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This series includes correspondence, drafts, research notes, and publication material for each of Howard's eight major novels produced during this period, as well as her autobiography and her 1977 play "Songs at Twilight." The bulk of this series consists of draft material for Howard's three most recent works, Natural History (1992), A Lover's Almanac (1998), and the collection Big as Life (2001), excluding her most recent novel The Silver Screen (published in 2004). Unless otherwise noted, this material is arranged in alphabetical order.
Bridgeport Bus
Box 2 Folder 1 to 2 Drafts--Chapters 1-12--incomplete, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 3 to 5 Drafts--General--incomplete l, undated, (3 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 6 Journal, 1962
Box 2 Folder 7 Manuscript--incomplete, undated
Box 2 Folder 8 Notes, undated
Box 2 Folder 9 Notes--Editorial--Corrections, 1964
Box 2 Folder 10 Publishing material, 1984-1996
Not a Word About Nightingales
Box 2 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1961-1962
Facts of Life
Box 2 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1975-1979
Box 2 Folder 13 Draft -- "Sweet Memories,", undated
Box 2 Folder 14 Notebooks, undated (2), undated
Songs at Twilight
Box 2 Folder 15 Correspondence, 1977
Box 2 Folder 16 to 17 Drafts, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 18 Manuscript, 1979
Box 2 Folder 19 Manuscript, undated
Box 2 Folder 20 Publicity, 1977
Box 2 Folder 21 Scores, undated
Before My Time
Box 2 Folder 22 Correspondence, 1974-1979
Box 2 Folder 23 Drafts, undated
Box 2 Folder 24 Script--Adapted, 1974
Grace Abounding
Box 2 Folder 25 Correspondence, 1974-1983
Box 2 Folder 26 to 27 Draft--Full--Proofreading, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 28 Drafts--General, undated
Box 2 Folder 29 Galleys--Annotated, 1982
Box 2 Folder 30 Notes--Handwritten, undated
Box 2 Folder 31 to 32 Notebooks, undated (5 in 2 Folders), undated
Box 2 Folder 33 Poem, undated
Box 2 Folder 34 Publicity material, undated
Expensive Habits , 1985
Box 3 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1984-1986
Box 3 Folder 2 to 8 Drafts--General--incomplete, undated, (7 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 9 "Child's Play,", undated
Box 3 Folder 10 "Deadline,", undated
Box 3 Folder 11 "Kill Fee,", undated
Box 3 Folder 12 "Rough Cut,", undated
Box 3 Folder 13 "Wonder Book,", undated
Box 3 Folder 14 Notebook, undated
Big as Life
Box 3 Folder 15 Correspondence, 1998-2001
Folder 16 to 18 Drafts--General, undated, (3 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 19 "Children with Matches,", undated
Box 3 Folder 20 to 21 "The Magdalene,", undated, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 1 to 3 "Speed of Light,", undated, (3 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 4 Jacket--Design, 2000
Box 4 Folder 5 to 8 Manuscript--Full, undated, (4 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 9 Mechanicals--Art, undated
Box 4 Folder 10 Notes--Handwritten, undated
Box 4 Folder 11 Research, undated
Natural History
Box 4 Folder 1 to 2 Correspondence, 1992-1998, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 3 Correspondence--Art, 1992
Box 4 Folder 4 to 5 Drafts--General, 1989, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 6 to 8 Drafts--General, undated, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 1 to 8 Drafts--General, undated, (8 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 9 "Arcade,", undated
Box 5 Folder 10 "Cover Set,", undated
Box 5 Folder 11 to 13 "Double Entry,", undated, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 14 to 16 "Lives of the Saints,", undated, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 17 to 19 "Moving Pictures,", undated, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 20 "The Music Man,", undated
Box 5 Folder 21 to 23 "Natural History Part II,", undated, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 24 "Sister Brown,", undated
Box 5 Folder 25 "The Spinster's Tale,", undated
Box 5 Folder 26 "Statues,", undated
Box 6 Folder 1 Galleys--Annotated, 1992
Box 6 Folder 2 Illustrations, undated
Box 6 Folder 3 Manuscript--Full, undated
Box 6 Folder 4 Mechanicals--Art, undated
Box 6 Folder 5 Notebook, undated
Box 6 Folder 6 Notes--Handwritten, undated
Box 6 Folder 7 Research, undated
Lover's Almanac
Box 7 Folder 1 Corrections, undated
Box 7 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1994-1997
Box 7 Folder 3 Layout--Design, undated
Box 7 Folder 4 to 5 Manuscript--Full, undated, (2 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 6 Publicity, 1998
Box 10 Miscellaneous Galleys and Drafts
