Chiefly literary manuscripts and correspondence; also includes scrapbooks, clippings and photographs. Correspondents include:
Simone de Beauvoir, Kay Boyle, Van Allen Bradley, Donadio and Associates, James T. Farrell, Martha Gellhorn, Maxwell David Geismar, Madeleine Gobeil-Trudeau, Ernest Hemingway, Ingersoll and Brennan, Herman Kogan, Ken McCormick, Carl Sandburg, William Saroyan, William Targ, Carl Weissner and Joel Wells.
Book manuscripts (chronological); short stories, essays, articles (chronological); poetry; reviews; correspondence; personal
memorabilia. (All published work keyed to Nelson Algren: A Descriptive Bibliography by Matthew J. Bruccoli, 1985. Bruccoli
numbers are listed following book manuscript titles.)
"The Nelson Algren Collection at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of the Ohio State University."
The Ohio State University Libraries purchased from Nelson Algren his personal papers and manuscripts in two lots, 1961 and
1965. These initial Algren archives were enriched, in 1982, by the acquisition of manuscripts, memorabilia, letters and library
owned by Nelson Algren at the time of his death in May 1981.
The Nelson Algren Papers were processed by Laura Pringle De La Vars in 1982-1984.
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Somebody in Boots. (Bruccoli A1)
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AMs (pencil).
Title: [see Contents]
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Date: Ca. 1930-1934
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Collation: 17 pp. on 11 unnumbered leaves; 26.8 x 20.3; white University bond.
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Contents: Very early draft of one portion. Three possible titles at head of 1st p.: CHRIST/IS THE HEAD OF THIS/HOUSE ; THE UNSEEN
HOST/AT EVERY MEAL ; THE SILENT LISTENER TO EVERY CONVERSATION. In upper right margin of leaf 11: 3.
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Versos: None.
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Keywords: There was a windowless cavern...held on till his hands [?]
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Ts (carbon and ribbon).
Title: Sweat
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Date: Ca. 1931
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Collation: 5 pp. on 5 leaves numbered 1-5; white Hammermill bond; on verso of letterhead of the American Radio and Television Agency.
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Contents: Draft, extensively revised. Used in Somebody In Boots, pp. 268-73. p. 1-4, blue carbon; p. 5, black ribbon. At bottom of p. 5 in NA hand: -about 1930 [?]/Algren [also:] 30
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Versos: p. 5 in NA hand: 119 So. Wells/3rd. Floor/Needle Trades Workers/ International Union
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Keywords: straining Frantically, Costigan woke in...he straightened up he coughed.
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[no title supplied]
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Date:Pre 1935
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Collation:14 pp. on 14 leaves numbered [1] 2-14; yellow typing paper (badly browned). Brittle, badly chipped.
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Contents:Draft, moderately revised. Subsequently revised and used as Chapter 11 of Somebody of Boots. At head of p.1 title has been crossed out in pencil. Written in: Cass McKay; at foot of p. 14: HOIST IN CHICAGO /35/Algren/From
SOMEBODY IN BOOTS, a novel. Lower 80% of p. 2 pasted over original leaf.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Out of a two-bit flop ... hands took him from behind.
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Ts. (ribbon).
Title:As Straws in a Storm/(For the Embattled Transients of America)
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Date:Ca. 1934-1935.
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Collation:4pp. on 4 leaves numbered [1]-4; off white lightweight bond, partial watermark only.
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Contents:Draft of unused fragment, extensively revised and extended in holograph.
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Versos:1. Practice typing (?) 2. 2 lines unidentified ts. 3. 1 line unidentified ts. 4. From/"Somebody in Boots"/Algren; Also
a note asking someone to compare piece with the original.
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Keywords:Listen to us, you ones...Piedad! oh Santo Dios! Piedad
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Author's galley proof.
Title:Some body in Boots
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Date:11 Feb 1935
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Collation:1 unnumbered leaf, torn and missing bottom; 20.5 x 15.5, 15.5 x 15.5; white (badly browned).
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Contents:Beginning of Somebody in Boots. Stamped at top: [AUT]HOR'S PROOF/FEB 11 1935/HARRIS WOLFF ESTATE [and] initialed: "M/L"
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Keywords:Listen to us, you ones...[ ] beome strong [ ] songs.) Your [ ] (These [...]
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AMs
Title:the Rules of Court
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Date:Ca. 1931-1932
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Collation:2 pp. on 1 unnumbered leaf; 20 x 12.7; white ruled (watermark undeciphered).
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Contents:Rules for the Alpine, Texas county jail, made up by inmates. Note at end of p. 2 in NA hand: He is espeshully [sic] great/
[???]/with [??]; accompanied by TNs: This set of rules for jailhouse conduct/ I took with me when I was released/from the
County Jail of Alpine, County./Cordially/[signed] Algren
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Keywords:Man Found Guilty of Breaking...must, report to court.
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ALs
Title:[None]
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Date:16 Aug 1932
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Collation:2 unnumbered leaves; 21.5 x 14; white
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Contents:Letter from Isador Scunofsky (?) to I. Katch or Frank Seliger (?). Includes envelope and TNs, NA to L.D. Feldman, 29 Oct
64, explaining letter.
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Keywords:Mr. I Katch or/Mr...favor-Friendly/yours/Isador Scunofsky [?]
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Ams (pencil and ink)
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1933.
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Collation:19 unnumbered leaves in 2 pocket sized notebooks, each bound at top; 14.5 x 9.5; white (badly yellowed).
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Contents:Notes made by Algren and used as source material for Somebody in Boots and later for A Walk on the Wild Side. Accompanied by TLs, NA to Bill Targ (?), 8 Oct 19[65?], explaining the notebooks.
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Keywords:Italian colony in Dallas/is...[illegible] 1124/Dearborn
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Ts (ribbon and carbon)
Title:[None]
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Date:1965
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Collation:57 leaves; various pagings; various papers
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Contents:Represents at least 25 drafts of preface to paperback edition, many extensively revised. Accompanied by part of Russell &Volkening
envelope addressed to NA dated March 12, 1965 and labeled: Introduction/to Berkeley Books/paperback edition/of Somebody in
Boots
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Versos:Many TLs; some misstarts of related and unrelated material; pages from other mss., perhaps Who Lost An American?; some unidentified; drawing of cat with text: FAT CAT MUGS BENDYK/I AM ALWAYS HUNGRY! AND,/I LOVE TO WATCH THE BIRDS,/AND
I WAKE UP AUNTY BETTY EVERY/MORNING BY STEPPING ON HER/FACE.
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Keywords:I wonder whether there stands...times. It's protagonit [sic], Cass McCkay [sic]
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Title:Byron's advice
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Date:Ca. 1965
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Collation:1 unnumbered leaf; yellow (badly browned).
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Contents:In verse. At foot of page in NA hand in crayon: from/Somebody In/Boots-/[signed] Algren
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Keywords:Keep things going up buddy, ...Up, I said UP/N
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Never Come Morning. (Bruccoli A2)
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Ts (ribbon and carbon)
Title:Harlots and Hunted
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Date:Ca. 1940-1942
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Collation:178 pp. on 166 leaves numbered [i, ii], 1-45, [46], 47-108, [104], 105-154, [155], 156-166; white bond.
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Contents:Early draft, very lightly revised. On p. 39 in NA hand: This wasn't used in/"Never Come Morning."/It seems to be the/original
of the story in/"Neon Wilderness"/called "Kingdom City/to/Cairo"/--Algren-but/it/was/originally/written/for/NCM; at head f
p. 156: These pages are from an early/version of "Never Come Morning,"/when the Girl's name was "Minnie-Mae" and the boy's
was "Bruno/Paycheck:/--Algren; accompanied by two additional notes by NA.
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Versos:In NA hand at foot of p. 45: early version of Never Come Morning. ; at foot of p. 108: a second early version of Never Come/Morning.
; at foot of p. 154: variant 3 of Never Come Morning. ; at foot of p. 166: Excerpt from/Never Come Morning.
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Keywords:THEY TEASED EACH OTHER, BICKERED...FOUGHT CHALKY TUCKER THAT TIME.
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Ts (ribbon)
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1940-1942
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Collation:6 pp. on 6 leaves numbered 64, 69, 71, 76-77; white bond (yellowed).
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Contents:Fragment of early draft, moderately revised.
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Versos:p. 6 in NA hand: Pub in Never Come Morning.
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Keywords:"YOU'RE SCARIN' THE FISHES."/THEY ...CITY, BENEATH A COALSMOKE SKY.
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1940-1942
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Collation:2 pp. on 2 leaves numbered 489, 491; white bond (yellowed).
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Contents:Fargment from unidentified draft of Never Come Morning, heavily revised.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:THE ROOMS OF THE WOMEN...FOR LESS THAN A SECOND..
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:Never Come Morning
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Date:Ca. 1942
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Collation:160 pp. on 160 leaves numbered [-], [i-vi], [1]-2, 1-5. 3-149; white bond and onion skin (yellowed).
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Contents:Folder 1 of 3 of the setting copy; light editorial corrections. Signed by NA on title page.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Between the police and the...hour, Bruno heard the police...
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Ts (black and red ribbon)
Title:[None].
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Date:Ca. 1942
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Collation:151 pp. on 151 leaves numbered 150-299; white bond and onion skin (yellowed).
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Contents:Folder 2 of 3 of the setting copy; light to moderate editorial corrections. Pp. 205, 211, 218, and 219 contain paste-ons.
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Versos:Pp. 189 and 217: misstarts.
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Keywords:Ca. 1942
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1942
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Collation:109 pp. on 109 leaves numbered 300-408; white bond (yellowed).
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Contents:Folder 3 of 3 of the setting copy; light to moderate editorial corrections.
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Versos:P. 307: misstart.
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Keywords:the soldier packed into her...twenny-one [sic] anyhow."/And the bell.
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Ts (photocopy).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1940-1950 [?].
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Collation:92 pp. on 92 leaves numbered 1-[46], 1-[46]; white photocopy paper.
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Contents:2 copies of the film script for Never Come Morning. Accompanied by holog. note in NA hand: FILM/script/for/N.C.M.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:FADE IN: FULL SHOT. Intersection...go out one by one
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1941.
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Collation:19 pp. on 18 leaves numbered 247-249, 252, 278-288, [-], 289-291; white bond (yellowed).
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Contents:Unused excerpt from draft of Never Come Morning; moderately revised; holograph notes by NA in margins; at head of p. 249 in upper right margin in NA hand: elsewhere/ -part
of/story of/boy who/wished/only to/swear.
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Versos:Misstarts from other drafts.
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Keywords:THAT WAS THE ROUGHEST HUMAN...HELD UNSTEADILY IN A FOG.
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1941
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Collation:28 pp. on 28 leaves numbered 436-441, 448-449, 451A, 452-460, 461A-461B, 462-467, 468A-468B; white bond (yellowed).
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Contents:Unused excerpt from draft of Never Come Morning; subsequently revised for use as a short story never published (pagination indicates originally intended for use in novel);
at head of p. 448 in NA hand: Unused insert from/Never Come Morning
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Versos:at foot of p. 441 in NA hand: Notes taken on S. State street/not used.
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Keywords:DOOR- IF I C'D BRING...LONG SMOKE TRAILING BACK TOWARD [...]
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1940-1942
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Collation:2 pp. on 2 leaves numbered [-], 11; (p.11) 37.5 x 20.5; white bond (badly yellowed).
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Contents:Pages from unidentified draft of Never Come Morning; moderately revised.
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Versos:Pages from other drafts.
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Keywords:"Can I say somethin'?"/Go...stop them," he told Nevers.
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1939-1940.
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Collation:3 pp. on 3 leaves numbered [-], [-], 2; white bond; 1. 1 is on verso of Schumacher & Joffe Consulting Chemists & Engineers
letterhead.
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Contents:Notes for Never Come Morning; accompanied by note of explanation by Algren.
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Versos:1. 1: drawing of male head with Army type helmet.
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Keywords:July 7/when I'm wrong...IS THE 29TH DISTRICT POLICE.
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TLs
Title:[None]
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Date:7 September 1940 -13 February 1946.
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Collation:46 pp. on 39 unnumbered leaves; various papers.
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Contents:20 TLs which includes protest letters and editorial responses. Accompanied by two explanatory notes.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Dear Nelson: By now the...then come forward and say: [....]
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The Neon Wilderness. (Bruccoli A3)
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Tearsheets. A Bottle of Milk for Mother.
Title:Biceps
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Date:Ca. 1941-1947
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Collation:16 pp. on 8 leaves numbered 713-728; 25.5 x 17.5; off-white Warren's Old Style bond.
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Contents:Tearsheets from The Southern Review with revisions incorporated into The Neon Wilderness version of "A Bottle of Milk for Mother."
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Versos:None
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Keywords:TWO MONTHS after the Polish...all down the shadowed wall.
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Ts (ribbon). Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone.
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1942-1946
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Collation:2 pp. on 2 leaves numbered 250-251; white bond.
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Contents:Fragment from the short story " Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"; light revisions; in left margin of 1. 1 in NA hand:
elsewhere; at head of 1.1 in NA hand: Part of story from/Neon Wilderness-"Please/don't talk about/me when I'm gone"-[signed]
Algren
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Versos:1. 2: page 223 of unidentified piece [the story line is that of either "The Captain has Bad Dreams" or "The Captain is Impaled"
but the page # is too high for either].
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Keywords:"If you're not real careful...lips didn't move when he [...]
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Ts (carbon). El Presidente de Mejico.
Title:EL PRESIDENTE DE MEJICO
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Date:Ca. 1935-1947
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Collation:3 pp. on 3 leaves numbered [1], 8, 14; white bond (discolored); BERKSHIRE BOND/USA.
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Contents:3 uncorrected pages of a story originally published in Somebody In Boots, and revised from the Windsor Quarterly publication of "Thundermug." Story allegedly drawn from Algren's personal experiences while staying in the Alpine County
(Texas) Jail.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Portillo, a bridegroom of six...odor of iodine began filling [...].
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Ts (ribbon). From Kingdom City to Cairo.
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1940-1947.
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Collation:8 pp. on 8 leaves; white bond (discolored).
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Contents:Moderately revised draft of "Kingdom City to Cairo; accompanied by TNs, NA to Lew Feldman, 20064: Dear Mr. Feldman,/Here
is an early version of a story that/ended up in The Neon Wilderness as Kingdom City to Cairo./ Cordially,/ [signed] Nelson Algren
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Versos:1. 8: at foot of page in NA hand: Unpublished and unfinished [inaccurate-while it was not used in Never Come Morning, as it was originally intended, Algren revised it for use in The Neon Wilderness.]
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Keywords:AT THE END OF THE...ON THE COLLAR, AND WEPT.
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Proofs (from The American Mercury). The Children.
Title:Playtime a story
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Date:Ca. 1943-1947.
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Collation:5 pp. on 5 leaves numbered 001-005; off-white bond.
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Contents:Slightly revised proofs of "Playtime" from The American Mercury for use in The Neon Wilderness as "The Children"; typed in upper left margin of 1. 1: AMERICAN MERCURY; stamped at head of 1. 1: DUPLICATE; stamped in upper right margin
of 1.1: INGERSOLL & BRENNAN/ 11 WEST 55 STREET/ NEW YORK CITY/[JUN?] 16 REC'D
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Keywords:Two weeks before Thanksgiving/the...be Hiawatha on/Thanksgiving Day.
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Ts (ribbon). Design for Departure.
Title:FLIGHT
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Date:1942.
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Collation:19 pp. on 19 leaves numbered 1-19; white bond (discolored).
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Contents:Moderately revised draft of the short story published as "Design for Departure" in The Neon Wilderness; stamped in upper right margin: INGERSOLL & BRENNAN/11 WEST 55 STREET/NEW YORK CITY
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Versos:1.19 at foot of page in NA hand: Pub in The Neon Wilderness.
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Keywords:Sharkey called the child Littlebit...arms of her very own.
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Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1945-1946
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Collation:174 pp. on 174 leaves; numbering nonsequetial (see below); various papers.
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Contents:Incomplete, uncorrected and unrevised draft of The Neon Wilderness; contains: "The Captain Has Bad Dreams" (pp. [1]-23); "Depend on Aunt Ellie" (pp. [1]-23); "He Couldn't Boogie Woogie Worth
a Damn" (pp. [1]-16); "A Lot You Got To Holler" (pp. 2-18); "The Face on the Barroom Floor" (pp. [1]-19); "Kingdom City to
Cairo" (pp. [1]-11); "That's the Way It's Always Been" (pp. [1]-15); "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (pp. [1] -12);
"Million Dollar Brainstorm" (pp. [1]-14); Pere Venceremos" (pp. [1]-6); "No Man's Laughter" (pp. [1]-9); "Design For Departure"
(pp. [1]-34).
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Versos:1. 1: notes from a police line up [?]; 2 misstarts.
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Keywords:They come off the streets...is puttin' in the fix.
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Ts (ribbon). (setting copy)
Title:The Neon Wilderness
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Date:Ca. 1946.
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Collation:136 pp. on 136 leaves numbered 1-66, 66A, 67-135; white Cortez/H bond (discolored) and grey BERKSHIRE BOND/USA.
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Contents:Folder 1 of 3 containing the setting copy of The Neon Wilderness; light editorial corrections and notations; story contents: "The Captain Has Bad Dreams," "How the Devil Came Down Division
Street," "Is Your Name Joe?," "Depend on Aunt Ellie," "Stickman's Laughter," "A Bottle of Milk for Mother," "He Couldn't Boogie-Woogie
Worth a Damn," "A Lot You Got To Holler," "Poor Man's Pennies"; possible titles on 1.1 upper right margin: [and] The Neon
Wilderness; 1. 1 is a paste on; continuous pagination added in upper right corner of leaves.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:They come off the streets...I still can't figure out.
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| 31. |
Ts (ribbon). (setting copy)
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1946.
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Collation:131 pp. on 131 leaves numbered 136-149, 149A, 150-265; various papers (discolored).
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Contents:Folder 2 of 3 containing the setting copy of The Neon Wilderness; light editorial corrections and notations; story contents: "The Face on the Barroom Floor," "The Brother's House," "Please
Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," "He Swung and He Missed," "El Presidente de Mejico," "Kingdom City to Cairo," "That's
The Way It's Always Been," "The Children," "Million-Dollar Brainstorm," "Pero Venceremos," "No Man's Laughter," "Katz"; continuous
pagination added in upper right margin of leaves.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:A long generation ago, back...'n how easy/ it was."
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| 32. |
Ts (ribbon). (setting copy)
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1946.
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Collation:64 pp. on 64 leaves numbered 266-329; various papers (discolored).
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Contents:Folder 3 of 3 containing the setting copy of The Neon Wilderness; light to moderate editorial corrections and notations; continuous pagination added in upper right margin of leaves; final
leaf is a paste on.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Although Sharkey was the little...the Jew./So help me.
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Galley proofs.
Title:the/neon/wilderness
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Date:November-December 1946.
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Collation:101 pp. on 101 leaves numbered [i-vii], [i-ix], [i-iii], 1-83; white bond and coated paper (slightly yellowed).
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Contents:Galley proofs of The Neon Wilderness; moderate editorial corrections; title changed from So Help Me to The Neon Wilderness; pages marked with the final book pagination.
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The Man With the Golden Arm.(Bruccoli A4).
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Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1946-1947.
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Collation:102 pp. on 102 leaves numbered 3-37, 39-55, 61-66, 69-74, 77-93, 97-100, 102-107, 110-122, 124; yellow bond (discolored);
several 11. torn and chipping.
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Contents:Folder 1 of 2 of a very early uncorrected draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; early character names are Molly as Dovie Weaver, Schwiefka as Kinsella, and Antek as Bruno.
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Versos:misstarts on 11. 28, 34, 42, and 47
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Keywords:on his cap with the...her own voice wakened her.
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| 37. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1946-1947.
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Collation:120 pp. on 120 leaves numbered 125-144, 166-215, 217-219, 222-233, 235-251, 253-271; yellow and white bond (discolored); some:
DATA/VALLEY PAPER CO./RAG COTTON/USA
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Contents:Folder 2 of 2 of a very early draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; lightly corrected and revised.
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Versos:misstarts on 11. 69, 78, 106.
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| 38. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. late 1947.
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Collation:119 pp. on 114 leaves; noncontinuous pagination ranging from 36-484; white and yellow bond (discolored); various papers.
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Contents:Early, incomplete draft moderately/heavily revised; Dovie Weaver has been changed to Dovie Breedlove and Bruno has been changed
to Antek.
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Versos:total of 19, as follows: pp. 47, 52, 75, 370, 471 misstarts; pp. 335, 337-340, 345 pp. from an earlier draft of MGA (probably the same draft); pp. 336, 341 appears to be from a review of Something Wonderful to Happen (which appeared late in 1955?); p. 342 TLs, Alice Dickey (Midwest Writers Conference) to NA, 20047, 1 p.; TL, Ingersoll &
Brennan to NA 13047, p. 1 only; p. 352 TLs Jean Malaquais to NA, 15047, 1 p.; pp. 349-351 from unidentified piece about American
writers.
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Keywords:henna rinse. Yet here, toward...the switch had been pulled,
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| 39. |
Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:The Walls |
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Date:Ca. 1947-1948.
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Collation:143 pp. on 142 leaves; noncontinuous pagination ranging from 1-199; white and off-white bond (discolored); various papers.
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Contents:Folder 1 of 3 of an early, incomplete draft; moderate revisions; Dovie Breedlove has been changed to Molly; many page numbers
have been changed; on p. 63 are 3 small sketches of Asian women; at head of p. 123: THE BELOVED
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Versos:p. 43 mostly illegible verse; p. 52 in NA hand: Majcinek/Machine; p. 198 in NA hand: Question: should there be a killing
of N.L.?
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Keywords:"Ain't nothing on my record...he didn't care if the
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| 40. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1947-1948.
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Collation:159 pp. on 152 leaves numbered 200, 201A, 201B, 202-214, [-], 215-216, [-], 217-247, 249-251, 254-255, 271-272, [-], 273,
275-283, 287-291, [-], 293-303, 307-309, 310-315, [-], 316, 318-321, 324-327, 331-334, 355, [-], 356-359, [-], [-] 360, 365,
376-377,379-387,389, 390-391, 393-399, 402-403, 406-407, 409, 411-413, 417-424, 426-429; white Indemnity Bond/Rag Content
(discolored) and yellow bond (browned).
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Contents:Folder 2 of 3 of an early, incomplete, moderately revised draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; many page numbers changed.
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Versos:pg. 208: sketches possibly of MGA characters; pg. 273: in NA hand: Unpublished from Man with the Golden Arm.
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Keywords:dealer took ninety percent; it...greedy gesture, not only ruined
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| 41. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1947-1948.
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Collation:114 pp. on 113 leaves numbered 430-492, [-], 493-510, 512-513, 515-518, 526-536, 539-553; yellow bond (badly browned).
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Contents:Folder 3 of 3 of an early, incomplete, moderately revised draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; all page numbers have been changed; pg 497 is a photocopy of original; on pg. 526 in NA hand in upper right: FOR STORY
of/Dog & Cat Hospital; in left margin in NA hand: Cass/McKay
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Versos:Pp. 432, 496: misstarts.
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Keywords:Frankie's chances for beating the...gain the confidence of drunkards; [...]
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| 42. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:151 pp. on 151 leaves numbered 1-16, 18-55, 55, 56-60, 60A, 60B, 61-149; white bond (discolored); Indemnity bond/RAG CONTENT
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Contents:Folder 1 of 3 of an incomplete, late draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; stamped on p.1 in upper right: INGERSOLL & BRENNAN/ 11 WEST 55 STREET/NEW YORK CITY
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Versos:few misstarts.
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Keywords:The great city had made...want to send him tapping
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| 43. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:137 pp. on 137 leaves numbered 150-155, 157-174, 174A-174H, 175-221, 223-265, II, 266-271, 291-299; white bond (slightly discolored);
Indemnity Bond/RAG CONTENT
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Contents:Folder 2 of 3 of an incomplete, late draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; light-moderate revisions and corrections; light editorial comments; text is continuous through 221-223.
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Versos:Misstarts.
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Keywords:downstairs for coffee./"Next time...he didn't mean to run-"
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| 44. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:155 pp. on 155 leaves numbered 300-454; white bond, Frontenae Bond
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Contents:Folder 3 of 3 of an incomplete, late draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; light corrections by Algren and editor; page numbers 441-454 changed.
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Versos:Misstarts.
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Keywords:Frankie signalled [sic], with a finger...The captain wept./Dry tears.
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| 45. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:119 pp. on 115 leaves numbered 2-28, 30, 32-50, [-] 51-60, 60A, 60B, 61, [-], 62-79, [-], 80, [-], 81, 83-84, 88[85], 86-128;
yellow bond (badly browned); edges chipping, paper brittle.
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Contents:Folder 1 of 3 of a carbon copy of previous draft; incomplete; moderate-heavy corrections.
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Versos:p.67 various dates in NA hand.
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Keywords:"My wife, that's all."/"Hell...especially for Frankie and Vi.
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| 46. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:143 pp. on 143 leaves numbered 129-134, 136-147, 149-151, 156-174, 174A, Mollie 2-Mollie 4, Mollie 6-Mollie 9, 174I, 175-182,
184-200, 238-243[201-206], 207-221, 223-244, 246-248, 302[249], 250-253, 255-256, 258-263, 265-271, 275-276, 280; yellow bond
(badly browned); edges chipping, paper brittle.
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Contents:Folder 2 of 3 of a carbon copy of previous draft; incomplete; moderate-heavy corrections; in upper right corner of p. 136
possible title
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Versos:pg. 180: misstarts of TL, NA to Ken Millar, 24Ag[48].
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Keywords:He shuffled, cap pulled low...orange of the young Negro's [...]
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| Folder |
| 47. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:135 pp. on 132 leaves numbered 281-282, 284-285, 287-301, [-], 302-303, 305-315, 317-318, 320-324, 326, 328-353, 357[355]-362,
365-367, 371-384, 463[385]- 465[387], 388-396, 399-401, 403, 412-415, [-], 416, 424-426, 429-430, [-], 431-434, 441-446, 454[447],
455[448], 449, 451-454; yellow bond (badly browned); edges chipping, paper brittle.
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Contents:Folder 3 of 3 of a carbon copy of previous draft; incomplete; moderate-heavy corrections; possible titles on several pages;
head of p. 341 in NA hand: THE PURSUER TITLE/THE PURSUED |
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Versos: None.
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Keywords:sweater standing out strong and... The captain wept./Dry tears.
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| Folder |
| 48. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948-1949.
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Collation:88 pp. on 88 leaves numbered 460-462, 465-549; yellow bond (badly browned).
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Contents:Fragment from unidentified draft of The Man With the Golden Arm (approximate date and length of text puts it in this position).
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Versos:p. 473 and 504: misstarts; p. 487 misstart of TL, NA to Ken [Millar or McCormick], 30D[48].
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Keywords:"Can I have coffee now, ..." Gentlemen, the case is closed."
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| Folder |
| 49. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:SOME CATS SWING LIKE THAT
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:275 pp. on 275 leaves numbered [i-iii], 1-73, 76-274; white lightweight bond; many corners folded and tearing.
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Contents:Folder 1 of 2 of an incomplete, late draft of The Man With The Golden Arm; light corrections and revisions; on title page in NA hand: title/changed to/"Golden/Arm"/later-/[signed] Algren; Ingersoll
Brennan stamp in upper right corner of title page; occasional typed notes in margins pertaining to plot development.
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Versos:Few misstarts.
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Keywords:The captain never drank. Yet...floor. Is good enough for [...]
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| Folder |
| 50. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:270 pp. on 270 leaves numbered 275-345, [-], [-], 347-492, 497-547; white lightweight bond; many corners folded and tearing.
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Contents:Folder 2 of 2 of an incomplete, late draft of The Man With The Golden Arm; light corrections and revisions; occasional typed notes in margins pertaining to plot development.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Mrs. No-Good on floor." And..."Gentlemen, the case is closed."
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| Folder |
| 51. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1948.
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Collation:91 pp. on 91 leaves numbered 1-6, 8-16, 19-21, 24-43, 45-80, 82-96, 99, 105-108; yellow bond (badly browned) and white bond
(discolored); white only: EATON'S/CORRASABLE/BOND/USA/BERKSHIRE
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Contents:Late fragment of an unidentified draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; light corrections; placed with drafts because of the length.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:The captain never drank. Yet, ...a better summer night than [...]
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| Folder |
| 52. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. December 1948.
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Collation:145 pp. on 145 leaves numbered 1-14, 17-86, 99-123, 125-126, 128-130, 130-137, 139-161; yellow bond (badly browned).
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Contents:Folder 1 of 3 of a very late, incomplete, uncorrected draft of The Man With the Golden Arm.
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Versos:pg. 72: misstart of TL, NA to C.R. Byrne, 1D48; rest misstarts of text.
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Keywords:The captain never drank. Yet, ...I'm goin' to town/to."
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| Folder |
| 53. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. December 1948.
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Collation:133 pp. on 133 leaves numbered 166-187, 190-204, 206-231, 233-243, 248-291, 294-309; yellow bond (badly browned).
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Contents:Folder 2 of 3 of a very late, incomplete, uncorrected draft of The Man With the Golden Arm.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Some mornings there were no...the gang plank without looking back.
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| Folder |
| 54. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. December 1948.
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Collation:144 pp. on 144 leaves numbered 310-316, 318-382, 391, 399-466, 468-469, 505, 525; yellow bond (badly browned).
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Contents:Folder 3 of 3 of a very late, incomplete, slightly corrected draft of The Man With the Golden Arm; some text illegible due to typeovers using carbon.
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Versos:pg. 318: Tls, NA to Scott Williamson, 7D[48?], 1 p.; pg. 505: pg. 356 from a much earlier draft; pg. 525: unnumbered pg.
from an earlier draft.
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Keywords:Once they're on board they...left foot and supported himself.
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| Folder |
| 55. |
Ts and AMs. (layout of prelims)
Title:THE MAN/WITH/THE GOLDEN/ARM
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Date:Ca. June 1949.
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Collation:11 pp. on 11 unnumbered leaves; various papers.
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Contents:Layout of preliminary pages of The Man With the Golden Arm; extensive editorial notation; title change on 1. 9 from: NIGHT WITHOUT MERCY to: THE MAN/WITH/THE/GOLDEN/ARM.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:...Act of Contrition, ooo
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| Folder |
| 56. |
Ts. (setting copy and proofs of prelims)
Title:THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
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Date:Ca. 1949.
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Collation:23 pp. on 23 unnumbered leaves; various papers.
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Contents:Draft, setting copy, and proofs of preliminary pages; proofs are signed; many marginal notes; all originally from a large
grey envelope marked in green ink: Golden Arm; accompanied by 2 telegrams from Ken McCormick dated 21048 and 26S49 (second
is congratulations for book).
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:All names appearing in this...New York, N.Y. Used by permission.
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| Folder |
| 57. |
Ts (ribbon and carbon-black and blue).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1947-1949.
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Collation:116 pp. on 116 leaves; various pagings; various papers.
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Contents:Fragments from numerous drafts of The Man With the Golden Arm; lightly corrected; on 1. 1 in upper left corner NA hand: Early Draft |
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Versos:6; p. 53: TL, to Jack [Conroy], 7Ja48, p. 1 only; rest misstarts and pp. from other drafts.
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Keywords:The captain never drank. Yet, ...Pittsburgh, "/Sparrow consoled the cabbie
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| Folder |
| 58. |
Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1947-1949.
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Collation:45 pp. on 45 leaves; various pagings; various papers.
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Contents:Small fragments and miscellaneous pages from various, unidentified drafts of The Man With the Golden Arm; roughly in order by page number.
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Versos:All misstarts or pp. from earlier drafts except the following: 1. 6: possibly from a draft of a review of Limbo Tower by William Lindsay Gresham, pub. May 1949 (Bruccoli D80); 1. 19: TLs, John Meyer to NA [?], pre-Ja 1948; 1.24: pg. 1 of
an unidentified piece about Paris and prostitutes; 1. 25: opening quote for MGA.
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Keywords:route," he told Frankie now, ...came to his death/on
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| Folder |
| 59. |
AMs and Ts (carbon).
Title:EPITAPH: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
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Date:Ca. 1946-1949.
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Collation:8 pp. on 7 unnumbered leaves; various papers (discolored); brittle and chipping.
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Contents:2 carbon copies of the poem "Epitaph: the man with the golden arm" and title pg.; 1 p. with the heading: Two Dreams of;
holograph variation of the lyrics to "Lili Marlene"; 2 carbon copies of the book's opening quote; opening p. for Part 2.
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Versos:1. 2: table of contents for MGA; 1. 3: insert for "Suddenly It's Spring" - crossed out.
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Keywords:It's all in the wrist...after day./-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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| Folder |
| 60. |
Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1946-1949.
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Collation:75 pp. on 73 leaves; various pagings; various papers (discolored); most very brittle; 11. 6, 8, 9 all on verso of Schumacher
& Joffe ltrhd.
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Contents:Unused fragments from various drafts of The Man With the Golden Arm; from a manila envelope that was identified in NA hand as: Unpublished/Golden Arm Materials/; many notes concerning use
and corrections; 11. 1-3 are very early- typed using the all caps typewriter Algren used for NCM.
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Versos:total of 12; 1. 4: TLs, NA to Marion, 16Je[47?]; 1. 5: Misstart of a review of So Joined [1948]; 1. 7: misstart of TL, 7-1-43; 1.11: Note in NA hand: Unused part of Man with Golden Arm; 1.18 and 28: pp. 7 and
8 from an Army story about Katz; 1.31: note in NA hand: Unused from Man With the Golden/Arm.; 1.32: beginning of a film
synopsis of MGA; 1.35: note in NA hand: Unused From Man with the Golden Arm; 1. 45: misstart of p. 463 of another draft and note in NA
hand: From/Man with the/Golden Arm.; 1.46: misstart of p. 253 of another draft and a note in NA hand: From/Man with the/Golden
Arm.
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Keywords:HALLWAY. YET SHE NEVER WASHED, ...to cut off the run
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| Folder |
| 61. |
Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1947-1956.
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Collation:66 pp. on 58 leaves; various pagings; various papers (discolored).
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Contents:Extensive notes on dialect, idioms, and characters for The Man With the Golden Arm; last 8 leaves appear to be for the film version of MGA; most are heavily annotated, corrected and otherwise marked on by NA in various colors of pencil and ink; 1. 2: top half
torn off; 1. 37: NP clipping about a thief, weighing machine card pasted on; 11. 38-39: headed: local stuff; 1.40: at
head of p. in NA hand: Vivi Vivens- see Watch out For Daddy. ; 11. 46-47 are attached, folded size is 8.5 x 11.
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Versos:total of 5; 11. 43-44: pp. 17 and 20 of "The Captain is Impaled" or "The Captain Has Bad Dreams"; 1.49: misstart; 1. 52:
p. 2 (or 22) from "Never Say Brother" or "A Lot You Got to Holler"; 1.53: misstart.
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Keywords:Sparrow's ambition is to go...a taunt and/a caress
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| Folder |
| 62. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 19 February 1946- 9 October 1952.
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Collation:42 pp. on 39 unnumbered leaves; various papers (discolored).
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Contents:Notes from police line ups that Algren attended to gather source material for many of his pieces- mostly used in MGA; heavily annotated; folder is divided into undated material (front) and dated material (back); 1.5 is only a 1/2 of a page;
1.21 on verso of Schumacher and Joffe ltrhd.
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Versos:total of 28: 1.2: pg. 153 of a draft of MGA; 1.3: misstart from "El Presidente de Mejico"; 1.4 : p. 7 of "A Poor Man's
Pennies"; 1.5: misstart of a review of Double Image; 1.8 p. 2 of "Million Dollar Brainstorm"; 1.9: p. 10 of "He Couldn't Boogie Woogie..."; 1.10 telephone message; 1.11: misstart
of unidentified; 1.12: p. 1 of "Face on the Barroom Floor"; 1.16: p. 23 of unidentified; 1.17: p. 2 of unidentified- all
caps typewriter; 1.20: p. 2 of "The Brother's House"; 1.22: misstart of unidentified; 1. 23: misstart from "The Heroes";
1.24 disclaimer for NCM; 1.25: p. 6 from "A Lot You Got to Holler"; 1.26: p. 2 from "Katz"; 1.27: TL, NA to Ken [McCormick], 13S[47?]; 1.28:misstart
TL; 1.30: p. 145 from periodical; 1.31: p. 144 from peiodical [?]; 1.32: p. 66 from MGA; 1.33: p. 231 from MGA; 1.34: TLs, Lucy LInscott [Ingersoll and Brennan] to NA, [pre-1947]; 1.35: mimeo of radio script; 1.36: p. 2 possibly
from a draft of "Things of the Earth..." (in which case show up material would technically be the verso); 1.37: p. 3 possibly
from a draft of "Laughter in Jars..."
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Keywords:SHOWUP/waive the felony 'n... going to know the all."
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| Folder |
| 63.* |
Clippings, etc.
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1945-1949.
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Collation:47 pp. on 47 unnumbered leaves; various papers; brittle and discolored.
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Contents:Miscellaneous items from newspapers, etc. pertaining to MGA; also included is a coroner's report and hearing transcript for Chester M. Witwicki.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:Pre-Lent/feast for/city Poles...Kisses/Bettyo/Betty Patterson
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Chicago: City on the Make.(Bruccoli A5).
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| Folder |
| 64. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 20 May 1937-1940.
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Collation:16 pp. on 16 unnumbered leaves; various papers; extremely brittle and badly chipped.
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Contents:Very early poetry connected with Chicago: City on the Make; moderate-heavy corrections, revisions, and annotations; few notes directed to a specific, but unidentified reader; accompanied
by newspaper clipping (20[MY]37) titled: ARVEY PREPARES/RESIGNATION, BUT/CHANGES MIND
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Versos:1.5: at head of page: A leross [?] For Peter,/By/Ella S. Edwards; 1.14: at head of page in NA hand: Early version of/City
on the Make/Algren [signed]
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Keywords:this overweight prarie village whose...be scornful of them all.
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| Folder |
| 65. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:WILLING HANDS AND HONEST HEARTS
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Date:Ca. 1950-1951.
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Collation:31 pp. on 31 leaves numbered [1], [-]-30, [-]; white, lightweight bond (discolored); very brittle.
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Contents:An early, very lightly corrected draft of Chicago: City on the Make; stamped in upper right hand corner of 1.1: INGERSOLL & BRENNAN/11 WEST 55 STREET/NEW YORK CITY; accompanied by a typed
note: NOTE:/ANOTHER, LONGER DRAFT WILL BE SUBMITTED/BY NELSON ALGREN/ [Ingersoll & Brennan stamp] ; in NA hand on note:
Early version of/"City on the Make"/-Algren [signed]
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:I. The Hustlers/To the east...divided your heart./For keeps
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| Folder |
| 66. |
Ts (carbon).
Title:Willing Hands and Honest Hearts
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Date:Ca. 1950.
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Collation:28 pp. on 28 leaves numbered 1-28; white LAW BOND (discolored).
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Contents:Early, short, lightly corrected draft of Chicago: City on the Make.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:To the east were the...keeps and a single day.
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| Folder |
| 67. |
Ts (photocopy).
Title:COlD SUN [holog]
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Date:Ca. 1950-1951.
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Collation:40 pp. on 40 leaves numbered [1]-14, 19-44; white photocopy paper (yellowed).
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Contents:Incomplete draft of Chicago: City on the Make; heavily corrected and revised; Algren's name in upper right corner of all leaves; at head of 1.1 in NA hand: 2nd Version; several possible titles in NA hand in margins of 1.1: Children of the Cold Sun; Cold Sun and [...] [...] Towers; Children
of the Cold Air [?]; Cold Sun; Mayor's pride
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:I. The Hustlers/To the...lot you got to holler.
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| Folder |
| 68. |
Ts (ribbon).
Title:CITY ON THE MAKE
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Date:Ca. 1951.
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Collation:28 pp. on 28 leaves numbered [1]-12A, 12B-27; white bond (discolored); brittle and chipping.
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Contents:Incomplete, moderately-heavily corrected draft; lower 1/3 of 1.1 is a paste on.
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Versos:11.1 and 27: misstarts; 11.2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 20, 21: pages from previous drafts - text crossed out; 1.22: TNs, Tom DeGrath
[?] to NA, ca. Mr51; 1.23: TNs, Madeleine Brennan [Ingersoll & Brennan] to NA, 6Mr51.
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Keywords:I. The Hustlers/To the east...your patch too, don't you
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| Folder |
| 69. |
Ts (setting copy).
Title:Chicago: City on the Make
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Date:14 May 1951.
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Collation:53 pp. on 53 leaves numbered [-], [-], 1-51; white bond (discolored); various papers; some badly wrinkled.
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Contents:Type setting copy with extensive editorial notation.
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Versos:1.7: misstart.
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Keywords:I. The Hustlers/To the...keeps and a single day.
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| Folder |
| 70.* |
Galley proof.
Title:Chicago: /City On The Make
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Date:July 1951.
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Collation:19 pp. on 19 leaves numbered 1-19; 60 x 15.2; tan paper (badly yellowed).
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Contents:Galley proofs of Chicago: City on the Make; moderate editorial revisions and corrections; accompanied by paper attached to 1.1: RUNNING HEADS/Left Side: Only - see
special layout
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Versos:1.1: notes and figures.
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Keywords:To the east were the...keeps and a single day.
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Layout of prelims.
Title:Chicago: City On The Make
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Date:August 1951.
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Collation:25 pp. on 25 unnumbered leaves; various papers (most discolored).
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Contents:Printer's layout of preliminary pages; extensive editorial notes and corrections.
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Versos:None.
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Keywords:#945-8/Chicago: City/On the...neon, its own peculiar wilderness
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:Willing Hands and/Honest Hearts
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Date:February 1951.
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Collation:32 pp. on 31 leaves numbered [1]-3, [-], 4-31; various papers; many paste ons; extremely brittle, edges tearing and chipping.
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Contents:Moderately revised, middle draft of Chicago: City on the Make.
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Versos:11.1 and 2: TL, A.S. Gourfain, Jr. to NA, 27 February 1951; 1.22: p. from another draft.
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Keywords:To the east were the...divided your heart./For keeps.
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Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1950.
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Collation:78 pp. on 77 leaves; various pagings; various papers.
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Contents:Folder 1 of 2 containing fragments from miscellaneous drafts of Chicago: City on the Make; most extensively corrected and revised; 1.37 is one a partial leaf ; top 50% of 1.38 is a paste on.
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Versos:11.21 and 37: pp. from other drafts; 11.22, 38, and 51: misstarts; 1.59: figures; 1.61: TLs, Frederick Brisson to NA,
20Je50; 1. 62: TLs, Madeleine Brennan [Ingersoll & Brennan] to NA, 12My50; 1. 74: unidentified piece about writers.
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Keywords:The City By Night/The...get to be twenty-one anyhow."
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Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:[None]
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Date:Ca. 1950.
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Collation:106 pp. on 105 leaves; various pagings; various papers; extremely brittle and chipping.
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Contents:Folder 2 of 2 containing fragments from miscellaneous drafts of Chicago: City on the Make; most extensively corrected and revised; several partial pp. and paste ons.
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Versos:1. 1: TL carbon, Madelein Brennan [Ingersoll & Brennan] to Robert Knittel, 11S50; 11. 3, 8, 68, 69, 78, 103: pp. from other
drafts; 1.26: misstart; 1.33: TL carbon, Madeleine Brennan [Ingersoll & Brennan] to Erich Linder, 15S50; 1.47: sales report
for NCM; 1. 48: TLs, Ben [] to NA, ca. 1950; 1. 50: p. 1 of bio of William Weitling; 1. 67: TL carbon, Madeleine Brennan
[Ingersoll & Brennan] to Erich Lindner, 21S50.
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Keywords:jobs were so common they...be Do-Gooders. a fresh note
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Ts (ribbon).
Title:Willing hand &/honest hearts
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Date:February 1951.
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Collation:49 pp. on 49 leaves; various pagings; yellow bond (badly browned); extremely brittle, edges tearing and chipping.
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Contents:Fragments from numerous, closely related drafts; heavily corrected and revised; several possible titles at head of 1.1: outlaws/I[.]
the Castoffs; [illegible]; Hustlers
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Versos:1.3: TLs, A.S. (Ed) Gourfain, Jr. to NA, 22F51, p. 2; 1.4: TLs, Madeleine Brennan (Ingersoll & Brennan) to NA, 20F51; 1.5:
misstart; 1.7: TLs, Madeleine Brennan (Ingersoll & Brennan) to NA 2F51, p. 1; TLs, Harry Sions (Holiday) to NA, 1F51; 1.33:
TLs, Noel Behn to NA, 24F[51]; TNs, Margaret Ackerman to NA, 21F51; 1. 44: p. 21 of another draft - crossed out; 1. 47:
TL, [Harry Sions] to NA, 27F51, p. 1.
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Keywords:I. To the...in Europe can find roots.
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Ts (ribbon and carbon).
Title:The Hustlers
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Date:Ca. 1950.
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Collation:48 pp. on 47 leaves; various pagings; various papers (discolored); paste ons.
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