the inventory of the ursule molinaro collection #1122

The Inventory

of the

Ursule Molinaro

Collection

#1122

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Box 1

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MOLINARO, URSULE

Gift of October 1969

Manuscripts

A) Novels.

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1) BUMBLE BEAST AND BASHFUL BEAR AND THE TWO LITTLE PEOPLE. (#1).

a) Typescript, 38 pp.

b) Titled: OF BEAST AND BEAR AND LITTLE PEOPLE. Typescript, 39 pp.

c) Typescript with holograph corrections, 34 pp.

d) Leggett, John. ALS to UM, May 8, no year.

Larkin, Phyllis, Mimeograph TLS to UM. August 8, 1956.

Bonino, Louise. TLS to UM. January 10, 1955.

2) MEMOIRES OF A PARROT. Typescript and;carbon typescript, 43 pp. (Ill).

3) THE PRISON ARCHITECTS. Unpublished, Typescript with holograph

notations, ca. 156 pp. (#1).

4) SOUNDS OF A DRUNKEN SUMMER. Harper & Row, 1969. (#2).

a) Typescript with holograph corrections, ca. 180 pp.

b) Carbon typescript, 223 pp.

B) Short stories. Circa 1957-1968.

1) "And Beyond the Screendoor, the Sea ••. ". Carbon typescript,

9 pp.; Carbon typescript, 5 pp.; and

Hills, Rust. ANS to UM.

Webb, J. ANS to UM, ALS to UM. (#3).

2) "The Big Pot". (113).

a) Typescript (4sets), 4 pp. each.

b) Carbon typescript, (2 sets), 4 pp. each.

c) "S", Chuck. ANS to UM.

Schaffner, John. TL, May 2, 1958.

David. ALS.

MOLINARO, URSULE Gift of October 1969

3) "Candied Desire". (/13) •

a) Typescript with holograph corrections, 6 pp.

b) 2 printed items.

c) 9 rejection notices.

4) "A Case of Acrophobia". (f/3).

a) Typescript, 13 PP•

page 2

b) Typescript and carbon typescript with holograph corrections,

14 pp.

5) "Comparisons on a Saturday Afternoon". Carbon typescript;,

17 pp. (/13).

6) "Dark with Excessive Bright". (113).

a) Carbon typescript, 16 pp.

b) Garlington, Jack. TLS. April 29, 1965.

c) Bouchardt, Georges. TLS. September 4, 1963.

7) "Eating Melon in Marseilles". (/13).


b) Typescript with holograph corrections, 12 pp.

c) Typescript with holograph corrections, 12 pp.

d) 3 rejection notices.

8) "Extortion". (f/3).


b) Chelsea #1, Summer 1958. Tearsheets, 9 pp.

9) "The First Cuckoo-Clock". Typescript with 2 carbons, 6 pp. each.

(//4).


10) "Grandfather Clock". (114).


b) Carbon typescript, 29 pp. (As play).

c) lO·rejection notices.

11) "Hatred Needs a Friend". (1/4).

a) Typescript and carbon typescript, 13 pp.

b) 8 rejection notices.

page 3

12) "How The Days of the Week Got their Names". Carbon typescript,

20 pp. (114).

13) "The Insufficient Rope". (//4).

a) Typescript with 2 carbons, 14 pp. each.

b) Carbon typescript, 13 pp. (In French).

c) 2 rejection notices.

14) "A Late-summer Stranger to Herself". Carbon typescript, 9 pp. (//4).

15) "The Little Caterpillar Who Did Not Believe in Butterflies". (//4)


b) As text for picture book: Typescript and carbon typescript

with holograph corrections, 6 pp. each.

c) 4 reje-ction notices.

16) "The Magic Glasses". Carbon typescript, 7 pp. (//4).

17) "Mass Communion". Typescript with 2 carbons, 7 pp. each. (1/4).

18) "Men and Women War". 2 Typescript, 5 pp. each. (//5).

19) "Monsieur Henri". Typescript, 8 pp. (//5).

20) "The Mummies". (//5).


b) As Play: Typescript, 10 pp.

MOLINARO, URSU:CE Gift of October 1969

21) "My Conscience Keeps Ticking". Typescript with holograph

corrections, 8 pp. (#5).

22) "Nightschool for Saints". Carbon typescript, 9 pp. (//5).

23) "Numbers". Carbon typescript, 12 pp. (//5).

24) "One Must Be Two". (//5).

a) 2 typescripts and carbon typescript, 12 pp. each.

b) In French, Typescript with 2 carbons, 14 pp. each.

c) In German, Typescript, 11 pp.

25) "Prayer wheels Up and Down a Glorified 14th Street and Beyond".

Carbon typescript, 28 pp. (#5).

26) "The Reticent Link". Typescript, 12 pp. (//5).

27) "Revolt of a Mino:t Actor". Partial manuscript, Typescript with

holograph corrections, 2 pp. (#5).

28) "Shadowman and Sunshine". Typescript with holograph corrections,

70 pp. (//5).

29) "A Spray of Lilacs". (//6).


b) Chelsea #4, Spring 1959. Tearsheets, .11 pp.

30) "Sweat of Middlebrow". (//6).

a) Typescript with holograph corrections and 2 carbons, 15 pp.

b) 4 rejection notices.

31) "Three Little Dolls at the Zoo". Carbon typescript, 13 pp (//6).

32) "The Tidy Twins". Carbon typescript, 6 pp. (//6).

33) "A Toothless Grin and other Smiles". Carbon typescript with

holograph corrections, 8 Pp. (116).

34) "The Wake". (//6). a) Carbon typescript, 11 pp. 4, b) Carbon typescript earlier draft, 11 pp. including 1 PP· typescript

with ·carbon having holograph corrections, r) 1 rP1Prr;nn nnr;~P-

Box t ¥


C)'Poetry. (#7).

1) MIRRORS FOR SMALL BEASTS. Noonday Press, 1960.

Typescript, 38 pp.

2) miscellaneous typescript,17 pp.

D) Plays.

1) "The x4bstract Wife". (1/8).

a) 2 Typescripts and carbon typescripts, 14 pp. each.

b) 1 rejection notice.

c) Unidentified TL.

2) "After The Wash{1 Typescript mimeograph with holograph

corrections, 25 pp. (#8).

3) "Le Chat n I a pas souri". (//8).


b) Typescript with holograph corrections, ca. 120 pp.

4) "The Engagement. "Typescript with holograph corrections and

two carbons, 19 pp, (118).

5) "The Good Daughter". Carbon typescript, 20 pp. (119) .

6) "Othello and the Kind White Lady". Typescript with holograph

corrections and carbon, 39 pp. each. (#9).

page 5

7) "Othello et la Missionnaire". 4 carbon typescript, 87 pp. each, (119).

8) "Parent Plays'.' Typescript and carbon typescript with holograph

corrections, 63 pp,= (#10).

9) "The Pick-up". Typescript, 5 pp. (//10).

10) "The Sunday Ride". (1110).

a) Carbon typescript with holograph corrections, 15 pp.

b) Shapiro, Milton J. TLS to UM. April 17, no year.


11) "The Sundial". (1110).


b) In German, Typescrt, 8 pp.

page 6

12) "The Thirteenth Christmas. "Carbon typescript, 16 pp. (//10).

13) "The Touru.iquet". (IIJJ.0).

a) Typescript with holograph corrections and 2 carbons, 15 pp.

b) In French, Carbon typescript, 14 pp.

c) Chelsea, Tearsheets, 15 pp.

E) Translations.

1) "Second Thoughts on Transilating". Typescript and carbon typescript,

with holograph corrections, 11 pp. (#11).

2) "The Carpenter and the Poet". Jean-Paul Weber. (lfll}

a) Carbon typescript, 17 pp,

b) Holograph 14 pp.

3) "The Dreamer". Jean Vauthier. Carbon typescript, 27 pp. (fill).

4) "The Egoists". Francois Mauriac. Typescript with holograph

corrections, 100 pp. (fill).

5) "The Enemy". Reinhard Lettau. Carbon typescript with

holograph corrections, 13 pp. (#11).

6) "Galileo". Bertolt Brecht.#. Typescript and 4 carbon typescripts,

25 pp. each. (#11}.

7) "I Write Your Name".ANonymous. Typescript with holograph corrections

and 2 carbons, 28 pp.each. (#12).

8) "Keeping Order". Claude Ollier. (1/12).


b) Ollier, Claude. ALS to UM. March 11, 1963.

9) "The Prodigies."Jean Vauthier. Typescript with holograph correc

tions, 92 pp, (#12).

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10) "Who loves you like this". Edith Bruck. 2 carbon typescripts,

2 pp. each. (#12).

11) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool.fl'. Edward Albee, in French.

Partial manuscript, Typescript with holograph corrections,

ca. 35 pp. (#12).

12) "Violets and Phosphor". Claude Ollier. (1112a).

a) Typescript with holograph corrections, 90 pp.

b) Carbon typescript, ca. 90 pp.

c) Carbon typescript with holograph corrections labelled

"3rd version", 76 pp.

F) Songs. (1/13).

Lyricls by UM for popular songs. Typescript and holograph, ca. 50 pp.

G) Miscellaneous typescripts, (#14).

1) "Supper Time: Treatment for a Ten-minute Short".

Carbon typescript, 4 pp. Uli

2) Ballet choreogr?phies, Carbon typescript, 7 pp.

3) "On-or rather (more precisely) against DUALITY". Typescript with

holograph corrections, 12 pp. Part of VIII a).

4) "The Promised City". 2 carbon typescripts, 6 pp. each.

5) "My Brother Lives at the End of the Street". Carbon typescript, 10 pp

6) "Raw Hearts". Subtitles for films, Carbon typescript

and holograph, ca. 60 pp.

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7) Dialogs for cartoons. Typescript with holograph corrections, .~f

ca. 125 pp.

8) Unidentified typescript and carbon typescript, ca. 35 pp.

H) Short articles and fiction in french, ca. 200 pp. (#15).


I) Miscellaneous holograph (#16).

1) Titled.

page 8

a) Notebook containing "Conversations of the Little People".

(Vide VII, i., c) and poems,35 pp.

b) Notebook containing "The Mummies" and an untitled work, 30 pp.

c) Notebook containing "Mass Connnunion" and poems, 20 pp.

d) Poems, 4 pp.

2) Miscellaneous pages, ca. 75 pp.

3) Worksheets for untitled essay, ca. 15 pp.; includes "Playboy

Interview: Jean Genet". Tearsheets, 10 pp.

4) Miscellaneous pages in French, 30 pp.

J) Publications.

1) 1957. "The Circus"~ Quixote. Summer, pp. 34-38 (2 copies).

2) 1958.

a) "Extortion"~ ·chelsea Review, Summer, Pp. 19-27. Young

b) "A Very mK Turtle"~ Chelsea Review, Autumn, p. 45.

c) "The Rat". Noonday. pp. 104-111

d) "Other People Have Faces, Too". ·Provincetown Quarterly,

Sunnner, pp. 61-65. '>"

3) 1959.

a) "The Contest"~ Quixote. Spring. pp. 57-73. ~

b) "Panama or the Adventures of my Seven Uncles". Blaise Oep.drars,

Translated by George REavey, with introduction by John Dos

Passes~ Chelsea Review, Winter, pp. 3-25.

c) "A Spray of Lilac". Chelsea Review. Spring. pp. 11-21.

d) Chelsea Review, Summer.

4) 1960.


a) Chelsea Review, Winter.

page 9

b) The Thirteenth Christmas". Chelsea Review. October, pp. 88-98.

5) 1961,

a) Chelsea Review. March.

b) Translations by UM in Evergreen Review, November-December 1961.

1. "Berlin, Border of the Divided World" and "From Speculations

about Jakob" by Uwe Johnson. pp. 18-34.

2. "Happy~µ the Weeds" by Walter Hollerer, pp. 68-79. '

3. "Dreams". Gunter Eich. pp. 80-92.

c) J..'Beyond the Door, the Sea". Cosmopolitan. October

pp. 103-105. (2 copies).

6) 1962.

a) "The Insufficient Rope". Prism 1, pp. 78-88.

b) "Desiderio candito". La Fiera Litteraria. March 25. p. 2

c) "A Toothless Grin and other Smiles"~ ·swank. September. pp. 6-8, 74

d) ·chelsea Review. March.

7) 1963.

a) "Keeping Order" by Claude Ollier. Translated by UM. ·chelsea

Review, June, pp. 3-9.

b) "From: The Third Book About Achim" by Uwe Johnson, Translated

by UM. Evergreen Review. March-April. pp. 77-84.

~·I c) "Eating Melon in Marseilles". Harlequin. April. p. 30-33; 73 f.

d) "The Mummies". Harlequin, November. pp, 8-11, 66f.

i)"Dead Feet Don't Kick No more". Swank, May, pp. 24-28, 77.

(2 copj..es).

f) "Overcoat". Swank. November. pp. 47-49; 70f.

8) 1964.


a) Chelsea Review. January.

b) Chelsea Review. June.

page 10

c) ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET AND THE NEW FRENCH NOVEL by Ben F. SToltzfus,

SIU Press. Book review by UM, Western Ht'nilanities Reviews,

Autumn, pp. 375f. (2 copies).

9) 1965.

a) "After the Wash". Chelsea Review; August. pp. 109-133.

b) The.Minnesota Review. August-October.

10) 1966.

a) "Sweat of Middlebrow". Swank. January. pp. 48-51; 72; 74.

(3 copies).

b) "Dark with Excessive Bright"; Swank. March.

pp. 44-46; 67-,9. (2 copies and tearsheets0.

c) "Desire Grune". Evergreen. April. pp. 46-49. (2copies).

d) ·chelsea Review. June.

11) 1967.

a) GREEN LIGHTS ARE BLUE. Reviewed byPierre Brodin in

Liberti. Mai-Juin. PP. 76-78.

b) "Empty Pedestals"; Swank. July, pp. 30-33; 76f. (2 copies).

12) 1968.

a) "Manger de melon 1 Marseille"; Les·Lettres·Nouvelles.

Mars-Avril. pp. 91-102.

b) "Candied Desire". Lotus. No. 1 pp. 20-23. (2 copies).

c) "Early Morning Mother"; ·Extensions. No. 7, pp. 58-65.

d) Works, Winter.

e) "Breakfast Past Noon". Works, Summer, pp. 49-64.

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13) No year.


a) "The Crossing". Swank, Tearsheets, 4 pp.

b) "The Reticent Link". Swank. Tearhsheets,6 pp.

K) Additional Printed matter.

page 11

1) "In Der Umgebung" by Reinhard Lett~~' reprinted from Akzeri.te, '

with signed inscription to UM. April 5, 1965.

2) Harper's Bazaar. May 1965.

3) Esquire. July 1963.

4) Folder containing broadsides, circulars, clippings, ca.100 items. -5) English translations of French reviews of THE IMPOSTURE, 17 pp.

6) GREEN LIGHTS ARE BLUE. Galley proofs in spiral binder, with

many holograph printer's notations, 128 pp.

7) MIRRORS FOR SMALL BEASTS in Braille, 1967.

8) JOCASTE. GAlley proofs, 6 sets with holograph notations and

corrections on 4 sets.

9) "Telling Tales Out of School"~ Bachelor, March 1963. Galley proofs,

3 pp.

L) Tape Recordings.

1) "A Readi_ng of MEKROU by Paul Niger". February 13, 1961.

2) CBS Hermann Hesse Interview.

3) OTHELLO AND THE KIND WHITE LADY.

4) "Antiques". ca. 1960.

5) Unidentified. "June's Tape".


M) Correspondence. 1945-1969.

1) November 10, 1945-December 27, 1963. (#1).

80 TLS

5 CTL

18 ALS

3 Post cards.

Including:

UM to W.H. Auden. CTL. November 30, 1957.

Yourcenar, Marguerite to UM. TLS, December 1, 1957;

ALS, December 12, 1957; Post card, January24, 1960; Post

card, June 22, 1960; Post card, January 2, 1962.

Raja Rao to UM. TLS, August 25, 1958; ALS, May 27, 1959;

ALS, June 4, 1959; TLS, June 25, 1959; TLS, July 31, 1959;

TLS, July 31, 1959; TLS, March 15, 1960.

Peyre, Henri M. to UM. ALS, August 17, 1959.

page 12

Kelly, Leon to UM. ALS, February 25, 1960; Post card, April 25, 1963.

UM to Gunter Grass. CTL. Ca. May 1960.

2) January 7, 1964-September 17, 1969. (#2).

82 TLS

8 CTL

15 ALS

5 Post cards

Including:

Kelly, Leon to UM. ALS, October 4, 1964.

Wakoski, Diane. ANS with typescript poem, 3 pp. Ca. May 1967.

3) Notable Letters (112).

Camus, Albert. TLS to UM. FEbruary 18, 1958.


Dos Passos, John. ALS. August 1, 1958.

Mauriac, Francois. TLS. February 5, 1958.

Moore, Marianne. ANS. June 26, 1960. Autograph signed.

Nin, Anais.hPost card,AMay 30, 1965 with UM's CTL reply,

June 4, 1965.

Piaf, Edith. ANS. July 12, 1946.

4) Letters: Undated and enclosures. Ca. 30 items. (#2).

N) Financial. Invoices, royalty statements, copyright forms, et.al.

Ca. 35 items. (/12) •

.Jov. I 1.. 0) Memorabilia. (//2).

1) Photographs: printis, slides, contact sheets, Ca. 50 items.

2) "Survey Marker" sign used for her novel GREEN LIGHTS ARE BLUE.

3) TAURUS by Robyn, damaged ceramic.

4) Collage entitled "After the Wash. 11 ca• 2 x 3 ft.Otf"'~t,I, r•,l<•rtl} 5) Two posters for THE SUN-DIAL.

Box 13

Manuscript

MOLINARO, URSULE

Addenda: February 1970

1) THE ZODIAC LOVERS. Avon, 1969.

a) Setting copy. Typescript with holograph corrections, 262 pp. (#1)

b) Galley proofs. (#2).

2) Miscellaneous holograph, 6 pp. on 4 leaves. (#3).

Printed

Flyers, playbills (some about her work), certificate of literacy, etc.

10 pieces. (#4).

Royalty Statements.

1967-1970. 15 pieces. (#5).

Letters

June 1968-January 1970. (#6).

10 TLS

7 ALS

3 Cards

MOLINARO, URSULE

Addenda: October 1970

Manuscripts

Box 14 A) Novels

Box 15

1) THE BORROWER. Harper-Row, 1970.

a) Carbon typescript, 282 pp. (#1).

b) Page proofs. (#2).

2) GREEN LIGHTS ARE BLUE. New American Library, 1967.

Bound proofs. (#3).

3) SOUNDS OF A DRUNKEN SUMMER. Harper-Row, 1969.

a) Setting copy. Typescript, 223 pp. (#4).

b) Page proofs. 2 sets. (#1).

B) THE ZODIAC LOVERS. Avon, 1969.

Carbon typescript, Ca. 250 pp. (#2).

C) Play.

"The Great Emancipation".

a) Typescript with holograph corrections, 59 pp. (#3).

b) Carbon typescript with holograph corrections, 80 pp. (#4).

c) Miscellaneous typescript and carbon typescript with holograph

corrections, Ca. 20 pp. (#5).

d) Miscellaneous holograph, Ca. 70 pp. (#6).

D) Translations by UM. (117).

From the Italian. All typescript with holograph corrections.

1) By "Carrega".

a) Autonomy", 2 pp.

b) "Childhood Saltsticks", 2 pp.

c) "Time", 1 p.

2) By Vincenzo Accame. "Incest", 10 pp.

3) Author not identified. "Prose Piece No. 711, 2 pp.

Letters. 1967-1970.

MOLINARO, URSULE Addenda: October 1970

From publishers, agents, and friends.

24 TLS

17 ALS

13 Postcards

1 Birthday card

1 Telegram

page 2

MOLINARO, URSULE

Addenda: March 1971

Manuscripts

Box 16 A) Novel.

THE BORROWER. Harper & Row, 1970.

Typescript with a few holograph corrections, 282 pp. (#1).

B) Short Stories. (#2).

Written by John Lukacs; sent to UM by Robert (Cordier].

}) "Ban Boesendorf". Dated June-July 1964. Signed by author.

Carbon typescript with holograph corrections, 28 pp.

2) "Innocent Abreads". Signed. Typescript with holograph correc

tions, 38 pp.

3) "The O'Donnell Syndrome". Carbon typescript, 15 pp.

4) [Cordier], Robert. ANS, no date

Correspondence

With publishers, agents, friends, and readers. 1969-1971. (#3).

19 TLS

12 ALS

1 CTL (by UM)

1 TLS photocopy

1 Postcard

1 Telegram

Including:

Greenberg, Anne Bell (Artist). ALS, November 28, 1970.

[Cordier), Robert. ALS, no date.

Miscellaneous (//4).

MOLINARO, UR.SULE Addenda: March 1971

page 2

1) Account statement from Georges Borchardt, Inc., December 22, 1970.

2) Course and lecture leaflet, ·Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes,

1970-1971.

3) Playbill for "Black Sun", conceived and directed by Robert

Cordier. Drake University Theatre, May 1970. 2 copies.

MOLINARO, URSULE

Addenda: October and December 1971

Manuscripts

Box 17 1) THE BORROWER, Harper & Row, 1970.

a) Photoduplicated typescript, 282 pp.

b) Uncorrected proof, bound with purple paper cover.

2) LIFE BY THE NUMBERS. Morrow, 1971.

a) Typescript setting copy, 215 pp.

Box 18 b) Galleys.

c) Page proofs.

Printed Material

1) by UM

a) "& just what makes you thin~ the lepers want your kiss".

Panache, 1971.

b) "Pigs and Fishes ••• ". Carolina ,Quarterly, Winter 1971.

2) Translations by UM Stories in Lotus, Spring.1971.

a) Kemeny, Tomaso. "Prose Piece No. 7 11

b) Accame, Vincenzo. "The Incest".

c) Carrega, Ugo. "Automony".

3) Pieces about UM.

a) Brodin, Pierre. 11Roman Laboratoire". Informations.et Documents,

March 1970. Work of UM is discussed.

b) Astrology Today, October 1970. UM in "consulting Numerologist".

Correspondence.

1) 16 personal letters to Ursule Molinaro, arranged chronologically.

Handfus, A. ALS, June 9, 1970.

"Andre". ANS, December 1970.

MOLINARO, Ursule

Addenda: Aug., 1972-Sept., 1972

Box 19: I. Manuscripts.

Folder #1. 1. UM 1s translation of Claude Ollier's KEEPING ORDER, xerox 182 p.

#2. 2. LIFE BY THE NUMBERS: A BASIC GUIDE TO LEARNIID YOUR LIFE THROUGH

NUMEROLOGY. William Morrow, 1971. Carbon typescript, 215 p.

#3. 3. MIRRORS FOR SMALL BEASTS (poetry). Noonday Press, 1960.

Mimeo typescript 38 p.

#4. 4. THE ZODIAC LOVERS. Avon, 1969.

a) readers proof with printers marks, 258 p.

Box 20: II. Publicity. (3) Dec. 3, 1969-Feb.10, 1972. (Folder #1)

III. Correspondence 1969-1972.

A. To Ursule:

1. 1971 (24) 5 TLS; 6 ALS; 3 TNS; 9 ANS; 1 AN. (#2)

Includes:

Evans, John (artist) June 28, 1971 Postcard ALS; July 13,

1971 Postcard ALS; July 30, 1971 ALS, Sept. 19, 1971 ALS;

Dec. 23, 1971 ALS.

2. 1972 (11) 2 TLS; 5 ALS; 1 TL; 1 TNS; 1 ANS; 1 Telegram. (://))

;5. No dates (6) 4 ALS; 2 ANS (#4)

4. Royalty Statements June 30, 1969-June 29, 1972 (24) (#5)

IV. Miscellaneous (2)

1. Photo of Jean-Paul Belmondo. (#6)

2. 2 mimeo pages pertaining to regulations at the Stagecraft

Theatre in California.

Box 20

MOLINARO, URSULE

Addenda, March 1978 - Jan. 1989

I. MANUSCRIPTS

A. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CASSANDRA PRINCESS & PROPHETESS OF TROY. Archer Editions Press, 1979.

a) Carbon typescript, 160 p. (#7)

b) Page proofs (#8)

Box 20/21

Box 21

B. NIGHTSCHOOL FOR SAINTS Collected Short Stories. Archer Editions Press, 1981. Some relevant correspondence and contract incl.

"Prayer Wheels up and Down A Glorified 14th Street & Beyond"; carbon typescript and photocopied typescript (#9)

"Responsibility"; photocopied typescript, correspondence regarding story

"Nightschool for Saints: Second Floor Ring Bell"; photocopied typescript

"Early Morning Mother"; printed and photocopied typescript

"Chiaroscuro: A Treatment of Light and Shade"; proofs and carbon typescript. (#1)

"The Interruption"; photocopied typescript

"Tourists in Life"; photocopied typescript

"The Insufficient Rope"; photocopied typescript

"Eating Melon in Marseilles", photocopied typescript

c. Play untitled. "Bee" characteri, set in a hive. Typescript, 85 p. (#2)

D. Poem: "When the moon dies ••• 11 Typescript, 1 p. (#3)

E. POSITIONS WITH WHITE ROSES. McPherson, 1983. Page proofs (#4)

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Box 21 F. Research/outlines. (#5) Notes on v~odoo. Holograph 11 p.

G. Short pieces: stories or articles. (#6)

"Remote Control". Photocopied typescript

"Merdeka Forever". Photocopied typescript

"Bird in Ambush". Photocopied typescript

"A Xmas Tryst". Photocopied typescript

"History's Right to (Be) Wrong Joan of Arc: 1412(?) Wednesday May 30, 1431". Typescript

"Frida Kahlo: A Stayed Life". Photocopied typescript

"A Great-Wall Flower Mu-Lan Hwa". Typescript

II. PRINTED ITEMS

A. Journals containing pieces by UM. 6 issues (#7)

B. Publicity about UM. 8 pieces (#8)

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Ursule Molinaro - ADDENDA

I. MANUSCRIPTS.

Box 22: A. Short Stories. [folder 1]

• "Tourists in Life," TS with holograph corrections, 15p. • "Early Morning Mother," TS with holograph corrections, 17p. • "Prayerwheels up and down a glorified 14th street and beyond,"

photocopy TS, 28p. • "Sweet Cheat of Freedom," TS with holograph corrections, 12p. • "Sunshine Orphan," CTS with holograph corrections, 15p. • "Chiaroscuro: A Treatment ofLight and Shade," CTS, 18p. with

TLS to U.M., 1973. • "It Takes a Heart to Make it Rain" [ alt. titles: "On Holidays History

Holds its Breath" and "On Holidays History Parses to Remember Itself," CTS with holograph corrections, 16p. with TLS to U.M., 1975.

• "The Grace-Church Rip-Off," CTS, 8p. • "Women Writers of the World United," CTS, l0p. • "A late night afternoon monologue with life Ambling thoughts on

commitment responsibility free choice self-awareness and a number of literary detours via various ways of achieving lasting unhappiness," CTS, 9p.

• "& just what makes you think the lepers want your kiss," CTS, two versions, 16p. each.

• "Fate, with very small scissors," CTS, 17p.

B. Short Stories and Plays. [folder 2]

• "The Reticent Link," CTS, 12p. • "Dark With Excessive Bright," CTS, 15p. • "Nightschool for Saints," TLS, 9p. • "Freud and Fraudulence," CTS, 11 p., with TLS to U.M. • "The Mummies," CTS, 14p. • "Candied Desire," CTS with holograph corrections, 6p. • "Transatlantic," CTS, 15p. • "Othello and the Kind White Lady," CTS, ~47p. • "Innocent," CTS, with holograph corrections, 13p. • "The Sundial," CTS, 15p. • "The Return of the Star:fire," TS and CTS, 22p.

Box 22:

Box 23:

C. Short Stories, Treatments, Book Reviews, misc. and untitled. [folder 3)

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"The Ghost of Leaves on Winter Trees," CTS with holograph corrections, lOp., with TLS to U.M., 1976. "Marriage is a Long Deep Freeze," CTS with holograph corrections, 9p. "The Pick-Up," CTS, Sp . "Analects of Self-Contempt while trying to stop smoking," TS with holograph corrections, lOp. "Prometheus," CTS with holograph corrections, 3p . "Mirrors for Small Beasts," galley proofs . Book reviews, untitled MS and miscellaneous .

D. Full-length works.

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"Encores for a Dilettante," two versions, 238p. TS with holograph corrections. [folder 4) "That Which is Bright Rises Twice," 139p., CTS with correspondence. [folderl] "The Happy Hexagon," play, two versions, CTS with holograph corrections, ~120p. [folder 2)

II. CORRESPONDENCE.

A. Business and personal, mostly 1970s. [folder 3-4]

ill. FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS & CONTRACTS.

A. 21 items, 58p. [folder 5)

IV. PRINTED MATERIALS.

A. Works by U. Molinaro. [folder 6) B. News articles, miscellaneous. [folder 7)

Box23

I. Manuscript

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Preliminary listing

A. Typescript and photocopy, some holograph notes, primarily sections of A Leap Year of Women: Word Portraits of Remarkable Women from Different Times and Places 1. "A Christian Martyr in Reverse - Hypatia ... " 2. "A Sensitive Giant - Lady Ottoline Morrell ... " (2 folder) 3. "A Life of Love and Laughter. Marie Laurencin ... " 4. "A Victorian Pinup (Speaks out) Fanny Kemble ... " 5. "Adele Hugo: A Posthumous Interview .. . 6. "Virtuosa Domestica: Clara Schumann ... " 7. "A Badly Cut-off Piece of God: Simone Weil..." 8. "Trading Taboos: Ka'ahumanu, Queen .... of Hawaii" 9. "The Stamina of Imperviousness: Lucy Goodale Thurston ... " 10. "Remnants ofan Unknown Woman: Stellina ... " 11. "The Historical Week of Charlotte Corday ... " 12. "Homecoming to a Foreign Shore: Madge Tennent. .. " 13. "Divorced by the Devil..." 14. "Anthony's Mom: Frances Milton Trollope ... " 15. "Checking In and Out of Hell ... Joan of Arc ... " 16. "Mu-Lan Hwa ... " 17. "The Fabulous Reign of Marie Laveau ... " 18. "A Prophet's ( only) Wife: Emma Hale Smith ... " 19. "Alexandra David-Neel. .. " 20. "Our Lady of the Easels: Suzanne Valadon ... " 21. "A Squirrel for Love: Caroline Lamb ... " 22. "A Civil-Civil War: Betsey Stockton ... " 23. "A Virtuous Woman: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra ... " 24. "A Different Rose in Spanish Harlem: Alice Neel. .. " 25. "Knitting Brows Around the Guillotine: Olympe de Gouges" 26. "Stellina" ( early draft) 27. "Frida Kahlo: A Stayed Life" 28. "The Contest Winner: Snow White ... " 29. "Beauty Yields Its Surplus to the Truth: Laura Gilpin ... " 30. "A Great-Wall Flower: Mu-Lan Hwa" (various drafts)

B. "I Await the Devil's Coming: The Trap of Anti-Propriety and Female Passivity in the Works of Mary MacLane"

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C. "Needlepoint" screenplay submitted to Comment Films

II Miscellaneous A. Correspondence - 1 folder B. Reviews, publisher's catalog and printed material. C. Formations literary magazine, Vol. 3 Number 2, Fall 1986

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