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Frances Whyatt papers, 1969-2000, undated

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Frances Whyatt (born 1945) is an American author, poet and activist. She has published poetry, short stories, and novels under the name Frances Whyatt as well as under the pseudonym Shylah Boyd. Her published works of fiction and poetry include American Made (1975), American Gypsy (1983), and A Real Man & Other Stories (1990). Her work focuses on themes of gender, sexuality, and feminism. The Frances Whyatt Papers (1969-2000) document Whyatt's personal and professional relationships, creative writing practice, and her activism in feminist organizations such as Women Against Pornography. Materials in this collection include drafts, manuscripts, and correspondence. The collection also contains ephemera and miscellaneous materials, such as journal entries, research notes, fashion sketches, and recipes.
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Additional Materials, 1972-2000, undated

Series 3, Additional Materials, contains a book of writings, ephemera, and realia from 1972 to 2000. These are materials which the archivists did not identify as directly connected to Frances Whyatt's creative writing practice or correspondence, but nevertheless hold evidentiary value about the author's activities. This includes event flyers, journal entries, research materials, correspondence about animal rights activism, recipes, and a fashion project in collaboration with Mary Grosvenor Boyd, Whyatt's mother. Other significant materials include correspondence about Robert Hazel, Hazel's poetry, and a memorial article on Robert Hazel titled "Knowing Bob" written by Frances Whyatt.

American Gypsy (2 folders), undated Box 17, Folder 2, 3

Signed by Frances Whyatt. Two bound vinyl galleys for the collection American Gypsy published in 1984. American Gypsy includes several poems that exist in draft format in Lost Love and "Electra." The galley includes poems: I. "Light from Sandy Hook "(page 3), "The Palenville Ghazals" (page 5), "March Melt in Caaterskill Forest" (page 5), "The Valley in April" (page 6), "Shandaken's Widow and the Greening May" (page 7), "June Night in Palenville" (page 8), "Nightbird of Laurel Springs" (page 10), "Daughter's Prayer" (page 12), "Electra" (page 14), "Belle de Jour" (page 15), "Ode of Anger" (page 19), "Zelda" (page 20), "Hypochondria" (page 21), "Path" (page 24), "American Dream Sonnet" (page 25), "Epiphany" (page 26); II. "Otter" (page 29), Shark, Dolphin; III. "The Man in the Poem," "The Throat as Letter Read Dear God," "The Craft of their Hands," "Prelude to Spring," "Offering," "Baby Talk," "Warm Bodies," "Endgame," "Advocate," "In the Last Corruptible Noon of Summer."

  1. Manuscripts and Written Works, 1973-1993, undated
  2. American Gypsy, circa 1975-1981, undated

American Gypsy, circa 1975-1981, undated

American Gypsy (Sub-Series 2.2) contains manuscripts for collections of poetry written by Frances Whyatt. While some of these poems make their way into the published book of poems American Gypsy, this sub-series largely includes early manuscripts for alternatively titled collections of poetry, such as Lost Love, which was never published in full. Other titles of individual poems acted as potential manuscript titles at earlier draft stages such as "Of the Flesh" and "Electra". This sub-series primarily includes works dated from 1975-1981, and are signed by Frances Whyatt.

  1. Manuscripts and Written Works, 1973-1993, undated

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