Shirley Hazzard papers, 1920s-2016

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Series V: Other Manuscripts, 1960-2009

This series contains manuscripts that are primarily unrelated to either the United Nations or The Great Fire.

These manuscripts include The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples, Bay of Noon, The Evening of the Holiday, The Transit of Venus, various manuscripts for The New Yorker, and various non-fiction and short fiction manuscripts.

Hazzard gave manuscripts and other materials related to Greene on Capri to Georgetown University.


Subseries V.1: A-Z, 1965-2009



Box 25 Folder 21-22 The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples , 2007-circa 2009, 2 folders

Manuscript and related materials, including correspondence and reviews.


Box 25 Folder 23 "At Sorento", undated

Typescripts. Poem.


Box 25 Folder 24-26 Bay of Noon--Manuscript, circa 1970, 3 folders

With corrections.


Box 25 Folder 27 Bay of Noon--Cover Designs / Picador, 2003



Box 11 Folder 12 "A Defense of Translation", t.ms.



Box 25 Folder 28 The Evening of the Holiday --Manuscript, 1965, 1968

This is the manuscript that was used by The New Yorker and published in the April 17, 1965 issue. Includes 1968 cover letter.


Box 25 Folder 29 The Evening of the Holiday --Setting Copy, 1965

Setting copy; Alfred A. Knopf.



Box 26 Folder 1-2 Shirley's Guide to Italy, undated, 2 folders


Box 26 Folder 3 Sbarbaro Poems, etc., undated


Box 26 Folder 4-6 The Transit of Venus--Manuscript, circa 1978-1980, 3 folders

Includes copy of outgoing letter.


Box 26 Folder 7-8 The Transit of Venus--"A Long Short Story" and Chapters, 1975-1981, 2 folders

Includes an Italian translation, and returned manuscripts from The New Yorker. Includes cover letters.


Box 26 Folder 9 The Transit of Venus--Cover Designs / Einaudi, circa 2009



Box 27 Folder 19 Writings About--The Transit of Venus Reviews, 1980



Box 56 Photo Album: Glenleigh, undated, White Album

Snapshots of house, rooms.


Subseries V.2: The New Yorker, 1961-1987



Box 26 Folder 10 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1961

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1961. Includes Woollhara Road, Vittorio, Villa Adriana, and The Worst Moment of the Day. These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 11 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1962

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1962. Includes Weekend, Cliffs of Fall, and The Party. These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 12 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1963

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1963. Includes A Place in the Country and A Parting (published as A Leave-Taking). These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 13 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1964

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1964. Includes The Flowers of Sorrow. These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 14 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1965

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1965. Includes Out of Itea. These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 15 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1966

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1966. Includes Nothing in Excess and The Meeting. Material for the meeting includes the manuscrip and a proof. These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 16 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, 1967

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker in 1967. Includes A Sense of the Mission, Swoboda's Tragedy, The Story of Miss Sadie Graine, Official Life, The Separation of Dinah Delba, and The Everlasting Delight. These are the copies returned from the magazine, and include cover letters from The New Yorker.


Box 26 Folder 17 The New Yorker --Manuscripts, circa 1962, 1974

Manuscripts for stories published in The New Yorker. It is not clear if these copies are the copies returned from the magazine; they do not include cover letters. These include The Story of Miss Sadie Graine, The Picnic, Harold, and Sir Cecil's Ride.



Box 25 Folder 28 The Evening of the Holiday --Manuscript, 1965, 1968

This is the manuscript that was used by The New Yorker and published in the April 17, 1965 issue. Includes 1968 cover letter.



Box 23 Folder 45 Manuscript of "The Place to Be" from The New Yorker, 1987

This is the copy returned from the magazine, and includes cover letter from The New Yorker.


Subseries V.3: Non-Fiction, 1960s-2004, 6 folders



Box 26 Folder 18 Non-Fiction--Manuscripts (1 of 6), 1967-2004, undated

Includes TV Dinner; The Portrait of Zelide (Introduction); Surprise, Surprise, The Newest Machiavelli, The William Maxwell Portrait, Canton More Far, and Pilgrimage.


Box 26 Folder 19 Non-Fiction--Manuscripts (2 of 6), 1960s-2002, undated

Includes Seeing and Believing; UN: Theatre of the Absurb; Naples: A City of the Classical World Surviving in Our Times; and Expressive Words (Lotus Club, February 13, 2002). There are also manuscripts related to the U.N., as well as the foreward and notes for the foreward of Countenance of Truth.


Box 26 Folder 20 Non-Fiction--Manuscripts (3 of 6), 1969-1992, undated

Includes The Newest Machiavelli; Leave it to Me; The Statue and the Bust; Sir Cecil's Ride; Palazzo Maddaloni Allo Spirito Santo; Surprise, Surprise; TV Dinner; Art and Commitment; Describing Italy; and Little Italy.


Box 26 Folder 21 Non-Fiction--Manuscripts (4 of 6), 1963-1996, undated

Includes Bread and Circuses; At Sorrento; Anniversaries and Occasions; Memorial for Eleanor Clark Warren; Instructions for Flight; The Tuscan in Each of Us; Letter from Australia; and Papyrology at Naples.


Box 26 Folder 22 Non-Fiction--Manuscripts (5 of 6), 1988, undated

Includes How Have Our Literary Tastes Changed?; Art and Commitment; The Territory of the Novelist; and The Lonely Word - Virgil and Montale.


Box 26 Folder 23 Non-Fiction--Manuscripts (6 of 6), 1970s-1980s, undated

Includes correspondence, additional pages on Virgil and Montale; a review of Desmond Graham's biography of Keith Douglas; and additional material on the U.N.


Subseries V.4: Short Fiction, undated



Box 25 Folder 30 Short Fiction--Manuscripts, undated

Miscellaneous manuscripts, including The Cradle of Civilization, The Earliest Parting, First Flight, Of Great Price, The Sack of Silence, A Short Story, TV Dinner, and miscellaneous untitled pages.