Susan Orlean Papers, 1930s-2015, 2019

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Series I: Writings, 1977-2015

This series contains clippings, drafts, notebooks, notes, outlines, research materials, magazines, proofs, publications, and memorabilia related to Orlean's writings.


Subseries I.1: Saturday Night, 1975-2011

This subseries includes clippings, drafts, notebooks, notes, proofs, publications, and research materials. Most of files are organized around the book's individual chapters. There are also drafts and research notes for the afterword that was written for the 2011 edition.

Several related articles and excerpts were published in newspapers and magazines to coincide with the release of the book in 1990; these articles are also filed in this series.


Manuscripts, Proofs, and Publications



Box 24 Folder 1 Chapter Lists, Notes, circa 1990


Box 24 Folder 2 Excerpt, circa 1990

Uncorrected manuscript.


Box 24 Folder 3-4 Manuscript Corrections, circa 1990, (2 Folders)


Box 24 Folder 5-8 Camera-Ready Copy, circa 1990, (4 Folders)


Box 24 Folder 9 Uncorrected Proofs, 1990


Box 24 Folder 10 Bluelines (Proofs), circa 1990


Box 24 Folder 11 Uncorrected Proofs (Bound), 1990


Box 24 Folder 12 Book Cover Proofs, circa 1990


Box 24 Folder 13 Book Jacket Proofs, circa 1990



Box 2 Folder 5 Saturday Night (New York: Fawcett Crest), 1990

Paperback.


Box 2 Folder 6 Afterword, 2011


Articles

Articles written by Orlean to coincide with publication of the book.



Box 33 Folder 1 "Saturday Night" (New York Times Magazine), 1990 February 11



Box 24 Folder 15 "Saturday Night Believer" (The Sunday Oregonian), 1990 February 11



Box 33 Folder 2 "Saturday Night: Babysitting the MX Missle" (Boston Globe Magazine), 1990 February 18



Box 24 Folder 16 "We're Just a Restaurant Here" (New England Monthly), 1990 March



Box 33 Folder 3 "Saturday Night in America" (Northwest), 1990 April 29


Box 33 Folder 4 "Saturday Night in America" Life), 1990 April


Research Files



Box 1 Folder 9-10 Air Force--Notes and Research, 1986-1988, undated, (2 Folders)

For "Missileering"


Box 1 Folder 13 Blue Collar Backstage--Notes and Research, 1986, undated


Box 1 Folder 5-6 Chubbies (Quinceañeras)--Notes and Research, 1984-1989, undated, (2 Folders)

For "Debuting"


Box 1 Folder 12 Clothing--Notes, Research, and Draft, 1987, undated


Box 1 Folder 7 Crime--Notes and Research, 1980-1988, undated


Box 1 Folder 15-17 Cruising--Notes and Research, 1987-1988, undated, (3 Folders)


Box 1 Folder 3-4 Diner--Notes and Research, 1983-1988, undated, (2 Folders)



Box 2 Folder 1 Georgia--Notes and Research, 1985-1986, undated



Box 1 Folder 2 La La Dance--Notes, Research and Draft, 1988-1989, undated


Box 1 Folder 8 Los Angeles--Notes, Research, and Draft, 1979-1986, undated


Box 1 Folder 1 Party Down--Notes and Research, 1987-1988, undated


Box 1 Folder 14 Vidiots--Notes and Research, 1975-1987, undated


Box 1 Folder 11 Wellesley Bus--Notes and Research, 1986, undated



Box 2 Folder 2-4 Notes, General, 1987-2004, 1987-2004, undated, (3 Folders)



Box 24 Folder 14 Followup Research Notes, 2011


Subseries I.2: The Orchid Thief, 1955-2004

This subseries contains material related to both the article "Orchid Fever," published inThe New Yorkeron January 23, 1995, and the non-fiction bookThe Orchid Thief, published in 1998.

The research materials include notebooks, notes, publications, and research materials. Some notes and research materials are filed are by topic, others follow the numbering system assigned by Orlean.

The records also include drafts and proofs for both the article and the book, as well as book covers, and hardcover copies of the book.


Manuscripts, Proofs, and Publications



Box 2 Folder 7 Orchid Fever--Draft,, 1994, undated

Entitled "Passion". Includes correspondence.


Box 2 Folder 8 Orchid Fever--Proofs,, circa 1995-1996

Includes draft of "Hunters" (1996).


Box 2 Folder 9-10 Orchid Thief--Drafts, 1996-1997, undated, (2 Folders)

Entitled "The Millionaires' Hothouse"


Box 2 Folder 11 Orchid Thief--Draft, undated

Entitled "The Millionaires' Hothouse"


Box 2 Folder 12 Orchid Thief--First Submitted Draft, undated

Entitled "The Millionaires' Hothouse"


Box 2 Folder 13 Orchid Thief--Draft and Notes, 1996, undated


Box 2 Folder 14 Orchid Thief--Edits and Notes, 1998


Box 2 Folder 15 Orchid Thief--Draft, undated


Box 2 Folder 16-17 Orchid Thief--Page Proofs, 1998, (2 Folders)


Box 2 Folder 18-19 Orchid Thief--Design Copy, circa 1998, (2 Folders)


Box 2 Folder 20 Orchid Thief--Book Covers, 1998, undated



Box 5 Folder 20 Orchid Thief--Advance Uncorrected Proof, 1998



Box 3 Folder 1 Orchid Thief (Hardcover), 1998-2000

With signatures, perhaps from attendees from book talks. Includes three small objects.


Box 3 Folder 2 Orchid Thief (Hardcover) (New York: Random House), 1998


Box 3 Folder 3 Excerpt from Orchid Thief, HQ Magazine, 1999 July-August


Index Cards, Notes, and Notebooks


Box 3 Folder 4-7 Index Cards, undated, (4 Folders)


Box 3 Folder 8 Notes, undated

Various notes. Appears to include an outline for Chapter 1.


Box 3 Folder 9 Notes--#1-38, undated

Typed notes.


Box 3 Folder 10 Notes--#40-67, undated

Typed notes.


Box 3 Folder 11-12 Notebooks, undated, (2 Folders)

Includes notebooks and notes on LaRoche, Show, Library, Seminoles' Tribal Fair, and others.


Box 3 Folder 13 Notebooks--Orchids, undated


Box 3 Folder 14 Notebooks--Shelton and Forest, undated


Research Files


Box 3 Folder 15 Benlate, 1993-1998



Box 4 Folder 1 C.I.T.E.S (Orchid Conservation), 1989-1997


Box 4 Folder 2 Chief Billie, 1983-1997


Box 4 Folder 3 Chief Billie Panther Case, 1983-1987


Box 4 Folder 4 Crazy Collectors (Orchid Lust), 1979-1997


Box 4 Folder 5 Everglades/Big Cypress/Fakahatchee, 1977-1997


Box 4 Folder 6 Fakahatchee and Indian Reservations, 1947-1996


Box 4 Folder 7 Fennell Orchid Company, Robert Fuchs, Mary and Martin Motes, 1991-1998


Box 4 Folder 8 Florida--General / Statutes, 1994-1997


Box 4 Folder 9 Florida Panther, 1984-1997


Box 4 Folder 10 Forest, 1992-1998


Box 4 Folder 11 Forest--Receipts, 1998


Box 4 Folder 12 Forest Foragers, circa 1997


Box 4 Folder 13 Ghost Orchids, 1992-1997


Box 4 Folder 14 High-Tech Botany and Agriculture, 1978-1997


Box 4 Folder 15 John LaRoche, 1987-1997


Box 4 Folder 16 Mason County, Washington, 1978-1997, undated


Box 4 Folder 17 Lee Moore, 1977-1984


Box 4 Folder 18 Orchid Bulletin and Handbook of Florida Palms,, 1955-1961


Box 4 Folder 19 Orchid Business, 1993-1997


Box 4 Folder 20 Orchid Names, 1997


Box 4 Folder 21 Orchid Societies, 1993-1997


Box 4 Folder 22-23 Orchids--History/General, 1997, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 24 Osceola, 1990-1997



Box 5 Folder 1 Joseph Paxton, 1983-1997, undated


Box 5 Folder 19 Phone Numbers, undated

Phone numbers of various contacts.


Box 5 Folder 2 Plant Hunting and Collecting, 1984-1997, undated


Box 5 Folder 3 Seminole Tribe Businesses, 1992-1997


Box 5 Folder 4-5 Seminoles--History and Government, 1981-1997, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 6-9 Smuggling, 1990-1997, (4 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 10 Smuggling, Henry Azadehdel, 1989-1997


Box 5 Folder 11 True Tales of the Everglade, undated

Annotated.


Box 5 Folder 12 Tulip Mania, 1990-1997


Box 5 Folder 13 Valuejet Crash, 1996-1997


Box 5 Folder 14 Weird Plants, 1995-1997


Box 5 Folder 15-18 Miscelleneous, 1967-1998, undated, (4 Folders)



Box 23 Folder 5 Miscellaneous, 1998-2004

Primarily related to the publication of the book, but file includes research materials, lists of potential reviewers, notes, miscellaneous proof pages with corrections, jacket proofs, a photograph related to a film award for Adaptation, and a handwritten note from Meryl Streep.


Subseries I.3: Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend, 1922-2015

This subseries includes manuscripts, proofs, publications, and research materials.

The research materials include notebooks, notes, and source material, some of which is annotated. The source materials include information on Lee Duncan, Herbert Leonard, Daphne Hereford, and the dog Rin Tin Tin and its history in television and film. Some notes and research materials are filed are by topic, others follow the numbering system assigned by Orlean. The research materials include articles, clippings, film treatments, legal documents, and scripts.

The records also include manuscripts corrections and corrected proofs, as well as a recording script, and a hardcover copy of the book.


Manuscripts, Proofs, and Publications



Box 5 Folder 21 New Yorker Article--Corrected Proofs, 2011


Box 5 Folder 22 Act Two--Manuscript Corrections, undated

Typescript draft with corrections.


Box 5 Folder 22-23 Manuscript Corrections, undated, (2 Folders)

Typescript draft with corrections.


Box 5 Folder 24 Manuscript with Tracked Changes, 2011-2015

Typescript draft, with all markup (track changes and comments from Orlean and Alice Truax) showing on the printed copy.



Box 6 Folder 1-2 Manuscripts--Miscellaneous, undated, (2 Folders)

Typescripts drafts, various parts. Most are uncorrected.


Box 6 Folder 3-4 Corrected Proofs--1st Pass, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 5-6 Corrected Proofs--2nd Pass, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 7-10 Recording Script, 2011 August 3, (4 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 11 Book Cover Proof, circa 2011


Box 6 Folder 12 Rin Tin Tin (New York: Simon & Schuster), 2011

Signed, with messages, by four people.


Notes and Notebooks



Box 8 Folder 17-20 Notebooks, (4 Folders)

Notebooks on various topics, including Tierney, Heyes, Clyde Marsh, Animal Agents, Lost Dogs, Riverside, Corpus Museum, Carolyn, Kleven, Benitez, Sam Manners, Stanley Moger, and Tigers. Some notebooks are also marked as "typed".



Box 7 Notes--Index Cards, undated



Box 9 Folder 1 Notes--Handwritten Loose Notes


Box 9 Folder 2 Notes--Miscellaneous Notes and Drafts


Research Files and Notes (Numbered)



Box 7 Notes--Index Cards, #2-747



Box 6 Folder 17-18 Notes, #1-747, (2 Folders)

Photocopies of notes, and the numbered index cards in Box 7.



Box 8 Folder 1-2 Research Materials (Numbered), (2 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 3 Research Files (Numbered)--#X, 4, 5


Box 8 Folder 4 Research Files (Numbered)--#6-8


Box 8 Folder 5 Research Files (Numbered)--#9-10, 12, 15A, 16


Box 8 Folder 6 Research Files (Numbered)--#36, 40B, 40G, 44


Box 8 Folder 7 Research Files (Numbered)--#48, 57-59


Box 8 Folder 8 Research Files (Numbered)--#60


Box 8 Folder 9 Research Files (Numbered)--#61, 63, 65, 68


Box 8 Folder 10 Research Files (Numbered)--#79, 89, 124


Box 8 Folder 11 Research Files (Numbered)--#125


Box 8 Folder 12 Research Files (Numbered)--#132, 134-137, 140, 144


Box 8 Folder 13 Research Files (Numbered)--#182, 253, 164, 167-269, 334


Box 8 Folder 14 Research Files (Numbered)--#452, 461, 475, 521-522, 526, 543, 572, 600, 607, 615, 617, 626, 741, 746, 747


Box 8 Folder 15-16 Research Files (Numbered)--Empty Files, (2 Folders)

Files are empty, but many folders are labelled with both the number and the corresponding subject.


Research Files and Notes (Topical and Miscellaneous)



Box 9 Folder 3 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, 1954-1994


Box 9 Folder 4-5 Animal Acting, undated, (2 Folders)



Box 34 Folder 1 Animal Stars, 1953-1998



Box 9 Folder 6 Articles, 1995-2004

on Rin Tin Tin and descendents, Rin Tin Tin Museum.


Box 9 Folder 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, 1937-2010


Box 9 Folder 8-9 Breed Statistics, 1885-2009, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 10 "Calexico" by Christopher Canaan, undated

Based on a story by Christopher Canaan and Herbert B. Leonard.


Box 9 Folder 11 Carl Sandburg at the Movies: A Poet in the Silent Era (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press), 1985


Box 9 Folder 12-14 Distribution Proposals, 1998-1999

For television series


Box 9 Folder 15-16 Mr. Duncan's Notes, 1933, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 17 Daphne Hereford, 1986-1994, undated


Box 9 Folder 18-19 Investment Proposal for "Rin Tin Tin" Motion Picture, 1996, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 20-21 Research and Notes--Herbert B. Leonard, 2007, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 22 "Lady Jo" by Herbert B. Leonard, undated


Box 9 Folder 23 Herbert B. Leonard Emails, 2003-2005


Box 9 Folder 24-25 Herbert B. Leonard--Storylines for the Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, undated, (2 Folders)



Box 10 Folder 1-5 Leonard v. Hereford and Rin Tin Tin, 1994-1995, (5 Folders)

Depositions



Box 23 Folder 6-7 Leonard v. Hereford and Rin Tin Tin, 1994, (2 Folders)

Deposition of Daphne Hereford.



Box 10 Folder 6 Originals, Partial Fishman Papers, 1998-2000

Legal documents related to Leonard v. Tierney and Leonard v. Prior-Fishman.


Box 10 Folder 7 Pamphlets and Brochures, undated

Primarily travel brochures for France, including war memorials, etc.


Box 10 Folder 8 Photographs, 1954, undated

Primarily related to Rin Tin Tin Hero of the West (film).


Box 10 Folder 9 Rin Tin Tin Adventures in the 21st Century Story--Notes, 1997


Box 10 Folder 10 Rin Tin Tin Collection, Riverside Local History Resource Center, 2000

Collection inventories


Box 10 Folder 11 Rin Tin Tin License of Rights, 1975

Herbert B. Leonard Films.



Box 12 Folder 1 The Rin Tin Story (New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company) by James W. English, 1949



Box 10 Folder 12 Screenplay--Revised Draft and Stephen Hanigan's Changes, 1994 June

Rin Tin Tin screenplay by Hanigan, original story by Herbert B. Leonard.


Box 10 Folder 13 Sony/Harmony Gold Deal, 1997-1999


Box 10 Folder 14 The Spirit of Rin-Tin-Tin by Allan Shields, 2001

Inscribed by author.


Box 10 Folder 15-16 Television/Film, 1988-2002, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 17 Television Projections, 1998-1999


Box 10 Folder 18 Television Series--Publications related to, 1955-2010, undated


Box 10 Folder 19-20 Treatments and Notes, 1967, 1996, undated, (2 Folders)

Some items by Herbert B. Leonard



Box 11 Folder 1-16 Miscellaneous Research and Notes, 1922-2011, undated, (16 Folders)

Includes additional materials on Herbert B. Leonard and related legal disputes, Lee Duncan, television and film, etc.



Box 12 Folder 2-4 Miscellaneous Research and Notes, 1926-2008, undated, (3 Folders)

Includes additional materials on the television series, Lee Duncan, etc.



Box 22 Memorabilia, undated

Dog bowl, Viewmaster, finger puppet, sticker, plastic Rin Tin Tin figure, and toy from cereal box.


Subseries I.4: The New Yorker, 1987-2017

This subseries includes clippings, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, proofs, publications, and research materials. There are also a few general files containing professional materials, such as fact checking manuals, and drafts.

This subseries primarily consists of notebooks and research materials on topics related to specific articles written forThe New Yorkerby Orlean. There is also a biographical statement, and notebooks related to talks given by Orlean.

The subseries also includes clippings of published articles and full issues ofThe New Yorker.

Materials related toThe Orchid Thiefand its relatedNew Yorkerarticle are filed together in Subseries I.2.


General



Box 13 Folder 22 Biographical information, 1998

Official biographical statement for Orlean


Box 13 Folder 25 Story Ideas, 1999, undated

Clippings


Box 13 Folder 23 Talks--Notebooks, undated

One of these was for the Rock Hall of Fame. 3 Items.


Box 13 Folder 24 Miscellaneous, 1990, 2010

Materials related to the 2010 New Yorker Festival, and what appears to be corrected proof pages for "Royalty" (1990).



Box 23 Folder 19 Miscellaneous, undated

Fact Checking manual and other items.


Drafts



Box 12 Folder 5 "Devotion Road,", 1993

Manuscript corrections and corrected proofs.


Box 12 Folder 6-7 "Our Local Correspondent: All Mixed Up,", circa 1992, (2 Folders)

On Sunshine Market in Queens, New York. Manuscript corrections and notes.


Publications



Box 14 The New Yorker , 1987-2009

Full issues of The New Yorker with articles by Orlean.


Research Files



Box 12 Folder 8 Animal Hoarding--Research Materials, 1999-2001


Box 12 Folder 9 Basquiat ("The Big Picture")--Notebooks, circa 1995



Box 15 Folder 1 Bhutan--Notebook and Other Materials, undated



Box 12 Folder 10 Bill Blass ("King of the Road")--Notebooks, circa 1993



Box 15 Folder 2-3 Chickens ("The It Bird")--Notebooks and Research Materials, 2008-2009, (2 Folders)



Box 12 Folder 11 Clowns ("Seriously Silly")--Notebooks, circa 1994


Box 12 Folder 12-13 Cuba ("From Havana to Miami: The Homesick Restaurant")--Notebooks and Research Materials, 1995, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 14 DJ Red Alert ("The Master of Mix")--Notebook, circa 1993


Box 12 Folder 15-16 Gospel ("Devotion Road")--Notebooks and Research Material, 1993-1995, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 17 Hair ("Shortcuts")--Notebook, circa 1995


Box 12 Folder 18-19 @horse_ebooks research ("Man and Machine")--Notebooks and Research Materials, 2013-2014, undated



Box 23 Folder 8 Keiko ("Where's Willy?")--Notebooks, circa 2002


Box 23 Folder 9-12 Keiko ("Where's Willy?")--Research Materials and Notes, circa 2002, (4 Folders)



Box 12 Folder 20 King/Nana Kwabena Oppong ("A Gentle Reign")--Notebooks and Research Materials, circa 1988



Box 13 Folder 1-2 Research--Thomas Kinkade ("Art for Everybody"), 1999-2001, (2 Folders)



Box 12 Folder 21 Midland ("A Place Called Midland")--Notebooks, circa 2000



Box 13 Folder 3 Notebooks--Millerton News ("Her Town"), circa 1995


Box 13 Folder 4-5 Mules / Mules in the Military ("Riding High")--Notebooks and Research Materials, circa 2010, (2 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 6 "Our Local Correspondent"--Notebooks, circa 1992

Includes notebooks related to Judith Lieber, Sunshine Market, Manhattan Valet, and others.


Box 13 Folder 7 Prattville ("Beautiful Girls")--Notebooks, circa 1997


Box 13 Folder 8 Shaggs ("Meet the Shaggs")--Notebooks, circa 1999


Box 13 Folder 9 Student Body/School 2 ("Madame President")--Notebooks, circa 2000


Box 13 Folder 10 Superbowl ("Super Duper")--Notebook, circa 1995



Box 15 Folder 4 Tattoo--Notebooks, undated



Box 13 Folder 11-12 Taxidermy ("Lifelike")--Notebook and Research Materials, 2001-2003, undated, (2 Folders)



Box 15 Folder 5 Tennessee--Notebook, undated



Box 13 Folder 13 Tennis ("The Three Sisters")--Notebooks, circa 1994



Box 23 Folder 13 Tigers ("The Lady and the Tigers")--Research, circa 2002



Box 34 Folder 2 Tigers/Wild Animals ("The Lady and the Tigers")--Research, 1999-2002, undated



Box 23 Folder 14-15 "The Lady and the Tigers"--Research Materials and Notes, circa 2002, (2 Folders)


Box 23 Folder 16 Tiger--Notebook, circa 2002


Box 23 Folder 17 Untitled Notebook, circa 2002

Probably related to "The Lady and the Tigers"


Box 23 Folder 18 Eagle in the Bathtub (New York: Ballantine Books) by Jule Mannix, 1959

Perhaps related to "The Lady and the Tigers"



Box 13 Folder 17 Notes from Trenton, miscellaneous, undated

Includes notes on Trenton, Tiger Lady, etc.


Box 13 Folder 14 Trailer Park ("We Just Up and Left")--Notebooks, circa 1995


Box 13 Folder 15-16 Umbrella ("Thinking in the Rain")--Notebooks and Research, circa 2008


Box 13 Folder 18 Wal-Art ("Wal-Art")--Notebooks, circa 2013


Box 13 Folder 19-21 Miscellaneous Clippings and Notes, 1987-2004, undated, (3 Folders)

Includes notes, and clippings of New Yorker articles


Subseries I.5: Other Writings, 1975-2015

This subseries contains materials that are not related to the specific publications in Subseries I.1-4. The records include book proposals, drafts, notebooks, and research materials, and as well as clippings, publications, and scrapbooks of Orlean's published articles.

The subseries also contains a paperback copy of Orlean's Twitter feed (a "Twournal") from June-November, 2010.

Articles related toSaturday NightandThe Orchid Thiefare filed in Subseries I.1 and I.2, respectively.

Materials are arranged chronologically.


Drafts, Proofs, and Proposals



Box 15 Folder 7 Ultra-Athletics--Book Proposal, 1980s


Box 15 Folder 8 "The American Man at Age Ten," Esquire--Manuscript Corrections, circa 1992



Box 25 Folder 1 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup--Book Cover Proof, circa 2001


Box 25 Folder 2-3 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup--Hardcovers with Corrections, circa 2001, (2 Items)


Box 25 Folder 4 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup--Paperback with Corrections, circa 2001



Box 15 Folder 6 Throw Me A Bone--Manuscript Corrections, 2003



Box 25 Folder 5 My Kind of Place--Hardcover, with tab markers, circa 2004



Box 23 Folder 20 Wish You Were Here, 2005

Draft of script with annotations


Clippings



Box 38 Clippings Scrapbook #1, 1978-1982

Includes clippings from Paper Rose Magazine, Williamette Week, and Rolling Stone.



Box 39 Clippings Scrapbook #2, 1981-1985

Includes clippings from Williamette Week, Boston Globe Magazine, and Boston Phoenix.



Box 40 Clippings Scrapbook #3, 1984-1993

Includes clippings from newspapers and magazine articles.



Box 26 Folder 2-7 Williamette Week--Clippings, 1979-1982, (6 Folders)


Box 26 Folder 8 Clippings Scrapbook (Boston), 1982-1985

Includes clippings from The Boston Phoenix, Boston Globe Magazine, Voice, New England Monthly, and other publications. Most of these are photocopies, originally placed in plastic sheet protectors in a ring binder. Many of the pages are now stuck to the plastic, and cannot be removed, although the publication name and date are usually visible.



Box 15 Folder 24 Boston Phoenix Clippings (State of the Art columns), 1984-1985



Box 26 Folder 9 Clippings--Miscellaneous, 1982-1996, undated

Various articles by Orlean


Individual Articles


Box 26 Folder 1 Book Review--The Clockwork Testament or Enderby's End by Anthony Burgess, 1975



Box 15 Folder 21 Mugging/Bonoff/Nirvana (Paper Rose Magazine), 1978


Box 15 Folder 22 "Radio, Radio" and "Pregnancy Counseling" (Paper Rose Magazine), 1978


Box 15 Folder 23 "A Day at the Races" (The Oregon Horse), 1982


Box 15 Folder 25 "Putting on the Pru" (New England Monthly), 1985


Box 15 Folder 25 "The Social Ramble" (New England Monthly), 1986


Box 15 Folder 26 Red Sox and Bluefish (Boston: Faber and Faber), 1987



Box 16 Folder 1 "Tanorexia" (Mademoiselle), 1987



Box 33 Folder 5-9 Rollling Stone--Articles, 1986-1987

Articles on Jane Wallace, Saturday Night Live, the Bangles, Bon Jovi, and Andie MacDowell.



Box 16 Folder 2 "Fit to be Tied" (Vogue), 1989


Box 16 Folder 3 "Legs" (Vogue), 1989



Box 33 Folder 10 "Casey at the Mike" (New York Times Magazine), 1990 May 6

on Casey Kasem



Box 16 Folder 20 "But You Can Always Reach Us Through the Mail" (Spy), 1990 June

See page 14.


Box 16 Folder 4 "Grander Hotels" (House & Garden), 1990


Box 16 Folder 5 "Breaking Away" (Vogue), 1992


Box 16 Folder 6 "Playing Hostess" (Vogue), 1992


Box 16 Folder 7 "Style Star: Oribe gives the most sought-after cut in town" (Vogue), 1992


Box 16 Folder 8 "Walk on the Wild Side" (Vogue), 1992


Box 16 Folder 9 "The American Man at Age Ten" (Esquire) (USA and Hong Kong), 1992-1993


Box 16 Folder 10 "Like Water and Chocolate Pancakes" (Conde Nast Traveler), 1994


Box 16 Folder 11 "La Matadora Revisa Su Maquillaje" (Outside), 1996


Box 16 Folder 12 The Skinny, Patricia Marx and Susan Sistrom (Woman's Own), 1996



Box 33 Folder 11 "Fertile Land" (The Sunday Telegraph Magazine), 1999 October 24

Bhutan



Box 16 Folder 13 "Beautiful" (Allure), 2001


Box 16 Folder 14 "The Seductive Side of Martha" (Harper's Bazaar), 2006



Box 33 Folder 12 "Willy or Won't He?" (The Weekend Australian Magazine), 2003 February 8-9

Keiko / Free Willy


Box 33 Folder 13 "Show Dog" (Urban Dog Magazine), 2003


Box 33 Folder 14 "The Orgami Bug" (Seven - The Sunday Telegraph), 2007 April 8

on Robert J. Lang



Box 16 Folder 16 "The Big Wet Highway of the Willamette" (Sunset), 2008


Box 16 Folder 17 "The Joy of Polishing Silver" (Country Living), 2009


Box 16 Folder 18 "The Softest of Landings" (Afar), 2010


Box 16 Folder 19 "Where Donkeys Deliver" (Great Destinations), 2010


Box 16 Folder 15 Spanish and German Magazine Writing, 2007-2009


Box 16 Folder 21 Twournal, 2010 June-November

Orlean's Twitter feed, printed as a paperback book.


Research Materials and Notebooks



Box 15 Folder 8a Boys ("The American Man at Age Ten," Esquire)--Notebook, circa 1992


Box 15 Folder 9 Casuals, 1991



Box 16 Folder 22-24 Gospel--Research Materials and Notes, circa 2000-2002



Box 15 Folder 10 Home--Research and Notes, 1991, undated


Box 15 Folder 11 Joanne Michaels--Research Materials, 1977-2001, undated


Box 15 Folder 12 Pandas (Smithsonian)--Notebooks, undated

Related to Smithsonian story



Box 16 Folder 26-27 Kevin Richardson ("What Makes the Lion Whisperer Roar?, Smithsonian)--Research Materials, Notebook, and Notes, circa 2015, (2 Folders)



Box 15 Folder 13 Scrabble--Research Materials, 2000



Box 16 Folder 25 Spiritual--Research Materials, undated

Primarily advertisements for fortune tellers and similar persons.



Box 15 Folder 14 Surf ("Life's Swell," Women's Outside)--Notes, circa 1998



Box 34 Folder 3-4 Washington State--Research, 1997-1998, undated, (2 Folders)



Box 15 Folder 15-16 Notes and Research--Miscellaneous, 1989-2002, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 15 Folder 17-18 Notebooks--Miscellaneous, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 15 Folder 19-20 Magazines--Miscellaneous, 1985-2006, (2 Folders)

These do not appear to contain articles by Orlean.

Series II: Correspondence, 1950s-2013

This series contains both personal and professional correspondence files. A few files are related to specific activities: The New Yorker, The Orchid Thief, and Saturday Night, but most files are a mix of correspondence, emails, greeting cards, and postcards.

In general, most correspondence was only loosely organized, and the professional correspondence can be a mix of professional correspondence and personal messages from professional contacts.


Subseries II.1: Personal Correspondence, 1950s-2006

The personal correspondence files include postcards, greeting cards, and correspondence. Some of the correspondence files, particularly the early postcards, contain items written to/from other family members that do not Susan Orlean herself. Additional family correspondence and materials are filed in Series IV.



Box 17 Folder 1-2 Postcards, 1952-1995, (2 Folders)

Bulk are from the 1950s. Many are family postcards, written by and/or addressed to Orlean's parents or siblings.



Box 26 Folder 10 Postcards, 1953-1959, undated

Many are family postcards, written by and/or addressed to Orlean's parents or siblings.


Box 26 Folder 11 Postcards, 1974-1988, undated



Box 17 Folder 3-11 Personal Correspondence, 1966-2006, (9 Folders)

This includes letters to and from family members, and others. Includes a birthday card that is a puzzle.


Box 17 Folder 23 Personal Correspondence, 1981-2003



Box 26 Folder 12 Cards and Letters, 1999-2004, undated


Box 26 Folder 13 Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1998-2001


Subseries II.2: Professional Correspondence, 1983-2013

The professional correspondence includes emails, quotes from reviews, correspondence regarding various proposals and projects, fan mail, reactions to particular pieces, and files related toThe New Yorker,The Orchid Thief, andSaturday Night.



Box 17 Folder 12-13 Professional Correspondence, 1983-2010 undated, (2 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 20-21 Professional Correspondence, 1999-2000, (2 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 22 Professional Correspondence, 2011, undated



Box 23 Folder 1-4 Professional Correspondence, 1991-2007, (4 Folders)



Box 17 Folder 14 Fan Mail, 2001-2013


Box 17 Folder 15 Interesting Letters, 1996-1999 [Bulk: 1998-1999]

Many items are related to The Orchid Thief and writing done for The New Yorker.


Box 17 Folder 16 The New Yorker, 1987-2002, undated


Box 17 Folder 17-18 The Orchid Thief, 1995-2000, (2 Folders)

Includes quotes from reviews.


Box 17 Folder 19 Saturday Night, 1989-1990, undated

Includes quotes from reviews, interview schedule.

Series III: Professional Files, 1985-2010

Many contracts and financial documents include personal information that requires restriction until Orlean's death. These files are noted as restricted in the container list.

This series includes agreements, clippings, contracts, correspondence, financial documents, itineraries for book tours and other events, lecture notes, posters and other publicity materials, proposals, and royalty statements.


Subseries III.1: Contacts and Financials, 1985-2007

Many contracts and financial documents include personal information that requires restriction until Orlean's death. These files are noted as restricted in the container list.

This subseries contains agreements, contracts, royalty statements, and other financial records.



Box 31 Folder 1 Contracts and Agreements, 1992-2005

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.

Book contracts for manuscripts, some unpublished, with Alfred Knopf, Random House, Dell, as well as honorarium letters, etc.



Box 27 Folder 1 Expenses, 1999-2002, undated



Box 31 Folder 2-3 Royalty Statements, Checks and Remittance Advice, 1990-2007, (2 Folders)

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.


Box 31 Folder 6 Saturday Night--Contracts and Financials, 1985-1988

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.



Box 27 Folder 2 Speaker Contracts, 2005-2007


Subseries III.2: Speaking and Other Events, 1991-2011

This subseries includes files related to events for specific publications, includingSaturday Night,My Kind of Place, andThe Orchid Thief. The subseries also includes records on Orlean's master classes and her involvement with the Bush Family's literacy events, as well as general files and lecture notes.



Box 40 Event Poster, 2005 April 19

For lecture at Rackham Auditorium for the 2005 Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Awards.



Box 27 Folder 8-10 Events, 1991-2011

Includes brochures, announcements, clippings, programs, etc.


Box 27 Folder 11 Lecture Notes--Story Forever Conference, circa 2004



Box 7 Lecture Notes, 2006-2007, undated

On index cards.



Box 27 Folder 12 Lecture Notes, undated


Box 27 Folder 7 Press Passes, 1994-2008, undated


Box 27 Folder 3 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup--Photograph, circa 2001


Box 27 Folder 4 Bush Family Literacy Events and Related Correspondence, 2000-2010

Includes inviations, clippings, programs. Also includes correspondence from Jeb Bush and Barbara Bush.



Box 22 Harvard Summer School Writing Program Poster, circa 2004

Rolled.



Box 27 Folder 5 Master Class in Creative Non-Fiction, circa 2010

Probably for New York University.



Box 34 Folder 7 My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere--Events, 2004



Box 27 Folder 6 The Orchid Thief--Events, circa 1999

Clippings, announcements, etc.



Box 24 Folder 18 Saturday Night--Notes on Book Tour, 1990


Box 24 Folder 19 Saturday Night--Publicity Tour, 1991



Box 40 Saturday Night--Book Store Display Card, circa 1991


Subseries III.3: Press and Reviews, 1987-2011

This subseries includes clippings, interviews, profiles, and reviews, as well as publicity items such as catalogs, posters, and shopping bags.



Box 29 Folder 1 Clippings, 1988-2005

Various articles on Orlean.



Box 36 Folder 4-7 Clippings--Miscellaneous Press Clippings, 1987-2008, (4 Folders)



Box 29 Folder 37 Clippings--Miscellaneous Press Clippings, 2004-2010



Box 28 Folder 2-4 Interviews, 1999-2010, (3 Folders)

Includes Atlanta Journal Institution, Forbes, Yale Literary Magazine, Barnard Bulletin, Vogue en Español, Columbia: A Journal of Art and Literature; Lumina: Sarah Lawrence College, and Edible Hudson Valley.



Box 36 Folder 8 Interviews, 2001-2009



Box 34 Folder 5 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup--Reviews, 2001



Box 27 Folder 13 Lazy Little Loafers--Reviews, 2008



Box 34 Folder 6 Lazy Little Loafers--Reviews, 2008-2009



Box 28 Folder 1 My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere--Interviews, 2004



Box 35 Folder 7-8 My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere--Reviews, 2004



Box 28 Folder 5 Orchid Thief--Bestseller and Other Books Lists, 1998-2003



Box 22 Orchid Thief--Poster, circa 1998

Rolled.


Box 22 Orchid Thief--Vintage Paperback Poster, circa 2000

Rolled.



Box 28 Folder 6-7 Orchid Thief--Publicity, 1998-2000, (2 Folders)



Box 33 Folder 15 Orchid Thief--Publicity--Ballatine Books Shopping Bag, circa 2000



Box 28 Folder 8-12 Orchid Thief--Reviews, circa 1999, (5 Folders)



Box 36 Folder 1-3 Orchid Thief--Reviews, circa 1999, (3 Folders)



Box 27 Folder 14 Red Sox and Bluefish--Reviews, 1987



Box 6 Folder 13 Rin Tin Tin--Press and Press Releases, 2004

on Orlean's book contract for Rin Tin Tin


Box 6 Folder 16 Rin Tin Tin--Miscellaneous Professional, 2011, undated

Includes Simon & Schuster catalog, book cover proof, publicity, and a book review.



Box 24 Folder 20 Saturday Night--Alfred A. Knopf--Promotional Materials, 1990


Box 24 Folder 21 Saturday Night--Alfred A. Knopf--Promotional Photograph and Test Shots, circa 1990


Box 24 Folder 22 Saturday Night--Publisher's Description, 1990


Box 24 Folder 23 Saturday Night--Publicity for Release of Paperback Edition, 1991

Includes material from Ballatine, and a few new reviews and published items noting the availability of the paperback edition.


Box 24 Folder 24-27 Saturday Night--Reviews, 1990, (4 Folders)



Box 33 Folder 16-17 Saturday Night--Reviews, 1990, (2 Folders)



Box 24 Folder 28 Saturday Night--Serialization/Excerpt Ideas, circa 1990



Box 27 Folder 15 The Skinny--Press, 1999, undated

Includes one photograph.


Box 27 Folder 15 Throw Me a Bone--Press, 2003-2004, undated

Includes one photograph.


Subseries III.4: Adaptations, 1991-2008

This subseries contains business files, press, proposals, and reviews related to adaptations and proposed adaptations of Orlean's work.



Box 31 Folder 4 Adaptation--Business, 2001-2006

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.



Box 35 Folder 1-3 Adaptation--Press, 2002-2006, (3 Folders)



Box 28 Folder 13-16 Adaptation--Press and Publicity, circa 2002, (4 Folders)

Includes photographs.



Box 35 Folder 4-5 Adaptation--Reviews and Interviews, 2002-2003, (2 Folders)



Box 31 Folder 5 Little Wing, 2006-2008

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.

Film project propsals, script, contracts, etc. based upon Orlean's article "Little Wing".



Box 28 Folder 18 Saturday Night, 1997-1998

Stage production.



Box 31 Folder 7 Saturday Night--Television, 1991-1993, undated

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.

Series IV: Personal and Biographical Files, 1930s-2009, undated

This subseries includes address books, appointment books, business cards, calendars, diaries, family correspondence and materials, journals, passports, photographs, school papers, and various mementos and souvenirs.

Family correspondence can also be found in Series II; most of the correspondence in Series IV is from the 1940s and does not directly involve Susan Orlean.


Subseries IV.1: Personal Materials, 1940s-2000



Box 29 Folder 2 Address Book, circa 2000


Box 29 Folder 3 Appointment Book, 1974



Box 28 Folder 19 Business Cards, undated

Primarily from Florida.



Box 29 Folder 4 Calendar, 1973



Box 30 Folder 1 Diary, 1969



Box 29 Folder 5-7 Journals, 1974-1977, (3 Folders)


Box 29 Folder 8 Diaries and Journals--Miscellaneous Pages, 1995-1997, undated



Box 32 Folder 2 Divorce Materials, 2000-2001, undated

Restricted until 2055



Box 29 Folder 30 New York City Marathon Race Bib, 1992


Box 29 Folder 9 Orlean-Gillepsie Wedding Announcement, 2001


Box 29 Folder 10 Passports, 1975, 1984



Box 30 Folder 3-4 Photographs--Susan Orlean and Orlean Family--Childhood Photographs, 1960s-1970s, (2 Folders)


Box 30 Folder 5-8 Photographs, 1960s-1980s, (4 Folders)

Photographs are a mix of personal and professions; some are 4x6" photographs that may be related to some of her travel stories or pieces for the New Yorker.


Box 30 Folder 4 Photographs--Headshots, circa 1990

Possibly related to the publication of Saturday Night.



Box 29 Folder 31-36 Various Mementos and Souvenirs, 1940-1967, undated, (6 Folders)

Includes World's Fair stamps, Chinese firecracker labels, Cleveland Indians pins, etc.



Box 22 Glasses and Sunglasses, undated, (3 Items)


Subseries IV.2: School Materials, 1960s-1976, 2008



Box 29 Folder 11 Camp Stuff, 1967-1971, undated


Box 29 Folder 12 Byron Junior High School--Spectrum, 1970

Literary Journal


Box 29 Folder 13 The Shakerite--Various Issues, 1972-1973

Shaker Heights High School newspaper


Box 29 Folder 14 Shaker Heights High School Diploma, 1973


Box 29 Folder 15 Shaker Heights High School Alumni Hall of Fame--Award Certificate and Ceremony Program, 2008


Box 29 Folder 16-17 University of Michigan--Notebooks, 1970s, (2 Folders)



Box 31 Folder 8 University of Michigan--Transcipts, 1973-1976

Restricted until the death of Susan Orlean.



Box 29 Folder 18 University of Michigan Diploma, 1976


Box 29 Folder 19 LSAT Results, 1976


Box 29 Folder 20-29 School Assignments and Papers, Poetry, and Miscellaneous Writings, 1960s-1970s, (10 Folders)



Box 37 Folder 1-4 School Binder, 1972, undated, (4 Folders)



Box 32 Folder 3 The Synopsis--Project by Student Group, 1969

Restricted until 2055

Includes grades for students other than Orlean.


Subseries IV.3: Family Materials, 1944-2009, undated



Box 30 Folder 9-10 Family Correspondence and Materials, 1944-1951, 1969, (2 Folders)


Box 30 Folder 11 Austin Gillepsie--Miscellaneous, 2009, undated


Box 30 Folder 2 Arthur Orlean--Photograph, circa 1933


Box 30 Folder 12 New Yorker "Talk of the Town"--Birthday Wishes for Arthur Orlean, undated


Box 30 Folder 13 Arthur Orlean--Obituary and Eulogy, 2007


Box 30 Folder 14 David Orlean--Miscellaneous, 1994-1997



Box 32 Folder 6 Orlean Family Business/Financials, 1986-2000

Restricted until 2055



Box 30 Folder 15 Peter Sistrom--Clipping, Cartoon, undated


Box 30 Folder 16 Postcards of Sátoraljaúhely, Hungary, undated


Box 30 Folder 17 Mrs. Lewis M. Gross--Railway Tickets, 1954

Series V: Audiovisual and Digital Materials, 1987-2010, undated

If you would like to use analog or digital materials in Series V, please contact the library in advance of your visit to discuss access options.

This subseries includes all audiocassettes and videocassettes, compact disks, DVDs, floppy disks, hard drives, and a personal digital assistant device.

The materials include answering machine tapes, personal items, recordings of Orlean's appearances, research materials, as well as computer files and backups of files related to Orlean's writing and other professional work.


Subseries V.1: Analog, 1987-2005, undated



Box 20 97 Book Response, circa 1997, Microcassette

Answering machine tape.



Box 21 Accomodating, produced by Marc Wallace, 1992, 2 Audiocassettes


Box 21 Austin Age 2, circa 2006, Mini-DV


Box 21 Honeymoon in China #2, 2001, Mini-DV


Box 21 Jay's Tape of Our Wedding, 2001, Mini-DV


Box 21 Katriel, undated, Mini-DV


Box 21 Keiko, undated, Mini-DV


Box 21 Messages, 1990 April, Audiocassette



Box 19 Messages, 1993 July, Microcassette

Answering machine tape.


Box 19 Museum of Modern Art - A Conversation with JSG Boggs, 1999 October 27, Audiocassette


Box 19 NTL: GEO / GRA / p/t / 1C, undated, VHS


Box 19 Orchids, undated, VHS


Box 19 Parents - FIA, 1999 December, Audiocassette


Box 19 Recordings of Appearances, Events, and Interviews, 1987-1990, 4 VHS Videotapes


Box 19 Recordings of Appearances, Events, and Interviews (1 of 2), 1987-2002, undated, 21 of 26 Audiocassettes


Box 19 Recordings of Appearances, Events, and Interviews (2 of 2), 1987-2002, undated, 5 of 26 Audiocassettes


Box 19 Susie's Birthday, 2005, Mini-DV


Box 19 Trial Proceedings: Judge Bronson, Defendant Robert Fuchs, M091-7177, 1991 August 27, 6 Audiocassettes


Box 19 Unidentified Audiocassettes, undated, 5 Audiocassettes

One audiocassette includes a business card from a fortune teller.


Box 19 Unidentified Microcassettes, undated, 5 Microcassettes


Box 19 Unidentified Videocassette, undated, VHS-C


Subseries V.2: Digital, 1995-2010, undated



Box 18 Barkley Court Reporters: Confidential Deposition of Herbert B. Leonard (Leonard v. Hereford), 1995 September 20, 3.5" Floppy Disk


Box 18 Book backup, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 Book bus 2, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 c/a Orlean - Book Pics ©Art Grice Photos, 2007 July, CD-R


Box 18 elkhart; crime2; renan; missile; vesta; tvtv; bus; blobs; Sunday (#2), undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 elkhart; tv; crime; bus; la kids; renan; blobs; missile; Sunday (full), undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 July 3 "To Yaddo", undated, DVD-R


Box 18 Khoa San Rd., undated, 3.5" Floppy Disk


Box 18 la kids; diet; lounge; intro2; sitter; steak; mission; la la (#1), undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 lakids; diet; lounge; intro; sitter; steak; mission; la la (#1), undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 Millions.wpd (Final December 1), undated, 3.5" Floppy Disk


Box 18 New York Pieces, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 18 NPR Driveway Moments Baseball: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go, 2008, Compact Discs



Box 19 Old Talks, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 19 Orchid Thief (RH Trade #171460), 1998 November 20, ZIP disk


Box 19 Orchids: 1. Orchids.doc (Word for Windows 6.0) 2. Orchids (Word 2.0), undated, 3.5" Floppy Disk

2 versions, in case of translation problems


Box 19 Orlean - Files - TV.bk; Crime.bk; KING2.KNG; Gown.bk, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 19 Orlean - KING2.KNG Freelance Copies, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 19 Orlean VAIO Backup, undated, 4 DVD-R

Contains desktop files including PFC files / AOL


Box 19 Recordings of Appearances, Events, and Interviews, 2003-2010, 11 Compact Discs


Box 19 Rin Tin Tin Series Radio Show (1950s), undated, Compact Disc


Box 19 Rin Tin Tin Songs, undated, CD-R


Box 19 sitter; steak; mission; diet; lounge, undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 19 Sounding Material, undated, CD-RW


Box 19 The Orchid Thief (Audiobook, abridged), 2002, Compact Discs


Box 19 tvtv; crime2; bus.2; gown.2; renan; blovs; missile; Sunday; elk.bk (#2), undated, 5.25" Floppy Disk


Box 19 Unidentified Floppy Disks, undated, 7 5.25" Floppy Disks


Box 19 Video Diskette, undated, 3.5" Floppy Disk

Probably related to The Orchid Thief


Box 19 Whole Book, 1997 August 11, 3.5" Floppy Disk


Box 19 Won Ton Ton, undated, DVD



Box 18 Buffalo External Drive, undated, External Hard Drive

Buffalo DriveStation 250 GB Desktop External Hard Drive HD-HB250U2; includes power cable.


Box 18 My Passport Portable Hard Drive, undated, External Hard Drive

Western Digital (WD). Includes USB cable.


Box 18 Orlean Backup G, undated, External Hard Drive

PowerSpec. Does not include cables.


Box 18 Sony CLIÉ, circa 2000-2005, Personal Digital Assistant

Includes CD-ROM of Palm desktop software, but no cables.

Series VI: Archived Web Site, 2019-present


Susan Orlean Web Site, 2019-present

Archived web site captures of the official web site of Susan Orlean, at http://www.susanorlean.com/. Captured semi-annually, 2019-present.

Link to Archived Web Site