Erica Jong papers, 1955-2018, bulk 1965-2004
Erica Jong papers, 1955-2018, bulk 1965-2004
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1438
- Bib ID:
- 6217591 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Jong, Erica
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 94 linear feet (102 boxes: 84 record storage cartons 16 document boxes 2 oversize boxes)
- Language(s):
- English , German , Japanese , Italian , French .
- Access:
- 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.
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This collection has restrictions related to student grades, legal and financial documents. The following material is restricted: Box 2, folder 16; Box 62, folders 12-21; Box 63, folders2; Box 70, folders 11 and 12; Box 71; Box 72, folders 1-14; Box 73, folders, 1, 14-16; Box 74, folders 1-13; Box 87, folder 30; Box 88; Box 89; Box 90, folders 1-8.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Some unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Description
Summary
This collection contains the correspondence, writings, files, personal materials, printed and audio/visual material relating to Erica Jong's writing and personal life. Correspondence ranges from 1958 to 2004, and comprises a wide variety of correspondents, including business and literary contacts, friends, fans, and relatives. Among the writings are notes, drafts, correspondence, and publication material pertaining to all of Jong's major published novels and essay and poetry collections, including Fear of Flying, and drafts of several unpublished novels and the scripts for a number of unproduced television series and films. In addition, there is a large quantity of material relating to Jong's book on Henry Miller, The Devil at Large--such material includes correspondence and audio and written interviews. Within the "Personal" series are Jong's early diaries and daybooks, as well as material from Barnard and during her time living in Germany. The series of "Erica Jong Files", organized by Jong, include research, publication, project, and personal files, which contain primarily legal and business correspondence pertaining to Jong's work, finances, and various business projects. Among the printed materials are books and journals collected by Jong, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings about Jong. Finally, the Audio/Visual material includes recordings of a number of Jong's readings and appearances on television and radio.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 7 series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
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 has restrictions related to student grades, legal and financial documents. The following material is restricted: Box 2, folder 16; Box 62, folders 12-21; Box 63, folders2; Box 70, folders 11 and 12; Box 71; Box 72, folders 1-14; Box 73, folders, 1, 14-16; Box 74, folders 1-13; Box 87, folder 30; Box 88; Box 89; Box 90, folders 1-8.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Some unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies 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.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Erica Jong Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accrual
No additional material expected
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Erica Jong. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2007.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Sponsor Information
The processing of this collection was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Processing Information
Papers accessioned PL 6/13/2007.
Papers processed Jean-Christophe Cloutier (Columbia University, GSAS 2013) and Aaron Winslow (Columbia University, GSAS 2014) 2010-2010.
Finding aid written Jean-Christophe Cloutier (Columbia University, GSAS 2013) and Aaron Winslow (Columbia University, GSAS 2014) 05/--/2011.
Revision Description
2011-09-03 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2018-04-03 XML document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi. Addition of Series VII.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2019-07-24 Link to remediated audio added. kws
Biographical Note
Author Erica Mann Jong was born on March 26th, 1942, in New York City and was raised on Manhattan's Upper-Westside. Her father, Seymour Mann, founded Seymour Mann Imports, a giftware and home accents store; her mother, Eda Mirsky Mann, a painter, designed many of the dolls in the Connoisseur Doll Collection sold through her husband's business. Jong, a middle child, has two sisters Susanna Mann Daou and Claudia Mann Oberweger. Jong attended the High School of Music and Art, then located on the campus of City University in Hamilton Heights, from which she graduated in 1959. The family, by all accounts, led a comfortable life.
While taking her degree at Barnard College (BA 1963) and her Masters in 18th Century English Literature at Columbia University (1965), Jong published two volumes of poetry--Fruits & Vegetables and Half-Lives. Jong entered the international literary scene with her best-selling first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), a semi-autobiographical first-person narrative depicting a woman's search for identity and fulfillment. The book, an immediate sensation, has since sold over 18 million copies and has been translated into multiple languages. The novel's protagonist, Isadora Wing, went on to star in many of Jong's subsequent novels, including How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes & Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. Thus far, as her official websites states, Jong has published "20 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles" in major magazines and newspapers. Also known for her association with American writer Henry Miller, Jong wrote The Devil at Large (1993) in honor of their friendship and shared literary aesthetic.
Jong is a teacher as well as a writer and has taught courses or conducted workshops at City University of New York, the Overseas Division of the University of Maryland in Germany, Barnard College, Bennington College, Breadloaf Writers Conference, Ben Gurion University in Israel and the Salzburg Seminar in Vienna. Among her awards are the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature, Poetry Magazine's Bess Hokin Award and France's Deauville Award for Literary Excellence.
In 1996 Jong endowed the Erica Mann Jong '63 Writing Fellows Fund at Barnard College.
Jong has been married four times: her first, and briefest marriage, was to Michael Werthman, whom she married while she was still an undergraduate; Jong and psychiatrist Allan Jong were married in 1966; in 1977 she married author Jonathan Fast with whom she had her one, and only child, also an author, Molly Miranda Fast-Jong; in 1989 Jong married attorney Kenneth David Burrows, a graduate of Brown University and Fordham University Law School, to whom she is still married.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series 1: Correspondence, 1958-2004
This series is arranged chronologically and alphabetically. The chronological correspondence includes both personal and business correspondence and is organized by decade from the early 1970s through 2011. The alphabetically arranged material retains Jong's original ordering by person, and includes brief correspondence with a number of figures from the literary, political, and film industries. The folder titles in this section reproduce Jong's own titles. A cache of letters from Jong's time as a student at Barnard and Columbia, correspondence from her time living in Germany with her then husband, Allan Jong, and fan mail are also in this series.
Box 1 Folder 1 to 4
Box 1 Folder 5
1982-1984
Box 1 Folder 6 to 21
Box 1 Folder 22
1987-1990
Box 1 Folder 23 to 24
Box 2 Folder 1 to 15
Box 2 Folder 16
[Restricted until 2040]
Box 2 Folder 17
2000s
Box 2 Folder 18
Box 2 Folder 19
Box 2 Folder 20
Box 2 Folder 21
Box 2 Folder 22
Box 2 Folder 23
Box 2 Folder 24
Box 2 Folder 25
Box 2 Folder 26
Box 2 Folder 27
Box 2 Folder 28
Box 2 Folder 29
Box 2 Folder 30
Box 2 Folder 31
Box 2 Folder 32
Box 2 Folder 33
Box 3 Folder 1
Box 3 Folder 2
Box 3 Folder 3
Box 3 Folder 4
Box 3 Folder 5
Box 3 Folder 6
Box 3 Folder 7
Box 3 Folder 8
Box 3 Folder 9
Box 3 Folder 10
Box 3 Folder 11
Box 3 Folder 12
Box 3 Folder 13
Box 3 Folder 14
Box 3 Folder 15
Box 3 Folder 16
Box 3 Folder 17
Box 3 Folder 18
Box 3 Folder 19
Box 3 Folder 20
Box 3 Folder 21
Box 3 Folder 22
Box 3 Folder 23
Box 3 Folder 24
Box 3 Folder 25
Box 3 Folder 26
Box 3 Folder 27
Box 3 Folder 28
Box 3 Folder 29
Box 3 Folder 30
Box 3 Folder 31
Box 3 Folder 32
Box 3 Folder 33
Box 3 Folder 34
Box 3 Folder 35
Box 3 Folder 36
Box 3 Folder 37
Box 3 Folder 38
Box 3 Folder 39
Box 3 Folder 40
Box 3 Folder 41
Box 3 Folder 42
Box 3 Folder 43
Box 3 Folder 44
Box 3 Folder 45
Box 3 Folder 46
Box 3 Folder 47
Box 3 Folder 48
Box 3 Folder 49
Box 3 Folder 50
Box 3 Folder 51
Box 3 Folder 52
Box 3 Folder 53
Box 3 Folder 54
Box 3 Folder 55
Box 3 Folder 56
Box 3 Folder 57
Box 3 Folder 58
Box 3 Folder 59
Box 3 Folder 60
Box 3 Folder 61
Box 3 Folder 62
Box 3 Folder 63
Box 3 Folder 64
Box 3 Folder 65
Box 3 Folder 66
Box 3 Folder 67
Box 3 Folder 68
Box 3 Folder 69
Box 3 Folder 70
Box 3 Folder 71
Box 3 Folder 72
Box 4 Folder 1
Box 4 Folder 2
Box 4 Folder 3
Box 4 Folder 4
Box 4 Folder 5
Box 4 Folder 6
Box 4 Folder 7
Box 4 Folder 8
Box 4 Folder 9
Box 4 Folder 10
Box 4 Folder 11
Box 4 Folder 12
Box 4 Folder 13 to 14
Box 4 Folder 15
Box 4 Folder 16
Box 4 Folder 17
Box 4 Folder 18
Box 4 Folder 19
Box 2 Folder 24 has an envelope from Ozick, 1973
Box 4 Folder 20
Box 4 Folder 21
Box 4 Folder 22
Box 4 Folder 23
Box 4 Folder 24
Box 4 Folder 25
Box 4 Folder 26
Box 4 Folder 27
Box 4 Folder 28
Box 4 Folder 29
Box 4 Folder 30
Box 4 Folder 31
Box 4 Folder 32
Box 4 Folder 33
Box 4 Folder 34
Box 4 Folder 35
Box 4 Folder 36
Box 4 Folder 37
Box 4 Folder 38
Box 4 Folder 39
Box 4 Folder 40
Box 4 Folder 41
Box 4 Folder 42
Box 4 Folder 43
Box 4 Folder 44
Box 4 Folder 45
Box 4 Folder 46
Box 4 Folder 47
Box 4 Folder 48
Box 4 Folder 49
Box 4 Folder 50
Box 4 Folder 51
Box 4 Folder 52
Box 4 Folder 53
Box 4 Folder 54
Box 4 Folder 55
Box 4 Folder 56
Box 5 Folder 1 to 3
Box 5 Folder 4
Box 5 Folder 5
Box 5 Folder 6
Box 5 Folder 7
Box 5 Folder 8
Box 5 Folder 9
Box 5 Folder 10
Box 5 Folder 11
Box 5 Folder 12
Box 5 Folder 13
Box 5 Folder 14
Box 5 Folder 15
Box 5 Folder 16 to 17
Box 5 Folder 18
Box 5 Folder 19
Box 5 Folder 20
Box 5 Folder 21
Box 5 Folder 22 to 24
Box 6 Folder 1
Box 6 Folder 2 to 19
Box 7 Folder 1 to 6
Box 7 Folder 7
Box 7 Folder 8
Box 7 Folder 9
Box 7 Folder 10
Box 7 Folder 11 to 12
Box 7 Folder 13
Box 7 Folder 14
Box 7 Folder 15
Box 7 Folder 16
Box 7 Folder 17 to 19
Box 7 Folder 20 to 21
Box 7 Folder 22
Box 7 Folder 23
Box 8 Folder 1 to 3
Box 8 Folder 4 to 6
Box 8 Folder 7
Box 8 Folder 8
Box 8 Folder 9
Box 8 Folder 10 to 11
Box 8 Folder 12 to 14
Box 8 Folder 15
Box 8 Folder 16
Box 9 Folder 1 to 2
Series II: Writings, 1937-2011
Encompassing Jong's entire writing career, this series consists of typescripts, computer printouts, notepads, and proofs and includes drafts of poetry, novels, non-fiction monographs, essays, articles, screenplays, plays, and related peripheral materials such as promotional documents and audio tapes. As a whole, this series reflects the evolution and consistencies of her writing practice--first drafts often written longhand on yellow legal-sized notepads, and subsequent typed or computer drafts.
This subseries contains notes, drafts, proofs, correspondence, and publicity material related to all of Jong's published books of poetry, includingAt the Edge of the Body, Becoming Light, Fruits & Vegetables, Half-Lives, Loveroot,andOrdinary Miracles.Also included are drafts of a number of unpublished poems, particularly located in the "A to Z" folder, as well as several notebooks containing handwritten notes and early drafts.
Box 9 Folder 3
Box 9 Folder 4 to 6
Box 9 Folder 7 to 9
Box 9 Folder 10
Box 9 Folder 11
Box 9 Folder 12
Box 9 Folder 13 to 14
Box 9 Folder 15
Box 9 Folder 16
Box 9 Folder 17
Box 9 Folder 18
Box 9 Folder 19
Box 9 Folder 20
Box 9 Folder 21
Box 9 Folder 22
Box 9 Folder 23 to 25
Box 10 Folder 1 to 3
Box 10 Folder 4 to 5
Box 10 Folder 6 to 7
Box 10 Folder 8
Box 10 Folder 9
Box 10 Folder 10
Box 10 Folder 11
Box 10 Folder 12
Box 10 Folder 13
Box 10 Folder 14
Box 10 Folder 15
Box 100 Folder 1
Box 10 Folder 16
Box 10 Folder 17
Box 10 Folder 18
Box 10 Folder 19
Box 10 Folder 20 to 21
Box 10 Folder 22
Box 10 Folder 23
Box 10 Folder 24
Box 10 Folder 25
Box 10 Folder 26 to 28
Box 10 Folder 29
Box 10 Folder 30 to 31
Box 11 Folder 1
Box 11 Folder 2 to 7
Box 11 Folder 8
Box 11 Folder 9
Box 11 Folder 10 to 11
Box 11 Folder 12
Box 11 Folder 13
Box 11 Folder 14
Box 11 Folder 15
Box 11 Folder 16
Box 11 Folder 17
Box 11 Folder 18
Box 11 Folder 19
Box 11 Folder 20
Box 11 Folder 21
Box 11 Folder 21a
Box 11 Folder 22 to 23
Box 11 Folder 24
Box 12 Folder 1 to 2
Box 12 Folder 3 to 4
Box 12 Folder 5
Box 12 Folder 6
Box 12 Folder 7
Box 12 Folder 8
Box 12 Folder 9 to 10
Box 12 Folder 11
Box 12 Folder 12
Box 12 Folder 13
Box 12 Folder 14
Box 12 Folder 15
Box 12 Folder 16
Box 12 Folder 17
Box 12 Folder 18
Box 12 Folder 19
Box 12 Folder 20
This series consists of notes, outlines, drafts, correspondence, and publicity materials pertaining to Jong's major published novels, includingFear of Flying, Any Woman's Blues, Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones, How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes & Kisses, Sappho's Leap,and others. The bulk of this subseries is made up of multiple drafts of each novel and includes some handwritten sections, typescript manuscripts, and publishers' proofs and galleys. Also here are drafts of Jong's children's book,Molly's Book of Divorce,and the typescript of an unpublished novel entitled2040, Sugar in My Bowl, a treatment for The Scam: A Caper Novel,andStratford Will.
Box 12 Folder 21
Box 12 Folder 22
Box 12 Folder 23
Box 12 Folder 24 to 25
Box 100 Folder 2
Box 100 Folder 1
Box 100 Folder 2 to 15
Box 14 Folder 1 to 14
Box 15 Folder 1 to 13
Box 16 Folder 1 to 13
Box 16 Folder 14 to 15
Box 16 Folder 16
Box 17 Folder 1
Box 17 Folder 2 to 4
Box 17 Folder 5 to 7
Box 17 Folder 8
Box 17 Folder 9 to 11
Box 17 Folder 12 to 13
Box 17 Folder 14
Box 17 Folder 15
Box 18 Folder 1 to 2
Box 18 Folder 3
Box 18 Folder 4 to 11
Box 18 Folder 12 to 13
Box 18 Folder 14 to 17
Box 19 Folder 1
Box 19 Folder 2
Box 19 Folder 3
Box 19 Folder 4 to 7
Box 19 Folder 8
Box 19 Folder 9 to 11
Box 19 Folder 12
Box 19 Folder 13
Box 19 Folder 14 to 15
Box 19 Folder 16
Box 19 Folder 17
Box 19 Folder 18
Box 19 Folder 19
Box 19 Folder 20 to 22
Box 20 Folder 1 to 6
Box 20 Folder 7
Box 20 Folder 8
Box 20 Folder 9
Box 20 Folder 10
Box 20 Folder 11
Box 20 Folder 12 to 15
Box 20 Folder 16
Box 20 Folder 17 to 19
Box 21 Folder 1
Box 21 Folder 2
Box 21 Folder 3 to 6
Box 21 Folder 7 to 8
Box 21 Folder 9 to 12
Box 21 Folder 13 to 17
Box 22 Folder 1 to 4
Box 22 Folder 5 to 8
Box 22 Folder 9
Box 101 Folder 1
Box 22 Folder 10 to 13
Box 101 Folder 2
Box 22 Folder 14 to 16
Box 23 Folder 1
Box 23 Folder 2 to 4
Box 23 Folder 5 to 8
Box 23 Folder 9 to 11
Box 23 Folder 12
Box 23 Folder 13 to 15
Box 23 Folder 16
Box 24 Folder 1 to 5
Box 24 Folder 6 to 14
Box 25 Folder 1
Box 25 Folder 2 to 4
Box 25 Folder 5
Box 25 Folder 6 to 10
Box 25 Folder 11
Box 25 Folder 12
Box 25 Folder 13
Box 25 Folder 14
Box 25 Folder 15
Box 25 Folder 16
Box 25 Folder 17
Box 25 Folder 18
Box 25 Folder 19
Box 25 Folder 20
Box 25 Folder 21
Box 25 Folder 22 to 23
Box 26 Folder 1 to 4
Box 26 Folder 5
Box 26 Folder 6 to 7
Box 26 Folder 8
Box 26 Folder 9 to 12
Box 26 Folder 13
Box 26 Folder 14 to 15
Box 26 Folder 16
Box 26 Folder 17
Box 26 Folder 18
Box 26 Folder 19
Box 26 Folder 20
Box 26 Folder 21
Box 26 Folder 22
Box 26 Folder 23
Box 26 Folder 24
Box 26 Folder 25
Box 26 Folder 26
Box 26 Folder 27
Box 26 Folder 28
Box 26 Folder 29
Box 26 Folder 30
Box 26 Folder 31
Box 26 Folder 32
Box 27 Folder 1
Box 27 Folder 2
Box 27 Folder 3
Box 27 Folder 4
Box 27 Folder 5
Box 27 Folder 6
Box 27 Folder 7
Box 27 Folder 8
Box 27 Folder 9
Box 27 Folder 10
Box 27 Folder 11
Box 27 Folder 12
Box 27 Folder 13
Box 27 Folder 14
Box 27 Folder 15
Box 27 Folder 16
Box 27 Folder 17
Box 27 Folder 18
Box 27 Folder 19
Box 27 Folder 20 to 21
Box 100 Folder 3
Box 27 Folder 22 to 27
Box 27 Folder 28
Box 28 Folder 1
Box 28 Folder 2
Box 28 Folder 3
Box 28 Folder 4
Box 28 Folder 5 to 7
Box 29 Folder 1 to 2
Box 29 Folder 3 to 4
Box 29 Folder 5 to 6
Box 30 Folder 1 to 2
Box 30 Folder 3 to 8
Box 31 Folder 1 to 2
Box 31 Folder 3 to 4
Box 31 Folder 5
Box 31 Folder 6
Box 31 Folder 7
Box 31 Folder 8
Box 31 Folder 9
Box 31 Folder 10
Box 31 Folder 11
Box 27 Folder 29 to 30
Box 27 Folder 31
Box 27 Folder 32
Box 32 Folder 1 to 3
Box 32 Folder 4
Box 32 Folder 5
Box 32 Folder 6
Box 32 Folder 7 to 9
Box 32 Folder 10
Box 32 Folder 11
Box 32 Folder 12
Box 32 Folder 13 to 14
Box 32 Folder 15 to 19
Box 33 Folder 1 to 2
Box 33 Folder 3 to 6
Box 33 Folder 7 to 8
Box 33 Folder 9 to 17
Box 34 Folder 1 to 4
Box 34 Folder 5 to 7
Box 34 Folder 8 to 11
Box 34 Folder 12 to 13
Box 34 Folder 14
Box 34 Folder 15
Box 34 Folder 16
Box 34 Folder 17
Box 35 Folder 1
Box 35 Folder 2
Box 35 Folder 3
Box 35 Folder 4
Box 35 Folder 5
Box 35 Folder 6
Box 35 Folder 7
Box 35 Folder 8 to 9
Box 35 Folder 10
Box 35 Folder 11
Box 35 Folder 12
Box 35 Folder 13
Box 35 Folder 14
Box 35 Folder 15 to 18
Box 35 Folder 19 to 20
Box 36 Folder 1 to 2
Box 36 Folder 3 to 5
Box 36 Folder 6
Box 36 Folder 7
Box 36 Folder 8 to 13
Box 37 Folder 1 to 3
Box 37 Folder 4
Box 37 Folder 5 to 8
Box 37 Folder 9 to 11
Box 37 Folder 12 to 14
October 27, 1983, (3 Folders)
Box 37 Folder 15
December 23, 1981
Box 38 Folder 1
December 23, 1981
Box 38 Folder 3 to 5
February 26, 1984, (3 Folders)
Box 38 Folder 6 to 7
Box 38 Folder 8 to 10
Box 38 Folder 11 to 13
Box 38 Folder 14
Box 38 Folder 15 to 16
Box 39 Folder 1
Box 39 Folder 2
Box 39 Folder 3
Box 39 Folder 4 to 7
Box 39 Folder 8
Box 39 Folder 9 to 10
Box 39 Folder 11
Box 39 Folder 12
Box 39 Folder 13
Box 39 Folder 14
Box 39 Folder 15 to 16
Box 39 Folder 17
Box 39 Folder 18
Box 39 Folder 19 to 20
Box 40 Folder 1 to 11
Box 40 Folder 12
Box 40 Folder 13 to 19
Box 41 Folder 1 to 18
Box 42 Folder 1 to 8
Box 42 Folder 9
Box 42 Folder 10
Box 42 Folder 11
Box 42 Folder 12
Box 42 Folder 13
Box 42 Folder 14 to 15
Box 42 Folder 16
Box 42 Folder 17 to 19
Box 42 Folder 20
Box 43 Folder 1 to 2
Box 43 Folder 3 to 5
Box 43 Folder 6
Box 43 Folder 7
Box 43 Folder 8
Box 43 Folder 9
Box 43 Folder 10
Box 43 Folder 11
Box 43 Folder 12 to 18
Box 44 Folder 1
Box 44 Folder 2 to 3
Box 44 Folder 4 to 5
Box 44 Folder 6 to 9
Box 44 Folder 10
Box 44 Folder 11 to 12
Box 44 Folder 13
Box 44 Folder 14 to 15
Box 44 Folder 16 to 17
Box 44 Folder 18
Box 45 Folder 1 to 3
Box 45 Folder 4 to 5
Box 45 Folder 6 to 8
Box 45 Folder 9 to 10
Box 45 Folder 11
Box 45 Folder 12
Box 45 Folder 13 to 14
Box 45 Folder 15 to 16
Box 46 Folder 1 to 2
Box 46 Folder 3
Box 46 Folder 4
Box 46 Folder 5 to 6
Box 46 Folder 7
Box 46 Folder 8
Box 46 Folder 9 to 10
Box 46 Folder 11
Box 46 Folder 12
Box 46 Folder 13
Box 46 Folder 14
Box 101 Folder 3
Box 46 Folder 15
Box 46 Folder 16
Box 46 Folder 17
Box 46 Folder 18
Box 46 Folder 19
Arranged alphabetically, included here are Erica Jong's published and unpublished non-fiction works, both longer, book-length works (includingThe Devil at Large, Fear of Fifty, Witches) as well as shorter pieces and essays. The working drafts are often heavily annotated. Related materials, including correspondence, notes, interviews, clippings, offprints, printouts, and photographs, have been kept in their original arrangement.
Some Henry Miller correspondence, which pre-dates Jong's acquaintance with Miller, as well as the Jong-Miller correspondence is located in this subseries.
Box 46 Folder 20
Box 100 Folder 4
Box 46 Folder 21 to 22
Box 46 Folder 23
Box 100 Folder 5
Box 46 Folder 24 to 25
Box 46 Folder 26
Box 46 Folder 27
Box 47 Folder 1
Box 47 Folder 2
Box 47 Folder 3 to 14
Box 47 Folder 15
Box 47 Folder 16
Box 47 Folder 17 to 18
Box 47 Folder 19
Box 48 Folder 1 to 7
Box 48 Folder 8 to 9
Box 48 Folder 10
Box 48 Folder 11 to 13
Box 48 Folder 14
Box 48 Folder 15
Box 48 Folder 16 to 19
Box 49 Folder 1 to 4
Box 49 Folder 5
Box 49 Folder 6
Box 49 Folder 7
Box 49 Folder 8 to 18
Box 49 Folder 19 to 22
Box 50 Folder 1 to 3
Box 50 Folder 4
Box 50 Folder 5 to 6
Box 50 Folder 7 to 9
Box 50 Folder 10
Box 50 Folder 11
Box 50 Folder 12
Box 50 Folder 13 to 14
Box 50 Folder 15
Box 50 Folder 16 to 18
Box 50 Folder 19
Box 50 Folder 20
Box 50 Folder 21
Box 50 Folder 22
Box 50 Folder 23
Box 51 Folder 1 to 14
Box 51 Folder 15
Box 51 Folder 16
Box 51 Folder 17
Box 51 Folder 18
Box 51 Folder 19 to 20
Box 51 Folder 21
Box 51 Folder 22
Box 52 Folder 1 to 2
Box 52 Folder 3
Box 52 Folder 4
Box 52 Folder 5
Box 52 Folder 6
Box 52 Folder 7 to 8
Box 52 Folder 9
Box 52 Folder 10
Box 52 Folder 11
Box 52 Folder 12
Box 52 Folder 13
Box 52 Folder 14
Box 52 Folder 15
Box 52 Folder 16
Box 52 Folder 17 to 19
Box 52 Folder 20
Box 52 Folder 21
Box 52 Folder 22
Box 52 Folder 23
Box 52 Folder 24
Box 52 Folder 25
Box 52 Folder 26
Box 52 Folder 27
Box 52 Folder 28
Box 52 Folder 29
Box 52 Folder 30
Box 52 Folder 31
Box 52 Folder 32
Box 52 Folder 33
Box 52 Folder 34
Box 53 Folder 1
Box 53 Folder 2
Box 53 Folder 3
Box 53 Folder 4
Box 53 Folder 5
Box 53 Folder 6
Box 53 Folder 7
Box 53 Folder 8
Box 53 Folder 9
Box 53 Folder 10
Box 53 Folder 11
Box 53 Folder 12
Box 53 Folder 13
Box 53 Folder 14 to 15
Box 53 Folder 16
Box 53 Folder 17 to 23
Box 54 Folder 1 to 16
Box 55 Folder 1 to 13
Box 55 Folder 14 to 15
Box 56 Folder 1
Box 56 Folder 2 to 5
Box 56 Folder 6 to 12
Box 56 Folder 13
Box 56 Folder 14
Box 56 Folder 15 to 17
Box 57 Folder 1 to 3
Box 57 Folder 4
Box 57 Folder 5 to 7
Box 57 Folder 8
Box 57 Folder 9
Box 57 Folder 10 to 17
Box 58 Folder 1
Box 58 Folder 2
Box 58 Folder 3
Box 58 Folder 4
Box 58 Folder 5
Box 58 Folder 6 to 7
Box 58 Folder 8
Box 58 Folder 9 to 10
Box 58 Folder 11 to 12
Box 58 Folder 13
Box 58 Folder 14
Box 58 Folder 15 to 17
Box 59 Folder 1 to 3
Box 59 Folder 4
Box 59 Folder 5 to 8
Box 59 Folder 9
Box 59 Folder 10
Box 59 Folder 11 to 13
Box 59 Folder 14
Box 59 Folder 15
Box 59 Folder 16
Box 59 Folder 17
Box 59 Folder 18
Box 59 Folder 19
Box 59 Folder 20
Box 59 Folder 21
Box 59 Folder 22
Drafts and related correspondence and promotional materials of adaptations of Jong's texts for the screen or the stage comprise this subseries. Some texts are original works designed for visual productions, including a screenplay entitledLove Al Dentewritten in collaboration with her third husband, science-fiction writer Jonathan Fast.
Box 60 Folder 1
Box 60 Folder 2 to 14
Box 60 Folder 15 to 16
Box 60 Folder 17
Box 60 Folder 18 to 21
Box 60 Folder 22
Box 60 Folder 23 to 24
Box 60 Folder 25
Box 61 Folder 1 to 2
Box 61 Folder 3
Box 61 Folder 4
Box 61 Folder 5
Box 61 Folder 6 to 14
Box 61 Folder 15
Box 61 Folder 16
Box 61 Folder 17
Drafts and completed works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and scholarly criticism sent to, or acquired by, Erica Jong are found in this subseries.
Box 61 Folder 18
Box 61 Folder 19
Box 61 Folder 20 to 21
Box 61 Folder 22
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Series III: Personal, 1955-1990
Early Erica Jong material, including class notebooks, essays, and theses from high school and Barnard College; diaries; and some writings and correspondence are located in this series. Also here are some financial files and other documents of a personal nature.
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Series IV: Erica Jong Files--as organized by Jong, 1970-2008
This series is composed of a trove of files labeled and organized by Jong. Included here are documents and correspondence related to organizations in which Jong was involved; book reviews, clippings, drafts, essays and articles by and about Jong; requests and invitations to speak; material regarding foreign publishers; various fiction and non-fiction pieces and loose notes; and photographs. Jong's original arrangement of the material has been maintained throughout this series.
These are numbered and arranged personal files, consisting mostly of business correspondence and documents pertaining to all of Jong's published works. There are also some essays and creative documents, such as a screenplay adaptation of Jong'sFanny Hackabout Jones,in the files.
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The material in this subseries pertains to a wide array of Jong's professional and personal projects. As Jong kept her correspondence along with her project files, this arrangement has been maintained. Files named for periodicals usually contain drafts of Jong's pieces written for the given publication.
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Jong's business files, which were received labeled and organized, have been kept intact. These files include correspondence and documents pertaining to court cases such as Jong v. Sterling Lord, and the case over the title ofMegan's Book of Divorce.Also here are book contracts, publishing agreements, and memoranda, in addition to documents on multimedia projects
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This subseries consists of reviews, publicity tour details, invitations for readings, contracts, proposals for multimedia adaptation projects, and other projects inspired by Jong's publications.
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Series V: Printed Material, 1963-2011
Gathered in this series are books, clippings, magazines, journals, and other published materials related to Jong and her work, or reflecting Jong's professional and/or personal interests.
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1980-1988
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Series VI: Audio/Visual Materials, 1962-2000
The materials in this series consist primarily of audio cassette tapes and VHS tapes, along with some photographs, reel-to-reel tapes and other media. The cassette tapes include poetry readings, interviews, and audio transcripts of Jong's published works, while the VHS tapes tend to feature Jong's multiple television appearances, as well as some personal recordings.
Four audio cassette tapes of Jong interviewing Henry Miller have been transferred to Audio CDs for preservation and access.
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Series VII: Archived Web Site, 2011-present
Archived web site captures of the official web site of Erica Jong, at http://www.ericajong.com/. Captured semi-annually, 2011-present.