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Box 84

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Old Foes with New Faces, 1994-1995

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 11
Description Presented at the International Writers Center "The Writer and Religion" conference in St. Louis, Missouri, October 23-26, 1994. Includes materials related to the conference including correspondence from Lorin Cuoco, September 23, 1994, clippings, and typescript draft of "Taking Offense" by J.M. Coetzee. 15 items. Also includes drafts of "Old Foes with New Faces": typescript and cut and paste typescript, 61 pages, and typescript labeled "Marked for...

Series 8: Essays and Critical Writings, 1977-1997

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Essays and Critical Writings includes drafts and notes for some of Gaddis' later published articles, including "Erewhon and the Contract with America," "The Rush for Second Place," and "Old Foes with New Faces," the last article having been delivered in an earlier form at "The Writer and Religion" conference held at Washington University in 1994.

Nobody Grew But the Business, Harper's Magazine, Volume 250, Number 1501, 1975 June

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 10
Description

A fragment from JR, pages 47-66. 3 copies. Also includes photocopy of article. See also Series 3: JR.

Literature of Failure, Bard College, 1976-1987

 File — Multiple Containers
Description

English 241 Literature of Failure, Bard College. Includes reading lists, holograph and typescript notes, clippings, correspondence, and student work. also includes correspondence from the MacArthur Foundation.

2 folders

National Arts Club, Annual Literary Award Dinner honoring Arthur Miller, 1992 January 15

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 6
Description

3 items. Typed notes cards, 5 pages. Also includes invitation and clipping.

Literature and Crisis, 1978

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 2
Description

circa 54 pages. Includes numerous uncounted cut and paste typescript drafts and typescripts. Originally housed in an envelope marked "IBM piece (Think)."

"Late 90's Scraps and Paste Up Matter"

 File — Multiple Containers
Description

circa 154 pages. Includes typescript cut and paste notes; typed and holograph notes; clippings; Steven Moore’s review, “In Praise of Difficulty;” and index cards of notes. Orignally housed in a folder titled "Late 90's Scraps and Paste Up Matter"

2 folders

Mothers

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 5
Description

Typescript, 7 pages

National Institute of Arts and Letters grant, 1963

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 9
Description

Typescript and holograph, 2 pages

National Book Award in Fiction for JR acceptance speech, 1976 April 21

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 7
Description

5 items. Includes typescript, 4 pages. Also includes National Book Awards program, schedule of events, and news releases.