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4 items. 2 bound calendars, 1935 Boy Scout diary and 1941-1942 Harvard Cooperative Society. 2 undated hand drawn monthly calendar pages.

2 folders

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Personal Papers includes address books, organizational materials, artwork, awards and certificates, financial information, biographical and genealogical information, business cards, calendars, contracts, legal information, education information including Harvard and Merricourt Boarding School, FBI file, identifications including passports, journal entries, medical information, note and note fragments, travel information, etc.

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2 items. Certified copy and photocopy obtained in 1994.

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14 items.

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6 items. Includes copies of "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in Entertainment," and other typed biographical information.

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17 items. Includes drawings by Gaddis, Sarah Gaddis, and Matthew Gaddis as children. Also includes additional drawings by unidentified others.

Painting by Matthew Gaddis located in Box 127, Folder 5

Portrait of William Gaddis by a sidewalk artist during the 1933 Chicago World's Fair located in Box 129. Includes original frame.

Description 7 items. Includes 1987 MacArthur Fellow certificate, National Book Foundation National Book Awards 1994 Fiction Finalist for A Frolic of His Own, 1991 Smokenders International certificate of graduation, 1993 New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction Writers (3 photocopies), and 1992 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow certificate. The 1992 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow certificate was originally housed in a mailing tube which has been...

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circa 181 items. Also includes deposit slips, canceled checks, check stubs, and stock certificate.

2 folders

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37 items.

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30 pages. Outline created by Gaddis of his archival material.