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BOX 25-27 Molly Malone Cook File, 1863-2013
The Molly Malone Cook File series consists of a limited volume of correspondence, biographical material, photographs both taken by and of Cook, newspaper clippings, writings, and other material documenting Cook’s work as a literary agent, primarily between 1980 and 2000. Other material includes blank letterhead from Cook’s businesses VII Photographers Gallery, VII Paperback Books, and East End Bookshop, files related to the donation of her papers to Smith College, drafts of writings, and a small file dedicated to Cook’s family history. The bulk of this series comprises the "name file," which primarily includes correspondence, printed matter, photographs, interviews, and drawings from and related to the artist Arthur Cohen, filmmaker and one-time employee of Cook’s, John Waters, and writer Norman Mailer, for whom Cook worked as a secretary, and Oliver as a typist, during the 1970s.
Material types include correspondence, notes, photographs, newspaper clippings, identification cards, unpublished writings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 25 VII Photographers Gallery, VII Paperback Books, and East End Bookshop, circa 1960-1970s
BOX 25 Birth and death certificates, last will and testament, and miscellaneous identifcation cards, 1952-1984, 2002-2005
BOX 25 Clippings, 1965, 1976, 1996, 2005-2006
BOX 25 Correspondence, 1964-1982, 2002-2005
BOX 25 Family history, 1863, circa 1925, 1936, 1976, 1982, 1991
BOX 25 Memorial service, 2005
BOX 25 Miscellany, circa 1910, 1967, 1991, 2002 See also Container OV 6, Handkerchief
BOX 25 Molly Malone Cook Literary Agency, Inc., 1976, 1984, 1996-2003
BOX 25 Molly Malone Cook Papers, Smith College, 2006-2010
(2 folders)
BOX 25 Name file
BOX 25 Cohen, Arthur
BOX 25 1964-1984
(2 folders)
BOX 26 1985-2007
(2 folders)
BOX 26 Mailer, Norman, 1936, 2011-2013
BOX 26 Price, Reynold, 1995-1998
BOX 26 Waters, John, 1977, 1991-2005
(2 folders)
BOX 26 Photographs
BOX 26 By Molly Malone Cook, 1950s-1960s See also Container OV 4, same heading
(2 folders)
BOX 27 Of Molly Malone Cook, 1930s-1990s
BOX 27 United States Marine Corps service, circa 1945-1946
BOX 27 Writings, 1971-1976, 1995
BOX 27-94 Writings, 1956-2017
The Writings series documents Oliver’s career as a best-selling poet and essayist and chiefly comprises notebooks and notes, book manuscript drafts, page proofs, production correspondence, reviews, and printed matter containing Oliver’s work. Dating from 1956 to 2017, the series is arranged in two groupings: notebooks and notes and a publications file. Notebooks and notes includes Oliver’s birding “sight lists” and other observations of the natural world, as well as over 130 small, bound notebooks, some handbound, Oliver kept during her daily walks on Cape Cod. The notebooks are largely undated and are arranged as received in numerical order. The publications file primarily comprises manuscript material related to all her major works, drafts of shorter works of prose, introductions or forwards to several books, and reviews written by Oliver. In general, Oliver kept few drafts of poems, though a limited number of files related to specific poems are included. These files reflect major edits, demonstrate Oliver’s work process, and highlight her most well-known works. Manuscript files on individual book-length titles include contracts, correspondence, book cover design material, manuscript drafts, notes, permission requests, page and galley proofs, and reviews and publicity material. Periodicals, arranged alphabetically by title, almost exclusively comprise final print copies of publications featuring Oliver’s work, with minimal associated correspondence or notes. Miscellaneous printed matter, grouped at the end of the series, documents Oliver’s work included in poetry anthologies and other book-length works, as well as calendars, exhibit catalogs, church service bulletins, Provincetown city and festival guides, and other miscellany. Inventories and lists of publications can be found in box 33 for book-length titles and box 63 for individual poems and works of prose published in periodicals.
Material types include manuscript drafts, poems, notes, notebooks, newspaper clippings, contracts, correspondence, page and galley proofs, periodicals, copyright forms, photographs, drawings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material and thereunder alphabetically by title or subject. Notebooks arranged numerically as received.
BOX 27 Notebooks and notes
BOX 27 Nature sightings, notes and journals, 1975-2013
BOX 28 Nature sightings, notes and journals, 1975-2013
(4 folders)
BOX 29 Notebooks
BOX 29 Nos. 1-29, 1970s-2010s
(3 folders)
BOX 30 Nos. 30-69, 1970s-2010s
(4 folders)
BOX 31 Nos. 70-109, 1970s-2010s
(4 folders)
BOX 32 Nos. 110-131, unnumbered, 1970s-2010s
(4 folders)
BOX 33 Publications file
BOX 33 Manuscripts
BOX 33 Lists of publications, 2007-2009
BOX 33 American Primitive
BOX 33 Contract, 1981
BOX 33 Correspondence, 1980-1986, 1993
BOX 33 Drafts, 1981-1982
(3 folders)
BOX 33 Miscellany, circa 1981-1984
BOX 33 Page proofs
BOX 33 1982-circa 1983
(3 folders)
BOX 34 circa 1983
BOX 34 Reviews, 1983-1985
BOX 34 "Among Wind and Time," Sierra, Nov./Dec. 1991, 1990-1991
BOX 34 "Bird," Appalachia, June 2003, 2002-2003
BOX 34 "A Bitterness," "Wings," "The Pinewoods," "When Death Comes," Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 1991, vol. 67, no. 3, 1990-1991
BOX 34 Blue Horses
BOX 34 Contract, 2014
BOX 34 Draft, 2014
BOX 34 Page proofs, 2014
BOX 34 Blue Iris: Poems and Essays
BOX 34 Contract, 2004
BOX 34 Drafts, circa 2003-2004
(2 folders)
BOX 34 Page proofs, 2004-2006
BOX 34 Permissions, 2004
BOX 34 Reviews, 2004
BOX 35 Blue Pastures
BOX 35 Contract, 1994
BOX 35 Correspondence, 1994-1996
BOX 35 Drafts, 1994-1995
(3 folders)
BOX 35 Page proofs, 1995 See also Container OV 4, same heading
(2 folders)
BOX 35 Permissions, 1995
BOX 35 Reviews, 1995-1996
BOX 35 "Building the House," Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Review, Spring 1997, 1996-1997
BOX 35 "Comfort," OnEarth, Winter 2002, 2001-2002
BOX 36 Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
BOX 36 Drafts, circa 2017
(3 folders)
BOX 36 Page proofs, 2017
(4 folders)
BOX 37 Dog Songs
BOX 37 Contract, 2014
BOX 37 Draft, circa 2012-circa 2013
BOX 37 Page proofs, 2013
(3 folders)
BOX 37 Reviews and publicity, 2013-2017
BOX 37 "Dogs," "Stars," "From West Wind: 1," "From West Wind: 12," and "Shelly," Provincetown Arts, Vol. 11, 1995, 1995
BOX 37 Drafts of miscellaneous poems, 1960s-2010s
(2 folders)
BOX 37 Dream Work
BOX 37 Contracts, 1985-2003, 2014
BOX 38 Correspondence, 1985-1990, 2006
BOX 38 Drafts, 1985
(3 folders)
BOX 38 Page proofs, 1986 See also Container OV 5, same heading
BOX 38 Reviews, 1986-1989
BOX 38 Evidence
BOX 38 Contract, 2007
BOX 38 Drafts, 2008
BOX 38 Reviews and publicity, 2008-2010
BOX 38 Felicity, 2015-2016
BOX 38 [Felicity?], contract, 2015
BOX 38 "Foods for Thought," Country Living, June 2006, 2005-2006
BOX 38 Forwards to
BOX 38 Necessary Light by Patricia Fargnoli, 1998-1999
BOX 39 Sea Shells by Paul Valéry, 1997-1998
BOX 39 Solstice, photographs by Rachel Brown, 2002-2003
BOX 39 "Four Marvelous Companions with a Zest for Life," My Back Pages (column), Boston Sunday Globe, May 24, 1992, 1992
BOX 39 "From the Book of Time," DoubleTake, Spring 1999, 1999
BOX 39 "Home," Aperture, Feb. 1998, 1997-1998
BOX 39 House of Light
BOX 39 Contract, 1989
BOX 39 Correspondence, 1988-1992
BOX 39 Drafts, circa 1988-1989
(3 folders)
BOX 39 Page proofs, 1989-1990
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