Prudencio De Pereda:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center
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Creator: |
De Pereda, Prudencio, 1912- |
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Prudencio De Pereda Papers
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Dates: |
1935-1973 |
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Abstract: |
Manuscripts of short stories, novels, and other writings,
correspondence, clippings of reviews, and miscellany trace the writing career
of the author. The collection depicts the Pereda's early career in New York,
his interactions with editors and publishers, and with other writers of the
period. |
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RLIN Record # |
TXRC93-A37 |
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Extent |
5 boxes (2.5 linear
feet) |
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Language |
English. |
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Repository |
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin |
Prudencio De Pereda was born in Brooklyn, New York's Spanish colony on
February 18, 1912, to Spanish immigrant parents. He was first encouraged to be
a writer after reading Ernest Hemingway as an undergraduate Spanish major at
City College of New York (1929-1933). He published his first story in 1936, and
during the Spanish Civil War, met Hemingway. The two collaborated on the
commentary for the films
Spain in Flames and
The Spanish Earth, espousing the Loyalist
Republican viewpoint. During this seminal period of De Pereda's writing, his
activities brought him into contact with a number of other young New York
literati who were similarly affected by the war in Spain and other
“radical” causes.
During the 1930s and early 1940s, De Pereda wrote short stories that
were published in several small circulation magazines, as well as in
better-known periodicals such as
Commentary, New Republic, Story, and
Nation. De Pereda's stories have been
anthologized often, and appeared in the
O. Henry Memorial Prize Volume (1937) and
O'Brien's Best Short Stories (1938,
1940).
From 1941-1944, De Pereda served in the U.S. Army as a Spanish language
censor of letters for the U.S. Bureau of Censorship. After World War II he
worked as an advertising copywriter and later as a librarian. During this time
De Pereda began combining and expanding his stories, producing three novels:
All the Girls We Loved (1948),
Fiesta (1953), and
Windmills in Brooklyn (1960).
Fiesta became his best known work, having
been published in Canada, England, France, Finland, and the German Democratic
Republic. Robert Hanell set it to music as an opera, and it has been adapted as
a radio play. De Pereda also translated from the Spanish, Alberto Gerchunoff's
Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas in 1953.
De Pereda retired to Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
Manuscripts of short stories, novels, and other writings,
correspondence, clippings of reviews, and miscellany trace the writing career
of Prudencio De Pereda, 1935-1973. The collection depicts the author's early
career in New York, his interactions with editors and publishers, and with
other writers of the period. De Pereda's work reflects the influence of Ernest
Hemingway, especially during the Spanish Civil War, when they met and worked
together on the commentary for the films
Spain in Flames and
The Spanish Earth. De Pereda's later
literary output is represented by manuscripts of his three novels (
All the Girls We Loved, Fiesta, and
Windmills in Brooklyn) and his translation
of
Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas.
The collection is arranged in four series: I. Correspondence, 1935-1973;
II. Works, 1935-1960, III. Publicity Material and Reviews, 1947-1961, and IV.
Miscellaneous, 1940-1964.
The correspondence is divided into two subseries. Acceptance letters
(1935-1951, bulk 1936-1940) from editors and publishers were kept in
chronological order by De Pereda. Personal letters received (1935-1973) are
arranged alphabetically by author. Correspondents include Carlos Baker, Alvah
Cecil Bessie, Paul Bowles, Whit Burnett, Richard Burton, Padraic Colum, Victor
Gollancz, Ernest Hemingway (photocopies), James Laughlin, William March, Anäis
Nin, Edward O'Brien, Philip Rahv, and Richard Wright. Only one item of outgoing
correspondence, from De Pereda to Carlos Baker, survives in this collection. An
index of all correspondents is included at the end of this inventory.
The bulk of the materials in Series II., Works (1935-1960), consists of
literary manuscripts. Drafts and final versions, typed and handwritten, many
with corrections, these manuscripts are arranged in three subseries: Short
Stories, Novels, and Other Works. Included are manuscripts of thirty-one short
stories and three novels, as well as his English translation of
Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas. Also present
are manuscripts of commentaries for the film
The Spanish Earth, edited and expanded by
Ernest Hemingway. One photocopy draft bears Hemingway's editorial marks.
Manuscripts of two of the novels have been arranged in order of final
publication. For
All the Girls We Loved, working titles of
the chapters are included in the folder list in parentheses. The arrangement of
Fiesta (original title
The Unshared Man) follows categories set up
by the author. Within each category, pages are for the most part unnumbered or
not numbered consecutively.
Series III., Publicity Material and Reviews (1947-1961), concerns only
De Pereda's three novels. Series IV., Miscellaneous (1940-1964), includes other
clippings and miscellaneous information, as well as a typescript by author
William March, which was posthumously published as
99 Fables in 1960.
Access
Open for research
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Correspondents |
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Baker, Carlos,
1909-1987 |
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Bessie, Alvah Cecil,
1904- |
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Bowles, Paul,
1910- |
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Burnett, Whit,
1899- |
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Burton, Richard,
1925- |
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Colum, Padraic,
1881-1972 |
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Gollancz, Victor,
1893-1967 |
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Hemingway, Ernest,
1899-1961 |
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Laughlin, James,
1914- |
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March, William,
1893-1954 |
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Nin, Anais,
1903-1977 |
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O'Brien, Edward Joseph
Harrington, 1890-1941 |
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Rahv, Philip,
1908-1960 |
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Subjects |
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Authors, Spanish
American |
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Spain--History--Civil War,
1936-1939--Literature and the war |
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Spain--History--Civil War,
1936-1939--Motion pictures and the war |
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Document Types |
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First drafts |
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For other Prudencio De Pereda materials in HRHRC collections, see John
Lehmann - Recip. |
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A number of books from De Pereda's personal library were also acquired
by the HRHRC. These have been cataloged in the online library catalog UTCAT.
The Provenance File of the card catalog in the Reading Room may also be of use
in accessing books which were owned by De Pereda. |
Purchase and gift from De Pereda, 1973-1979
Marsha W. Harper, 1983; Stephen Mielke, John Hawthorne, 1991-1992
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I. Correspondence,
1935-1973 |
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Acceptance Letters,
1935-1951 |
box |
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1 |
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8/14/35 - 11/21/38 |
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2 |
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1/18/39 - 4/23/51 |
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Personal Letters,
1935-1973 |
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3 |
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Algren, Nelson,
1/8/63 |
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4 |
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Baker, Carlos,
9/10/64 -
5/18/73 |
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5 |
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Berriault, Arline,
10/9/63 - 12/19/67 |
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6 |
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Bessie, Alvah,
7/17/63 - 6/5/73, nd |
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7 |
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Bowles, Paul F.,
8/28/36 - [9/30/41] |
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8 |
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Burton, Richard,
4/16/56 |
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Coates, Robert M.,
8/6/49 |
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Colum, Padraic,
9/19/54, 11/2/54 |
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9 |
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Erlich, Leonard,
4/8/63 - 9/24/63 |
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10 |
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Field, Ben,
9/1/36 |
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Funaroff, Sol,
nd, 11/29/38 - 11/19/40 |
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Gardner, Leonard,
7/31/66, 8/26/69 |
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Gibson, Bill [William],
4/26/60 |
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11 |
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Gollancz, Victor,
1/16/62 |
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Goolman, Paul,
8/14/50, 1/14/51 |
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Hansen, Harry,
5/29/40 |
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Haydn, Hiram,
1/11/62 |
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12 |
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Hemingway, Ernest,
11/20/35 - 10/30/47, nd (photocopies) |
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13 |
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Kirchwey, Freda,
1/5/54 |
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Laughlin, James,
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Mangione, Jerre,
9/26/40, 3/7/42 |
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14 |
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March, William,
12/27/38 - 12/22/46 |
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15 |
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Nin, Anäis,
11/9/53 |
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O'Brien, Edward,
7/6/37 |
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Reid, Arnold,
8/31/36 |
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16 |
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Rosten, Norman,
12/9/36 - 4/25/54, nd |
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17 |
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Still, Jim,
1/27/40 - 2/24/40 |
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Watts, Richard Jr.,
1/25/57 |
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Wright, Richard,
10/14/38 |
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18 |
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Zinberg, Len,
4/20/37 - 9/4/42 |
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Series II. Works
1935-1960 |
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Short Stories,
1935-1951 |
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19 |
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“And Home is Hunted from the Hunt,”
10/10/38 (3 drafts) |
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20 |
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“The Assassin,”
[ca. 1936] |
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21 |
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“Blow Them All to Glory,”
6/29/38, nd (2 drafts) |
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22 |
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“The Deal,”
[ca. 1951] |
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23 |
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“Death in the Night,”
[ca. 1937] (2 drafts) |
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24 |
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“The Denunciation,”
[ca. 1938] (2 drafts) |
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25 |
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“He Would Be First,”
6/10/38 (4 drafts) |
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26 |
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“I Loved a Woman,”
[ca. 1940] (2 drafts) |
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27 |
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“Lament of a Facist General,”
[ca. 1939] (2 copies) |
box |
folder |
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1 |
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“A Letter from Spain,”
[ca. 1940] (2 drafts) |
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2 |
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“A Little Child,”
9/21/38 |
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3 |
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“Love a Live Body,”
[ca. 1936] |
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4 |
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“Love is Just a Game,”
[ca. 1944] (2 drafts) |
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5 |
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“The Man Who Wouldn't Play Christ,”
nd |
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6 |
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“My Big Brother Goes Back to the Front,”
3/29/38 (2 drafts) |
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7 |
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“My Grandmother's Nose,”
1948 (2 drafts) |
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8 |
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“My Soul to Take,”
11/1/38 |
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9 |
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“No Hour for Slumber,”
[ca. 1936] |
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10 |
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“The Picture of a Woman,”
nd |
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11 |
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“A Pioneer,”
[ca. 1936] |
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12 |
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“Rain,”
[ca. 1940] |
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13 |
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“The Resurrection,”
3/29/39 (2 drafts) |
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14 |
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“Al Salir el Sol” [in Spanish],
nd |
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15 |
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“Sinfonia Fantastica en Verde,”
[ca. 1936-1938] |
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16 |
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“Somebody Bet on the Colored Guy,”
[ca. 1940] (2 drafts) |
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17 |
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“The Spaniard,”
[ca. 1937] |
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18 |
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“A Tale of Thunder,”
[ca. 1935-1938] |
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19 |
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“These Rats Reveal Themselves for You,”
nd |
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20 |
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“Two Americans Look to the Next War,”
[ca. 1937] |
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21 |
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“The Way Death Comes,”
1/13/39 (2 drafts) |
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22 |
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“A Woman's Way,”
nd (2 drafts) |
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Novels,
1948-1960 |
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All the Girls We Loved,
1948 |
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23 |
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Al Figueire I (“The Major”) |
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A Joe (“The Goat”) |
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Al Figueire II (“The Woman Thou Gavest
Me”) |
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24 |
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A Joe (“The Time Has Come, the Sergeant
Said”) |
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Al Figueire III (“The Iland”) |
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25 |
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A Joe (“The Lost Lover”) (2 drafts) |
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26 |
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A Joe (“The Spanish Shawl”) |
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Al Figueire V (“Nobody Ever Dies”) |
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A Joe (“Death of a Sergeant”) |
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Al Figueire VI (“Fear”) |
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27 |
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Notes from editor |
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Fiesta,
1953 |
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28 |
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New outline |
folder |
29 |
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Original draft |
box |
folder |
3 |
1-6 |
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First and second drafts |
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7-10 |
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Original and working drafts, divided roughly into
chapters |
folder |
11-13 |
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Editor's memo (Arthur M. Wang) and revised
pages |
folder |
14 |
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Working draft with editor |
box |
folder |
4 |
1-3 |
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Working draft with editor (continued) |
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4-7 |
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Final ms. complete; includes copy for dust
jacket |
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Windmills in Brooklyn,
1960 |
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Part I: Agapito (a combination of two separately
titled works) |
box |
folder |
5 |
1 |
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“Conquistador” (2 drafts) |
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2 |
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“If It Should Ever Come to Pass” |
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3 |
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Part II: “The Good Pair” (2 drafts) |
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4 |
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Changes and revisions, duplicate early drafts, single
page revisions |
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5-6 |
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Final draft with printer's notations and other
corrections |
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7 |
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Notes from editor, initialled HZ |
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Other Works,
1937-1953 |
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8 |
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Book reviews,
nd |
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9 |
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Commentary,
The Spanish Earth (1937) |
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Several versions, some in Spanish. One photocopy includes
Ernest Hemingway's holograph corrections. |
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10 |
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English translation,
Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas by
Alberto Genchunoff
(1953) |
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Series III. Publicity Materials and Reviews,
1947-1961 |
folder |
11 |
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All the Girls We Loved,
1947-1948 |
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12 |
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Fiesta,
1954-1957 |
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13 |
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Windmills in Brooklyn,
1960-1961 |
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Series IV. Miscellaneous,
1940-1964 |
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14 |
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Clippings, publication information, and miscellaneous,
1940-1964 |
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15 |
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[99 Fables] by William March,
[ca. 1960] |
- Ader, Paul Fassett (Ed. FASSETT'S)--1.2
- Algren, Nelson--1.3
- Alpert, Hollis (MATRIX)--1.2
- Baker, Carlos, 1909-1987--1.4
- Bemmish, Rae (Ed. CHAMELEON)--1.1
- Bernstein, David E. (THE NEW TALENT)--1.1
- Berriault, Arline--1.5
- Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904- --1.6
- Bowles, Paul, 1910- --1.7
- Burnett, Whit, 1899- (STORY)--1.1-1.2
- Burton, Richard, 1925- --1.8
- Caliver, Alan (INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO.)--1.1
- Coates, Robert M.--1.8
- Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972--1.8
- Conroy, Jack (THE NEW ANVIL)--1.2
- Crews, Judson--1.1
- Erlich, Leonard--1.9
- Field, Ben--1.10
- Finsterwald, Maxine (NEW WRITERS)--1.1
- Funaroff, Sol--1.10
- Gardner, Leonard--1.10
- Garfinkel, Sid (Ed. FORGE)--1.1
- Gibson, Bill--1.10
- Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967--1.11
- Goolman, Paul--1.11
- Hansen, Harry (NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM)--1.1, 1.11
- Haydn, Hiram Collins--1.11
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--1.12
- Herring, Robert (LIFE AND LETTERS TO-DAY)--1.2
- Hudson, Charlotte (NEW MASSES)--1.2
- Kent, Ira Rice (HOUGHTON MIFFLIN)--1.1
- Kievits, Jules L. (BLACK & WHITE)--1.2
- Kingman, Gordon (Ed. KOSMOS)--1.1
- Kirchwey, Freda (THE NATION)--1.13
- Laughlin, James, 1914- (NEW DIRECTIONS)--1.13
- LeSeur, Meredith (MIDWEST)--1.1
- Ligocki, Michael (CREATIVE)--1.1
- Lukes, Lee (DECADE)--1.1-1.2
- Mangione, Jerre Gerlando--1.13
- March, William, 1893-1954--1.14
- Moore, Herbert (SHE)--1.2
- Neff, Barbara (THE NATION)--1.2
- Nin, Anäis, 1903-1977--1.15
- Norman, Dorothy (TWICE A YEAR)--1.2
- O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington, 1890-1941 (THE BEST SHORT
STORIES)-- 1.1-1.2, 1.15
- Rahv, Philip, 1908-1973 (PARTISAN REVIEW)--1.1
- Reid, Arnold (NEW MASSES)--1.1
- Rosten, Norman--1.16
- Schwarz, B. H. (TOLERANCE)--1.2
- Still, James--1.17
- Villa, J. (WAKE)--1.2
- Watts, Richard --1.17
- Wheeler, Ed (TOLERANCE)--1.2
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960--1.17
- Wynn, Dudley (THE NEW MEXICO QUARTERLY)--1.2
- Zinberg, Len (Ed. LACY)--1.18
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