Diana Trilling papers, 1921-1996

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Series III: Writings, 1929-1996

Series III is one of the largest series is in the collection and is composed of Diana Trilling's diverse array of writings. Like her husband, Lionel Trilling, Diana Trilling was a prolific writer whose work was published in a variety of journals and magazines. She first submitted pieces for publication in the 1920s and was asked to contribute work up until her death. Within this series are manuscripts with multiple drafts, articles and essays, book reviews, and lectures. This series has been further arranged into two subseries.


Subseries III.1: Manuscripts and Drafts, 1964-1995

The first subseries holds manuscripts and drafts for Diana Trilling's major books:Claremont Essays, The Beginning of the Journey and Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor.There are also chapters of her childhood memoirs and material concerning her marriage to Lionel Trilling that is separate from the texts used inThe Beginning of the Journey.These drafts exist in multiple forms. Many of them went through several versions before the final one. In most cases, they are heavily annotated by Diana Trilling. In addition to the manuscripts themselves, there is often accompanying material for the individual titles consisting of correspondence with publishers, printed material for publicity purposes, and some reviews of the individual manuscripts.


The Beginning of the Journey



Box 19 Folder 1 to 2 Correspondence, 1993-1995, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 3 Draft--General, 1993


Box 19 Folder 4 Draft--Chapter Three, 1993


Box 19 Folder 5 Final Draft I, 1993


Box 19 Folder 6 Final Draft II, 1993



Box 20 Folder 1 Final Draft III, 1993


Box 20 Folder 2 to 3 Notes, 1993, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 4 The Paris Review, 1993


Box 20 Folder 5 Review, 1993-1995


Childhood Memoir


Box 20 Folder 6 Chapter One, 1983


Box 20 Folder 7 Chapter Two, 1983


Box 20 Folder 8 Chapter Three, 1983



Box 21 Folder 1 Chapter Six, 1983


Box 21 Folder 2 Chapter--Excerpts, 1983


Box 21 Folder 3 Chapter--Father, 1983


Box 21 Folder 4 Chapter--High School, 1983


Box 21 Folder 5 Chapter--Kindergarten, 1983


Box 21 Folder 6 Chapter--Radcliffe College, 1983


Box 21 Folder 7 Chapter--War in Europe, 1983


Box 21 Folder 8 Final Draft I, 1983



Box 22 Folder 1 Final Draft II, 1983


Box 22 Folder 2 Final Draft III, 1983


Claremont Essays


Box 22 Folder 3 to 4 Draft, 1964, (2 Folders)


Box 22 Folder 5 Reviews, 1964-1965


Memoirs of a Marriage


Box 22 Folder 6 Draft, 1990s



Box 60 Folder 2 Final Draft, 1990s


Box 60 Folder 3 Interview Transcript, 1990s



Box 22 Folder 7 Notes, 1990s


Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor



Box 23 Folder 1 General, undated, 1981, undated, 1981


Box 23 Folder 2 Clippings, 1980-1981


Box 23 Folder 3 Contract, 1981


Correspondence


Box 23 Folder 4 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1980-1981


Box 23 Folder 5 Legal Matters, 1981-1982


Box 23 Folder 6 to 8 Public, 1981-1984, (3 Folders)


Drafts


Box 23 Folder 9 Discards, 1981, (2 Folders)



Box 24 Folder 1 to 2 Discards, 1981


Box 24 Folder 3 to 6 Manuscript, 1981, (4 Folders)



Box 25 Folder 1 New York Times Magazine , 1981


Box 25 Folder 2 to 5 Edited Galleys, 1981, (5 Folders)



Box 26 Folder 1 Edited Galleys, 1981


Box 26 Folder 2 Hamish Hamilton Limited, 1981-1982


Box 26 Folder 3 Interviews, 1981


Box 26 Folder 4 Insurance, 1981 August 24


Box 26 Folder 5 to 7 Notes--Courtroom, 1980, (3 Folders)



Box 27 Folder 1 to 4 Notes--Courtroom, 1980, (3 Folders)


Box 27 Folder 5 Notes--Non-Courtroom, 1979-1980



Box 28 Folder 1 to 2 Notes--Non-Courtroom, 1979-1980, (2 Folders)


Box 28 Folder 3 Penguin Books, 1981-1982


Box 28 Folder 4 Publicity--Post-Publication, 1981-1988


Box 28 Folder 5 Publicity--Pre-Publication, 1980-1981


Reviews


Box 28 Folder 6 America, 1981-1982


Box 28 Folder 7 Australia, 1982 June-July


Box 28 Folder 8 England, 1982 May-July


Box 28 Folder 9 Serialization, 1981-1982



Box 29 Folder 1 Shana Alexander, 1983 March


Box 29 Folder 2 Stranger in Two Worlds, 1986


Box 29 Folder 3 Transcriptions, 1980-1981


Box 29 Folder 4 Reviewing the Forties , 1978-1979


We Must March My Darlings


Box 29 Folder 5 "Daughters of the Middle Class," 1977 April 26 (lecture), 1977 April 26


Box 29 Folder 6 Draft I, 1976


Box 29 Folder 7 Draft II, 1976


Box 29 Folder 8 Draft III, 1976 (with research material), 1976


Box 29 Folder 9 to 11 Final Draft, 1977, (3 Folders)



Box 30 Folder 1 to 2 Final Draft, 1977


Box 30 Folder 3 "A Return to the Past," 1971-1972 (chapter), 1971-1972


Box 30 Folder 4 Reviews, 1977


Subseries III.2: Articles and Essays, 1929-1996

Subseries 2 is comprised of Diana Trilling's shorter writings in the form of articles and essays. The majority of the pieces were published, although there are some early works that were rejected. Many of the texts have accompanying documentation in the form of correspondence concerning the publication and editing of the text, research notes, and reviews after publication. In addition to the traditional articles and essays, lectures, speeches, book reviews and drafts are found in this subseries. Of particular interest are the columns Diana Trilling wrote for The Nation called "Fiction in Review" and her essays on Marilyn Monroe and the cultural impact of the film,Easy Rider.Also included in this subseries are two plays,Snitkenwritten with Bettina Sinclair andThe Young Wives' Taleboth of which are from the 1930s.


Box 30 Folder 5 Address to the Annual Conference of the Child Study Association, 1958 March 24


Box 30 Folder 6 "Aldous Huxley," 1974 (review), 1974


Box 30 Folder 7 "America and The Quiet American 1956 May 15 (review), 1956 May 15


Box 30 Folder 8 "America through Dark Spectacles," 1953 July (review), 1953 July


Box 30 Folder 9 "The American Female,", undated


Box 30 Folder 10 "And Life Comes Knocking at the Window,", undated


Box 30 Folder 11 Award Presentation in Honor of Lionel Trilling, 1976 December 6


Box 30 Folder 12 "The Baby-Nurses,", 1952 April


Box 30 Folder 13 "A Bang and a Whimper,", undated


Box 30 Folder 14 "Beppo,", 1939 January-February


Box 30 Folder 15 "The Bird with the Broken Wing,", undated


Box 30 Folder 16 "The Birthday Party,", undated



Box 31 Folder 1 Carnegie Corporation "American Shelf List,", 1956


Box 31 Folder 2 "Celebrating with Dr. Leary,", 1967


Box 31 Folder 3 "The Challenger,", undated


Box 31 Folder 4 Columbia Uprising of 1968, 1968 (notes), 1968, 1968


Box 31 Folder 5 Commentary Symposium, undated, 1967-1975, undated, 1967-1975


Box 31 Folder 6 "The Concerto,", 1968


Box 31 Folder 7 "The Conscience of the Intellectual,", 1960 May-June


Box 31 Folder 8 "Couples," 1968 April (review), 1968 April


Box 31 Folder 9 "Cultural Exchange,", 1958 June


Box 31 Folder 10 "The Cultural Mode in Political Criticism,", 1968


Box 31 Folder 11 "Culture and Anarchy,", undated


Box 31 Folder 12 "Culture, Biology and Our Sexual Roles,", 1970 June


Box 31 Folder 13 "The Culture of the Colleges: Oxford and Columbia,", 1965


Box 31 Folder 14 Diana Trilling: Biographical Sketch, 1976


Box 31 Folder 15 "Dorothy Thompson," 1973 March (review), 1973 March


Box 31 Folder 16 "Easy Rider and Its Critics,", 1970 April


Box 31 Folder 17 "The Education of a Woman,", 1950


Box 31 Folder 18 "Eight to Nine,", 1936 May-June


Box 31 Folder 19 "Etching,", undated


Box 31 Folder 20 "Feminism and Women's Liberation,", 1974 May


Box 31 Folder 21 "Footnote to My Life as a Critic"--Correspondence, 1991-1996


Box 31 Folder 22 "Footnote to My Life as a Critic"--Drafts, 1995-1996



Box 32 Folder 1 "Frieda Lawrence," 1973 May (review), 1973 May


Box 32 Folder 2 "The Girls of Camp Lenore"--Correspondence, 1995-1996


Box 32 Folder 3 "The Girls of Camp Lenore"--Draft, [1995]


"Goronwy-and Others"


Box 32 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1994-1996


Box 32 Folder 5 Drafts, 1995


Box 32 Folder 6 Notes, undated, 1976, 1994, undated, 1976, 1994


Box 32 Folder 7 Germany, 1967


Box 32 Folder 8 "H.G. Wells and Rebecca West," 1974 (review), 1974


Box 32 Folder 9 "History of Five Decades," [1976] (notes)


Box 32 Folder 10 "The Image of Women in Contemporary Literature,", 1964


Box 32 Folder 11 "The Incas and Their Civilization,", undated


Box 32 Folder 12 "The Influence of Contemporary Literary Culture on the Gifted College Woman,", 1964 May


Box 32 Folder 13 Jimmy Carter, 1976


Box 32 Folder 14 Junior Bazaar--"About Books,", 1946-1947


Box 32 Folder 15 "A Journal of the Plague Years," 1973 June (review), 1973 June


Box 32 Folder 16 "Lawrence and the Movements of Modern Culture,", 1973


Box 32 Folder 17 "Leaving England," 1960s (notes), 1960s


Box 32 Folder 18 "Letter from Abroad,", 1966-1967


Letters to the Editor


Box 32 Folder 19 General, 1986-1990


Box 32 Folder 20 Commentary, 1968 June


Box 32 Folder 21 New York Review of Books, 1967, 1988, 1967, 1988


Box 32 Folder 22 The New York Times, 1977, 1984-1986, 1977, 1984-1986


Box 32 Folder 23 The New York Times Book Review , 1974-1986


Box 32 Folder 24 Partisan Review, 1955, 1965-1967, 1955, 1965-1967


Box 32 Folder 25 The Twentieth Century , 1953 August 12


Box 32 Folder 26 "The Liberal as Intellectual," undated (notes), undated


Box 32 Folder 27 "Life in the 1930s,", 1960


Box 32 Folder 28 "The Life of the Amazon,", 1942


Box 32 Folder 29 "Lost and Found,", undated


Box 32 Folder 30 "The Man with a Drum,", undated


"Marilyn Monroe: The Meaning of Her Life and Death"


Box 32 Folder 31 Correspondence, 1982



Box 33 Folder 1 Review, 1986


Box 33 Folder 2 Translation , 1991 July


Box 33 Folder 3 "The Marriage of Elsie and John," undated (written under pseudonym of Margaret Sayles), undated


Box 33 Folder 4 "Meeting with Mailer,", undated


Box 33 Folder 5 "Memo of a Visit," undated (notes), undated


Box 33 Folder 6 "Miss Villette's in the Springtime,", 1963 June


Box 33 Folder 7 "The Namesake,", 1930s


Box 33 Folder 8 NMC Theatre Commentary, 1949 November 20


The Nation--"Fiction in Review"


Box 33 Folder 9 1942 June 27-1944 January 22


Box 33 Folder 10 1944 January 29-1946 January 5


Box 33 Folder 11 1946 January 26-1947 September 20



Box 34 Folder 1 1947 October 11-1949 June 25


Box 34 Folder 2 Notebooks, 1943-1949


Box 34 Folder 3 Notes, undated, 1969


Box 34 Folder 4 "Notes on the Trial of the Century,", 1995


Box 34 Folder 5 "The Nurse,", undated


Box 34 Folder 6 "Of Husbands and Wives,", 1945 October 13


Box 34 Folder 7 "On the First Anniversary of President Kennedy's Death," 1964 Summer, 1964


Box 34 Folder 8 "On the Steps of Low Library,", 1968-1969


Box 34 Folder 9 O'Neill, Son and Artist, 1973 November (review), 1973 November


Box 34 Folder 10 "Onty Emma,", 1936 May


Box 34 Folder 11 "The Other Night at Columbia,", 1958


Box 34 Folder 12 "Out of Phase in Palermo,", undated


Box 34 Folder 13 Poems--General, undated


Box 34 Folder 14 Poems--Children, 1939



Box 35 Folder 1 The Portable D.H. Lawrence, 1946 (notes), 1946


Box 35 Folder 2 "Portrait of a Marriage," 1974 (review), 1974


Box 35 Folder 3 "The Prodigious Trio,", undated


Box 35 Folder 4 "The Psychology of Plenty,", 1945


Box 35 Folder 5 Puccini, 1970


Box 35 Folder 6 Reader's Reports , 1943 August 25


Box 35 Folder 7 "Reading by Ear"--Correspondence, 1994-1995


Box 35 Folder 8 Remarks at Aspen Institute Conference, 1975


Box 35 Folder 9 Reminiscence of Raymond Weaver, undated


Box 35 Folder 10 Response to Soviet Policies, 1959 January-February


Box 35 Folder 11 Reviews--General, 1942-1974


Box 35 Folder 12 Reviews--New York Times, undated, 1948-1983


Box 35 Folder 13 Reviewing the Forties, 1978 Fall, 1978


Box 35 Folder 14 "The Riddle of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 1963 Sping


Box 35 Folder 15 "The River Bank,", undated


Box 35 Folder 16 "The Rope Dancers" and "Time Remembered,", undated


Box 35 Folder 17 "The Sale of a Work of Art,", 1942 May


Box 35 Folder 18 Selected Letters of D.H. Lawrence , 1957-1960



Box 36 Folder 1 "The Self as Subject," 1983 February 23 (lecture), 1983 February 23


Box 36 Folder 2 "Self-Mythologizing and Lillian Hellman,", 1962


Box 36 Folder 3 Snitken 1930 (play co-written with Bettina Sinclair), 1930


Box 36 Folder 4 Speaking of Literature and Society, 1980 February (editor's foreword), 1980 February


Speeches


Box 36 Folder 5 Overseas Press Club, 1956


Box 36 Folder 6 Pasternak, 1958


Box 36 Folder 7 School for Ethical Culture, 1958 September


Box 36 Folder 8 Women's Faculty Club, 1969 May 7


Box 36 Folder 9 Statement Read to Board of Directors, American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1961 January 10


Box 36 Folder 10 Toodles Stories, 1939


Box 36 Folder 11 "Thursday the Beats, Tuesday the Analysts,", 1975 April


Box 36 Folder 12 "A Train of Powder," undated (review), undated


Box 36 Folder 13 "The Uncomplaining Ackerley,", 1969 August


Box 36 Folder 14 Untitled Short Story, 1929 Summer (set in Florence), 1929 Summer


Box 36 Folder 15 "Virginia Woolf's Special Realm," undated (review), undated


Box 36 Folder 16 Visit to Camelot, undated


Box 36 Folder 17 "What Is Happening to Love?, 1959 Summer


Box 36 Folder 18 The Widowed,", undated


Box 36 Folder 19 "The Wisdom of Dr. Benjamin Spock,", 1970


Box 36 Folder 20 "Women and Their Minds,", 1959 July


Box 36 Folder 21 "Women's Lib,", 1971 April


Box 36 Folder 22 The Young Wives' Tale, 1930s (play), 1930s