Manuscripts (documents)
Subject
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Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
The Joel Conarroe Collection of Philip Roth Material
Collection
Identifier: PR2
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of photocopies of draft manuscripts — written by American writer Philip Roth — which Roth sent to his long-time friend Joel Conarroe over the course of 26 years. Many of the drafts were heavily edited by Roth. Some of the drafts include a few comments, questions or edits by Conarroe. Also included in the collection are several brief notes from Roth to Conarroe with instructions for replacing or substituting various pages. Additional materials (signed books,...
Dates:
1982 - 2019
Van Court Railroad Manuscript
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Van Court-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
This post binder contains typed pages, index cards, drawings and at least one letter. The material concerns New Jersey railroads. It includes maps, company histories, line histories, and various facts (gauge, line length in miles). Lines/companies are roughly sorted by region. Latest dates are 1948, and "Hoboken Manufacturing Railroad" is listed, which ended in 1954, so it can be placed around 1950. Inclues every railroad in New Jersey from Absecon & Bay to Jersey City to Lackawanna to...
Dates:
c. 1950
William Ashby Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Ashby
Scope and Contents
Organized in 5 boxes :Box #1. Manuscripts of "Tales without Hate" ("Some Unimportant Incidents in the Life of An Unimportant Man Who Is Eighty and Still Alive") & "More Tales Without Hate" (2 folders)Box #2. Manuscripts of "What Are You Going To Do With Me?" "A Morning in Hell," and "Jewel Bowser" (3 folders) (1961-65), one folder of correspondance/misc. Box #3. Manuscripts of "The Harelip", "Weep 'Weep' My Beloved Land" and "Reflections on the Life of...
Dates:
1917 - 1990
William H. Osborne Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Osborne-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, I: contains a typescript copy of a novel, "The Taint in the Blood or the Taint." A literary agent's summary attached to the manuscript describes the book as "a story of business and political methods, and of a labor union." The events and characters are drawn directly from the history of Newark.Manuscripts, II: another typescript copy of "The Taint in the Blood or the Taint"Manuscripts, III: typescript copy of "Out of the Tub O' Blood...
Dates:
c. 1903-1920