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Dictation belt recordings and commentaries from the MacKinlay Kantor papers, 1956-1975

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Series 1: Dictation Belt Recordings, 1956-1975 (continued)
Fiction (continued)
BOX BELT 00410-00415 "If the South Had Won the Civil War", dictated 1960 March 11-July 16
Originally an extended piece published in Look magazine, November 22, 1960, the work was later published as a novella (New York: Bantam, 1961).
4 dictation belt packets, 2 dictation belts
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packets and individual belts: in BELT 00410: "Look, E, 3/12-13/60." in BELT 00411: "Look, A, 6/4/60, done." in BELT 00412: "Done." in BELT 00413: "Look, A, 6/23/60, done." in BELT 00414: "Look, B, 7/5/60." in BELT 00415: "Letters, A, 7/16/60."
Kantor's notes indicate that while one of the belts was marked "Letter", (BELT 00415) it actually contained "a sequence which was used in the final version."
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Nonfiction
BOX BELT 00416 "The Bird That Belonged to Keats", dictated 1966 May 20-21
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Nightingale, B, 5/20-21/66."
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BOX BELT 00417 Civil War recording text, dictated 1958 February 23
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "CW record, B, 2/23/58."
BOX BELT 00418-00419 "A Gallant Girl Named Frankie", dictated 1966
2 dictation belt packets
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00418: "Frankie, A, 2/17/66." in BELT 00419: "GAR, A, 2/12/66."
BOX BELT 00420 "The Ghost of Goldenhurst", dictated 1964 November 03-09
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "True ghosts, G, 11/9/65."
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BOX BELT 00421 Raymond Kresensky commentary, dictated 1956 October 06
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "Kresensky, 10/6/56, Urgent, [?]."
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BOX BELT 00422 "Letter to a Canine Friend", dictated 1966 January 05
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "Camella letter, A, 1/5/66."
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BOX BELT 00423-00424 "My Most Unforgettable Character", dictated 1966 May 25-July 05
2 dictation belt packets
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00423: "Crawford, A., 5/25/66." in BELT 00424: "Will Crawford, F., 7/5/66."
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BOX BELT 00425 "Not Ashamed of the Gospel", dictated 1969 August 11-30
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Moore[?], A, 8/11/69, 8/25/69."
BOX BELT 00426 "Nixon", dictated 1960 August 10
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "Nixon, 8/10/60."
BOX BELT 00427 Massacre at Plum Creek, Nebraska, dictated 1965 October 21-22
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "True, B, 10/22/65."
BOX BELT 00428 Recipes, dictated 1972 February 28
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Recipe, A, 2/28/72."
BOX BELT 00429-00430 "Relaxation is a Holy Thing", dictated 1961
1 dictation belt packet, 1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00429: "Suburbia, A, 9/22/61." in BELT 00430: Suburbia, A."
BOX BELT 00431, BELT 00512 "Why I Believe in Flying Saucers", dictated 1965 August 15-24
1 dictation belt packet, 1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00429: "U.F.O., B., 8/24/1965." in BELT 00512: "Saucers II."
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BOX BELT 00432-00434 Hamilton County, dictated 1969 January 23-July 16
3 dictation belt packets
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00432: "HC, K., 3/5/69." in BELT 00433: "HC, Z, 4/2-7/69." in BELT 00434: "HC, 1-J, 7/16/69."
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BOX BELT 00435-00441 Missouri Bittersweet, dictated 1968 May 13-September 13
7 dictation belt packets
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00435: "MME, 2-F, 5/19/68." in BELT 00436: "MMW, 2-O, 5/29/68." in BELT 00437: "MMW, 3-C, 6/13/68.", in BELT 00438: "MMW, 3-Y,7/17/68." in BELT 00439: "MMW, 4-G+H, 7/28/68." in BELT 00440: "MMW, 5-J, 9/8/68." BELT 00441: "MMW, 5-P, 9/12/68."
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BOX BELT 00442 Missouri Bittersweet, jacket copy, dictated 1968 December 2
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "Missouri Bittersweet jacket 12/02/68."
BOX BELT 00443-00447 Missouri Bittersweet notes, dictated 1967 July 22-August 15
5 dictation belt packets
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00443: "Mizzou, G, 7/23/67." in BELT 00444: "Mizzou, Q Q, 7/26-27/67." in BELT 00445: "Mizzou, 1-I." in BELT 00446: "Mizzou, 1-T, 8/8/67." in BELT 00447: "Mizzou, 2-F, 8/15/67."
BOX BELT 00448-00464 John Tyler biography, dictated 1975 March 25-August 20
12 dictation belt packets, 5 dictation belts
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: in BELT 00448: "Jack, C-1, 4/9/75." in BELT 00449: "Jack, H-1, 4/24/75." in BELT 00450: "Jack I-1, 4/28/75." in BELT 00451: "Jack, J-1, 4/29/75." in BELT 00452: "Jack, T1, 10 June." in BELT 00453: "Jack, O-1, 15-16 May 1975." in BELT 00454: "Jack, Q-1, 22 May." in BELT 00455: "Jack, R-1, 5/29/75." in BELT 00456: "Jack, S-1, 9 June 1975." in BELT 00457: "Jack, E, 7/10/75." in BELT 00458: "Jack, V, 3/25/75." in BELT 00459: "Jack, Y-1, 4 August." in BELT 00460: "Jack, Z-1." in BELT 00461: "Jack, A-2, 20 August 75." in BELT 00462: "Jack, E-2." in BELT 00463: "VF bibliography B." in BELT 00464: "Biog for Evans[?], 4/26/75."
BOX BELT 00465-00468 Centennial celebration and Lincoln Day address, dictated 1957 November 20-December 01
4 dictation belts
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: in BELT 00465: "I, Cooper U, 11/20/57." in BELT 00466: "Cooper U, II, 11/20/57." in BELT 00467: "Cooper U., A, 12-01-57." in BELT 00468: "Cooper U, B, 12/1/57."
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BOX BELT 00469-00475 Centennial celebration and Lincoln Day address, dictated 1958 January 4-18
7 dictation belts
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: in BELT 00469: "Cooper Union, 1/4/58." in BELT 00470: "Cooper Union 1/11/58." in BELT 00471: "Cooper Union 1/14/58." in BELT 00472: "Cooper Union revise, 1/14/58." in BELT 00473: "Cooper Union, A, 1/16/58." in BELT 00474: "Cooper Union, B, 1/16/58." in BELT 00475: "Cooper Union, 1/18/58."
BOX BELT 00476 Centennial celebration Webster City, Iowa, dictated 1957 March 11
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "W.C. speech, A, 3/11/57. Transcribed 3/15/57."
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BOX BELT 00477 "Historical Novelist's Obligation to History", dictated 1960 July 17
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "Iowa City, A., Done, 7/17/60."
BOX BELT 00478 Jewish heritage, Cleveland, dictated 1956 August 08
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Cleveland speech transcribed 9/3/56."
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BOX BELT 00479 Memorial Day ceremony, dictated 1968 May 16
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Memorial Day speech, B, 5/16/68."
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BOX BELT 00480 Royal Air Force cemetery, Memorial Day speech, dictated 1967 May 15-18
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "R.A.F. cemetery speech, B., 5/18/67."
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BOX BELT 00481 "These Uncanny 1960s," commencement address, dictated 1967 June 5-07
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Riverview, D., 6/7/68."
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BOX BELT 00482 "Look prediction" [unidentified article], dictated 1958 November 11-18
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Look B. 11/18/58."
BOX BELT 00483 "Look prediction" [unidentified article], dictated 1958-11-24
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Look Prophecy, 11/24/58."
BOX BELT 00484 305 (unidentified), dictated 1974 December 19
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "305, E.E., 19 Dec. 1974, Termination?"
BOX BELT 00485-00486 Library of Congress [unidentified], dictated 1968 September 25-December 12
2 dictation belt packets
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packets: in BELT 00485: "L. of C., A., 11/18/68." in BELT 00486: "L. of C., B, 9/25/68."
BOX BELT 00487 8th AF letter, dictated 1963 April 4
1 dictation belt
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt: "8th A.F. letter, 4/4/63."
BOX BELT 00488 Candlelight Press, dictated 1963 April 30
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Candlelight Press, A., 4/30/63."
BOX BELT 00489 "Dear Everybody", dictated 1973 July 22-25
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Dear Everybody, A., 11/22/73."
BOX BELT 00490 Disney, dictated 1962 September 23-26
1 dictation belt packet
Handwritten in white china marker on dictation belt packet: "Disney, A, 9/26/62."
BOX BELT 00491 Editorial comment, dictated 1963 March 29
1 dictation belt
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