Collection Outline
Walk the dark streets[novel]. [1948].
North of welfare[novel]. [1954].
The stag party[novel]. [1957].
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Descriptive Summary |
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| Title | William Krasner Papers | |
| Identification: | MSS065 | |
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Biographical information on William Krasner can be found in Contemporary Authors, vols. 37-40, p. 282.
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Manuscripts, 1949-1957.
The collection consists of manuscripts and editorial matter relating to novels by William Krasner. Included are heavily revised typescripts, a typescript setting copy with printer's notations, sample pages, and a mock-up of the front matter for Walk the dark streets, 6 items; typescripts with heavy revision, a typescript synopsis, and a typescript setting copy with notations of The gambler, 4 items; autograph notes, a typescript synopsis, typescripts with light autograph revision, a mock-up of the front matter, and a typescript setting copy with notations of North of welfare, 9 items; and typescript synopses, typescripts with heavy autograph revision, and a typescript setting copy with notations of The stag party, 4 items.
23 items
7 boxes
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June, 1975
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Walk the dark streets[novel]., [1948]. (4 items) |
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| Consists of typescript drafts and proofs towards novel. | |||||||||||||
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1/1. | Don't walk the dark streets[novel]. Tss. & tss.[carbon] with heavy auto. revision. Titled later changed to Walk the dark streets., [1948]. (1 item, 455 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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1/2. | Walk the dark streets[novel]. Tss. & tss.[carbon] with light auto. revision., [1948]. (1 item, 319 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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1/3. | Walk the dark streets[novel]. Ts. & auto. draft of chapter XI titled “Edna”. Later substantially altered., [1948]. (1 item, 12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/1 | Walk the dark streets[novel]. Mock-up of front matter., [1948]. (1 item, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/2. | Walk the dark streets[novel]. Sample pages., [1948]. (1 item, 12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/3. | Walk the dark streets[novel]. Ts. setting copy with printer's notations and with moderate revisions presumably by Krasner., [1948]. (1 item, 245 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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The gambler[novel]., [1950]. (4 items) |
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2/4. | The gambler[novel]. Ts., setting copy, with printer's notations., [1950]. (1 item, 273 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/1. | The gambler[novel]. Ts.[carbon] synopsis of the novel, titled “The skylight room.”, [1950]. (1 item, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/2. | The gamber[novel]. Tss. with heavy auto. revision., [1950]. (1 item, 320pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/3. | The gambler[novel]. Ts.[carbon] with moderate auto. revision., [1950]. (1 item, 275 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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North of welfare[novel]., [1954]. (7 files) |
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4/1. | North of welfare[novel]. Auto. notes toward the novel; a ts. synopsis titled “Of men and of angels”; a ts. titled “Synopsis and description of unwritten portion.”, [1954]. (3 items, 25 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/2. | North of welfare[novel]. Ts.[carbon] with light auto. revision. Lacking chapter 1., [1954]. (1 item, 529 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/1. | North of welfare[novel]. Ts. with light auto. revision., [1954]. (1 item, 470 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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6/1. | North of welfare[novel]. Notes concerning the printing of the novel., [1954]. (1 item, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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6/2. | North of welfare[novel]. Ts. of front matter with auto. notations, revisions, and corrections., [1954]. (1 item, 18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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6/3. | North of welfare[novel]. Mock-up of front matter., [1954]. (1 item, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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6/4. | North of welfare[novel]. Ts., setting copy, with printer's notations., [1954]. (1 item, 456 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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The stag party[novel]., [1957]. (3 files) |
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7/1. | The stag party[novel]. Tss.[carbon] of synopses of the novel, one an incomplete letter to an unidentified correspondent., [1957]. (2 items, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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7/2. | The stag party[novel]. Ts.[carbon], ts. & auto. draft, incomplete, with heavy auto. revision., [1957]. (1 item, 142 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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7/3. | The stag party[novel]. Ts., setting copy, with heavy auto. corrections and revisions., [1957]. (1 item, 242 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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