Alvah Bessie Papers, 1929-1991

Container Title
U.S. Mss 53AN
Novels
A Chosen Sparrow
Box   28
Folder   7
Portions of a Manuscript re: a Polish Count, cut from A Chosen Sparrow, undated
The Dreamers
First Draft
Box   28
Folder   8
Vol. 1, annotated with notes, published circa 1976
Box   28
Folder   9
Vol. 2, annotated
Box   28
Folder   11-12
Book 2, annotated
Box   28
Folder   12
Step Chart, January-May 1971
Box   31
Folder   2
Revisions, 1973
The Final Portrait
Box   28
Folder   13
Annotated Draft, 1971
The Girls
Box   28
Folder   14
Manon Tingue's Response and Outline of Vera Caspary's Ideas, July 1, 1968
Laura
Box   28
Folder   15
Clippings in German, 1968
Box   28
Folder   16
Publicity
Box   28
Folder   17
Draft Article About the Production of Laura, entitled “Laura, Otto and I,” annotated, undated
The Mystery of Elizabeth X
Box   28
Folder   18-20
Partial Rough Drafts, undated
Box   28
Folder   21-24
Incomplete Drafts and Discarded Pages, annotated, undated
Box   28
Folder   25
Early Draft of Chauncey Greenleaf Section, annotated, undated
Box   31
Folder   3
Manuscript of Chauncey Greenleaf Section, undated
Box   31
Folder   4
Notes and Partial Rough Drafts, undated
Box   31
Folder   5
Notes
Box   28
Folder   26
Criticisms and Notes, June-July 1978
“New York House of Detention for Women” (“House of Detention”)
Box   28
Folder   27
Notes and Outline, undated
Box   28
Folder   28
Early Draft of an Outline for a Book, annotated, and Notes, undated
The Rosecrest Cell
Box   28
Folder   29
Clippings, 1968
Ruth
Box   28
Folder   30
Serialized in Annabel, April 1969
The Secrets of Grown-ups
Box   28
Folder   31-33
Manuscript as Published, circa 1979
Box   29
Folder   1-2
Outlines and First Full Rough Draft to 1924, annotated, undated
Box   29
Folder   3-5
Working Draft, 1924-1954, annotated
Box   29
Folder   6-7
Working Draft, Parts I and II, annotated
Box   29
Folder   8-10
Incomplete Drafts and Discards, circa 1976
Box   29
Folder   11-12
Discards and Rewritten Pages
Box   31
Folder   6
Outlines and Notes, undated
Box   29
Folder   13
Notes
Box   29
Folder   14
Reviews, June 1979-July 1980
Box   29
Folder   15
Edgar Award, March 1980
Thelma
Box   29
Folder   16
Clippings, 1952
“Woman in White”
Box   31
Folder   7
Rough Outline, undated
“Women in Crime”
Box   29
Folder   17-18
Outlines, undated