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Bradford Morrow papers (Ms.2005.15)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series I. Writings, 1955-2001

Subseries A. Bibliographies, 1978-1985

Sub-subseries 1. Black Sparrow Press bibliography, 1975-1985

Container Description Date
Box 3 Manuscript, correspondence, corrected proofs
circa 1980

Sub-subseries 2. Wyndham Lewis bibliography, 1978-1984

Container Description Date
Box 1 Blast 3: issue devoted to Wyndham Lewis
1984
Box 19 Final draft manuscript
1978
Box 39 Manuscripts
1978-1979
Box 40 Manuscripts
1978-1979
Box 3 Paste ups
1980-1981

Subseries B. Essays, criticism and speeches, 1972-1998

Container Description Date
Box 28 Introductions, commentary, literary essays
1991-1998
Box 1 Yale essays and "Why Write?" for Cream City Review
1972-1988

Subseries C. Novels, 1955-2001

Sub-subseries 1. Almanac Branch, circa 1990

Container Description Date
Box 5 David Foster Wallace copy of first draft with comments, corrections
1990
Box 5 Draft: Susan Bell copy
1990
Box 5 Drafts and manuscripts
1990
Box 4 Notes written in ledger
undated
Box 4 Proofs, final manuscript, reviews, author correspondence
1990

Sub-subseries 2. Ariel's Crossing, 1999-2001

Container Description Date
Box 7 Nambe's crossing: typescript drafts
2001 Apr-May
Box 8 Nambe's crossing: typescript drafts
undated
Box 8 Nambe's crossing: typescript drafts
undated
Box 6 Supplementary materials: book jackets, biographical information
undated
Box 6 Typescript drafts
1997-1999 Jan
Box 7 Typescript drafts
1999 Apr-2001 Nov
Box 9 Typescript drafts not identified as "Ariel" or "Nambe"
undated
Box 10 Typescript drafts not identified as "Ariel" or "Nambe"
undated

Sub-subseries 3. Come Sunday, 1955-1986

Container Description Date
Box 13 Joseph McElroy corrected copy
undated
Box 14 Deborah Baker edited copy and notes
undated
Box 14 Biological materials catalog 55
undated
Box 12 Come Sunday notebook, hardbound
undated
Box 16 Come Sunday on floppy discs
undated
Box 16 Corrected galleys
undated
Box 15 Corrected galleys
undated
Box 13 Corrected galleys and manuscripts
undated
Box 11 Dennis Tedlock edited copy
undated
Box 11 Draft with title House of Light
undated
Box 11 Drafts with title Come Sunday
1986 May, undated
Box 12 Earliest and other drafts
undated
Box 16 Final copyedited manuscript
undated
Box 14 Guesada, Jose Luis: La Vida como una Guerra
undated
Box 12 History of It
undated
Box 15 Hung Storm draft
undated
Box 14 Longmeadow draft
undated
Box 14 Manuscript
undated
Box 15 Manuscript with notes by Deborah Baker
undated
Box 14 Master editorial copy (Mark Polizzotti edit)
undated
Box 12 Original holographic drafts
undated
Box 14 Rejected passages and other materials
undated
Box 11 Research articles, notes, newspaper clippings
1955-1986
Box 11 Reviews, promotional materials, etc.
1986
Box 13 Joan Richardson corrected copy
undated
Box 15 Robert Kelly corrected manuscript
undated
Box 15 Seacliff and Montauk drafts
undated
Box 14 Typescript draft
undated

Sub-subseries 4. Giovanni's Gift, 1993-1997

Container Description Date
Box 21 Draft
1996
Box 30 Drafts with title "Night Watch" or "Will of Silent Gods"
1993-1995
Box 21 Early drafts
1995
Box 21 Editorial correspondence, dust jacket proofs, permissions
1995-1996
Box 30 Manuscript
1993-1995
Box 22 Manuscripts and correspondence
1995-1996
Box 21 New York Magazine: article about Giovanni's Gift
1997 Feb 10
Box 30 Other typed drafts, not identified
1993-1995
Box 21 Thalia Field's edited copy
undated

Sub-subseries 5. Trinity Fields, 1993-1996

Container Description Date
Box 31 400 page draft
undated
Box 31 Berlin Verlag contracts, Die Ziet piece and other materials
1995
Box 37 Beth Herstein legal edit
undated
Box 31 Claudio Segne ULS manuscripts proofs
1995
Box 36 Dead files
undated
Box 32 Drafts and manuscripts
undated
Box 30 Early drafts
1993
Box 37 Elisabeth Rugge edited manuscript
undated
Box 37 First corrected proof
undated
Box 35 Ground zero materials
1994-1995
Box 33 Late manuscript draft
undated
Box 34 Los Angeles manuscript version
1993 September 20
Box 33 Manuscript
1994 January 15
Box 35 Manuscript
1993
Box 35 Manuscript copyedited by Nan Graham
1994 January 1
Box 36 Manuscripts
1993 January-Oct
Box 38 Manuscripts through Jan 1993
1993
Box 34 Manuscripts with editors' notes
undated
Box 33 Nan Graham edit
1993 May-Jun
Box 33 Peter Struab edit
undated
Box 38 Robert Friedman's copy
undated
Box 38 Roger Daisley interview
1993 January 27
Box 38 Search results for Trinity site
1994
Box 37 Submission draft
undated
Box 38 Summer drafts
undated
Box 36 Tour diary
1995 Apr
Box 31 Trinity Fields and Come Sunday: Penguin contracts and other materials
1996
Box 38 Version 1993 Jan 22
1993
Box 31 Viking 1994: contracts, cover design, correspondence, reviews
1994-1996

Sub-subseries 6. Quagg

Container Description Date
Box 41 Manuscript
undated

Subseries D. Plays, 1972

Container Description Date
Box 3 "Le Peuplier" (silent film) and "Persephone and Hephaistos"
1972

Subseries E. Poetry, 1977-1994

Container Description Date
Box 20 Bestiary: Drafts, contracts, correspondence
1994
Box 1 Manuscripts and drafts
circa 1982

Subseries F. Short fiction, 1972-1999

Container Description Date
Box 29 Above the Chautaquas
1984
Box 29 Cutts Grace
1985-1986
Box 1 Early short stories, published and unpublished
circa 1977
Box 24x Morrow articles in issues of Bomb and Voice Literary Supplement (VLS)
1988-1997
Box 23 Morrow magazine articles, in manuscript and published
1974-1996
Box 29 Papa Itzhak
1984
Box 29 Post Partum
1987
Box 29 Short fiction on floppy disc
undated
Box 28 Short stories, published and unpublished
1984-1999
Box 29 The Channa Tales manuscripts
undated
Box 29 The House of Shards
1985-1986
Box 29 The Lightness and Dexterity of Juanito Apinani
1985
Box 29 Whom No Hate Stirs None Dances
undated

Subseries G. Translations, 1971-1982

Container Description Date
Box 1 Italian novellas and short stories translated into English by Morrow
1971-1982

Series II. Correspondence, 1980-1999

Container Description Date
Box 28 Correspondence with other authors, fans, etc.
Box 28 Publisher, agent correspondence regarding novels and other issues

Series III. Personal papers, 1968-1997

Container Description Date
Box 42 Biographical information, review materials
undated
Box 3 Bradford Morrow Bookseller collected materials and Conjunction ephemera
circa 1980
Box 1 Material from high school year in Italy
1968
Box 42 New Directions Publishing Corporation consolidated royalty statements
1991-1997
Box 2 Notebooks, diaries, Rexroth funeral
1968-1980
Box 42 Promotional materials, flyers, ephemera
undated

Series IV. Books, 1912-circa 1985

Container Description Date
Box 26 Agriculture Library volumes 3, 4 and 5
1912
Box 27 Agriculture Library volumes 6, 7 and 8
1912
Box 25 Research books for Come Sunday, Trinity, Quagg
circa 1960-circa 1985
Box 17 Research books on Latin America
circa 1960-circa 1985
Box 18 Research books on Latin America
circa 1960-circa 1985

Series V. Writings by other authors, 1986-1993

Container Description Date
Box 42 Bellen, Martine: Poems from a Height
1993
Box 42 DeLillo, Don: Underworld
undated
Box 41 Dowell, Coleman: The House of Childres
1986
Box 42 McGrath, Patrick: The Grotesque
1989
Box 42 O"Brien, Geoffrey: The Phantom Empire
1993