This collection is located on-site.
Mold remediation was performed on some material, including nearly all the Paul Auster correspondence, in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned. This material was boxed in Boxes 121 and 122.
Davis has restricted certain letters and other items. These restrictions are noted in the finding aid.
Davis is currently reviewing her journals and notebooks. Davis has completed her review of Journals #1-4 and #6-39 and these are currently available with some redactions. The rest of the notebooks and journals will not be available for research use until Davis' review of these items is complete.
A few additional files, including many teaching files and recommendation letters, are restricted due to privacy laws related to personal information and student records.
Digital files remain on their original disks and are not readily available for use; please contact the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in advance of your visit to discuss access options.
Lydia Davis (1947-) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages. She is the author of several collections of short stories, one novel, two collections of essays, and several translations. The papers include address books, calendars, contracts, correspondence, drafts, journals, manuscripts, notebooks, notes, proofs, publications, school records, and teaching files.
The papers include book production files that document the publication of Davis' novel, essay collections, and most of her major story collections and translated works. There is extensive material related to the writing and publication of Davis' novel, The End of the Story (1995) including calendars, drafts, revisions, notebooks and notes, manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, annotations and corrections, and related correspondence. In addition, the papers include cover ideas, readers' notes, and the box that appears in the novel.
The papers also document the publication of two essay collections: Essays One and Essays Two. The materials include drafts, manuscripts, a partial setting copy, proofs, corrections, notes, and additional material related to the Bob, Son of Battle essay. There is also material related to the placement of essays in these collections, as well as cards used to organize essays.
This collection also contains materials related to the writing and publication of several of Davis' story collections, primarily for Break it Down (1986) and all subsequent collections. There are no production materials for earlier collections, with the exception of The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories (1976), for which there is an unbound copy. This material includes corrections, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, galleys, jacket proofs, and notes. There is also material related to the publication of Davis' short stories in journals, magazines, anthologies, and other projects. This material is filed in Series II: Professional Files. Files on these types of publication projects often contain not only business correspondence but also manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and other related material together in the same file. In addition, the collection includes published copies of the stories in Series VIII: Publications. Lastly, the papers also include many short story files containing individual stories, rough drafts, and notes. As many of these stories were included in Davis' story collections, these are filed in Subseries I.4: Short Stories--Individual Stories, Notes, and Drafts.
The papers also contains a wealth of material related to Davis' translation work. The production files include materials related to the production of Davis' major translation works, as well as other translations. These include Blanchot's The Last Man, Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Leiris' Rules of the Game, Proust's Swann's Way, as well as works by Pierre Jean Jouve, Justine Lévy, Alfred Ollivant, Danièle Sallenave, A.L. Snijders, and several items related to translations for Zone Books. The materials includes manuscripts, setting copies, proofs, corrections, notes, original texts and other source material, and related correspondence. There is additional material related to Davis' translation of works by Michel Butor and Pierre Jean Jouve for Marlboro Press with the press' records; the Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds the Marlboro Press Records,. There are additional files related to these works, and other translation works, in Series II: Professional and Writing Files. These files include subject files related to Maurice Blanchot, Conrad Detrez, Jean Frémon, Gustave Flaubert, Michel Leiris, Justine Lévy, Madeleine Monette, Marcel Proust, and Alexis de Tocqueville. There are also files related to articles, panels, reviews, talks, and events related to her translation work. In addition, the collection includes published copies of shorter translations and excerpts in Series VIII: Publications.
Davis' professional files include business files, as well as files on other professional subjects, including files related to specific writing projects. These files were filed and received separately from records related to the publication of Davis' books, which are filed in Series I: Book Production and Related Files. The papers also include teaching files, which relate to Davis' teaching appointments at college and universities, as well as her teaching work in writing seminars and master classes elsewhere. The majority of Davis' professional correspondence can be found in Series II: Professional Files, but there may be correspondence on professional subjects in Davis' personal correspondence files. In addition, files of miscellaneous business correspondence are filed in Subseries III.3: Professional Correspondence (Miscellaneous).
There is extensive personal material in the collection, and this includes address books, calendars, correspondence, drawings, early writing, journals, mementoes, notebooks, resumes, and school records and related material. The collection lacks photographs, however; there are only a few photographs in the collection.
Davis' personal correspondence is extensive, and primarily filed by correspondent name. There is a wide range of correspondents, including fellow writers, friends, boyfriends, former students, and others. Most personal correspondence is filed in Subseries III.2, but there is some additional personal correspondence in Subseries III.4: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Series VII: Miscellaneous Files. While Davis made content notes for these miscellaneous files, which include names, they do not appear to be comprehensive for all files. There is overlap between the correspondence files in Subseries III.2 and these miscellaneous files. There is some family correspondence in the papers related to Davis' parents and siblings, but it is not extensive.
Davis also kept journals and notebooks; these document her daily life, as well as her reading, writing, and translation work. These are extensive, comprising approximately 100 items. Davis is currently reviewing her journals and notebooks. Davis has completed her review of Journals #1-4 and #6-39 and these are currently available with some redactions. The rest of the notebooks and journals will not be available for research use until Davis' review of these items is complete.
Davis filed some material in miscellaneous files with descriptions on the individual folders; the file descriptions in the finding aid are taken from the descriptions written on the files by Davis. These files can be found in Series VII: Miscellaneous Files.
There is some digital material in the collection, but this is currently limited to a set of 3.5" floppy disks from Davis' Kaypro Computer that date from around the 1990s. The titles on the disks are listed in the finding aid. The collection does not include any e-mail files or other digital material at this time.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located on-site.
Mold remediation was performed on some material, including nearly all the Paul Auster correspondence, in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned. This material was boxed in Boxes 121 and 122.
Davis has restricted certain letters and other items. These restrictions are noted in the finding aid.
Davis is currently reviewing her journals and notebooks. Davis has completed her review of Journals #1-4 and #6-39 and these are currently available with some redactions. The rest of the notebooks and journals will not be available for research use until Davis' review of these items is complete.
A few additional files, including many teaching files and recommendation letters, are restricted due to privacy laws related to personal information and student records.
Digital files remain on their original disks and are not readily available for use; please contact the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in advance of your visit to discuss access options.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. Contact rbml@library.columbia.edu for more information.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lydia Davis Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Georges Borchardt, Inc. Records, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Marlboro Press Records, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Zone Books Records, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Additions are expected.
Purchase, Lydia Davis, 2018.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This collection was processed by Catherine C. Ricciardi in 2022.
Finding aid written by Catherine C. Ricciardi in October 2022.
2018-11-18 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2022-10-04 Finding aid created by Catherine C. Ricciardi.
2023-10-06 Davis has reviewed Journals #1-4, 6-16 for restrictions. Unrestricted journals and redacted copies of journals with some restrictions are being made available. The container list in Series IV has been updated to reflect what is currently accessible to patrons. CCR.
2023-10-06 Mold remediation was performed on some material, including nearly all the Paul Auster correspondence, in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned. This material is now accessible and has been boxed in Boxes 121 and 122, and the container list updated. CCR.
2023-12-13 Journals #12, 37, and 136 were examined by a conservator due to obvious water damage. The conservator determined that these items do not contain any mold. CCR.
2024-01-05 Davis has reviewed Journals #17-39 for restrictions. Unrestricted journals and redacted copies of journals with some restrictions are being made available. The container list in Series IV has been updated to reflect what is currently accessible to patrons. CCR.
Lydia Davis (1947-) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages. She is the author of several collections of short stories, two of which were nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award, as well as one novel, The End of the Story (1995). Davis is best known for her very short, micro or "flash" fiction; many of her stories are a single sentence or paragraph long. Davis has also worked extensively as a translator from French to English, particularly of Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, Flaubert, and Proust, and in other languages, including Dutch and German. Her honors and awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, as well as the Man Booker International Prize. She was a professor of English and writer-in-residence at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and taught at Bard College, Columbia University, and the University of California San Diego. She is a 1970 graduate of Barnard College.
This series primarily contains materials related to the production of Davis' published works. The series includes manuscripts, setting copies, proofs, corrections, notes, and related correspondence.
There is additional material related to Davis' published works in Series II: Professional Files.
This subseries contains materials related to the production of two essay collections: Essays One and Essays Two. The materials include drafts, manuscripts, a partial setting copy, proofs, corrections, notes, and additional material related to the Bob, Son of Battle essay.
Box 1 Folder 1-6
Includes corrected manuscripts and a partial setting copy, as well as correspondence and separate pages of notes.
Box 2 Folder 1-4
Includes separate notes and lists of corrections.
Box 118
In Porfolio - Dutch Scenes, curated by Lydia Davis. This copy is marked as the Working Copy for Essays One, and several of the photographs are annotated.
Box 47 Folder 1
Box 47 Folder 2
Box 2 Folder 5-6
Box 47 Folder 3
Box 47 Folder 4
Primarily notes on changes
This subseries contains materials related to the writing and production of Davis' only novel, The End of the Story (1995). The materials include drafts, revisions, notebooks and notes, calendars, manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, annotations and corrections, and related correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 1-8
Several drafts.
Box 4 Folder 1-5
4" high stack of typescript pages.
Box 5 Folder 1-2
Box 2 Folder 7
Photocopy of manuscript
Box 5 Folder 3-7
File includes drafts, two appointment calendars (1982-1983), and various notes. There are also note cards mixed in with the draft pages. Originally housed in a box noted as "material - used or not to be used".
Box 6 Folder 1
File includes drafts, two appointment calendars (1982-1983), and various notes. There are also note cards mixed in with the draft pages. Originally housed in a box noted as "material - used or not to be used".
Box 6 Folder 2-4
Various drafts, and handwritten notes. There were originally in a small box labelled "notes etc. for novel" "Box#2 Material - Not Yet Used".
Box 6 Folder 5
"Notes - Some relevant to Confessions of a Translator some also turned into The End of the Story, checked Summer 2007." On index cards; these were originally in small card box and have been rehoused.
Box 6 Folder 6-7
pp. 8-292.
Box 6 Folder 8
Pages from Edie's September 1993 version taken out to be incorporated in the body of text.
Box 6 Folder 9
With covering letter.
Box 7 Folder 1
Box 7 Folder 2
Box 7 Folder 3
Rough drafts of pages used in the novel.
Box 7 Folder 4-5
Version before readers' version with revisions. Version revised to make readers' version of December 7, 1993.
Box 7 Folder 6-7
Shown to Francine, Lorraine, Alan, Bob Gluck.
Box 7 Folder 8-10
Includes notes.
Box 8 Folder 1-2
Box 8 Folder 3-4
Although a post-it label indicates this copy is missing p. 175, it is present in the copy.
Box 8 Folder 5-6
Box 9 Folder 1-2
Box 9 Folder 3-4
With copyeditor's notes, setting instructions, and some authorial corrections throughout.
Box 8 Folder 7
With Davis' corrections.
Box 9 Folder 5
Box 9 Folder 6
Box 9 Folder 7
With Davis' latest corrections 9/16.
Box 10 Folder 1
Box 10 Folder 2-3
Box 10 Folder 4-5
Includes covering note.
Box 10 Folder 6
Box 10 Folder 7
Box 10 Folder 8
This subseries contains materials related to the writing and publication of several of Davis' story collections, including The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories (1976), Break it Down (1986), and all subsequent collections.
The selection of stories for specific collections sometimes changed during the publication process. These changes are reflected in the manuscripts and proofs. In addition, files include not only those stories published in the final version of specific collections, but also stories that were considered for publication at some point during the publication process.
This material includes corrections, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, galleys, jacket proofs, and notes. Many of the manuscripts and proofs include annotations and corrections.
There is additional material related to these collections in Subseries I.4: Short Stories--Individual Stories, Notes, and Drafts, as well as other works.
There is one unbound copy of this collection included in Davis' papers: it was filed in a miscellaneous folder.
Box 85 Folder 2
Miscellaneous, including personal correspondence. Includes a clipping of the Austers' wedding announcement, unidentified manscript pages, manuscripts for "Meditations on Fossil Life" and "The South", and an unbound copy of The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories.
Materials related to this collection include manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, and galleys.
Box 11 Folder 1-2
Near final typescript with publisher's front matter, comprised of original typescript pages as well as photocopies of published stories or typescripts, with some authorial annotations and changes.
Box 11 Folder 3
Setting copy, with authorial annotations and changes throughout, as well as setting instructions and copyeditor's notes.
Box 11 Folder 4
Box 11 Folder 5
Box 11 Folder 6
Box 11 Folder 7
Master Galleys, with authorial annotations and editorial notes/queries throughout.
Materials related to this collection include correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, setting copies, jacket proofs, page proofs, and related corrections.
The material related to this collection included a large stack of drafts of stories. Some of these stories were published in Almost No Memory, but others were ultimately published in later story collections. As the material directly related to Almost No Memory was not clearly separated from the other drafts in the stack, everything has been kept together as one file and filed with the other materials related to this collection.
Box 12 Folder 8
Includes book jacket proof.
Box 12 Folder 1-6
This includes two folders of material, and a large stack of drafts of stories. Some of these stories were published in Almost No Memory, but others were ultimately published in later collections. As the material directly related to Almost No Memory was not clearly separated from the other drafts in the stack, everything has been kept together as one file and filed with the other materials related to this collection.
Box 12 Folder 7
Setting copy; some authorial annotations in photocopy, with original copyeditor's notes and setting instructions.
Box 13 Folder 1
Copyeditor's notes throughout
Box 13 Folder 2
Box 13 Folder 3
Light copyeditor's notes.
Box 13 Folder 4
Some authorial annotations.
Materials related to this collection include manuscripts, notes, bound galleys, and a dust jacket mock-up.
Box 13 Folder 5
Printout; approx. 180 pp.; includes some photocopy pages from previously published material; with table of contents annotated by Davis.
Box 14 Folder 1-2
Annotated printout (includes a couple photocopies of previously published stories); approx. 177 pp.; together with page proofs of front matter, dust-jacket mockup, a couple small pages of holograph notes, etc.
Box 14 Folder 3
Materials related to this collection include manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, and related correspondence. The material also includes a file of annotated typescripts of duplicates and earlier versions of stories in the collection.
Box 14 Folder 4-5
Printout, with old title "The Good Taste Contest"; with covering letter dated May 5, 2006, enclosing manuscript to Jonathan Galassi and describing the work - its length, her exploration of new forms, etc.
Box 15 Folder 1-2
Box 15 Folder 3-4
A handful of light corrections by both Davis and the copyeditor.
Box 15 Folder 5-6
Copyeditor's notes throughout.
Box 15 Folder 7-8
With front matter lightly annotated by Davis.
Box 16 Folder 1-2
Light copyeditor's notes.
Box 16 Folder 3
Three small sets of corrected page proof pages.
Box 16 Folder 4-6
Annotated typescripts.
Materials related to this collection include setting copies, page proofs, and lists of corrections.
Box 16 Folder 7
Davis labelled this copy as a galley, but it appears to be a setting copy that precedes the page proofs. The stories are annotated photocopies.
Box 17 Folder 1-4
Davis labelled this copy as a galley, but it appears to be a setting copy that precedes the page proofs. The stories are annotated photocopies.
Box 17 Folder 5-6
With copyeditor's notes throughout.
Box 18 Folder 1-3
With copyeditor's notes throughout.
Box 18 Folder 4-6
With index card bearing Davis's short holograph list of corrections.
Box 19 Folder 1-2
With index card bearing Davis's short holograph list of corrections.
Materials related to this collection include manuscripts, setting copies, page proofs, corrections, and jacket proofs. The material also includes a readings folder that contains annotated typescripts of stories, together with lists of venues and stories read there.
Box 52 Folder 12
Folder contains annotated typescripts of stories, together with lists of venues and stories read there.
Box 19 Folder 3-4
Printout, lightly annotated with names of journals in which stories previously appeared; occasional corrections. Includes several pages of handwritten notes.
Box 19 Folder 5-7
Photocopy of copyedited printout. This copy appears to have been made from an earlier version of the setting copy. Most corrections are in photocopy but there are original corrections by Davis. It includes a covering letter of August 28, 2013 and a jacket proof.
Box 20 Folder 1-2
Box 20 Folder 3-4
Box 20 Folder 5-6
Includes covering letter of October 14, 2013.
Box 21 Folder 1-2
Box 21 Folder 3-4
Per Davis' note: second pass, finished reading 12/20/13.
Box 21 Folder 5-6
With covering letter.
Box 22 Folder 1-2
With covering letter. Also marked "final pass".
Box 22 Folder 3
3 small sets of corrections, primarily to the preliminary pages. Some are marked "final corrections".
This subseries includes files related to individual stories, as well as larger files of drafts and notes.
This subseries includes files related to individual stories.
A few publications included revisions to individual stories in the publication copy; these items can be found in Series VIII: Publications but are cross-referenced here.
Box 47 Folder 5
JCLM
Box 47 Folder 6
Manuscripts
Box 47 Folder 7
Includes covering letter
Box 47 Folder 8
Included in Varieties of Disturbance
Box 118
There are some handwritten revisions and notes on revisions in Confusions.
Box 47 Folder 9
Manuscript, 1 p.
Box 47 Folder 10
Included in Varieties of Disturbance
Box 47 Folder 11
"Helen and Vi"; included in Varieties of Disturbance
Box 47 Folder 12
Included in Almost No Memory
Box 47 Folder 13
Box 47 Folder 14
Box 107
Davis made handwritten revisions to My Sister and the Queen of England in this copy of the publication.
Box 118
By Davis - To Reiterate. Also, Davis' translations of Michel Butor's The Spirit of Mediterrarean Places. Both include handwritten corrections.
Box 47 Folder 15
Manuscripts
Box 47 Folder 16
Manuscripts, and related correspondence
Box 47 Folder 17
"Television"; included in Varieties of Disturbance
Box 47 Folder 18
Revisions to "Television Notes" in a printed copy in John Cheney's Literary Magazine
Box 47 Folder 19
Box 47 Folder 20
Written in 1966, published in The International Literary Quarterly in 2007
These drafts are a single set of files that was originally kept together in one box. The drafts include stories that were used in Almost No Memory, Samuel Johnson is Indignant, and possibly also Varieties of Disturbance. These files also include notes and publication information for various individual stories.
The files also contains two notebooks of stories and poems.
Box 48 Folder 1
Box 48 Folder 2
With notations of first publications
Box 48 Folder 3
Checked for new book, 2006
Box 48 Folder 4
Stories in SJII including rough drafts and notations of first pub.
Box 48 Folder 5
It appears that Shirley and Others became Varieties of Disturbance
Box 48 Folder 6
It appears that Shirley became Varieties of Disturbance
Box 48 Folder 7
Original folders, now empty, with Davis' notes on the front. These primarily consists of lists of stories that were used or considered for Almost No Memory and Samuel Johnson is Indignant with their original publication information.
Box 48 Folder 8
This subseries includes two sets of rough drafts and notes for stories, as well as a general files of notes and drafts that includes some stories.
These stories were originally received in one box. The first two files were in dated envelopes; the last file was together in a loose stack. While there are annotations on the individual stories, there are no separate sheets of notes.
Box 22 Folder 1
Box 22 Folder 2-3
Box 22 Folder 6
Box 23 Folder 1-5
Box 23 Folder 6
Includes notes.
Box 24 Folder 1-2
Includes notes.
Box 24 Folder 3-6
Per Davis' note: packed up 3/2018. This contains some material that is related to Can't and Won't.
Box 49 Folder 1-6
The drafts are primarily of short stories, although there are also blurbs, obituaries, and other items. Includes various notes, including notes on family letters.
This subseries contains materials related to the production of Davis' major translation works, as well as other translations. There are additional files related to these works, and other translation works, in Series II: Professional Files. There are also some published versions of translations in Series VIII: Publications.
These include Blanchot's The Last Man, Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Leiris' Rules of the Game, Proust's Swann's Way, as well as works by Pierre Jean Jouve, Justine Lévy, Alfred Ollivant, Danièle Sallenave, A.L. Snijders, and several items related to translations for Zone Books.
The materials includes manuscripts, setting copies, proofs, corrections, notes, original texts and other source material, and related correspondence.
Arranged by author, then title, followed by the Zone files
Box 24 Folder 7
Printout, with some authorial annotations, labeled "some rough"; pages out of order, approximately 50 pp.
Box 25 Folder 1
Box 25 Folder 2
Box 25 Folder 3
Box 45
Annotated copy of the 1972 Plon edition.
Box 45
Annotated copy of the 1978 Calmann-Lévy edition.
Box 45
Annotated copy of the 1984 Gallimard edition.
There is material related to two editions in the collection: the Viking Penguin edition (2010) and the Penguin Books edition (2011).
Box 25 Folder 3-6
Printout, with numerous holograph corrections by Davis. Per Davis' note: changed entered in pencil thru half the ms. (ran out of time).
Box 25 Folder 7
Box 26 Folder 1-2
Box 26 Folder 3-6
Box 27 Folder 1-4
One copy with revisions by Davis and some penciled comments by Alan Cote.
Box 27 Folder 5-6
One copy with marks by (predominantly) Rachel Careau - some by Steve Careau. Includes covering page of October 27, 2009.
Box 28 Folder 1-2
One copy with marks by (predominantly) Rachel Careau - some by Steve Careau. Includes covering page of October 27, 2009.
Box 28 Folder 3-5
For Viking. With authorial corrections, copyeditor's notes, and setting instructions throughout.
Box 29 Folder 1-2
With light authorial corrections.
Box 29 Folder 3-4
With a handful of authorial corrections.
Box 29 Folder 5
These are a photocopy of Davis' corrected page proofs from June/July 2010. These were stored in a box labeled "Madame B. changes for pb Feb-Mar 2011" but it is unclear if there are any new corrections in this copy.
Box 30 Folder 1-2
These are a photocopy of Davis' corrected page proofs from June/July 2010. These were stored in a box labeled "Madame B. changes for pb Feb-Mar 2011" but it is unclear if there are any new corrections in this copy.
Box 30 Folder 3-5
These are the original corrected page proofs from June/July 2010. Additional corrections were made to this copy in 2011. Includes 2011 and 2012 memos.
Box 30 Folder 6-8
Box 31 Folder 1-2
Box 31 Folder 3-4
Page proofs of May 4, 2011, with a covering letter of June 7, 2011.
Box 31 Folder 5
Page proofs of June 15, 2011, with a covering letter of June 24, 2011.
Box 32 Folder 1
Page proofs of June 15, 2011, with a covering letter of June 24, 2011.
Box 32 Folder 2
Individual corrected pages from page proofs of June 2011, with memos from July 2011.
Box 32 Folder 3
Box 32 Folder 4
Box 32 Folder 5
Box 32 Folder 6
Box 33 Folder 1
Box 33 Folder 2-3
File includes manuscripts, reprints, and other materials.
Box 48 Folder 9
Box 33 Folder 4-5
Typescript, with a handful of holograph corrections by Davis.
Box 34 Folder 1-3
File includes a small amount of related publisher correspondence including several leaves of editorial queries; some of the correspondence is in French.
Box 34 Folder 4-7
Annotated printout with a few leaves of Davis's holograph notes.
Box 35 Folder 1-3
Setting copy, including translator's introduction; with authorial annotations as well as copyeditor's notes and setting instructions throughout.
Box 35 Folder 4-5
Authorial corrections and editorial corrections/queries throughout.
Box 35 Folder 6-7
Includes index.
Box 36 Folder 1-2
Box 36 Folder 3-4
Box 36 Folder 5-6
Box 37 Folder 1-3
Includes 1991 manuscript (355 pp.) as well as rough drafts of the translator's notes and other sections.
Box 37 Folder 4-6
Setting copy; with copyeditor's notes, setting instructions, and some authorial corrections throughout. The date on Davis' label is 1997.
Box 38 Folder 1-2
Box 38 Folder 3-5
Printout, "needing one more revision (as of 1999)" per Davis' label. Includes notes and a few pieces of correspondence relating to the Leiris Project.
Box 38 Folder 6
Printout, with corrections by Davis and notes by copyeditor.
Box 48 Folder 10
Box 48 Folder 11
Box 38 Folder 7
Although Davis labeled this copy as a manuscript, it appears to be a corrected page proof. Includes some separate notes on corrections.
Box 49 Folder 7
pp. 1-25 early draft with A.C.'s comments after R.S. criticisms
Box 49 Folder 8
Manuscript, pp. 1-50, with comments, and letter
Box 49 Folder 9
Box 49 Folder 10
Box 38 Folder 8
Box 38 Folder 9
pp. 111-171, unmarked, uncorrected
Box 39 Folder 1
Proust translation draft as of 11/26/99, revised up to p. 72 only. Rough (1st draft) thereafter, except for the conclusion.
Box 39 Folder 2-5
Complete Proust manuscript with pencilled revisions before sending to C.P. [Christopher Prendergast]. Stored 9/2001.
Box 39 Folder 6-7
Copy of finished manuscript sent to C.P. [Christopher Prendergast] before his comments and before final revision. Stored 9/01.
Box 40 Folder 1-2
Copy of finished manuscript sent to C.P. [Christopher Prendergast] before his comments and before final revision. Stored 9/01.
Box 40 Folder 3-6
Complete Proust manuscript with CP's [Christopher Prendergast's] pencilled comments.
Box 41 Folder 1
Clean copy after my corrections and incorporating CP's [Christopher Prendergast's] suggestions.
Box 41 Folder 2-5
Per Davis' label, "Proust printout, pp. 172-end" [p. 565]. This copy was in a typing box, and includes additional pages after p. 565; these appear to be pp. 122-169 and pp. 156-171.
Box 49 Folder 11
Manuscript, with corrections. Envelopes for pp. 26-105, pp. 105-203, and pp. 203-303 were empty in the box, and not retained.
Box 49 Folder 12
Manuscript, with corrections. Envelopes for pp. 26-105, pp. 105-203, and pp. 203-303 were empty in the box, and not retained.
Box 41 Folder 6-7
Page proofs, with authorial corrections and covering letters.
Box 42 Folder 1-2
Photocopy of the Penguin UK edition. This includes both photocopy and original corrections. Originals of the photocopy corrections appear in the setting copy.
Box 42 Folder 3-4
Corrected photocopy of the Penguin UK edition, sent February 25, 2003, together with a setting copy for the preliminary pages to the Viking edition.
Box 42 Folder 5-7
Page proofs, "author's set," with authorial and editorial annotations throughout.
Box 43 Folder 1
Page proofs, "author's set," with authorial and editorial annotations throughout.
Box 43 Folder 2-4
Box 45
Annotated copy of the 1986 P.O.L edition.
Box 50 Folder 1
Includes galley with marks and corrections, list of corrections, and a postcard from B. Epler.
Box 50 Folder 2
Box 43 Folder 5
Two corrected manuscripts, and an annotated photocopy of the French source text.
Box 43 Folder 6
Photocopy of the French source text.
Box 43 Folder 7
Manuscript, with corrections.
Box 43 Folder 8
Manuscript, together with earlier draft of a table of contents, and a photocopy of the French source text.
Box 43 Folder 9
Laclos text translation for Zone [Books]; "master copy". Photocopy of setting copy. With covering letter.
Box 44 Folder 1-2
Printout. For Zone Books.
Box 44 Folder 3-5
Photocopies of French and English source texts.
Box 44 Folder 6
File includes a manuscript, a photocopy of the setting copy, and photocopies of French and English source texts.
Box 44 Folder 7
Box 45 Folder 1-3
Photocopies of English translations of Crébillon and Diderot.
The drafts are primarily of short stories, although there are also blurbs, obituaries, and other items. There are also various notes, including notes on family letters, as well as some relevant to Confessions of a Translator, some also turned into The End of the Story.
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The drafts are primarily of short stories, although there are also blurbs, obituaries, and other items. Includes various notes, including notes on family letters.
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"Notes - Some relevant to Confessions of a Translator some also turned into The End of the Story, checked Summer 2007." On index cards; these were originally in small card box and have been rehoused.
This series contains business files, as well as files on other professional subjects, including files related to specific writing projects. These files were filed and received separately from records related to the publication of Davis' books, which are filed in Series I: Book Production and Related Materials.
These files contain records related to smaller writing projects, such as articles, blurbs, essays, fiction for journals and magazines, memorials, prefaces, readings, reviews, and talks. Files on smaller projects often contain both business correspondence and manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and related material together in the same file. There are files related to specific publications, publishers, and other projects, such as Flaubert and Proust. There are also general files on anthologies and magazine work. In addition, there are chronological files related to Davis' literary agent, Denise Shannon Literary Agency (DSLA), as well as miscellaneous business files.
There are some articles and interviews related to Davis in the professional files. These are frequently filed by either publication name or the name of the interviewer, but there are also some general files for interviews, while others are filed with the general readings files. There are additional published interviews filed with Series VIII: Publications.
The series also contains files related to specific panels, readings, talks, and other events. Most of these are filed by the name of the event or its location, although there are also general files for readings, residencies, talks, and interviews. Files related to master and similar classes – both business files and teaching files – are filed with Series V: Teaching Files.
The series also contains files related to fellowships, grants, and other awards including the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship, National Book Award, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), PEN, and the Pushcart Prize.
There is some correspondence with individuals on professional subjects in this series, but most files for individual correspondents were filed with Davis' personal correspondence.
Files were arranged alphabetically; miscellaneous business files follow at the end of the series.
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Davis wrote the preface for this collection.
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Biographer to Joan Mitchell
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Correspondence with Gordon Lish
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Go Away; Soon After Falling Asleep; How He is Often Right. There are some notes indicating stories were used and /or combined for Almost No Memory.
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Essay. Includes proofs.
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Dan Gunn - Cahiers - Beckett, etc.
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National Book Foundation
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Davis' letter to Barnes, with draft. Related to Madame Bovary.
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Anthology
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Notes; appear to be related to essay work on the Bible.
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Drafts, some pages with P.A.'s suggestions
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Drafts and correspondence
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Correspondence, etc.
Box 51 Folder 12
Two copies of outgoing letters from Davis, and one partial letter from Blanchot (photocopy)
Box 51 Folder 13
In French. These are primarily from Blanchot. Items related to Leiris are primarily empty envelopes.
Box 51 Folder 14
Reviews, correspondence, etc.
Box 51 Folder 15
Appears primarily related to Death Sentence
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Box 51 Folder 17
Box 51 Folder 18
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Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
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Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
High Risk Books
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Letters and memorabilia
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Slips from bulletin board
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Box 52 Folder 7
Box 118
By Davis - To Reiterate. Also, Davis' translations of Michel Butor's The Spirit of Mediterrarean Places. Both include handwritten corrections.
Box 52 Folder 8
Relates to Proust, Blanchot and a Woman in Red.
Box 52 Folder 9
Box 52 Folder 10
"Revise:1" and "Revise:2"
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Folder contains annotated typescripts of stories, together with lists of venues and stories read there.
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Manuscript of Lewinter translation with A's handwritten comments
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Writing and correspondence relating to, or by, Rachel Careau. A lot of it has marks of comments by Davis and /or Alan [Cote].
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Literary Festival. In French.
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Notes for the preface, written for Rachel Careau's translation of Colette's Chéri and The End of Chéri.
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"Notes - Some relevant to Confessions of a Translator some also turned into The End of the Story, checked Summer 2007." On index cards; these were originally in small card box and have been rehoused.
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Contributed "Reducing Expenses" and "Burning Family Members"
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Magazines, composers, etc.
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Clippings
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Clipping of Davis' story "The Landing"
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Literary agent
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Handwritten dialogue by Davis, on a menu
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German language publication in Switzerland
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Box 54 Folder 14
Box 122 Folder 3
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
High Risk Books
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Old cardboard box (1/2 - collapsed) which appears in the novel.
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Note on placements; cards used to organize essays
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Box 55 Folder 10
Manuscript pages
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Drafts. Unpublished.
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Box 100 Folder 49
Restricted until 2082
His class' papers on Davis' stories
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Restricted until 2090
Box 55 Folder 19
This set of files was stored together in one box; the files have been left in their original order.
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Box 87 Folder 2
Product information in English and in French
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Notes
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Notes
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Notes
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Other introductions, with Davis' annotations and notes
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Interview with Wyatt Mason about translation and D. Nabokov and review of Miss Herbert
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Copied back in 1982 or 1983 for class
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Consists of a few typescript pages
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Includes the published review, Davis' reactions (notes), a published letter to the editor, and Barnes' personal letter to Davis
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Manuscript
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File includes correspondence, manuscript, and related materials.
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Correspondence related to the book
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Davis' statement on Galassi for award
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Correspondence
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Correspondence, along with a draft of translation of a story of hers
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Indentifying Davis as a McLean alumnus
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"Prison writing manuscripts, 2017." Manuscripts, with cover letter.
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Bible essay
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Permissions
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Correspondence with Paragon House
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In French. These are primarily from Blanchot. Items related to Leiris are primarily empty envelopes.
Box 58 Folder 7
Box 58 Folder 8
Box 58 Folder 9
Published extracts from Scraps with translator's note by Davis
Box 57 Folder 20
Manuscript, with letter, grammar corrections, and blurb.
Box 58 Folder 10
Box 58 Folder 11
Kasia Boddy, ed. "Diasagreement"
Box 58 Folder 12
Related to the funeral of Robert Gorham Davis, Davis' father.
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Permissions. Includes DVD.
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Primarily correspondence with Eric Basso
Box 59 Folder 5
Recommendation letters have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 59 Folder 6-7
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Programs, fliers, etc. related to Davis
Box 59 Folder 9
Includes brochures, clippings, fliers, invitations, programs, for various events involving Davis.
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Recommendation / nomination letters have been separated from the file and restricted.
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Recommendation / nomination letters have been separated from the file and restricted.
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Correspondence
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Attempted translation of poems
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Interview with Larry McCaffery and Edie Jarolim. Manuscript with extensive revisions of my own comments and some of their questions.
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Manuscript and proofs
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Essay; published in Harvard Review
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Contains memorial tributes for Maurice Blanchot and William Bronk.
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Box 61 Folder 8
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Box 61 Folder 10
"As I Was Reading" essay for 2000andWhat? anthology. Includes correspondence and corrected manuscripts and proofs.
Box 61 Folder 11
Correspondence, manuscript with corrections, etc.
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Includes sample of From Stefan, A Novel, 20 pp.
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Clipping of short paragraph by Davis.
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Box 62 Folder 3
Davis' review of Ashbery's translation of Rimbaud's Illuminations. Includes correspondence, clippings, and drafts.
Box 62 Folder 4
"Everyone is Invited"
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Snijders - Cheever - Davis translation
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Correspondence with Daniel Menaker and Pat Strachan
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Includes correspondence and proofs
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Box 62 Folder 17
Includes correspondence, corrected manuscript, and corrected proofs.
Box 62 Folder 18
Correspondence
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Box 62 Folder 20
Box 62 Folder 21
Proofs with Davis' corrections and notes. Includes covering letter from Nunez.
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Box 62 Folder 25
Eluard translation
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Literary magazine
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These files were kept together as one set. They have been left in their original order.
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Includes corrected drafts, others' suggestions, Davis' notes, A's notes, revisions, and corrected galleys
Box 90 Folder 1
Includes correspondence and Proust-related emails
Box 90 Folder 2
Includes some correspondence
Box 90 Folder 3
Includes correspondence, Davis' notes, and drafts of talks
Box 90 Folder 4
Includes correspondence, chart of vocabulary and pages of expressions, and corrected galleys
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Copied 12/19/00. 2nd draft to p. 343. 1st draft p. 343 to p. 420.
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Marcel Proust, from The Way by Swann's, translated by Davis. Includes handwritten revisions.
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Manuscripts for introduction to Swann's Way and Stendhal's The Life of Henry Brulard
Box 90 Folder 17
Box 90 Folder 18
Clippings, programs, etc.
Box 90 Folder 19
Correspondence and notes
Box 90 Folder 20
Box 90 Folder 21
Drafts of Proust Talk 3 and 4. There are also some papers related to her translation of Swann's Way, including the introduction and note on the translation.
Box 90 Folder 22
"On the Pleasures of Teaching Proust" for the New School.
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Correspondence
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Programs, fliers, etc.
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Programs, fliers, etc. related to Davis
Box 59 Folder 9
Includes brochures, clippings, fliers, invitations, programs, for various events involving Davis.
Box 94 Folder 2
Restricted until 2075
Box 94 Folder 1
Restricted until 2085
Box 94 Folder 3
Restricted until 2095
Box 94 Folder 4
Restricted until 2086
Students, and others
Box 94 Folder 5
Restricted until 2085
Recommendation letters
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Restricted until 2074
Recommendation letters
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Restricted until 2085
Box 94 Folder 8
Restricted until 2084
Box 94 Folder 9
Restricted until 2085
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Rough draft of sample. First draft - a few pages (Du. translation).
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Notes on time for translating pages
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Photocopy of handwritten book dedication
Box 63 Folder 33
Correspondence, clippings, etc.
Box 63 Folder 34
Four pieces
Box 122 Folder 4
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
Includes some manuscript pages. Stories were not accepted.
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In Spanish.
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Includes draft of preface
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Restricted until 2047, or the death of Lydia Davis
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Manuscripts for introduction to Swann's Way and Stendhal's The Life of Henry Brulard
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Correspondence, blurbs, etc.
Box 64 Folder 25
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Re: translation work for Hans Peter Litscher of Strindberg texts. Correspondence, manuscripts, and other material.
Box 64 Folder 26
Box 46 Folder 12-13
In English and in French. The item in French is a translation of stories from Almost No Memory. Includes cover letters.
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Restricted until 2032
Manuscript, with Davis' marks
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Several talks specifically on Proust are filed with other Proust files.
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As given at Williams College
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Transcribed June 29, 2017
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Restricted until 2047, or the death of Lydia Davis
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Various pieces and drafts, including schizophrenic monologue
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Correspondence
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Includes correspondence with Davis' father, Robert Gorham Davis
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Manuscript
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Notes, and clippings
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Metrpolis Bleu; literary festival
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Symposium on translation with Natasha Wimmer, etc.
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Includes emails from Grieve
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Restricted until 2047, or the death of Lydia Davis
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Interviewer, 1994
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Literary journal of the NYU MFA program.
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Literary agent. Correspondence.
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Correspondence and translations
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Corrected proofs
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Davis' personal letter to cousin about writing in 1973 in answer to cousin's letter and story (enclosed)
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Writing and review, comments, ads, etc. Primarily related to Break It Down and Almost No Memory. Includes a few short story drafts. Includes book jackets for Break It Down and The End of the Story.
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Piece is "On Some Recent Recommendation of the Committee on Vacancies in Matters of Music, Education, Ideology and Racist Society. "Letter which I always meant to read".
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Correspondence and translations
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Includes: John Pruitt (The Downtown Review), Paul Buck (Blanchot), From Davis to Fr. Publisher (Blanchot), Fata Morgana (re: Blanchot), Davis to publisher re: children's story, Christopher Fynsk re: Blanchot, Richard Poirier, P. Adams Sitney, and Michael Davidson (job "feeler")
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Subjects include: Denise [Shannon], North Point Leiris, Conjunctions, Pat Strachan's New Yorker Poetry Project
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Subjects include: Conjunctions, Station Hill Press, Emmanuel Hocquard, Pushcart, Malcolm Bowie, Paris Review, and Leiris matters.
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Subjects include: Exact Change, Marsilio, Leiris material, Kasia Boddy, George Quasha (Station Hill Press), Lewis Warsh (Poetry Project), Bard Morrow (Conjuctions).
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Subjects include: Austryn Wainhouse (Marlboro Press), Station Hill Press, Leiris material, and Fanny Howe.
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Subjects include: Brian Evenson, Roberta Allen, Naropa
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Subjects include: Poetry Project, Pierre Jean Jouve, New Yorker, Leiris, Ziolkowski, Matute, Naropa, Ira Silverberg, Penn State, and Washington University.
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Subjects include: Joel-Peter Witkin, and Alice Kaplan.
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Subjects include: Brown, Denise S., UCSD, 14 Hills, Stephen Dixon, French Culture Series, Eleni Sikelianos, Diane Williams (Noon), Borchardt (Means), J. Galassi, and M. Jenkins.
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Subjects include: Robert Coover, Denise S., Leiris business, Blanchot business, Anna Rabinowitz, Matute, Madeleine Monette (correcting various French), and Diane Williams.
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Includes Proust correspondence; Farrar, Straus and Giroux correspondence; other literary correspondence; miscellaneous translations; readings / residencies; and Denise Shannon
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Topics / items include magazines, Jonathan Galassi at Random House, royalties, possible translation job, page proofs, permissions requests, recommendations/evaluations, award nomination, and a reading invitation. Recommendation letters from have been separated from the file and restricted.
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Topics / items include page proofs, teaching position agreement, royalties, permissions request, travel record, reading agreement, reading program, xerox of reprint with correction, bios, letter from politicsl reps., Leiris business, sorties submitted for Prize, thank-you from PEN, recommendations, mag. pubs., and Noon business. Recommendation letters from have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 70 Folder 12
Topics / items include invitations, royalties, recommendations, recommendations / references, prize finalist announcement, book order response (note), permission requests, Leiris correspondence, Flyer for library series in Port Ewen, book review, book cover designs, DSLA correspondence, projects deadlines, note from Guggenheim, award announcement, income tax stubs (1993), foreign rights note, photographer correspondence, and conference at Oxford (2004). Recommendation letters from have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 71 Folder 1
Includes royalty statements, recommendations, translations (French, Mexican), D'Agata, requests for blurbs, requests for introductions / references, Davis to Farrar, Straus and Giroux about Samuel Johnson is Indignant reviews, requests for submissions, and invitations. Recommendation letters from have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 71 Folder 2
Letters, notes, and royalty statements
Box 71 Folder 3
Royalty statements, income stubs, teaching materials, miscellaneous business, notes for blurbs, recommendation/reference, lit. mementoes and reviews and catalog pages.
Box 71 Folder 4
Royalty statements, some Denise Shannon Literary Agency cover letters, and other miscellaneous
Box 71 Folder 5
Various unfiled materials.
This series contains family, personal, and miscellaneous correspondence.
The majority of Davis' professional correspondence is with Series II: Professional Files, but there may be correspondence on professional subjects in Davis' personal correspondence files. In addition, files of miscellaneous business correspondence are filed in Subseries III.3: Professional (Miscellaneous).
This subseries contains correspondence between Davis and her parents and siblings (1960-1964), as well as some additional correspondence of her parents (1940s, 1964).
Correspondence between Davis and her first husband, Paul Auster, is filed with Subseries III.2: Personal Correspondence, below.
There is no correspondence between Davis and her second husband, Alan Cote, or her children in the papers.
Box 122 Folder 5
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
Box 72 Folder 3
Box 72 Folder 4
Box 72 Folder 5
Box 72 Folder 6
Box 72 Folder 7
Box 72 Folder 8
Receipts from Hope Hale Davis (HHD) and Stephen Davis? (SHD) trip to Cologne and Amsterdam, 1964.
Box 72 Folder 9
This subseries contains correspondence with individuals, and two additional files: letters of condolence after the death of Davis' father, and a file of "precious letters".
There is additional personal correspondence in Subseries III.4: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Series VII: Miscellaneous Files. While Davis made content notes for these files, which include names, they do not appear to be comprehensive for all files. There is overlap between the correspondence files in Subseries III.2 and these miscellaneous files.
Box 72 Folder 10
Box 72 Folder 11
Box 72 Folder 12
Fan?
Box 95 Folder 1-3
Restricted pending further review by Davis per note - "Restricted for now - when it is prepared for archiving I can review it. All letters without personal content cd. be unrestricted. LD."
Box 91 Folder 1
Box 91 Folder 2
Box 91 Folder 3
Box 91 Folder 4
Box 91 Folder 5
Includes letters
Box 91 Folder 6
Only drafts of poems, plus Abacus
Box 72 Folder 13
Box 121
Annotated.
Box 121
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned .
This correspondence is primarily Auster's letters to Davis. There are two photographs with the 1969 folders.
Box 94 Folder 15
Restricted until 2041
Box 72 Folder 14
Childhood friend from Davis' building. Magazine clipping of photos.
Box 72 Folder 15
Box 72 Folder 16
Box 72 Folder 17
Box 72 Folder 18
Box 72 Folder 19
Box 72 Folder 20
Box 72 Folder 21
Box 72 Folder 22
Box 72 Folder 23
Box 72 Folder 24
Box 72 Folder 25
Family friends, both painters
Box 72 Folder 26
Box 72 Folder 27
Sister of Anne Heche; wrote book about her father
Box 72 Folder 28
Clipping
Box 72 Folder 29
Box 72 Folder 30
Box 72 Folder 31
Box 72 Folder 32
Box 72 Folder 33
Box 72 Folder 34
Ex-Bard MFA student
Box 72 Folder 35
Evidently knew him in circa 1969; partner of Teo Savory
Box 72 Folder 36
Childhood friend; children of the Brocks of "Alice's Restaurant"
Box 72 Folder 37
Box 72 Folder 38
Box 72 Folder 39-40
Box 72 Folder 41
Ex-student, University of California San Diego
Box 72 Folder 42
Box 73 Folder 1
Box 73 Folder 2-4
Box 73 Folder 5
Box 73 Folder 6-7
Box 73 Folder 8
Theologian and chaplain at Bard College
Box 95 Folder 12
Restricted
Box 73 Folder 9
Box 73 Folder 10
Box 73 Folder 11
Correspondence to
Box 73 Folder 12
Box 73 Folder 13
Prop., cottages at Round Lake Road
Box 73 Folder 14
Box 73 Folder 15
Box 73 Folder 16
Box 73 Folder 17
Box 73 Folder 18
Box 73 Folder 19
Photographer; ex-Bard MFA student
Box 73 Folder 20
Box 73 Folder 21
Landlady at Bergen St.
Box 73 Folder 22
Box 73 Folder 23
Box 73 Folder 24
Box 73 Folder 25
Box 73 Folder 26
Box 73 Folder 27
Box 73 Folder 28
Box 73 Folder 29
Box 73 Folder 30
Box 73 Folder 31
Box 73 Folder 32
Box 74 Folder 1
Box 74 Folder 2
Box 74 Folder 3
Box 74 Folder 4
French poet; first knew him in Paris in the 1970s
Box 74 Folder 5
Box 74 Folder 6
Box 74 Folder 7
Box 74 Folder 8
Box 74 Folder 9
ex-Bard MFA student
Box 74 Folder 10
Box 74 Folder 11
Box 74 Folder 12
Box 74 Folder 13
Box 74 Folder 14
Box 74 Folder 15
Box 74 Folder 16
Editor of HOW(ever)
Box 74 Folder 17
Box 74 Folder 18
Box 74 Folder 19
Box 74 Folder 20
Box 74 Folder 21
Box 74 Folder 22
Poet, and husband of C.D. Wright
Box 74 Folder 23
Box 74 Folder 24
Ex-Bard undergraduate
Box 74 Folder 25
Beyond Baroque and Magazine
Box 74 Folder 26
Box 74 Folder 27
Box 74 Folder 28
Box 95 Folder 13
Restricted
Box 95 Folder 14
Restricted until at least 2040
Box 74 Folder 29
Box 74 Folder 30
Box 74 Folder 31
Box 74 Folder 32
Box 74 Folder 33
Item has some water damage; last name is illegible
Box 74 Folder 34
Box 74 Folder 35
Met her on a teaching gig
Box 74 Folder 36
Box 74 Folder 37
Ex-Bard MFA
Box 74 Folder 38
Re: Edward Steichen
Box 74 Folder 39
Box 74 Folder 40
Box 74 Folder 41
Box 74 Folder 42
Box 74 Folder 43
Friend of parents, Davis also taught under him at Columbia University
Box 74 Folder 44
Box 74 Folder 45
ex-Bard MFA student
Box 74 Folder 46
Box 75 Folder 1
Box 94 Folder 16
Restricted until 2042
Box 75 Folder 2
Article, with covering letter
Box 75 Folder 3
Box 75 Folder 4
Friend from Sligo, Ireland 1970s
Box 75 Folder 5
Box 75 Folder 6
Box 75 Folder 7
Box 75 Folder 8
ex-Bard MFA student
Box 75 Folder 9
Box 75 Folder 10
Ex-student, University of California San Diego
Box 75 Folder 11
Former student at the University of San Diego. Two plays, with covering letter.
Box 75 Folder 12-14
Box 75 Folder 15
Box 75 Folder 16
Ex-student
Box 75 Folder 17
Friend of Edie Jarolim and one of the subjects of "Special Chair"
Box 75 Folder 18
Mother of Wayne; writer
Box 75 Folder 19
Box 75 Folder 20
Box 75 Folder 21
Box 75 Folder 22
Box 75 Folder 23
Canadian writer and translator of my work
Box 75 Folder 24
Box 75 Folder 25
Box 75 Folder 26
Box 75 Folder 27
Box 75 Folder 28
Box 75 Folder 29
Box 75 Folder 30
Box 75 Folder 31
Box 75 Folder 32
Box 75 Folder 33
Box 75 Folder 34
Box 75 Folder 35
Met at Salzburg at age 11
Box 76 Folder 1
Box 76 Folder 2
Poet
Box 76 Folder 3-5
Box 76 Folder 6
Box 76 Folder 7
Box 76 Folder 8-9
Box 76 Folder 10
Box 76 Folder 11
Davis' note - See Also: Waters
Box 76 Folder 12
Box 76 Folder 13
Box 76 Folder 14
Box 76 Folder 15
Box 76 Folder 16
Candian writer and former Bard MFA student
Box 76 Folder 17
Box 76 Folder 18
Box 76 Folder 19
Box 76 Folder 20
Putney roommate
Box 76 Folder 21
Box 76 Folder 22
Box 76 Folder 23
Box 94 Folder 17
Restricted until 2041
Box 76 Folder 24
Box 76 Folder 25
Box 76 Folder 26
Box 76 Folder 27
Box 76 Folder 28
Friend from Putney School
Box 76 Folder 29
Ex-Bard undergrad student
Box 76 Folder 30
Box 76 Folder 31
Box 76 Folder 32
Friend from Putney School
Box 76 Folder 33
Childhood friend, daughter of Herbert Robbins
Box 76 Folder 34
Box 77 Folder 1
Box 77 Folder 2
Box 77 Folder 3-4
Box 77 Folder 5
Austrian writer Davis has translated
Box 77 Folder 6
Box 77 Folder 7
Putney boyfriend
Box 77 Folder 8
Box 77 Folder 9
Box 77 Folder 10
Box 77 Folder 11
Box 77 Folder 12
Box 77 Folder 13
Poet, editor
Box 77 Folder 14
Box 77 Folder 15
Box 77 Folder 16
Critic, reviewer, friend of Hope Hale Davis (HHD)
Box 77 Folder 17
Box 77 Folder 18
Box 77 Folder 19
Box 77 Folder 20
Box 77 Folder 21
Box 77 Folder 22
Box 77 Folder 23
Box 77 Folder 24
Box 78 Folder 1
Box 78 Folder 2
Box 78 Folder 3
Box 78 Folder 4-5
Box 78 Folder 6
Box 78 Folder 7
Box 78 Folder 8
Box 78 Folder 9-10
Box 78 Folder 11
Box 78 Folder 12
Box 78 Folder 13
Box 78 Folder 14
Pastoral counselor
Box 78 Folder 15
Clipping
Box 78 Folder 16
Box 78 Folder 17
Box 78 Folder 18
Family that Davis lived with as an au pair
Box 78 Folder 19
Box 78 Folder 20
Box 78 Folder 21
Ex-Bard MFA student
Box 78 Folder 22
Box 78 Folder 23
Box 78 Folder 24
Box 78 Folder 25
Box 78 Folder 26
Box 78 Folder 27
Box 78 Folder 28
Box 78 Folder 29
Read with her
Box 78 Folder 30
Box 78 Folder 31
Box 78 Folder 32
Piano teacher
Box 78 Folder 33
Box 78 Folder 34
Box 78 Folder 35
Box 78 Folder 36
Box 78 Folder 37
Box 78 Folder 38
Box 78 Folder 39
Davis' best friend in early childhood
Box 78 Folder 40
Box 78 Folder 41
Box 78 Folder 42
Includes correspondence regarding Stories and Other Stories
Box 78 Folder 43
Box 78 Folder 44
Letters of condolence related to the death of Davis' father, Robert Gorham Davis. Letters from various friends including Rachel Hadas and Rick Moody.
Box 46 Folder 4
Includes letters from Robert Coover, Joyce Carol Oates, Andrei Codrescu, Samuel Menashe, Michel Leiris, Mary Oppen, and Jonathan Williams (with Davis' answer to Williams).
This subseries contains miscellaneous business correspondence and former student correspondence.
The majority of Davis' professional correspondence is with Series II: Professional Files; however, miscellaneous business correspondence is filed in this subseries. In addition, there may be correspondence on professional subjects in Davis' personal correspondence files.
There is additional professional correspondence in Subseries III.4: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Series VII: Miscellaneous Files.
Box 122 Folder 6
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
"About Blanchot pubs. et al"
Box 71 Folder 6
Box 71 Folder 7
Box 71 Folder 8
Includes a few pages of a draft of Reve's The Evenings
Box 72 Folder 1-2
Box 71 Folder 9
Box 71 Folder 10
Box 71 Folder 11
Box 71 Folder 12
Box 71 Folder 13
Former students requesting help / blurbs, other beginning writers [?], former students, students hosting readings conferences, etc. Recommendation letters from have been separated from the file and restricted.
This subseries contains various files of miscellaneous correspondence. This is a mix of family, personal, and professional correspondence. The file descriptions in the finding aid were taken from the descriptions written on the files by Davis.
Box 79 Folder 1
Box 79 Folder 2-3
Box 79 Folder 4
Box 79 Folder 5
Box 79 Folder 6
Box 79 Folder 7
Box 79 Folder 8-9
Box 80 Folder 1
Box 80 Folder 2-4
Box 80 Folder 5
Unanswered letters, miscellaneous, including from "fans" and from Red Watson, Patsy Vigdeman, Stefanie Weh, Geoff Young, and E[ric?] Keyser.
Box 80 Folder 6
Includes Davis' school work, letters from friends and family, a drawing by Davis, notes to Lydia from Hope Hale Davis, poems by Davis and others, and notes passed (in the library?).
Box 81 Folder 8
Hope Hale Davis (HHD), her friend, emails from friends, cousin, business/literary, notes for blurbs, letters from Putney friends, and deaht notice of J. Wischnegradsky. Includes school-age items related to Davis.
Box 81 Folder 9
Mostly 1963-1964. Includes Davis' Barnard Bulletin articles, and letters and notes (1963-1964).
Box 82 Folder 1
Letters mostly 1978-1979, business and personal. Includes letters from Robert Gorham Davis (RGD) and Hope Hale Davis (HHD) to Davis, poet Richard Duerden, Christopher Fynsk, Gnome Baker, Richard Poirier, brother Stephen Davis inscribing book, Pantheon, John Hollander, Mary MacArthur of Gallimaufry Journal, Bill Davenport, Rosemary Flanders, and drafts of Davis' letters. Includes idealized schedule when D[aniel] was a baby.
Box 81 Folder 1
Letters (personal), mostly from friends and fellow writers. Includes Rae Armantrout, Peter Cherches, Barbara Einzig, Jonathan Franzen, Rachel Careau, Diane Williams, etc.
Box 81 Folder 2
The 1989 Susan Howe letter is restricted until at least 2032, when the current restriction will be reviewed by Davis
Letters (personal), mostly from friends and fellow writers. Includes Don Cheney (former student and friend), Susan Howe, Jack LeVert, Diane Williams, Karl Roeseler (former UCSD student), Rae Armantrout, and fan letter from lawyer. The Howe letter has been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 81 Folder 3
The 1989 Jonathan Franzen letter is restricted until at least 2032, when the current restriction will be reviewed by Davis
Personal letters from friends and fellow writers. Includes Rachel Hadas, Diane Williams, Eleiot Weinberger, Barbara Einzig, Jonathan Franzen, Rae Armantrout, Anthony Barrett, James Salter, and Thomas McGonigle. The Jonathan Franzen letter has been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 81 Folder 4
The 1982/1983 draft letter from Davis to Paul Auster is restricted until at least 2032, when the current restriction will be reviewed by Davis
Personal letters from friends and fellow writers, some business. Includes Paul Buck, Melvyn Freilicher, Chloe (Kerns) Edge (former student at UCSD), Peggy (Moorman) Quaytman, Daniel Dodson (colleague of Robert Gorham Davis), Atlas Press, and draft of a letter from Davis to Paul Auster. The draft of a letter from Davis to Paul Auster has been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 81 Folder 5
Personal letters from friends, fellow writers, and others. Includes Melvyn Freilicher, Eliot Weinberger, Don Cheney, Anne-Marie Albiach, Karl Roeseler, Janice Fletcher (former student), Arlett (Cohen) Jabès (wife of Edmond Jabès), Jack LeVert, Siri Hustvedt, Lynn Hejinian, Susan Howe, David Huddle, Joyce Hellew (former Bard MFA students), Robert Kelly (Bard professor and poet), Diane Williams, Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee.
Box 81 Folder 6
Personal letters from friends and fellow writers, mostly. Includes Jack LeVert, Don Cheney, Mitchell Sisskind, Rae Armantrout, Karl Roeseler, Hugh Seidman (poet, friend of Harvey Shapiro), Geoff Young, Bill Keim (former UCSD student), Bill Petersen, Melvyn Freilicher, Lori Chamberlain (wife of Michael Davidson), and Diane Williams.
Box 81 Folder 7
The 1991 letter from Rae Armantrout is restricted until at least 2032, when the current restriction will be reviewed by Davis
Personal letters from friends, fellow writers, and former students, mostly. Includes Rachel Hadas, Frank Dobo (friend of parents, once agent of L.-F. Céline), Frank Sesso, Paul Auster, Geoff Young, Franco Beltrametti, Don Cheney, Jon Collette (colleague of Robert Gorham Davis and neighbor in Brooklyn), Melvyn Freilicher, Rae Armantrout, Michael Davidson, and Marjorie Perloff. The Rae Armantrout letter has been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 95 Folder 11
Restricted utnil 2032, when the current restrictions will be reviewed by Davis
Box 82 Folder 2
One item of email correspondence with Wyatt Mason, one item of email correspondence with Lynne Tillman, and a draft of a letter to Siri [Hustvedt], are restricted until at least 2032, when the current restrictions will be reviewed by Davis
Personal letters, mine and others. Includes Davis' tribute to Robert Kelly, form letters, other writers, friends, draft of letter to Siri. One item of email correspondence with Wyatt Mason, one item of email correspondence with Lynne Tillman, and a draft of a letter to Siri [Hustvedt] have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 82 Folder 3
Two letters from Rae Armantrout are restricted until at least 2032, when the current restriction will be reviewed by Davis
Personal letters from friends and fellow writers, mostly. Includes Putney School classmates, former students, Dominique Fourcade, Rae Armantrout, Franco Beltrametti, Diane Williams, Charles Bernstein, Tom Raworth, Bob Glück, and Josephine Humphreys. Two Rae Armantrout letters have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 82 Folder 4
Correspondence with friends and fellow writers
Box 122 Folder 7
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
Includes: parents (Hope Hale Davis and Robert Gorham Davis), friends, business
Box 82 Folder 5
Mostly 1983. Includes: personal letters and business; parents, magazines, friends, practical, former students. Also deals with aftermath of teaching in San Diego.
Box 82 Folder 6
Personal and business letters. Includes: Paul Auster (note), mother (Hope Hale Davis), friends, magazines, university.
Box 82 Folder 7
Mostly 1970s. Includes letters, Evey Riesman, friends, business, The New Yorker, Lydia to Paul [Auster], Lydia to Claudia [Cockburn Flanders].
Box 82 Folder 8
Includes: draft of letter to Ingram Merrill Fdn., letters from includes including Anita Barrows, business letters, David's letters to Bob P. (1960s), note from brother, sister in law Rosemary, Marry Oppen, Robert Gorham Davis' close friend and colleague Daniel Dodson, Evey Riseman, Alan's [Cote's] brother David
Box 82 Folder 9
Includes: business, personal, family, draft of blurb, and clipping sent by Derry related to my unfinished Alexia [early novel]
Box 83 Folder 1
Includes: letters from friends and family, business letters, Paris Review, William Bronk, Susan Howe, Rae Armantrout
Box 83 Folder 2
Mostly 1967-1969. Includes personal letters, Putney School material, Putney School friends, photographs of Davis, Davis' correspondence from age 15-16, Rebecca Brock, sister Claudia, brother Stephen, sister in law Rosemary (Flanders) Graham, parents, and Queenie Schiff (Paul [Auster]'s mother).
Box 83 Folder 3
Personal letters, mostly 1967-1969. Jack LeVert, parents, Louis Postal, brother Stephen, Bridget Procter, sister Claudia, Christine (worked with her at Guardian), and friends.
Box 83 Folder 4
Includes: Paul Auster postcard about Beckett, etc., Robert Gorham Davis letter, Judith (X?), Christian (from Guardian), Liz (Wolf?) (apt. - note?), Jack LeVert, Putney School, Barbara Fogel (friend of H[ope] + R[obert] [Davis]?, Davis to Claudia [Cockburn Flanders], Jonathan Aldrich, Ann Axtmann (Robertson), Serena Crystal (cousin), Cindy Ballenger, Peter Phelpo ("boss" at Norton's), Roger Franklin (Putney School teacher), Claude Royet-Journoud, Joy Gleason (Putney School classmate), Merna Cox, Davis to parents, and Roger Meservey.
Davis is currently reviewing her journals and notebooks. Davis has completed her review of Journals #1-4 and #6-39 and these are currently available with some redactions. The rest of the notebooks and journals will not be available for research use until Davis' review of these items is complete.
4 record storage cartons; (Boxes with Restricted Items (Originals) and Reviewed Photocopies with Davis' Restriction Notes: Notebook Boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); 4 document boxes; (Boxes with Original (Unrestricted) or Redacted Access Copies: Boxes 119-120, 123-124)Davis' journals and notebooks document her daily life, as well as her reading, writing, and translation work. These are extensive, comprising approximately 100 items.
Journals #12, 37, and 136 have obvious water stains, but a conservator determined that they do not contain mold.
Box 119 Folder 1
Four pages from the August 9th entry were restricted by Davis. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 119 Folder 2
Box 119 Folder 3
Box 119 Folder 4
Box 119 Folder 5
This item has not yet been reviewed by Davis and remains restricted at this time.
This folder is a placeholder, the original item is currently being stored in another box.
Box 119 Folder 6
Box 119 Folder 7
Box 119 Folder 8
Box 119 Folder 9
Box 119 Folder 10
Box 119 Folder 11
One page from the October 8th entry were restricted by Davis. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 119 Folder 12
The following pages were restricted by Davis - June 1: 2 pages; July 12: 9 pages; August 12-13: 1 page; September 30-October 2: 1 page . Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 1
This journal 1967 July 30-October 2 on the cover, but includes an insert of pages for April 19-June 10.
Box 120 Folder 2
Box 120 Folder 3
Box 120 Folder 4
The following pages were restricted by Davis - 1968 November 12 and December 29: 1 page (page 3); 1969 November 1, 9, 21, 28: 2 pages (pages 17-18); 1970 October 17: 4 pages (pages 44-47). Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 5
The following pages were restricted by Davis - 1970 November 11: 1 page; 1971 February 19: 2 pages; February 21: 1 page; February 26 and 27: 2 pages; and March 25th and April 11: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Includes travel diary for New York - London - Brede - Paris. Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 6
The following pages were restricted by Davis - May 16: 1 page; May 26: 1 page; and June 4: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 7
The following pages were restricted by Davis - June 4, 5: 2 pages. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 8
The following pages were restricted by Davis - August 31: 2 pages; October 26, 27, 28: 2 pages; November 22, 23: 2 pages. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Includes Paris, Ireland, England. Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 9
Box 120 Folder 10
The following pages were restricted by Davis - January 19, 20: 1 page; January 30, 31: 1 page; January 31, February 1: 1 page; February 19: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 120 Folder 11
Box 123 Folder 1
The following pages were restricted by Davis - April 2: 1 page; May 30, 31: 1 page; June 5, 6: 1 page; July 3: 1 page; July 15, 16: 1 page; July 20: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 123 Folder 2
The following pages were restricted by Davis - August 23: 1 page; August 28: 1 page; August 31, September 1: 1 page; September 3, 4, 5: 1 page; September 19, 22, 23: 1 page; September 24: 1 page; October 16, 17: 1 page; October 27, 28, 30: 2 pages; November 7, 9: 1 page; November 11: 1 page; November 13: 2 pages; December 1, 3, 4: 1 page; December 18: 1 page; and January 8: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 123 Folder 3
The following pages were restricted by Davis - September 2: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 123 Folder 4
Box 123 Folder 5
The following pages were restricted by Davis - February 18: 1 page; February 20, 22, 23, 24: 3 pages; March 12, 13, 14: 2 pages; March 16: 1 page; March 20: 1 page; March 24, 25: approxiately 1 page; and March 26, 27: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 123 Folder 6
The following pages were restricted by Davis - September 28: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 123 Folder 7
The following pages were restricted by Davis - October 11: 2 pages; November 7, December 10: 1 page; March 8, 10: 1 page; March 15: 1 page; May 30, May 31: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 123 Folder 8
Box 123 Folder 9
Box 124 Folder 1
Box 124 Folder 2
The following pages were restricted by Davis - April 16: 1 page; and April 22: 2 pages. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 124 Folder 3
The following pages were restricted by Davis - July 12, 13: 2 pages; July 29, 31, August 1, 3: 2 pages; and August 8, 14, 15, 16: 2 pages. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 124 Folder 4
The following pages were restricted by Davis - October 10, 11: 2 pages; January 12: 1 page; January 26: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 124 Folder 5
The following pages were restricted by Davis - August 24: 1 page; May 26: 1 page; July 10: 1 page; October 30, November 7: 1 page; November 8: 1 page; December 4: 1 page; December 8, 11: 2 pages; February 22: 1 page; March 5: 1 page; March 8, 9: 1 page; March 9, 10: 1 page; March 22: 1 page; March 26: 1 page; April 30, May 1: 1 page; May 27: 1 page; June 11, 13: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 124 Folder 6
The following pages were restricted by Davis - June 25: 2 pages; July 11, 15: 2 pages; July 31: 1 page; August 6: 1 page; August 6, 7: 1 page; August 12: 1 page; May [August?] 21: 1 page; August 27: 1 page; August 31, September 1, 2: 1 page; September 10, 12: 3 pages; September 18, 20: 1 page; October 3: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
Box 124 Folder 7
The following pages were restricted by Davis - October 11, 13: 1 page; November 2: 1 page; November 3: 1 page; December 10: 1 page; December 26, 28?: 1 page; December 30: 1 page; January 16, 19, 20, 21: 2 paged; January 22: 1 page; February 27: 1 page; march 4: 1 page. Patrons must use the redacted copy of the journal.
Item is a printout made from a scanned copy of the original journal.
This series include records related to Davis' teaching appointments at the University of California San Diego, Bard College, and the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). The majority of the material relates to courses taught at University at Albany. The files also include records for master classes and other writing classes given at New York University and the New York State Writers Institute.
These records include appointment and other general records, teaching files on particular writing subjects, and teaching files for specific classes. These records include correspondence, contracts, class lists, evaluations, exercises, handouts, questionnaires, notebooks, plans, syllabi, and other material. Most files related to specific classes are restricted to protect student privacy as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Although class rosters were not routinely kept, many of Davis' other class records include students' full names and are restricted due to FERPA.
This subseries include records related to Davis' teaching appointments and general business at the University of California San Diego, Bard College, the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), and other master classes and writing seminars. This subseries also includes some general records related to writing programs.
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Includes Davis' letter to Dr. Pearce about the writing program.
Box 97 Folder 4
Box 97 Folder 5
Correspondence from a former student
Box 97 Folder 6
Catalogs, creative writing journal
Box 97 Folder 7
Includes samples of Behrendt's work
Box 97 Folder 8
Box 100 Folder 1
Restricted until 2081
Box 97 Folder 9
Primarily appointment letters.
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List of graduate programs
Box 97 Folder 24
This subseries includes general class plans, course descriptions, handouts, syllabi, quizzes, and general notes for teaching.
Box 97 Folder 25
Box 100 Folder 2
Restricted until 2072
Includes students' lists
Box 100 Folder 3
Restricted until 2096
Includes students' lists
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Clipping
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Restricted until 2096
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Box 96 Folder 1
Index card file. This file was originally in its own plastic card box; it has been rehoused into a new box.
Box 96 Folder 4
Index card box of cards for teaching. Index card file. This file was originally in its own plastic card box; it has been rehoused into a new box.
This subseries contains files on various topics that Davis taught in her classes.
Box 98 Folder 15
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First page missing
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Davis notes that she taught this story and sometimes other Williams stories in writing workshops.
The majority of these files are restricted for 80 years.
These records document specific classes. The majority of the material relates to courses taught at University at Albany. These records include correspondence, contracts, class lists, evaluations, exercises, handouts, questionnaires, notebooks, plans, syllabi, and other material.
Most files related to specific classes are restricted to protect student privacy as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). These files have been restricted for 80 years.
Box 99 Folder 11
This is a letter from Davis to Dr. Pearce
Box 100 Folder 5
Restricted until 2077
Box 99 Folder 12
Box 100 Folder 6
Restricted until 2077
Box 100 Folder 7
Restricted until 2068
Advanced Fiction Workshop.
Box 100 Folder 8
Restricted until 2078
Box 99 Folder 13
Box 100 Folder 9
Restricted until 2083
These appear to be related to Davis, not others, and are primarily from Bard College.
Box 99 Folder 14
Class roster was deacessioned and file is now empty; there is a list of handouts / dates on the front of the folder.
Box 100 Folder 10-11
Restricted until 2084
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Restricted until 2083
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Restricted until 2083
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Restricted until 2083
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Restricted until 2083
Copies of student work
Box 100 Folder 16
Restricted until 2084
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Restricted until 2084
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Restricted until 2084
Box 100 Folder 19-20
Restricted until 2084
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Restricted until 2084
Box 99 Folder 15
File contains general syllabi, class plans, and other material.
Box 99 Folder 16
File contains general syllabi, class plans, and other material.
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Restricted until 2090
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Restricted until 2090
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Restricted until 2091
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Restricted until 2091
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Restricted until 2083
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Restricted until 2091
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Restricted until 2091
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Restricted until 2092
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Restricted until 2090
Box 99 Folder 18
List of English Department faculty and schedules
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Restricted until 2092
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2092
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Restricted until 2092
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Restricted until 2084
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Restricted until 2083
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Restricted until 2084
Writing samples marked accepted or rejected
Box 100 Folder 43
Restricted until 2096
Two class notebooks, unidenfied, but probably for SUNY Albany.
Box 100 Folder 44
Restricted until 2096
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Restricted until 2092
Evaluation of PhD student teaching
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Restricted until 2093
Evaluation of PhD student teaching
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2088
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Restricted until 2085
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Restricted until 2088
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Restricted until 2087
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Restricted until 2088
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Restricted until 2089
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Restricted until 2089
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Restricted until 2095
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Restricted until 2096
Davis Master Class student? Seems to have some of his work and maybe his critique letters of other students work?
Box 100 Folder 59
Restricted until 2096
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Restricted until 2096
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Restricted until 2096
Past (used) material, Writers Institute Fiction Workshop
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Restricted until 2087
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Restricted until 2087
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Restricted until 2090
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
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Restricted until 2093
Box 99 Folder 22
This subseries contains a few biographical statements and resumes, as well as a file of articles on Davis.
Box 83 Folder 5
Box 46 Folder 5
Articles on Davis
Box 83 Folder 6
This file contains a redacted copy of the resume; the original contains personal information that is restricted until the death of Davis. The original is filed in Box 94 folder 18.
Box 83 Folder 7
Box 83 Folder 8
Entry for Lydia Davis
This subseries contains four undated address books.
Box 83 Folder 9-11
This subseries contains eleven wall calendars; many years have two calendars.
Box 92 Folder 1-6
Wall calendars; there are two calendars for several years.
This is a set of files containing various early writing pieces and drafts of an incomplete novel.
Box 54 Folder 1
Age 9 and teenage poem
Box 54 Folder 2
Box 54 Folder 3
Includes "The Woods"
Box 54 Folder 4
Box 46 Folder 1
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Box 54 Folder 6
Physics paper on music
Box 46 Folder 2
Box 54 Folder 7
Includes "The House" and small stories and poems
Box 54 Folder 8
Draft of first rough incomplete novel. Never finished.
Box 54 Folder 9
Draft of novel
Box 54 Folder 10
One act play. Written in Del Mar and performed by friends in 1982-1983 sometime?
Box 54 Folder 11
Journal, and a few pages of writing
Box 54 Folder 12
Per Davis' note - "Written in college with idea of making money - abandoned"
Box 54 Folder 13
Poem
This subseries contains school records related to Putney School, Barnard College, and Teachers College. It also contains later correspondence and material that relates to these schools.
Box 84 Folder 2
Box 84 Folder 3
Box 84 Folder 4
Photocopy of Columbia magazine article.
Box 84 Folder 5
Box 84 Folder 6
Includes letters and postcards from Davis and others, clippings, and reports
Box 84 Folder 7
Includes parents' evaluation of Davis at age 13 or 14 for Putney application, and Putney letters (Fall 1963) and additional letters (1964).
Box 46 Folder 6
Includes diploma
Box 84 Folder 8
Box 84 Folder 9
Box 84 Folder 10
Box 84 Folder 11
Box 84 Folder 12
Correspondence
Box 46 Folder 7
Box 122 Folder 8
Mold remediation was performed on this material in 2023. Although all materials can be used in the reading room, patrons that are sensitive to mold may still experience a reaction to materials that have been cleaned.
Hope Hale Davis (HHD) folder of possible schools for Davis, when the decision was made that she would be leaving Brearley. Includes information about the schools, and about Davis at that age.
Box 84 Folder 13
1 semester; work and record
This contains a small amount of additional personal material relating to Lydia Davis, her parents, her friends, her boyfriends, and Paul Auster.
Box 84 Folder 14
Unsigned, foxing on cover.
Box 84 Folder 15
Includes two letter from Auster, and a manuscript with some corrections made by Davis.
Box 46 Folder 8
Box 84 Folder 16
Book lists from our move - books and magazines - partial.
Box 84 Folder 17
Pamphlet, with covering letter.
Box 84 Folder 18
Box 84 Folder 19
Includes writings and college class notes
Box 84 Folder 20
Includes library card from time in London, cards from early employment in New York City, list of possessions lost in fire, and poems.
Box 84 Folder 21
Box 84 Folder 22
Fliers, programs, etc.
Box 84 Folder 23
Box 84 Folder 24
Box 46 Folder 9
Box 92 Folder 7
Scrapbook put together by Davis as a teen containing letters from boyfriends, etc. Davis indicated that the scrapbook could be deconstructed if necessary, and this was done. Pages with her writing have been kept, as well as the letters, but not the cover. The pages are filed in the order that they were received, but many items have come unglued from their original pages and no longer match up with David's handwritten descriptions on the original pages. Original scrapbook pages are fragile.
Box 46 Folder 11
"And some drawings from ages 10+ on Brearley notebook papers." Paper is fragile.
Box 85 Folder 1
Collection of blank stationary, primarily collected by H and R [Davis' parents]
This series includes various miscellaneous files kept by Davis. The file descriptions in the finding aid were taken from the descriptions written on the files by Davis.
Box 85 Folder 2
Miscellaneous, including personal correspondence. Includes a clipping of the Austers' wedding announcement, unidentified manscript pages, manuscripts for "Meditations on Fossil Life" and "The South", and an unbound copy of The Thirteenth Woman.
Box 85 Folder 3
Box 85 Folder 4
Includes business correspondence, personal letter from Paul Auster (2009), souvenir of Davis-Armantrout reading (2015), clippings, personal/fan correspondence, royalty statements, review, page by Davis from New Ohio Review, letter request from school children, Davis letter about animal cruelty, and blurb draft/notes
Box 85 Folder 5
Includes programs, photo xerox, book inscriptions, book summary, book catalog, medical letter, royalty statement, draft letter to mother about writing, letter from friend, email comment (mine) about "Head, Heart," translation word lists (2), notes from 2007 conversation with Marguerite Feitlowitz about Argentina, and Davis changes of a translators (of Can't and Won't?)
Box 85 Folder 6
Includes miscellaneous royalties, friend's mailings, notes from agent Denise, notes from conversation with Faulkner about Albany appointment, notes from conversation with FSG, notes on preparing Varieties of Disturbance, notes from conversation with John Siciliano, letter of agreement with Johns Hopkins about Leiris, souvenir - Eliot W. receive Aztec Eagle, notes on Diane Williams; reactions to stories, business letters, letter of reference/recommendation for Connie Bree, notes on conversation with Paul Auster, plan for New York City trip, list of Christmas presents (2011), notes on Klaus Hoffer's translation of Varieties of Disturbance, xeroxes of two Blanchot letters, and note from John d' Agata? Recommendation letter has been separated from this file and restricted.
Box 85 Folder 7
Material mostly from 2013, 2019. Includes to do lists, business and personal correspondence, and notes about work.
Box 85 Folder 8
Material includes personal correspondence, correspondence (LD), notes, letter from Edna O'Brien, and to-do lists.
Box 46 Folder 10
Spring 1964 mostly, and summer 1961. Includes notes and letters, mostly to and from parents Spring 1964, and Davis' early writing - age 8, material written at Bread Loaf age 13, school papers, and teenage years.
Box 86 Folder 1
Topics / items include concert program, library newsletter include LWRD programming, invitations, teaching notes, calendar for 1992, Davis' exercise for Theo's 2nd grade, program for Davis' talk at New York Public Library (2003), Pastor Arlene's newsletters - a different issue was inspiration for story, record of judging, note about form for PreviewPort, review of Noon, published letter to the editor (Davis and Alan Cote), memorial for colleague of Robert Gorham Davis, unifished project, reading program Ear Inn, Oxford memorial, and reviews
Box 86 Folder 2
Topics / items include Abacus - Rae Armantrout (1996), personal correspondence, Davis' correspondence, Brearley classmates, Rae poem, review of Noon, error in TLS wh. I wrote letter about, notes on translation, rough lesson plan for class visit, Lynne Tillman souvenir, translation of Pecly, royalty statements, recommendations, business correspondence, payment info DSLA and other stubs. Recommendation letters have been separated from the file and restricted.
Box 96 Folder 2
Index card file, unboxed. Per Davis's note, "from file card box created probably when I lived in Port Ewen (til 2006), labeled "Miscellaneous Notes" (I don't remember referring back to it much - but agree with most of the notes")
Box 96 Folder 3
This appears to be a card file of books, perhaps of book copies owned by Davis. Index card file. This file was originally in its own plastic card box; it has been rehoused into a new box.
Box 86 Folder 3
Includes early story with rejection letter, financial records, and program
Box 86 Folder 4
Includes earlier drafts of Davis' writing, as well as teaching, translations, interviews, "In the Proximinity of Great Men" with revisions, expenses sheet, ideal schedule, college notes and drawings, poem (Davis') accompanying gift, possible residency, Davis' letters to representations, note son processed local development in Port Ewen area (1990s?), poems of Lorine Niedecker with commentary (2002), text of introduction to Lynne Tillman, earlier draft of Blanchot piece, two drafts of letter to the editor by Davis and Davis and Cote, Davis book review, invitations, and thank you notes.
Box 86 Folder 5
Letters, included printed emails from family, business/friends, Russell Edson.
Box 86 Folder 6
Includes notes - H[ope Hale Davis] on life at 96 Maynard, school paper (Putney), letter about Davis' birth, letters from Rachel Hadas, letters from Eliot W., Davis' writing age 9, H[ope Hale Davis] letters from Argentina, etc.
Box 86 Folder 7
Includes R. Sieburth, reviews, miscellaneous correspondence (B Epler, editors, etc.), Careau (related to Lewinter translation), invoice / permissions for Essays One, notes, events Davis participated in, etc.
This series includes essays, poetry, reviews, short stories, translations, and other written works published in journals, magazines, and other publications. The publications also contain interviews with Davis, and reviews of her work.
There are related professional and business files in Series II: Professional Files.
The majority of the publications are in English, but the series includes publications with translated interviews and written works.
Arranged alphabetically by publication title. Works included in the publication are listed in the description but foreign language titles were not translated into English.
This series includes essays, poetry, reviews, short stories, translations, and other writing published in journals, magazines, and other publications. The majority of the publications are in English, but the series includes publications with translations interviews and works.
Box 101
Men; Two Types.
Box 101
In French. Trois proses - Mildred et le Hautbois, Dans une Maison Assiégée, and Problème.
Box 101
In German. Das Hinterhaus.
Box 101
Three Stories - Her Mother's Mother: 1, Her Mother's Mother: 2, and How Difficult, How Difficult
Box 101
Selfish
Box 101
Reading Aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Box 101
Party Conversations (1 & 2)
Box 112
The Other
Box 101
The House Behind
Box 92 Folder 8
It is unclear how Davis is featured in this issue.
Box 92 Folder 8
Joan Mitchell: Les Bluets
Box 112
My Friend; Forbidden Subjects
Box 112
Michel Leiris from Fourbis, translated by Davis
Box 101
Foucault and Pencil
Box 112
In French. En Visite Chez Son Mari.
Box 112
In French. Quelques Bouts D'Histoires.
Box 112
In French. Break It Down.
Box 112
Five Signs of Disturbance; Wife on in Country; To Reiterate; Our Kindness; The Thirteenth Woman
Box 112
Translations from Fourbis: Detritus by Michel Leiris and from The One Who was Standing Apart From Me by Maurice Blanchot.
Box 112
On Translating Bob, Son of Battle: The Unexpected Difficulties of Modernizing a Beloved Nineteenth-Century Chldren's Book
Box 116 Folder 1
What Was Interesting
Box 101
Bang
Box 112
In Norwegian. Skrievebordet. This appears to be a non-fiction article / interview about Davis' desk, with photographs.
Box 112
Almost over: What's the Word?; Spring Spleen; They Take Turns Using a Word They Like; Working Men; A Man from Her Past; Almost Over: Separate Bedrooms; Thirty; Young and Poor; Special A Double Negative; Suddenly Afraid; First Grade: Handwriting Practice; The Old Dictionary
Box 112
Forgetting Caen; Crepey (this is a fold-out inside the back cover)
Box 92 Folder 8
Davis' review of Klaus Kertess' Joan Mitchell
Box 116 Folder 1
Includes an appreciation of Thomas Pynchon. Includes covering letter.
Box 101
On Stendhal's alter ego
Box 101
Marcel Proust: Two approaches to Combray, by Lydia Davis and C. K. Scott Moncrieff
Box 101
Revise: 1 and Revise: 2
Box 101
In French. L'analyse.
Box 101
Wife in One Country; Foucault and Pencil
Box 101
Translation of Michel Leiris' Mors:Bit
Box 112
Translations of A. L. Snijders' Grandson; Buzzards; Fun; Bat; Helpless Because of Respect
Box 101
Enlightened
Box 102
Found Material, Syntax, Brevity, and the Beauty of Awkward Prose: Forms and Influences IV
Box 111
Translation of Bruno Latour's Do Scientific Objects Have a History? Pasteur and Whitehead in a Bath of Lactic Acid
Box 102
Per Davis' note, this issue reprints three contributions of mine - 2 translations and 1 short review. Translations are for Bruno Latour and A.L. Snijders, and the review is for Regina Ullmann's The Country Road.
Box 118
The Race of the Patient Motorcyclists; Television; Killed by Monotomy; Almost No Memory; Confusions. There are some handwritten revisions and notes on revisions in Confusions.
Box 108
Go Away; Soon After Falling Asleep; How He is Often Right
Box 108
Lord Royston's Tour
Box 108
The Actors; Trying to Learn; Therapists; What I Feel
Box 109
Five Dark Tales: The Cedar Trees; A Natural Disaster; The Cats in the Prison Recreation Hall; Love; The Rape of the Tanuk Women
Box 109
The Mice; The Outing; Odd Behavior; Fear; Lost Things
Box 109
Issue is Tributes: American Writers on American Writers. Davis' piece is Broaching Difficult Dahlbert.
Box 109
Translation of Michel Leiris' 1944 Journal
Box 109
Happy Memories
Box 118
Marcel Proust, from The Way by Swann's, translated by Davis. Includes handwritten revisions.
Box 109
Reversible Story
Box 113
The Fears of Mrs. Orlando; Mildred and the Oboe; City Employment
Box 113
The Cottages: 1. On the One Hand, On the Other Hand 2. Lillian; Extracts From a Life: If you think of something, do it - My Guardian Doctor Einstein - I have learned what art really is - The Clarinet Quintet - The Japanese Poet Issa - Well done, young man
Box 113
City Employment; The Fears of Mrs. Orlando
Box 115 Folder 1
Translations of Parts 2 and 3 of Death Sentence by Maurice Blanchot.
Box 102
Jane and the Crane. Piece is in English.
Box 102
In German. Neun weitere Überlegungen.
Box 102
In Dutch. Nieuwe dingern in mihn leven ("New Things in My Life")
Box 113
Glenn Gould
Box 113
On Jacob and Chazal - Reviews of Max Jacob's The Dice Cup and Malcolm de Chazal's Sens-Plastique
Box 92 Folder 10
German language publication in Switzerland. In German. Includes interview with Davis by Thomas David, and several short stories: Fragen Der Grammatik; Idee Für Einen Kurzen Dokumentarfilm; Die Sprache Der Telefongesellschaft; Zwanzig Skupturen Innerhalb Einter Stunde; Bloomington; Polenta; Gepäckaufbewahrung; Dinner; Hundehaar; Meinne Fussstapfen; Der Gesang; Die Party; Drin Phil [with the "in" in superscript]; Formen Der Verstörung. There are handwritten annotations indicating that several of the stories were "in Decision", which may be another German magazine.
Box 102
My Husband and I; Neighbors
Box 102
This is the artist book that accompanied the installation of the Beyond 2001 exhibition (2018). Includes translation by Davis.
Box 102
Letter to the Father
Box 115 Folder 1
Mildred and the Oboe
Box 102
Gramsci; Helen's Father and His Teeth; Recurring Turnip Problem; A Friend Borrows a Better Shopping Cart; Interesting Vegetables (Draft 3)
Box 102
Kafka Cooks Dinner
Box 102
The Moon; The Churchyard; In the Train Station; At the Bank; At the Bank: 2; A Film That Will Make the Audience Feel…
Box 102
The Gold-Digger of Goldfields. This piece was published in an ebook supplement and is not included in the physical volume. It is included in the End of Summer fiction issue, below.
Box 102
The Gold-Digger of Goldfields
Box 102
Five Signs of Disturbance
Box 117
The Magic of the Train; Her Birthday, plus translations of A.L. Snijder's Ukiyo-e; Baldur; Story; and Flapsour
Box 102
How W.H. Auden Spends the Night in a Friend's House; Wife One in Country; Mir the Hessian; For Sixty Cents
Box 102
Includes translations of A. L. Snijder's Soup Bowl; Eggs. Includes a review of Davis' Can't and Won't, and the sample story "Their Poor Dog".
Box 102
New Year's Resolution
Box 102
On Learning Norwegian
Box 102
On the Train to Stavanger
Box 103
Translation of Maurice Blanchot's Death Sentence
Box 113
Left Luggage
Box 103
In Swedish. Ett belägrat hus; Gammelmormödrarna; Mödrar; Den trettonde kvinnan; Mina grannar på en främmande plats; Lyckligaste ögonblicket; Säker kärlek
Box 115 Folder 1
From Iran. In Farsi. Includes translations of A Few Things Wrong with Me and Socks, plus a brief introduction and translation of Davis' interview with Salon. Includes cover letter.
Box 103
The Center of the Story
Box 103
St. Martin
Box 108
The Furnace
Box 108
The Dreadful Mucamas
Box 108
State of Mind: Chère Madame - Translations of letters by Marcel Proust.
Box 108
40th Birthday Issue, includes The Dreadful Mucamas. Includes cover letters.
Box 108
Learning to Sing
Box 108
La Visita a Alemania del Señor Burdoff
Box 108
El lago
Box 108
The Dreadful Mucamas (in translation)
Box 115 Folder 1
Bonne Nuit, Blanche Brown; Revise 4
Box 103
Letter to Jack; Watchdogs; The Flies; War; Toscana
Box 103
Not Yet Ring Lardner; The Joke; The Other She; The Matchmaker
Box 103
Nervous; 20 Sculptures and One Hour; Southerward Bound, Reads Worstword Ho
Box 103
How It is Done; Betrayal; Right and Wrong; Interesting; Company
Box 103
Nightmare
Box 113 Folder 1
Story
Box 113 Folder 1
The Professor
Box 113 Folder 1
Varities of Disturbance
Box 113 Folder 1
A Second Chance
Box 113 Folder 1
The Old Dictionary
Box 113 Folder 1
Grammar Questions
Box 113 Folder 2
Six More Considerations: The Cornmeal; Dinner; The Dog Hair; The Song; The Language of the Telephone Company; The Party
Box 113 Folder 2
Translations of Five Stories by Gustave Flaubert: The Cook's Lesson; The Visit to the Dentist; The Coachman and the Worm; The Chairs; Pouchet's Wife
Box 113 Folder 2
Not Intererested
Box 113 Folder 2
The Two Davises and the Rug
Box 113 Folder 2
Churl Next Door - Translations of Marcel Proust's letters to his neighbors
Box 113 Folder 3
Under Forum - All Over This Land: Local Politics in the Age of Trump - Davis contributed a piece on Rensselaer County, New York
Box 113 Folder 3
Pardon the Intrusion
Box 113 Folder 3
Addie and the Chili
Box 113 Folder 3
New Things in My Life
Box 103
Letter to a Funeral Parlor; A Mown Lawn
Box 113
Pages from a Teenage Journal
Box 103
Meeting Abraham Lincoln (Essay)
Box 103
City People; Boring Friends; Housewife; The Movies Last Night; A Visit Before the Birth
Box 114 Folder 1
Three Poems - The Fishtank; The Old Fish; Companion
Box 114 Folder 1
Translation of Jean-Marie Baron's "Parisian Exotic: The luminous Left Bank apartment of François and Carole Rochas"
Box 114 Folder 1
Essay on the fragment. Davis notes that this has been transcribed into a computer file called Fragment.ess.doc (6/2/2017).
Box 103
In French. La lettre
Box 103
In French. Journal thyroïdien
Box 92 Folder 9
Translation of Maurice Blanchot's The Right Time.
Box 103
From Below, as a Neighbor; Disagreement; Agreement
Box 103
Samuel Johnson is Indignant; A Matter of Perspective; Special Chair; Two Uses of Remember
Box 103
Gustave Flaubert, excerpt from Madame Bovary translated from the French by Davis
Box 104
Three Dreams - The Dog; The Grandmother; The Child
Box 114 Folder 2
The Meeting
Box 114 Folder 2
from Liminal: The Little Man
Box 114 Folder 2
Television; How W. H. Auden Spends the Night in a Friend's House; The Cottages
Box 114 Folder 2
In Number 3 - The Sock
Box 114 Folder 2
Brooklyn Diary I: The Change of Season
Box 114 Folder 2
Brooklyn Diary II: A Dull Story About a Hot Day
Box 114 Folder 2
Television Notes
Box 104
The Tasters
Box 115 Folder 2
Explanation Concerning a Story
Box 104
In Spanish. Extractos de una Vida
Box 104
An Ant
Box 104
A Problem Sentence in Proust's The Way by Swann's
Box 104
Judgment; The Sky Above Los Angeles; Handel; Housekeeping Observation; Sitting with My Little Friend
Box 104
Our Village (Poem)
Box 104
Translations of A. L. Snijder's A Woman; Africa; Eva; The Baker's Wife; Town Line; In Louth
Box 114 Folder 3
The Letter
Box 114 Folder 3
Story; Visit to Her Husband
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Liminal: The Little Man
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In German. Der Spaziergang.
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In English. The Man, His Hands.
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Translations of A. L. Snijders' Christmas 13; Christmas Present; The Sheep
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Letters; and Marie Curie, Honorable Woman
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Translation of A. L. Snijders' Luck
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Fear of Loose Tongue; Opportunistic Seed; Two Mayors and a Word; Philosophical Question Posed by Stranger in Pamphlet
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Our Trip
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Sixty Cents
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A Small Story About a Box of Chocolates; Her Geography: Alabama; Her Geography: Illinois; The Washerwoman (from Stories from Flaubert); I'm Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little More Comfortable
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Letter to the President of the American Biographical Institute, Inc.; Molly, Female Cat: Background and Current Medical Condition; Hello Dear; Contingency (vs. Necessity), 2: On Vacation
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In Japanese. On Learning Norwegian.
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East Nassau. File includes printouts of manuscripts, etc. in English but not the original issue.
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The Great-Grandmothers; Our Kindness; In the Garment District; A Second Chance; The Lamplighter
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In Stories You May Have Missed - Davis on "Maggie May" by Lucia Berlin
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from an alphabet of Proust Translation Problems: Z
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See p. 126, under "My Salesman" about the Fuller Brush salesman
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Davis' review of Michael Rio's Parrot's Perch, translated by Leigh Hafrey.
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Davis' review of Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations, translated by John Ashbery.
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Thyroid Diary
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Laurence Sterne: A Sentimental Journey. Excerpt, translated by Davis.
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Seven Considerations: Insomnia; Certain Knowledge, from Herodotus; Away From Home; Honoring the Subjunctive; Information from the North Concerning the Ice; Tidy; Acknowledgment
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Ana Rosa González Matute - One Afternoon (Translation in progress of a story in Spanish by Lydia Davis).
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Includes an interview with Davis' translator, Ana Rosa González Matute, by Deb Olin Unferth, titled "Translating the Translator." Also includes four of Davis' stories - A Second Chance; Mothers; What She Knew; Two Sisters - in English, alongside González Matute's Spanish translations.
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Translation, from the Swedish, of Einar Norelius' The Three Singing Trolls
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Dog and Me; Getting to Know Your Body; The Caterpillar; Absentminded
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Translation of Kathrin Röggla's Between Years (My Notebook)
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We Had Wondered What Animal Might Arrive
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Tenth Annivesary Edition. Includes translations of Peter Altenberg's Twelve; The Mouse
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Nine More Considerations: Bloomington; The Cornmeal; Dinner; The Dog Hair; The Language Usage of the Telephone Company; My Footsteps; The Song; The Party; PhD
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Five Considerations: How I Know What I Like; Writing; Their Poor Dog; Master; Learning Ancient History
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Translations of A. L. Snijder's Zkv - Foreward and Eight Stories
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Not Intererested
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Translation, from the Portuguese, of Julio Pecly's Second Chance
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Translation, from the Norwegian, of E. G. Dunker's Six Tales from the Law Courts
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Walter Serner's Last Loosening: A Handbook for Imposters and Those Who Aspire to Be - Excerpts translated from the German by Davis
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Excerpts from a 1985 Diary
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The Language of Armagnac
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Excerpts from a Diary: August 2007 to June 2008
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Excerpts from a Journal: March 1999 to August 2000
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Story
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Clouds in the Sky
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A Few Things Wrong With Me
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Jack in the Country
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Break It Down
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Three Poems - What She Knew; The Dog Man; The Fish
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Translations of ten stories of Flaubert: The Cook's Lesson; After You Left; The Visit to the Dentist; Pouchet's Wife; The Funeral; The Coachman and the Worm; The Execution; The Chairs; The Exhibition; My School Friend
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If at the Wedding (At the Zoo); The Results of One Statistical Study; The Language of Things in the House; My Childhood Friend; Local Obits
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In Porfolio - Dutch Scenes, curated by Lydia Davis. This copy is marked as the Working Copy for Essays One, and several of the photographs are annotated.
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The Seals
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After Reading Peter Bichsel
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Revising One Sentence (Essay)
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An Incident on the Train; Three Musketeers; What Can You Get For Some of Your Turnips; Tantrums; The Left Hand; Improving My German
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What Was Interesting
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Old Mother and the Grouch
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The Bad Novel; Waiting for Takeoff; The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane
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In Proust Regained - The Architecture of Thought
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In Mythologies: A Forum - The People in My Dreams
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Translation of Maurice Blanchot's Wittgenstein's Problem
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How W.H. Auden Spends the Night in a Friend's House; Mr. Burdoff's Visit to Germany
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By Davis - To Reiterate. Also, Davis' translations of Michel Butor's The Spirit of Mediterrarean Places. Both include handwritten corrections.
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Pastor Arlene's Newsletter
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Marcel Proust - An Excerpt from Swann's Way with Prefatory Note, Translated by Lydia Davis
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In Portuguese (Brazil). Assustada de Repente: Un Homem do Passado Dela; Idéia para um Documentário de Curta-Metragem; Assuntos Proibidos; Questões Gramaticais; A Lagarta; Distraído; Assustada de Repente.
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Unhappy Christmas Tree
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Stories by Davis - Caramel Drizzle; Hands on the Wheel; End of Phone Conversation with Verizon Adjustment Person; Second Drink. Translations of Peter Bichsel - Shall I Translate It for You?; Telling Stories About One's Life
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Coolidge's "Mine"
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Some Notes on Armantrout's "Precedence"
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In Joan Mitchell: At Home in Poetry - "Les Bluets," 1973
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Translations of Pierre Reverdy's Afternoon; At the Edge of Time; Live Flesh; Clock
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Lydia Davis to Q
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A Different Man
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In Dutch. Bijna geen herinnering.
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Cockroaches in Autumn
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Part of "Mothers Who Think". Includes an interview and the story "The Professor"
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Finances; This Condition
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Circular Story; Grade Two Assignment; Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge); Grandpa Bent and the Creation of Narrative
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The Force of the Subliminal
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In German. Was interessant ist.
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In Spanish. Liminal: el pequeño hombre.
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In Spanish. Dos hermanas.
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Translation from Jean Frémon's Due
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Money; Childcare; Jury Duty
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Passing Wind
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How Shall I Mourn Them?
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Remember the Van Wagenens (Essay)
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The Brother-In-Law; The Mother
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In Japanese. St. Martin.
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The Mouse
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Includes translations of Michel Leiris
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Priority; Her Damage
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The Tasters; Safe Love; Tourist in the Everglades
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By Davis: Two Characters in a Paragraph; Two Undertakers. Also, translations of A. L. Snijders Baalbek; Box; ULK.
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In French. Une heure et 20 sculptures.
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Translation of A. L. Snijder's Crime Passionel; A Brute, a Little Treasure
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The Letter to the Foundation
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Letter to a Funeral Parlor
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Eating Fish Alone
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Gustave Flaubert, excerpt from Madame Bovary translated by Davis
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Meat and My Husband
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Energy in Color: On the Recent Paintings of Alan Cote (Essay)
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By Davis - Learning Dutch (Essay). Translations of A. L. Snijder's On the Rebound; Walking.
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An Awkward Situation
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What an Old Woman Will Wear
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In Norwegian. Fortellinger av Lydia Davis: Enestående; Det Hun Visste; Utflukten; Foucault Og Blyant
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In a Hotel Room in Ithaca; Not Much to Tell; Community Notice: Redundancy Example #4; Sneezes on the Train
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"A Beloved Duck Gets Cooked" on Literary Forms and Influences
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How He Changed Over Time
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Translations of Peter Altenberg's Autumn in Semmering; The Fire
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Translations of A. L. Snijders' The Feral Cat; Minor Characters; Jesus
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Translation of Peter Bichsel's Old Age, Years, Companions of the Same Birth Year
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Awake in the Night; The Bodyguard; Can't and Won't; The Last of the Mohicans
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Translations of Snijders' Story (3); The Past; Accountant; No Smoking; The Main Dish; Summer; Grasses and Trees; Oh My Bride
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Going South; My Son; My Sister and the Queen of England. Davis made handwritten revisions to My Sister and the Queen of England in this copy.
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A Position at the University; The Family
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Michel Leiris - Excerpt from Scraps edited and translated by Davis
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Loaf or Hot Water Bottle: Closely Translating Proust (Essay)
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Changing My Mind: On sources, revision, and order (Essay)
This subseries contains copies of publications where Davis made either annotations, corrections, or revisions in the published copy.
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There are some handwritten revisions and notes on revisions in Confusions.
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Go Away; Soon After Falling Asleep; How He is Often Right. There are some notes indicating stories were used and /or combined for Almost No Memory.
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Marcel Proust, from The Way by Swann's, translated by Davis. Includes handwritten revisions.
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German language publication in Switzerland. In German. Includes interview with Davis by Thomas David, and several short stories: Fragen Der Grammatik; Idee Für Einen Kurzen Dokumentarfilm; Die Sprache Der Telefongesellschaft; Zwanzig Skupturen Innerhalb Einter Stunde; Bloomington; Polenta; Gepäckaufbewahrung; Dinner; Hundehaar; Meinne Fussstapfen; Der Gesang; Die Party; Drin Phil [with the "in" in superscript]; Formen Der Verstörung. There are handwritten annotations indicating that several of the stories were "in Decision", which may be another German magazine.
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In Porfolio - Dutch Scenes, curated by Lydia Davis. This copy is marked as the Working Copy for Essays One, and several of the photographs are annotated.
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By Davis - To Reiterate. Also, Davis' translations of Michel Butor's The Spirit of Mediterrarean Places. Both include handwritten corrections.
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Going South; My Son; My Sister and the Queen of England. Davis made handwritten revisions to My Sister and the Queen of England in this copy.
This subseries contains publications that include interviews of Davis.
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Interview by Deborah Sherman
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Interview - Davis on Samuel Beckett
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This copy is an advance uncopyedited sampler. It includes an interview with Davis by Francine Prose from Bomb 60 (1997). Includes cover letter.
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Interview; primarily related to translating Marcel Proust.
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Interview by Christopher Knight
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German language publication in Switzerland. In German. Includes interview with Davis by Thomas David, and several short stories: Fragen Der Grammatik; Idee Für Einen Kurzen Dokumentarfilm; Die Sprache Der Telefongesellschaft; Zwanzig Skupturen Innerhalb Einter Stunde; Bloomington; Polenta; Gepäckaufbewahrung; Dinner; Hundehaar; Meinne Fussstapfen; Der Gesang; Die Party; Drin Phil [with the "in" in superscript]; Formen Der Verstörung. There are handwritten annotations indicating that several of the stories were "in Decision", which may be another German magazine.
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The Magic of the Train; Her Birthday, plus translations of A.L. Snijder's Ukiyo-e; Baldur; Story; and Flapsour. Includes an interview with Davis by Sarah Winterfield.
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Interview by Gabrielle Loux
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In Norwegian. Interview by Ingrid Melfald Hafredal.
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Interview by Lena Valencia and Risa Kahn
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Interview by Drew Johnson and Will Boast
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Interview by Caitlin Fitzpatrick
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Interview by Nina Strand - primarily on Knud Knudsen, a Norwegian photographer. In English.
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Interview
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Interview by Leonard Schwartz
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Interview / Article on; by Melissa Kashner
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Interview by Brooks Sterritt
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Interview by Michael Manis. Davis notes that there are inaccuracies in the intro, made handwritten annotations.
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Part of "Mothers Who Think". Includes an interview and the story "The Professor"
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Includes Davis' answers to "Three Questions"
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Interview by Frank Tempone
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Interview
This subseries contains publications with reviews or other mentions of Davis' work.
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Includes review of Davis' translation of Maurice Blanchot's Death Sentence.
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Includes review of Break It Down.
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Includes "Reading Lydia Davis" that includes reviews of her work.
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Brief mention of Lydia Davis on page 20, in a review of Joan Didion's The Last Thing He Wanted.
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Hilton Als' review of The End of the Story
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Break It Down included in "The Top Ten 1986 Short Story Collections"
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Included in Roger Gathman's essay, "How the Novel Imagines Us."
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Includes review of The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories with the reviews of Women Poets.
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Includes a review of Davis' translation of Vivant Denon's No Tomorrow (Point de Lendemain) , as well as a review of Davis' Collected Stories.
Digital files remain on their original disks and are not readily available for use; please contact the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in advance of your visit to discuss access options.
Although Davis dated the computer disks as being from the 1990s, as few items appear to be from the early 2000s.
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Includes biographies, chronologies, genealogy information for Davis and her parents
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Journals are restricted at this time.
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