, 1975), Bruce Denbo explains that the UPK cannot enter into a contract until after the board has approved her manuscript. The next year (June 15, 1976), Mr. Denbo asks that Arnow condense the historical section of her work to only twelve pages, a request which leaves Arnow "grieved and shocked" and comments that she "would prefer a rejection" (June 30, 1976). Mr. Denbo and Arnow arrived at a compromise wherein she would remove the political and military history but leave the rest.

Research notes, transcriptions and early draft, 3 pages, numbered 20-22, of Arnow's research notes, with summation and transcription of Church of Christ records

  • Box 108, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

1 page, note on Dr. Stigall (town physician) and drug store. Handwritten note on the back reads "Very important." 1 page, Allen Ballou obituary. 1 page, interview questions and notes. 2 pages of notes from History of Banking in Pulaski County. Transcription of newspapers, interview notes, and " miscellaneous notes." 1 page of insert notes. 2 packets of handwritten drafts, found in Belle Notebooks. Postcard: For Aircraft, Poplar Veneer, Manufactured by Burnside Veneer Co. Notebooks, pages 9-14 and 1-12.

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Articles and brochures on Burnside history, 1951 March 4- 1971 December 27, undated

  • Box 108, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes article "Southern Opens New Railroad Bridge "in Ties: The Southern Railway System Magazine; article "The New Burnside" by Joe Creason in Courier-Journal Magazine; article "Burnside, Ky, Home of Boy Scouts" in The West Virginia Engineer; brochure Burnside Kentucky: Home of the First American Boy Scout Troop; brochure from Seven Gables Hotel, Burnside Ky; postcard of Burnside; program from "Raccoon" John Smith Homecoming and Dedication Service. Includes note by Elizabeth [likely Simpson]; program from dedication of Pulaski County Bridges March 31, 1951; Burnside business area, March 4, 1951; General Burnside Island State Park, September 18, 1964; article from The Somerset Journal, August 3, 1950; "Operation Burnside – Moving a City to Make Way for Lake Cumberland – Is Finally Completed" from The Somerset Journal, February 11, 1954; " Stagecoach kept shining and bright at Monticello as relic of distant past" from The Wayne County Outlook, April 8, 1971; and D "earth of tourism bothers Burnside "from The Courier-Journal, December 27, 1971

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Carbon of 2-page tentative plan/outline submitted to the University Press of Kentucky, undated

  • Box 108, Folder 3
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Cover page of Old Burnside submitted to University Press of Kentucky, undated

  • Box 108, Folder 4
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Fragment of autobiography titled Life, 3 pages, undated

  • Box 108, Folder 5
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Early Drafts

Scope and Contents note

None of the early drafts for Old Burnside constitute an entire manuscript.

Early Draft

Scope and Contents note

These five chapters are the closest to having a complete early draft. Because many of the pages in the later drafts contain pages with chapter numbers including and above Early Draft Chapter VI, it is possible that those pages were removed from this early draft for the cut-and-paste pages of the later drafts.

Chapter II, "Not By Break Alone," p. 21-40, complete

  • Box 108, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes original with variant p. 24, 27, 33-34, and 37 and carbon (p. 21-45) with variant p. 40-45 in relation to the original.

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Chapter III, "Highway to the Outside World," p. 41-56, complete

  • Box 108, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes original and carbon with variant p. 56 in relation to the original.

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Chapter IV, "The War Stops the Steamboats," p. 57-80, incomplete

  • Box 108, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes original and carbon with variant p. 62, 65, and 69-71, missing p. 66, and duplicate p. 71.

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Chapter V, "A Railway Reaches Point Isabel," p. 81-104, complete

  • Box 108, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes original and carbon (p. 81-105) with variant p. 100-105 in relation to the original. Comment from Arnow on p. 104 of original stating "Note to editor: there is no page 105."

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Chapter VI, "Young Burnside," p. 106-125, incomplete

  • Box 108, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes original with variant p. 106 and carbon with variant p. 117 and variant p. 108, 110-113, 115-120, and 123-125 in relation to the original.

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Early Chapter I Drafts

  • Box 108, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes four discrete drafts of an early Chapter I: Draft 1 (original) includes p. 1-10, 12, and variant p. 1; Draft 2 (carbon) includes p. 6-8, 11-13, and 15-17; Draft 3 (carbon) includes p. 14-18 and 20-25 and is missing p. 19 due to misnumbering; and Draft 4 (carbon) includes p. 3-11 and variant p. 5, 9, and 11.

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Early Chapter II Draft, p. 25-37, complete

  • Box 108, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes variant p. 27-29, 31, and 36

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Fragments of Chapter I, "Low in Lower Burnside," 13 pages

  • Box 108, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of indeterminate early drafts of Chapter I.

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Fragments of Chapter II, untitled, 8 pages

  • Box 108, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of indeterminate early drafts of Chapter II.

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Fragments of Chapter III, untitled, 18 pages

  • Box 108, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of indeterminate early drafts of Chapter III.

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Fragment of Chapter V, untitled, 7 pages

  • Box 108, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of indeterminate early draft of Chapter V.

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Middle Draft

Scope and Contents note

The middle draft chapters do not constitute a solitary draft.

Middle Chapter I Draft, p. 1-20, incomplete

  • Box 108, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes original with missing p. 5 due to misnumbering and variant p. 1-2 and 16 and carbon (p. 2, 4, 8, 12-13, 16-21) with variant p. 16 and 17 and variant p. 20-21 in relation to the original.

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Middle Draft, p. 50-63

  • Box 108, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Includes variant p. 50-59 and 62. Corresponds to Chapter 5 of the published version.

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Middle Draft, p. 69-84

  • Box 108, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Includes variant p. 72, 76-78, 80, 82, and 84. Corresponds to Chapter 5 of the published version.

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Middle Draft, p. 91-127

  • Box 108, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Includes variant p.93, 111, and 117-125. Missing p. 126. Corresponds to Chapter 7 of the published version.

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Fragments of Chapter I, "Low in Lower Burnside," 10 pages

  • Box 108, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of indeterminate middle drafts of Chapter I.

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Fragment of Chapters I and II, untitled, 11 pages

  • Box 108, Folder 22
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragment of indeterminate middle draft of Chapters I and II.

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Later Drafts

Scope and Contents note

These drafts include mostly cut-and-paste pages. The content and organization of the later draft chapters are similar to the published version. Due to frequent and somewhat haphazard misnumberings, the chapters do not necessarily align in terms of pagination.

Prologue, p. i-viii, complete

  • Box 109, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes carbons of p. iv, v, vi, and viii and variant p. v and vii. Lightly edited.

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Chapter I, "Two Rivers and a Canebrake," p. 1-19, incomplete

  • Box 109, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 2A and variant p. 1. Moderately edited.

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Chapter I variant, p. 6-24, incomplete

  • Box 109, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Missing p. 12. Heavily edited.

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Chapter II, "Point Isabel Becomes Burnside," p. 29-45, incomplete

  • Box 109, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 36A. Missing p. 39-43. Moderately edited.

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Chapter II variant, untitled, p. 23-43, incomplete

  • Box 109, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes duplicate p. 26 due to misnumbering and variant p.39. Missing p. 42. Moderately edited.

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Chapter III, "Life in Lower Burnside," p. 51-76

  • Box 109, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes variant p. 70-77 and unnumbered carbon (scattered pages). Moderately edited.

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Chapter IV, "Higher in Lower Burnside," p. 71-85, complete

  • Box 109, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes unnumbered carbons of original p. 71-80. Moderately edited.

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Chapter V, "Life on Tyree’s Knob," p. 82-106, incomplete

  • Box 109, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes variant p. 86 unnumbered carbon (scattered pages). Moderately edited.

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Chapter VI, "Great Events," p. 107-122, incomplete

  • Box 109, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes duplicate p. 115-123 (making an actual chapter length of 24 pages rather than only 16 as the pagination would imply) and unnumbered carbon (scattered pages). Moderately edited.

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Chapter VII, "Burnside School," p. 117-142, complete

  • Box 109, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes carbons (p. 120, 122, 125, 126, and 129). Heavily edited.

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Chapter VIII, "More Great Events," p. 135-154, complete

  • Box 109, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes duplicate pages 148-150 due to misnumbering and carbons (p. 149-150). Missing p. 138. Heavily edited.

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Chapter IX, "A Time of Grief and Good-byes," p. 152-185, complete

  • Box 109, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Heavily edited.

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Epilogue and Acknowledgements, p. i-iv and 1-2

  • Box 109, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited.

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Fragments of later drafts, 19 pages

  • Box 110, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of indeterminate later drafts.

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Discards, 12 pages

  • Box 110, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes pages that appear to have been removed from the later drafts.

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Fragments

Cut and paste fragments, 6 pages and 13 fragmented page pieces

  • Box 110, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes cut and paste pages as well as portion of pages from indeterminate drafts.

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Fragments

  • Box 110, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes intact, numbered and unnumbered pages from indeterminate drafts.

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Typesetter’s Version, p.001-170

  • Box 110, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Typesetting notations in blue and red ink, proofreader's notations in black ink and pencil. Missing p. 002.

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Page proofs

Page proof (complete)

  • Box 110, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

First page reads "Proofread copy 5/25/77" with typesetting notations in green ink and pencil and proofreader's notations in pencil.

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Page proof (complete)

  • Box 110, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Page 1 reads "Author's copy." Lightly edited.

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Page proof (complete)

  • Box 110, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

With some duplicate pages at the end. Typesetter's notations in black ink.

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Social Histories

Scope and Contents note

The social histories of the Cumberland area ( Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland) are peculiar in that both manuscripts are largely incomplete. While other manuscripts from Harriette Arnow may contain chapters fragments (see Old Burnside), these fragments are difficult, if not impossible, to place. Furthermore, because the books rely on the same resource materials as explained below, the fragments were often difficult to differentiate between manuscripts (both between versions of the same manuscript and between Seedtime and Flowering). The sections of this part of the collection can be broken into three main categories: Research Materials, Seedtime on the Cumberland manuscript, and Flowering of the Cumberland manuscript. With the other manuscripts, if any research materials existed, they were placed with only that manuscript. For the social histories, the research material has been combined. The reasoning behind this is that the resources for the books often overlap, as Arnow commented. On June 6, 1962, Harriette Arnow sent a letter to Mrs. [Gertrude] Parsley for the official business of requesting permission for materials (General Correspondence). "You have no doubt been made awre [sic] many times through the years that I am working on a manuscript concerned with pioneer days on the Cumberland, a part of which was published in 1960 under the title . I am now in the final stages of preparing another, tentatively titled, for possible publication in late 1963." Later in the letter Arnow continues, "This second manuscript is more in the nature of a companion piece to Seedtime than a squel [sic], and thus makes use of much the same sources." Arnow did not intend for the research materials for the books to be separated.

Research Materials

Scope and Contents note

In the mid 1950s, Arnow received correspondence from Mrs. A. S. Frye regarding research for the Cumberland books. Letters from Mrs. A. S. Frye have been placed in the General Correspondence (Box 34, Folders 15-16) in 1954 with the dates of May 2, August 5, August 6, August 23, August 26, September 12, October 3, October 27, November 28, and November 30 and in General Correspondence (Box 35, Folder 1) in 1955 with the dates of February 24 and March 16. It is interesting to note that this research was completed six years before publication of Seedtime and nine before publication of Flowering.

Newspaper, magazine, and book clippings related to the Cumberland area, 1955 March 13-May 8, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 1
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Historical documents, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Photocopies and photostats of historical documents, registers, and letters

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Illustrations by Jack Knox, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Birthplace of Nathan Bedford Forrest, The General’s Mount, Home of Sam Davis – Boy, Hen-Peck Mill, Old Church at Dover, Tenn., The Old Fashioned Christmas Eve, Sorghum Mill, Stone Bridge at Goodlettsville, Sweep Pole Well, Wash Day, and untitled illustrations

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Pamphlets from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Agricultural Trends in Tennessee, Pictorial Souvenir, and unknown title

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Pamphlets – letter size, 1941, 1947 October, 1952, 1953 January

  • Box 111, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Thomas Hughes Library, Rugby, Tennessee; Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of the Center Hill Reservoir, Tennessee; A Short History of Cumberland County by the Kiwanis Club of Crab Orchard Tennessee; and Water Resources Development by The Corps of Engineers in Tennessee

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Pamphlets – small size, 1936, 1938, 1952 February, 1952 June, 1955 June, 1967 Summer, 1972 November, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Burton Historical Collection Leaflet; Sam Davis, Tennessee’s Boy Hero of the Sixties; The Northwest Territory Celebration, issued by the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission of Ohio; Kentucky Geological Survey; The Family Group in a Kentucky Mountain Farming Community by James S. Brown; Ford Times; Travellers’ [sic] Rest by Henry Lee Swint; Mill Springs Mill; and See the Governor William Blount Mansion

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Register, Kentucky State Historical Society, 1929 January

  • Box 111, Folder 7
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Register, Kentucky State Historical Society, 1929 May

  • Box 111, Folder 8
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Weaponry, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Negative Photostat: Ancestry of the Kentucky Rifle, Positive Photostat: Ancestry of the Kentucky Rifle, Negative Photostat: Dillin Collection, Positive Photostat: Dillin Collection (top portion), Positive Photostat: Dillin Collection (bottom portion), Negative Photostat: Three Periods in Flint-locks, Negative Photostat: Colonial Period Weapons

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Whiskey Research, undated

  • Box 111, Folder 10
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Research Materials from Mrs. Frye, 1954 April 17-1964 January 23, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 1
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Seedtime on the Cumberland Materials, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes information used in various chapters pertaining to Benjamin Price and answers from an unknown author to Arnow’s questions

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Seedtime on the Cumberland notes regarding Chapter VII The Shirttail Men

  • Box 112, Folder 3
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Seedtime on the Cumberland notes regarding Chapter XI Indians, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 4
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 5
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 6
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 7
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 8
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 9
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 112, Folder 10
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Miscellaneous Research Notes, undated

  • Box 113, Folder 1
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Research Notebook, undated

  • Box 113, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

One large, composition notebook

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Research Notebooks, undated

  • Box 113, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Six small notebooks: one University of Michigan blue book, one blue Whitefield Big 10 composition notebook, two brown Collegiate composition notebooks, and two Big 10 composition notebooks (including notes on geology and agriculture).

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Bibliographic Notes: Thomas Anburey (author), undated

  • Box 114, Item 1
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Bibliographic Notes: Names and places, undated

  • Box 114, Item 2
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Bibliographic Notes: Household items, undated

  • Box 114, Item 3
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Bibliographic Notes, undated

  • Box 114, Item 4
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Bibliographic Notes, undated

  • Box 114, Item 5
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Bibliographic Notes, undated

  • Box 114, Item 6
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Bibliographic Notes, undated

  • Box 114, Item 7
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Maps

Scope and Contents note

At least three of the maps in this box (Maps 1, 5, and 13) were used in both Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland. This observation further illustrates the overlap of sources and resources for both social histories.

The Boot [Cumberland River Basin]

  • Box 115, Item 1
Scope and Contents note

This map was used in Seedtime on the Cumberland (p.14) and Flowering of the Cumberland (p. 43).

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Cumberland River Basin Maps

Scope and Contents note

Maps 2, 3, and 4 have been bundled because of the relationship between the maps. This version of the map was considered for Chapter One and was even included in the latest draft of Seedtime before the page proofs. Map 1 was used instead.

Cumberland River Basin, undated

  • Box 115, Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Removed from undetermined publication

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Pencil tracing of Map 2, undated

  • Box 115, Item 3
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Ink rendering of Map 3 with additional details from Map 2, undated

  • Box 115, Item 4
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Early Cumberland Settlements in Tennessee Maps, undated

Scope and Contents note

Maps 5, 6, and 7 have been grouped because they are identical maps. This map was used in Seedtime of the Cumberland, Chapter IX, p. 242, and in Flowering of the Cumberland as the front endpaper.

Early Cumberland Settlements in Tennessee; HSA signature on back, undated

  • Box 115, Item 5
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Identical to Map 5; HSA signature on back, undated

  • Box 115, Item 6
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Identical to Map 5; HSA signature on back, undated

  • Box 115, Item 7
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Eastern United States Maps, undated

Scope and Contents note

Maps 8, 9, and 10 have been grouped because of their relationship. All are reproductions or enhancements of the 1804 Abraham Bradley, Jr. Map.

Eastern United States, undated

  • Box 115, Item 8
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Enlarged photostat of Map 8, undated

  • Box 115, Item 9
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Enlarged section of Map 8, undated

  • Box 115, Item 10
Scope and Contents note

Intended for use as front endpaper for Seedtime on the Cumberland but was replaced

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S. A. Moye, Sr., Maps, undated

Scope and Contents note

Maps 11 and 12 have been grouped because they are both copies of the same map by S. A. Moye, Sr.

Newspaper clipping of Land Grants in Laurel County by S. A. Moye, Sr., undated

  • Box 115, Item 11
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Photo stat of Land Grants in Laurel County by S. A. Moye, Sr., undated

  • Box 115, Item 12
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Trail Systems Maps, 1923, undated

Scope and Contents note

Maps 13 and 14 have been grouped because they were used to inspire the creation of the map on pages 64-65 of Seedtime on the Cumberland and also on pages 100-101 of Flowering of the Cumberland.

Early Trails and Roads Through the Wilderness of Southeastern Kentucky by Bayless Hardin from an unknown newspaper, undated

  • Box 115, Item 13
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Photostat of The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the Early Colonial Period from data collected by W.E. Myer, 1923

  • Box 115, Item 14
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Hand drawn diagram of the Nashville Areas as it was before 1800, pre 1800

  • Box 115, Item 15
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Map of the Nashville District, 1946 February

  • Box 115, Item 16
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Map of the Landforms of the United States by Erwin Raisz, mid-Texas to Pacific portion only, 1939

  • Box 115, Item 17
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 115, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Includes two miscellaneous maps and a typed note regarding an indeterminate map.

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Seedtime on the Cumberland

Scope and Contents note

Seedtime on the Cumberland has been broken into early, middle, and late drafts for ease of perusal. Arnow did not use these distinctions, but it makes the collection more accessible. The early drafts are separated into Early Draft 1, Early Draft 2, and Early Draft 3. Early Draft 3 contains the only complete chapters for the early drafts of Seedtime on the Cumberland. The middle drafts are separated into Middle Draft 1 and Middle Draft 2. The late drafts are separated into Late Draft 1 and Late Draft 2.

Early Drafts Fragments

  • Box 116, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Early Draft 1: Handwritten fragments, Early Draft 2: Cut and taped fragments, possibly some pages from Early Draft 1, and Early Draft 3: Typescript fragments

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Middle Draft Fragments

  • Box 116, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Middle Draft 1: Cut-and-tape fragments, and Middle Draft 2: Typescript fragments

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Late Draft Fragments

  • Box 116, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Late Draft 1: Typescript fragments; close to final draft, yet still a variation away and Late Draft 2: Typescript fragments; chapters align with publication; most footnotes match publication

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Printer’s Galley, p.46 to unknown

  • Box 116, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Page numbers do not match publication

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Page Proofs (B-copy), title page – p. 106 (End of Chapter V)

  • Box 116, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes p. 103a. Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs (B-copy), p. 107 (Chapter VI) – p. 196 (end of Chapter VIII)

  • Box 116, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs (B-copy), p. 197 (Chapter IX) – p. 292 (end of Chapter XI)

  • Box 116, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs (B-copy), p. 293 (Chapter XII) – p. 411 (end of Chapter XIV)

  • Box 116, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs (B-copy): p. 412 (Epilogue) – p. 526 (Notes for Chapters I – X)

  • Box 117, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes drawing on p. 461

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Page Proofs (B-copy): p. 527 (Notes for Chapter XI) – p. 572 (Notes for Chapter XIV) and Index p. 1–60

  • Box 117, Folder 2
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Book jacket text

  • Box 117, Folder 3
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Flowering of the Cumberland

Scope and Contents note

The six mostly intact chapters in the early drafts (Folders 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) have been roughly matched to corresponding chapters in the final publication. However, parts of the chapters may have been moved and used in other chapters, as well. Because it is difficult to determine when pieces are definitively of the same draft, with exception to Folders 4-9, it should not be assumed that all fragments in a folder are of one contiguous draft.

Early Draft 1 Fragments

  • Box 118, Folder 1
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Early Draft 2 Fragments

  • Box 118, Folder 2
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Early Draft 3 Fragments

  • Box 118, Folder 3
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Early Draft Chapter XVII – The Biggest Battle (p. 477-516; missing p. 486, 492, and 506)

  • Box 118, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to Chapter Four – The Makeup of Society. Lightly edited.

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Early Draft Chapter VIII – The Wider World (p. 524-567; missing p. 542, 547, 551, and 565)

  • Box 118, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to published Chapter Six – Intellectual Background and Education. Lightly edited.

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Early Draft Chapter XIX - Business and Professions (p. 568-618 and notes; missing p. 574, 578, 579, and 617)

  • Box 118, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to published Chapter Eleven – The Professions and Chapter Twelve – The Business World. Lightly edited.

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Early Draft Chapter XX – Industry (p. 619-671 and notes; missing 625, 635, 643, 653, 657, and 664)

  • Box 118, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to published Chapter Ten – Industry. Lightly edited.

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Early Draft Chapter XXI – Home Influences and Education (p. 672-758; missing p. 677-680, 688-690, 692-694, 698, 702-724, 727, 737, 747, and 753-754)

  • Box 118, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Roughly corresponds to published Chapter Two – The Underpinning. Lightly edited.

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Early Draft Chapter XXII – Religion (pp. 759-801)

  • Box 118, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Original draft, carbon copy of original draft (missing pp. 780-781, 783, 786, and 788), and corrected copy of original draft (missing pp. 779-780). Lightly edited.

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Middle Drafts

  • Box 118, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Middle Draft 1 Fragments (largely cut and tape) and Middle Draft 2 Fragments (typescript).

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Late Draft Fragments

  • Box 118, Folder 11
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Page Proofs

Scope and Contents note

This document was mailed to Arnow at her home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. There are typesetter’s notations in blue and red pencil. These page proofs also denote the change from Roman numerals to words for the chapter headings. Most of the editorial notes in the page proofs are not in Arnow’s handwriting.

Page Proofs, title page – p. 122 (end of Chapter Four)

  • Box 119, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes for each chapter. Note on cover denotes editor’s typescript and shows that this typescript was sent directly to Arnow. Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs, p. 123 (Chapter Five) – p. 221 (end of Chapter 7)

  • Box 119, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes for each chapter. Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs, p. 222 (Chapter Eight) – p. 318 (end of Chapter Ten)

  • Box 119, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes for each chapter. Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs, p. 319 (Chapter Eleven) – p. 413 (end of Chapter Thirteen)

  • Box 119, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes for each chapter. Moderately edited.

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Page Proofs, p. 414 (Chapter Fourteen) – p. 451 (Epilogue), Index p. 1 – 48

  • Box 119, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited.

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Printer’s Proofs

Scope and Contents note

The printer’s proofs have what appear to be markings for the start of an index. Proper nouns (largely place names and names of individuals) have been underlined through this copy. Arnow supplied the index for Flowering of the Cumberland (as well as Seedtime on the Cumberland), as noted in correspondence with employees of the Macmillan Company between May and June of 1963 (Box 31, Folder 4).

Printer’s Proofs, title page – p. 192 (end of Chapter Six)

  • Box 119, Folder 6
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Printer’s Proofs, p. 193 (Chapter Seven) – p. 423 (Epilogue)

  • Box 119, Folder 7
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Short Nonfiction

"Cincinnati: The Childhood of Our City," p. 1-41, 1938

  • Box 120, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

This is the first of three volumes published by Cincinnati Public Schools in honor of Cincinnati’s Sesquicentennial.

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"Cincinnati: Glimpses of Its Youth", p. 1-42, 1938

  • Box 120, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

This is the third of three volumes published by Cincinnati Public Schools in honor of Cincinnati’s Sesquicentennial.

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Unpublished article on gardening, 10 pages, circa 1942

  • Box 120, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes rejection notice from Nancy Ruzicka. Submitted to and subsequently rejected by the New York Times.

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Typescript drafts of "Who Will Give Us Reality?", 9 pages, circa 1942

  • Box 120, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Moderately edited.

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"Who Will Give Us Reality?" as published by Writer’s Digest, p. 19-21 (three pages)

  • Box 120, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

1949-10-01T00:00:00

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"Food Substitutes" as published by Tennessee Market Bulletin, p. 6 (one page), 1954 July

  • Box 120, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Erroneously credited to "Harrell S. Arnow, author of The Doll Maker and Other Best Sellers"

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"The Mule," unpublished, 1954 July 26

  • Box 120, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes letter to literary agent Henry Volkening from Reader’s Digest with notes on how to enhance an early draft for publication, research on mules, three versions of Outline of a Proposed Article on "The Mule" and two drafts of "The Mule." Loosely related to Flowering of the Cumberland, Chapter Seven "The Horse."

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"Shirley Ann Grau "as published by The Michigan Daily, 3 pages, 1956 October 7

  • Box 120, Folder 8
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"Language – the Key That Unlocks All the Boxes" as published in the Wilson Library Bulletin, p. 683-685, 1956 May

  • Box 120, Folder 9
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"Reading without a purpose" as published in ALA Bulletin, p. 837-839, 1956 November

  • Box 120, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes Arnow’s article torn from the ALA Bulletin booklet and one intact booklet.

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"The Eternal Need "as published in Lutheran Companion, p. 11-12, 1960 March 30

  • Box 120, Folder 11
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"The Pioneer Farmer and His Crops in the Cumberland Region" as published in Tennessee Historical Quarterly, p. 291-327, 1960 December

  • Box 120, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to Flowering of the Cumberland Chapter Nine "The Farmer and his Crops."

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"Education and the Professions in the Cumberland Region "as published in Tennessee Historical Quarterly, p. 120-158, 1961 June

  • Box 120, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds roughly to Flowering of the Cumberland Chapter Six "Intellectual Background and Education "and Chapter Eleven "The Professions."

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"The Sounds of Humankind", unpublished, circa 1962 July

  • Box 120, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Includes three copies each of a rejection letter to HSA from The Atlantic Monthly Press and the article. Corresponds to Flowering of the Cumberland Chapter Five "The Sounds of Humankind."

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"Some Musings on the Nature of History" as published by the Historical Society of Michigan, p. 1-12, 1968 October 18

  • Box 120, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes three copies of the publication. Paper was originally presented as speech and printed by the Historical Society of Michigan.

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"Appalachia Will Not Go Away" as published in the New York Times, one page, 1970 March 28

  • Box 120, Folder 16
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"Progress Reached Our Valley" as printed in The Nation, p. 71-77, 1970 August 3

  • Box 120, Folder 17
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"The Unified Needs of Appalachia," unpublished, p. 1-24, circa 1970 November

  • Box 120, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Includes original and photocopy of a manuscript to The Nation. Also includes a rejection notice from Carey McWilliams.

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"Domain without Boundaries," unpublished, p. 1-24, circa 1973 June

  • Box 121, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes rejection letter from Carey McWilliams of The Nation and note from James about Arnow as an author.

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"Recollections and Literary History" as published in Appalachian Heritage, p.11-15, 1973 Fall

  • Box 121, Folder 2
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Section in "Feminine Sensibility: A Forum" as published in The Harvard Advocate, p. 15, 1973 Winter

  • Box 121, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Part of the Special Issue: Feminine Sensibility.

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"No Rats in the Mines "as reprinted in Appalachian Heritage, p. 54-59, 1975 Spring

  • Box 121, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Originally printed by The Nation in 1971

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"The Wonder of and on Wolf Creek Dam," unpublished, p. 1-7, circa 1976 September

  • Box 121, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes rejection notice from Blair Clark of The Nation.

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Reprint of "Personal Recollections and Literary History," p. 143-146, and original print of "Our World is a Book", p. 180-186, and as published in I Have A Place, 1981

  • Box 121, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes a transcript published by Alice Lloyd College of a speech given by Arnow before an Appalshop Writer’s Workshop.

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Reprint of "Progress Reached Our Valley" as published in Appalachian Heritage, p. 16-25, 1984 Fall

  • Box 121, Folder 7
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"Beginnings", unpublished, p. 1-5, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes alternate beginning (one page).

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"Christmas Callers," unpublished p. 1-3, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 9
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"Christmas is a Big Thing, "unpublished, p. 1-3, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Later published in Country Beautiful magazine.

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"Hartland "fragments, unpublished, 7 pages, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 11
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"Hill Billy Spring," unpublished, p. 1-6, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes three copies of the story and p. 1 of an earlier draft.

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The Midwest, unpublished, p. 1-6, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Includes two copies: first copy has "original vault" in Marcella’s hand, and the second copy has "file "in Marcella’s hand.

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"His Name Is Really None, "p. 10, incomplete, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Includes three copies of the first page of the article.

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"On Being Asked to Write a Dog Story", unpublished, p. 1-22, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes two drafts of the story.

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Autobiographical fragment, unpublished, 6 pages, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 16
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Various published letters by Arnow, 1960, 1980, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes a Reader’s Viewpoint (Likes School System, But Oh, Those Buses!), "Choice for Christmas" as published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune (with note from E & B about her being published in the same paper as Edna [Arnow]), and Appalachian Heritage

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Transcription of Folk Songs, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 18
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Transcription of Folk Songs, undated

  • Box 121, Folder 19
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Speeches

Scope and Contents note

Arnow was frequently invited to give speeches to various regional and national organizations, as well as acceptance speeches for awards such organizations offered her.

North Carolina English Teachers’ Association, p. 1-26, incomplete, circa 1959

  • Box 122, Folder 1
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Theta Sigma Phi, Detroit Michigan, p. 1-18, incomplete, circa 1960

  • Box 122, Folder 2
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Dedication of James Still Room, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, p. 1-9, 1961

  • Box 122, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes one complete and two incomplete drafts of HSA’s speech for the dedication and the folder in which the speech was kept.

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Planned Parenthood, fragments, 12 pages, 1968

  • Box 122, Folder 4
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Detroit Metro Book and Author Association Luncheon, p. 1-6, 1975

  • Box 122, Folder 5
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"Our French Heritage", given to the Boucher Sieur de Monbrun Heritage Society, 4 pages, incomplete, 1980

  • Box 122, Folder 6
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"Our Heritage: Have we lost it?" given to Berea College Alumni Association, incomplete, circa 1983

  • Box 122, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes multiple drafts of the speech.

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Detroit Public Library, p. 1-5, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 8
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"Importance of Reading to Writing," p. 2-17, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Missing p. 1, 5-6, and 15.

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Kentucky Library Association, p. 1-11, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Missing p. 2; missing p. 10 due to misnumbering.

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Lansing Public Library, p. 1-6, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 11
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"Language," p. 2-8, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 12
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"Modern Language Barriers," given to the Wayne Ladies Literary Club, p. 1-11, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 13
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Morehead Writer’s Workshop, 5 pages, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 14
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"The Novelist in Today’s World," p. 1-26, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes several variant pages.

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Theta Sigma Phi, five pages, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Includes a complete speech of 10 sections on fives pages.

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University of Tennessee, scattered, incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 17
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"The Unwritten Books Around Us, "p. 1-8, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 18
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"Writing in Today’s World," "The Young Writer in Today’s World," incomplete, undated

  • Box 122, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Includes several drafts and fragments.

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Subject: books and education, p. 1-12, incomplete, undated

  • Box 123, Folder 1
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Subject: early America, p. 1-4, 9, undated

  • Box 123, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Missing p. 5-8.

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Subject: language, five pages, incomplete, undated

  • Box 123, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of drafts on language.

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Subject: state of literature, p. 1-5, undated

  • Box 123, Folder 4
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Speech fragments, Undated

  • Box 123, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments of various speeches.

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Speech Notes

Scope and Contents note

Arnow used note cards (usually typed) for many of her speeches. Speech topics include Appalachia, American history, education, reading, and writing. The bundles in Folder 6 include cards that were already packaged together by rubber bands, suggesting that each bundle was used for a particular speech. The bundles in Folder 7 include fragments of speeches that have been bound only to prevent shuffling.

Speech Note Cards

  • Box 123, Folder 6
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Speech Note Cards

  • Box 123, Folder 7
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Book Reviews

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Arnow reviewed several books. The pieces in this section are ordered alphabetically first by the book author’s last name and then, in cases of multiple book reviews for one author, by title. Unless noted specifically, it is difficult to determine whether or not all the book reviews by HSA were published.

Maurice Brooks, The Appalachians [Houghton Mifflin], one page, incomplete, circa 1965

  • Box 124, Folder 1
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Harry M. Caudill, Night Comes to the Cumberlands [Atlantic-Little, Brown], one page, July 21, 1963

  • Box 124, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes review as published in the New York Times Book Review.

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Robert T. Francoeur, Eve’s New Rib: Twenty faces of Sex, Marriage, and Family [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich], February/March 1973

  • Box 124, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes typescript, review as published in Playgirl, and a copy of the intact Playgirl in which the review is published.

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Davis Grubb, Night of the Hunter [Harper], p. 1-2, circa 1953

  • Box 124, Folder 4
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Felix Holt, Dan’l Boone Kissed Me [E. P. Dutton], p. 1-2, circa 1954

  • Box 124, Folder 5
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May Dikeman Hoss, The Pike [Appleton-Century-Crofts], p. 1-2, circa 1954

  • Box 124, Folder 6
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Joe Klaas, Maybe I’m Dead [Macmillan], p. 1-2, circa 1955

  • Box 124, Folder 7
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J. R. Lemaster, ed., Jesse Stuart: Essays on His Work [University Press of Kentucky], Winter 1979

  • Box 124, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes incomplete typescript and a copy of The Register in which the review was published.

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Joyce Carol Oates, Angel of Light [Elsevier-Dutton], p. 1-19, incomplete, circa 1981

  • Box 124, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Missing p. 3, 6, and 11.

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Joyce Carol Oates, Them [Vanguard], p. 1-5, circa 1969

  • Box 124, Folder 10
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Elizabeth Rogers Reynolds, Timeless in the Southern Dust, p. 1-7, incomplete, undated

  • Box 124, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Unlike the other book reviews, this piece, known commonly as a reader’s report, is a review of a manuscript. If the book was published, it must have been done so under a different title.

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Harry K. Schwarzweller, et al., Mountain Families in Transition [Pennsylvania State University Press], incomplete, circa 1971

  • Box 124, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes two incomplete drafts.

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Jesse Stuart, God’s Oddling [McGraw-Hill], 3 pages, incomplete, circa 1960

  • Box 124, Folder 13
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Jesse Stuart, The Thread that Runs So True [Charles Scribner’s Sons], p.1-2, circa 1949

  • Box 124, Folder 14
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Three Novels of Three Families with Neither Heroes nor Heroines, p. 1-18, incomplete, circa 1981

  • Box 124, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes review essay of Rhine Maidens by Carolyn See [Coward, McCann & Geoghegan; 1981], Warlock by Jim Harrison [Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence; 1981], and Angel of Light by Joyce Carol Oates [E. P. Dutton; 1981].

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Mildred Walker, The Curlew’s Cry, p. 1-2, undated

  • Box 124, Folder 16
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Jack E. Weller, Yesterday’s People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia [Universitiy Press of Kentucky], p. 34, Winter 1963

  • Box 124, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes a copy of the intact Mountain Life and Work magazine in which the review was published.

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Vinnie Williams, Walk Egypt [Hutchinson], p. 1-2, circa 1961

  • Box 124, Folder 18
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Notebooks

Scope and Contents note

Numeration in brackets was not original to the notebooks and only serves as a reference for pages. Notebooks cannot be accurately dated, even if diary entries contain specific dates. Arnow often returned to notebooks over multiple years, so the year range could be wider than the diary entries might suggest.

Fiction, Poetry, and Multiple Forms

Lulu and Noble Notebook, p. 1-256

  • Box 125, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes an 10.5 inch by 8 inch spiral notebook. Notebook contains diary entries (dated April 16, April 19, April 20, and May 18, 1971) and fragments of a modern-day, possibly Appalachian, story with the following characters: Lulu, Noble, Jim, Mrs. Colyer, Joyce and Jade, Lonnie, Mr. Atkins, Joe Ann, Jackie, Jimmy, and Jasper. Notebook includes Chapters with numbering VII or VIII, IX or X, X or XI, VII or VIII, and IX or X. Pages 257-304 of the same notebook have been removed and placed in Belle notebooks (Box 45, Folder 8).

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John and Jenny Mae Notebooks, p. 1-72 and p. 1-136

  • Box 125, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Notebooks appear to be related as part of a lengthy manuscript, which takes place in an urban setting with mentions of street cars as well as a tuberculosis hospital. Smaller notebook contains a brief journal entry dated May 16, 1979. Pages 63-72 of the smaller notebook have been photocopied and placed in Belle notebooks (Box 44, Folder 11).

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Miscellaneous Fragments, Fiction, 10 pages

  • Box 125, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Also includes a folder with notes about a fictional work.

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Miscellaneous Fragments: Poetry, 1 page

  • Box 125, Folder 4
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Untitled, p. 1-117

  • Box 125, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes autobiographical fragment about experiences in guest lecturing (p. 1-17), autobiographical fragment that corresponds with untitled autobiography (p. 19-32), short story called "Love? "(p. 33-57), short story labeled Chapter 2 or 3 detailing a woman who travels up a mountain to see a doctor because she does not want to become pregnant (p. 57-112), and a letter to Harold Strauss regarding the Weedkiller’s Daughter (p. 113-114).

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Untitled, p. 1-142

  • Box 125, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes Old Burnside research and fragments (p. 1-13, 17-33, and 69-130), fiction fragment with characters named Kate, Louise, Beard, Miss Beulah Ballou, and Lulu Ballou (p. 14-16 and 34-68), and fiction fragment with character named Maggie (p. 131-142).

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Untitled, p. 1-94

  • Box 125, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes Notes on Old Burnside (p. 1-18), notes from Somerset Herald, August 5, 1915 (p. 19-24), notes from Somerset Journal, March 3, 1907 (p. 25-28), notes on poet Lee Pennington (p. 29-34), what appear to be notes on student manuscripts (p. 42-47), journal entry dated April 2, 1979 (p. 48-49), fiction fragment (p. 53), list of prices from a 1908 Sears Roebuck catalog (p. 59-61), and notes on Cherokee culture and language (p. 63-94).

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Untitled, p. 1-56

  • Box 125, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes possible early beginning of To You No Place (p. 1-2, and 4-18), beginning of a speech (p. 3), book review of Jesse Stuart (p. 18-21), autobiographical fragment about walking home from high school (p. 22-35), and discussion of a work titled "Patterns in the Fog" (earlier title for Seedtime) and critical reception of Seedtime on the Cumberland (p. 35-51).

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Untitled, p. 1-139

  • Box 125, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes handwritten draft of "Witch Hazel Blooms in November" (p. 3-40, 43-108, and 112-13), copy of letter to Jack Jacobs, dated September 16, about screen options to an unnamed script (p. 41-42), journal entries from trip to Nova Scotia (p. 109-11 and 114-127), and miscellaneous notes, including recipes (p. 128-end).

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Nonfiction

Untitled, p. 1-10

  • Box 125, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes statistics on population, education, income, birth, and death of Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky from 1930-1950 and notes on The Dollmaker and Seedtime on the Cumberland.

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Untitled, p. 1-32

  • Box 125, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes discussion of farmland in Ann Arbor, Michigan; disappearance of schools and wildflowers; high taxes; HSA’s dream of a farm house living museum, and several journal entries, including one dated September 12, 1968.

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Untitled, p. 1-48

  • Box 125, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes discussion of the prehistoric Cumberland River/Appalachia (geology, animal life, etc.).

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Untitled, p. 1-310

  • Box 126, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Note at the top of the front cover reads #32. Includes autobiographical fragments, note dated 1966 (p. 177), references to Vietnam (p. 180), women in literature including depictions by Hemingway and Christopher Morley (p. 1-19), thoughts on writing and publishing (p. 20-41), courtship with Harold and early married life including pregnancies and plans to move to Keno (p. 42-89), and autobiographical fragment that corresponds with untitled autobiography (p. 90-309).

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Untitled, p. 1-52

  • Box 126, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes material on southern Appalachia and coal companies. Photocopies are taken from a longer notebook (p. 1-104) which contained a draft of The Kentucky Trace and is housed with The Kentucky Trace notebooks (Box 80, Folder 6).

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Untitled, p. 1-92

  • Box 126, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes a discussion of farm life without electricity and a smell of kerosene on hands (p. 1-4), discussion of experience working as a waitress in Cincinnati as well as labor and class issues in Cincinnati (p. 4-20), discussion and critique of Berea (p. 21-26 and 51-60), notes on Arnow’s time at a boarding school and town life (p. 27-51), discussion of experiences teaching in several schools and the poverty and attitudes of students and their families (p. 60-82), and a discussion of experiences as a student at the University of Louisville (p. 83-92).

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Untitled, p. 31-104

  • Box 126, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes speech to the Colonial Dames. Unclear where the speech ends and book reviews begin. Photocopy taken from The Weedkiller’s Daughter notebook (Box 86, Folder 1).

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Miscellaneous Fragments, Nonfiction, 33 pages

  • Box 126, Folder 5
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Miscellaneous Fragments, Nonfiction, 53 pages

  • Box 126, Folder 6
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Personal

Notebook with image of Mao Tse-Tung on front cover

  • Box 126, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes addresses, speech notes, and financial notes.

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Untitled, small brown notebook

  • Box 126, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes mostly expense accounts.

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Untitled, blue Big 10 notebook

  • Box 126, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes financial information, possibly roster of writing students at Hindman Writers Workshop, and notes for a story.

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Untitled, Jewel notebook

  • Box 126, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes date of June 23, 1969, addresses, recipes, accounts/budgets, diary entries, notes for an untitled review, and fiction fragment of a man making coffee and cakes.

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Handy Note Book

  • Box 126, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes income calculations for 1965, 1966, and 1967, expense listings, addresses, and diary entries.

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Want Book

  • Box 126, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes expense accounts and appointment reminders.

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Notes on student manuscripts

  • Box 126, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Includes loose notebook pages.

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Addresses

  • Box 126, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Includes notebooks as well as loose notebook pages.

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Permathide notebook

  • Box 126, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes addresses and appointment reminders.

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Miscellaneous Fragments, Personal

  • Box 126, Folder 16
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Critical Works, 1954-1997

  • Box 127-129

Articles, Essays, and Theses, 1958-1997

Sandra Ballard, "Harriette Arnow and Kentucky Neighbors,"as published in Mossy Creek Reader, No. 4, p. 3-7, 1994 Spring

  • Box 127, Folder 1
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Ronald Butler, "The Foolishness of Dreams in Harriette Arnow’s Hunter’s Horn and The Dollmaker", 1984 Summer

  • Box 127, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes two copies of a typescript by Ronald Butler with HSA’s notes in the margin and the article as published in Appalachian Heritage, No. 3, p. 67-78.

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Carol Colclough Strickland, "The City in Harriette Arnow’s The Dollmaker," as published in The Nassau Review: The Journal of Nassau Community College, 5.4, p. 81-90, 1988

  • Box 127, Folder 3
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Ted Couillard, "Harriette Arnow’s Little Piece of Heaven in Appalachian Kentucky and Detroit’s Urbanized Hell," prepared for presentation at the special session on Appalachian Studies at the 1985 South Atlantic Modern Language Association, p. 1-34, 1985

  • Box 127, Folder 4
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Mary DeCair, "Excerpt from a Journal,"as published in Revise and Present, p . 3-4, 1966

  • Box 127, Folder 5
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James B. Goode, "The Novel as Sculpture: An Analysis of Harriette Arnow’s Comment on Fiction in The Dollmaker," as published in The Journal of Kentucky Studies, p. 213-222, 1985 September

  • Box 127, Folder 6
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Department of English, University of Washington, 1969 March 10

  • Box 127, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Jack Cady of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and several essays written by Mr. Cady’s students on The Dollmaker.

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Joan Rae Griffin, " Fiddle Tunes, Foxes, and a Piece of Land: Region and Character in Harriette Arnow’s Kentucky Trilogy," a dissertation for a doctor of philosophy in English as presented to the University of Nebraska under the supervision of Professor Lee T. Lemon, 1982 May

  • Box 127, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes a note inside the front cover from Ms. Griffin to HSA. Photograph found between pages 142 and 143 has been removed and placed with audiovisual materials (Box 148, Item 298).

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Bette Howland, "The Homesick Novels," as published in The American Voice, No. 17, p. 48-53., 1989 Winter

  • Box 127, Folder 9
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Glenda Kay Hobbs, "Harriette Arnow’s Literary Journey: From the Parish to the World", a dissertation for a doctor of philosophy in English and American Literature and Language as presented to Harvard University., 1975 May

  • Box 127, Folder 10
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Betty Krasne, "Harriette Simpson Arnow: Between the Texts," as presented at the Appalachian Studies Conference of 1992, 1992 March 21

  • Box 128, Folder 1
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Betty Krasne, "Criticism, a Mirror of Social Change: Harriette Arnow and her Critics," p. 1-10, undated

  • Box 128, Folder 2
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Betty Krasne, "The Transformation of Community in , Novel and Film, "p. 1-10, undated

  • Box 128, Folder 3
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Lewis A. Lawson, "The Knife and the Saw in , "as published in Appalachian Heritage, p. 69-79, 1979 Fall

  • Box 128, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes only a photocopy of the work.

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Laurie Lindberg, ": All the Battles Lost," as published in the Journal of Kentucky Studies, p. 109-116, 1990

  • Box 128, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes only a photocopy of the work.

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Danny Miller, "A MELUS Interview: Harriette Arnow," as published in MELUS, p. 83-97, 1982 Summer

  • Box 128, Folder 6
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Steve Mooney, "Agrarian Tragedy, Harriette Arnow’s ," as published in Appalachian Journal, p. 34-43, 1991 Fall

  • Box 128, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes only a photocopy of the work.

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Tillie Olson, "Women Who Are Writers in Our Century: One Out of Twelve," as published in College English, p. 6-17, 1972 October

  • Box 128, Folder 8
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Martha H. Pipes, "Unto the Hills and Beyond", as published in Appalachian Journal, Volume 3, No. 4, p. 385-391, 1976 Summer

  • Box 128, Folder 9
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Publication of the American Dialect Society, No. 30, p. 27-28, 1958 November

  • Box 128, Folder 10
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Diane Russell Rovaiheb, "The Dollmaker as an Agrarian Novel," a thesis for a master of arts under the direction of Dr. Wendell Berry as presented to the University of Kentucky Graduate School, 1988 May

  • Box 128, Folder 11
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Anne Shelby, "Appalachian Literature and American Myth: Fiction from the Southern Mountains," as published in Appalachian Heritage, p. 42-55, 1986 Winter

  • Box 128, Folder 12
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Includes only a photocopy of the work.

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James Seaton, "The Image of Detroit in The Dollmaker," as published in MidAmerica, Volume XIV, p. 137-145, 1987

  • Box 128, Folder 13
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Includes only a photocopy of the work.

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Martha Billips Turner, "Harriette Simpson Arnow’s Agrarianism: The Case of Between the Flower, "p. 1-36, unpublished, undated

  • Box 128, Folder 14
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Martha Billips Turner, "Agrarianism and Loss: The Kentucky Novels of Harriette Simpson Arnow," a dissertation for a doctor of philosophy in English as presented to the University of Kentucky Graduate School, 1997

  • Box 128, Folder 15
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Martha Billips Turner, "A Missing Chapter in Harriette Simpson Arnow’s ," p. 1-16, unpublished, 1994 March

  • Box 128, Folder 16
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Linda Wagner, "Harriette Arnow and the 1980s", p. 1-16, unpublished, undated

  • Box 128, Folder 17
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Kathleen Walsh, ": Harriette Arnow’s Subversive Hunting Tale, "as published in The Southern Literary Journal, Volume XVII, No. 1, p. 54-67, 1984 Fall

  • Box 128, Folder 18
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Isabelle White, "Toward a Different Aesthetic: The Artist and Community in Harriette Arnow’s The Dollmaker," as published in the Journal of Kentucky Studies, Volume 9, p. 130-138, 1992 September

  • Box 128, Folder 19
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Includes only a photocopy of the work.

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Shirley Williams, "Memories of Harriette Arnow," as published in Appalachian Heritage, p. 5-7, 1986 Fall

  • Box 128, Folder 20
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Book Reviews, 1954-1992

Book Reviews, Fiction, 1954-1992

The Dollmaker Reviews, 1954 March-November, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 1
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Includes 16 reviews, with one by Granville Hicks.

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The Dollmaker, British Reviews, 1955 June-August

  • Box 129, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes 15 reviews.

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The Dollmaker, Reissues Reviews, 1961 November 27-1992 March 15

  • Box 129, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes 8 reviews, with one by Joyce Carol Oates.

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Hunter’s Horn Reviews, 1949 May 31-1950 November 4, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes 21 reviews.

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Kentucky Trace Reviews, 1974 June 15-1975 August 21, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes 25 reviews and a letter from Ann Close, former Appalachian Librarian of the University of Kentucky, to HSA.

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Mountain Path Reviews, 1936 August 29-1971 August 15, undated [bulk 1936]

  • Box 129, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes 6 reviews.

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The Weedkiller’s Daughter, 1969 December 21-1970 February 22, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes 26 reviews, with a letter from Jim Dance.

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Book Reviews, Nonfiction, 1960-1985

Old Burnside Reviews, 1978, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Includes 3 reviews.

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Seedtime on the Cumberland Reviews, 1960 July 11-December

  • Box 129, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes circa 60 reviews, with an intact copy of Tennessee Historical Quarterly.

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Seedtime on the Cumberland Reviews, 1960 December 29-1961 December, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes circa 30 reviews, with an intact copy of The North Carolina Historical Review.

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Seedtime on the Cumberland, Reissue Reviews, 1983 Fall-1984 Summer

  • Box 129, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes 12 reviews.

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Flowering of the Cumberland Reviews, 1963 August 15-1964 January, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes circa 40 reviews, with one intact copy of The Filson Club History Quarterly

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Flowering of the Cumberland, Reissue Reviews, 1984 April-1985 Winter, undated

  • Box 129, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Includes 11 reviews.

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Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland, Reissue Review, 1984 April

  • Box 129, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Includes 1 review.

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Promotional Materials, 1953-1985, undated

  • Box 130

Fiction, 1953-1985

The Dollmaker, 1953 December -1954 December, undated

  • Box 130, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes published promotional materials and mockups for publication.

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First Chapter reprints of The Dollmaker, 1954, 1955

  • Box 130, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes a mailing envelope for the first chapter reprints, four copies of the American print, and one copy of the British print. The reprints were sent to libraries, book reviewers, bookstores, and college professors for promotional purposes.

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Review list for reprint of The Dollmaker, 1985 November 12

  • Box 130, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Betty Mastin, Marketing Manager of the University Press of Kentucky, and photocopies of the review list.

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Hunter’s Horn, 1949

  • Box 130, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes a copy of Macmillan Books, Advances News of Books, and press releases.

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Kentucky Trace, Undated

  • Box 130, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes a description by HSA with the title “Asked for Description of Book.”

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The Weedkiller’s Daughter, 1970 February 2, undated

  • Box 130, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes a mockup of a full page advertisement for the New York Times Book Review and a photocopy of the published advertisement.

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Nonfiction, undated

Seedtime on the Cumberland, undated

  • Box 130, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes published promotional materials, advertising schedules, two copies of Publisher’s Weekly, and two placards from a promotional event.

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Flowering of the Cumberland, undated

  • Box 130, Folder 8
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Subject Files

  • Box 131-134, 136

Appalachia, 1971 October 5-1972 Winter

  • Box 131, Folder 1
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Includes articles, research materials, and a map.

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Art Exhibits, undated

  • Box 131, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes museum and gallery programs.

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Authors

Scope and Contents note

Includes articles, essays, and research materials by and about several authors, such as creative writers and psychologists.

Joseph Altsheler

  • Box 131, Folder 3
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William Cohen

  • Box 131, Folder 4
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T.S. Eliot

  • Box 131, Folder 5
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Robert Francis

  • Box 131, Folder 6
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Robert Frost

  • Box 131, Folder 7
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Ernest Hemingway

  • Box 131, Folder 8
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Granville Hicks

  • Box 131, Folder 9
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Carl Jung

  • Box 131, Folder 10
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David Madden

  • Box 131, Folder 11
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Archibald McLeish

  • Box 131, Folder 12
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James Michener

  • Box 131, Folder 13
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Jim Wayne Miller

  • Box 131, Folder 14
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Joyce Carol Oates

  • Box 131, Folder 15
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Flannery O’Connor

  • Box 131, Folder 16
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Lee Pennington

  • Box 131, Folder 17
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Includes works by Lee Pennington and a limited edition (99 of 100) with an image of Mr. Pennington and four poems on high quality matte paper.

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Ezra Pound

  • Box 131, Folder 18
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Elizabeth Madox Roberts

  • Box 131, Folder 19
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Includes reviews possibly related to the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Centenary Conference (Box 9, Folder 10), at which Arnow was a panelist and speaker.

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Wallace Stevens

  • Box 131, Folder 20
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James Still

  • Box 131, Folder 21
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Joseph William Wells

  • Box 131, Folder 22
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Vinnie Williams

  • Box 131, Folder 23
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John Hall Wheelock

  • Box 131, Folder 24
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Various Authors

  • Box 131, Folder 25
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Farming

  • Box 131, Folder 26
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Great Britain, 1958-1964

  • Box 131, Folder 27
Scope and Contents note

Includes three booklets on historical landmarks in Great Britain.

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Michigan, 1958 March-1980 Spring

  • Box 131, Folder 28
Scope and Contents note

Includes various pamphlets and small booklets about Michigan, particularly Detroit.

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Middle Eastern Culture, January 1955-Summer 1959, undated

  • Box 132, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes pamphlets and small booklets regarding political, religious, and other aspects of Middle Eastern culture.

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Political

Anti-Communist and HUAC clippings, 1950-1953

  • Box 132, Folder 2
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Anti-Communist and HUAC clippings, 1954-1960

  • Box 132, Folder 3
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Anti-Communist and HUAC clippings, undated

  • Box 132, Folder 4
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A Quarter-Century of Un-Americana, 1963

  • Box 132, Folder 5
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Civil Liberties, monthly publication of the ACLU, 1955-1960

  • Box 132, Folder 6
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Common Sense, Anti-Communist newsletter, October 1957 to February 1960

  • Box 132, Folder 7
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Communist Activities among Aliens and National Groups, circa 1952

  • Box 132, Folder 8
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Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications

  • Box 132, Folder 9
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Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, Senate Meeting, February 8-10, 1951

  • Box 132, Folder 10
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Investigation of Racketeering and of Welfare Funds and Racketeering, 1953

  • Box 133, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes two thick booklets of published transcripts on these investigations.

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The League of American Writers

  • Box 133, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

undated

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The Meisenbach Case

  • Box 133, Folder 3
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Peace Pamphlets

  • Box 133, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

1959-1976

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Miscellaneous

  • Box 133, Folder 5
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Religion

  • Box 133, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

1943 to March 1980

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Syracuse Veterans Action Committee, 1952-1954

  • Box 133, Folder 7
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Writing and Publishing

  • Box 133, Folder 8
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Miscellaneous

  • Box 133, Folder 9
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Clippings

, 1940-1949

  • Box 133, Folder 10
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, 1950-1952

  • Box 133, Folder 11
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, 1953-1959

  • Box 133, Folder 12
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, 1960-1969

  • Box 134, Folder 1
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, 1970-1971

  • Box 134, Folder 2
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, 1972-1979

  • Box 134, Folder 3
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, 1980-1989

  • Box 134, Folder 4
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, undated

  • Box 134, Folder 5
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, undated

  • Box 134, Folder 6
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, undated

  • Box 134, Folder 7
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Photographs, 1930s-1980s

  • Box 135, 146-148
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The Photographs Series contains 337 images from the 1930s-1980s. It consists of prints, negatives, slides and postcards. Comprised in the series are family snapshots, publicity head shots, photographs from writing workshops and occasions when Arnow won awards, photographs collected by Arnow for research purposes for Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland, and photos from Arnow’s funeral. There are also portraits of three authors, James Dickey, William Styron, and Tennessee Williams, that were taken for inclusion in Images of the Southern Writer by Mark Morrow, 1985. Arnow is not included in the book, although Morrow corresponded with her (see March 2, 1981 letter, Box 37, Folder 18) and he sent her the images of the other authors.

The majority of the photographs are family snapshots of Harriette, her husband Harold, her son Tom and her daughter Marcella taken mostly in Michigan. There are several photographs of the family when they lived in a World War II housing project in Detroit and also several shots of the family at their home on Nixon Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Many of the photos feature Harriette and the children, and seem to have been taken by Harold. Also included in this series are photographs of Harriette’s mother, sisters, brother, and other relatives on her side.

There are not many photographs that appear to have been taken in Kentucky, excluding Arnow's funeral. Arnow died in 1986 and she was cremated. Her ashes were buried next to Harold’s grave in Keno. Harold died the previous year, February 20, 1985. The urn with her remains and the placing of the urn in the woods are documented in these photos.

Photographs of HSA, undated

  • Box 135, folder 1

Snapshots

HSA, sitting in a flowered chair, undated

  • Box 135, Item 1
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HSA, at table

  • Box 146, Item 2
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HSA posing by tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 3
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HSA with tree behind, undated

  • Box 147, Item 4
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HSA with tree behind, undated

  • Box 147, Item 5
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HSA with tree behind, undated

  • Box 147, Item 6
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HSA by lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 7
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HSA at typewriter, undated

  • Box 147, Item 8
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HSA, close-up head shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 9
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HSA, head shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 10
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HSA, head shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 11
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HSA, close-up shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 12
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HSA, close-up shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 13
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HSA, close-up head shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 14
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HSA, close-up head shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 15
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HSA, close-up by tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 16
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HSA, close-up head shot, undated

  • Box 147, Item 17
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HSA, close-up by tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 18
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HSA, close-up by tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 19
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HSA, close-up by house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 20
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HSA, close-up in yard, undated

  • Box 147, Item 21
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HSA, close-up by house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 22
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HSA, close-up by house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 23
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HSA, close-up by garage, undated

  • Box 147, Item 24
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HSA, close-up by garage, undated

  • Box 147, Item 25
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HSA, in front of wood paneling, undated

  • Box 147, Item 26
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HSA, in front of wood paneling, undated

  • Box 147, Item 27
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HSA in woods, undated

  • Box 135, Item 28
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HSA in woods, kneeling down, undated

  • Box 147, Item 29
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HSA with unknown person, undated

  • Box 147, Item 30
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HSA with cigarettes, 1981 October 30

  • Box 135, Item 31
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HSA, at typewriter, undated

  • Box 135, Item 32
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HSA, 1980s

  • Box 146, Item 33
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Publicity

Publicity photograph of HSA by Lee F. Redman for Macmillan, undated

  • Box 135, Item 34
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Publicity photograph of HSA by Dey, Ann Arbor for Macmillan, undated

  • Box 135, Item 35
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Caption reads "Photo by Dey, Ann Arbor. Harriette Simpson Arnow, Author of Seedtime on the Cumberland, Hunter’s Horn, and The Dollmaker (Macmillan)."

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Publicity photograph of HSA, undated

  • Box 135, Item 36
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Publicity photograph of HSA by Lee F. Redman for Macmillan, undated

  • Box 135, Item 37
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Events

Writing Workshop, likely from Morehead State workshop, undated

  • Box 135, Item 38
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Writing Workshop, likely from Morehead State workshop, undated

  • Box 135, Item 39
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HSA with James Still and Martha Layne Collins (HSA is possibly receiving the Milner Award, October 1983, given at Centre College in conjunction with 2nd Annual Kentucky Writers Conference), 1980s

  • Box 135, Item 40
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HSA at unknown event, 1969

  • Box 147, Item 41
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HSA at unknown event, 1969

  • Box 147, Item 42
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HSA receiving Honorary Degree at the University of Kentucky from President Otis Singletary, 1981 May 9

  • Box 146, Item 43
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Portraits of Other Writers (from and for Images of the Southern Writer by Mark Morrow), 1979

Biographical/Historical note

Mark Morrow wrote to HSA about photographing her for his book, Images of the Southern Writer, on March 2, 1981. HSA does not appear in the book. See Box 37, Folder 18 for this letter.

William Styron by Mark Morrow (this portrait appears in Images of the Southern Writer, 1985), 1979

  • Box 135, Item 44
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James Dickey by Mark Morrow, 1979

  • Box 135, Item 45
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Tennessee Williams by Mark Morrow, 1979

  • Box 146, Item 46
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Family and Friends, 1920s-1986

Snapshots of HSA with family and friends, 1920s-1980s

HSA, Marcella, Tom, Mollie Jane Simpson and dog, undated

  • Box 135, Item 47
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Marcella, in field, undated

  • Box 146, Item 48
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Tom, in field, undated

  • Box 146, Item 49
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Marcella, at kitchen table, undated

  • Box 135, Item 50
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HSA with Tom, undated

  • Box 135, Item 51
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Tom, at kitchen table, undated

  • Box 135, Item 52
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Harold and Tom, on farm machinery, undated

  • Box 135, Item 53
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Tom with chair and notebook, undated

  • Box 135, Item 54
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Tom with "Learning About Words" notebook, undated

  • Box 135, Item 55
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HSA on chair with Tom and Marcella, possibly a professional portrait by Burgert Photography, undated

  • Box 147, Item 56
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HSA on chair with Tom and Marcella, possible portrait by Burgert Photography, undated

  • Box 147, Item 57
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Harold Arnow, possibly a professionally portrait, undated

  • Box 147, Item 58
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Harold and HSA in front of log cabin, undated

  • Box 135, Item 59
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HSA with tree and house in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 60
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Tom with tree and house in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 61
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Harold with tree in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 62
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HSA with tree in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 63
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Marcella with tree in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 64
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Marcella with tree in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 65
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Harold with tree in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 66
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Marcella with tree in background, undated

  • Box 147, Item 67
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Tom? as a baby, 1946

  • Box 135, Item 68
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Harold? as a younger man, undated

  • Box 135, Item 69
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Marcella as a girl, undated

  • Box 135, Item 70
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Marcella as a girl, undated

  • Box 135, Item 71
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Harold (pointing) with Marcella and Tom, undated

  • Box 135, Item 72
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Harold, undated

  • Box 146, Item 73
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Harold with tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 74
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Tom with tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 75
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Tom with tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 76
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Harold with tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 77
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Marcella, in front of garage, undated

  • Box 147, Item 78
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Marcella and Tom in yard, undated

  • Box 147, Item 79
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Marcella and Tom in yard, undated

  • Box 147, Item 80
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Marcella and Tom playing in yard, undated

  • Box 147, Item 81
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HSA and Tom in front of Ann Arbor, Michigan home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 82
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Marcella in front of Ann Arbor, Michigan home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 83
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Ann Arbor, Michigan home with HSA and Tom in front, undated

  • Box 147, Item 84
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HSA, Harold and child in front of Ann Arbor, Michigan home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 85
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Harold holding Tom in front of Ann Arbor, Michigan home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 86
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, undated

  • Box 147, Item 87
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HSA in front of Ann Arbor home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 88
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House construction, Ann Arbor home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 89
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, undated

  • Box 147, Item 90
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan with driveway, undated

  • Box 147, Item 91
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan with driveway, undated

  • Box 147, Item 92
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan with structure built between original house and garage, undated

  • Box 147, Item 93
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan without addition that joined house and garage, undated

  • Box 147, Item 94
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Garage at Ann Arbor, Michigan home, undated

  • Box 147, Item 95
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Family home, 3220 Nixon Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, undated

  • Box 146, Item 96
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Harold, Marcella and Tom in front of house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 97
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Harold, Marcella and Tom in front of house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 98
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Marcella (holding cat) with Tom in front of house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 99
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Marcella (holding cat) with Tom in front of house, undated

  • Box 147, Item 100
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HSA, Marcella, and Tom in boat, undated

  • Box 147, Item 101
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HSA and Tom at lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 102
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HSA, Tom and Marcella at a scenic overlook, undated

  • Box 147, Item 103
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Lake, possibly Lake Superior, undated

  • Box 147, Item 104
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Marcella and Tom at picnic table, undated

  • Box 147, Item 105
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Harold, Marcella and Tom at well, undated

  • Box 147, Item 106
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HSA, Marcella and Tom at a beach, undated

  • Box 147, Item 107
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HSA and Marcella on a rocky shore, undated

  • Box 147, Item 108
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Marcella at lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 109
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Tom and others, undated

  • Box 147, Item 110
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Lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 111
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HSA, Marcella and Tom at waterfall, possibly in Michigan's upper peninsula, undated

  • Box 147, Item 112
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Harold, Marcella and Tom at lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 113
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HSA? and Marcella swimming in lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 114
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Marcella and HSA in woods, by river, undated

  • Box 146, Item 115
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Harold in woods by river, undated

  • Box 146, Item 116
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Marcella, climbing a tree, undated

  • Box 147, Item 117
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HSA and Marcella in woods, undated

  • Box 147, Item 118
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Harold and Marcella in woods, undated

  • Box 147, Item 119
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HSA and Marcella on bridge, undated

  • Box 147, Item 120
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Marcella at river, undated

  • Box 147, Item 121
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Woods, undated

  • Box 147, Item 122
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Tom by a parking lot, circa 1955

  • Box 147, Item 123
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Woods, undated

  • Box 147, Item 124
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Bridge in woods, undated

  • Box 147, Item 125
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Tom in woods by river, undated

  • Box 147, Item 126
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Lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 127
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Marcella at lake, undated

  • Box 147, Item 128
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HSA, Marcella, Tom and unknown woman, undated

  • Box 147, Item 129
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HSA, Marcella and Tom in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 130
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HSA and children at Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 131
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Group of children, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 132
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Group of children with popsicles, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 133
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HSA, Marcella and Tom, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 134
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HSA and Tom, Willow Run, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 135
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Marcella, holding a babydoll, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 136
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Marcella, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 137
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Marcella and Tom with wagon, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 138
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Marcella and Tom (in wagon), Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 139
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Marcella by fence, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1945

  • Box 146, Item 140
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Marcella by fence, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1945

  • Box 147, Item 141
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Marcella riding her bike, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1945

  • Box 147, Item 142
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HSA and unknown girls, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 143
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HSA and group of girls and children, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 144
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HSA with baby, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 145
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Baby in carriage, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 146
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Child, possibly Tom, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 147
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HSA, Marcella and Tom (in car), Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 148
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Marcella, in car, holding babydoll, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 149
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HSA with shovel, Willow Run, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 150
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Marcella and Tom, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 151
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Harold and Tom, Willow Run Housing, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 152
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HSA?, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 153
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HSA, Marcella and Tom in doorway, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 154
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Child, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 155
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Children, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 156
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HSA and Tom, Willow Run Housing, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 157
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HSA and Tom, Willow Run Housing, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 158
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Marcella and Tom with wagon, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1950

  • Box 147, Item 159
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Tom in baby carriage, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 160
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Tom in baby carriage, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 161
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Marcella with babydoll in chair, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 162
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Marcella with babydoll in chair, Willow Run Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 163
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HSA and Tom, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 164
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HSA and Tom, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 165
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Tom as baby on bed, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 166
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Tom as baby on bed, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 167
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Tom as a baby, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 168
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Tom as baby, circa 1947

  • Box 147, Item 169
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HSA (with pitchfork), Marcella, and unidentified woman, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 170
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HSA and Marcella in front of garage at Ann Arbor, Michigan home, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 171
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HSA and Marcella with cat, in front of garage, Ann Arbor, Michigan, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 172
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Marcella in car with two others, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 173
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HSA and Marcella by picnic table, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 174
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HSA, Marcella and Tom by car, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 175
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Harold, Tom, Marcella (holding KIX cereal box), and unidentified woman, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 176
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Unidentified man, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 177
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Marcella with unidentified woman and man, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 178
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Marcella and Tom, by car, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 179
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Tom driving cart, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 180
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Marcella with sunflower, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 181
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HSA, Marcella, Tom (in cart) and two unidentified men (by tractor), circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 182
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HSA, Marcella, Tom (in cart) and two unidentified men (by tractor), circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 183
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Children at slide, HSA with her back to the camera, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 184
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Children at slide, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 185
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Marcella and other children at pond, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 186
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Marcella and other children at pond, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 187
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HSA? and Tom, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 188
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Cemetery, undated

  • Box 148, Item 189
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Cemetery, undated

  • Box 148, Item 190
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HSA? with back toward camera with many others, undated

  • Box 148, Item 191
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Marcella and Tom in yard, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 192
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Marcella, Harold and Tom, Ann Arbor, Michigan home, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 193
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HSA, Marcella and Tom, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 194
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Harold, Marcella and Tom, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 195
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Marcella, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 196
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HSA, Marcella and Tom, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 197
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Harold and Tom, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 198
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Marcella and Tom, in front of Ann Arbor, Michigan home, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 199
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Harold and Tom (with airplane toy), circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 200
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Harold and Tom in yard, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 201
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Harold and Tom in yard, circa 1950

  • Box 148, Item 202
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Harold, Tom, Marcella and unidentified woman in front of Ann Arbor home garage, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 203
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HSA, Marcella, Tom and unidentified woman, in front of Ann Arbor home garage, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 204
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HSA, Marcella, Tom and unidentified woman in front of Ann Arbor home garage, circa 1955

  • Box 148, Item 205
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Unknown family member, undated

  • Box 148, Item 206
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Unknown family member, undated

  • Box 148, Item 207
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Willie Simpson, HSA's sister, in military outfit, undated

  • Box 148, Item 208
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Willie and Mollie Jane Simpson, (HSA's sister and mother), undated

  • Box 148, Item 209
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James Simpson, in military outfit, and Mollie Jane Simpson (HSA's brother and mother), undated

  • Box 148, Item 210
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HSA and her sisters, from left to right, Peggy, Harriette, Willie, Lucy, and Elizabeth, undated

  • Box 135, Item 211
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Elizabeth Simpson, Reba Hayles, Harriette Simpson, and unknown woman, circa 1920s

  • Box 148, Item 212
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HSA, Harold and three others, circa 1980

  • Box 148, Item 213
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Photographs HSA received with correspondence, 1935-1981

Chair and christmas tree, photograph sent by Bernice Mitchell, 1954 December

  • Box 146, Item 214
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Christmas Card photograph from James Still, photography of Still's home, undated

  • Box 148, Item 215
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Photograph of cow named Harriette, sent with Christmas Card from Kathy?, to "Dear Friend Sin", 1981 December 13

  • Box 148, Item 216
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Christmas Card photograph from Glenda and Mike, sent by Glenda Hobbs, HSA biographer, 1981 December 21

  • Box 146, Item 217
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Photograph of house and barn sent by William L. Shirer, sent with Christmas Card, 1963 December

  • Box 148, Item 218
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"Australian Scene "Christmas Card photograph and card sent from Michael Bickhoff, circa 1959

  • Box 146, Item 219
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Christmas Card sent from James Still, photograph of Still's home, Wolfpen Creek (note included with the card), circa 1980s

  • Box 146, Item 220
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Christmas Card photograph from Jim and Christine Simpson, 1978

  • Box 146, Item 221
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Christmas Card from Clyde Underwood, photograph attached of Underwood children, 1976 December 18

  • Box 135, Item 222
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Christmas Card photograph from Clyde Underwood, with photograph attached of his grandson Brian, 1984 December 17

  • Box 146, Item 223
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Christmas Card photograph of James Still from James Still (with note), 1978 December

  • Box 146, Item 224
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Photograph of Willie, HSA's sister, sent with correspondence from Willie Simpson Atwater, 1935

  • Box 135, Item 225
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Photograph of Cora Graf Lucas, sent by Coretta Lucas Wolford to HSA in 1985, undated

  • Box 148, Item 226
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Photograph of Catherine Simpson Lindsay, sent to HSA in 1983, 1982

  • Box 148, Item 227
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Photograph of Willie S. Atwater, HSA's sister, sent by Willie to HSA, 1936 June

  • Box 148, Item 228
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Photograph of Willie S. Atwater, HSA's sister, sent by Willie to HSA, undated

  • Box 148, Item 229
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Photograph of Atwater Family, sent with family correspondence, undated

  • Box 148, Item 230
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Photograph of Atwater children, sent with family correspondence, undated

  • Box 148, Item 231
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Photograph of David Davis, HSA's nephew, sent by her sister Margaret "Peggy" Simpson Davis, 1935 January 3

  • Box 148, Item 232
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Photograph of David Davis, Peggy Simpson Davis' son, 1935 January 3

  • Box 148, Item 233
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Photograph of David Davis, Peggy Simpson Davis' son, 1935 July

  • Box 148, Item 234
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School photograph of David Davis, Peggy S. Davis' son, 1937 May 22

  • Box 148, Item 235
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Photograph of Troy Adrian, sent with correspondence from Nero Culbert, 1976 July 29

  • Box 148, Item 236
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Unidentified photograph of man clipped to correspondence from Pearl Acey Humphrey, Burnside, Kentucky, 1936 October 23

  • Box 148, Item 237
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Unidentified girl clipped to holiday letter from Granville Hicks, one of HSA's editors, 1948 February

  • Box 148, Item 238
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Unidentified man and boy sent to HSA by her sister, Willie Simpson Atwater, undated

  • Box 148, Item 239
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HSA's funeral, circa 1986

Wooded scene, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 240
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Unidentified man and woman, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 241
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Urn with photograph of the Arnows, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 242
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Urn with photograph of the Arnows, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 243
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Unidentified woman, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 244
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Unidentified woman, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 245
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Pat Arnow, HSA's niece, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 246
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Ford truck and three people on 4-wheeler, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 247
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Ford truck and 4-wheeler, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 248
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 249
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 250
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 251
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 252
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 253
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 254
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 255
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 256
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Three people on 4-wheeler, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 257
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Three people on 4-wheeler, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 258
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Woods, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 259
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Headstones of Mary F. and Richmond Casada, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 260
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Urn being placed on ground, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 261
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Urn, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 262
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Urn, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 263
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Jim and Christine Simpson, HSA's brother and sister-in-law, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 264
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Denny Abel Arnow's gravestone. Denny Abel was the Arnows' son, who was still born in 1939. The headstone reads "He Never Cried "., circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 265
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Denny Abel Arnow gravestone, " Dec. 1939, He Never Cried, Our Loved One", circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 266
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Denny Abel Arnow gravestone, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 267
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Unidentified man, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 268
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Unidentified man, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 269
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Jim Simpson and Marcella Arnow, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 270
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Unidentified woman, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 271
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Christine Simpson, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 272
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Unidentified man and woman, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 273
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Unidentified man and woman, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 274
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Jim Simpson, unidentified woman, and Marcella Arnow, circa 1986

  • Box 135, Item 275
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Social History Research (for Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland), undated

Scope and Contents note

Arnow collected photographs related to the geographical area and time period of the social histories, Seedtime on the Cumberland and Flowering of the Cumberland. She placed the photographs on sheets and secured them at the edges. Some pictures have been displaced from their original page, and some pages have become lost entirely. The descriptions were written by Arnow. For some of the descriptions of the original pages, words could not be discerned and have been noted with question marks to indicate uncertainty. The original pages are stored in Box 135.

Wayne County barn door,though not awfully early, possibly 1850, built of rived boards with three battons [sic] pegged on, in the manner of early cabin doors faceing [sic] also pegged, undated

  • Box 148, Item 276
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Hoes, mostly weeding, undated

  • Box 148, Item 277
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Ox Yoke with parts of wooden plow and other yokes, Wilderness, undated

  • Box 148, Item 278
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Blacksmith's work [:] broad ax, plow points, 1 of 8 shoes needed for a work steer, pruning hook. Wilderness., undated

  • Box 148, Item 279
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Tools, chiefly for working in wood [:] hand adze, augur [sic] with handle, broad ax, drawing knife, froe, maul. Wilderness., undated

  • Box 148, Item 280
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Froe and Button Ratchet ?, undated

  • Box 148, Item 281
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Drawing Room, plain paneling, undated

  • Box 148, Item 282
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Stone work original mortar six-pointed star, on back end of bracing rods, undated

  • Box 148, Item 283
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Front view of Cragfont stone work seemingly finished by the time of Michaux's visit in 1802, undated

  • Box 148, Item 284
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Along the Caney Fork River before the dam, undated

  • Box 148, Item 285
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Pewter plate, plowed up on Wilderness Road near scene of McNitt's Defeat (may have come from was [?] in 1786, undated

  • Box 148, Item 286
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Waffle Iron and tan bark spread bread tray, undated

  • Box 148, Item 287
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Carriage, undated

  • Box 148, Item 288
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Chair and jar, 1956

  • Box 148, Item 289
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Cragfont attic floor, showing adze markings, undated

  • Box 148, Item 290
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Blacksmith work, broad-ax, ox shoe, pruning hook, plow points, undated

  • Box 146, Item 291
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Setware sugar box of cedar, showing one type of tie, undated

  • Box 146, Item 292
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Prehistoric Stone Tools (hoe, projectile points, knives, scrapers, maul and celt), undated

  • Box 146, Item 293
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Abraham Chrisman, undated

  • Box 146, Item 294
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Isaac Chrisman, undated

  • Box 146, Item 295
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Weapons and Tools, undated

  • Box 135, Item 296
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Wilderness area, undated

  • Box 135, Item 297
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Miscellaneous, 1930s-1980s, undated

Unidentified woman, photograph found between p. 142-143 of Joan Rae Griffin’s dissertation (Box 127, Folder 8), undated

  • Box 148, Item 298
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Macmillan promotional materials, including The Dollmaker, undated

  • Box 135, Item 299
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Miss Childs, Latin teacher with a group in the woods, undated

  • Box 148, Item 300
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 301
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 302
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 303
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 304
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 305
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 306
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 307
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 308
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 309
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 310
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 311
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Unidentified people with birthday cake, undated

  • Box 135, Item 312
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Unidentifed family portrait, undated

  • Box 148, Item 313
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Bill Johnston in graduation cap and gown, 1967 July

  • Box 148, Item 314
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Unidentified man, 1964 December

  • Box 148, Item 315
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Unidentified group on rocks, undated

  • Box 148, Item 316
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Log Cabin, undated

  • Box 148, Item 317
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Rock Formation, undated

  • Box 148, Item 318
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Rock Formation, undated

  • Box 148, Item 319
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Rock Formation, undated

  • Box 148, Item 320
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Unidentified woman (photograph found in Michigan Diabetes Association folder), undated

  • Box 148, Item 321
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Dr. Agustin V. Arbulu (photograph taken from Michigan Heart Association material), undated

  • Box 146, Item 322
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Ferdie Garwood and unidentified woman, wearing Michigan Heart Association nametags. Harold Arnow was the publicity director at the Michigan Heart Association., undated

  • Box 135, Item 323
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Unidentified woman holding baby, 1965 December

  • Box 148, Item 324
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Dog named Dick, hand-written inscription on back of the photograph reads: "Our Dick-the truculent look in his eyes was brought there by the terrifying flash bulbs-his eyes are loving-has nobility looking through there. ", undated

  • Box 148, Item 325
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Topographic map of Burnside, Kentucky, undated

  • Box 148, Item 326
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Photo reproduction of a painted scene depicting river with barges hauling logs, undated

  • Box 146, Item 327
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Postcard photo of girl in white dress and cap, undated

  • Box 146, Item 328
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Tourist Postcard with photo and inscription "Where the Moon Shines...A Genuine Mountain Still". Card made by W.M Cline Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee., 1930

  • Box 146, Item 329
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Tourist postcard with inscription, "Harriette Simpson's Boarding House, Burnside, Ky. ". Photography card by W. M. Cline, Chattanooga, Tennessee, undated

  • Box 146, Item 330
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Unidentified woman with mountains in background, undated

  • Box 146, Item 331
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Polaroid photograph of handcrafted figures (Gertie, Cassie and Gyp) inspired by The Dollmaker , 1983 December

  • Box 148, Item 332
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Polaroid photograph of watercolor (Gertie and Cassie Nevels and 3 ewes) inspired by The Dollmaker, 1983 December

  • Box 148, Item 333
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Polaroid photograph of watercolor inspired by The Dollmaker, 1983 December

  • Box 148, Item 334
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Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1940s

  • Box 135, Item 335
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Housing Project, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1940s

  • Box 135, Item 336
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Dollmaker display at Elmwood Branch Library, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1954

  • Box 135, Item 337
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Lumber Mill in Burnside, Kentucky (Elias Thomas Simpson, HSA's father worked in the Burnside Lumber Mill), undated

  • Box 135, Item 338
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Harold B. Arnow

  • Box 136-145

Calendars

, 1974-1975

  • Box 136, Folder 1
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, 1976-1981

  • Box 136, Folder 2
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Employment files

  • Box 136, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Includes resumes and job applications

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General Finances, 1946-1974

  • Box 136, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes RESTRICTED materials containing social security numbers.

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Ultraspherics Incorporated, 1978-1983

  • Box 136, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes RESTRICTED materials related to the company of which HBA was a shareholder.

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Memorabilia

American Newspaper Guild cards

  • Box 136, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes cards that belong to staff members of the American Newspaper Guild.

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Army, 1944

  • Box 136, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Includes draft notices.

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Business cards

  • Box 136, Folder 8
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Birth certificate and card

  • Box 136, Folder 9
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Electrocardiogram (EKG), undated

  • Box 136, Folder 10
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Library Card, 1985

  • Box 136, Folder 11
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Marcella and Tom Arnow

  • Box 136, Folder 12
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Miscellaneous

  • Box 136, Folder 13
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Name tag pin

  • Box 136, Folder 14
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Newspaper Guild of Detroit, 1954-1961

  • Box 136, Folder 15
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Robert and Edna Arnow; Includes a manuscript by Robert "Bob" Arnow related to his experience in Berlin, Germany in 1946 and a flyer for a studio sale by Edna Arnow

  • Box 136, Folder 16
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Miscellaneous notes on potential projects and address lists

  • Box 136, Folder 17
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State of Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962 Commendation

  • Box 136, Folder 18
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Death of HBA

Obituaries, February 21, 1985, February 23, 1985

  • Box 137, Folder 1
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Includes obituaries from The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Detroit Free Press.

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Funeral programs and insert, February 26, 1985

  • Box 137, Folder 2
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Registry book

  • Box 137, Folder 3
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Registry book

  • Box 137, Folder 4
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Personal Correspondence

Personal, May 31, 1939-December 30, 1984, undated

  • Box 137, Folder 5
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Includes letters from friends, letters related to personal expenditures, and greeting cards.

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From Nieces, Patti and Maureen Arnow, May 26, 1963-June 29, 1987, undated

  • Box 137, Folder 6
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From Paul Kelso, December 27, 1978-December 5, 1984

  • Box 137, Folder 7
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General Correspondence

Financial, July 26, 1939-April 11, 1979, undated

  • Box 137, Folder 8
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Hulen Dobbs, July 10, 1974-May 23, 1975, undated

  • Box 137, Folder 9
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Relating to Job Hunt, August 2, 1938-1977, undated

  • Box 137, Folder 10
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Writing

"Abortion Issues", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Centers on an abortion performed on HBA’s former secretary resulting in her death. It is unclear if this story is a fabrication to illustrate a point.

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"Alaskan Trapper", circa 1930

  • Box 138, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes two typescript drafts and notes about HBA’s experience while living with a trapper in the Alaskan wilderness

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"Are Parents Good Sex Educators?", undated

Drafts, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note

Focuses on a Michigan conference devoted to training community organizers how to teach parents to be good sex educators. HBA was in charge of public relations for the conference. Interviews used for developing the story are located in the Audio Visual Series (See Box 145, tapes 8a-9b).

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Correspondence, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 4
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Notes, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 5
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Programs, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 6
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Public Relations, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 7
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Research, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 8
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Speeches, undated

  • Box 138, Folder 9
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"Army Run Four Ward Stores", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Focuses on the experience of several ex-Army men who manage Montgomery Ward stores

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"Baby Sales", 1945 June 18

  • Box 138, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes newspaper article describing the underground market for adoptions in the Michigan area, Detroit Times

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"Cocaine", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Discusses cocaine use for medical purposes and HBA’s own interaction with the substance.

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"Court Suppressions", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Discusses several cases suppressed by a local judge.

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"David’s Wedding", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Describes a wedding attended by Harold and Harriette.

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"Death of Paper", 1960

  • Box 138, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Discusses how The Detroit Times stopped publishing in November 1960 and how it affected everyone who worked there.

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"FBI"

  • Box 138, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Details HBA’s interaction with Detroit area FBI officials.

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"Federal Building", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes a story using the symbolism of Federal Building to explore the notions about civics and nationalism.

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"Federal Court", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 18
Scope and Contents note

Involves three different stories on individual federal judges.

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"Is there a better way to push a pamphlet?", undated

  • Box 138, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Includes two versions of a story about the effectiveness of distributing literature on a subject matter.

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"Michigan V. Georgia", 1957 October 5

  • Box 139, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Includes one typescript photocopied and one typescript edited, two original carbon copies. Outlines play by play action of the Michigan V. Georgia football game.

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"MSS, Alaska", undated

Typescript, Part 1, undated

  • Box 139, Folder 2
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Typescript, Part 2, undated

  • Box 139, Folder 3
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Typescript, Part 3, undated

  • Box 139, Folder 4
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Typescript fragments, original and typescript fragments, photocopy, undated

  • Box 139, Folder 5
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"My Two Winters on the Kenai Peninsula"

  • Box 139, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Discusses HBA's experience living on the Alaskan Kenai Peninsula.

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"New credit union loans barred", 1959 April 5

  • Box 139, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

Newspaper article on illegal loans given out by the Employees Federal Credit Union, Detroit Sunday Times, p. 2-E

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"Of Horse and Men (?)", undated

  • Box 139, Folder 8
Scope and Contents note

Details the story of HBA’s German grandfather and how he settled in America.

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"Repent of Leisure", undated

  • Box 139, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes a fictional short story.

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Research Notes

  • Box 139, Folder 10
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Research – Family of Steel Workers

  • Box 139, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to the Family of Steel Mill Workers tapes (Box 145, tapes 1b-7b).

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Research – Michigan Department of Natural Resources

  • Box 139, Folder 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes newsletters from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and notes for a potential piece on the department.

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Research – Report of the Federal Grand Jury at Detroit, Michigan on Drug Addiction Among Teenagers

  • Box 139, Folder 13
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"The Trial of Paul Eghigian", undated

  • Box 139, Folder 14
Scope and Contents note

Discusses the case of a man on trial for concealing income.

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Untitled

  • Box 139, Folder 15
Scope and Contents note

Discusses the proceedings of a court case or trial.

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"Water Production", undated

  • Box 139, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Discusses the sea water to freshwater conversion process.

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Miscellaneous

  • Box 139, Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes fragments to unknown stories, articles, and essays.

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Employment

Scope and Contents note

Included are correspondence, organizational records, public relations materials, and financial records.

Detroit Times

Scope and Contents note

HBA worked as a reporter for the Detroit Times from approximately 1944 to 1960, when the newspaper folded.

Correspondence, 1947 April 29-1961 June 8

  • Box 139, Folder 18
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Finances, 1957-1960

  • Box 139, Folder 19
Scope and Contents note

Includes pay stubs and expense reports.

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Memorabilia, 1944 January -1978

  • Box 139, Folder 20
Scope and Contents note

Includes certificates, programs, and phone lists.

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Press Identification, 1945-1960

  • Box 139, Folder 21
Scope and Contents note

Includes press parking and press Badges

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Newspaper Guild Newsletters, undated

  • Box 139, Folder 22
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Articles, undated

  • Box 139, Folder 23
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Michigan Constitutional Convention, 1961-1962

  • Box 139, Folder 24
Scope and Contents note

HBA worked for the Michigan Constitutional Convention in the Public Information Office as a press release writer. Includes press releases, pamphlets, and meeting minutes.

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Michigan Heart Association (MHA)

Scope and Contents note

HBA worked as Public Information Director in the MHA’s Detroit, Michigan, office from approximately 1961 to 1973.

Correspondence

Between Arnow and MHA, 1969 December-1973

  • Box 140, Folder 1
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Between Committees, 1961 March-1972 October

  • Box 140, Folder 2
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Concerning the United Nations Emergency Medical Organization, 1971 January-September

  • Box 140, Folder 3
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From and about Abraham Brickner, Executive Director of MHA, 1970 October-1973 February

  • Box 140, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes first half of correspondence.

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From and about Abraham Brickner, Executive Director of MHA, 1970 October-1973 February

  • Box 140, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Includes second half of correspondence.

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Arnow’s resignation and justification, undated

  • Box 140, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Letters describe his tense relationship with Abraham Brickner. It is unknown which, if any, of these letters and memos were actually sent.

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General Correspondence of Arnow, Public Information Director, undated

  • Box 140, Folder 7
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Memos, 1971

  • Box 140, Folder 8
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Promotional Correspondence, undated

  • Box 140, Folder 9
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Organizational Records

Annual Reports, 1961-1967

  • Box 140, Folder 10
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Budget Request Forms, 1963-1973

  • Box 141, Folder 1
Scope and Contents note

Also includes miscellaneous financial materials.

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Conferences, 1959-1972

  • Box 141, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note

Includes pamphlets and programs from various conferences.

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Lists of Board and Committee Members, Staff Roster, 1970-1973

  • Box 141, Folder 3
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Notes, undated

  • Box 141, Folder 4
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Program Evaluation, undated

  • Box 141, Folder 5
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Program Plans, 1972-1973

  • Box 141, Folder 6
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Public Information Handbook for Volunteers, undated

  • Box 141, Folder 7
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Articles written about MHA, 1960-1973

  • Box 141, Folder 8
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General Press Release, undated

  • Box 141, Folder 9
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Heart Attack Press Releases, undated

  • Box 142, Folder 1
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Heart Days, 1972

  • Box 142, Folder 2
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Heart Health Press Releases, 1972 July-October

  • Box 142, Folder 3
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John Denman, PR Firm, undated

  • Box 142, Folder 4
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Memorabilia, undated

  • Box 142, Folder 5
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Michigan Heart Association Challenge, 1962-1972

  • Box 142, Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Includes booklets of the publication Michigan Heart Association Challenge.

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Newspaper clippings concerning heart classes, 1972 April -August

  • Box 142, Folder 7
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Publications, 1960-1973

  • Box 142, Folder 8
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Publications, undated

  • Box 142, Folder 9
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American Heart Association, 1962-1972

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials collected while HBA was working for the Michigan Heart Association.

Correspondence, 1962 October- 1971 July

  • Box 142, Folder 10
Scope and Contents note

Includes letters to HBA and memos sent to all State Heart Programs.

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Organizational Records, 1971 February- 1972 October

  • Box 142, Folder 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes finances and staff directory.

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Press Releases, undated

  • Box 142, Folder 12
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Publications, 1971 July- 1972 September

  • Box 142, Folder 13
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Michigan Public Health Association

Scope and Contents note

Harold served as Public Relations Consultant from approximately December 1973 to May 1974.

Correspondence

General, 1969 August- 1981 March

  • Box 142, Folder 14
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Memos, 1973 October- 1974 March

  • Box 142, Folder 15
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Organizational Records

Financial Materials, 1973 November- 1974 January

  • Box 142, Folder 16
Scope and Contents note

Inclues phone bills and treasurer’s report.

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Minutes, 1973 October- 1974 April

  • Box 143, Folder 1
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Resolutions, 1973 May -1974 January

  • Box 143, Folder 2
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Reports, 1973-1974

  • Box 143, Folder 3
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Publicity

Conference Brochures, 1973 May-1974 March

  • Box 143, Folder 4
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Press Releases, 1973 March-1974 April

  • Box 143, Folder 5
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Newsletters, 1973 November- 1974 January

  • Box 143, Folder 6
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Michigan Diabetes Association

Scope and Contents note

Harold worked at the Michigan Diabetes Association as Public Information Director from approximately 1975-1976.

Desk Calendars, 1976 January-February

  • Box 143, Folder 7
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Organizational Records

Forms

  • Box 143, Folder 8
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Personnel, August 1975-May 1976

  • Box 143, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note

Includes mailing lists and telephone contact information.

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Press Releases, 1975 January-1976 January

  • Box 143, Folder 10
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Programming, 1975 October 28- 1976 May

  • Box 143, Folder 11
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Publications, 1975-1976 February, undated

  • Box 143, Folder 12
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 143, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note

Includes interview notes, edited press release fragments, edited newsletter pieces, and correspondence.

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Common Cause

Scope and Contents note

HBA acted voluntarily as a press writer for Common Cause from approximately 1975-1981.

Correspondence, 1975 June 2-1981 March 6, undated

  • Box 144, Folder 1
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Press Releases, undated

  • Box 144, Folder 2
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Public Service Announcement "Check it off", undated

  • Box 144, Folder 3
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 144, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note

Includes minutes, forms, and campaign kits.

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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 1983 October 5- 1984 May 19, undated

  • Box 144, Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

It is unclear if HBA volunteered for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Includes meeting materials, agendas, research notes, and fragments of a possible article or press release.

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HBA Audio Recordings

Family of Steel Mill Workers Tapes

Scope and Contents note

Corresponds mostly to "A Family of Steel Workers" Research in HBA Writings (Box 139, Folder 11). Side A is unrelated to the steel mill workers conversation. Unless otherwise noted, the main speaker is HBA.

Tape 1

  • Box 145, Item 1
Scope and Contents note

Side a: outside of tape says that it is not connected to interview; discusses problems with the inflated prices of the town and the speaker’s views on America and colored people; February 16th is mentioned; uses numerous racial slurs; and discusses views on politics, most specifically judges. Side b: HBA looks back on his life living in a steel mining town in Michigan; reflects on time right after Stock Market crash, during Prohibition and Great Depression; describes the social aspects of living in this town; and describes the types of jobs needed to run a steel mill and some processes they use.

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Tape 2

  • Box 145, Item 2
Scope and Contents note

Side a: describes HBA’s job, how many hours a week he worked during the peak of production and tells story about fishing and his interaction with a conservation officer. Side b: different voice (connected with Harold Arnow interviews in latter tapes); interview between three different people, two men and one women; discusses double standards between sexes in a sexual nature and nymphomania; discusses why women choose mate; sexist views toward women; begins talking about Pearl Harbor and Vietnam; discusses 1936; and discusses both work and the army.

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Tape 3

  • Box 145, Item 3
Scope and Contents note

Side a: describes the process of steel making and the types of furnaces used and details processes of steel making. Side b: discusses when he [unknown speaker] first began working at the mill and describes personal and social life.

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Tape 4

  • Box 145, Item 4
Scope and Contents note

Side a: describes various jobs held by the men in the mill and talks about quality expected out of items. Side b: discusses policies; talks about new things that occur in the steel industry; discusses his views on labor and the cost of labor; and begins to talk about his feelings on corporations and greed within the system.

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Tape 5

  • Box 145, Item 5
Scope and Contents note

Side a: discusses trip he took with friends to Canada; talks about exchange rate and the local women; and discusses the various meals they had on this trip and the language. Side b: describes several hunting trips that he took with friends during their breaks from work. About ten minutes into the side b, the audio begins to stop and start and becomes impossible to hear due to damage.

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Tape 6

  • Box 145, Item 6
Scope and Contents note

Side a: discusses vacations and hunting with family down south. Side b: describes several weird things that can happen to you when working at a steel mill and describes one of the deaths that can take place in a steel mill.

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Tape 7

  • Box 145, Item 7
Scope and Contents note

Side a: because of damage done to tape, most language is not understandable. Side b: discusses different varieties and qualities of steel and selling it to the automotive companies.

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Teen Pregnancy

Scope and Contents note

Corresponds to "Are Parents Good Sex Educators? "writing (Box 138, Folder 3).

Tape 8

  • Box 145, Item 8
Scope and Contents note

Side a: contains phone call recordings with HBA as the interviewer; talks with a woman from Planned Parenthood Federation; relays facts and figures from the town pregnancies; and talks about options the girls had and what often happened. Side b: discussion of the topic of sexuality and teenage pregnancies with a priest of the Catholic Church; talks about adults who are married and do not have children; discusses how these parents are bad sex educators for the children of this upcoming generation; and talks about birth control and its place in the Catholic Church.

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Tape 9

  • Box 145, Item 9
Scope and Contents note

Side a: interview with young people; first speaker is a young woman who talks about what she wishes were available to teenagers in their sex life and questions if teachers should be allowed to talk to students about birth control and sex to their students; second speaker is a young man who discusses the alternative school he supervises over that helps students that feel like they do not want to be in a traditional high school. Side b: interview continues with young woman and a young man joins in the conversation and more interviews on teenage pregnancy and birth control.

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