Inventory of the Kate Millett Papers, 1912-2002 and undated, bulk 1951-2001
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleKate Millett Papers,
1912-2002 and
undated,
bulk 1951-2001
Creator
Millett, Kate
Extent
90 Linear Feet
44,900 Items
Repository
44,900 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted. Some materials are closed to research.
Also, series may contain materials to which the Legal Responsibilities and
Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign an Acknowledgment of Legal
Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form before using the collection.
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.
Also, some of the audiovisual materials in this collection are not
immediately accessible because they require formatting for use copies before
use.
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 this collection have not been transferred
to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Kate Millett Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Kate Millett Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 2000 and 2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Katherine Castles, Rodney Clare, Paula Jeannet
Mangiafico
Completed September 24, 2002
Accessions 2000-264, 2000-359, and 2002-201 were merged to form one
collection, described in this finding aid. Other materials received later are
unprocessed and closed to use.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
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Biographical Note
| 1934 Sept. 14 | Born in St. Paul, Minn. to Helen Feely and James A. Millett |
| 1952-1956 | B.A., University of Minnesota |
| 1956-1958 | B.A., first-class honors, St. Hilda's College, Oxford University |
| 1958 | Instructor in English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| 1961-1963 | Instructor in English Literature, Waseda University, Tokyo |
| 1963 | First sculpture show, Minami Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1964-1969 | Instructor in English Literature, Barnard College |
| 1965 | Married Fumio Yoshimura |
| 1965-1968 | Chair of Education Committee, National Organization for Women |
| 1970 |
Ph.D., Columbia University
Publication of
Sexual Politics
Professor, Bryn Mawr College
|
| 1971 | Publication of Three Lives |
| 1973 |
Publication of
Prostitution Papers
Distinguished Visiting Professor, California State
University at Sacramento
|
| 1974 | Publication of Flying |
| 1977 | Publication of Sita |
| 1978 | Founded women's art colony and farm in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 1979 | Publication of The Basement |
| 1982 | Publication of Going to Iran |
| 1985 | Divorced from Fumio Yoshimura |
| 1990 | Publication of The Loony-bin Trip |
| 1994 | Publication of The Politics of Cruelty |
| 1995 | Publication of A.D. |
| 1998- | Adjunct Professor, New York University |
| 2001 | Publication of Mother Millett |
Collection Overview
The papers of Kate Millett span the years
1912-2002, with the bulk of the
papers dating between 1951 and 2001. The collection is arranged into the
following series: Correspondence (CLOSED); Writings and Speeches; Subject
Files; Art Files ; Farm Papers; Course Materials ; Personal Files; Documentary
Film:
Three Lives (1970); Clippings; Audiovisual
Materials; Photographic Materials; Ephemera; and Printed Materials. The
collection provides rich documentation of Millett's activities as a feminist
activist, artist, and author of numerous works, including
Sexual Politics, whose publication
established her as one of the founding 20th century feminists. Other works for
which supporting materials exist are
The Loony-bin Trip,
Flying, and
The Basement.
The collection reflects the intensely personal nature of much of
Millett's work and the frequent fusion of her personal, political, and
professional interests. There are many files of personal and literary
correspondence, including significant exchanges with
Ti-Grace Atkinson,
Rita Mae Brown,
Phyllis Chesler,
Andrea Dworkin,
Cynthia McAdams,
Yoko Ono,
Alix Kates Shulman, and
Gloria Steinem, and many other activists, writers,
artists, friends, lovers, and family. Additional series include writings by
other authors; extensive topical files; materials documenting Millett's work as
an artist; files relating to her New York farm and artists' colony; course
materials from Millett's student and teaching careers; and scripts and other
papers relating to Millett's little-known
documentary film,
Three Lives. Other materials document her
relationship with her mother during the last years of her mother's life, also
the topic of her book,
Mother Millett. Subject files contain
materials relating to Millett's involvement with the
gay and lesbian communities, her research on
prisons and
torture, and her diagnosis with
bipolar disorder and subsequent involvement in
anti-psychiatry activism. Audiovisual materials
include
audio and
video recordings of Millett's lectures, speeches,
and many conversations with activists, friends, and family; many
photographs round out the visual components of the
collection. There are also extensive printed materials such as clippings,
posters,
newsletters, and
serial publications.
Seen in a broader context, Millett's papers also provide important
documentation of the history of the
feminist movement and
feminist theory in the United States, including the
history of the
National Organization for Women. Materials in the
collection also cover
feminism and the social conditions for women around
the globe, especially in
France,
Italy, and the Middle East -- most notably
Iran, where Millett traveled in the seventies.
The collection includes some correspondence, book drafts, and other
writings in electronic form. Documents in electronic formats are included in
the container list under the appropriate series. The electronic files are
located on the Special Collections server. Consult a reference archivist for
access to them.
The Correspondence Series is CLOSED to
research until the year 2020.
Drafts and other materials relating to Millett's published works are
housed in eponymous subseries in the Writings and Speeches
Series . Other subseries include Interviews, Speeches, Engagements, and
Writings by Others. The extensive correspondence in this series relating to
Millett's public appearances suggests the importance of this aspect of her
professional life, while the many folders of correspondence from fans document
the impact that Millett's writings had on many of her readers' lives.
The Subject Files Series is arranged into
the following subseries:
Prisons,
Psychiatric Survivors Movement,
Torture,
Travel,
Women's Archives Project,
Women's Rights Movement,and General Subject Files.
It primarily consists of materials collected and arranged by Millett that
document her political activities as a feminist,
mental health reformer, and social activist;
information that Millett gathered for her writings and other projects; and
personal papers related to travel, funding for her farm, and other issues.
There are detailed records dating from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s of
Millett's involvement in the
National Organization for Women and other feminist
groups, first in
New York and later in
California. Local and national self-advocacy
organizations for those diagnosed with
mental illness are also well-represented for the
period from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
Millett's career as a sculptor and artist is documented in the
Art Files Series , which houses correspondence,
art show announcements, financial records, and other
materials. There is substantial documentation of Millett's involvement in the
cooperative
Noho Gallery and her sales of posters and silk
screens through advertising in
feminist publications. There is a small amount of
material related to Millett's involvement in the
Fluxus art movement, which emerged in New York
during the 1960s and spread to Europe and then Japan (Yoko Ono was one of its
proponents).
The Farm Papers Series includes
correspondence and administrative records from Millett's farm in
Poughkeepsie, New York. The farm is run as a
women's cooperative and artists' colony, with writers and artists applying for
residency and working on the farm. The Correspondence Subseries provides a
portrait of Millett's relationships with former farm residents, and includes
application materials for prospective residents. The Administrative Files
Subseries include some materials on the farm's financial difficulties, as well
as a variety of records related to the day-to-day operation of the farm and its
Christmas tree operation.
Class notes, papers, and records from Millett's work as a student and
as a professor are found in the Course Materials Series
. The bulk of the series consists of reading notes, lecture notes, and
student papers by Millett and her students. Records of Millett's student work
are primarily from the
University of Minnesota and
Oxford University. Her most well-documented
teaching positions were at
Barnard College and the
California State University at Sacramento. In
addition to class records, the series contains some correspondence and
university-related records documenting Millett's life as a student and her
activities as a professor. The course materials from Millett's graduate work
and teaching positions in the 1960s and 1970s provide evidence of her
increasing feminist involvement and insight into the evolution of her work,
Sexual Politics.
The Personal Files Series is arranged into
a number of subseries. The most substantial of these is the Loft Papers, which
houses records related to Millett's artist's loft in the
Cooper Square area of
New York City. These records document her
involvement in neighborhood groups and artists' organizations working to
protect the area from development, and provide an excellent view of
New York City neighborhood activism on development
issues. There are smaller groups of records related to Millett's financial,
legal, and medical affairs, and some personal papers of Millett's mother
Helen Millett.
The Documentary Film:
Three Lives Series contains
records of a
documentary film produced by Millett and featuring
Millett's sister
Mallory Millett-Jones,
Lillian Shreve, and
Robin Mide. The film led to a lawsuit over the
distribution of profits among the various women involved. The series consists
of production materials, distribution and financial records, and some legal
correspondence. A viewing copy of the film is not currently available in this
collection.
The Clippings Series chiefly consists of
articles covering Millett's 1979 visit to and expulsion from
Iran, and provides insights into Iranian
feminism and the Iranian political situation during
that period. Sources include the American, French, and (to a lesser extent)
Persian-language media. A second focus of the series is media coverage of
Millett's activities and projects, especially during the 1970s. Other clippings
are related to Millett's wide-ranging personal and professional interests,
especially prison reform and the status of women around the world. The series
also includes a number of grassroots publications and newsletters.
The bulk of the Audiovisual Materials Series
consists of audio recordings of Millett's public appearances and of
private conversations and social events involving Millett. The years 1979 and
1980 are particularly well represented. Millett made recordings almost daily
during and after her 1979 visit to
Iran and during the late summer of 1980. There are
also audio recordings of Millett's mother and other family members, oral
interviews for Millett's research on
torture, and dictated drafts of
A.D. and
The Loony-bin Trip. Other materials in
this series include videotapes of interviews and television shows, and of
several New York City functions for which Millett was a reader or speaker. Some
materials in this series may not be immediately available, as use copies may
need to be made of original recordings.
The Photographic Materials Series consist
primarily of photographs taken by others and sent to Millett. The professional
photographers among Millett's acquaintance, including
Cynthia MacAdams and
Jill Krementz, took a number of portraits of
Millett. Photographs most likely taken by Millett include a large number of
slides dating from 1980, documenting the same time period as many of the
audiotapes in the Audiovisual Materials Series. There are a limited number of
photographs from Millett's childhood and early adulthood.
Finally, the Printed Materials Series
consists of magazines and journals, newspapers, and a small number of books
collected by Millett. Many periodicals contain articles by or about Millett.
The series includes scattered issues of various local and ephemeral periodicals
from the feminist movement, the
lesbian community, and the
psychiatric survivors movement. Printed materials
can also be found scattered throughout the collection, particularly in the
Subject Files and Clippings
Series. In order to provide better housing, an extensive group of
printed materials, chiefly books by feminists, has been separated from the Kate
Millett Papers and housed with the Rare Books, Manuscript and Special
Collections Library's rare materials. Please consult with the reference
librarians to see the title list.
The papers of Kate Millett arrived together with a collection of over
270 pieces of Millett's artwork. Most of the pieces consist of ink drawings,
calligraphy, and prints. There are also sculptures and other three-dimensional
works, some of which formed part of an installation representing events that
surrounded the murder of Sylvia Likens, also the subject of Millett's book,
The Basement. A full inventory of the
artwork is located in the Research Room of the library; please contact the
Research Services staff.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a
search on these subjects in the Duke University online catalog will bring up
other related research materials.
- Millett, Kate.
- Millett, Kate. Basement.
- Millett, Kate. Loony-bin trip.
- Millett, Kate. Flying.
- Millett, Kate. Sexual politics.
- Millett, Kate. Mother Millett.
- Atkinson, Ti-Grace.
- Brown, Rita Mae.
- Chesler, Phyllis.
- Dworkin, Andrea.
- MacAdams, Cynthia, 1939-
- Ono, Yoko.
- Shulman, Alix Kates.
- Steinem, Gloria.
- Feminists--United States.
- Feminists--United States--Correspondence.
- Feminism--United States.
- Feminism and art.
- Feminism--France.
- Feminism--Italy.
- Feminism--Middle East.
- Women artists--United States.
- Feminism and literature.
- Feminist theory--United States--20th century.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Antipsychiatry.
- Women--Mental health.
- Artist colonies--United States.
- Women artists.
- Gay rights--United States.
- Lesbians--United States.
- Iran--Social conditions.
- Prisons--United States.
- Torture.
- National Organization for Women.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
- Machine-readable records.
- Audio cassettes.
- Drawings.
- Calligraphy.
- Sculptures.
- Clippings.
- Videocassettes.
- Posters.
- Black-and-white photographs.
- Color photographs.
For related materials, see the Phyllis Chesler Papers, Merle Hoffman
Papers, and Robin Morgan Papers, all in the Duke University Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series (CLOSED), 1958-1999 and undated
[CLOSED to use until 2020.]
Writings and Speeches Series, 1928-2001 and undated, bulk 1968-1998
(42 boxes)
Contains drafts, notes, correspondence, and other materials
related to Millett's books, speeches, interviews, and minor writings.
Manuscripts of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry by other authors can be found
in the Writings by Others Subseries at the end of the series, arranged by
author name.
Materials on
Sexual Politics,
Flying,
Sita,
The Basement,
The Loony-bin Trip,
The Politics of Cruelty, and
Mother Millett are located in
individual subseries. Less extensive material on Millett's other published
books can be found at the beginning of the Other Writings Subseries. For each
published book, undated drafts and notes are placed first, followed by book
reviews, fan mail, contracts, and material collected by Millett as background
for the book. Book drafts are sometimes labeled by letter, as in "draft A" or
"draft B." This does not imply that one was written before the other, but only
gives an order to their presentation.
The Other Writings Subseries also includes material on Millett's
articles and unpublished manuscripts. The Interviews Subseries contains
correspondence, clippings, and a small number of transcripts of interviews with
Millett. The Speeches Subseries includes Millett's speech notes and drafts,
along with related records, while the Engagements Subseries primarily consists
of correspondence about speaking engagements and material from conferences in
which Millett participated. These subseries are in chronological order.
The series includes some documents in
electronic format. In general, electronic
documents are grouped with folders containing related paper documents. If there
is no corresponding folder, the documents are marked "electronic format only."
Electronic versions of book drafts are in chronological order together with
other dated material. For each electronic document, the container list provides
the file name, the date the file was last modified, and the number assigned to
the original computer disk on which the file was received. Consult a reference
archivist for access to electronic documents.
Millett's own folder labels have been retained when possible.
Additional correspondence from readers, correspondence with publishers and
Millett's agent, and correspondence regarding articles and speeches by Millett
can be found in the Correspondence Series. Research material for
Going to Iran and additional book
reviews, especially for
Sexual Politics, are located in the
Clippings Series. The Printed Material Series includes additional reviews,
interviews, and articles by Millett. Audio recordings for drafts of
The Loony-bin Trip and
A.D. are located in the Audiovisual
Material Series. The Audiovisual Series also includes recordings of Millett's
speeches, readings, and interviews.
Sexual Politics (1970) Subseries, 1968-1996 and undated
(5 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript, Prof. Marcus' copy, undated
(3 folders)
Introductory chapter notes, undated
Reading notes, undated
Typescript rough draft, undated
(6 folders)
Box SP2
Typescript early draft of Ch. 1, "Exempla,"
undated
Typescript, Chapter 1, undated
Typescript copy and final draft, Ch. 1,
undated
Draft A - early typescript of Ch. 2, "Theoria,"
undated
Draft B - early typescript of Ch. 2, "Theoria,"
undated
Typescript, Chapter 2 - old and new versions,
undated
Draft C - typescript, Chapter 2, undated
Draft D - typescript, Chapter 2,
undated
Draft E - typescript, Chapter 2, "Theoria,"
undated
Typescript early draft of Ch. 3 and notes,
undated
Draft A - typescript, Chapter 3, undated
Draft B - typescript, Ch. 3, "Literary,"
undated
Notes on contemporary social sciences - Chapter 4,
undated
Typescript fragmented draft of Ch. 4 (retypes),
undated
Notes on critique of Freud - Chapter 4,
undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 4, "The Influence of
Functionalism," undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 4, "The Counterrevolution,"
undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 4, "Nazi Germany and Soviet
Union," undated
Box SP3
Typescript draft of Ch. 4, "Freud edits,"
undated
Typescript, Chapter 4, undated
Typescript early draft of Ch. 5, "D. H. Lawrence,"
undated
Ch. 5 notes and "out" edits, undated
Draft A - typescript, Ch. 5, "D. H. Lawrence" (few
pages missing), undated
Draft B - typescript, Ch. 5, "D. H. Lawrence,"
undated
Draft C - typescript, Ch. 5, "D. H. Lawrence,"
undated
Thesis manuscript, Ch. 6, notes on Henry Miller,
undated
Typescript, Chapter 6 - draft for typist,
undated
Typescript early draft of Ch. 6, "Henry Miller,"
undated
Draft A - typescript, Ch. 6, "Henry Miller,"
undated
Draft B - typescript, Ch. 6, "Henry Miller,"
undated
Typescript, "Henry Miller," Ch. 6 - final draft,
undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 7, "Norman Mailer,"
undated
Thesis manuscript notes on Ch. 8, "Jean Genet,"
undated
Typescript partial draft of Ch. 8, "Jean Genet,"
undated
Typescript, Ch. 8, "Jean Genet," first and second
drafts, undated
Draft A - typescript, Ch. 8, "Jean Genet,"
undated
Draft B - typescript, Ch. 8, "Jean Genet,"
undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 1-3 , undated
(1 of 3 folders)
Box SP4
Typescript draft of Ch. 1-3 , undated
(2-3 of 3 folders)
Typescript final revision, undated
(4 folders)
Material by Date:
1968, Correspondence
with potential dissertation committee
1968 Nov. 13, Speech
given at Cornell
Circa 1968,
"Sexual Politics"
pamphlet
1968 and 1971,
Correspondence
1969, "Plan of the
Book" typescript to Prof. Marcus
1969, Copy of Doubleday
contract
1969,
New American Review essay,
typescript and published copy
1969,
"Women: A Bibliography"
pamphlet
1970, Correspondence
with Doubleday
1970 Aug. 31,
Time magazine feature on Millett and
Sexual Politics
1970 Sept., "The
Debate over Women: Ruskin versus Mill," article, adapted from
Sexual Politics
1970 and undated,
Speech at Boston University and articles about
Sexual Politics
1970 and undated, Book
reviews
1970 and 1989,
Copyright papers
1979-1988,
Correspondence
1981-1983, German book
reviews of
Sexual Politics and other
Millett works
1988-1989, Negotiations
for 1990 reprint
1990, Typescript and
manuscript drafts, preface to paperback edition
Preface, file name Sexprefa,
1990 Jan. 6
(Disk017)
1996 Oct. 6,
New York Times Book Review,
reprint of 1970 review
Undated, Thesis prospectus and chapter
outlines
Undated, "Plan of the Book" typescript and
notes
Box SP5
Undated, A Manifesto for Revolution, typescripts and
final copy
Undated,
"Sexual Politics and the Cultural
Oppression of Women,"
typescript
Undated, Preface to the Japanese edition,
typescript
Undated, Doubleday top 10 books of the 20th
century
Undated, Notes
Undated, Chapter galley
Undated, Galley Proofs
(3 folders)
[Removed to Oversize Materials.]
Undated, Reader's copy (page proofs)
[Removed to Oversize Materials.]
Undated, Galley of preface to the Japanese
edition
Flying (1974) Subseries, 1973-1993 and undated
(6 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript, very early fragmented draft,
undated
Typescript, Preface - first and second drafts,
undated
Typescript, Preface - revised master proof,
undated
Manuscript, rough draft of Preface, German edition,
undated
Booknotes - "Coming home from U.K. (second time),"
undated
Manuscript, fragmented Ch. 2 and notes,
undated
Typescript copy of Chapter 2 (has no wallpaper day),
undated
Typescript revised draft of Part 2,
undated
(2 folders)
Booknotes - Ch. 1 (2 folders), undated
Booknotes - Ch. 2 and Ch. 3, undated
Booknotes - manuscript first draft, Ch. 3,
"conversations with Sydney," undated
Booknotes - Ch. 4, undated
Booknotes - "Something remembered from childhood"
and "Paoli local to Bryn Mawr," undated
Booknotes - miscellaneous, undated
Booknotes - England , undated
(3 folders)
Box FL2
Booknotes - post England, undated
Booknotes - Provincetown, undated
(3 folders)
Booknotes, undated
(5 folders)
Typescript fragmented draft, undated
Typescript, Chapter One, first draft (partial),
undated
Typescript, Ch. 1 (partial), undated
Typescript, Chapter 1, undated
Box FL3
Typescript corrected draft, Ch. 1,
undated
Typescript corrected draft, Ch. 2,
undated
(2 folders)
Typescript, Part One/Chapter Three,
undated
Typescript corrected draft, Ch. 3,
undated
Typescript, Chapter 4, Parts 1-4,
undated
Typescript, Chapter 4, undated
Typescript, Chapter 4, undated
Typescript, Part Two/Ch. 1-2, undated
Typescript, England, undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, England, undated
(1 of 2 folders)
Box FL4
Typescript, England, undated
(2 of 2 folders)
Typescript, Provincetown, undated
Draft A - typescript, Conclusion,
undated
Draft B - typescript, Conclusion,
undated
Bound typescript, revised draft, undated
(4 folders)
Box FL5
Typescript late draft, undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, various edits, undated
Typescript, "Manuscript on Diane,"
undated
Typescript, various inserts, undated
Material by Date:
1973 and undated,
Suggested changes
1974 and undated,
Correspondence on libel
Box FL6
1971 and undated,
Miscellaneous notes and letters
1972-1974 and undated,
Editorial comments and correspondence
1973-1975 and undated,
Correspondence
1974, Critique in
Ms. Magazine
Circa 1974, "Poems of
a Blind Woman" [reader's manuscript]
1974-1975 and undated,
Book reviews, U.S.
1974-1975, 1977 and
undated, Fan pros and cons
(2 folders)
1975, Book reviews,
England
1975-1978 and undated,
Book reviews, French
1975-1976, Fan letters,
foreign
Circa 1977,
Patricia Meyer Spacks,
"Women's Stories, Women's
Selves,"
Hudson Review
1993, Copyright
information
Undated, Book party list (West coast)
Undated, Book party list (East coast)
Undated, Speech, the story of
Flying
Undated, Cover jacket for revised
edition
Undated, Italian translation proofs
(3 folders)
Undated, Galleys
[Removed to Oversize Materials.]
Sita (1977) Subseries, 1976-1992 and undated
(3 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Manuscript partial draft,
undated
Partial manuscript and fragments,
undated
(2 folders)
Notes and miscellaneous, undated
(2 folders)
Partial manuscript and miscellaneous notes,
undated
(2 folders)
Notebooks, undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, original Mss., undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, Draft A , photocopy, undated
(3 folders)
Box SITA2
Typescript, Draft B, Mss., undated
(3 folders)
Setting manuscript, galley, and proofs,
undated
(2 folders)
Galley corrections, undated
(2 folders)
Master set proofs (first pass), undated
Master set proofs (second pass), undated
Material by Date:
1976, Farrar, Straus
contract
1976-1978, Reviews
1976-1991 and undated,
Correspondence
1990 Nov. 13, Letter
of agreement with Inland Book Company, file name Sita-let (Disk017)
1977, Book tour
itinerary
Box SITA3
1977 and undated,
Publicity
1977-1979 and undated,
Fan poems
1977-1991 and undated,
Sales - notes and miscellaneous,
1979-1981 and undated,
Direct orders and sales
1981-1985 and undated,
Sita and
The Basement direct
sales
1988-1991 and undated,
Publicity, distribution, and sales
1989, Copyright
1989-1990 and undated,
Direct orders and sales
Advertisement for first editions, file names
Adsita and Adsita.bk!,
1990 Feb. 5
(Disk018)
1989-1991 and undated,
Touchstone paperback edition
1991, Electronic format
only: Preface
file name Sitapref,
1991 July 18
(Disk017)
1991-1992 and undated,
Orders and sales
1992 Jan. 1, Sales
letter
undated, Jacket covers
The Basement (1979) Subseries, 1965-1998 and undated
(6 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Galleys, undated
Manuscript draft, very first version,
undated
Manuscript draft, Part One (photocopy),
undated
Manuscript draft, Part Two (photocopy),
undated
Draft A - manuscript, "The End," undated
Draft B - manuscript, "The End" (photocopy),
undated
Draft A - typescript, undated
(3 folders)
Box BMT2
Draft B - typescript, undated
(3 folders)
Draft C - typescript, undated
(2 folders)
Typescript, master Mss., undated
(3 folders)
Manuscript draft, "Jenny Volume" (photocopy),
undated
Manuscript draft, "The Gertrude Volume" (photocopy),
undated
Typescript, fragmented Mss., undated
Notes, undated
Typescript, fragmented Mss., undated
Notes, undated
Booknotes, undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, "The phenobarb footnote,"
undated
"Jenny et al" notes undated
Correspondence on libel,
1978 Aug. 21
Box BMT3
Notes on page proofs, undated
Material by Date:
1976, Clipping on
Gertrude Baniszewski
1976 and undated,
Indianapolis research
1977-1996 and undated,
Correspondence
1979, Book tour
1979, French contract
1979 Aug. 25,
Correspondence from
Gerhart Schwarz
1979-1980, North
American reviews
1979-1980, European
reviews
1980-1981, German
reviews
1981, Direct book
orders
1981 May 7,
Remaindering letter
1984, Play production
at Eastern Michigan University
1990, Electronic format
only: New preface
file names Basement and Basement.bk!,
1990 Dec. 31
(Disk018)
1991, Paperback details
1997-1998,
Correspondence about Baniszewski family
Undated, Galleys
[Removed to Oversize Materials.]
Sylvia Likens Murder - Court Records and Clippings:
Sylvia Likens clippings, confessions,
and photos,
1965-1966
Sylvia Likens clippings,
1965
Sylvia Likens clippings,
1966
(2 folders)
Sylvia Likens clippings,
1967-1972
Gertrude Wright trial case index,
undated
Barbara Sanders testimony,
undated
Mildred Lynch testimony,
undated
Box BMT4
Gertrude Wright testimony,
undated
(2 folders)
Police testimony, undated
End of
Gertrude Wright trial/Beginning of
Paula Baniszewski and others case,
undated
Gertrude Wright's doctors' testimony,
undated
Gertrude Wright's rebuttal,
undated
Medical testimony, undated
(2 folders)
Gertrude Wright's written tendered
instructions, undated
Grounds of appeal, undated
Appeal for rehearing - denied, undated
Box BMT5
Various court proceedings, undated
Miscellaneous court transcripts, undated
(4 folders)
Marie Baniszewski testimony,
undated
(2 folders)
Stephanie Baniszewski testimony,
undated
Don Campbell and
William Kaiser testimony,
undated
Judy Duke testimony - parts one and two,
undated
Paul Harmon and
William Kaiser testimony, undated
William Kaiser testimony,
undated
Box BMT6
Richard Hobbs testimony,
undated
Randy Leper testimony, undated
Jenny Likens testimony, undated
Jenny Likens cross-examinations, undated
Lester and Betty Likens testimony,
undated
Harriet Sanders testimony, undated
Roberta Bauer testimony, undated
Probation report on
Gertrude Wright, undated
The Loony-bin Trip (1990) Subseries, 1973-1994 and undated
(7 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript first draft-part I- sections 1 and 2 plus
tidbit notes, undated
Typescript first draft - Part III,
undated
(2 folders)
Typescript, forewords, undated
Typescript, first photocopy, undated
Typescript, Group A , undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, Group B, undated
(1 of 5 folders)
Box LBT2
Typescript, Group B, undated
(4-5 of 5 folders)
Typescript, Group C, undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, Margaret's uncorrected Mss.,
undated
(1-2 of 4 folders)
Box LBT3
Typescript, Margaret's uncorrected Mss.,
undated
(3-4 of 4 folders)
Typescript photocopy of rough draft,
undated
(6 folders)
Typescript, last rough draft - Part II: Ireland,
undated
(2 folders)
Box LBT4
Typescript, second to last draft,
undated
(3 folders)
Typescript, last draft, undated
(5 folders)
Typescript, conclusion and acknowledgments,
undated
(2 folders)
Box LBT5
Bound typescript, original unexpurgated, Sophie's
copy, undated
Typescript, uncorrected Foreword and notes,
undated
Notes and queries, undated
Bound typescript, Part One, undated
Bound typescript, Part Two, undated
Notes and publisher's legal correspondence,
1989 and undated
Material by Date:
1973, Attorney's
records for Millett's commitment hearing
1985-1991,
Correspondence, reviews, and book covers
1986 and undated,
Speech - typescript and clipping
1988-1990 and undated,
Publicity (within anti-psychiatry movement and professional)
1988-1994 and undated,
Fan letters
(2 folders)
1989, Speech,
Alternative Conference, S.C. - notes and partial typescript
1989-1990, Book tour
(3 folders)
1989-1990 and undated,
Travels and promotion
1989-1991,
Correspondence, Virago edition and trip to Europe
1989-1992 and undated,
Book publicity and anti-psychiatry clippings
1990 June 22, Letter
from
Lisa Schreve and
Mallory Millett Danaher
1990,
Kim Bancroft correspondence
1990-1991, German
contract
1990-1994 and undated,
Readers' correspondence
(2 folders)
1990 and undated,
Speeches - typescripts and clippings
1990-1991, Book reviews
(1-2 of 6 folders)
Box LBT7
1990-1991, Book reviews
(3-6 of 6 folders)
1990-1994 and undated,
Fan submissions
(3 folders)
1991 Sept. 28, Speech
by
Carmen Pratt
1991, Electronic format
only: Letter regarding the German translation
file name Lbt-ger,
1991 Apr. 30
(Disk019)
1991, Electronic format
only: "The illusion of mental illness," Montreal speech
file name Lbtmont,
1991 May 1 (Disk019)
1991, Speech at Wooster
Wooster address on
The Loony-bin Trip, file
name Lbt-woos,
1991 Apr. 18
(Disk019)
1991, Hunter College
speech
Address to social workers on
The Loony-bin Trip, file
name Lbt-hunt,
1991 May 1 (Disk019)
1991 and undated,
Speeches
1991, Remaindering
letter
Circa 1992, Article,
Queen's Law Journal
1992-1993, Option and
adaptation
1993, Correspondence
with Irish prisoner
1993, Turkish contract
1993-1994, German
reviews
Undated, Bamff speech
Speech on
The Loony-bin Trip, file
name Lbt-bamf,
1991 May 9 (Disk019)
Undated, Michigan State speech
Undated,
National Association for Rights Protection and
Advocacy (NARPA) speech - notes
Undated,
Ms./
Sojourner
typescript
Essay for
Sojourner, file name Lbt-ms,
1991 Jan. 1
(Disk019)
Undated, Syracuse speech
Speech on
The Loony-bin Trip, file
name Lbt-syr,
1990 Nov. 4
(Disk019)
Undated, Speech at Bard
Speech on
The Loony-bin Trip at Bard,
file name Lbt-bard,
1990 Mar. 18
(Disk019)
Undated,
NARPA Conference speech - typescript and
Jenny Miller article
NARPA speech on
The Loony-bin Trip, file
name Lbtnarpa,
1990 Nov. 29
(Disk019)
Undated, Addresses and phone numbers
Undated,
Peter Lehmann correspondence
Undated, Notes
Undated, Notes on book by others
The Politics of Cruelty (1994) Subseries, 1985-circa 1997 and undated
(2 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript draft of title, contents, and
introduction, undated
Notes ("opening notes"), undated
Notes ("prefatory notes"), undated
Notes on outline, master plan, and outtakes,
undated
Typescript draft of preface and Ch. 1,
undated
Typescript draft of introduction and opening of Ch.
7, undated
Typescript early draft of Ch. 1, undated
Typescript fragmented drafts of Ch. 2,
undated
Draft A - typescript, Ch. 2, undated
Draft B - typescript, Ch. 2, undated
Typescript drafts of Ch. 3, undated
Typescript final draft of Ch. 3, undated
Draft A - typescript, Ch. 4, undated
Draft B - typescript, Ch. 4, undated
Draft C - typescript, Ch. 4, undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 5, undated
Typescript early draft of Ch. 6, undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 6, undated
Typescript drafts of Ch. 7, undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 8, undated
Typescript final draft of Ch. 8, undated
Typescript partial early 1989 draft of Ch. 9,
1989
Typescript draft of Ch. 9, undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 10, undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 11, undated
Typescript draft of Ch. 12, undated
Typescript, index, undated
Notes and acknowledgments, undated
Typescript ("ruminations"), undated
Typescript ("checklist"), undated
Typescript fragments of drafts of various chapters,
undated
Notes ("Chivalry"), undated
Notes ("something of a plan and an opening"),
undated
Early notes on torture, undated
First notes on torture, Paris,
circa 1982
(1 of 2 folders)
Box PC2
First notes on torture, Paris,
circa 1982
(2 of 2 folders)
Bound typescript, complete finished text,
undated
Material by Date:
1985 and 1992-1993,
German contracts
Circa 1987, Notes
1987-1990 and undated,
Articles on torture
1990-1991, Electronic
format only: Drafts
Draft section, file name Agut,
1990 Feb. 7
(Disk018)
Draft chapter, file name Chapter,
1990 Feb. 28
(Disk018)
Draft chapter, file name Chapter2,
1990 Feb. 28
(Disk018)
Chapter 2 draft, file name Gut-2,
1990 Oct. 6
(Disk019)
Chapter 3 draft, file name Gut-ch3b,
1990 Nov. 2
(Disk019)
Chapter 4 draft, file name Gut-ch4,
1990 Nov. 18
(Disk019)
"Notes on the nature of the shameful and secret
and what ‘shock' really represents," file name Gut-ch6,
1991 Feb. 19
(Disk019)
Draft chapter, file name Gut-ch8,
1991 Feb. 23
(Disk019)
Draft chapter, file name Gut-ch7,
1991 Mar. 30
(Disk019)
Preface, file name Gut-ch1b,
1991 May 2 (Disk019)
Chapter 2 draft, file name Gut-ch2b,
1991 May 6 (Disk019)
Chapter 3 draft, file name Gut-ch3,
1991 May 6 (Disk019)
Chapter 4 draft, file name Gut-ch4b,
1991 May 6 (Disk019)
Draft chapter, file name Gut-ch9,
1991 May 6 (Disk019)
Chapter 2 draft, file name Gut-ch2,
1991 May 7 (Disk019)
Table of contents, file name Gut-cont,
1991 May 7 (Disk019)
Title page, "Captivity and Torture," file name
Gut-titl,
1991 May 7 (Disk019)
Preface, file name Gut-ch1,
1991 June 24
(Disk019)
1990 and 1992,
Radha Bharadwaj,
Closet Land, script and
correspondence
1991-1992,
Hamburger Institut
correspondence
1991-1995 and undated,
Correspondence
(2 folders)
1992-1993, Contracts
1993, Permissions list
1993, German
correspondence
1993-1994 and undated,
Bookstore flyers
1993-1994, German book
reviews
1993-1995 and undated,
North American book reviews
1994, English book
reviews
1994, Book tour
(2 folders)
Circa 1997, Reader's
photo collage
Undated,
Journal of Women and Therapy
pamphlet
Mother Millett (2001) Subseries, 1991-1998 and undated
(2 boxes)
Undated Drafts:
Original typescript, undated
(4 folders)
Typescript, undated
(2 folders)
Typescript, Parts I and II, undated
Typescript, Part IV, undated
Typescript, last section, undated
Box MM2
Typescript, third or fourth draft,
undated
(6 folders)
Typescript partial fourth draft, undated
Bound typescript, undated
Amy's Copy with Corrections, undated
(3 folders)
Box MM3
Copy 3, undated
(3 folders)
Draft fragments, undated
Journal on
Helen Millett's illness,
undated
(3 folders)
Notes ("Dinner with Skippy"), undated
Material by Date:
1991, Electronic format
only: Drafts
Draft section, file name Mother2,
1991 Mar. 27
(Disk017)
Draft section, file name Mother-3,
1991 May 10
(Disk017)
Part III draft, file name Mother-4,
1991 May 10
(Disk017)
1991-1992 and undated,
Notes and correspondence on
Helen Millett's illness
1998 Summer, Original
final version
(3 folders)
Other Writings Subseries, 1928-1992 and undated, bulk 1973-1992
(4 boxes)
Published Books Subseries, 1928-1992 and undated, bulk 1973-1992
The Prostitution Papers (1973)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript segments of draft,
undated
Typescript and manuscript drafts,
undated
Typescript and manuscript drafts, introduction
for Avon paperback edition, undated
Manuscript fragments of draft,
undated
Galley, undated
Material by Date:
1972, Editor's
revisions
1973 and undated,
Fan letters
1973, Netherlands
contract
1973, Royalties and
finances
1973-1981 and
undated, Correspondence, clippings, and reviews
1974, Permissions
An Elegy for Sita (1979)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript and manuscript (photocopy),
undated
Typescript, undated
Typescript, poems and prose, undated
Typescript,
"Prose Elegy for Sita,"
fair copy, undated
Drafts, notes, and correspondence,
1978-1983 and
undated
Going to Iran (1982)
Material by Date:
1979 Mar. , News
releases
1979-1982 and
undated, Reviews and correspondence
1979-1983 and
undated, Correspondence and blurbs
1980 and 1982,
Contracts
1980, Press release
on execution of prostitutes in
Iran
1982, German
contract
1982 and undated,
Correspondence, notes and publicity
1983, Des Femmes
royalties
Undated, Photos of
Iran (photocopies)
A.D. (1995)
Undated Drafts:
Typescript, lawyer's copy, undated
(2 folders)
Typescript second draft, photocopy,
undated
(2 folders)
Typescript first draft, Parts I and II,
undated
Typescript, undated
(2 folders)
Draft A - typescript, undated
(1 of 2 folders)
Draft A - typescript, undated
(2 of 2 folders)
Draft B - typescript, undated
(1-5 of 7 folders)
Box W3
Draft B - typescript, undated
(6-7 of 7 folders)
Notes and Ikon article proofs,
undated
Notes, undated
Notes plus odds and ends, undated
Material by Date:
1928-1985 and
undated, Historical research, photocopied clippings and photos
1984 and undated,
Estate settlement correspondence
1984 and undated,
Estate settlement papers
(3 folders)
1990, Electronic
format only: Letter to Aunt Harriet, file names Ad.aha and Adaha,
1990 Sept. 22
(Disk018)
1992, Contract
1992 and undated,
Correspondence with
Robin Morgan,
Ms. Magazine
1992, Electronic
format only: Drafts
Draft section, file name Kate1,
1992 Apr. 10
(Disk003)
Part II, file name Kate2,
1992 Apr. 10
(Disk003)
Part IV fragment, file name Kate 4.50,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk001)
Part V fragment, file name Kate 5.50,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk001)
Part VI fragment, file name Kate 6.50,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk001)
Part III, file name Kate3,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk003)
Part III, file name Kate 3.50,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk002)
Part IV, file name Kate4,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk003)
Part 5, file name Kate5,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk003)
Part VI, file name Kate6,
1992 Apr. 14
(Disk003)
Draft section, file name Kate 1.50,
1992 Apr. 17
(Disk002)
Part II, file name Kate 2.50,
1992 Apr. 18
(Disk002)
Articles and Manuscripts Subseries, 1962-1990s and undated
1962, "The Second
Story" manuscript
Circa 1962, "Henry
Miller" article,
Waseda University Journal,
drafts and final
1968-1969 and undated,
"Token Learning"
notes and
comments
1968-1969 and undated,
"Token Learning"
research
and manuscript
(5 folders)
1970, "Have You Heard
About the Rules?"
Barnard Bulletin
1970-1971 and undated,
"New Book - Tags and Clues" [correspondence, notes, and book tour itineraries]
1973-1998, Publishers'
correspondence
Box W4
1974-1986 and undated,
Publishers' correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements
1976-1998 and undated,
Requests for editorials and writings
1978-1980,
Maryse Holder,
"Give Sorrow Words"
-
correspondence and typescript of Millett's preface
1979 and undated,
Notes, "Progress, Mad Schemes, New Work"
1980 and undated,
Going to Iran reading
(correspondence and event planning)
1986, Review of two
books on
Iran
1987 and undated,
Loony-bin Trip and
A.D. manuscript circulation
1989,
"Daughters of Simone de
Beauvoir,"
typescript book chapter
1990, Electronic format
only: News for
Feminist Bookstore News
file name Fembknew,
1990 Feb. 9
(Disk019)
1990 and undated,
Statement against the Gulf War
Statement by Millett and Brenda Fiegan opposing
the Gulf War, file name War-no,
1990 Feb. 25
(Disk017); file name War,
1991 Jan. 14
(Disk017)
Statement by Phyllis Chesler, Gloria Steinem,
Robin Morgan and Millett opposing the Gulf War, file name Warno2,
1991 Feb. 25
(Disk017)
1991, Electronic format
only: Millett's comment on Paul and Janet Gotkins' book
file name Gotkin,
1991 Mar. 30
(Disk019)
1991, Electronic format
only: "Literary Biography," on Millett's difficulties in finding publishers
file name Lit-biog,
1991 Apr. 3
(Disk019)
1994, Request for
introduction to
Influencing Minds
1995,
"Adventures of a Feminist"
article
1990s, Book covers,
Sexual Politics and
Flying
Undated, "As I Lay Dying" notes
Undated, "Avant Garde Program," typescript draft,
Barnard College
Undated, Book review,
Ronald Sampson,
Psychology of Power
Undated, "Dad" typescript
Undated, Dissertation notes and guide
Undated, Drafts about sexism in college
education
Undated, "Eleven Dollars" typescript
Undated,
Cynthia MacAdams,
Rising Goddess - Millett's
typescript introduction
Undated, "Montreal" manuscript
Undated, "Sherman" manuscript
Undated, "South Again" typescript
Undated,
"Women's Liberation and the
Women's Colleges"
manuscript
Undated,
"Women's Liberation and the
Women's Colleges"
typescript drafts
Undated, Typescript partial draft for unnamed new
book
Interviews Subseries, 1973-1998 and undated
1 box
1973,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
interview
1975-1986 and undated,
Interviews and correspondence
1975-1991 and undated,
Clippings and correspondence
1976 Mar. 16,
Vanidades Continental
1977-1987,
Sojourner interviews
1980 May 16,
Des Femmes en Mouvements
1980,
Sappho
1984,
La Vie en Rose
1985 and 1991, Quebec and
La Vie en Rose
1988-1992, Clipping and
correspondence
1989, Interview
1991,
Tatyana Mamonova video,
correspondence
1996,
Paul Cain
1997-1998,
Ed Rubin, Art reviews and interview
Speeches Subseries, 1964-1999 and undated
(2 boxes)
1964, Education of Kate
Millett, Barnard
1968,
"Sex, Politics, and the New
Feminism,"
Cornell University
1971, Liberation,
typescript and notes
1971, Wellesley/Rutgers
commencement
1972, California Women's
Political Caucus, typescript and manuscript
1973, On behalf of
Michael X Malik
1973, On Sculpture,
Oberlin College
1974, Gay life and
culture
1974-1975, Fall and
Winter, Speeches and correspondence
1976 Oct., On being a
woman artist, Wisconsin Women in the Arts - notes
1976 Nov., Future Female
Sexuality, Houston
1976, Feminist criticism,
Modern Language Association conference - notes
1976, Iranian political
prisoners
1977, Art and politics,
UCLA - outline notes
1977, Sexual politics for
women and gays, Hartford
Circa 1977, Women's
movement in crisis, Toronto - notes and conference materials
Box W5
1978, Forum on the future
1979 Oct. 14, March on
Washington - notes
1980, Against the Draft,
Barnard College
1980, Future of feminism,
Harvard, International Women's Day
1980, Images of lesbians
in literature
1980, Lesbianism and
feminism, Liege, Belgium - notes
1980, Women's movement,
Luxemburg, Brussells
1981 Apr. 15, Politics of
rape, Harvard
1981, West Coast Music
Festival
1981, Women in the 1980s,
Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
1982 Mar. 7, Sit'n in
USA, Paris, Sorbonne - notes
1982 Mar.