Title
box-folder   31-127/197-453		II. Fiction [series]:
box-folder   31-124/197-436		II.a. Novels
box-folder   31-55/197-249		II.a.1. The Recognitions (ca. 6 linear feet)    Scope: Original bookseller's inventory box and folder indicator was 1a.1-4b; 24a-24b
box-folder   31/197		Sheri Martinelli correspondence and clippings, ca. 1947-1955 (1 folder)
box-folder   31/198		Ducdame mss., typescript and holograph in pencil (1 folder, 100 pp.)
box-folder   31/199		Undated, untitled mss. (1 folder, 5 pp.)    Scope: Early draft outline for the Recoginitions.
box-folder   31/200		Blague mss. (1 folder)
box-folder   31/201		J'm'amuse...senesement mss., holograph (1 folder, 42 pp.)
box-folder   31/202		Blague mss. (1 folder, 71 pp.)
box-folder   32/203		Harcourt text editors comments, typescript and holograph, ca. 1953-1954 (1 folder, 55 pp.)
box-folder   32/204		Le Chemin des Anes typescript (1 folder, 12 pp.)
box-folder   32/205		Two copies of New World Writing containing Le Chemin des Anes (1 folder)
box-folder   32/206		Reading notes, drafts, etc. (1 folder, 300 pp.)
box-folder   32/207		Reading notes, ca. 1947-1948 (1 folder)
box-folder   33/208-210		Reviews and notices (3 folders, 175 pp.)
box-folder   34/211		Italian translation (1 folder)
box-folder   34-35/212-213		Newspapers clippings, ca. 1954-1955 (2 folders, ca. 100 items)
box-folder   36/214		Rough draft mss. (1 folder, 2200 pp.)
box-folder   36/215		Reviews (1 folder)
box-folder   37-40/216-221		Rough draft mss. (6 folders, 2200 pp.)
box-folder   40-42/222-225		Final mss. (4 folders, 2200 pp.)
box-folder   43/226-227		Page proofs, ca. 1955 (2 folders)
box-folder   43/228		Long galley proofs, printer'e mechanicals, art for title page (1 folder)
box-folder   44/229-230		Bound page proofs (2 folders)
box-folder   45/231		Page proofs - incomplete? (1 folder)
box-folder   46/232		Page proofs, 1955 (1 folder)
box-folder   47-48/233-234		Page proofs (2 folders)
box-folder   49/235		Miscellaneous correspondence (1 folder)
box-folder   49-50/236-237		Reviews, 1955 (2 folders)
box-folder   50/238		Corrections for the Meridian (1 folder)
box-folder   50/239-241		General correspondence (3 folders)
box-folder   51-52/242-245		General correspondence - criticism (4 folders)
box-folder   53/246		General correspondence (1 folder)
box-folder   54/247		Commonplace book "Panama" (1 folder)
box-folder   54/248		Record notebook on the Recognitions (1 folder)
box-folder   55/249.1		Spain notebook, 1945/50 (1 folder)
box-folder   55/249.2		Photocopies (1 folder)
box-folder   56-83/250-311		II.a.2. JR (ca. 10.5 linear feet)    Scope: Original bookseller's inventory box and folder indicator was 5a-10d
box-folder   56-57/250-253		JR mss. (4 folders, 2500 pp.)
box-folder   58/254		Notes on JR (1 folder)
box-folder   58-60/255-260		JR mss. (6 folders, 2500 pp.)
box-folder   61/261-262		JR mss. (2 folders, 250 pp.)
box-folder   62-64/263-267		JR mss. (5 folders, 1400 pp.)
box-folder   64/--65/268-269		JR or the Boy Inside mss. (2 folders)
box-folder   66-67/270-272		JR mss., typescript (3 folders, 500 pp.)
box-folder   67-68/273-275		Rough working notes (3 folders, 750 pp.)
box-folder   68/276		Rough draft (1 folder, 13 pp.)
box-folder   68/277		Rough working notes (continued) (1 folders, 705 pp.)
box-folder   68/278		Introduction ["As submitted to NAL"] (1 folder)
box-folder   69-70/279-282		JR mss. I (4 folders)
box-folder   71-72/283-286		JR mss. II (4 folders)
box-folder   73-74/287-290		JR mss. III (4 folders, 1039 pp.)
box-folder   75/291		Two blank JR notepads (1 folder)
		Empty plastic bags featuring Gaddis, written in German (12 items)    Scope: Includes two unidentified manuscript sheets by Gaddis.
box-folder   75/292-293		First proof xerox mechanical (2 folders)
box-folder   75-76/294-295		Master xerox mechanical (2 folders)
box-folder   76-77/296-298		First proof, August 20, 1975 (3 folders)
box-folder   78/299-301		Printers blues (3 folders)
		Artwork (2 items)    Scope: Located in oversize.
		Galley proofs (3 folders)    Scope: Located in oversize.
box-folder   79/302-303		Prelims (2 folders)
box-folder   80-81/304-307		Xeroxes set 1 (4 folders)
box-folder   82/308-309		Xeroxes set 2 (2 folders)
box-folder   83/310-311.1		Xeroxes set 3 (2 folders)
box-folder   83/311.2		JR Up to Date (1 folder)
box-folder   84-98/312-352		II.a.3. Carpenter's Gothic (ca. 5 linear feet)    Scope: Original bookseller's inventory box and folder indicator was 10d-13f
box-folder   84/312		Movie concept and outline (1 folder)
box-folder   84/313		Correspondence with Esquire, "Eleuthera" (1 folder)
box-folder   84/314-315		Xerox mss., variously numbered (2 folders, ca. 250 pp.)
box-folder   85/316		First complete draft (1 folder)
box-folder   85/317		First draft mss., pp. 120-200 (1 folder)
box-folder   85/318		Working draft xerox, pp. 1-166 (1 folder)
box-folder   86/319		Retyped mss. (1 folder)
box-folder   86/320		"Original mss." (1 folder)
box-folder   86/321		Scratch copy mss. (1 folder)
box-folder   87/322		"Final" mss. (1 folder)
box-folder   87/323		Empty (1 folder)
box-folder   87-88/324-325		"Out" mss. (2 folders, ca. 300 pp.)
box-folder   88-89/326-328		That Time of Year (3 folders)
box-folder   90/329		Printer's page proofs, March 13, 1985 (1 folder, 130 pp.)
box-folder   90/330		Correspondence, layout and design, interview, 1981-1984 (1 folder, ca. 35 items)
box-folder   90-91/331-332		Last draft before copy reader (2 folders, 200 pp.)
box-folder   91/333-334		Author's galleys, second set (2 folders, 180 pp.)
box-folder   92/335		Page proofs uncorrected set 1 (1 folder)
box-folder   92/336		Page proofs uncorrected set 2 (1 folder)
box-folder   93/337-338		Typescript final mss. (2 folders, 230 pp.)
box-folder   93/339		Empty (1 folder)
box-folder   94/340		Printer's long galleys (1 folder)
box-folder   94/341		Gaddis's master set of printer's long galleys (1 folder)
box-folder   94/342		First proofs uncorrected (1 folder)
box-folder   95/343		Proofs without alterations (1 folder)
box-folder   95/344		Page proofs (corrected set?) unmarked (1 folder)
box-folder   95/345		Page proofs, Gaddis's master set with his alterations and notes (1 folder)
box-folder   96-98/346-352		Source material (7 folders)
box-folder   99-116/353-406		II.a.4. A Frolic of His Own (ca. 5.5 linear feet)    Scope: Original bookseller's inventory box and folder indicator was 14a-16e
box-folder   99-100/353-356		Final draft with corrections (4 folders, 640 pp.)
box-folder   100-101/357-359		Galley proofs, author's set (3 folders)
box-folder   101-102/360-362		Page proofs, author's set (3 folders)
box-folder   102-103/363-364		Project Descriptions - Novel: Working title The Last Act (2 folders)
box-folder   103-104/365-368		"Publishers Dead Matter," xerox (4 folders, 1000 pp.)
box-folder   104-108/369-381		Working typescript with notes (13 folders, 2000 pp.)
box-folder   109/382		Typescript, AAAL 1990 (1 folder, 5 pp.)
box-folder   109/383-385		Typescript with xerox copy (3 folders, 400 pp.)
box-folder   110/386-388		Correspondence, royalties, contracts, 1982-1990 (3 folders)    Scope: Moved to other folders.
box-folder   110-111/389-391		Last Act/Frolic final typescript (3 folders)
box-folder   111/392		Correspondence and publicity (1 folder)
box-folder   111/393		Antietam, fragments after Frolic excerpts (1 folder)
box-folder   112/394-395		Loose drafts (2 folders, 1500 pp.)
		Artwork (2 items, including envelope)    Scope: Located in oversize.
box-folder   113-114/396-401		Background and Drafts for "A Frolic of His Own" (6 folders)    Scope: Background material on "A Frolic of His Own," including legal rulings and newspaper clippings. Some drafts and notes.
box-folder   113/396		Frolic loose drafts (c) (1 folder)    Scope: Legal documents on copyright infringement, presumably for "Once at Antietam."
box-folder   113/397		"Legal Opinions, Sources" (1 folder)    Scope: Legal opinions and journal articles on publishing and copyright.
box-folder   114/398		"Frolic, last clips, notes" (1 folder)    Scope: Legal opinions. Research for "Frolic."
box-folder   114/399		Project Description for The Last Act (1 folder)    Scope: Project description for "Frolic."
box-folder   114/400		"Frolic to Sept 1993" notes and proofs (1 folder)    Scope: Correspondence about upcoming "Frolic" publication, notes on the novel and legal opinions.
box-folder   114/401		Unbound proof sheets in oversize (1 folder)    Scope: Empty folder to designate material moved to oversize location.
box-folder   115/402-404		"Once at Antietam" a play (a) (3 folders)    Scope: Draft of "Once at Antietam," a play. This text results from Gaddis' work on "A Frolic of His Own."
box-folder   115/402		"Once at Antietam" a play (a) (1 folder)    Scope: First part of the mss.
box-folder   115/403		"Once at Antietam" a play (b) (1 folder)    Scope: Second part of the mss.
box-folder   115/404		"Once at Antietam" a play (c) xerox copy (1 folder)    Scope: Copy of entire mss.
box-folder   116/405-406		Szyrk v. Village of Tantamout (2 folders)    Scope: Drafts of "Szyrk v. Village of Tantamount," as well as reviews and interviews 1985-93.
box-folder   116/405		Szyrk v. Village of Tantamout (1 folder)    Scope: Drafts of Szyrk v. Village of Tantamount.
box-folder   116/406		Reviews and interviews 1985-93 Pop and Glow (1 folder)    Scope: Miscellaneous correspondence, reviews, and interviews.
box-folder   117-124/407-436		II.a.5. Agapé Agape (ca. 2.5 linear feet)    Scope: Research, notes, and drafts for unrealized player piano project intermingled with research, notes, and drafts for Gaddis' German radio play, a version of which became "Agape, Agape."
box-folder   117/407		Early "Player" draft (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   117/408		"Player" scrap (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   117/409		Correspondence (1 folder)    Scope: Miscellaneous notes and correspondence.
box-folder   117/410		du magazin (1 folder)    Scope: German magazine with article on Gaddis.
box-folder   117/411		Agape, Agape (1 folder)    Scope: Agape notes and mss.
box-folder   118/412		"Player" (1 folder)    Scope: Player notes and mss.
box-folder   118/413		Loose Notes 60s Agape (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   118/414		"Chronology".1 (1 folder)    Scope: Various notes, presumably on "Player" and "Agape."
box-folder   118/415		"Chronology".2 (1 folder)    Scope: Various notes, presumably on "Player" and "Agape."
box-folder   119/416		"Szyrk" et al. (CH) (1 folder)    Scope: Clippings, notes, and legal opinions.
box-folder   119/417		Key West correspondence (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   119/418		"VI PP Loose notes Current Reading Codes" (1 folder)    Scope: Notes on "Player."
box-folder   119/419		"PP Out (1950s)" (1 folder)    Scope: Notes on "Player."
box-folder   120/420		Agape, Agape drafts (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   120/421		Piano photograph (1 folder)    Scope: Image of smiling people surrounding a piano.
box-folder   120/422		"Heavy BG Plutarch" (1 folder)    Scope: Photocopy of Plutarch's "Moralia."
box-folder   120/423		Agape, Agape notes and clippings (1 folder)    Scope: Notes and clippings on the Player Piano.
box-folder   121/424		Agape and Rush for Second Place drafts and notes (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   121/425		"Clips, misc" - Piano (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   121/426		Chronology (1 folder)    Scope: Miscellaneous author notes.
box-folder   121/427		"PP: Heavy BG, Outlines, Sources" (1 folder)    Scope: Draft of "History of Player Piano."
box-folder   122/428		"Sources, Biographies, Loose Base" (1 folder)    Scope: "Player" notes and clippings.
box-folder   122/429		"The Proposals" (1 folder)    Scope: "Player" notes and clippings.
box-folder   122/430		"Player Loose / Spec Clips Refs" (1 folder)    Scope: "Player" notes and clippings.
box-folder   123/431		Player ? notes (1 folder)    Scope: Possibly notes on "Player."
box-folder   123/432		"Archival" (1 folder)    Scope: "Player" notes and interview with Zolta Abadi-Nagy.
box-folder   124/433		"Player Book Rfs, Spec Notes, Dup Cut Up" (1 folder)    Scope: "Player" notes.
box-folder   124/434		Torschlusspanik draft (a) (1 folder)    Scope: First part of draft.
box-folder   124/435		Torschlusspanik draft (b) (1 folder)    Scope: Second part of draft.
box-folder   124/436		Torschlusspanik draft (c) (1 folder)    Scope: Third part of draft.
box-folder   125-127/437-453		II.b. Short Fiction (ca. 1 linear foot)    Scope: Various drafts and notes on Gaddis' short fiction, both published and unpublished. Also included is Sarah Gaddis' first published story. Consists of short stories primarily written while at Harvard and while living in Greenwich Village.
box-folder   125/437-448		Short fiction (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction.
box-folder   125/437		Short fiction (a) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction.
box-folder   125/438		Short fiction (b) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction and other writings.
box-folder   125/439		Short fiction (c) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction.
box-folder   125/440		"The Rehearsal" (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction entitled "The Rehearsal."
box-folder   125/441		Notes and Draft of "Carthage" (1 folder)    Scope:
box-folder   125/442		"Ask Him Where the Princess Lives" (1 folder)    Scope: Copy of Sarah Gaddis' first published short story (1986). Also included is a grant from the State Department for William Gaddis' travel (1976).
box-folder   125/443		"The Coke Finish" (1 folder)    Scope: Draft and notes for short story entitled "The Coke Finish."
box-folder   126/444		Early loose (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction drafts.
box-folder   126/445		Short fiction (d) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction, including "Dramex" and "Joe Maganec." Also clippings.
box-folder   126/446		Short fiction (e) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction, including "A Date with and Angel" and "The Myth Remains."
box-folder   126/447		Short fiction (f) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction.
box-folder   126/448		Short fiction (g) (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction.
box-folder   127/449-453		Unfinished Drafts (5 folders)    Scope: Various short pieces of fiction, many unpublished, as well as apparently abandoned story ideas. Drafts and handwritten loose notebooks.
box-folder   127/449		Loose Notebooks (1 folder)    Scope: Handwritten notes and ideas.
box-folder   127/450		From Folder labeled "unfinished" (1 folder)    Scope: Short fiction. Some rejection letters.
box-folder   127/451		From Folder labeled "notes" (1 folder)    Scope: Miscellaneous notes.
box-folder   127/452		From Folder labeled "notes, possible projects aborted" (1 folder)    Scope: Miscellaneous notes and typed ideas.
box-folder   127/453		"Faire Exchange No Robbery" (1 folder)    Scope: Mss of Gaddis' early attempt at a play on Marlowe.