Peter Taylor Papers
1905-1988

Series VII. Writings By Others
Boxes 14-15 and Oversize

15. Babb, Howard
    Reprint "Setting and Theme in Far From The Madding Crowd."
16. Boeckman, Dan
    Untitled typescript
17. Coffey, Shelby
    Untitled typescript
18. Dew, Robb Forman
    Typescript, "A Satisfactory Life"
19. Goodwin, Stephen
    Typescript, "The Man Who Melted" and "Evening Rain"
20. Gwin, William
    Typescript, "In A Fair Fall, Smiling"

1. Hamilton, Ian
   Typescript, "Robert Lowell: A Biography"
2. Hannabury, James F.
   Typescript, "Isolation"
3. Havird, David
   Typescript, "Habit of the Heart"
4. Jarrell, Randall
   Carbon typescript, "The Lonely Man" [1963]
5. Kelso, E.L.
   Typescript, "Stones In The Stream," "Diamond Horse Shoe," "Loch Ness Monster," "Satan Complex"
6. Lowell, Robert
   Typescript and holograph
   "1974 (To Peter Taylor after his sickness)"
   "Afterlife (For Peter Taylor after his sickness)"
   The Afterlife (For Peter Taylor), two drafts
   "The Banker's Daughter"
   "The Civil War Monument At Steubenville"
   "The Epigraph" (title "Verdancy" struck through)
   "Ford Madox Ford"
   "Hawthorne"
   "A Manichean Looks at the Civil War Monument at Steubenville"
   "The Maturing Time" (holograph draft, has football plays drawn on the reverse)
   "Of Man's Last Disobedience"
   "Pro Patria Semper Sanguis"
   "To Peter Taylor on the Feast of the Epiphany"
   Untitled essay about Ford Madox Ford, two drafts
7. McAlexander, Hubert H.
   Reprint, "Flush Times in Holly Springs"
8. McLallen, Lyman
   Typescript
   "Miz Sue's Final Tragedy"
   "Legacies of the "Old South""
   "One of the Big Shots In Town"
   "The Caddy"
   "Taps"
   "Sunday: Bellevue Baptist Church"
   "Salvation"
   "Adam & Eve"
9. O'Connor, Harrison
   Typescript
   "Missionaries"
   "In The Bahamas"
   "Borrowed Away"
   "The Day We Ate Ber-stew"
   "Diary of Virginia Miller"
   Untitled
10. Pinkham, Marjorie Stafford
    "Jean," a 35 page typescript reminiscence of her sister, Jean Stafford.
11. Quinn, Bernetta
    Typescript
    "Thoughts after Hearing Songs For Eve in a Massachusetts Church"
    "Reverie in the Claremont Rose Garden"
    "The First Allens at Claremont"
12. Ransom, John Crowe
    Typescript
    "Master's In The Garden Again"
    "Prelude to an Evening"
13. Rhoden, Kerney
    Typescript
    "Annunciation"
    "Platforms"
    "The Scenario"
    "Three Elements of Movement From Eisenstein"
    "Focus"
    "Primavera"
    "Archilochus And His Spear"
14. Ross, Eleanor
    Notes; Contract for Welcome Eumenides; Poems for Welcome Eumenides, typescript.
15. Shreve, Susan Richards
16. Smith, Young
    Typescript, "The Stupid Bastards"
17. Stafford, Jean
    Typescript
    "Wu at the Democratic Convention"
    "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is" (found with Stafford's correspondence, but possibly by Robert Lowell, 1944)
18. Stevens, Rodney
    Typescript, "Opponentless"
19. Thompson, Jack
    Typescript
    "Ending on Paumonok"
    Untitled
    "To Absent Friends"
20. Warren, Robert Penn [?]
    Photocopy of untitled verse found together with letters from Warren
21. Wilkinson, Charles
    Typescript, "Fool's Mate"
22. Williamson, Alan
    Typescript
    "Paris, the Shortening Days"
    "Presence" (for Peter Taylor)
    "Heaven"
    "Good Dreams Are Shown In Nightmare Theaters"
    "Robert Lowell: A Reminiscence"
23. Winters, Anne
    Typescript
    "Night Wash"
    "To New York"

24. Unidentified, typescript of story, 12 p.
25. Unidentified, holograph story, 11 p.
26. Unidentified, "Prohibition," "Unrhymed Hooey," "No 'News" is good news," Latin notes.
27. Unidentified, Typescript story, 17 p.

1. "The Gift of the Prodigal." Galleys, p. 1-20, with notes from New Yorker editors questioning words, suggesting alternatives, etc. Also questions from the Legal Department. [Removed from Series II. Writings].
2. A Summons To Memphis. Galleys dated April 11, 1986, p. 1-106, with editor's notes and corrections. [Removed from Series II. Writings].
3. A Summons To Memphis. Galleys dated April 11, 1986, p. 1-106, with Taylor's holograph corrections. Note on outside identifies as author copy, "Taylor - 1st pass". [Removed from Series II. Writings].
4. A Summons To Memphis. Galleys, p. 1-110, with editor's corrections. [Removed from Series II. Writings].
5. A Summons To Memphis. Galleys, p. 1-110, with Taylor's corrections. Note on outside identifies as author copy, "Taylor - 2nd pass". [Removed from Series II. Writings].
6. A Summons To Memphis. Galleys, p. 1-110, with Taylor's holograph corrections. [Removed from Series II. Writings].
7. Film Adaptations: "The Old Forest" Poster. [Removed from Series III. Literary Career].

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