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Collections | Manuscripts | Gower, Herschel Papers | Boxes 1-5

Herschel Gower Papers: Boxes 1-5

Box 1

Correspondence

1. Cheney, Brainard and Frances Neel
2. Davidson, Donald and Theresa
3. Lytle, Andrew
4. Ransom, John Crowe
5. Wilson, Angus
6. Beatty, Richmond C.; Cornell, Katharine F.; Ford, Jesse Hill; Moore, Mrs. Merrill; Ransom, Ellene; Rice, Cole Young; Taylor, Peter

Writings by Gower

The Confessions of a Goo Goo Eater: An Odyssey of Nashville - a novel - typescript (early version of Faces in a Nashville Arcade)

7. Title page - page 48
8. Pages 49 - 102
9. Pages 103 - 161
10. Pages 162 - 177
11. Pages178 - 209
12. Pages 210 - 227 and postscript

Faces in a Nashville Arcade - novel - typescript with corrections

13. Introduction and Chapter I
14. Title page - page 48
15. Pages 49 - 102
16. Pages 103 - 161
17. Pages 162 - 177
18. Pages 178 - 209
19. Pages 210 - 227 and postscript

Faces in a Nashville Arcade - novel - typescript

20. Title page, introduction, and pages 1 - 48
21. Pages 49 - 102
22. Pages 103 - 161
23. Pages 162 - 177
24. Pages 178 - 209
25. Pages 210 - 227 and postscript

Box 2

1. Faces in a Nashville Arcade - a novel published in 1983; letter from Joe S. Ellis for book cover photograph

Escape from Belle Meade - early drafts of a novel with corrections - holograph pages

2. Pages 1 - 37
3. Chapter III, pages 1 - 25 ( 2 copies)
4. Chapter V (2 copies)
5. Chapter VII, pages 1 - 11 (2 copies)
6. Chapter IX
7. Chapter XI
8. Chapter XV - photocopies
9. Chapter XXIII - original and photocopies
10. Chapter XXV
11. Chapter XXVII
12. Chapter XXIX
13. Photocopies of letters to Sarah Estin Treadwell

Escape from Belle Meade - early drafts of a novel with corrections - typescript

14. Chapter II, pages 4 - 10, 20 - 21
15. Chapter IV, pages 51 - 77, IB - 27B
16. Chapter VI, pages 78 - 93, 1-B - 16 - B; Chapter VIII, pages 94 - 134, A-1 - A41
17. Chapter X, pages 135 - 142
18. Chapter XXX, pages 245 - 279
19. Pages 280 - 297, C3a - C20
20. Pages 340 - 396
21. Pages 456 - 467
22. Pages 468 - 488, D13 - D32
23. Pages 489 - 494
24. Pages 505 - 508 (holograph copies)

Box 3

Writings

Escape from Belle Meade - typescript of a novel - masters with some corrections

1. Chapter I
2. Chapter II
3. Chapter III
4. Chapter IV
5. Chapter V
6. Chapter VI
7. Chapter VII
8. Chapter VIII
9. Chapter IX
10. Chapters X and XI, XII, XIII
11. Chapters XIV, XV
12. Chapters XVI
13. Chapter XVII
14. Chapter XVIII
15. Chapter XIX

Box 4

Writings

Escape from Belle Meade - typescript of a novel - old version

1. Part I : Escape from Belle Meade, pages 3 - 41
2. Personae - The Treadwell Women, Chapters I - III, pages 1 - 73
3. Chapter IV - pages 74 - 99
4. Chapters V, VI, VII, pages 100 - 138
5. Chapters VIII, IX, pages 139 - 176
6. Chapters X - XIII, pages 177 - 212
7. Chapters XIV - XVII, pages 213 - 259
8. Chapters XVIII, XIX, pages 260 - 302
9. Chapter XX, pages 303 - 322
10. Chapter XXI, pages 1 - 22; Chapter XXIII, pages 1 - 25

Writings

Lament for Eden - completed manuscript of a novel - version #5

11. Chapters 1 - III, pages 1 -72
12. Chapter IV, pages 73 - 98
13. Chapters V, VI, VII, pages 99 - 136
14. Chapters VIII, IX, pages 137 - 173
15. Chapters X, XI, XII, XIII, pages 174 - 207
16. Chapters XIV, XV,XVI, XVII, pages 208 - 253
17. Chapters XVIII, XIX, pages 254 - 296
18. Chapters XX - XXI, pages 297 - 338
19. Chapters XXII - XXV, pages 339 - 393
20. Chapter XXVI - XXVIII, pages 394 - 433

Box 5

Writings

Lament for Eden - completed manuscript of a novel - version #5

1. Chapters XXIX, XXX, pages 434 - 465
2. Chapter XXXI, pages 466 - 510
3. Chapter XXXII - XXXVI, pages 511 - 554

Bloodlines - manuscript of a novel - version #6

4. Chapters I - III, pages 1 - 72
5. Chapter IV, pages 73 - 94
6. Chapters V, VI, VII, pages 95 - 129
7. Chapters VIII, IX, pages 130 - 165
8. Chapters X, XI, XII, XIII, pages 166 - 198
9. Chapters XIV, XVII, pages 199 - 243
10. Chapters XVIII, XIX, pages 244 - 296
11. Chapters XX - XXI, pages 297 - 324
12. Chapters XXII - XXV, pages 325 - 393
13. Chapters XXVI - XXVIII, pages 394 - 433
14. Chapters XXIX - XXX, pages 434 - 451

Other manuscript chapters of the novel

15. Chapters II, XXII, XXIV
16. Chapters XXV, XXVI
17. Chapter XXVIII
18. Maps

Telling Blood - manuscript of a novel

19. Bound manuscript - final version

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