Sol Stein papers, 1943-2004, bulk 1950-2004

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Series II: Editorial Consulting, 1950-2004


Sub-series II.1: Consulting for Published Materials, 1955-2004


Baldwin, James



Box 53 Folder 14 Dark Runner--Synopsis for Screenplay, 1958 October 27 (co-authored with Sol Stein), 1958 October 27


Box 53 Folder 15 Equal in Paris--Draft, circa 1957 (co-authored with Sol Stein), 1957


Notes of a Native Son


Box 53 Folder 16 Correspondence with James Baldwin, 1955-1958



Box 54 Folder 1 Correspondence with Publishers, 1955-1958


Box 54 Folder 2 Publicity Materials, 1955


Box 54 Folder 3 Notes of a Native Son Revisited--, essay by James Baldwin, undated


Native Sons, by Sol Stein


Box 54 Folder 4 Graphic Corrections of Baldwin Correspondence, 2000s


Box 54 Folder 5 Draft--Incomplete--with Notes, 2002-2003


Box 54 Folder 6 Draft--with Notes, 2003 March 13


Box 54 Folder 7 Draft--Rejected Materials, 2003



Box 55 Folder 1 Correspondence, 2003-2004


Box 55 Folder 2 Correspondence with Random House, 2003-2004


Box 55 Folder 3 Manuscript Revisions by Melody R. Guy, 2004


Box 55 Folder 4 Headnotes, 2004


Box 55 Folder 5 Reproductions of Baldwin Correspondence--with Design Notes,, undated


Box 55 Folder 6 to 7 Interior Layouts--with Notes, 2004 January, (2 Folders)


Box 55 Folder 8 Book Launch Invitations, 2004



Box 56 Folder 1 to 2 Publicity Materials, 2004, (2 Folders)


Box 56 Folder 3 Press Clippings, 2004


Kazan, Elia


The Arrangement



Box 34 Folder 4 Contract with Elia Kazan, 1966


Box 34 Folder 5 General Editing Notes, 1966


Box 34 Folder 6 Draft--Incomplete--with Notes, circa, 1960s, (2 Folders)



Box 38 Folder 1 to 2 Draft--Second, circa, 1960s, (2 Folders)



Box 35 Folder 1 to 2 Draft--Second--with Notes, circa, 1960s, (2 Folders)


Box 35 Folder 3 Draft--Third--with Notes, circa, 1960s



Box 36 Folder 1 Draft--Third--with Notes, circa, 1960s


Box 36 Folder 2 to 3 Draft--Third--with Notes, circa, 1960s, (2 Folders)


Box 36 Folder 4 to 7 Draft--Chapter Notes--circa, 1960s, (2 Folders)



Box 37 Folder 1 to 9 Draft--Chapter Notes, circa, 1960s, (9 Folders)


Box 37 Folder 10 Correspondence with Elia Kazan, circa, 1960s


The Assassins


Box 37 Folder 11 Draft--Incomplete--with notes, undated


Box 37 Folder 12 to 13 Draft--with Notes, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 37 Folder 14 Draft--Incomplete--with Notes, undated



Box 38 Folder 3 Draft--with Notes, undated


Box 38 Folder 4 Draft--Second--with Notes, undated



Box 39 Folder 1 to 2 Draft--Second, undated, (2 Folders)


Keyes, Daniel



Box 34 Folder 3 Algernon, Charlie and I --Editorial Suggestions,, 1998


Subseries II.2: Consulting for Unpublished Materials, circa 1990s, 1998, undated



Box 39 Folder 5 Basics of Plotting Handout for Workshops, undated


Box 39 Folder 3 The Proximity Organization--by Frank A., Mark A. and Michael D. Armstrong--Draft--with Notes, undated


Box 39 Folder 4 Dr. Will--by William Baxter Waddill--Draft,, undated



Box 40 Folder 1 California Writing Students--Drafts--with Notes, circa 1990s


Box 40 Folder 2 to 3 Student Work--Drafts--with Notes, 1993-1996, (2 Folders)



Box 41 Folder 1 Student Work--Dialogue Handout for Workshops, 1996


Box 41 Folder 2 Socio Economic Suicide, The American Way,-by Kenneth L. Friedman--Draft--with Notes, 1997



Box 43 Folder 1 to 2 Socio Economic Suicide, The American Way, --by Kenneth L. Friedman--Draft--with Notes, circa, 1990s, (2 Folders)

(including floppy disk of manuscript)



Box 41 Folder 3 Short Stories--Various Writers--Drafts--with Notes, 1998


Box 41 Folder 4 The Malacca Exit--by Jonathan Lynn--Draft--with Notes, 1998


Box 41 Folder 5 A Very Civil War--by Michael Shapiro--Draft--with Notes, 1998


Sub-series II.3: Beacon Press, 1950-1956



Box 51 Folder 1 to 3 Correspondence, 1950-1956, (3 Folders)


Box 51 Folder 15 Mid-Century Essays Correspondence, 1953-1956