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American Literary Studies
William Saroyan Papers, 1926-1950 (M0978)
Box 1
Folder 1 - Armenak Saroyan
Holograph manuscript, 5p. on reverse of printed material - unpublished poem
by Armenak Saroyan (William Saroyan's father) in Armenian
Folder 2 - New York 1928
Correspondence 1928
1. TLS, 1p. Aug 12, 1928. Letter of introduction to A. T. Baum, w/ envelope.
Signed "N. T. Harrison"
2. TLS, 1p. on Overland Monthly stationary. November 30, 1928, Signed "Arthur
H. Chamberlain"
3. TLS, 2p. December 5, 1928. W/ envelope. Signed in type "Yep"
(Moradian)
4. TLS, 1p. December 5, 1928. Signed in type "Cosette" (Saroyan)
5. TLS, 2p. February 14, 1929. w/ envelope. Signed in type "Y"
(Moradian)
6. Telegram, 2p. August 14, 1928. From "Henry"
7. TLS, 4p. on Postal Telegraph Cable Company stationary. September 25,
1928. Signed "Ernest Emperian"
8. TLS, 2p. Signed in type "Just Mae"
9. TLS, 2p. on Karahadian Bros. & Company stationary. September 13.
Signed in type "Yep" (Moradian) w/ holograph postscript in pencil
10. ALS, 2p. December 14, 1928. Signed "Mehran" (Saroyan)
11. ALS, 4 p. October 30, 1928. Signed "Cosette" (Saroyan)
12. TLS, 2p. October 24. Signed in type "Y" w/ holograph postscript
in pencil signed "Yep" (Moradian)
13. ALS, 2p. December 19, 1928. Signed "S. D. Bagdasarian"
14. TLS, 1p. Signed in type "JMS"
15. ALS, 2p. on Fresno Grape Distributors stationary. November 30, 1928.
Signed "S. D. Bagdasarian"
16. TLS, 1p. on Hardware Mutual Casualty Company stationary. October 20,
1928. Signed in type "Cosette" (Saroyan)
17. ALS, 2p. Signed "Zav" (Minasian)
18. ALS, 4p. December 20, 1928. Signed "Archie" (Minasian)
19. TLS, 2p. October 17, 1928. Signed in type "Just Mae"
20. TLS, 3p. Signed in type "Yep" (Moradian)
21. ALS, 1p. on telegram form. Signed "William Lappin"
22. TLS, 2p. on Western Union Telegraph Company stationary. Signed in type
"Jim"
23. ALS, 4p. to "Yep" (Moradian) on Mills Hotel NO. 3 stationary
October 18, 1928. Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
24. Telegram, 1 p. September 11, 1928. From "Just Mae"
25. TLS, on Postal Telegraph Commercial Cables stationary w/ envelope.
January 26, 1929. Signed in type "Phil Mollica"
26. Photocopy of telegram, 1p. July 23, 1928. Signed in type "Willie"
27. Photocopy of ALS to "Ma" (Saroyan)on The Kenyon stationary.
August 17, 1928. Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
28. Photocopy of ALS, 1p. to "Ma" (Saroyan). August, 18, 1928.
Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
29. Photocopy of ALS, 3p. to "Ma" (Saroyan). August, 26, 1928.
Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
30. Photocopy of Telegram, 2p. to "Ma" (Saroyan). August 29,
1928.
31. Photocopy of ALS, 1p. to "Ma" (Saroyan) September 13. Signed
"Willie" (Saroyan)
32. Photocopy of ALS, 1p. to "Ma" (Saroyan) September 14, 1928.
Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
33. Photocopy of ALS, 1p. to "Cosette" (Saroyan)
34. September 14, 1928. Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
35. Photocopy of TLS, 2p. to "Ma" (Saroyan) w/ holograph postscript.
September 13. Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
36. Photocopy of Telegram, 2p. Signed "Willie" (Saroyan)
Folder 3 - Placed an ad for a New York Garret (1928)
Responses to advertisement "Young man with a Corona who thinks he can
write" placed in newspaper by Saroyan.
1. Postcard, signed "R. Hirsh"
2. TLS, 1p. October 11, 1928. Signed "Joshua Keenitz"
3. ALS, 2p. Signed "Miss E. H."
4. ALS, 2p. October 14, 1928. Signed "Suzanne Holtshire"
5. ALS, 3p. Signed "F. H."
6. ALS, 1 p. October 12, 1928. Signed "E. Lesnou"
7. ALS, 1p. October 21, 1928. Signed "Mrs. Stephen Hunter"
8. ALS, 1p. October 13, 1928. Signed "Leslie Jay Carson"
Folder 4 - Early Stories (20s)
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p."I am though to be an ordinary person…"
w/ 2 pencil sketches.
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Why they come to Manhattan"
w/ holograph corrections.
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p."A Real Corker. Or the 3 Brothers
Karamazoff" w/ holograph corrections.
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "When Your Happy You're Right"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "How I Won the Nobel Prize"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "A Beatrice Fairfax for the Intelligenzia
By Edgar Webster".
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "A Beatrice Fairfax for the Intelligenzia
By Dewey Simon".
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Today a mood came over me…"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Novel of Narration"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Lyc"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "I ought never to forget old man
Huff…"w/ holograph corrections.
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "His father had once been to Constantinople."
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "As he arranged the little tin
drums…"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Short story item by Rhoopen Hatchig"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "Al Smith's chances by Carlo Sahara"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "How to bathe with sanity by Willie
Whiskey"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "I have come East and I know why."
18. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Homosexuality in Vaudeville by
Willie Whiskey" w/ holograph corrections.
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8p. "Mania Moderna by Willie Whiskey"
w/ holograph corrections.
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "I have seen him many times"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "How to start a pretty good war
by Willie Whiskey"
Folder 5 - Early Correspondence
1. ALS, 2p. to Yep (Moradian). September 25, 1928. Signed "Willie"
(Saroyan)
2. TLS, 1 half sheet to Hank (Saroyan). October 10, 1928. Signed in type
"Willie" (Saroyan)
3. TLS, 2p. Signed in type "yyyyyy" ( Yep Moradian)
4. TLS, 2p. w/ envelope. Signed in type "yep" (Moradian)
5. ALS, 1p. w/ envelope. July 11, 1930, signed "Cheslie Saroyan",
photo enclosed
6. ALS, 1p. w/ envelope. May 8, 1814. Unsigned
7. ALS, 1p. w/ envelope. June 19, 1930. Signed "Cheslie" (Saroyan)
8. TLS, 1p. to "Mehran" (Saroyan) December 17, 1929. Signed
"Will" (Saroyan)
9. ALS, 1p. w/ envelope. December 21, 1930. Unsigned.
10. TLS, 1p. Signed "y" (Yep Moradian)
11. Postcard, acknowledging receipt of manuscripts, The American Caravan.
12. Typed Poem, "darkness and the uncertainty"
13. ALS, 1 p. w/ envelope. August 22, 1929. Signed "Charles Caldwell
Dobie"
14. TLS, 1p. w/ envelope. December 26, 1929. Signed in type "John
Saroyan"
15. ALS, 2p. Signed "Edna"
16. TLS, 2p. w/ envelope. June 30, 1929. Signed in type "Ed"
17. ALS, 3p. w. envelope. July 16, 1930. Signed "Edna"
18. TLS, 1p. to Edna. November 25. Signed in type "Willie"
(Saroyan)
19. ALS, 2p. w/ envelope. Signed "Richard"
20. ALS, 3p. w/ envelope. February 22, 1930. "Signed "John"
(Saroyan)
21. ALS, 2p. on Yosemite Hotel stationary. October 2, 1929. Signed "John
R. Saroyan"
22. TLS, 1p. w/ envelope. September 14, 1929. Signed in type "Y"
23. ALS, 2p. w/ envelope on Commercial Press stationary. Signed "Y"
(Moradian)
24. ALS, 2p. w/ envelope on. Signed "Yep" (Moradian)
25. Train schedule (Montauk) w/ envelope w/ holograph notation by Saroyan
26. TLS, 1p. on Paris Comet stationary. Rejection notice. February 23,
1929.
27. TLS, 1p. on Paris Comet stationary. Rejection notice. March 5, 1929.
28. ALS, 1p. unsigned.
29. TLS, 2p. w/ holograph notations. June 15, Signed "W" (Saroyan)
30. ALS, 1p. Wednesday. Signed "Sean"
31. ALS, 1p. Friday. Signed "Sean"
32. ALS, 1p. w/ envelope. Signed "Frank" (Moradian)
33. ALS, 1p. to Zuhel on Hotel Dunlack stationary. June 17, 1920. Signed
"Aram" (Saroyan)
34. TLS, 1p. on Villa Moret stationary. Rejection notice. February 26,
1929.
35. Telegram, 5p. January 2, 1929. Signed "Fred Longford"
36. TLS, 1p. February 16, 1929. Signed "Paul"
37. Christmas Card, Signed "Uncle Joe and Aunt Mylon"
38. 1 clipping, theater openings
39. receipt of County Recorder for deed. October 10, 1929.
40. ALS, 2p. w/ envelope. October 24, 1929. Signed "John"
41. TLS, 2p. on Hotel Tulare stationary w/ envelope. February 19, 1930.
Signed "John" (Saroyan)
42. TLS, 1p. w/ envelope. January 20, 1933. Signed "John" (Saroyan)
43. ALS, 2p. w/ half sheet continuation on Mona Lisa Sport Shoppe stationary
w/ envelope. July 30, 1929. Signed "Mihran" (Saroyan).
44. ALS, 4p. on Mona Lisa Sport Shoppe stationary. July 17, 1929. Signed
"Mihran" (Saroyan)
45. ALS, 4p. on Mona Lisa Sport Shoppe stationary w/ envelope. July 29,
1929. Signed "Mihran" (Saroyan)
46. TLS, 1p. Saturday 15. Signed in type "John" (Saroyan)
47. ALS, 2p. on Mona Lisa Sport Shoppe stationary. November 25, 1929.
Signed "Mihran" (Saroyan)
48. TLS, 1p. on Chris M. Hoeffler stationary w/ envelope. December 19,
1929. Signed in type "Myrtle"
49. TLS, 1p. w/ envelope. September 14, 1929. Signed in type "Yep"
(Moradian)
50. Postcard February 1, 1939. Signed "Herridge"
Folder 6 - 1920s
Manuscripts by Saroyan
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6 p. "Love Story" w/ holograph corrections.
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8 p. "Boy into Man"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4 p. on Postal Telegraph stationary. "The
Bet"
4. Manuscript notes, 12p. holograph and typed on various paper scraps,
Cablegram stationary, weather maps, etc.
5. Typed Manuscript and Holograph manuscript, 5 typed pages & 10 holograph
pages. "A note on movement by William Whiskey"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Armenians are that-a way by Depictus"
w/ holograph corrections
7. Manuscript notes, 17p. holograph and typed.
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. (missing page 1)
9. Holograph drawing of profile by Saroyan
10. Typed Manuscript notes, 5p.
11. Manuscript notes, 5p.
12. Manuscript notes, 14p. holograph and typed.
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "A Sudden Awakening: The City"
Folder 7 - 1928
Manuscripts
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. (missing page 1)
2. ALS, 1p. on Karahadian Brothers stationary. Signed "Yep"
(Moradian)
3. TLS, 1p. to Yep (Moradian). May 28, 1928. Signed "Willie"
(Saroyan)
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 11p. "The Animal Created in his Image
By Rhoopen Hatchig"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p."My Shoes"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 11p. " John Doe, Jr. By W. S. Raven"
w/ holograph corrections.
7. Typed Manuscript notes, 3p. for "Subway, a novel of numbers by
William Raven"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), (incomplete) 9p. "The Cat's Getting Fatter"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), (incomplete) 10p. "The Cat's Getting
Fatter - Rain"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), (incomplete) 7p. "The Old Maid (Point
of View)"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), (incomplete) 2p. "Identity"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Armenians are that-a way by Depictus"
w/ holograph corrections
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Armenians are that-a way by Depictus"
14. Typed Manuscript notes, 5p. "Point of View"
15. Typed Manuscript notes, 1p.
16. Typed Manuscript on Vanity Fair Florist stationary, 2p."Comma"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), (incomplete) 3p. "The Hudson is so Cool"
18. Typed Manuscript (Prose) Carbon, (incomplete) 2p.
Folder 8 - Poetry
Poetry
1. Typed Poetry Notes, 5 p.
2. Typed Poetry Notes, 11p. "The Song of Mr. Fleming"
3. Typed Table of Contents page "Seventy Thousand Assyrians
4. Typed Poetry Manuscript, 7p. "The Song of Mr. Fleming"
5. Typed Poetry Manuscript, 1p. January 2, 1933. "January Poems"
6. Typed Poetry Manuscript, 3p. "Canto"
7. Typed Poetry Manuscript, 3p. "Short Story on the Poet"
8. Typed Poetry Notes, 3p.
9. Typed and Holograph Poetry Notes, 18p.
10. Typed Poetry Manuscript, 3p. "A Prayer"
Folder 9 - 1929
Manuscripts
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 14p. " On the Street. By William Raven"
three versions
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 13p. " The Assistant Secretary"
w/ holograph corrections
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. " COMMA, I Death & Resurrection"
w/ holograph corrections
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. " What I am trying to figure out…"
w/ holograph corrections
5. Typed manuscript notes, 1p.
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. " Out of a crowd of faces…"
w/ holograph corrections
7. Typed description , 1p. "California Parody, A magazine of criticism"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. " Parody by Rhoopen Hatchig"
w/ holograph corrections
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. " The Sincerity of the Confused Rhoopen
Hatchig" w/ holograph corrections
10. Typed and Holograph Manuscript (Prose) notes and partial pieces, 15p.
Various works
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. " The Cat's Getting Fatter"
(incomplete)
12. Typed Manuscript Notes, 2p.
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. " Old Mugerditch…" w/
holograph corrections
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "The Wonderful Man" w/ holograph
corrections
Folder 10 - Notes
1. Fresno County Free Library Card. William Saroyan. 7/ 2/ 31
2. Check made out to "Urban League" and marked VIOD. September
23, 1948. Signed "William Saroyan"
3. Business Card for C. Demartini & Co.
4. Typed and Holograph Manuscript (Prose) notes on various paper scraps,
backs of letters, envelopes, etc. 55 pieces by Saroyan and various correspondents.
Folder 11 - Early Stories
Manuscripts and notes
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Edward Saleh, who was an Assyrian…"
w/ holograph corrections
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "When Harry White, manager of Kampe's
Employment…"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. " And when they knocked him down…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. Wheels" w/ holograph corrections
5. Typed Manuscript notes, 4p.
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Dedication"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "There were many things he knew…"
w/ holograph corrections
Folder 12 - Grace/ Goldie
Correspondence, 1930 - 1938
1. 19 letters in envelopes, 8 postcards, from Grace Coates to Saroyan,
1931
2. Photograph inscribed, "Your friend, Grace" (Coates) w/ 2 other
photos
3. 54 letters, 4 postcards, and 1 Christmas card from Grace Coates, including
clippings and manuscripts of her writing and poetry, Typed and holograph.
1930
4. 2 letters from Grace Coates on personalized stationary, 1938
5. TLS to "Grace" (Coates) , 3p. October 3, 1930. Signed "Bill"
(Saroyan)
6. TLS to "Grace" (Coates), 4p. December 27, 1930. Signed "Bill"
(Saroyan)
7. Page from Arizona Woman containing two poems by Goldie Weisberg.
8. TLS to "Goldie" (Weisberg), 3 p. November 19, 1930 Signed
"Bill" (Saroyan)
9. Postcard from "Goldie" (Weisberg), July 12, 1937
Folder 13 - Letters (1930)
1. 56 Photocopied letters from William Saroyan to John Saroyan, 1928 -
1936
2. 1 Photocopied letter from William Saroyan to Mehran Saroyan, 1936
3. 2 Photocopied letters, 5p. from William Saroyan to Jean Belasco, Feb/April
1930
4. Photostat copies of stories published in Boulevardier, 1928
The Big Midget and a Lady
About a Man who Wanted to be in Love
Hocus-Pocus, Dyna-Mocus by Willo Sahara
w/ letter from Detroit Public Library, August 27, 1941 re: photocopies
3. ALS, 4 letters w/ envelopes, Signed "John" (Saroyan), 1928
- 1932
4. Photocopied letters to Jean Belasco
Folder 14 - (1930)
manuscripts and correspondence
1. Typed Manuscript Notes, 4p. August 21, 1930. "Plans for a Modern
Novel…"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. Essay on Literary Criticism
3. Manuscript Notes, 4p.
4. Drafts of letter to Reader's Contest, Scribner's Monthly, 8p. November
6, 1930.
5. Drafts of correspondence to various parties, incomplete, 8p. w/ holograph
notations and drawings
Folder 15 - John Hammilcar (1932)
Works by William Saroyan writing under the pseudonym "John Hammilcar"
1. Draft of letter to Scribner's proposing article, 1 p. October 20, 1932
2. Draft of letter offering article to the Forum w/ rejection, 3p. &
1 postcard
3. Rejection letter from Yale Review, 1p. November 3, 1932, addressed
to John Hammilcar
4. Rejection letter from Harper & Brothers, 1p. November 3, 1932,
addressed to John Hammilcar
5. TLS, 2p. query to Stanford University. October 25, 1932. Signed in
type "John Hammilcar"
6. Draft of letter to The Bookman offering an article. 1p. October 23,
1932
7. Record of the works of John Hammilcar, 1p.
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Introduction"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Mr. Brown, we begin"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "The Poetic Situation in America…",
various drafts
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6 p. "Earthquake Near Los Angeles"
12. Manuscript Page, Essay on Humanism
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 15 p. "Edward J. O'Brien's Influence
on the American Short Story" w/ letter to offering it to The Bookman.
Signed "John Hammilcar"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 26 p. "Literary Groups in Relation to
Small Magazines by John Hammilcar"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 26 p. "On the Need to Revive Parody
as a Form of Criticism by John Hammilcar" w/ holograph corrections
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 12 p. "Earthquake Near Los Angeles by
John Hammilcar"
Folder 16 - Yvor Winters
Correspondence
1. TLS, 1p. from Yvor Winters. March 29, 1933. Signed "Yvor Winters"
2. TLS, 4 p. to Mr. Winters. March 24, 1931. Signed "Will Saroyan"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8 p. "A Fist-fight for Armenia"
w/ holograph corrections
4. Drafts of letters, 2p.
5. Draft of letter to Angel Flores, Dragon Press, 1p. January 9, 1933
incl. reply w/ envelope w/ holograph drawing
6. Draft of letter to Angel Flores, Dragon Press, 1p. June 30, 1933 w/
autobiography, literary position, and bibliography
7. Draft of a letter to "Mr. Winters", 1 p. April 12, 1932
Folder 17 - 1931
1. TLS, 1p. Letter of reference on Los Angeles Record stationary. December
21, 1931.
Signed "Charles Daggett"
2. TLS, 3p. to Villa. October 9, 1931. Signed "William Saroyan"
3. Draft of letter, 2p. to Villa October 12, 1931.
4. Incomplete Draft of letter, 1p. to Merlin November 25, 1931.
5. Incomplete Draft of letter, 1p. to Merlin December 8, 1931.
6. Incomplete Draft of letter, 1p. to Grace April 27, 1931.
7. TLS, 1p. Query letter to Mr. Hart. March 19, 1931. Signed "William
Saroyan"
8. Incomplete Draft of letter, 1p. to Grace March 20, 1931.
9. Typed Manuscript notes, 3p. "A book of short stories…"
w/ holograph sketches.
10. Typed Manuscript notes, 2p. "
11. Typed Manuscript notes, 6p. "Greetings: A Journal" w/ holograph
corrections.
12. Typed Manuscript notes, 4p. "Wheels Go Round w/ holograph sketch.
13. Incomplete letter drafts, 5p.
14. Typed Manuscript notes, 18p. Various works
Folder 18 - Early Work
1. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) notes, 5p. Various works
2. Typed Manuscript notes, 7p. "The Young Man Who Signed the Coupon".
3. Typed Manuscript notes, 9p. Various works
4. Holograph notes, 3p. Dedication for a proposed journal.
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 12p. Various works.
6. Holograph notes, 2p
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 13p. "Comma II"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Various works.
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. "There, standing by the river"
Folder 19 - 1930s
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Radio Broadcast : Democratic"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. Various works.
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. "Now is the Time". Various
drafts
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 16p. "Death and Laughter"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 30p. Various works.
Folder 20 - Frisco: An Essay
Typed Manuscript (Prose), 33p. "Frisco By The Golden Gate by Will Fagin"
Folder 21 - Essays
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. "The Associated Press is in
the habit…"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, p. "A letter from Ezra Pound"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. "Return to Tomorrow by Ford
John Madox Hammilcar Ford"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "How to Steal a Greased Pig by Willie
Whiskey"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. - 3 drafts "How to be a First Class,
A number 1, President of the United States by Willie Whiskey" w/ holograph
corrections
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "How to be Divorced from the Right
Lady by Willie Whiskey"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "To What Extent May Art be Propagandist
and Remain Art"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "My Version of the Russian Revolution"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. "Good-by to All This and That"
10. Typed Drafts of letter to William Randolph Hearst, May 21, 1933
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The Amateur's Place in Art"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "In the quiet of these spring days…"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Formulating my Identity and the
World"
14. Holograph Manuscript, 5p. "The influence of machinery on modern
conduct…"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Why the Conflict? By Emanuel Borsch"
w/ holograph sketch
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "On the Art of Smoking"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. Various works
18. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "While we are all fidgeting about
fascism…"
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Various works
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "As to Finality"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "It occurs to me that Mr. More would
be displeased…"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Our Popular Songs" w/ holograph
corrections
23. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. Various works
24. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) on Vanity Fair Florists stationary, 3p.
w/ sketch
25. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. "Comma II"
26. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. Various works
Folder 22 - 1932
1. ALS, 2p. September 19, 1932. Signed "John" (Saroyan)
2. Christmas Card. Signed "Hen"
3. ALS w/ envelope, 1p. August 15, 1932. Signed "John" (Saroyan)
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. February 2, 1932 "This day I Walked"
w/ holograph corrections
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. on Vanity Fair Florists stationary "A
photograph of Italy today"
6. Typed Manuscript notes, 1p. March 4, 1932
7. TLS, 5p. to "Armen" December 29, 1932. W/ typed poetry
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Statistics"
9. Typed Draft of letter, 1p to "Ruth" October 7, 1932.
10. Typed Draft of letter, 2p to "Miss Lockett and Dear Ruth"
September 30, 1932.
11. Typed drafts of eight query letters to various publishers. 9p.
Folder 23 - Early Work Circa 1932
Holograph and Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages w/ holograph corrections, 14p.
Various works. (fragments)
Folder 24 - Four Rooms
Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 49p. "A drama in four acts
and one scene"
Folder 25 - Garibaldi's Adventure: A Novel - 1929
Partial Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 28p. "Garibaldi's
Adventure by Carlo Sahara (chapters 6, 7, and 8 plus) incomplete
Folder 26 - Follow - A Novella - Early 1930
1. Typed Manuscript 105p. "Follow, a story by William Saroyan"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. for a section of the novel titled
"alone"
3. Manuscript page w/ holograph corrections
4. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 9p. "In the heat of
that summer…"
5. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) w/ corrections, 2p. "In the heat
of that summer…"
Folder 27 - American Glory
1. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections (damaged by insects), 48p
2. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections (revisions of same text -
damaged by insects), 66p
Folder 28 - Lost Eternities (1933)
1. TLS, 1p. Query letter to Simon & Schuster re: Lost Eternities.
April 3, 1933. Signed "Simon Goryan"
2. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, Approx 100p. (Substantial
insect damage - extremely fragile material)
Folder 29 - Home is Haystan
1. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, Approx 65p. "Home is
Haystan: A novel of the Human Spirit by Sirak Goryan"
2. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 22p. "Ruin and Resurrection:
A novel of the Human Spirit as manifested in the Armenian Race" several
drafts, incomplete ( fragments leading toward Home is Haystan
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 12p. "Ruin and Resurrection: A novel
of the Human Spirit as manifested in the Armenian Race"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. "20th Century Blues"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 11p. "Prefatory notice to the
reader"
Folder 30 - Never, Never - Early Novella
Typed Manuscript (Prose), 93p. "Never, Never - a story"
Folder 31 - Correspondence w/ Sanora Babb
1. Holograph Notes by Saroyan on Postal Telegraph stationary, 4p.
2. TL , 2p. to "Sanora" June 22, 1933
3. Typed Manuscript (carbon), 6p. "Lost Cry by Sanora Babb"
4. Photocopies of 31 letters, 86p. to "Sanora Babb", 1933 - 1934.
Folder 32 - The Daring Young Man Stories
Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, Approx 50p. (fragments) works-in-progress
from The Daring Young on the Flying Trapeze, w/ list of recently completed
stories
Folder 33 - Letter to Hemingway (Post Esquire)
Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 21p. " O.K. Mr. Hemingway"
Folder 34 - Trapeze over the Universe
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Trapeze Over the Universe - Novel
Number Three"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Novel Number Four - Panorama Normal"
Folder 35 - Sirak Goryan
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. w/ holograph corrections and holograph
notes
2. TL to Editor Hairenik offering story for publication
3. Receipt from Hotel El Rancho Vegas, Los Vegas, Nevada
Folder 36 - 1934
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. April 19, 1934. "Letter from a
Young Writer"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. various works and lists of titles
3. TL to "Kay Boyle", half page. September 25, 1934
4. TL to "Armen", 1p. April 6, 1934
5. TL to "Whit and Martha", 2p. May 22, 1934
6. TL to "Tsoghik", 2p. June 24, 1934
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "A Very Very Shameful Occurrence"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. various works.
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Saturdays I'm Miserable"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 26p. "200 Autographs For My First
Book"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 14p. Various works and lists of titles
12. TLS to Bennett, 5p. August 29, 1934
13. Partial drafts of letters to friends, 6p. on the publication of Daring
Young Man…
Folder 37 - 1933
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Monday. December 11, 1933"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. various works.
3. TLS, 1p. to "Miss Gold" November 15, 1933. Signed in Type
"Sirak Goryan"
4. Drafts of letter, 2p. to "Dr. Walter Heil", The de Young
Museum, seeking work. September 25, 1933
5. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "Summer Laughter"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. various works.
7. TL, 1p. to "Sanora" unfinished. May 15, 1933
8. TLS, 4 letters - 5p. to "Mr. Burnett" offering stories to
Esquire, 1933
9. Typed page w/ title only. 3p.
Folder 38- 1933 Declaration
Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. May 5, 1933. "I am planning to do something
never before done in the history of literature."
Folder 39 - 1933
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "Intentions for 1933"
2. TL 1 p. to "Sanora", incomplete. December 27, 1933
3. TL 1p. to "Mr. Winters", incomplete. April 15, 1933
4. TL 2p. to "Dr. Walter Heil", May 11, 1933
5. TLS, 3p to "Edward J. O'Brien" w/ holograph corrections.
October 13, 1933
6. TLS, 4p to "Armen" January 20, 1933.
7. TLS, 5p. to Heywood Broun" May 3, 1933. Signed in type "William
Saroyan"
8. TLS, 4p to "Goldie" (Weisberg) w/ holograph corrections May
4, 1933. Signed "Will Saroyan"
9. TLS, 2p. to "Goldie" (Weisberg) March 20. Signed in type
"Will"
Folder 40 - Europe
Typed Manuscript (Carbon) "Europe" in four sections "Preface"
11p., "Two Travelers & The Ship" 16p., "Europe"
7p., and "World's Agony" 3p.
Folder 41 - The Living and the Dead
Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 14p. "Novel" (fragments)
Folder 42 - Interview with Rebecca West (1935)
Typed Manuscript w/ holograph notations, 3p.
Folder 43 - Correspondence
1. TLS, 1p. on Ann Watkins, Inc. stationary June 17, 1936. re: publication
of works. Signed "Tommy"
2. TLS, 1p. on Stage stationary April 30, 1936. Rejection. Signed "Allen
Churchill"
3 Folders only (captioned by Saroyan)
Box 2
Folder 1 - Early Notes, letters, etc.
Assorted papers, 65 p. circa 1930, includes Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages
and holograph notes, partial drafts of letters - mostly incomplete beginnings
, lists of possible titles, list of markets to keep in mind, list of completed
work, poetry, rejection letters, holograph notes, outlines of projected
work, lists of possible names and adjectives to be used in stories.
Folder 2 (many fragmentary, incomplete, undeveloped)
1. Typed list of addresses, 1p.
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Manhattan Street Scene by Carlo
Sahara"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. Whether or not this is a short story
I cannot say"
4. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "When he realized
a woman was in bed with him…"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Addresses: A Short Novel"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Comma, I."
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "As I passed in a rather unclean
side-street of the city…"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "She was the daughter of a grocer
who lived behind…"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "For Love: A Story"
10. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "Scenario for
a Talking Picture"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Cora Brandt was one of those ordinary
girls…"
12. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 5p. "Fairy Tale by
Rhoopen Hatchig"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Gordon Nappa seemed to be a most
ordinary person"
14. Holograph Manuscript, 4p. "Riding into the city in a motor bus
at nightfall…"
15. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 7p. "Zangar, the Great"
16. Typed and Holograph Manuscript, 30p. "There was a little man
on the boat who proved very interesting…"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "My place is here"
18. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "The Millennium
is again at hand by Dikran H. Giragosian"
19. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "Waiting"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "All I want you to do, said Vargas…"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "At the time that I write of Spiffel…"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Ernest Kimball left bed at seven-thirty…"
23. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "What's the use…"
24. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "Like Prohibition and Eugenics…"
25. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Seventy Days"
26. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 8p. The hush from Brooklyn
to Gallup"
27. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 7p. "Bunny Sent Me"
28. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 10p. "Memory"
29. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "General Antranik"
30. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "An Occurrence at Ringling Brothers"
Folder 3 - Rejection Letters Mostly
Correspondence, 75p. Letters of rejection to Saroyan from a broad selection
of magazines on letterhead stationary, 1928 - 1930.
Folder 4 - Subway Dreamers (fragmentary)
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3 p. "Subway Circus"
2. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) 23p. "Subway Dreamers" Heavily
damaged
Folder 5 - Verse
1. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "The New New Spoon River by Master
Edgar"
2. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 6p. "Philosophy for a Nickle",
"Love Letter", "wanted: a poet", "Play in three
parts", "identity", "Poem by Rueben Haig"
3. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 7p. "Yes, I can feel her beside me…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 3p. Thanksgiving Prayer"
5. Holograph Poetry, 1p. "The bright night sheen of the pharmacy…"
6. Typed Manuscript (Poetry)Carbon, 6p. "The Saroyan Contract"
w/ rejection list
7. TLS to Edna, 1p. July 26, 1929. Signed in type "Will" (Saroyan)
Text is a poem
8. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 7p. "I have heard it said that when
a good man dies…"
9. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "did you ever stop to think…"
10. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "days pass while I, neither awake
nor yet asleep…"
11. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) (Poetry), 3p. "To the Armenian Dead"
12. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "A Laugh for the Falling Blade"
Signed William Saroyan.
13. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Two Sonnets" Signed William
Saroyan.
14.
15. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), p. "To Childers Everywhere"
16. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. April 19, 1932 "All blessedness
is lost…"
17. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Fire and Flood in the Burlesque
Theatre"
Folder 6 - Early drafts of "My Hearts in the Highlands"
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 8p. "My Son
John" script
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 15p. March 17, 1937.
"The Poor Family" script
Folder 7 - 1930s
1. ALS w/ envelope, 4p. May 29, 1930. Signed "Edna"
2. TLS, 1p. August 18, 1930. Rejection letter on Overland Monthly stationary.
Signed in type "Frances Schultz"
3. TL to "Armen" 1p. January 5, 1933.
4. MS Magazine, November, 1934
5. Telegram. March 11, 1937. Report of a money order sent from Matson
and Duggan
6. TLS, 1p. Draft of copy for telegram to Apertif requesting funds. Signed
"Bill Saroyan"
7. Telegram from Apertif, 1p. June 11, 1938. Response to above
8. Telegram to Apertif. 1p. June 11, 1936. Response to above
9. Ephemera - postcard, blank check from Bank of Nevada, brochure for Hotel
Last Frontier, press clippings for The Human Comedy, peach can label, index
cards, etc.
Folder 8 - Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "That he
loved the boy there could be no doubt…"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. Various works
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. from "Point of View - The Old
Maid"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "There was a certain fellow
in out town…"
5. Holograph Manuscript, 3p. This was years ago, and I am still…"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. "Today I am exactly twenty-two
years old…"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 6p. "From the public library where
he had been…"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "Cactus"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "Piano: An Entertainment"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. "Noonday Dark Enfolding Texas"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The effect of ugly buildings…"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 12p. Various works
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Etc. Etc."
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Various works
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Forgive, Forgive"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "Hotel Impril, and So Forth"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "You do not know what real living
is until…"
18. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. Various works
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "In the rear of the Kentucky Bar
and Rummy Parlour…"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "I have made a specialty of funerals…"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "It was bitter cold…"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "To his Friend Arsen Diran…"
23. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "I stood at my window…"
24. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "When the street car that was to
carry him…"
25. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages w/ holograph notations, 31p. Various
works
Folder 9 - Inhale and Exhale (fragmentary)
1. list of persons to receive copies, 3p.
2. TL, 1p. draft of letter to Bennett re: publication. January 29, 1936
3. Typed Table of contents, 9p.
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. "The Whistle"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages on tissue w/ holograph note. Various
works
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 18p. Various works.
7. Holograph notes on stories, 6p. Various works
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 35p. Various works.
9. Typed letter drafts, fragments, 3p
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. "Memoirs of a Veteran Actor"
Folder 10 - The Trouble with Tigers (fragmentary)
Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 9p. from The Trouble with Tigers
Folder 11 - 1934 (2)
Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, various works, and incomplete drafts of
letters, circa 1934. Pages are unsorted, fragmentary, unfinished works-in-progress
w/ some holograph notation. Approx 200 pages.
Folder 12 - Misc.
Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 25 p. Various works, and incomplete drafts
of letters, theater programs, photocopies of cartoons from the New Yorker.
Folder 13 - On Drawings etc.
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. Beginning of "A Number of Drawings"
2. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph notations on reverse. "Future exhibitions
which would doubtlessly prove successful" w/ notes to "Dr. Walter
Heil"
3. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 7 p. essay on Frank Bergman
exhibition
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Notes on Art: Abert Durer on T.
Sturges Moore"
Folder 14 - 1935
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. June 17, 1935. Page one of "Russian
Women Have Sex"
2. TLS, 2p. query letter to "Mr. Coburn Gilman" Travel Magazine.
May 19, 1935. Signed "William Saroyan"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. incomplete. July 4, 1935. "My
Impressions of Soviet Armenia"
4. Typed headlines, 1p. re: Saroyan as author
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, "A year of my life was spent trying
not to write this…"
Folder 15 - 1935
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. Beginning of "Mr. Stalin on
the Wall"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. June 17, 1935. Page one of "Russian
Women Have Sex"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 14p. incomplete. "I'm here to
Tell You"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, Approx 80 p. Partial drafts of letters
and various works
5. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph notations, 6p. "!935: A Novel"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 18p. incomplete. "The daring
Young Man on the Flying Trapeze: A daily syndicated column: maybe"
7. Typed list of titles
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 15p. incomplete. Various works
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Bread for the Living"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. incomplete "First Movement: Silence"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. incomplete. Various works
Folder 16 - 1935
1. TLS, 2p. to "Editors" November 21, 1935. Signed "William
Saroyan"
2. Typed list of titles, 1p. February 14, 1935
3. Typed list of names, 1p.
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Various works
5. TL w/ holograph corrections, 4p. to "Edward J. O'Brien"
February 3, 1935. (incomplete)
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. Various works
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. incomplete. December 28. 1935.
"That Winter Poker Game"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 13p. incomplete. Various works
Folder 17 - 1935
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "God Everywhere"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. incomplete. First page of "Piano"
3. Typed list of titles, 1p. "Notes: from Hollywood"
4. TL w/ holograph corrections, 4p. to "Pat" June 18, 1936
5. Typed list of titles, 3p.
6. Typed table of contents, "Inhale & Exhale"
7. TL drafts, 10p. to Donald incomplete. October 17, 1935
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. incomplete. "The Street
of the World"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. incomplete. "Why am I Going
to Armenia?"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. incomplete. Various works
Folder 18 - 1936 Anthology
Proposal for anthology of American writers, 23p. includes list of potential
contributors to whom letters have been sent, drafts of letter to "Hemingway"(January
9, 1936), lists of proposed topics.
Folder 19 - 1936
1. Typed list of stories on hand. May 29, 1936.
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. incomplete. "Preface"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. Proposal for "Reader, Weep: A Book
of Short Stories"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. from "Pardon Me for Living"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. from "Man Alive"
Folder 20 - 1936 (Carl St. Stories)
1. TLS, 1p. from "Ann Watkins" for "Mr. Matson" September
10, 1936. Signed "Ann"
2. Drafts of return correspondence, 2p. to "Ann" incomplete.
September 12, 1936
3. Typed list "Ideas for Movies", 1p. March 18, 1936
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. incomplete. Proposed film treatments
for Rouben Mamoulian. "Love Immortal", "Man Alive"
5. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph notations, 2p. July 16, 1936. "Tom
Mooney: The Freest Man in the World"
6. Holograph list of titles, 1p. "Evening Papers"
Folder 21 - 1936/ stories
1. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 9p. "Harlem Dancer"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Story"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. incomplete. "Knock, Knock"
4. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "The Book"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. incomplete from "The Happy
Sunday"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. incomplete from "Trouble Trouble
Trouble" w/ lists of titles
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The Game"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The Flea in One's Ear"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. incomplete from "A Lady of
Little or No Morals"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Can't You Take a Joke?"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. April 18, 1936. "Abba Dabba"
w/ journal entry
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Let's Talk About Me"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "The Days"
14. Typed Outline, 3p. for "The World: a novelette"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 33p. from "A Scenario for Groucho,
Chico and Harpo Marx : Joy to the World"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. incomplete from "The Winter
Poker Game"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. incomplete from "You"
18. Typed drafts of start of letter to "Hem" 7p. January 18,
1936
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 9p. incomplete from "Tiger Rag"
20. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "Man Alive"
Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "Frisco"
Folder 22 - Plays 30s - 40s
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Scene: the inside of a tent in
a wind storm on the Sahara Desert"
2. Holograph Manuscript, 61 p. "Scene I"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. description of scene and list of
players
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. October 31, 1936. Stapled between cover
sheets, "Toy Town"
5. Typed and Holograph Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. incomplete from "Big
Valley Vineyard"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8p. "Scene: A living room of a home
in Central California"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Scene: An elaborately furnished
room in the residence…"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Scene: An office in the top floor
of a ten-story building…"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Scene: The front porch of an ordinary
family…"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. incomplete, "Null & Void"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. outline for "Six o'clock"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Ex-Hero"
13. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 5p. "Ex-Hero"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Possibly: A Play"
15. Typed and holograph Typed ideas for plays, 6p.
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Scene: A city street"
17. Typed notes, 2p. for "Wheels Go Round"
18. Typed notes, 1p. for "Please Pass the Present"
19. Typed notes, 2p. for "Angels Aghast"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. incomplete "Fifteen-minute Radio
Program"
21. Typed outline, 1p. for "1932: A play for Reading"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. "Lonnie, you look good"
23. Holograph outline, 2p. "Six Prisons"
24. Holograph Manuscript, 6p. "Scene: Portion of street, sidewalk,
porch of house…"
25. Typing exercise, 2p. "Alliterative exercise"
26. Typed poem, 1p. "The man in the French Post-Card"
27. Typed notes, 1p. "Notes for screen plays and radio programs"
28. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "I am de Pachman"
29. Typed notes, 1 p. re: comedy technique
30. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Scene: A lopsided room containing
at least 20 clocks…"
31. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. Outline for "Wheels Go Round"
32. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Piano"
Folder 23 - Little Children
1. Typed lists, 21p. "possible titles for my third book"
2. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 4p. May 11, 1936 "Preface"
3. Typed table of contents w/ holograph corrections, 7p.
4. Typed list of publications, 1p.
5. Typed dedication w/ holograph corrections, 2p.
6. TL, 2p. Drafts of query letter to Simon & Schuster re: Little Chilidren
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The Boy in the Yellow Ford Coupe"
Folder 24 - 1936
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. contents for "Glad Tidings of 1936:
A Book"
2. Typed drafts of beginnings of letters, 4p. Various correspondents
3. Typed lists of titles, 3p. "Possible titles for my third book"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The Avenue of Trees"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages w/ holograph corrections, 12p. incomplete
- Various works
6. Typed drafts of beginnings of letters, 5p. Various correspondents
7. TL, 2p. to Vanity Fair January 1, 1936
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 12p. incomplete. Various works
9. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 7p. January 11, 1936. "A
Scenario for Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx"
10. Typed outline, 2p. for "Questions & Answers: A Book"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. incomplete. Various works
12. Typed drafts of beginnings of letters, 10p. Various correspondents
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 16p. incomplete. Various works
14. Typed journal entry, January 6, 1936
15. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "A Letter on Charity
Etcetera"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, Approx 150p. Individual typed pages,
some w/ holograph notations - various works, beginning drafts of letters,
mostly single pages from larger manuscripts in preliminary draft form.
Folder 25 - 1936 / New Program and Journal
Typed journal entries, 43p. January 1, 1936 - April 28, 1936. Describes
activities and aspirations for each day, lists of stories published, lists
of correspondents, lists of titles for stories. Final entry outlines "New
Program: to be absolutely carried out" signed "William Saroyan"
Folder 26 - 1936
1. Typed table of contents w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "A Fine
How Do You Do?"
2. Typed list, 1p. "Magazine publication, 1936"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. January 17, 1936 "Why I am not
Writing What is Known as a Novel"
4. TLS on College Humor stationary, 1p. October 2, 1936. Letter accepting
"The Coldest Winter Since 1854" for publication. Signed "Robert
Pines"
5. Typed dedication, 1p. Signed "William Saroyan"
6. ALS, 2p. to Mr. Putnam (draft of telegram) Signed "WS"
7. Typed dedication, 1p. Signed "William Saroyan"
8. Typed Table of Contents, 5p. for Little Chidren
9. Typed draft of letter to Burton Rascoe offering Little Chidren to Doubleday
10. TLS, 1p. to Ann Watkins, Inc. May 13, 1936 Letter Contract signed
in Type "William Saroyan"
11. Typed lists of stories submitted and things to do, 10p.
12. Holograph note, 1p. Money owed
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 15p. incomplete. Various works
14. TLS on Script stationary, 1p. accepting stories for publication.
May 26, 1936 Signed "Martha Greenberg"
15. TLS, 1p. April 14, 1936. Returning submissions. Signed "Jackson
Burke"
16. ALS, 1p. to Houston. September 22, 1936 Signed "Bill Saroyan"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. incomplete. "The Burbank of Horses"
w/ "Elmer Ludwig" business cards
Folder 27 - Notes, Ideas, Etc.
Typed and holograph notes, lists, poetry, partial manuscript pages on paper
scraps - mostly single pages from larger manuscripts in preliminary draft
form. Approximately 150p.
Folder 28 - Notes, Ideas, Etc.
1. Typed notes for letter to "Reuben Mamoulian" on motion pictures,
2p.
2. Typed notes, 6p. for "A Scenario for Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx"
3. Holograph notes, 30 p. notes taken while reading, lists of authors,
sketches, and notes on articles and books written on scraps of paper, backs
of circulars, etc.
4. Typed notes for stories to be developed, 3p.
5. Typed statement, 8p. "This movie is a new kind of movie"
8 copies of same
6. Holograph notes, 6p. computations, doodles, titles of books, scribbles,
names, etc.
7. Typed notes, 2p. Story ideas
8. Holograph notes, 5p. on scraps of paper, index cards, etc. Thoughts,
lists, names.
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. incomplete. Analysis of Mr. O'Brien
10. Typed notes, 1p. Story ideas
11. Holograph notes, 8p. notes taken on backs of manuscript, scraps of
paper, etc. on story ideas, names, notes from reading, scribbles, etc.
12. Typed medical instructions, 1p. on back of exhibit catalog. "Nasal
Catarrh"
13. Holograph notes, 7p. notes taken on scraps of paper on story ideas,
lists of names, notes from reading, scribbles, etc.
14. Typed notes, 8p. lists of titles, incomplete manuscript pages, some
notation on reverse
15. Holograph notes, 3p. lists, notes from reading, computations, scribbles.
Folder 29 - Dalton Trumbo/ WS 1937
Typed Manuscript (carbon), 48p. on tissue bound in folder. Treatment for
"The Magnificent Boob (Benjamin Harris Rodd Stories) by William Saroyan
and Dalton Trumbo" labelled "copy 4" (some holograph corrections)
Folder 30
1. Brochure for San Francisco Opera Season, 1931
2. Brochure for "The Midland Chicago" magazine
3. Pencil sketches, 4p.
4. Folder labeled "Stocks cuts getting fatter" in pencil
5. Typed pages, 2p. incomplete. Beginning of letter
Folder 31 - 1936 (2)
Many pages damaged with holes made by insects
1. Holograph note, 1p. Signed "Gilbert Arnold
2. Typed page, 1p. May 29, 1936 "Stories on hand"
3. Typed drafts of letter, 8p. to "Thomas Wolfe", June 5, 1936.
incomplete fragments
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 15p. incomplete. Various works
5. Typed drafts of letter, 2p. to "Emily" June 8, 1936. Incomplete
6. Typed draft of letter, 1p. to "Inland Topics" requesting
advance. Incomplete
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 18p. incomplete. From "Glad Tidings
of 1936" re-titled
"The Great Oration of January the Seventh, 1934"
8. Typed drafts of letter, 13p. to "Pacific Associates. June 8, 1936.
Incomplete
9. Typed draft of letter w/ holograph corrections, 3p. to "Mr. H.
Minister". June 3, 1936. Incomplete
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 24p. incomplete. Various works
11. Typed drafts of letters, 11p. incomplete. Various correspondents
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. incomplete. "Notes on the
Theatre"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page w/ holograph corrections, 1p. ""My
cousin talked in English"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 3p. incomplete. "Of fire in the
dark winter sky" page 2 only
15. Typed drafts of letter, 5p. to "John" May 30, 1936 incomplete
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. incomplete. "Let's Talk
About Me"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. incomplete. "Give me your
Hand"
18. Typed draft of letter, 1p.to Hal & Ann. June 1, 1936. Incomplete
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 9p. incomplete. "The Man Who
Got Fat"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. incomplete. "The Man Who
was Born Under the Sign of the Scorpio"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. incomplete. "Anything for
a Laugh"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 13p. incomplete. "O Mary My
Darling"
23. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. incomplete. "The Good and
Noble Saroyan"
24. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 16p. incomplete. "Saroyan on
Saroyan"
Folder 32 - 1937
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. incomplete. Objection to review
in Nation
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 57p. incomplete. "Elegy"
(many pages repeated)
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 13p. incomplete. "To Walter Winchell"
4. Envelope from "Reading and Collecting"
Folder 33 - 1937
1. Typed draft of letter, 1p. to "Stanley" incomplete. June
16, 1937
2. Typed list, 1p. "To the makers of comedy"
3. Typed table of contents, 1p. w/ holograph notes
Folder 34 - 1937
1. Typed list of titles, 5p. "Woof, Woof: A Book of Stories"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. incomplete. from "We Thank
Thee For Our
Happy Homes"
3. Typed Manuscript w/ notes, 5p. "The Beginning"
4. Typed drafts of beginning of letter, 2p. to "Hal" incomplete
February 19, 1937
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. "The Great Journey to New
York"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "The Bad Poem"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Valencia"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Notes from San Francisco"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. "William Bolitho and D. H.
Lawrence"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Sweet Amarillo"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. "Story"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "The Pretty Ladies of the
Society Pages"
13. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "So Long 1937"
14. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "All the women
are Helen"
15. Typed Manuscript(carbon), 6p. "Romance Trailer"
Folder 35 - 1937
Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "The Last Cigarette,
the Last Match"
Folder 36 - My Name is Aram
Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. from "Religion: A story" (later
re-titled "A Word to Scoffers")
Folder 37 - 1938
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "Yours Truly: Disappointed"
2. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph corrections, 12p. "The Champion"
Folder 38 - 1938
Many pages damaged with holes made by insects
1. Typed draft of letter, 1p. "to Editors, Saturday Evening Post"
September 4, 1938. incomplete.
2. TLS w/ holograph corrections, 1p. "to Gourken Vartanian" March
19, 1938. Signed in type "William Saroyan"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 15p. Incomplete, from "Our Young
Astonished Eyes"
4. TLS, 1p. on The Coast stationary from "Chris" June 7, 1938
re: submissions
5. Typed Manuscript w/ holograph revisions. 8p. "The Stumblebums"
heavily damaged
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Incomplete "How It is to
Be" Announcement
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. Incomplete "Guy de Maupassant"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. Incomplete "It's pleasant to
have one's name…"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. Incomplete. Various works
10. Holograph calculations, 1p.
11. TL, 3p. query letter to "Editor, Saturday Review of Literature"
August 29, 1938.
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 13p. Incomplete. "More News
of the World from California"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. Incomplete "The One and
Only"
14. Typed Table of Contents, 2p. "How it is to Be"
15. TLS, 1p. to George Davis, Fiction Editor, Harper's Bazaar. September
4, 1938. Signed "Bill Saroyan"
16. Typed list w/ holograph revisions, 1p. "Stories from The Trouble
with Tigers…"
17. Typed draft of letter, 2p. to "Mr. Pollinger". August 23,
1938.
18. Typed list, 1p. "Financial Embarrassment as of Tuesday August
23, 1938"
19. Typed drafts of letters, 7p. Incomplete Various correspondents
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Incomplete. Various works
21. Holograph notes on Hollywood Plaza stationary, 1p.
Folder 39- 1939
1. Typed notes, 1p. on proposed play, "U. S. Number 1"
2. Typed notes, 1p. on proposed play, "Sweeney: A Play"
Folder 40 - Mail 1939
Correspondence related to the release of The Time of Your Life
1. Telegram, 1p. to "Burns Mantle" April 14, 1939. Signed
in type "William Saroyan"
2. Telegram, 1p. to "Burns Mantle" April 14, 1939. Signed
in type "William Saroyan"
3. Telegram, 1p. to "John Anderson" April 14, 1939. Signed
in type "William Saroyan"
4. Telegram, 1p. to "Robert Coleman" April 14, 1939. Signed
in type "William Saroyan"
5. TLS on RCA Manufacturing Company stationary, 1p. September 29, 1939.
Signed "E. C. Forman"
6. Catalog, New Roumanian Victor records
7. TLS on letterhead stationary, 1p. requesting foreign rights to The
Time of Your Life December 21, 1939. Signed "D. Clairouin"
8. TLS on Thos. Cook & Son World-Wide Travel Service stationary, 1p.
re: tickets to London, etc. Signed "TC"
9. ALS, 1p. w/ Hotel Great Northern envelope addressed to John Anderson.
(inscribed "never sent would have been a little too much. Signed
"William Saroyan"
10. Typed review (Carbon), 1p. of "Little Children" in German
11. TLS, 1p. on Albatross & Tauchnitz Editorial Department stationary
w/ encl. List of short stories for French edition. Signed "Susan Hurley"
12. TLS, 1p. on Atlantic Monthly stationary w/ encl. letter. Signed "Edward
Weeks"
Pulitzer Prize - 41
1. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) on Hotel California stationary, 7p. Saroyan's
response to Pulitzer Prize Award for The Time of Your Life
2. Typed drafts of letter to "Mr. Frank D. Fackenthal", 12p.
May 15, 1940. Thanking
him and returning check award
3. TL(Carbon), 1p. to "Mr. Frank D. Fackenthal", 3 copies. May
15, 1940.
4. Typed drafts of thank-you speech, 5p. incomplete. May 8, 1940.
5. Holograph note, 1p. regarding Pulitzer check
6. Typed drafts of letter to New York Herald Tribune, 2p. Incomplete.
Box 3
Folder 1 - Notes, Letters, etc.
1. Brochure, Book Comments, Bryant Book Shop, 1942
2. Rejection slip on Americana stationary, 1p. w/ typed comments on reverse
3. Rejection slip on San Franciscan stationary, 1p. addressed to "Edgar
Webster" August 6, 1930
4. TL, on The American Caravan stationary, 1p. October13, 1930 rejection
letter
5. Typed draft of letter, 1p. to "Mr. Harvey" incomplete
6. Holograph notes, 21p. on backs of manuscript, scraps of paper, etc.
w/ pencil sketches, partial drafts of works
7. Holograph Manuscript, 8p. "That's What Books Do" first draft
8. Holograph Notes, 3p. "You Take the Glory"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. Incomplete Various works
10. Holograph journal entry, 2p. Saturday April 30, 1932
11. TL on Vanity Fair Florist stationary, 2p. to "Goldie" (Weisberg)
12. Typed drafts of letter, 2p. to "Mr. Winters" April 13,
1933
13. Typed drafts of letter, 3p. to "Mr. Ashjian"
14. Typed draft of letter, 2p. inscribed "Style & Theme for a
Story" in pencil
15. TLS, 1p. to "Miss Harriet Monroe". March 17, 1931. Signed
"Vahen Haig"
16. Typed notes, 2p. story ideas
17. TL, 1p. to "Mr. Petre-Wymer" March 20, 1931 Signed in
type "William Saroyan"
18. Typed draft of letter, 4p. to "John Hodgdon Bradley, Jr."
November 23, 1932
19. Holograph notes, 1p.
20. TLS, 3p. to the Editors of Americana. October 26, 1932 Signed "John
Hammilcar"
21. Typed draft of letter, 1p. to Editor, Harper's Magazine. November
13, 1932
Folder 2 - Early
1. Typed notes, 1p. for "I Am a Writer 16 years of Age"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. incomplete. "I can't forget
Joseph Saleh's essay"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. incomplete. "Today a mood
came over me"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "I died Yesterday" obscured
by ink stains
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Prose, Poetry and Pencil Drawings"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. Various works
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Saturday Prose"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. Various works
9. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) on Vanity Fair Florist stationary, 3p.
"1932. Scene: A city street"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections on Vanity Fair Florist
stationary, 2p. "Mists fell away…"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. "And yet and yet"
12. Typed notes, 4p. outline for proposed novel
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "American Last Moments"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose)pages, 6p. incomplete. "The Comic Strip"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. outline for play "A Day at
the Gallery"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 29p. Incomplete. Various works
17. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. Incomplete. Various works
Folder 3- Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) on Paramount Distributing Co. stationary, 4p.
"The time, it is held, for a man…"
2. Holograph Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "To call Philip a stupid boy…"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 6p. Incomplete. Various works
4. Holograph notes, 2p.
Folder 4- Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "Maxims from the National Mind"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "Except for Joe Sargis and Willie
Chavor…"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "An Occurrence
at Ringling Bros."
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "A Note for a Novel on an Armenian
Born in America"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "A Sonada on the Spanish Guitar"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 6p. "A question
of Figs"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Incomplete Sentences"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "An Impertinent Young Man"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Forgive, Forgive
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections on Vanity Fair Florist
stationary, 5p. "There he was suddenly swinging aboard a number 7
car"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 2p. "The lack
of coherence…"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Armenia"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 22p. Incomplete. Various works
14. Holograph notes, 6p. on paper scraps, Vanity Fair Florist stationary,
etc.
Folder 5- Early Work/ Poetry
1. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Nightmare in November"
2. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 8p. "Bull Durham in the Blunderbuss"
3. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Simple Declarations"
4. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Pastoral Ode: Experimental"
5. Typed manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. incomplete on "Armenian Poems
by Alice Blackwell"
6. Typed Manuscript (Poetry) pages, 3p. from "Monument to the Armenian
Dead"
7. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Short Story on the Poet"
8. Holograph notes, 3p. on paper scraps, Vanity Fair Florist stationary,
etc.
9. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 3p. "In Memoriam: The Armenian Dead"
10. Typed Manuscript (Poetry) pages, 7p. from "To the Armenian Dead"
11. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Dream Grief and Talk Among the
Living"
12. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Padrone, he said, I am off the
boat…"
13. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "The geometric vineyard holds
the eye…"
14. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "This lad was black: an Arab in
his blood…"
15. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Sonnet to Account for an Awkward
Silence"
16. Typed Manuscript (Poetry)pages, 5p. from "To the Young Men Discussing…"
17. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "I have books on my table…"
18. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "I have come thus far…"
19. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "San Francisco Sand Dunes"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose w/ Poetry), 3p. "January Poems"
21. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Poetic Experiments"
22. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Kentucky Bar, Third Street: Drunk"
23. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "In the Adjacent Telephone Booth"
24. Holograph notes, 6p. on paper scraps, Vanity Fair Florist stationary,
envelopes, etc.
25. Holograph Manuscript, 1p. "A letter to Beethoven"
26. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "To the Objectionists"
27. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Tears for Mary Araxie"
28. Typed Manuscript notes, 9p. Incomplete. Various works.
29. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "What is this talk of God…"
30. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Casual Witness"
31. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Tender Advice from a Soul to
its Loving Flesh"
32. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "I am pleased to meet you,
Lord…"
33. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "To Several Female Attendants
in the Reference Room at the Public Library"
34. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Day Prayer"
35. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Fire and Flood in the Burlesque
Theatre"
36. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Blasphemy Amid a Recent Shade"
37. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Hail, Children, hail, hail, hail…"
38. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Sonnet to my Nephew"
39. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Giants There were in Those Days"
40. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "He said, I fear most an adolescent…"
41. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Sonnet"
42. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Two Sonnets on a Mathematical
Theme"
43. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "To my Contemporaries. The Young
Men"
44. Typed Manuscript (Poetry) w/ holograph notes and drafts, 10p. "Catafalque
for the Scientists"
45. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "A Question of Figs"
46. Typed Manuscript (Poetry) notes, 3p. from "A Dream"
47. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry) w/ notes and drafts, 3p. "Third
Street"
48. Holograph and Typed Manuscript (Poetry) w/ notes and drafts, 2p. "Sunken,
lost in Salvation Army grief"
49. Holograph notes and poetry fragments, 21p. on paper scraps, Vanity
Fair Florist stationary, envelopes, etc.
50. Typed notes and poetry fragments, 8p.
Folder 6- Poems
1. Typed Manuscript (Poetry) w/ drafts and holograph revisions, 9p. "Nine
Million"
2. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p "I fall before my typewriter, crushed…"
3. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Arev gertah, arak arak gertah…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "San Francisco Sand Dunes"
5. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Two Sonnets on Racial Themes"
6. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Sonnet"
7. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Sonnet to a Remote Body of Water"
8. Typed Manuscript (Poetry)w/ drafts, 4p. "A Laugh for the Falling
Blade"
9. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) on back of tribute, 1p. "America,
my England
10. Typed Manuscript (Poetry)w/ drafts, 18p. "To the Voice of Shah-Mouradian"
11. Typed Manuscript (Poetry) pages, 7p. "Song of Armenia"
12. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Poems Born and Poet Dead"
13. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Exact precise profound…"
14. Typed notes and poetry fragments, 10p
15. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Now mythical marble marches
space…"
16. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 3p. "Variations in Counterpoint and
Biography"
17. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 4p. "Applause on Reaching the age
of 23"
18. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "The smooth limbs of a fig tree…"
19. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Body lines"
20. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Do you listen, Ethel?"
21. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Fig tree and female"
22. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Before me the door, outside,
the world…"
23. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Poem" two drafts
24. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Flight in the Skyless"
25. Typed Manuscript (Poetry)w/ holograph notations, 5p. "Variations
in Counterpoint and Biography", "Christ at the Seal Pool",
"Pacific Ocean Circus"
26. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Finality"
27. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Sonnett"
28. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "To the Voice of Shah-Mouradian"
29. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Delirium in the Grand Central
Station"
30. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Christmas, 1932"
31. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Dry laughing grief amid the
crumbling bones…"
32. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Geometric vineyards" two
drafts
33. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 4p. "The lad was black…"
four drafts
34. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 4p. "Apart now from both the shapes
of women…"
35. Holograph notes and poetry fragments, 28p. on paper scraps, Vanity
Fair Florist stationary, envelopes, etc.
36. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "To the Voice of Shah-Mouradian"
37. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 4p. Poetry by Reuben Haig, "This Minute
God", "Sahara", and "Variation #10"
38. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Fall in Line"
39. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Poem"
40. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "To a book of Poetry with Uncut
Leaves…"
41. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Thirteen is the history of the
World"
42. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Prayer to the Dentist"
43. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "To Several Female Attendants
in the Reference Room at the Public Library"
44. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Moment's Madness"
45. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Inquiry", "Audience",
"Plagiarist"
46. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Notes While Going Nowhere in
a Streetcar"
47. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Emptying Building at 6:00 in
the Evening"
48. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "In the Public Square"
49. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "I make immortality"
50. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Christ at the Seal Pools"
51. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Aunt Mariah's Birthday"
52. Typed notes, 12p. Poetry fragments, lists, titles. Various works
53. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Sabbath Morning at the Mother
Church"
54. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Sestina: Pastoral" two
drafts - incomplete
55. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "We may lie thus, wrestling"
56. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "Call for rags and sacks"
57. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 2p. "Old men"
58. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "In my whistle Rubinstein's Opus
44, #1"
59. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 3p. "Why do I try to reach too high?…"
60. Holograph notes (Poetry), 2p.
Folder 7 - Early
1. Typed notes (Prose), 4p. taken while reading, mostly quotations
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Autobiography of the Reader"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p "The advertisements say every day
is a fiesta…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "The great valley of San Joaquin…"
5. Holograph notes (Prose), 2p. on "Mussolini's Horse"
6. Holograph notes (Prose), 2p. on "A novel of Fresno"
7. Holograph Manuscript (Prose) on Vanity Fair Florists stationary, 5p.
"Philip Mueller at 20 had a body…"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p "My Uncle, the former tailor, had
bought…"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p "No Punctuality"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose) on Vanity Fair Florists stationary, 5p. "My
sister was going to have a baby…"
11. Typed and Holograph notes, 6p. incomplete. Various works.
Folder 8 - Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) on Vanity Fair Florists stationary, 5p. "Comma"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "Trembling, trembling, trembling"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "In the year of the hunger marches"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "Formal garments"
5. Typed notes, 10p. incomplete. Various works.
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Of all things he was thinking of
that poor dog again…"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "The Great Armenia"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. "Ara George"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The Brothers Karahadian" Incomplete,
beginning only- two drafts
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Contemporary psalms" Incomplete
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 11p. incomplete. Various works.
12. Typed Manuscript (Poetry), 3p. "O earthling, timid-hare soul,
follow…"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 14p. incomplete. Various works
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 9p. "The Art of Traveling Free"
15. Holograph Manuscript(Prose), 2p. "Mina's Journal", "Mina's
telegram"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. outline for radio show
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 12p. incomplete. Various works
18. Holograph Manuscript (Poetry), 1p. "You love men who kill…"
Folder 9 - Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Things Go Wrong"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "At the street level…"
Incomplete - two drafts
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) on Vanity Fair Florists stationary, 3p. "She
was tiny, well-proportioned, and nothing…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 11p. Incomplete. Various works
Folder 10 - Stories
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 10p. "Fly away, Jack"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 10p. "The People from Ararat"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Rafaelo Zampa was a very sensitive
boy…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "A Cigarette Please"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. incomplete. Various works
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Notes for an American Symphony"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "In the city there was life…"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "A Small Riot on Behalf of the Starving"
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "The Cat's Getting Fatter"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "It was June again…"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "At the last minute Miriam weakened…"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose)w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "There
were over a hundred of us…"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. Incomplete from "Man Alive"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 70p. incomplete. Various works.
Folder 11A - Stories
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "A Curious Thing…"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Everyone Alive…"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 10p. "When I was taken…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 9p. "He was a hard worker…'
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Life was pretty funny…"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "That pretty whore…"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8p. "Death in the afternoon…"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. (pages # 2, 6 - 9, 13, and 14,
incomplete)
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Henry Cabrian…"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Everything I am about to write…"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Story"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "I'll have you understand…"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "Dear Josephine…"
(incomplete)
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "This continent…"(incomplete)
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose) page, 1p. "Hollywood…" (incomplete)
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "The Word Juggling of Modern Writers"
Folder 11 - Stories
1. Typed list, 1p. "Stories not to be included in The Daring Young
Man…"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 16p. "Twentieth Century Blues"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Spangler and I were privates…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 13p. "First Symphony by Saroyan"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "I am a writer of short stories…"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The White Horse by Will Fagin"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "He and
She"
8. Holograph Manuscript (Prose), 10p. "Down in the heart of the city…"
9. Holograph Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "The Out of Style Clerk"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "The Out of Style Clerk"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "The Explosion by Sirak Goryan"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "My Grandmother by Sirak Goryan"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Summer Laughter by Sirak Goryan"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "The Family by Sirak Goryan"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Today I am exactly 22 years of
age…"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "On the Street by William Raven"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Today I saw Red Hayes, City Editor.."
18. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Rummy by Willo Sahara"
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. notes and drafts for "Follow: A
Novel"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "I was looking for a job…"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "The first six rows of this high
school…"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 19p. First page only of 19 different works
23. Holograph Manuscript (Prose), 8p. "The Millionaires Were Cutting
Their Throats"
Folder 12 - 1930
1. TLS, 1p. to "Mr. Charles A. Hughes. March 31, 1930. Signed
"W.S. Saroyan"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Why Not Write for a Living by William
Stonehill"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 1p. September 5, 1930. "Outline of
a novel to be commenced immediately"
4. TL, 1p. to "Agnes Dawn Thurnau" December 9, 1930.
5. TLS, 2p. to "Miss Weisberg" October 30, 1930. Signed "William
Saroyan"
6. TL, 2p. to "Sirak" October 21, 1930.
Folder 13 - 1931/ WS Correspondence
1. TL, 1p. to "Neiman" September 3, 1931
2. TL, 1p. to "Mr. Winters. March 26, 1931
3. Typed Journal entry, 2p. March 15, 1931
4. TL, 1p. to "Grace" (Coates) February 13, 1931.
5. TLS, 1p. to "Grace" (Coates) February 18. Signed in type
"Will" (Saroyan)
6. TLS, 4p. to "Yep" (Moradian) Friday. Signed in type "Will"
(Saroyan)
7. TL, 1p. to "Mr. Villa" October 13, 1931. Unfinished
8. TLS, 1p. to "Mr. (Howard) Baker" October 20, 1931. Signed
"William Saroyan"
9. TL, 1p. to "Mr. Stafford" September 4, 1931. Unfinished
10. TLS, 1p. to "Box 764" September 27, 1931. Signed in type
"William Saroyan"
11. ALS, 2p. to "Anne" September 13, 1931. Signed "William
Saroyan"
Folder 14 - 1932/ Performance & A Brief Account of 1932
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose/Poetry), 6p. "The works of William Saroyan:
1932", titles w/ poetry and "The Works of John Hammilcar:
1932"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "A brief account of the year 1932"
Signed in type
"William Saroyan"
3. Typed list, 1p. "Future issues of Performance are likely to contain"
4. TL, 4p. to "Mr. Winter" January 22, 1932
5. TLS, 1p. June 5, 1932. Rejection letter. Signed "Flats"
(annotated to Ivor Winters by Saroyan)
6. TLS, 4p. to (Achilles)"Holt" May 5, 1932. Signed in type
"W. Saroyan"
7. Typed Manuscript, 4p. "Performance"
8. TL, 1p. to "Mr. (J. V.) Cunningham" December 20, 1932.
Unfinished
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. incomplete. Various works.
10. AL, 1p. to "Mr. Flats" June 13, 1932. Unfinished
11. Typed manuscript, 3p. "An Ornament Carved of Precious (Michael)
Gold
12. TL, 2p. to "Mehran" (Saroyan) December 26, 1932
13. Typed list, 1p. "Performance"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 22p. numerous incomplete drafts from
"Performance"
15. Holograph Manuscript (Prose), 1p. from "Performance"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. incomplete. Various works.
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "1932 and Eternity: A Scenario"
18. Typed and Holograph Manuscript (Prose) pages w/ holograph notes and
sketches, 13p. grouped together. incomplete. Various works
19. TL, 4p. to (Achilles) "Holt" November 22, 1932. Several
drafts incomplete
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. from "ARA George"
Folder 15 - Performance
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. Drafts of "Dedication"
and "Program"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Comma III"
3. Holograph Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "Comma II"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 23p. Drafts of "Comma III"
Folder 16 - 1934
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Pebbles of 1934"
2. TLS, 3p. to "Carmack" October 24, 1934. Signed "Bill
Saroyan"
3. Typed Journal entry, 1p. April 12, 1934
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "1934"
5. TL, 2p. to "Grace" (Coates) August 25, 1934.
6. TLS, 2p. to "Kuhlman" January 30, 1934 Signed "William
Saroyan"
7. TLS, 1p. to "Kuhlman" January 30, 1934 Signed "William
Saroyan (again)"
8. TL, 1p. to "Jim" January 18, 1934.
9. TL, 1p. to "I. M. P. Books" January 15, 1934.
10. Typed Drafts of letter, 2p. to "Mary Welles" January 15,
1934. Unfinished
11. TLS, 1p. to "Whit & Martha" (Burnett) January 29, 1934.
Signed "William Saroyan"
12. TLS, 1p. to "Mr. (Malcolm) Cowley" January 29, 1934. Signed
"William Saroyan"
13. Typed Journal entry, 1p. April 1, 1934
14. Typed Journal entry, 1p. August 23, 1934
15. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 26, 1934
16. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 20, 1934
17. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 15, 1934
18. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 10, 1934
19. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 9, 1934
20. Typed Journal entry, 1p. December 29, 1934
21. Typed Journal entry, 1p. December 27, 1934
22. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 28, 1934
23. Typed Journal entries, 2p. January 26, 1934
24. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 25, 1934
25. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 24, 1934
26. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 22, 1934
27. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. Incomplete Various Works
28. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 31, 1934
29. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 30, 1934
30. TL, 1p. to "Whit & Martha" January 29, 1934
31. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 3p. Incomplete Various Works
32. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 17, 1934
33. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 16, 1934
34. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 15, 1934
35. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 22, 1934
36. Typed Journal entry, 1p. March 12, 1934
37. Typed Journal entries, 2p. March 5, 1934
Folder 17 - John Doe, Jr.
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. Drafts of "Death in the Afternoon
of a Faun"
2. Holograph notes, 3p. addresses and lists on scraps of paper
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 7p. Incomplete Various Works
Folder 18 - 1934
1. TLS, 6p. to "Old Pal Kuhlman" May 14, 1934 Signed "William
Saroyan"
2. Typed list, 1p. "February: work"
3. TLS, 1p. to "Sanora" February 14, 1934
4. TL, 1p. to "Miss Ballentine" February 1, 1934
5. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 20, 1934
6. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 5, 1934
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. Incomplete Various Works
8. Typed list, 3p. List of titles
9. Typed Journal entry, 1p.
10. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 23, 1934
11. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 21, 1934
12. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 17, 1934
13. Typed list, 1p. List of titles
14. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 26, 1934
15. Typed Journal entry, 3p. January 25, 1934
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. Incomplete Various Works
17. Typed Journal entry, 1p.
18. Typed Journal entry, 1p. June 30, 1934
19. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 18, 1934
20. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 19, 1934
21. TL, 1p. to "Jacob John Yezbak" June 20, 1934
22. Typed list, 2p. "Names"
23. Typed Journal entry, 1p. August 10, 1934
24. Typed Journal entry, 1p. August 5, 1934
25. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 4p. Incomplete Various Works
26. Typed Journal entry, 1p. August 9, 1934
27. Typed list, 5p. list of titles "Notes"
28. Typed Journal entry, 1p. September 19, 1934
29. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 8p. Incomplete Various Works
Folder 19 - 1934
Contains mostly individual pages from larger works, repeated efforts at
the same text and fragments of drafts of letters many pages damaged by insect
holes
1. Typed drafts of letter, 4p. to "Gertrude Stein" incomplete.
December 7, 1934
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. incomplete drafts of "my
life is this"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "The parade, which is said to have
been…"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. Incomplete Various Works
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Sestina: City Streets"
6. Typed Journal entry, 1p. January 22, 1934
7. Typed Journal entry, 1p. February 21, 1934
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "My Picture in the Paper"
9. Typed Journal entry, 8p. August 2, 1934 contains list of works
10. TL on Hotel Gilbert stationary, 1p. announcing publication of "Daring
Young Man"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "One of my secret ambitions has
always been…"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Now and Forever: 1934"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Scenes of 1934" outline
for performance
14. TL, 1p. to "Clifton Fadiman" Incomplete May 7, 1934
15. TL, 2p. to "March" Incomplete June 8, 1934
16. TL, 1p. to "Mr. Harry Block" Incomplete February 15, 1934
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 2p. Incomplete Opening of two works
18. TL, 2p. to "Mr. (Yvor) Winters" Incomplete February 12,
1934 two drafts
19. TL, 1p. to "Grace Stone Coates" Incomplete February 5,
1934
20. TL, 1p. to "Miss Ballantine and Betty" Incomplete February
6, 1934
21. TL, 1p. to "Whit and Martha" Incomplete January 29, 1934
22. TL, 1p. to "Dave and Madeline" Incomplete January 26,
1934
23. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 106p. Incomplete Various works
Folder 20 - Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 9p. "Love Quest"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Rebirth"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "Eyes"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "The Heart's
City"
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Contemporary Conversations"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "I Love You, Southern California"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 11p. "History, With A Life"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "A Virtuous Young Lady" three
drafts
9. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8p. "Beginning: end"
10. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 9p. "The Great World"
11. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "The Green Spat"
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Story: 2"
13. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "The Kid and the Greek"
14. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 5p. "On Behalf
of the Hunger Marchers"
15. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "They've Got Me Boys"
16. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Death Proceeds"
17. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "A Flock of Blue Eagles"
18. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "Arena Monumental"
19. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Cats are Fat"
20. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8p. "Novel"
21. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 10p. "A Lonely Year"
22. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "Last Night She Was Dancing"
23. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "World Ending" four drafts,
first page only
24. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Hunger Walking"
25. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 6p. "Panorama Merciful"
26. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Airplane Over the Mountain"
several drafts
27. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "The Genius"
28. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 3p. "Story"
29. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 8p. "The
Big Emptiness"
30. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 5p. "Beginning
& End"
31. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Tapia told me he swam the Rio
Grande…
32. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 5p."Empty House"
33. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 27p. "The Good Family" Three
chapters
34. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "I am a Writer 16 Years Old"
Folder 21 - Early Work
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 5p. "I, Saroyan" five drafts of
one page
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph additions, 3p. "Our plan,
gambling…"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 8p. "Machines
must stop Humiliating Us"
4. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Story" several drafts of
one page
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 5p. "A Thousand
Good Nights"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 1p. "World
Ending"
7. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Cornet"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "Life is a series of pictures…"
Folder 22 - 1930s
Contains mostly individual typed pages of works-in-progress from larger
works, repeated efforts at the same text and fragments of drafts of letters
- many pages damaged by insect holes, Approx 100 p.
Folder 23 - The Thirties (1936)
Contains mostly individual typed pages of works-in-progress in early stages
- incomplete, drafts of letters, journal entries, holograph notes on scraps
of paper, circa 1936. Approximately 350 p.
Folder 24 - The Thirties
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Remember me?"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 7p. "Ha Ha to Everything" 6 drafts
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 1p. "God: a
story"
4. Typed list, 1p. "Stories" list of titles
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose)w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "El Paso"
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 2p. "You're no Hero, Joe" incomplete
Folder 25 - 1930s
Contains mostly individual typed pages of works-in-progress from larger
works, repeated efforts at the same text and fragments of drafts of letters
- many pages damaged by insect holes, circa 1936. 157 p.
Folder 26 - 1930s
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "Nine Herbert Street Dublin 26,
xi, '40 - Ah ! The
Hard Bill" w/ news clipping from The Evening Herald, November
8, 1940
2. TLS, 2p. April 27, 1937 Signed "Beiamino" (B. Bufano)
3. TLS on Apertif, Inc. stationary, 1p. August 31, 1936
4. TLS, 1p. November 25, 1938. Signed "Ronald Duncan"
5. TLS, 1p. September 13, 1938. Signed "Ronald Duncan"
6. ALS on letterhead stationary, 1p. October 5. Signed "Ivin S.
Cobb" w/ news clipping by Saroyan on Anthology of Lousy Writing
7. TLS on letterhead notepaper, 1p. Wednesday Signed "Howard Putzel"
8. TLS on letterhead stationary, 1p. April 9, 1938 Signed "Louis"
(Paul)
9. ALS on letterhead notepaper, 1p. Signed "M.I.F." (Max I.
Farber, City Editor)
Folder 27 - Fragment WS
Typed Manuscript (Prose)w/ holograph corrections, 18p. "A House in
the Desert: A Play" three scenes
Folder 28 - 1938
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose)Carbon,11p. "What Interests You Most in
This Cosmopolitan World of Today?"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) Carbon, 3p. "A Note on Saroyan"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) Carbon, 5p. On the Dubious art of Being a
Bachelor"
Folder 29 - Interview
Typed Manuscript (Prose) Carbon, w/ holograph corrections, 4p. "Interview:
William Saroyan"
Folder 30 - 1933 Correspondence
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose) w/ holograph corrections, 9p. "Letter
to a Poet / The Pebbles"
2. TL, 3p. to "J. V. Cunningham"
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. March 27, 1933 "Record and Resume"
4. TL, 4p. to "Sanora" April 21, 1933.
5. TLS, 1p. to "Slogan Editor, The American Weekly" October
12, 1933 Signed "Mrs. T. A. Saroyan"
6. TL, 1p. to "Slogan Editor, The American Weekly" October
12, 1933
7. TLS, to "Slogan Editor, The American Weekly", 1p. October
13, 1933 Signed "Mrs. P. H. Minsian"
8. TLS, 2p. to "The Barbasol Company" October 16, 1933 Signed
"William Saroyan"
9. TL, 2p. to "Zav" (Minasian) June 22, 1933
10. TL, 2p. to "Goldie" (Weisberg) May 6, 1933
11. Typed drafts of letters, 21p. Incomplete beginnings - Various correspondents,
circa 1933
12. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 19p. Incomplete - Various works
Folder 31 - 1933 Notes (May), Journal (Dec)
1. Typed notes, 5p. May 9 - 10, 1933 "Notes from accumulated papers,
past month"
2. Typed journal entry. December 2 - 28, 1933
3. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 10p. lists, drafts w/ holograph revision
- Various works
Folder 32 - Preface to French Edition
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 3p. "The Daring Young Man on the Flying
Trapeze"
2. Typed Manuscript (Prose) pages, 5p. Drafts for "A Light-Hearted
Preface toThe Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"
3. TLS, 1p. on The Abatross stationary July 6, 1939. Signed
4. ALS, 2p. in French. Signed
5. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Preface to French Edition"
Signed in type "William Saroyan"
6. Holograph Manuscript, 10p. on Hotel de Paris stationary. "Preface
to French Edition". Signed "William Saroyan"
Folder 33 - Journal 1932 / 1933
1. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 8p. December 30, 1932. "Program for
the year, 1933"
2. Typed Journal entry, 6p. December 31, 1932.
3. Typed Journal entry, 2p. January 1, 1933.
4. Typed Journal entry, 2p. January 2, 1933.
5. Typed Journal entry, 4p. January 3, 1933.
6. Typed Manuscript (Prose), pages, 4p. Drafts of "Piano: An Entertainment"
Box 4
Folder 1 - 1930s
1. Telegram, 1p. December 9, 1938. Signed in type "Vera Sterne"
2. TLS, 1p. On Hotel Dunlack stationary w/ envelope. March 23, 1936.
Signed in type "Walter Papazian"
3. Photo of Goldie Weisberg. 5 x 7, Inscribed "For Will from Goldie"
(Weisberg)
4. ALS, 2p.w/ envelope. June 18, 1931. Signed "Goldie" (Weisberg)
Photo enclosed.
5. ALS, 1p.w/ envelope. April 10, 1931. Signed "Goldie" (Weisberg)
6. ALS, 3p.. July 3, 1931. Signed "Jeanette Saroyan"
7. ALS, 2p.. July 12, 1931. Signed "Cheslie Saroyan"
8. Typed Manuscript (Prose), 4p. "Letter to a Young Communist Writer"
9. ALS, 1p. May 5 Signed "Y-" (Moradian)
10. Typed Drafts of letters, 7p. Various correspondents.
11. News clipping on Saroyan
Folder 2 - Correspondence 1944
Circa 1944, Saroyan in the Army - Approximately 70 letters and telegrams
to Saroyan from various correspondents, including agents concerning publications
and copyright, requests for manuscripts, invitations, fan letters, personal
letters from relatives, birthday cards, royalty statements, requests for
permission for productions of his works, and correspondence from his publishers.
Approximately 30 pages of holograph and typed notes by Saroyan on scraps
of paper. Also includes hotel messages, theater programs, ticket stubs,
racing programs, menus, advertisements, receipts.
Folder 3 - New York Times Book Review
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