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Series I: Personal Documents, 1921-1970
Series V: Photographs, 1920s-1990s
Series VI: Audio Visual Material, 1956-1981

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