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William T. Vollmann
A Guide and Inventory
Spec.rare.cms.187


Guide compiled by Kristen DiPietro.

INTRODUCTION

William T. Vollmann, 1959-, Santa Monica, California. Educated at Deep Springs College, Cornell University, and the University of California at Berkeley. Vollmann is a complex and innovative novelist and journalist who has often mixed the two genres, and who often includes autobiographical elements in the mix. He is also an artist and photographer, and has included this kind of work in his books. In addition, he is a maker of artists’ book, and distributes them through his own press, Cotangent Press.

This collection is a continuation of OSU's archival holdings for this author. It contains materials acquired in 2003-04, but spanning the period from 1988 to 2003. Included here are research materials, notes, correspondence and drafts associated with books such asThe Rifles, The Ice-Shirt, Argall, Rising Up and Rising Down, Europe Central, Imperial, You Bright and Risen Angels, The Royal Family, and Whores for Gloria. In addition, there are articles, reviews, a considerable amount of correspondence, photographs, drawings and other artwork.


Overview of the Collection:

Repository:Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Identification:Spec.rare.cms.187
Creator:William T. Vollmann
Title:William T. Vollmann Collection
Dates:1988-2003
Quantity:21 document boxes, 244 folders +
Description:Research materials, correspondence, notes, drafts, photos and drawings associated with books and articles by William T. Vollmann.





Box and Folder Listing:

Box 1

  • Folder 1-5: Rising Up and Rising Down Part 2 draft - approx. 1050 pages (ts)

Box 2

  • Folder 6-8: Rising Up and Rising Down Part 2 draft - approx. 400 pages (ts)
  • Folder 9: Rising Up and Rising Down Notebooks
    • 1997 notebook on Rising Up and Rising Down and Royal (ms)
    • Rising Up and Rising Down notebook “Off the Grid” (ms)
  • Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, Harper Collins Publishers Inc., 2003, with Rising Up and Rising Down cover

Box 3

  • Folder 10: Rising Up and Riding Down editorial and structural 2002-2003 (his folder)
      Folder (ts)
    • Clipped together - corrections
      • Means and Ends (ts)
      • Defense of Honor (ts)
      • Defense of Class (ts)
      • Defense of Authority (ts)
      • Defense of Race and Culture (ts)
      • Defense of Creed (ts)
      • Defense of War Aims (ts)
      • Defense of Homeland (ts)
      • Defense of Ground(ts)
      • Corrections from Eli (ts)
    • List of unconfirmed sources and claims: p. 1-217 (ts)
    • Letter to William from Devorah and Ben (ts)
    • Letter to William from Devorah (ms)
    • Structure and focus of Rising Up and Rising Down packet (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Dan (ts)
    • Defense of Women research (ts)
    • Structure of the book guide (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Eli (ts)
    • “Society for Cutting Up Men” by Valerie Solanas (ts)
    • “Mary McGrory: Washington’s Toughest Columnist” - Inez Garcia Case photocopy (ts)
    • “The Indictment: The Trial of Inez Garci” (ts)
    • A Survey of Black Rage Cases (ts)
    • “The “Battered Woman’s Defense” Its History and Future” by Law Offices of Michael G. Dowd December 1999 (ts)
    • Editorial Notes: Pages 1-217 (ts)
    • Rising Up and Rising Down draft pg. 2022-2065 (ts)
  • Folder 11: Rising Up and Riding Down editorial and structural 2002-2003 (his folder) cont.
    • Part II. Village Traditions/Modern Situations: Africa, Iran, India chapter 7 “The Women’s War of 1929 in South-Eastern Nigeria” – Women in violent political actions (ts)
    • “Disorderly Women: Gender and Labor Militancy in the Appalachian South” by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, 1999 (ts)
    • Focus October 14, 2001 “The Massie Case: Injustice and courage” by David Stannard (ts)
    • Chapter 11 “White Rage – Hate Crimes” (ts)
    • “The Agony of Afghanistan” by Patricia Smith (ts)
    • Notes (ms)
    • “Sexual Politics in Indonesia: From Soekarno’s Old Order to Soeharto’s New Order” by Saskia E. Wieringa (ts)
    • “The Nature of Female Consciousness in the Urban Working Class” from Women and Communal Strikes in the Crisis of 1917-1922 (ts)
    • Rising Up and Rising Down B. Trigger’s comments on moral calculus 9/14/2002(many used in final text) about 12 pages (ts/ms)
    • Earth Liberation Front notes and statements (ts)
    • In Defense of Animals research (ts)
    • Notes for “Defense of the Earth” chapter to Vollmann from Ben September 20, 2002
    • Population articles and copies from The Atlantic Monthly 2002 (ts)
    • “Defense of the Earth” Rising Up and Rising Down information compiled by Ben R. Westhoff (ts)
    • Talking Leaves: Ecopsychology, Self and Place Summer 2002, Vol. 12, No. 2 (ts)
    • Earth First! Victory for the U’wa! June-July 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 12: Rising Up and Rising Down working draft of “Moral Calculus”with suggestions by McSweeney, edited by Eli (mostly not taken) about 55 pages (ts/ms)
  • Folder 13: Children of the world notes from Iraq, Kosovo, Jamaica, Cambodia, Japan (ms)
  • Folder 14: Rising Up and Rising Down letters
    • Letter to Bill Vollmann from James Truman, January 14, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann from Damian Knight, 01/06/02 (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Dave (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Katherine 10/22/01 (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann by Damien Knight, January 23, 2002 (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Eli (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Dan (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Eli (ts)
    • Note from Eli (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Eli May 23 (ms)
  • Folder 15: :Rising Up and Rising Down misc.
    • Rising Up and Rising Down speech, November 2003, pg 1 (ts)
    • “When is Violence Justified? Big Question Gets Long Answer” by Paul McLeary review of Rising Up and Rising Down by William T. Vollmann (ts)
    • Southwest Airlines Ticketless Travel Confirmation (ts)
    • Rising Up and Rising Down notes on Vollmann (ts)
    • List of images from Cambodia, Cambodian Americans, weapons, Yugoslavia , nightmares prayers and ecstasies, Off the Grid , Defense of Monuments 2 and Defense of Homeland color , and a list of photos (ts/ms)
    • Legal queries (ts)
    • Rising Up and Rising Down “Defense of Animals” statistics of cattle, hogs, and sheep (ts)
  • Folder 16: Rising Up and Rising Down Kosovo and Columbia notes
    • Folder for Kosovo 1988 (ms)
    • “Clashes Mar Peace in Kosovo”, Yahoo News, 11/10/98 (ts)
    • Media Centar Pristina, “Daily Information Review Concerning Kosovo and Metohija from the World Media”, 10 November, 1998 (ts)
    • Beta Daily News, November 6, 1998, “FR Yugoslavia” article (ts)
    • Walker Statement, 11 November, 1998 (ts)
    • Media Centar Pristina, 10 November, 1998, information on Zlatan Ivanovic and Bojan Pavlovic (ts)
    • Media Centar Pristina, “Daily Information Review Concerning Kosovo and Metohija from the World Media”, 9 November, 1998 (ts)
    • Media Centar Pristina, “Daily Information Review Concerning Kosovo and Metohija from the World Media”, 13 November, 1998 (ts)
    • Media Centar Pristina, “Daily Information Review Concerning Kosovo and Metohija from the World Media”, 14 November, 1998 (ts)
    • “Clashes Mar Peace Efforts in Kosovo” (ts)
    • “Kosovo Truce Rocked by Killings” (ts)
    • “Police Warning” (ts)
    • “U.S. Envoy Views Bodies of Serb Cops” by Elena Becatoros (ts)
    • “Rebels regain control over Kosovo countryside” (ts)
    • “Britons start their mission in southern Kosovo” by Julijana Mojsilovic (ts)
    • 35mm to print Columbia for Rising Up and Rising Down folder (ms)
      • Columbia notes September 1999 (ts)
  • Folder 17: Photo short stories: “War in Iraq and Parallels” draft (without the photos) about 25 pages (ts)
  • Folder 18: Folder form Deborah Treisman (Arab materials)
    • Folder from Deborah (ms)
      • Letter from Deborah Treisman, August 12, 2002 (ts)
      • “National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms” press release No. 4, 2002 (information about prisoners and detainees of September 11th) (ts)
      • Yemen Times, “Until when will we stay helpless?” August 4 through August 11, 2002 (ts)
      • Yemen Economy “Budget and Revenues” article (ts)
      • Handwritten information on Ahmed Abdullah Mahdi ( a detainee) and other detainees (ms)
      • Yemen Times Monday, 9 September 2002 – Vol. XII, Issue No. 37 (ts)
      • Yemen Times Monday, 16 September 2002 – Vol. XII, Issue No. 38 (ts)
  • Folder 19: Relevant Pack of newspaper clippings on Kashmir (his folder)
    • Folder (ms)
      • “USA a terrorist state, says Hafiz Saeed” (ts)
      • “Muslims must be united under a single state: Zelimkhan” (ts)
      • “US, Jordan uncover details of Osma plot” (ts)
      • “German facing execution in Iran released after paying fine” (ts)
      • “Taliban prefer Islamic solution to Afghan crisis” (ts)
      • “UN biased attitude” (ts)
      • “Fund squeeze threatens UN agri campaign in Afghanistan” (ts)
      • “Afghan opp concedes loss to Taliban forces” (ts)
      • “US not meddling in Indo-Pak affairs” (ts)
  • Folder 20: “Chapter 8: Anlu Remembered: Kom Women’s Rebellion 1858-61” by Eugenia Shankin (ts)
  • Folder 21: ALF Interview on animal rights (ts)
  • Folder 22: Defense of Life and Earth Liberation Front articles
    • “You cannot control what is will” (ts)
    • Earth liberation front.com “Media Information” (ts)
    • Earth liberation front.com “Meet the E.L.F.” (ts)
    • Earth liberation front.com “Diary of Actions and Chronology” (ts)

Box 4

  • Folder 23: Animal Right documents
    • “Animal Rights Activism” from Animals Like Us by Mark Rowlands, Vengo Books, 2002 (ts)
    • “Animal Liberation” for “Defense of the Earth” for Rising Up and Rising Down compiled by Ben R. Westhoff (ts)
    • Activities Update: Animal Protection of New Mexico, Inc. Animal Issues at the Roundhouse 1998 Summer Edition (ts)
    • “’They Clearly Now See the Link’: Militant Voices” from Activists and Strategies(ts)
    • “Tools for Research…or what the public doesn’t know it is paying for” from Animal Liberation (ts)
    • “All Animals are Equal…or why supporters of liberation for Blacks and Women should support Animal Liberation too” from Animal Liberation (ts)
    • The Rights of Animals pg. 40-177, Chapters 2-4 (ts)
    • “Testing Lab Feels the Unbridled Fury of Animal Rights” by Gautam Naik (ts)
    • “Animals Rights Activists Harassing US Broker’s Staff Over ‘HLS Links’” (ts)
    • “Americans for Medical Progress (an anti-animals rights group)”(ts)
    • Chapters 6-7 “The New Crusaders and Stalking the Shadow” from The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The War Between Animal Research and Animal Protection by Deborah Rudacille, Farrar, Strauss, and Giroup, 2002 (ts)
    • “The History and Philosophy of the Animal Rights Movement and Questions of Security” from Targeted: The Anatomy of an Animal Rights Attack by Lorenz Oho Lutherer and Margaret Sheffield Simon, University of Oklahoma Press, 1992 (ts)
    • “ALF Mission Statement/Credo” (ts)
    • Zaire: Repression as Policy: A Human Rights Report, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1990 (ts)
    • War Without Quarter: Columbia and International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Watch, 1998 (ts)
    • Columbia Handbook by Peter Pollard, Fingerprint Handbooks, March 1998 (ts)
  • Folder 24: Madagascar Crime Chapter (no other copy)
    • Folder (ms)
    • The Jealous Ones (1994) about 90 pages (ts)
  • Folder 25: Congo Notebook 2001 (ms)
  • Folder 26: Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Republique Democratique du Congo Bulletin Quotidien No. 069 du 27 Avril 2001 (ts)
    • Republique Democratique du Congo Bulletin Quotidien No. 069 du 25 Avril 2001 (ts)
    • Republique Democratique du Congo Bulletin Quotidien No. 069 du 23 Avril 2001 (ts)
    • United Nations Organizations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Press Statement April 25, 2001 (ts)
    • United Nations Security Council: Seventh report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ts)

Box 5

  • Folder 27: Africa and Eastern Violence
    • Manifesto of NFDLA obtained in Somalia envelope (ms)
    • Statement by NFDLA (ts)
    • Printed picture of convicted Zebu rustler Madagascar 1994 (ts)
    • Printed picture of Burmese prostitute in Thailand (ts)
    • Bosnia and the Bosnian Muslims (ts)
    • U.S. Bloody Hands Off Iraq! Flier (ts)
  • Folder 28: Columbia folder (his folder)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Interview with Carlos Castano by the journalist Dano Arizmendia Carucol T.V. station handwritten notes (ms)
      • Notes on Carlos Castano Gil (ms/ts)
      • Notes on Fidel Castano (ts)
      • Questions from William T. Vollmann, New York Times (ms)
      • Notes (ms)
      • El Tiempo Lunes 28 de febrero de 2000 (ts)
      • El Tiempo, Sabado 19 de febrero de 2000 (ts)
      • Plan Columbia abre paso a certification (ts)
      • El Urabaebse ano no. 1, edicion no. 007, enero del 2000 (ts)
      • El Urabaebse ano no. 1, edicion no. 006, diciembre de 1999 (ts)
      • El Urabaebse ano no. 1, edicion no. 004, octubre de 2000 (ts)
  • Folder 29: Columbia folder (his folder)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Notes on Juan Carlos Martinez (ms)
      • Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 ( Events of 1999) Chapter on Colombia (ts)
      • Columbia “The Ties that Bind: Columbia and Military-Paramilitary Links”, Vol. 12, No. 1 (B), February 2000 (ts)
      • Correspondence between William T. Vollmann and Martha Lucia Carvajal (ts)
      • Notes on Maria del Pilar Brahim (ms)
      • Letter to William from Diana Andrea Pereira (ts)
      • Paper photo holder (ts)
      • William T. Vollmann passport copies (ts)
      • Envelope titled Columbia (ms)
      • Business cards
        • Zoraya Legarda M, Rocetones Cornisas Chimeneas, Decoraciones En Yeso (ts)
        • Fabrica de Pinturas y Revestimientos Pintulook (ts)
        • Marcos Bayona Lopez, Guia Turistico Bilingue (ts)
      • Notes on Angela Kelley (ms)
  • Folder 30: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations South East Asia
    • The Old Man (Cover only) rights? Trans. title? Booklet (ts)
    • Ben Dinh brochure (ts)
    • War Remnants in Vietnam booklet (ts)
    • Article for “Cambodia Gangs chapters” (ts)
    • Thailand and Cambodia map for “The Skulls of the Shelles” (ts)
  • Folder 31: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustration Prisoners
    • Vinh Moc Tunnel entrance ticket for “Defense vs. Traitors both sides” (ts)
    • Guardian Angels brochure for “You Gotta be 100% Right” (ts)
    • United Nations Security Council Resolution 913 (1994) (ts)
    • Copy of handwritten letters for “Punishment” (ms?)
  • Folder 32: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Latin America
    • copy of article “La ley del aguante” (ts)
    • copies of cartoons de Garzon El Espectador, domingo, 19 de septiembre de 1999 (ts)
    • articles from Mi Hora Cero/Maria Jimena Duzan (ts)
    • Folder to scan for Columbia (ms)
      • Universidad Nacional de Columbia papers (ts)
      • Diocesis de Tibu pamphlet (ts)
      • Enlarged copy of cartoon Paisaje (ts)
  • Folder 33: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “Where are all the Pretty Girls?”
    • Handwritten notes for “Where are all the Pretty Girls?” (ms)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Yuge case study “Where are all the Pretty Girls?” 1992 (ms)
      • Handwritten notes on names (ms)
  • Folder 34: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Arab prisoners
    • National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms some Detainees’ Photos and Date of Arrest (Arab prisoners) (ts)
    • National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms HOOD Table of detainees’ data (ts)
    • Parliamentary Committee to Investigate Sept 11 Detainees’ Status (ts)
    • National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms Press Release (ts)
    • Press Release Latest News About Sept 11 Detainees in Yemen (ts)
    • Yemen Times August 19 through August 25, 2002, Vol. XI, “Around 100 detainees still in prison” (ts)
    • Arabic Newspaper with cartoon (ts)

Box 6

  • Folder 35: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations maps
    • Maps of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Republic for “Yugoslavia” chapters (ts)
    • Map of Somalia for “Let me Know if You’re Scared” (ts)
    • Map of Kosovo (ts)
    • Notes for maps (ms)
    • Rare maps of Hrvatska Croatia (ts)
    • Map of Thailand (ts)
  • Folder 36: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “The War Never Came Here”
    • Alojzije Viktor Stepinac pamphlet for “The War Never Came Here” (ts)
    • Congressional Record – Extensions of Remarks, March 24, 1994 for “The War Never Came Here” (ts)
  • Folder 37: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “The Avenger of Kosovo”
    • Republic of Serbia Ministry of Information press release pamphlet for “The Avenger of Kosovo” (ts)
    • Maps of Kosovo and documents: Media Centar Pristina November 9, 11, 1998 for “The Avenger of Kosovo” (ts)
  • Folder 38: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Serbian War
    • Copied photos from the Serbian War (ts)
  • Folder 39: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “Defense of Animals”
    • Trout Wrapper volume 6, number 28 April 20, 2000 “Pony Bar Makes Playboy Magazine!” for “Defense of Animals” (ts)
    • “Raised with Care, Naturally”, Niman Ranch pamphlet (ts)
    • Newfoundland and Labrador: Hunting and Fishing booklet for “Defense of Animals” (ts)
    • Rising Up and Rising Down “Defense of Animals” folder (his folder)(ms)
      • Million Mom March advertisement (ts)
      • Warning for buffalo goring (ts)
      • Billing Livestock Commission Company Cattle Sale Update August 1999 (ts)
      • Trout Wrapper volume 6, number 15, November 4, 1999 “The Return of Renosaurus” (ts)
      • The Animals’ Voice Magazine Vol. 3, No. 3, August 1990 (ts)
    • “Defense of Animals” folder (his folder) (ms)
      • “Gay Rodeo” pamphlet (ts)
      • Answers from the Fur Institute of Canada (ts)
      • “Gay Rodeo and Answers” Pamphlet notes (ms)
      • Illustration list p. of each 1st for “Defense of Animals” 2nd for “Defense of Earth” (ms)
  • Folder 40: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Supremacists
    • “The Real Hate Group” by Pastor Pete Peters (ts)
    • “Under This Sign You Shall Conquer: Identity” (ts)
    • “The Story of the Waffen” by Leon Gedrelle (ts)
    • “Only Patriots Can’t Speak” pamphlet (ts)
  • Folder 41: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “Off the Grid”
    • Taking Aim volume 1, Issue No. 5, 1994 Special Edition for “Off the Grid” (ts)
    • Populist Action Committee Letter to Bill Zollman 25 November, 1994 and handwritten note for “Off the Grid” (ts/ms)
    • Intel Report April 19, 1994 Louisiana-Mississippi for “Off the Grid” (ts)
    • Center for Action S.P.I.K.E. Specially Prepared Individuals for Key Events Volume 4, No. 6 January 1995 and Aryan Nations Pamphlet for “Off the Grid” (ts)
  • Folder 42: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “But What Are We To Do?”
    • The Government of Karenni November 12, 1993 Letter to Senator Paul Simon for “What Are We To Do?” (ts)
    • Combined in a sheet for “What Are We To Do?”
      • Map of Shan State for Minerals and Vegetation (ts)
      • Shan State People’s Representatives Assembly Proposal for the Termination of Opium Production in the Shan State (ts)
      • Map of the Karenni State (ts)
      • Shan State documents (ts)
      • Shan State National Congress (ts)
  • Folder 43: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations (his folder)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Table of Offenses and convictions and sentences for “Punishment” (ts)
      • Table A – Assizes and Quarter Sessions, 1857 to 1906 for “Where Do My Rights End?” (ts)
      • Page in Thai or Cambodian from “The Old Man” (ts)
      • Three pages of a Japanese cartoon of a man pleasuring a woman (ts)
      • Two copies of photos in black and white of a clergy man and military man (ts)
      • Copy of Serbian pamphlet showing Stephanic with the WWII HOS/Vstasha leader A. Pavelic (ts)
      • Missing Person “At Risk” for Kristen Modafferi for “Morality of Weapons” (ts) (ts)
      • Copy of “The Firy Cross for Defense of Race” (ts)
      • Copy of photo of a member of the Hitler Youth for “Punishment” (ts)
      • “Rape babies and other miracles” for “Aesthetics of Weapons” (ts)
      • Table of Offenses and convictions and sentences for “Punishment” (ts)
      • Two more copies of Table A – Assizes and Quarter Sessions, 1857 to 1906 for “Where Do My Rights End?” (ts)
      • Copy of picture of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (ts)
  • Folder 44: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Women
    • Dominant Mistress flier (ts)
    • Dungeon of Dominance flier for Wicked Bitch (ts)
    • TV Heaven flier (ts)
    • Aurat Wajib Ditutup article “how Muslim women should dress with evidence from the Qur’an” for “Defense of Gender” (ts)
    • The Politically-Correct Dictionary on Abortion and copies (ts)
  • Folder 45: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Weapons
    • Japanese porno cartoon with pages set out about a woman pleasuring herself with a gun for “Sadism, Masochism and Pleasure” (ts)
    • Rema gunman’s daughter’s drawing of a Trivoli gunman (Rema ghetto, Kingston, Jamaica, 1997) for “Dey Bring Dem Bloodstains” (ts)
    • Intratec Firearms: Your Choice Keeps America Working magazine for “Aesthetics of Weapons” (ts)
    • Hits Count!: How to Master the Principals That Will Guarantee Hits in Combat
    • “Bombs: What To Do and When To Do It, Information For the Household” pamphlet for “Morality of Weapons” (ts)
    • Combined for “Morality of Weapons”
      • Block Party Recognition for Debbie Gomez (ts)
      • “New arrests in shooting spree shock rural Mississippi Town” by J.R. Moehringer, Los Angeles times, Friday, October 10, 1997 (ts)
      • “Intrusion Control Technologies, Inc. Portalock, Portable Security” pamphlet (ts)
      • “Introducing a New Era of Safety and Security” pamphlet (ts)
      • B- safe bulletin, Reporting Crime for “Morality of Weapons” (ts)
      • In Loving Remembrance of LeJohn “ Bert” Tobler obituary service (ts)
      • Combined for “Mortality of Weapons”
        • Postcard to Bill from Tonie (ms)
        • Missing people and obituaries for “Defense of Children” (ts)
        • Missing Person “At Risk” for Kristen Modafferi (ts)
  • Folder 46: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations “Defense of Race”
    • Combined for “Defense of Race”
      • The Firy Cross pamphlet
      • Fac-simile of the Last Letter of John Brown to his family, written the Sunday before his execution (ms)
      • Combined for “Defense of Race”
        • Immigration Invasion Threatens Nation! Issue No. 375 newspaper (ts)
          • Aryan Nations Newsletter # 79 (ts)
          • Anti-Christ vs. Christians pamphlet (ts)
          • Race Relations in America: The Establishment Agenda pamphlet (ts)
  • Folder 47: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations Misc.
    • Confederate States Paper Money (ts)
    • Folder
      • Human Rights Network News Vol. 3, No. 2, June 1994 News Bulletin (ts)
      • Copy of letter to sisters Mary A and Martha from Charlestown, Jefferson Co, VA, 27th November 1857 (ms)
      • “Land Dia Dao Vinh Moc Vinh Moc Tunnel” pamphlet (ts)
      • Of the People, By the People, For the People Vol. 2, Iss. # 20 June 22, 1995 (ts)
      • “Are You a Tax Protestor?” Pamphlet (ts)
      • “Mine awareness Chart No. 1 Anti- Personnel Mines” pamphlet (ts)
      • “Yankee Ingenuity” booklet (ts)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Illustration to Chapter Which is Not Yet Printed Out containing Media Centar Pristina 11 November, 1998 (ts)
      • Media Centar Pristina 9 November, 1998 (ts)
      • two maps (ts)
      • Folder (ms)
        • Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations possibly worth using in rights available cutting from larger folder (ms)
        • Combined for “Intro”
          • “Did Six Million Really Die?: The Truth at Last” booklet (ts)
          • “Ministry of Information of Serbia Press Release” pamphlet (ts)
          • Pen drawing by NGO HUY ’98 “There’s Nothing Sweet About Taking Revenge. Bulldog Got Some of His Own Medicine.” For “Defense of Retaliation” (ms)
          • Earth First! June-July, 1996 Newspaper for “Defense of Earth” (ts)
          • Combined for “The Last Generation”
          • Notes (ms)
          • Letter to Bill from Chheng 06-05-96 (ts)
          • letter to Bill from Chheng AKA Jeanny 05-26-96 ms)
  • Folder 48: Rising Up and Rising Down Some Thoughts on Violence Freedom and Urgent Means volume MC
    • Dedication (ts)
    • Subtitle When is Violence Justified? (ts)
    • Quotes (ts)
    • Contents (ts)
    • Annotated contents (ts)
    • List of moral and expedient calculi (ts)
    • Photographic portfolios (ts)
  • Folder 49: 5 copies of photos for Columbia photo potions (ts)

Box 7

  • Folder 50-55: Central Europe Draft for Viking 02/04 about 1200 pages (ts)

Box 8

  • Folder 56: Europe Central Draft for Viking 02/04 about 300 pages (ts)
  • Folder 57: Europe Central almost complete draft August 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 58: Notebook Rising Up and Rising Down – guns, USA and Europe Central – Shost (ms)
  • Folder 59: 12 Pages of notes for Europe Central (ms)
  • Folder 60: Europe Central printed pictures and maps in German (ts)
  • Folder 61: Europe Centralarticles
    • “You Must Remember!: Shostakovich’s alleged interrogation by the NKVD in 1937” (ts)
    • “Roman Karmen, un cineaste au service de la revolution” (ts)
    • “Les images ont une histoire” (ts)
    • “Our Russian Front” (ts)
    • “Vernichtungslager” (ts)
  • Folder 62: Europe Central Misc.
    • Random pages of Europe Central (ts)
    • handwritten notes (ms)
    • tables about 250 pages (ts)
  • Folder 63: Khentova
    • Khentova pp 114-37, 150-59, 168-70, 245-6 sent to Sergei by William T. Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 64: German texts
    • 5 pages on Stalingrad (ts)
    • 2 maps (ts)
    • Entered notes pg 76-89 (ts/ms)
    • “Roman Karmen” by Sergej Drobaschenok (ts)
    • Dokumentation zur Massen-Vergasung pg 3-16 (ts)
  • Folder 65: Shostakovich: A Life Remembered pg 102-111 (ts)
  • Folder 66: Russian texts
    • Кuнословарь В Двух Томах selected pages (ts)
    • Советские художественньіе φиьмьі selected pages (ts)
  • Folder 67: Stalingrad texts
    • The Advance in Stalingrad pg 188-287 (ts)
  • Folder 68: “Lina and Elena” draft 2 1/04, about 10 pages (ts)
  • Folder 69: “Lina and Elena” draft 1/04, about 25 pages (ts)
  • Folder 70: “Lina and Elena” draft 1/20/04, about 15 pages (ts)
  • Folder 71: “Elena’s Rockets” draft June 2003, 2 pages (ts)
  • Folder 72: “Opus 40” draft 1/04, about 10 pages (ts)
  • Folder 73: “Opus 40” draft 1/04, about 15 pages (ts)
  • Folder 74: “Opus 40” draft 1/04, about 20 pages (ts)

Box 9

  • Folder 75: “And I’d Dry My Salty Hair” draft 1/04, 22 pages (ts)
  • Folder 76: “And I’d Dry My Salty Hair” draft about, 22 pages (ts)
  • Folder 77: “The Palm Tree of Deborah” draft, 49 pages (ts)
  • Folder 78: “The Palm Tree of Deborah” draft, 15 pages (ts)
  • Folder 79: “Far and Wide My Country Stretches” draft 1/04, 44 pages (ts)
  • Folder 80: “Far and Wide My Country Stretches” draft May 2003, 25 pages (ts)
  • Folder 81: “Breakout” late draft, about 70 pages (ts)
  • Folder 82: “The Last Field-Marshal” draft, about 20 pages (ts)
  • Folder 83: “The Last Field-Marshal” draft, 63 pages (ts)
  • Folder 84: “The Last Field-Marshal” draft, 110 pages (ts)
  • Folder 85: “Clean Hands” draft March 2003, about 60 pages (ts)
  • Folder 86: “The Second Front” draft 1/04, 17 pages (ts)
  • Folder 87: “The Second Front” draft June 2003, 3 pages (ts)
  • Folder 88: “Operation Citadel” final draft pg 16-37 (ts)
  • Folder 89: “Operation Citadel” 2nd to last revision 1/04, 35 pages (ts)
  • Folder 90: “Operation Citadel” draft 12/03, about 25 pages (ts)
  • Folder 91: “Operation Citadel” draft 12/12/03, 34 pages (ts)
  • Folder 92: “Operation Hagen” draft 8/03, 6 pages (ts)
  • Folder 93: “Airlift Idylls” draft 11/02, 13 pages (ts)
  • Folder 94: “Airlift Idylls” draft, 11 pages (ts)

Box 10

  • Folder 95: “Airlift Idylls” 2nd to final draft 1/04, 42 pages (ts)
  • Folder 96: “Airlift Idylls” draft 1/04, 44 pages (ts)
  • Folder 97: “A Pianist from Kilgore” draft to Michael march from William T. Vollmann, about 15 pages (ts)
  • Folder 98: “The White Nights of Leningrad” draft, 9 pages (ts)
  • Folder 99: “War Movies” draft to Chris Chang from William T. Vollmann, 9 pages (ts)
  • Folder 100: “War Movies” draft, 9 pages (ts)
  • Folder 101: “Steel in Motion” draft 1/14/02, 4 pages (ts)
  • Folder 102: “Steel in Motion” draft 1/31/02, 4 pages (ts)
  • Folder 103: “Steel in Motion” draft February 2002, 9 pages (ts)
  • Folder 104: “Steel in Motion” draft, 4 pages (ts)
  • Folder 105: Europe Central chapter? draft, 34 pages (ts)
  • Folder 106: Europe Central chapter? draft, 52 pages (ts)
  • Folder 107: Europe Central chapter? December 14 draft, 36 pages (ts)
  • Folder 108: Europe Central chapter? draft, 74 pages (ts)
  • Folder 109: Europe Central chapter? draft, about 50 pages (ts)
  • Folder 110: Imperial draft as of 7/2001, about 160 pages (ts)
  • Folder 111: Imperial notebook 2000-2001 (ms)
  • Folder 112: “The Water of Life” draft 2001, about 25 pages (ts)
  • Folder 113: “The Water’s Edge” about 15 pages (ts)
  • Folder 114: “Paintscapes (1903-1970)” draft 11/02, 7 pages (ts)
  • Folder 115: Chronology of California’s Transition (ts)

Box 11

  • Folder 116: Water Quality Control documents
    • California Environmental Protection Agency Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region Executed Officer’s Report January 2001 (ts)
    • California Environmental Protection Agency Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region November 1999 Executive Officer’s Report (ts)
    • California Environmental Protection Agency Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region June 10, 1999 Executive Officer’s Report (ts)
    • Combined articles
      • “San Jose Mercury News” by Dara Akiko Williams (ts)
      • “U.S. Unveils Plan to Save Salton Sea” by Tony Perry (ts)
      • “Leaching Radiation Waste Endangers California Tap Water” by Arthur H. Purcell (ts)
      • “Group plans solution to pollution 509 contaminated water sites prompt statewide suit” by Terry Rodgers (ts)
    • Attachment 5 – California Unified Watershed Assessment (UWA) February 2000 update (ts)
    • Search query for “New River” (ts)
    • California Environmental Protection Agency Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region Basin Planning Unit (ts)
    • Basin Planning Program (ts)
    • California Environmental Protection Agency Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region “New river Pollution in Mexico a Historical Overview” by Phil Gruenberg (ts)
    • California Environmental Protection Agency Regional Water Quality Control Board Colorado River Basin Region September 16, 1999 Executive Officer’s Report (ts)
    • Graphs of water quality (ts)
  • Folder 117: Salton Sea Documents
    • Draft Environment Impact statement (EIS)/Environment Impact Report (EIR) Salton Sea Restoration Project (ts)
    • Draft Final Report: Fish Biology and Fisheries Ecology of the Salton Sea, 59 pages (ts)
    • “The Salton Sea” (ts)
    • “Environmental Reconnaissance of the Salton Sea: Sediment Contaminants” (ts)
    • Salton Sea Database Program (ts)
  • Folder 118: Letters about Salton Sea
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Gary Moore, 2/16/02 (ts)
    • Letter to the editor from Michael Cohen, 2/7/02 (ts)
    • Letter to William the Blind from Ken Ohlson, 1/9/02 (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Deborah, September 21, 2001 (ts)
    • Letter to “Dear Sirs” from Hal Espen, June 1, 2001 in English and Spanish (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Elizabeth, September 21, 2001 (ts)
  • Folder 119: Pages of Imperial chapter on “Chinese Tunnels” (a forthcoming HARPER’s article) as collected by my Mormon interpreter, Terrie, about 30 pages (ts)
  • Folder 120: Resource articles for Imperial
    • Imperial Valley Press, Thursday, May 30, 2002 (ts)
    • “Imperial Sand Dunes” pamphlet (ts)
    • Combined
      • Note to Bill from Jean (ms)
      • New York Times, “A Perilous 4,000-Mile Passage to Work” article 5/29/2001 (ts)
    • “Hepah, California!” Pages 82-86 (ts)
    • The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances by John C. Van Dyke, pg 48-49, 72-75 (ts)
    • “Wild Life in the Far West; Personal Adventures” by Captain James Hobbs, selected pages (ts)
    • “Where the Ghost Bird Sings by the Poison Springs” for Salton Sea chapter of Imperial (ts)
    • Two copies of pages for Imperial (ts)
  • Folder 121: Notes, letters, and maps for Imperial
    • Letter to Bill from Elizabeth, June 12, 2001 (ts)
    • Letter to Ms. Allison Baker to William T. Vollmann, with text on Imperial (ts)
    • “Imperial Settlement in the Eastern part of San Diego County, California” (ts)
    • A rough delineation of Imperial with two maps of the region and 3 pages of information on the maps (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Mr. Vollmann to Gwendolyn Spring Kurtz, May 24, 2002 (ms)
    • U.S. Census Bureau detailed tables (ts)
    • 11 pages of random handwritten notes (ms)
  • Folder 122: Newspapers for Imperial
    • Imperial Valley Press, Friday, May 24, 2002 (ts)
    • Imperial Valley Press, Sunday, September 29, 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 123: Copied Imperial Valley photos and Vollmann’s grades (his grouping)
    • 9 pages of printed photos (ts)
    • 4 pages of grades (ts)
    • Printed picture (ts)
    • Printed picture of Vollmann’s wedding and copy of the invitation (ts)
    • Printed picture of Vollmann and a family (ts)
    • Article “2 Journalists Killed, 1 Hurt After Hitting Mine in Bosnia” (ts)
  • Folder 124: Letters/interview from Elizabeth Hightower
    • Pages of letters and interviews connected together to Bill from Elizabeth Hightower along with interview of Hal Espen (ts)
    • Pages from Elizabeth (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Elizabeth, Nov. 20 (ms)
  • Folder 125: Art photograph
    • Printed photo with water color painting over it (ms)
  • Folder 126-128: Argall 2nd pass, about 650 pages (ts)

Box 12

  • Folder 129: Argall 2nd Pass, about 110 pages (ts)
  • Folder 130-134: Argall for the Archives, about 740 pages (ts)
  • Folder 135: Argall reviews
    • Combined
      • Letter to Bill from Paul (ms)
      • Advance reviews for Argall: A novel illuminating the truth of John Smith and Pocahontas reviewed by Andrew Ervin (ts)
      • “The Stench of Corpses” (ts)
      • “Argall” review (ts)
      • “Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith” September 1, 2001 (ts)
      • “Argall” from Library Journal Sept 2001 (ts)
      • “American promise fulfilled and betrayed: Historical novel a revisionist look at the legend of Pocahontas” by Adam Kirsch (ts)
      • “Pocahontas loves John Smith? A fictional account of a great love story. Or not.” By Jay Parini (ts)
      • Combined
        • “A gripping look backward to Jamestown, Pocahontas” by John Freeman (ts)
        • “‘Dreams’ series leads to Jamestown by John Freeman; Jamestown colonists’ dream begets a nightmare” by John Freeman (ts)
        • Argall advertisement
        • “A difficult trip to Jamestown” by John Freeman (ts)
        • “Dreamy visions of the past” by Marc Mohan (ts)
        • “‘Argall’: Linguistic oddities eventually begin to make sense” (ts)
        • “‘Argall’ straying makes for an arduous read” by Fionne Meade (ts)
        • Argall review by A.M. Homes (ts)
        • “Culture wars in the New World” by John Freeman (ts)
      • Two copies of a four page review of Argall by William the Blind sent to Steve Wasserman (ts)
  • Folder 136: Argall letters
    • Schedule for Bill Vollmann, Argall (ts)
    • Letter to William from Dan Richter (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Paul the Thin (ts)
    • Letter to Captain from Slovak with copy of Argall book cover (ts)
    • Letter for Argall to Honored Sir Edwin Sandys from John Rolfe(?) January 1619/20 (ts)
  • Folder 137: 3 copies of Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 7, 2001 with article “The Stench of Corpses” excerpt from Argall by William T. Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 138: Virginia 1614
    • Estate of Virginia 1614 pages 4-11, 36-47, 50-61 (ts)

Box 13

  • Folder 139: Reports of the Virginia Company pages 15-248 and page 665 (ts)
  • Volume Three of Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes, Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by William T. Vollmann, Viking Penguin, 2001
    • Note attached to front of the novel “For Bill Sorry about the map. Your F.D., Carla” (ms)
    • A color photograph of “The little Mohee” page 33
    • Page 659 road signs from Florida to Virginia with lipstick kiss over the Hooters sign
  • Folder 140: Inuit Magazines/Journals
    • Inuit Art World Fall/Winter, 1990/1991 (ts)
    • Inuit magazine written in the Inuit language (ts)
    • Indian and Northerners Affairs Canada: The Arctic Environmental Strategy and Action Plan, Ottawa, 1991 (ts)
    • Inuktitut Summer, 1986 (ts)
    • Inuktitut Spring, 1988 (ts)
    • Inuktitut #70 (1989) (ts)
    • Inuktitut #71 (1990) (ts)
    • Inuktitut #72 (1990) (ts)
    • Inuktitut #73 (1991) (ts)
    • Inuktitut #74 (1991) (ts)
  • Folder 141: Eskimos
    • Pages 215-218 on Eskimos with large picture over pages 116-117 of Eskimo narwhal hunters
    • Glossary of Alaskan and Yukon local jargon, names, and terminology (ts)
  • Folder 142: Seven Dreams notes
    • Dying Grass notes (ms/ts?)
    • “Strange Innocence” article from Vanity Fair, pg 99, July 2001 (ms/ts?)
    • Pages 600-601 of “Speech in the Mescalero Dialect” from Hyperborean Language (ts)

Box 14

  • Folder 143: The Rifles winter arctic trips (his folder)
    • Folder
      • Official Explorers’ Map: Canada’s Northwest Territories (ts)
      • Glaciers: A Water Resource booklet from U.S. Department of the Interior/Geological Survey (ts)
      • Museum of the American Indian pamphlet (ts)
      • Nissan Vacuum Bottle instructions (ts)
      • Hand drawing of a mask with labels (ms)
      • Hand drawn diagram stove wires (ms)
      • 5 pages of maps of the arctic (ts)
      • 12 copies of old text with maps (ts)
      • Hand drawing (ms)
      • Notes on a stove (ms)
      • Sherpa Memo congratulations on the purchase of a pair of snowshoes (ts)
      • Steger Mukluks magazine made in Ely, Minnesota (ts)
      • The Original Candle Lantern by UCO Corporation pamphlet (ts)
      • Attention for XGK II Stove purchase (ts)
      • Care of Down Air Mats paper (ts)
      • Vapor Barrier Clothing paper (ts)
      • Important notes on Washing, etc. paper (ts)
      • MSR Stove System Instruction Manual (ts)
      • Manzella, Thermax/Lycra: Sure Hands Handware tag (ts)
      • Sherpa Warranty tag (ts)
      • Sherpa Snowshoe and the Sherpa Binding brochure (ts)
      • Letter to Mr. William Vollmann from John McCaw, April 6, 1990 and letter to Elizabeth Stadnik from John McCaw, April 6, 1990 (ts)
      • Pressure Conversation Table (ts/ms)
      • Ellesmere Island Trip 1991 5 pages (ts)
      • Copy of color pictures from Resolute Weather Station, 74 43 North 94 57 West (ts)
      • Feathered Friends clothing brochure (ts)
      • Wild Things Inc. Catalog 1990 (ts)
      • “Magnetic pole ‘rediscovered’” by Wallace Immen (ts)
      • SOREL suggestions for warm dry feet (ts)
      • 2 pages of color pictures from Alert Weather Station, 82 30 North 62 30 west (ts)
      • Page of color pictures from Mould Bay Weather Station, 76 14 North 119 20 West (ts)
      • 2 pages of color pictures from Eureka Weather Station, 80 00 North 85 56 West (ts)
      • 2 pages of magnetic declination chart (ts/ms)
      • Weather Instruments from The Weather Center Boston and two pages of fliers from The Weather Center (ts)
      • Hand drawing of exped. Wt capilene and bore-Tex (ms)
      • Hand drawing of a sleeping bag with notes on advantages and disadvantages (ms)
      • Isachsen, N.W.T. paper (ts)
      • Route to pole fraught with danger by Ed Struzik article (ts)
      • Note of good luck (ms)
      • Safety in Polar Bear Country booklet (ts)
      • “The Twelve Gauge Shotgun: A Bear Deterrent and Protection Weapon” by Peter L. Clarkson (ts)
      • Letter to William Vollmann from Mipam(?) Williams (ms)
      • Proposed Field Activities for 1991 (ts)
      • Arctic Weather Station LAT 78° 47’N LONG 103° 32’W, Isachsen ELLEF Ringnes Island N.W.T. (ts)
      • Natural Light Tables for the Sun and Moon January-December 1991 (ts)
  • Folder 144: Cloud-Shirt (his folder)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Corner of notes (ms)
      • Canyon Overlook: A Visitor’s Guide to Canyon de Chelly National monument 1988 (ts)
      • The Navajo-Hopi Observer Vol. 7, No. 22, Wednesday, June 22, 1988 (ts)
      • Big Mountain News Fall 1987 10th Anniversary of Resistance Issue (ts)
      • Page 64 of Roadsides (ts)
      • Navajo Corn Ice Cream by Barney Mitchell (ts)
      • Project Live 1986 (ts)
      • Page of change in person to report to from Mr. White to Dr. W. Samuel Dodger (ts)
      • Notes on water (ms)
      • A Men’s Counseling Project on Family Violence pamphlet (ts)
      • Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico pamphlet (ts)
      • Arizona State Government: Employee Benefits Highlights pamphlet (ts)
      • Navajos Resist Forced Relocation: Big Mountain and Joint Use Area Communities Fight Removal (ts)
      • South and Central American Indian Information Center (SAIIC) newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3, Spring, 1986 (ts)
      • Subsidiaries of Peabody International Corporation (ts)
      • Two pages of handwritten notes (ms)
      • Letter to Mr. William Vollmann from James G. Abourezk, March 7, 1988 (ts)
      • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Steve Birdlebough, 4/8/87 (ms)
      • Letter to William Vollmann from Alan Cranston, September 12, 1986 (ts)
      • Congressional Record proceedings and Debates of the 99th Congress, Second Session Vol. 132, No. 78, Wednesday, June 11, 1986 (ts)
      • 5 pages of maps (ts)
      • The Navajo-Hopi Observer Vol. 7, No. 21, Wednesday, June 15, 1988 (ts)
      • Navajo Times Vol. XXVI No. 25, Thursday, June 23, 1988 (ts)
      • Mohave Daily Miner, Tuesday, June 21, 1988, 105th Year, No. 137 (ts)
      • New York Times, Sunday, October 2, 1988 pages 13-16, 33-34 (ts)
      • New York Times Magazine, November 26, 1989/ Section 6 (ts)
  • Folder 145: Freight-train Rides of America (his compelation)
    • Envelope (ms)
      • Lottery information (ts)
      • “Brotherhood of hopes closely resembles street gang, police say” by Reid Magney (ts)
      • Inquirer. “Violent ways intrude on riding the rails: Hobos and trains are part of American lore. The Freight Train Riders of America is a different story” by Kim Murphy (ts)
      • “Helena Independent Record: ‘Tornado’ cops a plea Transient: ‘I hit someone with an ax handle. I know it was stupid’” by Linda Kent (ts)
      • Helena Independent Record vol. 53, no. 292 “Townsend attacks linked to gang” by Jeff Stoffer (ts)
      • Human Rights Network News vol. 2, no. 1, May 1992 “The Bo Gritz Road Show” (ts)
      • Gazette “2 deny charges in Laurel slaying” by Nick Ehli, Saturday, November 26, 1994 (ts)
      • The Townsend Star 100th Year, No. 29, Thursday, September 11, 1997 (ts)
      • The Sacramento Bee, Friday, April 24, 1998 pages A7-A8 (ts)
      • The Townsend Star 100th Year, No. 30, Thursday, September 18, 1997 (ts)
      • “‘Chicken train’ makes the long run north” by Tom Dieusaert (ts)
      • Writings by William J. Salzmann, Eric Jackson, Ken Stitzel for Freight Train Rides of America (ts)
      • Freight Train Riders Association (ts)
      • Network News Flash # 16 December 1997 (ts)
      • Letter to Bill Vollmann from Christine Kaufmann, March 23, 1998 (ts/ms)
      • Printed email from Michael Novick (ts)
      • Missoulian, Thursday, May 28, 1988 (ts)
      • The Townsend Star 100th Year, No. 40, Wednesday, November 26, 1997 (ts)
      • “Life Among the Rocks” by Jeff Stoffer (ts)
      • “How it All Began” article (ts)
      • “How Many People Experience Homelessness?” NCH Fact Sheet #2, January 1997 (ts)
      • File Edit View Go Bookmarks Options Directory Window (ts)
    • Folder 146: China train journey draft, Time Asia, July 2002 notebook (ms)
    • Folder 147: Whores for Gloria written by William T. Vollmann 8/21/92 (ts)

Box 15

  • Folder 148: Art for The Atlas, hand drawn and printed 1992 (ms/ts)
  • Folder 149: Essays from The Atlas
    • Book
      • “The Back of My Head”, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) (ts)
      • “Last Day at the Bakery”, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) (ts)
    • Folder 150: Art for You Bright and Risen Angels
      • “Oh, you bright and risen angels, you are all in your graves! And we must wind along without you, knowing Big George saves!” Drawing of a face partially covered with a gun (ms)
      • You Bright and Risen Angels: a cartoon of a hammer (ms)
    • Folder 151: You Bright and Risen Angles: Notes
      • Pages 486-488 of You Bright and Risen Angels (ts)
      • Letter to Mr. William from Larry Dark, September 4, 1989 (ts)
      • Permission granted by William T. Vollmann for his publisher, Ballantine Books (ts/ms)
      • Atcom Press flier (ts)
      • Incerts for pages 104, 300, 382, 419 (ts)
      • Pages 158-159, 209, 287, 353-354, 367-368, 371-374 of You Bright and Risen Angels (ts)
      • Folder 152: Court crimes and bails for The Royal Family for Bill from Geri(?) Canyane(?) (ts)
  • Folder 153: Royal Family misc.
    • Handwritten notes (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from David Abel, August 16, 2001 (ts)
    • San Francisco Examiner Image. May 5, 1991 (ts)
  • Folder 154: Noh draft to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, 1 May, 2002, “The Mask is Most Important Always” 32 pages (ts)
  • Folder 155: Noh draft to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, 13 pages (ts)
  • Folder 156: Noh draft to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, 13 pages (ts)
  • Folder 157: An Afghanistan Picture Show
    • An Afghanistan Picture Show to Tom Christie for L.A. Weekly from William T. Vollmann 2000 words (ts)
  • Folder 158: Afghanistan photo options, 6 pages (ts)
  • Folder 159: The Women of Afghanistan by Nancy Hatch Dupree, 1998 (ts)
  • Folder 160: The Appeals of Nazism essay
    • The Appeals of Nazism essay Part I,June 1978-1979, received an “A” (ts)

Box 16

  • Folder 161: “International Relations” draft, 14 pages (ts)
  • Folder 162: First draft of “Ecstasy” 9 pages (ts)
  • Folder 163: “The Case Worker” essay 18 pages (ts)
  • Folder 164: “Two Views from the Wall of a Ruined Rumanian Fort” (1998-39) 16 pages (ts)
  • Folder 165: “The Red X” (cut to 4178 words not including the footnote) to Chris Chang (ts)
  • Folder 166: “The Red X”
    • Letter to Bill from Chris (ms)
    • “The Red X” to Chris Chong (ts)
  • Folder 167: “The Land of Wooden Owls” (2001) by William T. Vollmann, about 20 pages (ts)
  • Folder 168: “What Every Man Should Do”, 500 word essay for MEN’S JOURNAL (ts)
  • Folder 169: “Convict Bird” and CoTangent misc.
    • Research Typography, Type Samplers (ts)
    • Sales record: “The Convict Bird”, with the agreement, receipt, notes on CoTangent Press (ms/ts)
    • George Robert Minkoff, Inc. Rare Books (ts)
    • Copies of art for Whores of Gloria (ms)
    • Priscilla Juvelis specially commissioned unique copy of “Convict Bird” by William Vollmann, with Ben Pox and letter of payment (ts)
    • CoTangent Consignment Press of “Grave of Lost Stories Marble Edition #4” to Priscilla Juvelis and blank copies (ts/ms)
    • Expenses notes (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Priscilla April 18, 1994 (ts)
    • Schematic for “Annabel Lee” (ts)
    • CoTangent Press: Proposal 1988 (ts)
    • CoTangent Futures List (ms/ts)
    • Return envelope (ts0
    • Hand drawing of shirt with medals (ms)
    • CoTangent logo (ts)
    • Copy list (ms)
    • “The Convict Bird: A Children’s Poem” by William T. Vollmann for CoTangent Press: Catalog 1987-88 (ts)
    • Dulcet from Monadnock (ts)
    • Handwritten notes (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from T.G. Rosenthal, 11th February, 1988 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill and Janice from Veronica (ms)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Jen, February 7, 1988 (ms)
    • How to Tell Your Legislators Your Views page (ts)
  • Folder 170: Vollmann: Vietnam proposal for Harper’s: Description of a Book Entitled “Pool People” (ts)
  • Folder 171: Literary Review of Canada: International Voices Vol. 9, No. 8, October 2001 (ts)
  • Folder 172: Gear Magazine
    • Gear Magazine, March 2001, with article “The Price of Oil: In the lust for oil, people are dying in Kazakhstan”, page 108 (ts)
    • Gear Magazine, April 2000, with article “End of Days”, page108 (ts)
    • Gear Magazine, October 2000, with article “Gun Club: One nation, under guns, divided, with injustice and jeopardy for all”, page 102 (ts)
    • Gear Magazine, December 2000/January 2001, with article “Television ate my town: Big Brother decides what’s right and wrong”, page118 (ts)
    • Gear Magazine, May-June 1999, with article “Life in Hell”, page 70 (ts)
  • Folder 173: 9 copies of Film Comment vol. 38, no. 2, March/April 2002, with article “War Movies”, page 20 (ts)
  • Folder 174: Bookforum vol. 7, issue 4, Winter 2000, with an interview with William T. Vollmann, page 28 (ts)

Box 17

  • Folder 175: Time Asia Magazine
    • Time Asia, August 19-August 26, 2002 (ts)
    • Time Asia, April 29, 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 176: Time Asia Magazine faxes
    • Fax to William Vollmann from Brian Bennett comments on “Opium Review”, February 14, 2002 (ms/ts)
    • Fax to Janice Ryu from Time Asia to pass on information to Bill, March 27, 2002 (ms/ts)
    • Fax to William Vollmann from Brian Walsh, April 17, 2002 (ms/ts)
    • Fax to Mr. William T. Vollmann c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Karl Greenfield, August 9, 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Mr. William T. Vollmann c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Karl Greenfield, August 9, 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Mr. William T. Vollmann c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Karl Greenfield, August 9, 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Dr. Janice Ryu for William T. Vollmann from Yuman Wong, July 22, 2002 (ts)
    • Three copies of fax to William T. Vollmann c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Karl Greenfield, August 6, 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 177: Time Asia Magazine letters
    • Letter to William Vollmann, c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Zoher, May 23 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann, c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Zoher Abdoolcarim, May 23 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann, c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Zoher Abdoolcarim, May 21, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann, c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Zoher Abdoolcarim, May 21, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann, c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Zoher Abdoolcarim, May 21, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann, c/o Dr. Janice Ryu from Nick, July 17, 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 178: The Rider; Time Magazine version, 11 pages (ts)
  • Folder 179: William T. Vollmann: Chronological Arranged Introductory Notes and Biographical Narrative, two copies, 35 pages (ts)
  • Folder 180: Green Dress (his arrangement)
    • Cover design for CoTangent Book: The Happy Girls (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Cynthia Anderson, January 2, 1989 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Cindy, 11/7/88 (ms)
    • Notes (ms)
    • Two pages of font types (ts)
    • Eight pages of font text examples (ts)
  • Folder 181: Mishima
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Sean Rocha, August 3, 2001 with review of Mishima (ts)
    • Yukio Mishima: A 20th-Century Masters Tribute program (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Andrea Jeyaveeran thank you for participation in Mishima event (ms)
    • Letter to Bill form Andrea Jeyaveeran, October 9, 2001 about Mishima event (ts)
    • Fax to William T. Vollmann from Andrea, 11/14/01, about arrival for the Mishima event (ts)
  • Folder 182: Breakfast at Seabrook (his arrangement)
    • Folder with poem “Topaz” by Greg Thomas (ms)
    • Breakfast at Seabrook handwritten manuscript with two pages of maps, 75 pages (ms)
  • Folder 183: Nuclear Protests
    • “Cruise Control Action Project to stop the CRUISE MISSILE from coming to New York” pamphlet (ts)
    • “Stop Nuclear Power came to Seabrook, New Hampshire” May 24, pamphlet (ts)
    • “Free To Be You and Me”, song Earthrise ’80 (ts)
    • The Atom and the Energy Crunch magazine (ts)
  • Folder 184: Steinbeck
    • Letter to Bill from Llovah(?) (ms)
    • “Steinbeck, Most American of Us All” 1370 words to Tom Christie from William T. Vollmann (ts)
    • Successful TX Report, 4/2/02 to Tom Christie from William T. Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 185: “Medea, by Euripedes” review sent to Katrina from William T. Vollmann, 15 January, 2003 that was rejected, about 3300 words (ts)
  • Folder 186: Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader working table of contents (ts)
  • Folder 187: Witness project with articles of refugees
    • Witness outline (ts)
    • “The Sahel Oral History Project – Africa” from The Communication Initiative (ts)
    • USCR in the Field article “Testimonials of Refugees: Kosovo – If there is peace, we will go home immediately” (ts)
    • Cambodia article “Letter From A Khmer Amputee” (ts)
    • USCR in the Field article “Testimonials from Refugees: Kosovo – Others on the List Were Not as Lucky” (ts)
    • USCR in the Field article “Testimonials of Refugees: Rwanda” (ts)
    • USCR in the Field article “Testimonials of Refugees: Roger Muntu’s story – Zaire” (ts)
    • USCR in the Field article “Testimonials from Refugees: Refugee Voices – Liberia” (ts)
    • “Look Dad, My Science Teacher is Selling Stereos at Circuit City!” Article (ts)
    • Refugee Aid Organizations list (ts)
  • Folder 188: Outside Magazine February 2002, Vol. XXVII, No. 2 with article by William T. Vollmann “Where the Ghost Bird Sings By the Poison Springs”, multiple copies (ts)
  • Folder 189: Outside Magazine
    • Outside Magazine, June 2002 with article “The Bell-like Ping of Freezing Sweat” by William T. Vollmann page 64 (ts)
  • Folder 190: “The State of the Great Central Valley of California: Assessing the Region Via Indicators for Central Valley somehow related to Snakeheads” (ts)
  • Folder 191: The Commonwealth, November 15, 2001 with article “Celebrating the 70th Annual California Book Awards with Style” by Barbara Lane page 18 with segment on William T. Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 192: “Good Fellas: The Yakuza are the legendary Japanese gangsters as famed for their tattoos as for their violent ways. In Tokyo, William T. Vollmann found horror among the thugs” pages 116-122 of Irish Tatler (ts)
  • Folder 193: Post Magazine, Sunday Morning Post, August 13, 2000 pages 5-10 (ts)
  • Folder 194: Playboy, April 2000 with article “Echte heren: De Japanese Yakuza-mafia moordt voor de zwakkeren”, pages 40-45 (ts)
  • Folder 195: San Francisco Examiner Magazine, April 18, 1999 with article “Overlooking Geary” by William T. Vollmann page 10 (ts)
  • Folder 196: Granta: The Little Bookroom Fall 2003 with review of Dirty Snow Introduction by William Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 197: Misc Articles
    • Idaho The University: Land and the American Imagination vol. 4, no. 1, Fall 1986 (ts)
    • letter to Bill from Jacob 6/3/87 on book reviews from Science 22, May 1987 vo. 236, pages 885-1032 (ms)
    • The Philadelphia Inquirer Commentary, Friday, April 30, 1993 pages A31-A32 (ts)
    • The New Light of Mayanmar Vol. 1, No. 139, Thursday, 2 September, 1993 (ts)

Box 18

  • Folder 198: Russian Reviews
    • “William T. Vollmann Kdyz si upravovala vlasy: Madagaskar” (1993) (ts)
    • “Od Sarajeva az po New York: Americky prozaik William T. Vollmann predstavil na Festivalu spisovatelu svou knihu Atlas” (ts)
  • Folder 199: Vollmann interviews (his ordering) Missing numbers 1, 11, 12
  • 1) http://mysite.verizon.net/res1x5xs/Vollmann.htm Vollmann’s home page (ts)
  • 2) Kill 100 to save 1000? Talks with William T. Vollmann, Publisher’s Weekly, Sep. 2003, Richard Albanese “PW: Did you set out to write a seven-volume opus [ see review, p. 98], or did you start out at a different scale?” (ts)
  • 3) Review: Royal Family, Turtleneck, Fall 2001, Karl Erickson “In The Gift, Lewis Hyde writes if the difference between an act being done as a gift, with all of its connotations of connection, responsibility and community, and as a service, which is done in exchange, usually for money.” (ts)
  • 4) Interview, Beatrice Interview, 2000, Ron Hogan “I’m not doing it for the money, and, therefore, I can’t see any reason to compromise.” (ts)
  • 5) A Talk with William T. Vollmann: the mad genius of American Letters, Hyde Park Review of Books, 2002, Kevin Canfield “Between frequent research and reporting journeys that have taken him across the globe, William T. Vollmann has found time to write and publish more than a dozen books in the last 15 years. His last effort, the 700-plus…” (ts)
  • 6) Interview Creating “many, many Osamas”, Salon, Sept. 27 2001, Steve Kettmann “Novelist William T. Vollmann, author of a dozen books including “The Rainbow Stories” and “An Afghanistan Picture Show,” has a different perspective on the Taliban than most of us.” (ts)
  • 7) Audio, Bookworm, Jan. 2001 http://www.kcrw.com/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=bw&air_date=1/25/01&tmplt_type=show (ts)
  • 8) Review: Argall, Rain Taxi Winter 2001, Jason Picone “See William Vollmann. His tousled hair complements his still boyish face,…” (ts)
  • 9) http://www.altx.com/int2/william.t.vollmann.html, Interview: “The Write Stuff, Alt-X Press”: “I was born in Los Angeles. My dad was a graduate student there, and we didn’t have a lot of money.” (ts)
  • 10) Interview, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Summer 1993, Larry McCaffery”My primary world is just this one basic “dream world” that I’ve been in from the time I was a kid.” (ts)
  • 11) William T. Vollmann is a man of many words, most of them about his favorite subjects – prostitutes, drugs, violence,San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2003, Jane Ganahl “Pizza in hand, William T. Vollmann stands quietly and anonymously observing the way a cold, cavernous Mission District warehouse has been transformed into a cauldron of buzz by his appearance.” (ts)
  • 12) Review: The varieties of traumatic experiences, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2003, Andrew Ervin “The review, the one you’re reading now, is 900 words long, give or take a few lopped off by a sensible editor. Read it 1,100 times –“ (ts)
  • 13) http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2001/vollmann.html, Interview, Free Williamsburg, May 2001, Alexander Laurence “I met Bill Vollmann in 1990. I had read Rainbow Stories and read a few stories of his in Conjunctions.” (ts)
  • 14) William T. Vollmann. Author of The Royal Family, Silver Medal Winner for Non-Fiction, 2001 California Book Awards, Commonwealthclub.com “William T. Vollmann has earned a reputation as one of the most ambitious – and prolific – writers in the U.S. today.” (ts)
  • Folder 200: Vollmann by Mike Lenz
    • Approaching History: The Works of William Vollmann by Mike Lenz two copies (ts)
  • Folder 201: Draft pp of McCafferey’s WTV casebook Jan 2003
    • Folder (ms)
      • Proposed Working table of Contents for Expelled from Eden: A Casebook/Reader for William T. Vollmann (ts)
      • William T. Vollmann: Chronology Arranged Introductory Notes and Biographical Narrative (ts)
      • This Being a Working Table of Contents for Expelled of Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader so edited by Michael Hemmingson & Larry McCaffery, or vice-versa (ts)
    • Folder 202: The Paris Review
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Ben, March 13, 2003 for rights to an interview; a letter to William T. Vollmann from George Plimpton, March 13, 2003 copy of review (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from George Plimpton, January 23, 2003, request for participation in The Paris Review fiftieth birthday (ts)
  • Folder 203: Return to Year Zero Nepal’s Maoist rebels are murdering, beating, bombing and looting—all in the name of “protecting the people” by Alex Perry/Kathmarchi (ts)
  • Folder 204: Literary Geography
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Paul Maliszewski, April 10, 2003 (ms)
    • Article to be published by the Denver Quarterly, Spring 2004 “Call for Work: Literary Geography” (ts) Folder 205: Painting whores in the garden by Michael DeHaven, a poem with fabric artwork (ts/ms) Folder 206: When She Danced: Kdyz Tancila by Michael March, with postcard from Michael March, 29.1.2002 (ts)
  • Folder 207: Veronica Compton poetry
    • 5 copies of a poem with illustration #276077 by Veronica K. Compton, 3-9-88 with envelope (ms)
  • Folder 208: Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Ohio State University Libraries
    • Rare Books and Manuscripts newsletter, December 2001 (ts)
    • An American Avant Garde: Second Wave An Exhibit, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University, Catalog of an exhibit at The Ohio State University Columbus, OH June 20, 2002 – September 3, 2002, John M. Bennett and Geoffrey D. Smith, Curators with information on William T. Vollmann page 41 (ts) Folder 209: Sr. Gianluigi Ricuperati letters
    • Fax to Sr. Gianluigi Ricuperati number 011390115097887 from William T. Vollmann two copies, 9-24-01 (ts)
  • Folder 210: Karl Greenfield faxes
    • Letter to William Vollmann about Karl Greenfield, January 4, 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Karl Greenfield from Bill, 9-05-02 (ts)
    • Fax to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, 19 August 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, 4 February 2001 with Noh proposal (ts)
    • Error message of fax to Karl (ts/ms)
    • Fax to Carl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, Monday, January 7, 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Karl Greenfield from Bill, 21 November 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann (ts)
    • Fax to Karl Greenfield from William T. Vollmann, 8 December 2002 (ts)
  • Folder 211: Japan faxes
    • fax to Mrs. Takako Kawai from Bill (ts)
    • fax to Mr. Yoshiaki Sato from William T. Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 212: Money letters
    • Two copies of invoice 18 June 2002, to Carole Goddard from William T. Vollmann for “Inside the Yakuza
    • the goodfellas” and pictures for £200 (ts/ms)
    • To Penguin_NY.NYI.Pslovak from Gina Callegari, 6/11/98 faxed to Vollmann payments for Rainbow Stories and The Ice Shirt (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann on purchasing The Rainbow Stories, The Ice Shirt, Fathers and Crows, The Rifles, Thirteen Stories, You Bright and Risen Angels from Tim Forrester (ts)
    • Fax to Tom Foster from William T. Vollmann 9/6/02 on what was owed for essay “What Every Man Should Do” (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. William Vollmann from Viking Penguin, May 26, 1999, agreement for The Royal Family (ts/ms)
    • Total expresses for travel for The Ainu by William Vollmann approved by Pamela McCarthy, June 14, 2001 (ts)
    • Letter to Vollmann from Michael Hemmingson, January 23, 2002, lump payment proposal (ts)
    • Fax to Carole Goddard from William T. Vollmann for amount due for “Inside the Yakuza”, Friday, June 14, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to Vollmann from Michael Schmelling, May 14, 2003 on articles and clearing of fees (ts/ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Radhika Jones, April 2, 2003 about payment for contribution to Grand Street #71 (ts/ms)
  • Folder 213: Requests of Vollmann
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Benjamin Ryder Howe, 27 August 2002, request to interview him (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Dan O’Connor, March 4, 2002, for a list of his pieces of work (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to William T. Vollmann from Philippe Garnier with request to call on him (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Paul about manuscript from Sean McDonald with letter to William Vollmann from Sean McDonald, July 23, 2002 with request to read and blurb it but because of a misspelled name it was not read or blurbed (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Nathan Deuel, 27 May 2002, request for a piece from Vollmann (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Nathan Deuel request for a piece of work by a specific deadline (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Mr. Vollmann from Judy Christian, March 31, 2002, request for bookplate signings (ms)
    • Handwritten letter to Mr. Vollmann from Ricardos(?) request to sign special stickers (ms)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Amira(?) 1/19/04 request for responses (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Ron, October 24, 2002 request to write a response to the work of William Gladdis for a dossier for Conjunctions (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Damion Anatole Knight, September 9, 2001request for advanced copies of either Rising Up and Rising Down or Wordcraft (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Mr. Shawneric Hachey, Thursday, January 17, 2002 request for rights to reprint stories in English 9ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Louisa Luna, December 13, 2001, request to read her second novel Crooked (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to William T. Vollmann from Christian Stampner(?), 1/9/02 request for a visit to Deep Springs (ms)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Slovah, April 4, request to blurb to novels (ms)
    • Letter to W.T. Vollmann from Susan Bergholz, May 12, 2003 request for comment on Nina Marie Martinez’s book (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann from Luigi Dal Lago, July 15th, 2003 request for Italian rights to An Afghanistan Picture Show (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann from Edwin Frank, April 21, 2003, request for writing an introduction (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Paul, May 14, 2003 request for more chapters of Imperial (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann from Timothy Kaczmarek, December 12, 2002, request for signing of “The Old Man” (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Paul, July 1, 2003, request for more chapters of Imperial (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann From Edwin Frank, May 15, 2003, request for introduction with word count of 1500 words (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from G(?) 4 April 2002 request for materials for an exhibit (ms)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Barbara, 3/7/02. request for interviews in German (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Mr. William from Joseph Frull(?), request for an autograph (ms)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Rossano B. Maniscalchi, 24.10.2002 request for a some of his photos (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from ?, December 17, 2002, request for essay (ts)
    • Letter from Paul Maliszewski request for essay of 1,500 words for contribution to Placements (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann from Michael Helke request for an interview for Stop Smiling with page from American Book Review (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Stephen Elliot, 4-26-03, request for contribution for anthology with list of other contributors (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Tanara Straus, March 20, 2003 request for continued support for the magazine Zoetrope: All-Story (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Andrew Ervin, 3/19/03, request for a review (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from P?, 4/22, request to take pictures and a review (ms)
  • Folder 214: Misc Letters
    • To Bill, 5 random pages to edit letter to Bill from Mike Hemmingson, February 22, 2002 (ms)
    • Correspondence between Alexander Simon and Jean Stein, 15 October 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from ? June 18 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to William from ? 24.2.2002 (ms)
    • Fax to Michael J. Bandler from William T. Vollmann 4-2-02 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from CC on The Film Society of Lincoln Center flier with picture of woman on it (ms)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Michael Ray, May 21, 2002 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from David (ms)
    • Letter to Mr. William T. Vollmann from Mary Ellen Shay, November 22, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to William from Lily Burana 2/5/02 (ts)
    • Letter to Mr.. Vollmann from Nathan W. Filbert, April 27, 2002 (ts)
    • Postcard to Bill from Andrew with picture of Sweden stone with mythology depicted on it (ms)
    • Postcard to Bill from Dave 1/5/04 (ms)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from ? June 13 (ts)
    • Letter to Ms. Deborah Treisman from WTV (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Zoher Abdoolcarim from William T. Vollmann (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Deborah, September 27, 2001 (ts)
    • Letter about William T. Vollmann writing for Men’s Journal from Sid Evens, April 9, 2001 (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Christophe Claro (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Deborah, March 15, 2000 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill Vollmann from Bau(?) 4/1/02 (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from R.T. 2000.08.02 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to William T. Vollmann from Mardi Mathews, October 2001 (ms)
    • Letter to Bill Vollmann from Bob Guccione, Jr., November 13, 2000 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Martin Riker (ts/ms)
    • Handwritten letter to William from Baria(?) January 31, 2002 (ms)
    • Handwritten letter to Bob from Bill (ms)
    • Letter to Editors from Cornelia N. Hutt forwarded to William T. Vollmann, February 4, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to Miss Elizabeth Hightower from WTV (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Michael ray from William T. Vollmann, 8 May 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to Bill of enclosed documents list (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. William Vollmann from Oliver Broudy, January 4, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to William from Fabia Zucchella, 03/06/2001 (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann form Rebecca Kaiser, 23 April 2003 (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Tim and Mollie 03/27/03 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Marrio(?), 23 August, 2003 (ms)
    • Letter to bill from ? 6/29/03 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from Ridhila(?) (ms)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann form Edwin Frank 6.27.03 (ts)
    • Handwritten letter in French to bill and Jaciue(?) from ? (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Andrew Ervin 11/13/02 (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Greg Mettler (ts)
    • Letter to Bill Vollmann from Katrina vanden Heuvel, January 22, 2003 (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Jason Wilson, March 9, 2003 (ts)
    • Letter from John M. Bennett on An American Avant Garde: Second Wave (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Deborah, December 13, 2002 (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Nikolaus Hansen, 23 December 2002 (ts)
    • Fax to Café du Nord from W.T. Vollmann (ts)
  • Folder 215: Event letters, invitations, and information
    • Menu card on the occasion of the reading by William Vollmann (ts)
    • Fax to Janet from William T. Vollmann with name directions for the conference and two copies of his statement (ms)
    • Letter to David Martin from Michael march confirming William T. Vollmann’s participation in the PWF (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Barbara Lane April 1, 2002 invitation to be a guest in the 71st Annual California Book Awards ceremony (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Christian Stayner, 4 October 2001 invitation to visit Deep Springs to give a lecture on The Royal Family (ts)
    • Itinerary for The Royal Family book signing (ts)
    • Writing Cultural Freedom
      • Reply form for Writing Cultural Freedom with list of confirmed writers (ms)
      • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Janet Voorhees, 28 September 2001 for Writing Cultural Freedom Symposium (ts)
      • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Christie Davis about invitation to Writing Cultural Freedom (ts)
      • Confirmation letter about Writing Cultural Freedom Symposium from J. Patrick Lannan, Jr. and Edward W. Said (ts)
    • Deakin Street Reading Series list (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Paul Slovak, October 3, 2001 for information on plane tickets and flight schedule (ts/ms)
    • Letter to Bill from Paul, September 27, letter about copies of itinerary in Germany (ts)
    • Fax to Bill Vollmann from David Martin about who to meet in Philly (ts/ms)
    • The 16th Annual Focus on Writers Conference, Saturday, November 2, 2002 with keynote speaker William T. Vollmann flier (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Greg Gatenby, August 1, 2001, invitation to the 22nd International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront with list of invited authors (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Greg Gatenby, August 3, 2001 on flights to Toronto from Sacramento with list of confirmed authors for the festival (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Bob Eisner, January 13, 2002, request to speak on book at CSUS Library (ts)
    • Letter to bill from Madison Smartt Bell, March 14, 2002 about AWP Festival (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Madison Smartt Bell, February 16, 2002 about Associates Writing Programs (ts)
    • Deep Springs program with talk by William T. Vollmann: Some Thoughts on Neglected Water traps (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Vollmann from Damien Ober invitation to Dissociates Writers Project Conference in Chicago (ts)
    • Letter to William Vollmann from Jane Ganahl about Litquake: A San Francisco Literary Festival (ts)
  • Folder 216: Prague Writers’ Festival event
    • Itinerary for Prague Writers’ Festival (ts)
    • The Prague Post: Night and Day April 17-23, 2002, "William T. Vollmann joins the fray at a blazing Prague Writers’ Festival" page C3 (ts)
    • Two copies of Festival spisovatelů Praha Prague Writers’ Festival 21-25 April 2002 program book with Sunshine Taxi Co. business card and plane ticket to Prague from Charles de Gaulle in the first copy and Festival spisovatelů Praha brochure and Mohu se obejít spíš bez psaní než bez červeného vína magazine in the second copy (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Michael March, 5 September 2001 invitation to participate in the Prague Writers’ Festival (ts)
      • Post-it note to Bill from Paul (ms)
    • Handwritten letter to Bill from David about an email from Michael March about the Prague Writers’ Festival (ms)
    • Luncheon in Honor of American Authors at Prague Writers’ Festival 2002 with guests of honor Elmore Leonard and Mrs. Christine Leonard, William T. Vollmann (ts)
    • 12th Prague Writers’ Festival program (ts)
    • The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2002 with copy of Prague Writers’ Festival program (ts)
    • Letter to Mr. Bandler from William T. Vollmann, 16 May 2001, Prague Writers’ Festival Report (ts)
    • Envelope to Mr. William Vollmann
      • Article “Start. Stop. Sign. Smile, you’re a celebrity!” by Evan Rail (ts)
      • Article “Poslouchejte mé filmy: Francouzský režisér romského pů vodu Tony Gatlif navštívil Prahu” (ts)
      • Handwritten letter to Bill from Marrih(?) May 17 (ms)
      • Respeki 05/6-12 about The Atlas (ts)
      • Writers had a good time in Prague this year (ts)
      • Article “Spisovatelé si to letos v Praze příjemně užili” (ts)
      • Letter to William Vollmann from Christopher Midura, May 17, 2002 on behalf of the U.S. Embassy (ts)
      • Letter to William Vollmann from Paul Slovak, May 30, 2002 about The Royal Family (ts)
  • Folder 217: The American Academy in Berlin event
    • Notes to Stasi on paper from The American Academy in Berlin (ms)
    • Notes Yolande Korb Bildanfrage, wie tel. besproder: Friedrich Paulus, Panzer and Tiger, Kurt Gerstein, Legion Kondor, Kursk and 1943, Hilde Benjamin (ms)
    • Research Guidelines from The American Academy of Berlin from Yolande J. Korb (ts)
    • Guest list for William Vollmann Dinner, Monday, September 22, 2003 (ts)
    • Presentation of the Fall 2003 American Academy Fellows prize list two copies (ts)
    • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Lily Saint, June 2, 2003 (ts)
  • Folder 218: Oregon Film and Video Foundation event
    • Folder
      • Letter to whome it may concern from El Shelden, January 25, 2003 about the Oregon Film and Video Foundation with return envelope and support pledge slip (ts)
      • De Composer program (ts)
      • CRITTER by Vanessa Renwick Projected Income and CRITTER essay with letter from Vanessa Renwick about the CRITTER project (ts)
      • Production notes and distribution for CRITTER (ts)
      • CRITTER by Vanessa Renwick Budget Notes (ts)
      • CRITTER budget expenses (ts)
      • Venus, No. 14, Winter 2002, lucky bummin’: Tour hits filmmaker Vanessa Renwick hometown and beyond (ts)
      • Selected resume for Vanessa Renwick (ts)

Box 19

  • Folder 219: CoTangent Press
    • Titles currently available from CoTangent Press (ts)
  • Folder 220: Preliminary Drawings for CoTangent Yohnee screen project 2001-2001 (his folder)
    • Folder (ms)
      • Caption of drawings of a face, hand, and swirl (ms)
      • Drawing of frame (ms)
      • Notes on aluminum folding screen (ms)
      • More notes on panels (ms)
      • Drawing of frame and panels (ms)
  • Folder 221: Law and Politics notes
    • New York University Journal of International Law and Politics by Mark A. Levin volume 33, Winter 2001, number 2 (ts)
    • In the Municipal Court of the City and County of San Francisco State of California: Misdemeanor – Felony Bail Schedule, effective date: August 15, 1997 (ts)
    • Misdemeanor Courtroom Manual: Arraignments (ts)
    • Misdemeanor Courtroom Manual: Bail/O.R. (ts)
    • In the Municipal Court of the City and County of San Francisco State of California: Misdemeanor – Felony Bail Schedule, effective date: April 1, 1989 (ts)
    • Misdemeanor Courtroom Manual: Arraignments page (ts)
    • Superior Court of the State of California County of Santa Clara: Preliminary Injunction (ts)
  • Folder 222: Human Rights and Violence notes
    • Montana Human Rights Network (ts)
    • Notes on males and females with drawing (ms)
    • Pen drawing of Feinwerkbau 65 Mark II (ms)
    • Letter to Bill from ? (ts)
  • Folder 223: Publisher’s Notes
    • Falkiner Fine Papers Limited Summary (ts)
    • Falkiner Fine Papers Limited Sundries Price List (ts)
    • Dolphin Papers Catalog and Price List, August 15, 1994 (ts)
  • Folder 224: Entered notes/draft of ? 12 pages (ms)
  • Folder 225: Unused scraps notes 19 pages (ts/ms)
  • Folder 226: Deep Springs College notes
    • The Students of Deep College: Michael A. Smith essay by Jackson Newell afterword by William T. Vollmann; 5 pages of pictures, letter to William Vollmann from rebecca Kaiser, 28 July 2003; Reviewer Compensation Form (ts)
    • Deep Springs Education of the Students by the Students: Some Thoughts on Neglected Water Taps by William T. Vollmann, An essay and memoir from the book The Students of Deep Springs College by Michael A. Smith (ts)
      • Post-it note to Bill from Josh (ms)
  • Folder 227: Notes (his arrangement)
    • Folder
      • Article “New look at troubling 1962 N.H. death”, The Boston Sunday Globe, September 30, 1990 (ts)
      • Owner’s Guide Covers All Model 500 Field Grade and Trap Style Shotguns booklet (ts)
      • Letter to William T. Vollmann from Esther Whitby, August 14th 1990 (ts)
  • Folder 228: misc notes
    • Notes on The Yohnee (ms)
    • Notes on curtain (ms)
    • Notes written on Four Easy Ways to Order form (ms)
    • Notes on WA Post Karmen (ms)
    • Entered noted on a woman (ms)
    • Notes on Yemen Sept 11, 2003, with drawing of map with Old American Embassy (ms)
  • Folder 229: Misc everything else
    • Copied page of numbers (ts)
    • Coffee in Mexico brochure (ts/ms)
    • Joslyn Art Museum Exhibition Schedule, June 1988-June 1989 (ts)
    • Joslyn Art Museum Map (ts)
    • Neale Woods Map (ts)
    • Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus in Berlin und Brandenburg (ts)
    • Travisa Visa Instruction Sheet (ts)
    • Page iv-v of Sixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints biographical notes, with hand drawing on back (ts)
    • Page 34-35 of Sixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints Jack Micheline (ts)
      • Drawing on the back (ms)
    • Article “Pain and Excess From Suburbia to Hollywood” by Jonathan Kirsch (ts)
    • The Museum of S.M. Kirov The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (ts)
    • Notes on Auluka-Lounge in Augshuger (ms)
    • A special reading to benefit Center for Book Culture/Dalkey Archive Press flier (ts)
    • Two pages of random fax verification (ts)
    • Article Learning the Old Ways by Paul Mooney (ts)
    • Page of a letter from William T. Vollmann (ts)
    • Earth Liberation front February 2, 2002 (ts)
    • Envelope
    • Folder with writing Opium King ch – no other copy (ts)
    • William T. Vollmann review by John Erik Riley (ts)
    • Clipping “Länge leve husmanskosten!” (ts)
    • Article “Det lyser av intelligens och becksvart desperation” (ts)
    • Underlined sections of an article by John Erik Riley in German (ts)
    • Shan proposal for Termination of Opium Production (ts)
    • Heading: Lights in intelligence and very clack desperation (ts)
    • List of volunteers (ts)
  • Folder 230: large stamp/carving of a face (ms)
  • Folder 231: Weapon Illustrations
    • Two copies of pen drawing of Buck Pathfinder (ms)
    • Two copies of pen drawing of Sreggad Rajasthani (ms)
    • Two copies of pen drawing of Pen Pistol from Darra, Pakistan (ms)
    • Two copies of pen drawing of Ghurka Knife with blood-prickers (ms)
    • Two copies of pen drawing of Feinwerkbau 65 Mark II (ms)
    • Two copies of pen drawing of Sig-Sauer P226 (ms)
  • Folder 232: Columbian Photos
    • Three copies of passport photos for William T. Vollmann
    • Seven photos of people with police or soldiers
    • Photo of William T. Vollmann
    • Photo of a woman
  • Folder 233: Rising Up and Rising Down culls from US Guns 2000 photo essay
    • Envelope
      • Photo: Ron Marr publisher of The Trout Wrapper (Pony, MT)
      • Photo: Rebel Arms shop
      • Photo: Chris and rangemaster
      • Photo: the Hughes children: Dora Mae, a biathalon champion and her brothers Frosty and Gerald
      • Photo: the same event
      • Photo: Denver gun owner after Columbine shootings, 1999
      • Photo: ditto
      • Photo: ditto
      • Photo ditto
  • Folder 234: 1st Draft photo-essay for Rising Up and Rising Down guns in US 2000
    • Envelope
      • Photo: Young hunter near Townsend, Montana
      • Photo: Kellie Nelson, wife, mother, provider (huntress) Townsend, Montana. Her rifle feeds her children
      • Photo: June Spencer with the trophy head of the ram she killed, Nome, Alaska
      • Photo: June Spencer with some skinned beavers and with the gun she used to kill some of them (her boyfriend Tom killed the rest)
      • Photo: June with drying seal meat (she shot the seal)
      • Photo: June’s refrigerator
      • Photo: Kenny Highes with the pelt of one of the musk-oxen he’s shot
      • Photo: the Hughes children: Dora Mae, a biathalon Champion, and her brothers Frosty and Gerald
      • Photo: Dora Mae
      • Photo: the Hughes back yard
      • Photo: Sarah Kakarck (Teller, AK) shows her father’s gun, which she used recently to save herself and her brother from an attacking grizzly bear. The gin-case in her other hand is hand made form sealskin
      • Photo: Berry-picker armed against grizzly attacks (countryside outside of Nome)
      • Photo: Dan Smith outside his house in Nome, AK
      • Photo: ditto
      • Photo: Mr. Hi Tech (Pony, Montana)
      • Photo: Mr. Ralph, E. Carter, Jr. concealed handgun instructor, Houston, TX
      • Photo: Mr. John Wright, a freeman near Townsend, MT (“I am always armed”) He would not show me his concealed weapon
      • Photo: Jews with guns (S.F.)
      • Photo: Rondi Michelle introduces her girlfriend Bree to guns
      • Photo: ditto
      • Photo: Craig
      • Photo: employees of the L-A Gun Club Mr. John Yato and Mr. Katsuya Tanabe
      • Photo: Mr. Kwame Moore and friend, L.A.
      • Photo: Joretta Heinandez and friend at shooting range, L.A. (J. is in law enforcement)
      • Photo: Mr. Jan Shein Red Star Military Museum and Sales, L.A.
      • Photo: ditto
      • Photo: ditto
      • Photo: Mr. Wilima Linne, with his new air pistol, just purchased at Rebel Arms
      • Photo: Steve Eckroate, Nome Outfitters clearing one of his pistols
      • Photo: checking target
      • Photo: range master, Seatle
  • Folder 235: Photos of Msgr Richard Alfred, Jamaica
    • Envelope
      • Two photos
  • Folder 236: Border patrol photos – Imperial
    • Envelope
      • Photo: arrested pollos
      • Photo: arrested pollos
      • Photo: arrested pollos
      • Photo: border with Tijuana
      • Photo: pollo looking over border from Mexico side, near Chula Vista
      • Photo: arrested pollo
      • Photo: arrested pollo
      • Photo: “Family” of pollos waiting in a mexicali park a block from the border midnight
  • Folder 237: Rising Up and Rising Down Illustrations photos
    • Five photos for Dey Bring Dem Bloodstains
    • Four pages fir Intro
    • Photo of Kabul
    • Two photos
  • Folder 238: Misc photos
    • Landscape photo
    • Photo of shed
    • Two photos of William T. Vollmann
    • Two photos for The Royal Family
    • Folder with 10 photos of homeless
    • Photo with letter to Bill from Mary on the back of the photo 3/24/03

Box 20

  • Folder 239: Epitaph for Mein art book (ms)
  • Folder 240: Rising Up and Rising Down art
    • Reclusorio Barrientes – Mexico (ms)
  • Folder 241: Homemade books
    • Agony (ms)
    • The Red Song, 1995 (ms)
  • Folder 242: Art for Argall
    • Note: Argall cover – collage of period engravings (ms)
    • Three pages of copied photos
    • Collage (ms)
  • Folder 243: Misc Art
    • Overhead page art (ms)
    • “In those days, it was still plausible to insist that we could defeat the reactionaries through open debate” illustration of man with a gun (ms)
    • Illustration of naked woman handcuffed (ms)
    • Illustration of Bee’s Friends (ms)
    • Illustration “ Young Frank had always loved guns” (ms)
    • Two copies of illustration of Katie (ms)
    • Illustration of Opal (ms)
    • Illustration of man holding a gun (ms)
    • Illustration of Bee (ms)
    • Illustration of Ron (ms)
    • Illustration of shirt (ms)
    • Illustration of a person with a spider (ms)
    • Illustration of two faceless men (ms)
    • Illustration of three men (ms)
    • Print of naked woman (ms)
    • Illustration of people with a guitar (ms)
    • Three pages of illustration of Data card 1 (functions and control options) (ms)
    • Illustration of slide (ms)
    • Illustration of crosses (ms)
    • Five illustrations of Yohnee Screen CoTangent (ms)
    • Illustration of a machine (ms)
    • Illustration of a gun (ms)
    • Illustration of a gun (ms)
    • Illustration of guns (ms)
    • Illustration of a landscape (ms)
    • Illustration of two people (ms)
  • Folder 244: Transmittal folder with Argall original art
    • Original Art title of cardboard (ms)
    • Note: John Mortimer on Tantric Sex (ts)
    • Letter to Bill from Carla, 8 January 2002 on Argal: Original Art
    • List (ms)
    • Seven Dreams illustration (ms)
    • Argall title (ms)
    • London Town illustration (ms)
    • Puccoon Root illustration (ms)
    • Compass illustration (ms)
    • Lincolshire illustration (ms)
    • Dedication on a building illustration (ms)
    • Helmet illustration (ms)
    • East Lindsey illustration (ms)
    • A Portion Sweet John’s Trve Travelas illustration (ms)
    • The Arcktick Pole illustration (ms)
    • Flags of John White and Roger Baylye and Simon Fernando with landscapes illustration (ms)
    • Leaves illustration (ms)
    • Chesapeake Bay illustration (ms)
    • Plants and hut illustration (ms)
    • Text (ms)
    • Cabin illustration (ms)
    • The Merest Portion of Lincoln-Shire Cathedral illustration (ms)
    • Shell illustration (ms)
    • Plants illustration (ms)
    • The Virginian Sea illustration (ms)
    • Sting-ray illustration (ms)
    • Plant illustration (ms)
    • Radclyffe’s Palace illustration (ms)
    • Plant illustration (ms)
    • Crazy face illustration (ms)
    • Plant illustration (ms)
    • Some Shires of England illustration (ms)
    • Couch illustration (ms)
    • Beach illustration (ms)
    • Decorative illustration (ms)
    • Text (ms)
    • Foliage illustration (ms)
    • Shell illustration (ms)
    • Shell illustration (ms)
    • Plant illustration (ms)
    • Text (ms)
  • Print of The Red Song by William T. Vollmann (ms)
  • Book Epitaph for Mein book of paintings with painted gene cover, first edition of 1 (ms)

Box 21

  • Children’s black sweat pants
  • Greyish purple shirt
  • Red sweater
  • Two plastic blue mats with two yellow striped longways
  • Plants and leaves for Argall
  • Epitaph: Lieutenant Vyacheslau Osdchi *Afghanistan*
    • Piece of art by William T. Vollmann kept in the map case because of size and delicacy (ms)


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