Shirley Jackson
A Register of Her Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Grover Batts Revised and
expanded by Michael McElderry with the assistance of Scott McLemee
Manuscript
Division Library of Congress
1993
Washington, D.C.
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
1996
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms996001
Latest revision: 2006 January 17
Title: Papers of Shirley Jackson
Span Dates: 1932-1970
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1932-1965)
ID No.: MSS52522 Creator:
Jackson, Shirley, 1919-1965
Extent:
7,400
items;
51 containers;
20.4 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Correspondence,
diaries, journals, and other papers pertaining primarily to Shirley Jackson's
writings. Includes mss., notes, and outlines relating chiefly to the
development of Jackson's short stories as well as to her supernatural tales and
to her stories of contemporary domestic life.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Names: Jackson,
Shirley, 1916-1965 Bernstein,
Walter Brockway,
Jean Burke,
Elizabeth Batterham Ciardi,
John, 1916- Covici,
Pascal, 1930- Hyman,
Stanley Edgar, 1919-1970 Jackson, Geraldine
B. Jackson, Leslie
H. Livaudais, Carol
Black Mintz, June
Mirken Orenstein,
Frank Scher, Louis
L. Shaw, Mary Strauss, Robert
M. Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 Williams,
Jay, 1914- Brandt
& Brandt Farrar,
Straus and Young Music
Corporation of America
Subjects: American fiction Horror tales,
American Humorous stories,
American Short stories,
American Supernatural in
literature
Occupation: Authors
Provenance:The papers of Shirley Jackson, novelist and short-story writer, were
given to the Library of Congress in 1967 by Jackson's husband, Stanley Edgar
Hyman. Subsequent gifts include an addition formed from material removed from
the Stanley Edgar Hyman Papers, which were donated by Hyman's second wife,
Phoebe Pettingell, in 1979, and a small gift of several items in 1991.
Processing History:The papers of Shirley Jackson were arranged in described in 1969;
additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1993 and described here as Part II.
Transfers:An audiotape has been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture,
Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division where it is identified as part of
these papers. Selected artifacts have also been transferred to the Smithsonian
Institution.
Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Shirley Jackson in these
papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of
Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Shirley Jackson Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Date |
Event |
1919, Dec. 14 |
Born,
San Francisco, Calif. (Due to discrepancies
concerning its authenticity, the year of Jackson's birth is also cited as 1916
by some authorities.)
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1934-1936 |
Attended
University of Rochester,
Rochester, N.Y.
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1940 |
A.B.,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, N.Y.
Married
Stanley Edgar Hyman
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1943 |
Published
"After You, My Dear Alphonse," first
of many stories for the
New Yorker
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1944 |
"Come Dance With Me in Ireland"
selected for
Best Short Stories, 1944 (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co. 468 pp.)
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1945 |
Substitute instructor,
Bennington College,
Bennington, Vt.
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1948 |
Published
"The Lottery,"
New Yorker, 26 June, her most
famous short story Published
The Road Through the Wall (New
York: Farrar, Straus. 271 pp.)
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1949 |
"The Lottery" selected for the O.
Henry Awards and published in
Prize Stories of 1949 (Garden
City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. 323 pp.)
Published
The Lottery; or, the Adventures of James
Harris (New York: Farrar, Straus. 306 pp.)
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1951 |
"The Summer People" selected for
Best American Short Stories,
1951 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 368 pp.)
Published
Hangsaman (New York: Farrar,
Straus and Young. 280 pp.)
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1953 |
Stage adaptation of
"The Lottery"
Published
Life Among the Savages (New
York: Farrar, Straus and Young. 241 pp.)
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1954 |
Published
The Bird's Nest (New York: Farrar,
Straus and Young. 276 pp.)
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1956 |
Film adaptation of
The Bird's Nest, released as
Lizzie
"One Ordinary Day With Peanuts"
selected for
Best American Short Stories,
1956 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 368 pp.)
Published
The Witchcraft of Salem Village
(New York: Random House. 176 pp.)
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1957 |
Published
Raising Demons (New York: Farrar,
Straus and Cudahy. 310 pp.)
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1958 |
Lecturer,
Suffield Writer's Conference,
Suffield, Conn.
Published the play,
The Bad Children (Chicago:
Dramatic Publishing Co. 36 pp.)
Published
The Sundial (New York: Farrar,
Straus and Cudahy. 245 pp.)
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1959 |
Published
The Haunting of Hill House (New
York: Viking Press. 246 pp.)
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1960 |
Published
Special Delivery (Boston: Little,
Brown. 175 pp.)
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1961 |
Nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story,
"Louisa, Please"
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1962 |
Published
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
(New York: Viking Press. 214 pp.)
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1963 |
Film adaptation of
The Haunting of Hill House,
released as
The Haunting
Published
Nine Magic Wishes (New York:
Crowell-Collier Press. 45 pp.)
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1964 |
Teacher,
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference,
Middlebury College,
Middlebury, Vt.
"Birthday Party" selected for
Best American Short Stories,
1964 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 360 pp.)
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1965 |
Awarded the Arents Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Achievement
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1965, Aug. 8 |
Died,
North Bennington, Vt.
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1966 |
Awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story, "The Possibility of Evil" Published (posthumously)
Famous Sally (New York: Harlin
Quist; distributed by Crown Publishers. 46 pp.)
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1968 |
Published (posthumously)
Come Along With Me (New York:
Viking Press. 243 pp.)
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Part I of the papers of
Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) consist of
diaries
(1932-1936), undated journals, correspondence, literary manuscripts, and
miscellaneous papers.
There are approximately four hundred items in the
Family
Correspondence series which include letters Jackson received from her
parents,
Leslie H. and
Geraldine B. Jackson, from 1944 through 1965 and
photocopies of Shirley Jackson's letters to her parents from 1948 through
1965.
The
General
Correspondence series contains about 2,700 letters Jackson received from
her literary agents, personal friends, and the general public, and includes
letters from
John Ciardi,
Pascal Covici, and
Louis Untermeyer. There are also a few outgoing
letters written by Shirley Jackson in this group.
The greater part of the papers comprise a
Literary
Manuscripts series consisting of Jackson's short stories, articles, and
books in the form of original manuscripts, typescripts, and printed galleys.
Some of the scrapbooks relating to her published works contain correspondence
as well.
Among the
Miscellaneous series are Jackson's college notebooks for
the years 1937-1940 and many watercolors and drawings in pencil and ink.
Part II of the papers of Shirley Jackson covers the period from 1932
to 1970, with the bulk of the material dated between 1938 and 1965. Recognized
as a master American short-story writer of the mid-twentieth century, Jackson
specialized in creating tales with chilling and macabre insight into the
psychological horror which she perceived to lie just beneath the surface of
modern life. Part II contains material similar in nature to that which is
located in the original portion and provides supplementary documentation for
many of the same topics evident in that segment. Included is a
diary kept
by Jackson as a high-school student as well as correspondence with family and
friends. Manuscripts and related papers reflecting the conception and
development of many of her novels and short stories, which are highlighted in
Part I, are also included in Part II. Titles listed only in
Part II include
Come Along With Me,
Famous Sally, and
Nine Magic Wishes.
The single most significant and fully developed file in Part II
consists of a series of letters written to Jackson by her future husband,
literary critic
Stanley Edgar Hyman, while both were students at
Syracuse University. Located in the
Family
Papers and containing sentiments that veer from the intellectually
precocious to the sexually suggestive, the letters reflect the converging
interests and emotional commitment of the couple and suggest both the endearing
and passionate elements that would be characteristic of their relationship
throughout their lives. Although Part II contains only scattered copies or
drafts of letters written by Jackson, a complementary group of her original
letters addressed to Hyman during the same time period, 1938-1942, is located
in the
Stanley Edgar Hyman
Papers
in the
Manuscript Division. The
Family
Papers also contain letters written to Jackson by her parents. Those
written by her mother,
Geraldine, suggest a relationship that influenced
Jackson's personal outlook.
Part II also includes a
Correspondence series which reflects many of the same
personal and professional associations that exist in the main body of the
collection. Files containing Jackson's professional correspondence with her
agents and publishers, especially the publishing firm of
Farrar, Straus and Young, and her literary agents,
Brandt and Brandt and the
Music Corporation of America, identify the
editorial choices and corporate marketing decisions that contributed to the
shaping and promotion of Jackson's literary career. Other correspondence
documents the creation of Jackson's novels and stories, along with associated
material in the
Literary
File under respective title headings.
Jackson met many of her most trusted friends and associates among a
diverse group of young artists and writers while attending
Syracuse University. Letters received from these
correspondents and others of her contemporaries suggest the deep personal
regard they held for Jackson, as both a professional writer whose stories were
increasingly gaining critical acclaim and popular recognition and as a wife and
mother who saw no incompatibility between her dual roles as artist and
homemaker. Part II contains files of correspondence from several such
friends, including
Walter Bernstein,
June Mirken Mintz,
Frank Orenstein,
Robert M. Strauss, and
Jay Williams. Other correspondents of note include
Jean Brockway,
Elizabeth Batterham Burke,
Carol Black Livaudais,
Louis L. Scher, and
Mary Shaw.
Jackson is best known for her unsettling tales of modern Gothic
horror, in particular for her classic story,
"The Lottery," first published in the
New Yorker in 1948. She also wrote a
number of humorous stories about contemporary domestic life. Based upon
observations of her own family and largely sentimentalized for popular
consumption, many were produced for general interest or women's magazines; two
volumes,
Life Among the Savages and
Raising Demons, both centering on family
life, were also published. Part II contains manuscript drafts, notes, and
outlines relating to the development and execution of both types of Jackson's
fiction. Located in the
Literary
File, the material enables the researcher to analyze the evolution of
Jackson's form and style through the process of textual analysis and
criticism.
Fan letters written to Jackson are contained in both the
Correspondence series and under appropriate title headings in the
Literary
File. Inquiries from the public seeking clarification regarding the
inspiration and interpretation of her work are quite common, especially for
"The Lottery," as successive generations of
readers encountered this grisly tale anew.
The collection is arranged in two parts comprised of ten series:
- Part I
- Part II
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Diary and
Diary Notes, 1932-1934, n.d.
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Family
Papers, 1938-1965, n.d.
-
Correspondence, 1936-1970, n.d.
-
Literary
File, 1943-1970, n.d.
-
Miscellany,
1938-1966, n.d.
Container |
Series |
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BOX 1
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Diaries arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 2-3
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Arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. |
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BOX 4-12
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Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. |
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BOX 13-33
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Arranged by type of literary work (articles, short stories, books,
etc.) and therein alphabetically by title.
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BOX 34-41
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Grouped by type of material and, where possible, arranged
chronologically within the group.
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BOX 42
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A high-school diary and an undated, single-page diary fragment
kept by Jackson.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 42
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Letters received, notes, and cards. |
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Organized alphabetically by family member and arranged
chronologically therein.
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BOX 43-44
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Letters received and occasional copies of letters sent, telegrams,
postcards, and miscellaneous enclosures.
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Organized alphabetically by correspondent and arranged
chronologically therein.
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BOX 44-50
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Correspondence, manuscript drafts, royalty statements, printed
matter, notes, outlines, research material, screenplays, and miscellaneous
items and enclosures relating to books and short stories by Jackson.
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Organized alphabetically by type of material and arranged
alphabetically by title or topic therein. Publication dates of books are given
in parentheses.
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BOX 50-51
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Address and telephone books, appointment calendars, notes and
notebooks, drawings and sketches, photographs, printed matter, cards and
invitations, and miscellaneous items.
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Organized alphabetically by type of material. |
Container |
Contents |
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BOX 1
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Part I: Diaries and
Journal,
1932-1936
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Diaries arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 1
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Diaries, 1932-1936 |
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(3
folders)
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Journal, 1936 |
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BOX 2-3
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Part I: Family
Correspondence,
1944-1965,
n.d.
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Arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. |
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BOX 2
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Hyman, Anna (aunt), 1953-1965,
n.d.
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Hyman, Arthur M.
(brother-in-law), 1949
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Hyman, Barry (son), 1952,
n.d.
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Hyman, Corinne (daughter-in-law),
1964, n.d.
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Hyman, Joanne (daughter),
n.d.
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Hyman, Laurence (son), 1954,
1964, n.d.
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Hyman, Lulu (mother-in-law),
1960, n.d.
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Hyman, Stanley Edgar (husband),
1948-1962, n.d.
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Jackson, Barry (brother),
1948-1957
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Jackson, Barry, Jr. (nephew),
1957
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Jackson, Dorothy (aunt), 1955,
n.d.
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Jackson, Geraldine B. (mother),
1952-1964
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(8
folders)
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Jackson, Leslie H. (father),
1944-1965, n.d.
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(6
folders)
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BOX 3
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Jackson, Leslie H. and Geraldine
B. (photocopies of Shirley Jackson's letters to her parents),
1948-1965
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(10
folders)
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Jackson, Mary Lou
(sister-in-law), 1961, n.d.
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Stewart, Sarah Hyman (daughter),
1960, n.d.
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BOX 4-12
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Part I: General
Correspondence,
1933-1965,
n.d.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. |
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BOX 4
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.,
1949-1965
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American Scholar, 1961
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Author's Guild,
1954-1963
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Ayling, Dorothy,
1933-1935
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(2
folders)
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“A” miscellany,
1952-1965
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Beatty, Jeanne, 1960 |
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(2
folders)
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Best, Marshall
See same
series Viking Press
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Bonino, Louise
See same
series Random House
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Book Week, 1963
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Brandt, Carol,
1956-1960
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Brandt & Brandt |
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May 1952-Mar. 1956 |
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(11
folders)
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BOX 5
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Apr. 1956-Mar. 1961 |
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(10 folders)
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BOX 6
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Apr. 1961-July 1965,
n.d.
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(6
folders)
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Brandt and Brandt Dramatic
Department, Inc., 1954-1963
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Breit, Harvey
See same
series
New York Times Book
Review
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Brion, Jean-Marie,
1934-1962
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(4 folders)
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BOX 7
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Brown, Francis
See same
series
New York Times Book
Review
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Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth,
1954-1962
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(2
folders)
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Burkhardt, Fredrich,
1949
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Burnett, Whit
See same series
Story
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“B” miscellany,
1954-1965
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(2
folders)
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Canfield, Cass
See same
series Harper & Brothers
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Cerf, Bennett
See same series Random
House
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Chambrun, Jacques,
1954
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Ciardi, John, 1964 |
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Covici, Pascal
See same
series Viking Press
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Cowley, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm,
1949
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“C” miscellany,
1951-1965
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(4
folders)
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Dahl, Roald, 1959 |
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Darrow, Whitney, Jr.,
1957
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de Rochemont, Louis,
1961
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“D” miscellany,
1953-1965
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(2
folders)
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Ellison, Fanny (Mrs. Ralph
Ellison), 1953-1962
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Esquire, 1957
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“E” miscellany,
1955-1965
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Farrar, John
See same
series Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc.
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Farrar, Margaret,
1949-1954
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BOX 8
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Farrar, Straus and
Cudahy, Inc., 1948-1963, n.d.
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(4
folders)
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Field, Ruth (Mrs. Marshall
Field), n.d.
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Fischer, John, 1953 |
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Ford, Franklin,
1954-1955
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“F” miscellany,
1953-1965
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(2
folders)
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Ginzburg, Ralph
See same series
Esquire
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Gollancz, Robert
See same
series Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc.
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Gollancz, Victor,
1953
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“G” miscellany,
1949-1965
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(2
folders)
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Hamburger, Philip,
n.d.
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BOX 9
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Harper &
Brothers, 1954-1961
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Harper's Magazine,
1952-1956
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Hentoff, Nat, 1961 |
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Holmes, John, 1959 |
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“H” miscellany,
1950-1965
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(2
folders)
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“I” miscellany,
1953-1964
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Jackson, Katherine Gauss
See same
series
Harper's
Magazine
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“J” miscellany,
1947-1964
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Kluger, Richard
See same
series
Book Week
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Knopf, Alfred, Jr.
See same series
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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“K” miscellany,
1953-1965
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(2
folders)
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Levin, Martin, 1961 |
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“L” miscellany,
1952-1965
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(2
folders)
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Malamud, Bernard,
1961
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McBride, Mary Margaret,
1953
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“M” miscellany,
1946-1965
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(4
folders)
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BOX 10
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Nemerov, Howard,
1959-1962
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New York Times Book Review,
1953-1960
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“N” miscellany,
1948-1965
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Orenstein, Frank E.,
n.d.
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“O” miscellany,
1952-1965
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Phillips, Robert S.,
1961-1965
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Pickrel, Paul
See same series
Yale Review
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Pitkin, Royce S.,
1960
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Plagemann, Bentz,
1954-1956
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“P” miscellany,
1937-1965
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(3
folders)
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“Q” miscellany, 1957,
n.d.
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Random House,
1953-1965
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“R” miscellany,
1949-1965
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(3
folders)
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Scher, Louis L., 1951-1958,
n.d.
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(3
folders)
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BOX 11
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Singer, Isaac B.,
1962
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Stark, Ray, 1955 |
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Stickney, Rebecca B.,
1963
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Story, 1936, 1959
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Stout, Rex
See same
series Author's Guild
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Straus, Robert W., Jr.
See same
series Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc.
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“S” miscellany,
1947-1965
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(6
folders)
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Thurber, James, 1958,
n.d.
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“T” miscellany,
1948-1965
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Untermeyer, Bryna,
n.d.
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Untermeyer, Louis,
1959-1962
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“U” miscellany,
1956-1962, n.d.
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Van Doren, Peter
See same
series Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc.
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Viking Press, 1954-1965
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“V” miscellany,
1949-1965
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Wang, Arthur W., 1956 |
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Weinstock, Herbert
See same series
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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White, E. B., 1953 |
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Williams, Jay,
1957-1961
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Wise, Robert, n.d. |
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“W” miscellany,
1947-1965
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(2
folders)
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Yale Review, 1953
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BOX 12
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“Y-Z” miscellany,
1955-1965, n.d.
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Anonymous fan mail, 1960-1964,
n.d.
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Drafts of Shirley Jackson's
letters to unidentified correspondents
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Unidentified
correspondents
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(9
folders)
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BOX 13-33
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Part I: Literary
Manuscripts
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Arranged by type of literary work (articles, short stories, books,
etc.) and therein alphabetically by title.
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BOX 13
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Poems |
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(2
folders)
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Articles |
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(23
folders)
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BOX 14
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(29
folders)
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BOX 15-19
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Short stories |
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(155
folders)
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BOX 20
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Illustrated stories |
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(3
folders)
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Drama file |
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Radio scripts |
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Unpublished magazine:
"The Garbled Sadwit"
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Book reviews |
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(2
folders)
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Book file |
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The Bird's Nest
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(6
folders)
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BOX 21
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(7
folders)
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Hangsaman
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(4
folders)
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BOX 22
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(1
folder)
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The Haunting of Hill
House
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(10
folders)
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BOX 23
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Life Among the
Savages
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(12
folders)
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BOX 24-25
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The Magic of Shirley
Jackson
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(12
folders)
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BOX 26
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Raising Demons
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(10
folders)
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BOX 27
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(4
folders)
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The Road Through the
Wall
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(3
folders)
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BOX 28
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(2
folders)
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Special Delivery
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(2
folders)
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The Sundial
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(5
folders)
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BOX 29
|
(1
folder)
|
|
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We Have Always Lived in the
Castle
|
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(3
folders)
|
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Witchcraft of Salem Village
|
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(2
folders)
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Incomplete literary
manuscripts
|
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(5
folders)
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BOX 30
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(3
folders)
|
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BOX 31
|
Scrapbooks |
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Hangsaman
|
|
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Life Among the
Savages
|
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(3
books)
|
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BOX 32
|
"The Lottery" (short
story)
|
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The Lottery (book)
|
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(1
folder)
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BOX 33
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(1
folder)
|
|
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The Road Through the
Wall
|
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BOX 34-41
|
Part I:
Miscellany,
1937-1964,
n.d.
|
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Grouped by type of material and, where possible, arranged
chronologically within the group.
|
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BOX 34
|
Address and telephone
books
|
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(2
folders)
|
|
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Engagement calendars |
|
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1937-1959 |
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(3
folders)
|
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BOX 35
|
1960-1964 |
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(3
folders)
|
|
|
Menus |
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(2
folders)
|
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BOX 36
|
Miscellaneous notes |
|
(5
folders)
|
|
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Pencil drawings |
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(5
folders)
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BOX 37
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(3
folders)
|
|
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Pencil and ink
drawings
|
|
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Pencil and crayon drawings and
watercolors
|
|
|
Watercolors |
|
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College notebooks |
|
|
1937-1938 |
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(3
folders)
|
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BOX 38-39
|
1937-1940, n.d. |
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(11
folders)
|
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BOX 40
|
Undated |
|
|
Writers' conferences |
|
(2
folders)
|
|
|
Biographical
information
|
|
|
General miscellany |
|
(5
folders)
|
BOX 41
|
(4
folders)
|
|
BOX 42
|
Part II: Diary and
Diary Notes,
1932-1934,
n.d.
|
|
A high-school diary and an undated, single-page diary fragment
kept by Jackson.
|
|
Arranged chronologically. |
|
BOX 42
|
8 July 1932-23 Aug.
1934
|
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|
Undated |
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BOX 42
|
Part II: Family
Papers,
1938-1965,
n.d.
|
|
Letters received, notes, and cards. |
|
Organized alphabetically by family member and arranged
chronologically therein.
|
|
BOX 42
|
Hyman, Barry (son), ca.
1950s
|
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Hyman, Joanne (daughter),
1958-1959, n.d.
|
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|
Hyman, Laurence (son), ca. 1960s,
n.d.
|
|
|
Hyman, Moe and Lulu (father-and
mother-in-law), n.d.
|
|
|
Hyman, Stanley Edgar (husband),
letters to Shirley Jackson, 1938-1942, n.d.
|
|
(4
folders)
|
|
|
Jackson, Barry H. (brother) and
Mary Lou, 1951, 1965, n.d.
|
|
|
Jackson, Geraldine B. (mother),
1950-1952, n.d.
|
|
|
Jackson, Leslie H.
(father)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1950-1952,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, n.d. |
|
|
Other family members,
1953
|
|
|
Stewart, Sarah Hyman (daughter),
n.d.
|
|
BOX 43-44
|
Part II:
Correspondence,
1936-1970,
n.d.
|
|
Letters received and occasional copies of letters sent, telegrams,
postcards, and miscellaneous enclosures.
|
|
Organized alphabetically by correspondent and arranged
chronologically therein.
|
|
BOX 43
|
Albert, Louise, 1942-1950,
n.d.
|
|
|
Alfred A. Knopf,
1942-1951
|
|
|
“A” miscellany,
1947-1951
|
|
|
Bernstein, Walter and Marva,
1938-1941, 1948, n.d.
|
|
|
Blatchford, Loey, 1944-1951,
n.d.
|
|
|
Brandt & Brandt, 1947-1952,
1970
|
|
|
Brockway, Jean, 1950-1952,
n.d.
|
|
|
Burke, Libby, 1945-1950,
n.d.
|
|
|
“B-E” miscellany,
1938-1952, 1959-1965, n.d.
|
|
(4
folders)
|
|
|
Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.,
1947-1951, 1956, n.d.
|
|
|
“F” miscellany, 1952,
n.d.
|
|
|
Glazebrook, Lucy, 1947-1948,
n.d.
|
|
|
“G” miscellany, 1941,
1947-1957, n.d.
|
|
|
Harper & Brothers,
1947-1950
|
|
|
Harper's Magazine,
1948-1951
|
|
|
“H-K” miscellany,
1942-1952, n.d.
|
|
(3
folders)
|
|
|
Livaudais, Carol Black, Feb.-Mar.
1951, n.d.
|
|
|
“L” miscellany,
1939-1942, 1949-1952, n.d.
|
|
|
Mintz, June Mirken, 1938-1951,
1965, n.d.
|
|
|
Music Corporation of America,
1940-1952, n.d.
|
|
(2
folders)
|
|
BOX 44
|
“M” miscellany,
1948-1952, n.d.
|
|
|
New York Times Book Review,
1949-1951, 1957
|
|
|
New Yorker, 1943-1951,
n.d.
|
|
|
“N” miscellany,
1950-1952, 1967
|
|
|
Orenstein, Frank E. and Cecile,
1938, 1945-1948, n.d.
|
|
|
“O-R” miscellany,
1944-1959, n.d.
|
|
|
Scher, Louis L., 1950-1951,
n.d.
|
|
|
Shaw, Mary, 1945-1946,
n.d.
|
|
|
Strauss, Robert M.,
1938-1939
|
|
|
“S” miscellany, 1940,
1948-1951, 1962-1965, n.d.
|
|
|
Tucker, Greg and Tony, 1947-1949,
n.d.
|
|
|
“T-V” miscellany,
1943-1952, 1958, n.d.
|
|
|
Williams, Jay and Bobbie,
1939-1944, n.d.
|
|
|
Woman's Home Companion,
1947-1951
|
|
|
The Writer, 1944-1948
|
|
|
“W-Y” miscellany,
1947-1952, 1960, n.d.
|
|
|
Unidentified correspondents,
1936, 1943-1952, 1965, n.d.
|
|
BOX 44-50
|
Part II: Literary
File,
1943-1970,
n.d.
|
|
Correspondence, manuscript drafts, royalty statements, printed
matter, notes, outlines, research material, screenplays, and miscellaneous
items and enclosures relating to books and short stories by Jackson.
|
|
Organized alphabetically by type of material and arranged
alphabetically by title or topic therein. Publication dates of books are given
in parentheses.
|
|
BOX 44
|
Bibliographies and publishing
lists, 1951-1966
|
|
|
Books |
|
|
"Another Country" (also titled
"Abigail") (unpublished),
n.d.
|
|
|
The Bird's Nest
(1954)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1954-1955,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1954-1957, 1965,
n.d.
|
|
|
Motion picture adaptation,
1956-1957, n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1954-1955, 1965,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements, 1954-1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
Come Along With Me
(1968)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1967-1969,
n.d.
|
|
BOX 45
|
Manuscript draft, preface,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1967-1968,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1968-1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements, 1967-1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
Famous Sally (1966), 1966-1967,
n.d.
|
|
|
Hangsaman (1951)
|
|
|
Correspondence,
1951-1952
|
|
|
Manuscript drafts,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1951, 1964,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1951 |
|
|
Royalty statements,
1951-1970
|
|
|
Welden, Paula, 1946,
n.d.
|
|
|
The Haunting of Hill House
(1959)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1959,
1967-1970, n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1959-1963,
n.d.
|
|
|
Motion picture and theatrical
adaptations, 1959-1969, n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1959-1962 |
|
|
Royalty statements,
1959-1969
|
|
BOX 46
|
Life Among the Savages
(1953)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1953-1955,
1969, n.d.
|
|
|
Manuscript drafts,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1953-1960,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1954-1959,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements,
1953-1970
|
|
|
The Lottery; or, The Adventures of James
Harris (1949)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1951-1953,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1948-1960,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1949-1950, 1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements,
1950-1969
|
|
|
The Magic of Shirley Jackson,
(1966)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1965-1970,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1966-1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1966-1967 |
|
|
Royalty statements,
1966-1969
|
|
|
Nine Magic Wishes (1963),
1962-1970, n.d.
|
|
|
Raising Demons
(1957)
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1956-1957,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1956-1957,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements,
1956-1969
|
|
BOX 47
|
The Road Through the Wall
(1948), 1947-1970, n.d.
|
|
|
Special Delivery (1960),
1960
|
|
|
The Sundial (1958)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1958,
1967
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1958-1963,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1958,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements,
1958-1969
|
|
|
We Have Always Lived in the
Castle (1962)
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1962-1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
Dramatic adaptations,
1966-1969, n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1962-1968,
n.d.
|
|
|
Reviews, 1962-1963,
n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements,
1962-1969
|
|
|
The Witchcraft of Salem Village
(1956), 1956-1969, n.d.
|
|
|
Lectures and readings, 1949-1965,
n.d.
|
|
|
Poetry, n.d. |
|
|
Reviews, 1949-1956,
n.d.
|
|
BOX 48
|
Short stories and other
writings
|
|
|
"After You, My Dear Alphonse,"
1945, 1960, 1967-1968
|
|
|
"An International Incident,"
1953
|
|
|
Anthologies, 1944-1968,
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Bad Children," 1960,
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Birthday Party," 1964-1969,
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Box," 1952, n.d.
|
|
|
"The Bus," 1966-1969
|
|
|
"Charles," 1966-1968,
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Dancing Heart,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"Demi-Tasse," n.d.
|
|
|
"Dinner for a Gentleman,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"Far Land of Far,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Flower Garden,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"Fresh Air Diary,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"Here I Am, Washing Dishes Again,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"The House," 1951-1952,
n.d.
|
|
|
"In the House of the Giant,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"Journey With a Lady,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Lie," 1951, n.d.
|
|
|
"The Lottery"
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1948-1954,
1965-1970, n.d.
|
|
BOX 49
|
Dramatic
adaptations
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1949-1953,
1967-1970
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1950-1953,
1960-1962, n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements,
1953-1969
|
|
|
Scripts and screenplays,
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1949-1965,
n.d.
|
|
|
Phonographic reading,
1960-1966, n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements, 1950-1953,
1964-1970
|
|
|
"Lover's Meeting,"
n.d.
|
|
|
Miscellany, 1956-1967,
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Most Wonderful Thing," 1952,
n.d.
|
|
|
"Mrs. Melville Makes a Purchase,"
1951, n.d.
|
|
|
"On Being a Faculty Wife,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts,"
1956-1958, 1966-1969
|
|
|
Printed copies |
|
|
1943-1952 |
|
(2
folders)
|
|
BOX 50
|
1953-1956, n.d. |
|
|
"Progressive–Towards What?"
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Renegade,"
1948-1950
|
|
|
"The Rock," n.d.
|
|
|
Royalty statements and serial
rights, 1943-1945, 1961-1969
|
|
|
"Something Less Than a Good
Cigar," n.d.
|
|
|
"Still Life With Teapot and
Students," n.d.
|
|
|
"The Strangers," 1952,
n.d.
|
|
|
"Sugar and Snails,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"A Surprise for Everybody,"
n.d.
|
|
|
"The Third Baby's the Easiest,"
n.d.
|
|
|
Untitled manuscript drafts and
fragments, n.d.
|
|
(2
folders)
|
|
|
Untitled notes and outlines,
1960, n.d.
|
|
BOX 50-51
|
Part II: Miscellany,
1938-1966,
n.d.
|
|
Address and telephone books, appointment calendars, notes and
notebooks, drawings and sketches, photographs, printed matter, cards and
invitations, and miscellaneous items.
|
|
Organized alphabetically by type of material. |
|
BOX 50
|
Address and telephone books,
n.d.
|
|
(2
folders)
|
|
BOX 51
|
Appointment calendar,
1947
|
|
|
Awards, Mar.-Apr. 1966,
n.d.
|
|
|
Biographical material |
|
|
Miscellany, n.d. |
|
|
"Notes on Shirley Jackson," by
Stanley Hyman, 22 Aug. 1947
|
|
|
Cards and invitations, 1950-1951,
n.d.
|
|
|
Diet journal, n.d. |
|
|
Drawings and sketches, 1950,
n.d.
|
|
|
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation, fellowship application, 1947
|
|
|
Notebook, 1938 |
|
|
Notes and other items, 1953,
1963-1964, n.d.
|
|
|
Paintings, 1951, n.d. |
|
|
Photographs, 1949,
n.d.
|
|
|
Printed matter, 1944-1965,
n.d.
|
|
|
Scrapbook, 1948, 1958,
n.d.
|
|