181 pages. Typescript with autograph note, "This is the complete last draft of the play written roughly 1960-63 - better judgement finally prevailing against any effort to see if produced or even circulated. It is not to be published in whole or part, but seen simply as a rather severe example of an amount of work and high flown ambition gone quite odd the tracks..."

A Frolic of His Own includes manuscripts, source, and publishing materials. Also, contains materials relating to "Szyrk v. Village of Tatamount et al" and "Once at Antietam" which were incorporated into A Frolic of His Own.

Agapē Agape includes research, notes, and drafts for unrealized player piano project intermingled with research, notes, and drafts for Gaddis' German radio play, a version of which became Agapē Agape.

67 pages

253 pages. Includes partial typescript and xerox drafts, holograph notes, and xerox source material.

2 folders

118 pages. Early drafts including "You're a Dog Gone Daisy Girl - Presto," "Agapē Agape: or, New Foes with an Old Face," "Agapē Agape, The Secret History of the Player Piano," "The Player Piano," and "The Player Piano, An Inside Job."

1 item.

2 pages. Manuscript. Notes related to Once at Antietam.

4 items. Includes correspondence to Gaddis and others from from Ivan Von Auw, Jr., Seymour Lawrence, Hiram Haydn, Irwin Rose, and Jane D'Esopo.

181 pages.