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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.

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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.