Lucinda Franks papers, 1960-2020

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Unprocessed box list



Box 1 Letters and 1964 diary, 1960s


Box 1 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 1940s-1990s

Photographs



Box 2 "Forensic File" (book), Feb 1999-2012

Ray Kelly interview; manuscript, correspondence



Box 3 "Wild Apples" (book), 1980s-1991

Published book "Wild Apples" with markings; notes; fan letter and blurbs; marketing and publicity; floppy disks; posters



Box 4 "Little Big People" (NYT article), 1992-1994

Draft manuscripts with editorial; related books; AMI (microcassettes); articles about her article



Box 5 Ireland, 1970s-1985

Newspaper clippings, booklets, drafts and notes, relating to Ireland


Box 5 "Absence of Malice" (CJR review), 1981

Drafts, notes



Box 6 Mixed materials, 1960s-2000

Mixed. College-era papers and later magazine work and speech. Poetry; "The Losers"; "On Magnolia Street"; draft short story; two photographs; writer's notebook. Material on "Sex and Kids". Speech from 2000



Box 7 "Wild Apples" (book), 1980s

"Wild Apples" drafts



Box 8 Contracts, 1980-1998


Box 8 Short stories, 1980-1998


Box 8 Unfinished musical, 1980-1998



Box 9 "The War for Baby Clausen" (New Yorker article), 1993

Materials about Jessica De Boer case. CRC with editorial for "Baby Jessica" New Yorker article; photographs and slides of baby Jessica; research and notes; 6 VHS tapes;one audiocassette tape



Box 10 "The Intimate Hillary" (Talk Magazine article), 1999

Notes and interviews concerning Hillary Rodham Clinton piece in Talk magazine; includes transcribed interviews.



Box 11 Teaching notes, 1977-1983

Teaching notes -- Princeton "Contemporary Press" (1977-1979); Vassar (1980-1983)


Box 11 Mixed research materials, 1980s



Box 12 "Sex Lives of Your Kids"

Transcripts of interviews with young people, Talk magazine. ("Sex and Kids"?). Three audiocassette tapes and seven microcassettes



Box 13 NYT first assignment, 1974


Box 13 Personal correspondence and photographs, 1979-1980



Box 14 OJ Simpson (People magazine article), 1995

People magazine article on OJ Simpson: drafts, clippings, magazines, notes, responses



Box 15 Mixed materials, 1970s-1990s

Mixed. "My Fathers Secret War" three CDs of appearances / talks, and photographs; mid-1970s Ireland writings and notebook; 1960s-1970s revolution; DVD "Dad's funeral talks";



Box 16 Personal correspondence, 1980s-1990s


Box 16 Calendar and datebooks, 1980s-1990s



Box 17 Travel writing (Bethlehem), 1981-1992


Box 17 "The War for Baby Clausen" (New Yorker article), 1990s

Jessica De Boer case files (five volumes of court documents)



Box 18 Mixed materials, 1980-1998

Research for articles on Agent Orange (1980), Ariel Sharon (1998), and OJ Simpson (1995)



Box 19 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 2007-2008

Articles, reviews, and marketing


Box 19 "Finally" (?), 2007-2008

Handwritten notes/drafts



Box 20 Personal correspondence, 1980s



Box 21 Unabomber, 1980s-1990s

Research on mail bombers going back to 1980s



Box 22 Articles about Vassar and Joyce Carol Oates, 1980s-1990s

Research, manuscripts, notes



Box 23 "Wild Apples" (book), 1980s

"Wild Apples" early drafts



Box 24 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 1941-1960

Research material for "My Father's Secret War" e.g. declassified State Dept material



Box 25 "The Intimate Hillary" (Talk Magazine article), 1990s

interviews, notes, research materials,


Box 25 Weather Underground magazines, 1970s


Box 25 Katherine Ann Power, 1970s-1999



Box 26 Binderian / Israel, 1980s

Binderian libel suit, 1980; Israel notes, early 1980s



Box 27 AV related to "My Father's Secret War" and "Wild Apples", 1990s-2000s

AV material. Formats: 1 betacam; ~20 VHS; lots of CD-Rs, microcassettes, 3.5'' floppy disks, audiocassettes. Content: LFM appearances: My Father's Secret War, Wild Apples



Box 28 "The Intimate Hillary" (Talk Magazine article), 1998-1999

Early timeline and drafts/ notes for Hillary Clinton article



Box 29 Set of Lucinda Franks published articles, 1960-1994



Box 30 "Israel after Lebanon" (NYT Magazine article), 1984

Notes and research


Box 30 Personal correspondence, 1980s

Plastic bag of letters



Box 31 Bullying, 2009


Box 31 "Sex Lives of Your Kids", 2000s

interview transcripts, annotated drafts


Box 31 "The Countess", 2000s

play about art historian John Ruskin, research material and notes



Box 32 Mixed materials, 1990s

Research material and notes on Jon Benet Ramsey; mixed and various writing notes



Box 33 Talk Magazine VHS tapes, 1990s

~ 20 VHS tapes. Talk Magazine compilation reels, appearances



Box 34 Miscellanous notes and speeches, 1990s



Box 35 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 1990s

"My Father's Secret War" draft; research materials about children (court cases)



Box 36 Personal correspondence and photographs, 1968-1969


Box 36 Mixed materials, 2000s-2020



Box 37 UPI, 1971-1974

UPI (clippings, notes, drafts)



Box 38 AV / digital, 1990s

Formats: VHS; 3.5'' floppy disks. Content: VHS is LFM appearances. Floppies: research and drafts including on Hilary Clinton



Box 39 "Timeless" (book), 2010s

"Timeless" book proposal, drafts, marked-up copy of book



Box 40 Article about closing of addiction services agency in NYC, 1970s-1980s

Research and notes



Box 41 "The War for Baby Clausen" (New Yorker article), 1993

Jessica de Boer adoption story, notes and research


Box 41 Personal correspondence, 1970-1971



Box 42 New Yorker article about Judge Sol Wachler, 1990s

Research, notes, drafts



Box 43 "Timeless" (book), 2014

Drafts for "Timeless" memoir



Box 44 "Waiting Out a War" (book), 1970s


Box 44 Travel writing, 1990s



Box 45 Pulitzer, 1970s

File titled "Pulitzer - important communications"; file titled "post-pulitzer letters"


Box 45 Mixed materials, 1960s-2010s

Includes from school essays from the late 1960s



Box 46 Personal correspondence, 1977-1978

Wrapped in bundles with rubber bands



Box 47 Notes of research on food memoir, 2015-2016



Box 48 Notebooks, 1960s-2010s


Box 48 personal Bible



Box 49 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 1940s-1960s

"My Father's Secret War" primary source research documents



Box 50 "Wild Apples" (book), 1980s

"Wild Apples" drafts



Box 51 Bernie Madoff, 2007-2008

Research materials, notes, court filings



Box 52 Personal materials / children / wedding letters and telegrams, 1970s-1980s



Box 53 Labelled files of work - story drafts, contracts, etc, 1980s-2000s



Box 54 "Wild Apples" (book), 1980s

"Wild Apples" drafts



Box 55 New York Times clippings, travel articles, 1970s-1980s



Box 56 UPI, 1970s

Clippings (topics: record industry, fashion, etc)



Box 57 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 1990s

Drafts and notes



Box 58 "You Write Like a Man" (ncomplete memoir ), 2010s

Proposal, notes, drafts, correspondence


Box 58 Correspondence to LFM, 1970s-1980s


Box 58 Wedding and children material, 1970s-2010s



Box 59 "Wild Apples" (book), 1980s

"Wild Apples" drafts


Box 59 Toxic waste, 1990s

Research material



Box 60 Travel writing, 1990s

Notes and research; Northern Ireland



Box 61 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 1940s-1950s, 1990s

"My Father's Secret War" movie -- notes and research; chapter outlines



Box 62 "The War for Baby Clausen" (New Yorker article), 1993

Jessica de Boer adoption story,; drafts, notes, research



Box 63 Books, 1990s

"Wild Apples," "Diana" by Thomas Powers


Box 63 "Sex Lives of Your Kids", 1990s

Notes and research


Box 63 Northern Ireland, 1990s



Box 64 Clippings, 1970s-1980s


Box 64 Personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s



Box 65 "Waiting Out a War" (book), 1973

Draft manuscript


Box 65 Drafts of articles including "Dilemma of a Deserter", 1970s



Box 66 "My Father's Secret War" (book), 2004-2005

Files about the book including research and interviews, as well as movie script



Box 67 Mixed materials, 1998-2000s

Materials about "The Countess" (play about art historian John Ruskin, research material and notes; perhaps LFM wrote a review?); materials about a New Yorker story titled "Max"



Box 68 "Sex Lives of Your Kids", 1990s

Materials about "Sex and Kids" and other New York Times stories; redweld of seven audiocassette tapes, two microcassettes


Box 68 "The Intimate Hillary" (Talk Magazine article), 1990s

Research



Box 69 UPI, 1971-1974

Research, correspondence, drafts - Patty Hearst/SLA, women's sports, film script "Without a War", Squeaky Fromme



Box 70 Oregon, 1990s

Research materials, ten microcassettes, two audiocassettes about Oregon/arts


Box 70 Katherine Ann Power, 1970s-1990s

Drafts, galleys, notes, memos



Box 71 Notebooks and correspondence, 1990s


Box 71 "The Intimate Hillary" (Talk Magazine article), 1990s

Van Zandt FBI; Hilary Clinton clippings; press