Inventory of the Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency Records, 1940s-2000 and undated (bulk 1978-1995)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleHarriet Wasserman Literary
Agency Records,
1940s-2000 and undated (bulk
1978-1995)
Creator
Harriet Wasserman Literary
Agency
Extent
187 Linear Feet
50,495 Items
Repository
50,495 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted. Please consult the
Processing Information section
of this finding aid for more details about these
restrictions.
Also, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
In addition, all or portions of this collection
may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service
Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in
obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before
visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in the collection have not
been transferred to Duke University. For further
information, see the section on copyright in the
Regulations and Procedures of the Special Collections
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harriet Wasserman
Literary Agency Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The records of the Harriet Wasserman Literary
Agency were acquired by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library in 1995-2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Michael Shumate, Anne Jackson, and
Keary Warner
Completed January 31, 1997
Restrictions on the use of the collection
largely determined the manner in which it was arranged and
processed. In general the restrictions are:
- all material relating to the financial affairs of an author is closed during the lifetime of the author
- all material relating to unpublished works is restricted until the work is published or, if never published, during the lifetime of the author
Since these restrictions required examining each
item to determine whether it could be opened for research,
the Library chose to do item level processing selectively
on several of the Wasserman Agency's major clients (see the
Collection Overview and the Description of Series/Container
List for the list of authors whose papers are currently
available). Certain papers of other authors currently
housed in the Restricted sections of the collection can be
processed and opened as requested by researchers.
Accessions 1999-0275, 2001-0050, 2001-0115, and
2003-0051 were minimally processed by Debbera Carson, Katie
Wischow, Ann Langford, Ruth E. Bryan, and Danielle
McGregor, and are described in this finding aid.
Last updated November 26, 2003.
Encoded by Michael Shumate, Joshua Kaiser, Katie
Wischow, Ruth E. Bryan, Danielle McGregor, and Elizabeth
Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
The Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency (HWLA) was formed in 1981 by Harriet Wasserman, formerly an agent at the Russell and Volkening Literary Agency beginning in 1965. A number of prominent American writers Wasserman represented at Russell and Volkening came with her when she formed her own agency. Thus, while the bulk of the HWLA records document her clients' careers after 1981, a number also reach back into the 1970s and document such early clients as Saul Bellow, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Reynolds Price
[top]Collection Overview
The records of the Harriet Wasserman Literary
Agency span the dates 1948-1993, with most of the records
dating after 1974. The records dated prior to 1981, when
the agency was formed, are those of writers who were
Wasserman's clients when she was employed at the Russell
and Volkening agency and stayed with her when she formed
her own agency. The collection documents the careers of
individual writers and in doing so indicates the varied
activities of a major literary agency: preparation and
submission of manuscripts, negotiation of contracts,
handling of foreign and reprint rights, publicity, and the
differing ways affairs are handled for lesser known or
beginning writers and for major authors. Among the more
prominent American fiction writers included are Richard
Bausch, Saul Bellow, Frederick Buechner, Oscar Hijuelos,
Josephine Humphreys, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Alice McDermott,
and Reynolds Price. In addition, records about historian
George F. Kennan and philosopher and historian Allan Bloom
are included. The correspondence is primarily about
professional matters, although some sense of the personal
relationships between the agent and the more prominent
clients can be gleaned.
By far, the Bellow papers comprise the largest
group relating to any single author, and cover the longest
span of years, from 1948 to 1993. There are relatively few
papers from 1948 to 1972, but those present contain a few
personal letters to Bellow from his contemporaries such as
the novelists Ralph Ellison and Wright Morris. The bulk of
the Bellow papers date from 1973, and convey a clear
impression of the activity surrounding his increasing fame,
particularly with the publication of Humboldt's Gift, the
1975 Pulitzer Prize for that novel, and the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1976. After that date his later career is
sketched in detail and follows from inception through
publication such works as
The Dean's December,More Die of
Heartbreak, and
It All Adds Up.
The collection includes, in smaller amounts,
material about the careers of other authors. In the current
accession, the Bausch and Jhabvala papers are particularly
rich among the fiction writers. Bausch's career is outlined
from his breaking into the profession in the mid-1970s to
his establishment as a major author by the late 1980s.
Jhabvala's papers pick up in mid-career, when she has
already published several novels and won the Booker Prize
in England, but prior to her growing fame as a screenwriter
for Merchant Ivory Productions. Her correspondence also
includes a number of letters from director James Ivory and
producer Ismail Merchant, particularly relating to the
development of the film
The Autobiography of a
Princess (1975) and the accompanying photography
book of the same name.
Of special note are the records about Reynolds
Price and Josephine Humphreys. While the HWLA collection
contains some unique items about these writers, especially
Price, scholars should be aware that the Library is also
the primary repository for the personal papers of these
writers. Much more information is available in their
respective collections.
Among non-fiction writers in the current (1995)
accession, the papers of historian George F. Kennan and
philosopher Allan Bloom document their careers in the
1980s. Most of the Bloom papers relate to the publicity
surrounding the publication of
The Closing of the American
Mind, particularly reviews and speaking
engagements. The Kennan material is more varied, including
not only Wasserman's correspondence on Kennan's behalf, but
several dozen lengthy letters from Kennan to Wasserman and
others.
The 1999 addition (accession #1999-0275) (19,500
items, 32.5 lin. ft.; dated 1974-1999 and undated) is
minimally processed. It expands on all of the collection
series, especially materials related to Saul Bellow.
The 2001 addition (accession #2001-0050) (816
items, 12 lin. ft.; dated 1974-2000 and undated) is minimally
processed. It includes book manuscripts, galley proofs
(some inscribed), correspondence, notes, and other
materials relating to the authors represented by the
literary agency. Other materials include sixty-four
black-and-white photographs, one black-and-white negative,
four color photographs, and one audiocassette tape. Authors
included in this addition are Richard Bausch, Jay Williams,
Suzi-Lori Parks, Laurel Lee, Karla Kuskin, Elinore Clark,
Perrin Ireland, Frederick Buechner, John Tyler Bonner,
Martha Moody, Eugene Walter, Caroline Winthrop, Paul
Lussier, Sharon Flake, Reynolds Price, Josephine Humphreys,
Saul Bellow, George Dawson and Richard Glaubman, Julia
Markus, George F. Kennan, Carole L. Glickfeld, Mark
Winegardner, Michael Stewart, Diane Vreuls, Sandra Gould
Ford, Charles McPhee, Mark Smith, and Harriet Wasserman
herself.
The second 2001 addition (accession #2001-0115) (5
items, .1 linear feet; dated 1978-2001, bulk 1997-2001) is
minimally processed. It contains correspondence between
Wasserman and Shelley Gruskin. It also includes a playbill
for performances of
In Dreams Begin
Responsibilities and
Gimpel the Fool,
signed by actor David Marguiles and a copy of Delmore
Schwartz's
In Dreams Begin
Responsibilities and Other Stories. Both book and
playbill are mentioned in the correspondence.
The 2003 addition (accession #2003-0051)(12,500
items, 30 linear feet, dated 1982-2000) is minimally
processed. It consists chiefly of client files
(correspondence, contracts, financial records, etc.),
manuscripts and proofs of books by clients, published
versions of books by clients, and related materials.
Includes especially significant material for Saul Bellow
and a few other authors, including Oscar Hijuelos and
George Frost Kennan.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Bausch, Richard, 1945-
- Bellow, Saul.
- Bloom, Allan David, 1930-1992.
- Buechner, Frederick, 1926-
- Dawson, George, b. 1898.
- Flake, Sharon.
- Ford, Sandra Gould.
- Glaubman, Richard.
- Glickfeld, Carole L.
- Gruskin, Shelley, 1936-
- Hijuelos, Oscar.
- Humphreys, Josephine.
- Ireland, Perrin.
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-
- Kennan, George Frost, 1904-
- Kuskin, Karla.
- Lee, Laurel.
- Lussier, Paul.
- Markus, Julia, 1939-
- McDermott, Alice.
- Moody, Martha.
- Parks, Suzan-Lori.
- Price, Reynolds, 1933-
- Vreuls, Diane.
- Winegardner, Mark, 1961-
- Winthrop, Caroline.
- Wasserman, Harriet
- Harriet Wasserman Literary Agency
- American literature-20th century.
- Authors, American-20th century-Correspondence.
- Literary agents-United States-Correspondence.
- Historians-United States-Correspondence.
- Authorship-Correspondence.
- Black-and-white photographs.
- Black-and-white negative.
- Color photographs.
- Audio cassette.
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series, A-Z, 1948-1995and undated
The Correspondence
Series is divided into two subseries,
Restricted and
Open. The correspondence in both
subseries consists of letters to and from Wasserman and her
staff chiefly concerning the professional affairs of
various writers represented by the agency: contract
negotiations, auctions, publicity, and discussions of
writing progress. Correspondence is predominantly about
rather than from the writers, although the papers of
some--notably Richard Bausch, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, George
Kennan, and Reynolds Price--contain a number of their own
letters.
Correspondence (Restricted) Subseries, A-Z, 1969-1995 and undated
The restricted correspondence is mainly that
of authors for whom the Library did not do item-level
processing at this time (see Processing
Note and Restrictions).
Additionally, a few of the restricted papers are
correspondence about unpublished works by major authors,
the bulk of whose correspondence is open. ENTIRE SUBSERIES
IS RESTRICTED.
Box CR-1
Amoss, Berthe,
1980-1987
(4
folders)
Anderson, Scott,
1990-1991
Anderson, Jeffrey,
1991
Auerbach, John,
1976-1988
(2
folders)
Bach, Richard,
1992-1995
(2
folders)
Baum, Elaine Moss,
1983
Bausch, Richard,
1976-94
(3
folders)
Beranbaum, Rose,
1981-1982
Bial, Raymond,
1985
Biddle, Wayne,
1977-1987
(4
folders)
Bliss, Corinne,
1978-1985
(4
folders)
Bloomstein, Henry,
1982-1985
Boguslavskaya, Zoya,
1987
Brill, Ernie,
1982-1987
Brombert, Beth Archer,
1981-1982
(2
folders)
Brown, Sarah Carlisle,
1980-1981
Brown, Jo Giese,
1982-1986
Brown, Wesley,
1979-1990
Box CR-2
Cable, Mary,
1977-1987
(5
folders)
Clark, Eleanor,
1963-1994
(2
folders)
Cohen, Charles,
1986-1992
Cole, Diane,
1982-1983
Connor, George C.,
1989-1995
Costikyan, Barbara,
1981-1982
Crasta, Richard,
1991-1992
Davis, Lydia,
1984-1991
DeHaven, Tom,
1983-1992
(3
folders)
Darion, Ellen,
1983
Dorian, Marguerite,
1975-1984
Dubrow, Marsha,
1981-1986
Engel, Monroe,
1981-1983
Ewald, Wendy,
1988
Fairchild, William,
1987-1991
Feller, Howard,
1991
Fitts, David N.,
1988-1994
Flanagan, Dennis,
1985-1989
(3
folders)
Box CR-3
Flanagan, Dennis,
1988-1994
Fox, Jonathan,
1984
Friedhoff, Arnold,
1978-1979
Gerber, Suzanne.
see
Meyers, Mollie.
Gertler, T.,
1979-1991
(3
folders)
Gee, Maggie,
1983-1988
Glanfield, Jenny,
1987-1988
Glen, Kristin Booth,
1982
Glickfeld, Carole,
1987-1990
(2
folders)
Glover, Garrett,
1982
Goldstein, Rebecca,
1983-1992
(5
folders)
Greenwald, Sheila,
1973-1990
(7
folders)
Hartman, Steven,
1991-1993
Hassler, Jon,
1976-1978
(2
folders)
Box CR-4
Hassler, Jon,
1976-1993
(8
folders)
Heller, Erica,
1983-1991
(3
folders)
Hopkins, Virginia L.,
1983
Horwitz, James,
1990
Huttman, Barbara,
1983-1984
Jacobsen, Howard,
1982-1988
(2
folders)
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer,
1976-1989
(2
folders)
Jonnes, Jill,
1981-1987
(2
folders)
Jordan, June,
1983
Kaiserman, Connie,
1992
Karlan, Patricia,
1984-1985
Kennan, George Frost,
1984-1985;
1994
King, Francis,
1979-1993
(2
folders)
Klein, Elizabeth,
1980-1993
(3
folders)
Klein, Kenneth,
1979-1985
Knudsen, James,
1990-1991
Kohn, Bernice,
1981-1983
Box CR-5
Koperwas, Sam,
1978-1983
(4
folders)
Korchilov, Igor,
1991
Kotker, Norman,
1980
Krahn, Fernando,
1975-1992
(12
folders)
Box CR-6
Krahn, Laura,
1973-1988
Kram, Malcolm,
1983
Krieger, Joel,
1982-1985
Lamm, Steven,
1990
Lasson, Robert,
1975-1994
(3
folders)
Lee, Laurel,
1976-1983
(4
folders)
Levin, Phyllis Lee,
1987-1993
Lish, Gordon,
1975-1980
Lob, Gayle,
1987-1988
Lord, Graham,
1985-1987
Lowe, Patricia,
1982-1984
Lowndes, Natalia,
1986-1991
Markson, Maude Carol,
1981-1985
Marschall, Richard,
1979-1991
(2
folders)
Box CR-7
Markus, Julia,
1979-1988
(4
folders)
McCully, Emily,
1982-1990
(6
folders)
McDermott, Alice,
1980-1984,
1986
McDonough, Tom,
1980-1994
(2
folders)
McMahon, Tom,
1979-1990
(3
folders)
Meir, Menahem,
1982-1984
Box CR-8
Merkin, Ursula,
1981-1982
Meyers, Mollie and Gerber,
Suzanne,
1982
Mian, Mary,
1981-1983
Milbauer, Barbara,
1980-1983
Miller, Ira,
1984-1985
Mooney, Ted,
1980-1993
(2
folders)
Mrosovsky, Kitty,
1984-1987
Mountzoures, Harry,
1980-1987
Morgan, Mary,
1981-1982
Mullins, Neva,
1981-1989
Myers, Walter Dean,
1977-1995
(9
folders)
Neil, Barbara,
1988-1993
Nussey, Kent,
1992-1993
O'Dell, Scott,
1989-1991
Oglesby, Paul,
1985
Orente, Rose,
1985
Osborne, John,
1983
Parker, Peter,
1986-1990
Box CR-9
Philidor Trio:
1969 March Tour
Miscellaneous, undated
(2
folders)
A-Z
(19
folders)
Polk, Fran,
1981-1984
Porter, Joe Ashby,
1983-1984
Price, Reynolds,
1977-1978
Previn, Dory,
1984
Rachlin, Nahid,
1982-1986
Raphael, Lev,
1983-1985
Raskin, Ellen,
1966-1973;
1985-1991
(3
folders)
Ravenel, Shannon,
1982-1983
Renek, Morris,
1982-1983
Rhodes, Mark,
1982
Rochberg, George,
1985-1990
Rothman, Gordon,
1984
Schwarz, Adelle Aaron,
1982-1990
Seidler, Tor,
1983-1987
Box CR-10
Seidler, Tor,
1987-1994
(3
folders)
Seldes, Lee,
1983-1986
Seuling, Barbara,
1976-1993
(7
folders)
Sheraton, Mimi,
1979-1985
(3
folders)
Shtrum, Paula,
1982-1987
Simon, Norma,
1981-1993
Sourian, Peter,
1990-1991
Tax, Meredith,
1977-1992
(7
folders)
Box CR-11
Turnbull, Malcolm,
1988-1992
Underwood, Michael,
1978-1994
(3
folders)
Voll, Daniel,
1985-1995
Vreuls, Diane,
1973-1976;
1985-1989
(3
folders)
Walter Eugene,
1978-1989
(2
folders)
Wasserman, Dick,
1991-1993
Wilcox, James,
1981-1991
(4
folders)
Williams, Jay,
1972-1976
(8
folders)
Box CR-12
Williams, Jay,
1976-1994
(9
folders)
Young, Miriam,
1982-1986
Alphabetical files: A-Z
(16
folders)
Correspondence (Open) Subseries, A-Z, 1948-1994 and undated
The Open
subseries is mainly the correspondence of authors
for whom the Library decided to do item-level processing
(see Processing Note and
Restrictions). In addition it contains the
correspondence of three authors processed at the folder
level, Allan Bloom, Coral Lansbury, and Anne Lindbergh.
Since these authors are already deceased, financial papers
and documents about unpublished works were not restricted
and thus not separated from other correspondence.
A few folders in the Saul Bellow
correspondence are of special note. The folders for his
early correspondence, mainly prior to
1970,
contain, in addition to correspondence from the Russell and
Volkening Agency, a few substantive letters from prominent
writers, most notably American novelists Ralph Ellison and
Wright Morris. This also applies to a later group of
folders, 1985. Lois Phillips
Files. In the
1980s
Lois Phillips discovered these files in a house near hers
that Bellow lived in from the late
1950s
to the early
1960s.
Like other of his papers from that period, they contain
some personal correspondence from writers. Because of the
way in which these papers were found and the correspondence
in the
1980s
between Phillips and Harriet Wasserman about their
disposition, correspondence and financial papers were kept
together chronologically in their respective series rather
than separated and refiled to the time period in which they
were written.
Box CO-1
Bausch, Richard,
1976-1994
(4
folders)
Bellow, Saul,
1948-1981
(16
folders)
Box CO-2
Bellow, Saul:
1982-1985
(10
folders)
1985. Lois Phillips files
(2
folders)
1986-1994
(3
folders)
Fan mail,
1975-1977
(5
folders)
Box CO-3
Fan mail,
1981-1984
Bloom, Allan:
1982-1987
(4
folders)
1987. American Association of
University Women
1987. Bucknell
University
1987. DePauw
University
1987. Foundation for Student
Communication
1987. Minnesota State
University System
1987. Oberlin
College
1987. University of San
Diego
1988
1988. L'Agora Recherche et
Communication, Inc.
1988. Bloomsburg
University
1988. Claremont McKenna
College:
1988. Connecticut State
University
1988. Oaklawn Psychiatric
Hospital
1988. Rutgers College Honors
Program
1988. St. Gregory High
School
1988. Trinity
University
1988. University of Southern
Indiana
1989-1992
Buechner, Frederick,
1979-1984
(3
folders)
Hijuelos, Oscar,
1989
Humphreys, Josephine,
1984
Jhabvala, C.S.H.,
1985-1992
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer,
1973-1991
(6
folders)
Box CO-4
Kennan, George Frost,
1971-1994
(6
folders)
Lansbury, Coral,
1986-1989
(2
folders)
Lindbergh, Anne,
1976-1993
(4
folders)
McDermott, Alice,
1979-1990
(2
folders)
Naumoff, Lawrence,
1983,
1990
Price, Reynolds,
1973-1983
(3
folders)
Wasserman, Harriet,
1990-1994
Welty, Eudora,
1969, 1980
Financial Papers Series, A-Z, 1944-1994.
This series consists mainly of the financial
papers of those authors whose correspondence was selected
for item-level processing (see Processing Note and Restrictions). In
addition it contains the papers of a number of authors who
had contracts with the Russell and Volkening Agency. Since
these had been stored separately by HWLA, they were placed
as received in this series. All of the financial papers are
closed during the lifetime of the authors. It should be
noted that since the authors Allan Bloom, Coral Lansbury,
and Anne Lindbergh died before the Library acquired the
Wasserman collection, their financial papers are open and
were not separated from the correspondence. Refer to the
Correspondence (Open) Subseries
for access to their papers.
Box FR-1
Bach, Alice,
1979
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Barton, Hanoch,
1977-1979 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Bausch, Richard,
1979-1994
(5
folders)
Bellow, Saul:
1944-1981
(16
folders)
1981-1985. Archive
appraisal
1982
(3
folders)
Box FR-2
1982-1985
(9
folders)
1985.
Lois Phillips files
( for further
information about Phillips files see Correspondence (Open) Subseries,
Bellow, 1985 and that
subseries' note)
1986-1988
(4
folders)
1990-1993
The Adventures of
Augie March,
1953-1981
The Dean's
December,
1980-1983
Henderson the Rain
King,
1958-1980
Henderson the Rain
King (motion picture),
1988-1991
Herzog,
1960-1980
Humboldt's
Gift,
1973-1981
The Last
Analysis,
1964-1967
Mr. Sammler's
Planet,
1968-1980
Mosby's
Memoirs,
1968-1980
Seize the
Day,
1957-1973
"A Silver
Dish,"
1978-1982
Bernstein, Burton,
1983
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Biddle, Wayne,
1979-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Brombert, Beth Archer,
1979-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Buechner, Frederick:
1977-1980
1979-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
1981-1984
(2
folders)
Box FR-3
Cable, Mary,
1979
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Costikyan, Barbara,
1981
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Dorian, Marguerite,
1974-1975 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Gertler, T.,
1979-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Greenwald, Sheila,
1971-1980 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Hassler, Jon,
1976-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Hoover, Helen, M.,
1973-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Humphreys, Josephine,
1984
Jhabvala, C. S. H.,
1982-1992
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer,
1972-1978 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer,
1974-1990
(6
folders)
Johnson, Virginia Weisel,
1979
Kennan, George Frost:
1952,
1969
1982-1993
(3
folders)
Klein, Elizabeth,
1981
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Klein, Kenneth,
1979-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Koperwas, Sam,
1975-1977 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Kotker, Norman,
1967;
1978-1979 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Krahn, Fernando,
1967-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
(2
folders)
Kuskin, Karla,
1975-1979 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Lee Laurel,
1976-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Markus, Julia,
1978
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
McDermott, Alice:
1980-1981 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
1980-1990
(2
folders)
McDonough, Tom,
1980
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Milbauer, Barbara,
1980
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Mooney, Edward C.,
1980
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Myers, Walter D.,
1973-1980 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Naumoff, Lawrence,
1988-1990
Peters, Natasha,
1980
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Pietsch, Paul,
1979
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Box FR-4
Price, Reynolds:
1957-1966 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
1968-1978 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
1973-1980
(2
folders)
Seuling, Barbara,
1974-1980 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Sheraton, Mimi,
1979
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Taliaferro, Margaret,
1978
(Russell and Volkening contracts)
Tax, Meredith,
1979-1980 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Underwood, Michael,
1978-1980 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Various authors,
1976-1977
(one
document)
Vreuls, Diane,
1975-1979 (Russell and
Volkening contracts)
Wasserman, Harriet,
1991
Williams, Jay,
1964-1980 (Russell and
Volkening contracts
(2
folders)
Writings Series, A-Z, 1941-1995
The Writings Series
is divided into three subseries, Restricted, Open, and
Books (open).
Restricted and
Open subseries were arranged
according to the terms described in the Processing Note and Restrictions.
Internal information as well as external databases and
bibliographies were used to determine the publication
status of works as of
Fall, 1996. Since the restrictions status of works
will change after this list is printed, as works are
published or as researchers locate publication information
not found during processing, researchers should bring such
information to the attention of Special Collections Staff
as needed.
Writings (Restricted) Subseries, A-Z, 1940s-1995 and undated
This subseries consists of versions of works
which could not be determined to have been published.
Included are a few handwritten drafts, many typescripts,
and many stages of proofs. Items are arranged
alphabetically by title under each author. Where multiple
versions of titles exist, they are arranged to the extent
determinable in chronological order of composition.
ENTIRE SUBSERIES IS
RESTRICTED.
Box WR-1
Amoss, Berthe
Burn the
Witch, undated
(2
folders)
"Ten Days in Costa
Rica,"
undated
"Through the
Cotswolds by Bicycle,"
ca.
1977
Anderson, Scott
Bernie Sanders
goes to Washington, undated
"Darker Shade of
Pale,"
1991
Odyssey of a Wop:
The Life and Times Of John Fante, undated
Auerbach, John
My Captain and
I, undated
(3
folders)
"A Strange
Story,"
1988 October
Bausch, Richard
"A Bachelor's
Tale,"
ca.
1977
"A Common
Instance,"
ca.
1977
"Devotions,"
ca.
1977
"A Domestic
Education,"
ca.
1977 and undated
(2
folders)
"An
Election,"
undated
"The Evening
Performance,"
1977
"Everyday
Life,"
1977
(2
versions)
"The Man Who Should
Have Studied Business,"
1977
"On the Way
There,"
1977
"Single,"
undated
(2
folders)
"The Six Unfinished
Stories of Millicent Stark,"
ca.
1977
"Snows,"
undated
(2
folders)
"Someone To Watch
Over Me,"
undated
"Staying
Warm,"
1977
The Summer Before
the Wars, ca.
1982 and undated
(2 versions in 3
folders)
This Just
Man, undated
The Trouble
Between Us, undated
(1 version in 2
folders)
"Untitled"
(autobiographical), undated
"Untitled"
(fragment of a novel, pp. 309-321), undated
"Wisemen at their
End,"
undated
Bellow, Adam
"Role-Playing in
the Bush,"
undated
Bellow, Saul
"Arion Article
about William Arrowsmith,"
1993 January
"Article for the
National Interest,"
undated
"All Marbles Still
Accounted For,"
1992 and undated
(2
folders)
"Cook County
Hospital,"
undated
"Fellows Conference
Speech, Washington, DC.,"
undated
"Goethe
Essay,"
1978
"A Jewish Writer in
America,"
1988 April
"Unpublished
Manuscripts"
(list of works),
1940s - 1960s; undated
"Miami
Speech,"
undated
"The Next Necessary
Thing,"
1967
"The Speaking and
Writing of Words,"
1983 May 25
"Untitled
Essay,"
1986 July 7
"Untitled
Fragments,"
undated
(2
folders)
For further
information about 5 items from Lois Phillips files see
Correspondence (Open)
Subseries, Bellow, 1985
and subseries
note
Biddle, Wayne
"Bloody Business: A
Corporate History of Defense Spending from World War I to
Star Wars,"
undated
"Darkside of the
Moon,"
undated
"The Fortunes of
Chemical War,"
undated
"Saudi Arabia
Proposal,"
undated
"The Silicon
Underworld,"
undated
"Tracks,"
ca.
1978
"Twelve Men and the
Moon Profiles of Apollo Workers,"
ca.
1988-1989
Birnbaum, Phyllis
Passion and
Repentance, undated (translation of
Iro zange
by Chiyo Uno)
(1 version in 2
folders)
Box WR-2
Bloomstein, Henry
Suder,
undated
Sushi Without
Fear, undated
Brodsky-Koperwas,
Evelyn
The Moon
Child,
1983
Brown, Jo Giese
"Jo's Baby,"
undated
Brown Wesley
"The Saga of
Society Red: The Autobiography of Dexter Gordon,"
undated
Buechner, Frederick
"HBS
1838-1920,"
undated
"A Novelist Looks
at The Bible,"
undated
"The Schroeders
Revisited,"
1994 April 4
Cable, Mary
Article Ideas, undated
Biography of Dr.
James J. Waring, undated
(1 version in 2
folders)
Cameron, Sara
Camouflage, undated
Clark, Eleanor
"Solstice
Weather,"
undated
Cleaver, Anastasia
The Rasputin
Effect, undated
A Tyranny of
Roses,
1985(undated proposal and
1985 draft)
(1 version in 5
folders)
Darron, Ellen
"The Lunch
Letters,"
undated
"No
Gentleness,"
undated
DeHaven, Tom
Don Juan and the
X-Ray Kid: a Film Treatment,
1985
Delving, Michael (N.B.: pseudonym
of Jay Williams)
"Gourmandizing in
Gloucestershire,"
undated
"These Wild
Hills,"
undated
Dubrow, Marsha
Capitol
Hell,
1984
Feller, Howard
"For Old Time's
Sake,"
undated
Flanagan, Dennis
A Capital Offense:
Outline,
1990 June 14
Gertler, T.
"Cutting the Hair Out of the Old
Man's Ears" (undated)
Heavy
Breathing,
1987 July 14
Ladies'
Night,
1980 September 29
Reel
Passion,
1977
"Untitled (Partial
Manuscript),"
undated
Glickfeld, Carole
"Blue Lint,"
undated
"Bursting Joy's
Grape: The Miseries of Publishing,"
undated
"The City That
Swallowed New York,"
ca.
1990
"Dancing in the
Dark"
, ca.
1988
"The Devil's
Guest,"
undated
"This Goldeneh
Medina,"
undated
"Going for the
Second Thirty,"
undated
"If You Think
You're Mrs. Berrigan,"
ca.
1990
"No Useful
Purpose,"
undated
"The Other
Marilyn,"
undated
"Predictable
Moves,"
ca.
1990
"Slice of
Life,"
undated
"Somethin' Be
Different,"
undated
"Tornado
Watch,"
1990 and undated
(2
folders)
Untitled, undated (novel
fragment?)
Goldstein, Rebecca
"Contrary
Winds,"
undated
"Flugel's Final
Truth,"
undated
untitled
Greenwald, Sheila
Characters in Real
Life, undated
Halloween
Rosy, undated
Box WR-3
Greenwald, Sheila
(continued)
Maud's
Book, undated
"What's a Thirteen
Year Old To Do,"
undated
Hassler, Jon
"Along the Road
from Inch to Knock,"
ca.
1977
The Book of
Brendan, undated
(1 version in 3
folders)
"Christopher,
Moony, and the Birds,"
undated
"A Dublin
Sketch,"
undated
Plum,
1985 February 18
(1 version in 2
folders)
"A Portrait of the
Novelist as a Young Man,"
ca.
1980
"Rufus at the
Door,"
ca.
1980
"The Stillness at
Walden Pond,"
ca.
1977
"Yesterday's
Garbage,"
undated
Heller, Erica
"The Bimbo
Handbook,"
undated
"Cannibals on
Ice,"
1990-1991
(3
versions)
"Cold
Shoulder,"
1991 September 18
"Midnight at the
Banana Stand,"
1989
Untitled, undated
Hijuelos, Oscar
Mr. Ives'
Christmas,
1994-1995 and undated
(11 versions in 12
folders)
Note: Closed during
the lifetimes of Hijuelos and Wasserman
Box WR-4
Hijuelos, Oscar
(continued)
Mr. Ives'
Christmas,
1994-1995 and undated
(11 versions in 12
folders)
Note: Closed during
the lifetimes of Hijuelos and Wasserman
Horwitz, James
"Magic
Carpet,"
undated
"The Last Adventure
on the Orient Express,"
undated
"Tunisia: An
Arabesque Kaleidoscope,"
undated
Humphreys, Josephine
Happiness in the Coming Year,
ca.
1986
Huttman, Barbara
Peddling Your
Book(proposal), undated
Jhabvala, Ruth
Abode of Peace, undated
"Between Two
Women,"
ca.
1975
"A Call from the
East,"
ca.
1981
"Untitled
Speech,"
undated
Josephson, Erland
Stages and
Screens, undated
Kennan George
"Cyon
Manuscript,"
1985 July
(2
folders)
"General tenor of
remarks made at private dinner, New York City, October 9,
1984"
(2
folders)
"Lecture for 10-13
in Washington,"
1994
"Remarks at award
banquet of the Physicians for Social
Responsibility,"
1988 March 5
"Remarks at 40th
Anniversary Celebration of the Policy Planning Staff,
Washington, D.C.: U.S.-Soviet Relations: Containment as a
Prerequisite for Accommodation,"
1987 May 11
"Remarks at Trinity
Church Forum: Russian and American Aberrations: A
Conversation with George Kennan,"
1985 June 2
"Remarks before the
Council on Foreign Relations, December 20,
1989"
"Remarks for
Friday, January 10, 1992, Institute for Advanced
Study"
"Remarks for IN
CONCERT sponsored by Musicians Against Nuclear
Arms,"
1983 October 24
"Remarks for
reception given by the Slavonic Division of the New York
Library on March 11, 1987"
"Remarks made at
the November 5 concert at the Institute for Advanced
Study,"
1983
"Remarks to be made
at the installation ceremony for Fred Starr as President of
Oberlin College,"
undated
"Remarks in
presenting to Senator Claiborne Pell the Award of the
American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters for
Distinguished Service to the Arts,"
undated
"Review of Gene
Sharp's Making Europe Unconquerable,"
1985
"Security and the
Moscow Embassy,"
undated
"Statement,"
1985 January 24
"Statement upon
receiving Encyclopedia Britannica Award,"
undated
"A Statesman's
Approach to U.S.-Soviet Relations: What are the limits of
diplomacy?"
1985 April 3
"Talk at Trinity
Church, Open Forum, May 1, 1983"
"Talk given at
Trinity Church Forum, January 12, 1992"
"Ten Interview
Questions for Professor Kennan,"
1989 August
"Untitled,"
1993
"Untitled,"
1994
"Untitled
I,"
undated
"Untitled
II,"
undated
"Untitled
III,"
undated
"Untitled article
for Washington Post,"
1989 November 10
"Untitled,"
(autobiographical
excerpt), undated
"Untitled,"
(from the Institute for Advanced Study),
1992 November 2
"Untitled talk at
Trinity Church,"
undated
Klein, Elizabeth
"Reconciliations,"
undated
Koperwas, Sam
"Act
Natural,"
undated
Box WR-5
Koperwas, Sam
The Book of
Life, undated
Book proposal on professional
athletes, undated
"The
Businessman,"
undated
"Easy
Money,"
undated
The Jaguar
Jungle, undated
"Magic,"
undated
Poorboys,
undated
"Satisfaction,"
undated
Kotker, Norman
Headaches,
undated
"Lucky,"
ca.
1986
"Necrology,"
undated
Krahn, Fernando
"The Administrator
and the Halo"
and
"The Job, "
undated
"Gil and
Pola,"
undated
"The
McHorribles,"
undated
Miscellaneous cartoons, undated
(4
folders)
Krieger, Joel
Untitled fiction,
undated
Kuskin, Karla
Animal Stories--samples, ca.
1975
"Blue Isn't Better
Than Green,"
ca.
1977
"Cat and Dog
Dialogue"
and
"Here Is Hugo In
His Bed,"
ca.
1975
"Hugo at
Night,"
undated
"Marion,"
ca.
1977
"The Particular
Flower,"
undated
"Poems,"
undated
Quong Song Quat
Cat, ca.
1976
"There Was a
Witch,"
undated
"There Were Two
Young Elephants,"
ca.
1977
"The Witch Who
Watched TV,"
1982
"The Witch Who
Wanted to Go On a Midnight Ride,"
ca.
1975
Lamm, Steven
Beyond Diagnosis:
Forming a Partnership With Your Doctor,
undated
Lasson, Robert
"Do You Sincerely
Want to Be Filthy Rich?"
undated
"An Immodest
Proposal for Draft Reform,"
undated
"Heavenly
Hosts,"
undated
"My Little
War,"
undated
Lee, Laurel
"Barnaby and the
Seed,"
1979
Untitled,
1992 November 18
Untitled, undated
Levin, Phyllis
Mrs. Wilson Is
President: The story of Woodrow and Edith Wilson,
1992 and undated
(3 versions in 4
folders)
Box WR-6
Litewka, Albert
Warsaw
Kaddish
(1 version in 3
folders)
Lob, Gayle S.
"Marissa,"
undated
Markus, Julia
Angel At My Back:
Proposal, undated
"The Last Time I
Saw Paris,"
undated
Maybe She Go:
Proposal, ca.
1980-1981
"Making it
Snow,"
undated
Siding With Nola
Neitherland: Proposal, ca. mid
1980s
"Silvano's
Dream,"
undated
(2
folders)
"Symptoms of he
Sixties,"
1983
Uncle; A Play in
Two Acts, undated
Untitled Play, undated
Marschall, Richard
Cousins:
Proposal, undated
The Whole Word of
Short Wave Radio: Proposal, undated
McDermott, Alice
"Box
Numbers,"
undated
"Dink,"
1981 October 1
The Happiest of
Mothers,
1993
"His
Dancer,"
undated
"Jiminy,"
undated
"Larry,"
ca.
1985
"The Last of the
Gilhooleys,"
ca.
1982
"Painting the
Trim,"
ca.
1980
"Margo,"
undated
"The Reasons People
Marry,"
undated
"Saviors,"
ca.
1980
"Troubles,"
undated
"An Unremarkable
Woman,"
ca.
1982
"A Victim of One's
Own,"
undated
"The Weekend Claire
Was Married,"
undated
Untitled novel in progress,
1982
(3
folders)
McDonough, Tom
"A Coupla Months of
Living Cautiously, "
undated
"Deep
Wrist,"
undated
Duffyvision, undated
(2 versions 4
folders)
"Eyes for Miss
Piggy,"
undated
"Gunga
Duke,"
undated
"Heart of
Dimness,"
undated
"Iñigo,"
1981
"A Jesuit
Education: Last Exit To Language,"
undated
"The King of
Me,"
undated
"The Late Clone
News,"
undated
The Spot Where the
Gangster Landed, undated
The Teddy
Chronicles (
"Steady Teddy in
the Fourth Dimension"
and
"Murder in the
Carwash,"
) undated
"Two Guys,"
1982 March 25
Meyers, Mollie, and Suzanne Gerber
(add x-ref)
Learn to
Flirt,
1982
Mian, Mary
"Nantucket Mice,
Ahoy!"
undated
Mooney, Ted
Bodyguard,
1985 January 7
Mountzoures, Harry
"A Far Cry From
Home,"
undated
"Fruit,"
undated
"Laughter,"
undated
Mullins, Neva
"The Devil,"
undated
Myers, Walter Dean
"Antonio's
Song,"
undated
"Champions,"
undated
" Études on a Sad
Theme,"
undated
Box WR-7
Myers, Walter Dean
(continued)
Songhai!
undated
(1 version in 4
folders)
See also
Oversized Material
(Boxes) Untitled, undated
Peters, Natasha (pseudonym of
Anastasia Cleaver)
"Riders on the
Storm,"
undated
Price, Reynolds
"Dream
Elephants,"
undated
"An Early
Christmas,"
undated
A Long and Happy
Life (screenplay),
1991 and undated
(2
folders)
"Waiting at Dachau"
Rachlin, Nahid
"Dark
Gravity,"
ca.
1982
"Office
Song,"
ca.
1982
Seidler, Tor
A Romantic
Family
(1 version in 2
folders)
Seuling, Barbara
"The New
Baby,"
undated
"No, No,
Harold!"
undated
(3
folders)
"The Scary
Movie"
, undated
"Secrets,"
undated
"Surprise
Party,"
1980 August 12
"The Teeny Meany
Monster,"
undated
Various Cartoons,
undated
Sheraton, Mimi
Kiss Me, You
Fool, ca.
1975-1978
Simon, Norma
"When Mama Baked
Pirog,"
undated
Simonds, Nina
Article Proposals, ca.
1984
Tax, Meredith
"Anticommunism and
Literature,"
undated
Arrows of Desire:
A Memoir, and The Life You Save: A Modern Romance:
Proposals,
1989 and undated
(3
folders)
Doing It the Hard
Way: My Life and the Women's Movement: Proposal,
undated
"Frozen Like Lot's
Wife,"
undated
"The Hungry
Fighter,"
undated
It's A Lovely Day
Tomorrow: Proposal,
1982 March 24
"Jewish in
Bohemia,"
undated
"Kishinev,"
undated
The Life You
Save, undated
(2
folders)
Sarah Laughed:
Problem Pregnancies in Older Mothers,
undated
"The Savor of
Morality,"
undated
"Too Old to Work,
and Too Young to Die,"
undated
Underwood, Michael
"O.K. for
Murder,"
1982 November 13
Voll, Daniel
Collection of Short Stories,
undated
Vreuls, Diane
"The Alice P.
Gamboe Strip,"
undated
"The Animal Who
Wanted To Fly,"
undated
"Ben,"
undated
"On the Feast of
Malcolm,"
undated
Walter, Eugene
"Dizzy
Countries,"
undated
(2
folders)
"Vodka,
Anyone?"
undated
Wasserman, Dick
A Ticket to
Palookaville, Part 2, undated
Williams, Victoria
Feminist Fairy
Tales: Proposal, ca.
1973
"A Place of My
Own,"
ca.
1972
"Tam Lin,"
undated
Winslow, Joan
Double
Vision,
1984 September 28
(1 version in 2
folders)
Unknown Authors
"The Good
Place"
(title page only),
1990 July
Untitled note, undated
Untitled story, undated
Writings (Open) Subseries, A-Z, 1948-1995 and undated
This subseries consists of versions of works
which have been published. Included are a few handwritten
drafts, many typescripts, and many stages of proofs. Items
are arranged alphabetically by title under each author.
Where multiple versions of titles exist, they are arranged
to the extent determinable in chronological order of
composition.
Box WO-1
Amoss, Berthe
Three Book Reviews (print),
1984 April-June
Bausch, Richard
"All the Way in
Flagstaff, Arizona"
(print), undated
"Ancient
History,"
undated
"Aren't You Happy
For Me?"
undated
"Consolation"
(print),
1990 March 19
"Contrition,"
undated
"Evening,"
undated
"The Eyes of
Love"
(print),
1990 August
"The Fireman's
Wife"
(print),
1989 November
Good Evening, Mr.
and Mrs. America, And All the Ships At Sea, undated
(5 versions in 7
folders)
"The Last Good
Time,"
undated
"Letter to the Lady
of the House"
(print),
1989 October 23
"Luck"
(print),
1990 September
"The Man Who Knew
Belle Starr,"
1987 April and 1990 September
(2 folders,
print)
"The Natural
Effects of Divorce,"
undated
"The Person I Have
Mostly Become,"
undated
"Plains"
(became
Rebel
Powers), undated
"Police
Dreams"
(print),
1987 May
"Rare and
Endangered Species,"
ca.
1983
(3
folders)
Rebel
Powers,
1989-92
(3 versions in 8
folders)
"St. Agnes
Eve"
(print),
1975
Violence,
1988-1989
(3 versions in 4
folders)
Box WO-2
Bausch, Richard
(continued)
Violence
(continued),
1988-1992
(5 versions in 7
folders)
"Wedlock,"
1990 June
"What Feels Like
the World"
(print),
1985 October
"Weather,"
undated
Bellow, Saul
See also Lillian
McCall in this
subseries.
Address at the Chicago Public
Library,
1972 October
(2 folders, folder 2
print)
American Academy and Institute
of Arts and Letters, Acceptance Speech,
1977 May 18
The Bellarosa Connection,
1988-1989
(11
folders)
Brandeis Gold Medal Acceptance
Speech,
1978 April 19
"Buñuel,"
1962 November
(2 typescripts, from Lois
Phillips files)
For further
information seeCorrespondence
(Open) Subseries, Bellow, 1985and that subseries' note)
"By the St.
Lawrence"
(print),
1985 July
"Chicago: The City
That Was, The City That Is,"
1986 May-October
(3 folders, folder 3 is
print)
"The Civilized
Barbarian Reader"
(print),
1987 March 18
"Cloister
Culture,"
1966
"A Comment On Form
and Despair,"
1964
"Cousins,"
1983 [July?] - December
(4
folders)
"Culture Now: Some
Animadversions, Some Laughs,"
1971-1993
(4 folders of which 3 are
print)
"The Day They
Signed the Treaty"
(print),
1979 April 1
Box WO-3
Bellow, Saul
(continued)
The Dean's
December,
1981-
(6 versions in 10
folders; version 6 is a French
translation)
"Deep Readers of
the World, Beware!"
undated
"Distractions of a
Fiction Writer"
(print), undated
"Dreiser and the
Triumph of Art"
(print), undated
"Facts That Put
Fancy To Flight,"
1962
"A
Father-To-Be"
(print), undated
"Foreword"
to
An Age of
Enormity: Life and Writing in the Forties and
Fifties by Issac Rosenfeld,
1962
"Foreword"
to
The Rebellion of
the Masses (print), by Jose Ortega Y Gasset,
1985
"The French as
Dostoevsky Saw Them"
(print),
1955
"Gide as Writer and
Autobiographer"
(print), undated
"The Good
Place"
(print),
1990 July
"Harold
Rosenberg"
(print),
1979 October
Henderson the Rain
King (print, in Russian),
1991
Herzog
(from Lois Phillips files), undated
For further
information about Phillips files see
Correspondence (Open) Subseries,
Bellow, 1985
and that
subseries' note)
"Herzog Visits
Chicago,"
1964 August 8-15
(print;
SeeOversize Material
Boxes)
Him With His Foot
in His Mouth,
1983-1984
(3 versions in 4
folders)
"Him With His Foot
in His Mouth,"
1982 Nov.
(2 folders; folder 2 is
print)
"How I Wrote Augie
March's Story,"
1954
Humboldt's
Gift, undated
(3
folders)
Box WO-4
Bellow, Saul
(continued)
Humboldt's
Gift,
1973-1975 and undated
(15 folders; boxes 16-18
are 1973-75; 17 and 18 are print. See also
Oversize Material
Boxes).
"An Interview With
Myself"
(print),
1975
"In the Days of Mr.
Roosevelt,"
ca.
1983
(5 versions, 1
print)
"Introduction"
to
The Closing of the
American Mind, by Allan Bloom, ca.
1986
(3 folders, folder 3
print)
"Isaac
Rosenfeld,"
1956
"Italian Fiction:
Without Hope"
(print), undated
It All Adds
Up,
1993
(6 versions in 11
folders)
"The Jefferson
Lectures,"
1977
"John Berryman,
Friend,"
1973
(3 versions, 1
print)
"Joyce's Ulysses: A
Personal View,"
undated
The Last
Analysis, undated
(2
folders)
"Laughter in the
Ghetto,