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BOX 39-253 Writings File, 1944-2001
Original typed drafts, revised versions, printers' galleys and proofs from various stages of production, and ancillary notes, correspondence, and research material for books, stories, essays, plays, and interviews.
Arranged alphabetically by type of work and title and thereunder by sequence of production primarily as described by Roth.
BOX 39 Books
American Pastoral (1997)
Drafts
Original version
Copy A, 1972
Copy B, 1972
(2 folders)
First
With changes, 1995, July-Nov.
(2 folders)
With comments, 1995, Nov. 23
(2 folders)
BOX 40 Without comments, 1995, Nov. 21-28
(2 folders)
Second, 1995, Dec. 24
Copy A
(3 folders)
Copy B
(1 folder)
BOX 41 (2 folders)
Third, 1995, Dec.-1996, May
(3 folders)
Fourth
Copy A, 1996, June 26
(1 folder)
BOX 42 (3 folders)
Copy B, 1996, June 26
(3 folders)
BOX 43 Copy B, 1996, June 26
(1 folder)
Copy C, 1996, Jan.-July
(5 folders)
BOX 44 Later version, 1996, Sept. 7
(4 folders)
Final
Copy A, 1996, Sept. 22
(3 folders)
BOX 45 Copy B, undated
(4 folders)
Unidentified and undated copies
Copy A
(2 folders)
BOX 46 (2 folders)
Copy B
(4 folders)
BOX 47 Copy C
(5 folders)
Copy D
(1 folder)
BOX 48 (2 folders)
Copy E
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous pages, undated
BOX 49 Galleys
First set
Unmarked, 1996, Nov.
(3 folders)
With changes, 1996, Nov.-Dec.
(3 folders)
BOX 50 Second set
Copy A, 1996, Nov.-Dec.
(3 folders)
Copy B, 1996, Nov.
(2 folders)
Final changes, 1996, Dec.
Notes, 1995-1996, undated
(1 folder)
BOX 51 (2 folders)
Research material, 1944-1996, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 52 The Anatomy Lesson (1983)
Drafts
First, 1981-1982
(2 folders)
Second, 1982, May
Copy A
(2 folders)
Copy B
(2 folders)
BOX 53 Third
Copy A, 1982, June
(2 folders)
Copy B, 1982, June
(2 folders)
Copy C, 1982, June
(2 folders)
BOX 54 (1 folder)
Copy D, 1982, June See Oversize
Copy E, fragments, 1982, July See Oversize
Copy F, 1982, June-Dec. See Oversize
Fourth
Copy A, 1983, Jan.
(2 folders)
Copy B, 1983, Feb.
(2 folders)
Later version, 1983, Mar. 2
(2 folders)
BOX 55 Final edited version, 1983, Mar. 9
(2 folders)
Final, with changes, 1983, Mar. 26
(3 folders)
Printer's copy, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 56 Unidentified copies, undated
Copy A
(3 folders)
Copy B
Copy C
Copy D
(2 folders)
BOX 57 Miscellaneous chapters and pages
Chapters 1, 4-6, 1982, Dec.
(2 folders)
Chapters 2-3, undated
Chapter 3, 1982
Chapter 4, undated
Chapters 4-5, 1983, Jan.
(2 folders)
BOX 58 Pages, 1983, undated
(2 folders)
Pages excised, undated
Galleys
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