Container
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Title
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U.S. Mss 53AN
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Series: Part 1: Original Collection, 1929-1963
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1942-1952
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1953-1956
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1957-1958
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1959-1960
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Box
1
Folder
6
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1961-1963; undated
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Business papers, 1946-1952; undated
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Musicals
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Wedding in Paris, music by Hans May, lyrics by Sonny Miller
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Box
2
Folder
1
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First draft, undated
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Second draft, undated
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Third draft, undated
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Director's working copy, undated
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Amateur revision, 1956
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Sheet music, 1954 : “Always Young,” “How Do I Know It's Love?” “I Must Have Been Crazy,” “Piano Selection,” “The Simple Things of Life,” “Strike Another Match,” “A Wedding in Paris.”
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Musical Screenplays
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Les Girls, by John Patrick, story by Vera Caspary, 1957, Mar. 29
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Novels
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A Chosen Sparrow, 1962
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Box
3
Folder
1
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First draft with revisions, pp. 72-189, 348
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Box
3
Folder
2-3
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First finished version
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Box
3
Folder
4-5
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Second finished version
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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Third finished version
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Notes
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Notes and unused scenes
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Box
4
Folder
5-6
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Pages discarded by Vera Caspary
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Untitled suspense story, 1960 (expanded into A Chosen Sparrow)
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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Evvie, 1960, draft
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Laura, 1942, synopsis
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Thicker Than Water, undated, notes and family tree
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Plays
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Beautiful Evening, 1929, first draft
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Blind Mice, co-author, Winifred Lenihan, undated
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Box
5
Folder
6
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First draft
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Director's copy
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Geraniums in My Window, co-author, Samuel Ornitz, undated
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The Husband, undated
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Box
6
Folder
1
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First draft
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Box
6
Folder
2
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First draft, with revisions
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Second draft, with revisions
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Box
6
Folder
4
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The Quick Easy Way, undated, draft with revisions
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Play to Win, 1955, July 4, first draft
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Screenplays
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Bedelia, undated
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Box
6
Folder
7
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The Chinese Room, 1958, December 15, first draft with revisions
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Illicit, 1961
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Box
6
Folder
8
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First draft with revisions
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Second draft with revisions, October 16
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Copy 1, pp 1-65
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Copy 2, pp 1-65
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Third draft with revisions, November 3
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Fourth draft with revisions
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Revisions
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Revisions for 20th Century Fox
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Sheets done over by Vera Caspary
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Step chart
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Happily Ever After (Illicit), 1961, November 13, 20th Century Fox Edition, first draft
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Box
8
Folder
1
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A Letter to Three Wives, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screen story adaptation by Vera Caspary, 1948, May 19, final script
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Out of the Blue, 1947, February 13, revised final draft
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Pay Day, co-author, George Sklar, undated
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Box
8
Folder
4
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The Stars Look Down, by J.B. Williams, produced by Isidore Goldsmith, undated
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Stranger Than Truth, 1948, March
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Three Husbands, undated
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Screen Stories
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Away From Home, 1960
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Box
9
Folder
1
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First draft with revisions, December 1
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Second draft, December
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Easy Living, 1936
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Box
9
Folder
4
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The Exiles, co-author, George Sklar, 1938
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Les Girls, 1956, Feb. 15, first draft
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Give the Girl a Break, circa 1950-1951
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Happy Days Are Here Again, 1952
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Illicit
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Box
9
Folder
8
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First draft with revisions, 1961
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Second draft with revisions, 1961
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Third draft with revision, 1961
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Memo, undated
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Sheets discarded by Vera Caspary, undated
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Box
10
Folder
5
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In Conference, co-author, Bruce Manning, 1933
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Box
10
Folder
6
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It Can't Last, 1935
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Matinee Idol, co-author, Bruce Manning, 1933
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Box
10
Folder
8
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The Nickel Show, 1939
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Box
10
Folder
9
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The Night of June 13th, 1932
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Box
10
Folder
10
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O, Promise Me, 1951
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Odd Thursday, 1933
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Box
10
Folder
12
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They Knew What Happened, undated
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Box
10
Folder
13
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Three Husbands, undated
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Screen Story Adaptation
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Box
10
Folder
14
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A Letter to Five Wives, from the novel by John Klempner, May 28, 1947, first draft
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Stories
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Box
11
Folder
1
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The Gardenia, 1952
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Box
11
Folder
2
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The Jews of Kiev, undated
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Out of the Blue, 1947
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Untitled murder story, 1941
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Treatments
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The Capri Story, 1960
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Box
11
Folder
5
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First draft
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Second draft, May 2
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Gone Are the Days, 1943, November 26, second draft
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Box
11
Folder
8
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The Last Angry Man, 1957, June 3, third draft
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Box
11
Folder
9
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No Wedding Ring, co-author, Isidore Goldsmith, 1949, February 9
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Awards
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Ephemera
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Photographs
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Package
1
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Blind Mice, undated
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Printed Magazine Stories and Articles, 1942-1952
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Radio and Television Interviews, 1942, 1945, 1950
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Series: Part 2: 1968 Additions, 1944-1968
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Correspondence
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Box
13
Folder
1
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January 1944-August 1958
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Box
13
Folder
2
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August 1958-July 1962
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Box
13
Folder
3
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August 1962-February 1968
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Contracts, Miscellaneous
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Novels
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A Chosen Sparrow (1964)
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Correspondence, May 1962-January 1965
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Contracts
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Background Information
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Notes
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Holograph
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Box
13
Folder
9-10
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Holograph and Typewritten (version 4)
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Box
14
Folder
1-4
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Typewritten, random (discards from 4th version)
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Box
14
Folder
5-7
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Third Version - Copy: Edited Manuscript
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Box
15
Folder
1-4
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Fourth Version - Rough Draft
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Clippings - Promotion and Reviews
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The Man Who Loved His Wife (1966)
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Correspondence, May 1965-August 1966
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Contracts
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Background Information
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Outline and Step Chart
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Notes
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Box
15
Folder
10-11
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Holograph
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Holograph and Typewritten
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Box
16
Folder
2-3
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Typewritten
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Box
16
Folder
4-7
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Typewritten, random
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Box
17
Folder
1
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First Version
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Box
17
Folder
2-3
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Second Version - First Draft
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Box
17
Folder
4-6
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Last Revision - First Rewrite
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Copy - Edited Manuscript
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Box
17
Folder
7
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pp. 1-150
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Box
18
Folder
1
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pp. 151-332
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Box
18
Folder
2-4
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Galley, annotated
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Galley
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Serialization: Woman's Mirror, March 5-April 16, 1966
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Clippings - Reviews and Promotions
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The Rosecrest Cell (1968)
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Correspondence, December 1966-February 1968
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Contracts
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Box
19
Folder
3
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Background Information
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Outlines and First Notebook
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Notes
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Holograph
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Box
19
Folder
6
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Holograph, Chapter Outline
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Box
19
Folder
7
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Holograph and Typewritten
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Box
19
Folder
8
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Character Development and Random Notes
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Box
19
Folder
9
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Random Notes and Discarded Pages
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Revisions on Part I (not in sequence)
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Box
20
Folder
1
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Discards and Revisions (after editor's criticism)
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Box
20
Folder
2-3
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Incomplete Draft
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Box
20
Folder
4-5
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Draft Fragment
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Box
21
Folder
1-5
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Complete Draft, December 1966
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Draft, annotated
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Box
21
Folder
6
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pp. 1-150
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Box
22
Folder
1-3
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pp. 151-600
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Box
22
Folder
4-7
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Copy - Edited Manuscript, pp. 1-600
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Box
23
Folder
1
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Annotated Galley
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Box
23
Folder
2
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Clippings - Promotion and Review
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Ruth (Novelette - , February 1968)
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Notes
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Box
23
Folder
3
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Holograph
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Box
23
Folder
4
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Typewritten
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Box
23
Folder
5
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Draft Fragments
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Box
23
Folder
6-7
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Incomplete Draft
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Box
23
Folder
8-9
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Complete Draft
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Box
23
Folder
10
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Published Novelette - Good Housekeeping, February 1968
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Untitled Novel (intended as sequel to Evvie)
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Box
24
Folder
1
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Outline and Character Development, holograph and typewritten
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Box
24
Folder
2-3
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Notes, holograph and typewritten
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Plays
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A Four Letter Word
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Box
24
Folder
4
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Notes, holograph (all three plays)
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First Play
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Box
24
Folder
5
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Incomplete Draft and Theme
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Box
24
Folder
6
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Rough Draft and Loose Pages
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Box
24
Folder
7-9
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Complete Draft
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Second Play
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Box
24
Folder
10
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Synopsis, loose pages
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Box
24
Folder
11
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Rough Draft Fragments
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Box
24
Folder
12-14
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Complete Draft
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Third Play
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Box
24
Folder
15
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Synopsis, loose pages
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Box
25
Folder
1
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Rough Draft Fragments
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Box
25
Folder
2
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Complete Draft
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Box
25
Folder
3
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Complete Draft of Entire Play
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Screenplays
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Bachelors in Paradise
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Box
25
Folder
4
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Correspondence, August 1961-February 1966
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Box
25
Folder
5-7
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Copy - Edited Manuscript
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Box
25
Folder
8
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Studio File Copy of Screen Story, October 9, 1957
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Illicit
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Box
25
Folder
9
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Correspondence, November 1962-August 1963
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Novel Typescript, November 13, 1964
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Box
25
Folder
10
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pp. 1-100
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Box
26
Folder
1-2
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pp. 101-308
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Love Now, Pay Later (original title: “The Bachelors”)
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Box
26
Folder
3
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Notes, holograph and typewritten
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Box
26
Folder
4
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First Version, 1965
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Box
26
Folder
5
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First Draft, incomplete, pp. 1-85
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Box
26
Folder
6
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Second Draft, incomplete, pp. 1-168
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Box
26
Folder
7
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Third Draft, incomplete, pp. 29-122
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Mr. Rigoletto
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Box
26
Folder
8
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Correspondence, August 1965-December 1966
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Box
26
Folder
9
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Background Information
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Box
26
Folder
10
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Story Outline and Character Development
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Box
26
Folder
11
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Notes, 1965
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Box
26
Folder
12
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Notes, holograph and typewritten
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Box
26
Folder
13
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First Rough Draft, 1966
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Box
27
Folder
1
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First Version
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Box
27
Folder
2
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Second Version
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Box
27
Folder
3
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Final Version
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The Stars Look Down (I.G. Goldsmith)
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Box
27
Folder
4
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Dialogue Sheets and Photograph
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Television Pilots
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Apartment 3-C
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Box
27
Folder
5
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“Lonely Saturday,” First Draft
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Box
27
Folder
6
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“New York Is Different,” First Draft
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General
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Box
27
Folder
7
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Clippings - Laura
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Magazine Articles
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Box
27
Folder
8
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“Laura”
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Box
27
Folder
9
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“Protest by a Constant Reader”
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Box
27
Folder
10
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Speeches - UCLA Speech
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Series: Part 3: 1984 Additions, 1929-1981
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Correspondence and Other Papers
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Box
28
Folder
1
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General Correspondence, January 1946, June 1962-March 1980
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Box
28
Folder
2
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With Agents and Publishers, January 1978-April 1981
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Box
28
Folder
3
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With W.H. Allen and Co., April 1969-December 1971
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Box
28
Folder
4
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Correspondence and Notes re: Charges of Un-American Activities, January 1952-October 1955
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Box
28
Folder
5
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From Readers, March 1979-October 1981
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Box
31
Folder
1
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Contracts and Correspondence, January 1967-October 1980
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Box
28
Folder
6
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Reviews of Books, August 1960-January 1979
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Box
28
Folder
6
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Royalty Statements, January 1968-June 1980
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Micro 1015
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Early Writings and Reviews
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Reel
1
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Reviews of The White Girl, 1929
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Advertisements and Copy Written by Vera Caspary
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Reel
1
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Letters to Druggists for Sem-pray Jo-ve-nay Products
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Reel
1
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“Sky-Writing, Limited,” New Yorker, May 18, 1929
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Reel
1
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Form Letters Drafted for Sergei Marinoff School of Classical Dance, Chicago
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Reel
1
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“Enter Your World by Voice Culture,” Brochure of the Perfect Voice Institute, Chicago (copyright 1922)
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Reel
1
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Advertisements for Perfect Voice Institute
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Reel
1
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Advertisements for the University of Applied Science, Chicago - Fingerprint Identification Courses
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Reel
1
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Advertisements for Historical Books, Mysteries
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Reel
1
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“Trianon Topics,” Chicago, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 22, 1924
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Reel
1
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“The Satin Slipper,” Chicago, Vol. 1, No. 1, circa 1925 (published for the Satin Slipper [Dancing] Club)
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Scrapbooks and Clippings of Reviews
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Reel
1
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Bedelia
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Reel
1
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Death Wish
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Reel
1
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Evvie
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Reel
1
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False Face
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Reel
1
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Les Girls
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Reel
1
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The Husband
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Reel
1
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Laura
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Reel
1
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A Letter to Three Wives
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Reel
1
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The Night of June 13
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Reel
1
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Out of the Blue
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Reel
1
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Stranger Than Truth
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Reel
1
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Thelma
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Reel
1
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Thicker Than Water
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Reel
1
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Three Husbands
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Reel
1
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Wedding in Paris
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Reel
1
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The Weeping and the Laughter
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Reel
1
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Personal Clippings
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U.S. Mss 53AN
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Novels
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A Chosen Sparrow
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Box
28
Folder
7
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Portions of a Manuscript re: a Polish Count, cut from A Chosen Sparrow, undated
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The Dreamers
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First Draft
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Box
28
Folder
8
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Vol. 1, annotated with notes, published circa 1976
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Box
28
Folder
9
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Vol. 2, annotated
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Box
28
Folder
11-12
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Book 2, annotated
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Box
28
Folder
12
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Step Chart, January-May 1971
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Box
31
Folder
2
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Revisions, 1973
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The Final Portrait
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Box
28
Folder
13
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Annotated Draft, 1971
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The Girls
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Box
28
Folder
14
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Manon Tingue's Response and Outline of Vera Caspary's Ideas, July 1, 1968
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Laura
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Box
28
Folder
15
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Clippings in German, 1968
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Box
28
Folder
16
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Publicity
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Box
28
Folder
17
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Draft Article About the Production of Laura, entitled “Laura, Otto and I,” annotated, undated
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The Mystery of Elizabeth X
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Box
28
Folder
18-20
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Partial Rough Drafts, undated
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Box
28
Folder
21-24
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Incomplete Drafts and Discarded Pages, annotated, undated
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Box
28
Folder
25
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Early Draft of Chauncey Greenleaf Section, annotated, undated
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Box
31
Folder
3
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Manuscript of Chauncey Greenleaf Section, undated
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Box
31
Folder
4
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Notes and Partial Rough Drafts, undated
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Box
31
Folder
5
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Notes
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Box
28
Folder
26
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Criticisms and Notes, June-July 1978
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“New York House of Detention for Women” (“House of Detention”)
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Box
28
Folder
27
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Notes and Outline, undated
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Box
28
Folder
28
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Early Draft of an Outline for a Book, annotated, and Notes, undated
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The Rosecrest Cell
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Box
28
Folder
29
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Clippings, 1968
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Ruth
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Box
28
Folder
30
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Serialized in Annabel, April 1969
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The Secrets of Grown-ups
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Box
28
Folder
31-33
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Manuscript as Published, circa 1979
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Box
29
Folder
1-2
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Outlines and First Full Rough Draft to 1924, annotated, undated
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Box
29
Folder
3-5
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Working Draft, 1924-1954, annotated
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Box
29
Folder
6-7
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Working Draft, Parts I and II, annotated
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Box
29
Folder
8-10
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Incomplete Drafts and Discards, circa 1976
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Box
29
Folder
11-12
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Discards and Rewritten Pages
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Box
31
Folder
6
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Outlines and Notes, undated
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Box
29
Folder
13
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Notes
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Box
29
Folder
14
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Reviews, June 1979-July 1980
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Box
29
Folder
15
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Edgar Award, March 1980
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Thelma
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Box
29
Folder
16
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Clippings, 1952
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“Woman in White”
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Box
31
Folder
7
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Rough Outline, undated
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“Women in Crime”
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Box
29
Folder
17-18
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Outlines, undated
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Plays
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Gift of the Gods
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Box
29
Folder
19
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Script, January 16, 1977
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Box
29
Folder
20
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Working Script, annotated, undated
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Box
29
Folder
21
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Incomplete Working Draft, annotated
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Box
29
Folder
22-23
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Miscellaneous Pages of a Working Draft, annotated, undated
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Box
29
Folder
24
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Notes
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”Texas Guinan Story” (unproduced)
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Box
29
Folder
25
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Synopsis, circa 1950s
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Wedding in Paris
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Box
30
Folder
1
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Script, undated
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Box
30
Folder
2
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Sheet Music, “A Wedding in Paris,” 1954
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Box
30
Folder
3
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Souvenir Brochure, circa 1954
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Screenplays
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“Haunted Summer,” Original Screenplay by Anne Edwards and Vera Caspary
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Box
30
Folder
4
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Correspondence and Plot Summary, 1972-1974
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Box
30
Folder
5
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First Corrected Draft Screenplay, incomplete, August 15, 1977
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The Husband
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Box
30
Folder
6
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Screenplay by Lange Lewis, from the Novel by Vera Caspary, undated
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Television
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Box
30
Folder
7
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“The Private World of the Morleys”: Idea for a Television Series
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Short Stories and Articles
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Box
30
Folder
8
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“The Movie Original,” New Theatre, August 1936
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Box
30
Folder
9
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“I've Met a Man, Mother,” The Canadian Magazine Star Weekly, October 25, 1969
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Box
30
Folder
10
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Drafts for a Short Piece on Paperback Books, October 1974
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Box
30
Folder
11
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“Pavlova's Words” and “Pavlova's Music,” Draft and Printed Article, Dance Magazine, January 1976
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Box
30
Folder
12
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“New York: Dancing in the '20s,” Draft and Printed Article, Dance Magazine, July 1976
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Box
30
Folder
13
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Grand Rapids Literary Arts Festival, Clippings and Correspondence, 1968
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