Series I is composed of manuscripts by Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and Milovan Djilas. Gurdjieff's three volumes are present, though only the first two are complete bound manuscripts. Subseries 4: Other Manuscripts includes Gurdjieff's other work, such as the play, The Battle of the Magicians (though it should be noted that Gurdjieff originally wrote this in Moscow circa 1912 and this is likely a much later version). Subseries 5 is a manuscript of Yugoslav author and critic Milovan Djilas. It recounts the narrative of one of Montenegro's national heroes, Marko Miljanov, who was Olgivanna Lloyd Wright's grandfather. The manuscript was likely translated by her brother, Vladimir Lazović, as Olgivanna was not fluent in Serbian. Djilas and Olgivanna maintained a friendship via correspondence (they were both Montenegrin by birth), and she held him in high esteem. The manuscript was never published. P.D. Ouspensky's Fragments of an Unknown Teaching comprises Subseries 6 and is organized by chapter.
Published as All and Everything. The published work was described as "ten books in three series": Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson; Meetings with Remarkable Men; and Life Is Real Only Then, When 'I Am.' Translated by one of his students. The cover page indicates New York as place of creation, which most likely means the manuscript was created after Gurdjieff's death.
Box 1 Folder 1 Book One, 1933
Bound manuscript of first half of series one.
Box 1 Folder 2 Book Two, 1933
Bound manuscript of first half of series one.
Box 1 Folder 3 Miscellaneous Chapters, 1933
Loose sheets of chapters or fragments of chapters, possibly copies of bound manuscript. Arranged by chapter.
Most likely translated by a student after Gurdjieff's death.
Box 2 Folder 1 Book One, circa 1930s
Bound manuscript of second series.
Box 2 Folder 2 Miscellaneous Chapters, circa 1930s
Loose sheets of chapters or fragments of chapters, possibly copies of bound manuscript. Arranged by chapter. Most chapters have two copies, filed A and B. Three folders.
Most likely translated by a student after Gurdjieff's death.
Box 3 Folder 1 Fourth Book, Third Series, 1934 Nov 6
Bound manuscript of beginning of third series.
Box 3 Folder 2 Fourth Book, Third Series, Copy 1, 1934 Nov 6
Bound manuscript of beginning of third series.
Box 3 Folder 3 Miscellaneous Chapters and Notes, 1934
Loose sheets of chapters or fragments of chapters and notes, possibly copies of bound manuscript. Arranged by chapter. Some chapters have two copies, filed A and B.
Box 3 Folder 4 The Battle of the Magicians, circa 1930s
Bound manuscript of "play" composed by Gurdjieff during his time in Russia, This is most likely a later edition translated by a student.
Box 3 Folder 5 Maxims, circa 1930s
Three copies.
Box 3 Folder 6 Marko Miljanov, 1954?
Handwritten and typed manuscript of a translation into English. The translator is not attributed, though the acquisition source sites an "Uncle Vlado Lavovich" as the creator. Vladimir Lavovich was Olgivanna Wright's brother. Date is also estimated from acquisition source. Olgivanna Lloyd Wright was the granddaughter of the manuscript's subject, Marko Miljanov. Olgivanna Wright corresponded with Miovan Djilas and held him in high esteem (the correspondence is located in Series V) and it is likely Vlado translated the book for her (as he did other correspondence sent in Serbian), as her Serbian language skills were basic; or that the two collaborated to translate the book into English for publication, though this never happened.
Typed manuscript of In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching. Speculative date is based on information from acquisition source. Each file is divided into sections of chapters.
Box 3 Folder 7 Fragments of an Unknown Teaching, Chapters I-IV, 1929?
Box 3 Folder 8 Fragments of an Unknown Teaching, Chapters V-IX, 1929?
Box 4 Folder 1 Fragments of an Unknown Teaching, Chapters X-XIV, 1929?
Box 4 Folder 2 Fragments of an Unknown Teaching, Chapters XV-XVIII, 1929?
Box 4 Folder 3 Untitled Essay, circa 1920s
Typed manuscript of an essay and its introduction, possibly read at a lecture. Author is not attributed, but based on narrative and style, it appears to be the same P.D. Ouspensky.
Box 4 Folder 4 Reflexes of the Truth , circa 1920s
Typed manuscript of partial essay, potentially part of In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Truth. Author is not attributed, but based on style and narrative, it is likely the same P.D. Ouspensky.