RMA02572.xml Guide to the Alison Lurie papers, [ca. 1960-2013] Lurie, Alison papers, [ca. 1960-2013] Compiled by Julia Parker Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library July 2000

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EAD encoding by Mireille Lee, July 2000. File last modified: July 19 2000 ENG 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Alison Lurie papers, [ca. 1960-2013] Collection Number: 14-12-2572 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu Julia Parker, Janette Park Mireille Lee, July 2000 Fredrika Loew, March 2018 © 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Alison Lurie papers, [ca. 1960-2013] 14-12-2572 Alison Lurie 5 cubic feet. Notes, drafts, proofs, manuscript, correspondence. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Notes, drafts, and printer's proofs of books by Lurie including Love and Friendship, Imaginary Friends, Real People, Foreign Affairs, The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones, Women and Ghosts, and The Last Resort; manuscript of a short story; and correspondence. Correspondents include Saul Bellow, Robert Creeley, Sue Kaufman, David Garnett, Edward Gorey, Christopher Isherwood, Olivia Manning, Arthur Mizener, Anthony and Violet Powell, Philip Roth, Jean Stafford, and Edmund Wilson. Also, a draft of the first chapter of Real People, annotated by Philip Roth. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alison Lurie was born in 1926 and is the author of Love and Friendship (1962), Imaginary Friends (1967), The War Between the Tates, Real People (1969), Only Children (1979), Language of Clothes (1981), and other novels. Professor emerita of English at Cornell University.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Notes, drafts, and printer's proofs of books by Lurie including Love and Friendship, Imaginary Friends, Real People, Foreign Affairs, The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones, Women and Ghosts, and The Last Resort; manuscript of a short story; and correspondence. Correspondents include Saul Bellow, Robert Creeley, Sue Kaufman, David Garnett, Edward Gorey, Christopher Isherwood, Olivia Manning, Arthur Mizener, Anthony and Violet Powell, Philip Roth, Jean Stafford, and Edmund Wilson. Also, a draft of the first chapter of Real People, annotated by Philip Roth.

 SUBJECTS Names: Lurie, Alison. Kaufman, Sue. Garnett, David, 1892- Isherwood, Christoper, |d 1904- Manning, Olivia. Mizener, Arthur. Stafford, Jean, 1915- Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972. Lurie, Alison.--Love and Friendship. Lurie, Alison.--Imaginary Friends. Lurie, Alison.--Real People. Lurie, Alison.--Foreign Affairs. Lurie, Alison.--War Between the Tates. Lurie, Alison.--Truth About Lorin Jones. Lurie, Alison.--Women and Ghosts. Occupations: Women authors. Authors. INFORMATION FOR USERS Access Restrictions:

Box 15: Philip Roth letters and annotations, require permission of Mr. Roth during his lifetime.

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Alison Lurie Papers, #14-12-2572. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 SERIES LIST Box 1 Box 1 Box 2 Box 2 Box 2 Boxes 3, 4 Boxes 4-6, 8 Box 4 Box 4 Box 7 Boxes 9, 10, 11 Box 11 Boxes 1, 2, 12, 14, 15 Box 2, 14, 15 Boxes 2, 13, 14, Mapcase Folder 1 Box 14 CONTAINER LIST Series I. Books Real People 1 5 Real People (1) 1 6 Real People (2) 1 7 Real People - Final Revisions (1) 1 8 Real People - Final Revisions (2) 1 9 Real People - Final Version (1) 1 10 Real People - Final Version (2) 1 11 Real People - ? Version (1) 1 12 Real People - ? Version (2) 1 13 Real People - Text setting copy (1), 1969 1 14 Real People - Text setting copy (2), 1969 1 15 Real People - Printer's proof, 6 Jan 1969 1 16 Real People - Printer's proof, 19 Feb 1969 1 17 Real People - Printer's proof - Author's set 1 18 Real People - Plate proofs Love and Friendship 1 19 Love and Friendship - Notes 1 20 Love and Friendship - Draft (1) 1 21 Love and Friendship - Draft (2) 1 22 Love and Friendship - Draft (3) 1 23 Love and Friendship - Draft (4) 1 24 Love and Friendship - Draft (5) 1 25 Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (1), 28 Sep 1961 1 26 Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (2), 28 Sep 1961 1 27 Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (3), 28 Sep 1961 1 28 Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (4), 28 Sep 1961 2 1 Love and Friendship - Printer's proof 11 1 Love and Friendship - reviews and letters, 1961-62 11 2 Love and Friendship - British edition, 1962-67 11 3 Love and Friendship - US edition, 1961-69 Ro of Varna 2 3 Ro of Varna - Notes for revision (used), 1966 also cut material, preliminary notes, theory, etc. 2 4 Ro of Varna (1) 2 5 Ro of Varna (2) 2 6 Ro of Varna (3) 2 7 Ro of Varna (4) 2 8 Ro of Varna - First draft (1) 2 9 Ro of Varna - First draft (2) 2 10 Ro of Varna - First draft (3) 2 11 Ro of Varna - First draft (4) 2 12 Ro of Varna - Second draft - incomplete (1) 2 13 Ro of Varna - Second draft - incomplete (2) 2 14 Ro of Varna - Second draft - incomplete (3) 2 15 Ro of Varna - Third draft (1) 2 16 Ro of Varna - Third draft (2) 2 17 Ro of Varna - Third draft (3) 2 18 Ro of Varna - Third draft (4) 2 19 Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (1) 2 20 Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (2) 2 21 Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (3) 2 22 Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (4) 11 9 Ro of Varna - US edition, 1966-67 11 10 Ro of Varna - US edition: reviews, 1967-68 11 11 Ro of Varna - British edition: letters and reviews, 1967-78 11 12 Ro of Varna - British edition, 1966-67 Imaginary Friends 2 23 Imaginary Friends (1) 2 24 Imaginary Friends (2) 17 1 1967-02-1968-06 Imaginary Friends - Letters

Book cover, undated invitation to Reading for Kennedy

 V. R. Lang - A Memoir 2 25 V. R. Lang - A Memoir, 1959 16 21 1963-1964, 1975-1978, 1990, 1995 V.R. Lang - 1975 ed.

The New Review - Vol 2 No 15; photo of "Violet in Europe on her honeymoon"

 16 22 1954-1961 V.R. Lang - Letters about Memoir Foreign Affairs 3 1 Foreign Affairs - Plan 3 2 Foreign Affairs - People 3 3 Foreign Affairs - first draft (story) - rejected passages, 1979 3 4 Foreign Affairs - chapter 9 3 5 Foreign Affairs - chapter 9 - notes, etc. used 3 6 Foreign Affairs - revisions - add in, 1983 3 7 Foreign Affairs - used, cut 4 43 Foreign Affairs - pp. 1-1 thru 2-14 4 44 Foreign Affairs - pp. 2-15 thru 3-14 4 45 Foreign Affairs - pp. 3-15 thru 4-29 4 46 Foreign Affairs - pp. 4-30 thru 6-14 4 47 Foreign Affairs - pp. 6-15 thru 8-14 4 48 Foreign Affairs - pp. 8-15 thru 10-14 4 49 Foreign Affairs - pp. 10-15 thru 12-29 16 5 1985-1991 Foreign Affairs: London - Letters 16 6 1985 Foreign Affairs: London - Reviews 16 7 1984-1986 Foreign Affairs - London

Correspondence, planning of celebration of publication

 16 8 1984-1985 Foreign Affairs: US Reviews 16 9 1984-1988 Foreign Affairs: US Letters 16 10 1984-1985 Foreign Affairs - US

Book cover, congratulations of Pulitzer Prize achievement

 16 11 1987-1990 Foreign Reviews

Itinerary for Paris trip, reviews for her other works (Foreign Affairs, Love and Friendship, Imaginary Friends, The Truth About Lorin Jones)

 16 12 1989 Foreign Reviews

Articles about Foreign Affairs and The Truth About Lorin Jones

 16 13 1991 Feeling of Truth in Alison Lurie's Fiction: With Special Reference to Love and Friendship and Foreign Affairs The Truth About Lorin Jones 4 1 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (1), 1985 4 2 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (2), 1986 4 3 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (3), 1987 4 4 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (4), 1987 4 5 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 1-1 thru 3-14 4 6 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 3-15 thru 5-14 4 7 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 5-15 thru 7-14 4 8 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 7-15 thru 9-14 4 9 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 9-15 thru 11-14 4 10 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 11-15 thru 13-14 4 11 The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 13-15 thru 16-22 5 1 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (5), 1987 5 2 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (6), 1987 5 3 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (7), 1987 5 4 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (8), 1987 5 5 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (9), 1987 5 6 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (10), 1987 6 1 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (11) 6 2 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (12) 6 3 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (13) 6 4 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (14) 6 5 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (15) 6 6 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (16) 6 7 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (17) 6 8 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (18) 6 9 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (19) 6 10 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (20) 6 11 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (21) 6 12 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (22) 6 13 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (23) 6 14 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (24) 6 15 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (25) 6 16 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (26) 6 17 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (27) 6 18 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (28) 6 19 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (29) 6 20 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (30) 6 21 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (31) 6 22 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (32) 6 23 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (33) 6 24 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (34) 6 25 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (35) 6 26 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (36) 6 27 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (37) 6 28 The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (38) 8 1 The Truth About Loren Jones - full manuscript, 1988 16 23 1988-1990 Loren Jones - London, Reviews + Letters The War Between the Tates 4 12 The War Between the Tates - outline and notes 4 13 The War Between the Tates - lists of changes, Dec 1973 4 14 The War Between the Tates - pp. 1-1 thru 2-14 4 15 The War Between the Tates - pp. 2-15 thru 3-14 4 16 The War Between the Tates - pp. 3-15 thru 4-14 4 17 The War Between the Tates - pp. 4-15 thru 6-14 4 18 The War Between the Tates - pp. 6-15 thru 8-14 4 19 The War Between the Tates - pp. 8-15 thru 10-14 4 20 The War Between the Tates - pp. 10-15 thru 12-14 4 21 The War Between the Tates - pp. 12-15 thru 13-14 4 22 The War Between the Tates - pp. 13-15 thru 14-14 4 23 The War Between the Tates - pp. 14-15 thru 15-14 4 24 The War Between the Tates - pp. 15-15 thru 16-29 4 25 The War Between the Tates - pp. 16-30 thru 17-41 4 26 The War Between the Tates - pp. 1-50, setting copy 4 27 The War Between the Tates - pp. 51-100, setting copy 4 28 The War Between the Tates - pp. 101-150, setting copy 4 29 The War Between the Tates - pp. 151-200, setting copy 4 30 The War Between the Tates - pp. 201-250, setting copy 4 31 The War Between the Tates - pp. 251-300, setting copy 4 32 The War Between the Tates - pp. 301-350, setting copy 4 33 The War Between the Tates - pp. 351-400, setting copy 4 34 The War Between the Tates - pp. 401-450, setting copy 4 35 The War Between the Tates - pp. 451-500, setting copy 4 36 The War Between the Tates - pp. 501-555, setting copy 4 37 Franco-Erican War - used and cut (A),The War Between the Tates 4 38 Franco-Erican War - used and cut (B), The War Between the Tates 4 39 Franco-Erican War - used and cut (C), The War Between the Tates 16 18 1974-06-1975-05 War Novel - Reviews and Letters - Eng. 16 19 1974-1975, 1982 War Novel - U.S. Letters 16 20 1974-05-1975-01 War - Reviews - America

Book cover with reviews

 Counting Sheep 4 40 Counting Sheep - early versions and notes (A) 4 41 Counting Sheep - early versions and notes (B) 4 42 Counting Sheep - early versions and notes (C) Women and Ghosts 7 1 Women and Ghosts - "Ilse's House" 7 2 Women and Ghosts - "The Pool People" 7 3 Women and Ghosts - "The Highboy" 7 4 Women and Ghosts - "Counting Sheep" 7 5 Women and Ghosts - "In the Shadow" 7 6 Women and Ghosts - "Waiting for the Baby" 7 7 Women and Ghosts - "Fat People" 7 8 Women and Ghosts - "Another Halloween" 7 9 Women and Ghosts - "The Double Poet" 7 10 Women and Ghosts - Revisions: "Ilse's House" 7 11 Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "The Pool People" 7 12 Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "The Highboy" 7 13 Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "Counting Sheep" 7 14 Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "In the Shadow" and "Another Halloween" 7 15 Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "The Double Poet" 11 13 Women and Ghosts - style sheet, text page make-up sheet, composition specs, manuscript, 1994 16 1 1994 Ghosts - NY 16 2 1989-1995 Women + Ghosts - London

Correspondence, articles

 16 3 1990-1995 Women + Ghosts - Reprints

Correspondence, articles

 16 4 1994-1995 Ghosts - London - Reviews The Last Resort 9 1 The Last Resort - character, plans, chronology, 1994 9 2 The Last Resort - epigraphs and research, 1994-5 9 3 The Last Resort - notes, 1995-6 9 4 The Last Resort - used notes, 1995-7 9 5 The Last Resort - early chapters 9 5 The Last Resort - notes, 1995-6 9 6 The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, 1995-6 9 7 The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 1-2 9 8 The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 3-5 9 9 The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 6-8 9 10 The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 9-11 10 1 The Last Resort - manuscript 1-1 to 3-20 10 2 The Last Resort - manuscript 4-1 to 6-21 10 3 The Last Resort - manuscript 7-1 to 9-25 10 4 The Last Resort - manuscript 10-1 to 11-24 10 5 The Last Resort - manuscript 12-1 to 15-25 10 6 The Last Resort - typescript 1-7 to 12-11a (corrections) 10 7 The Last Resort - typescript Manatees, 1-1 to 3-22 10 8 The Last Resort - typescript 4-1 to 6-21 10 9 The Last Resort - typescript 7-1 to 9-28 10 10 The Last Resort - typescript 10-1 to 12-22 10 11 The Last Resort - typescript 13-1 to 15-27 11 14 The Last Resort - notes used and cut 16 14 1997-1998 Last Resort - Letters

Includes a book cover

 16 15 1998-04-1998-09 Last Resort - NY - Reviews, Letters 16 16 1998-04-1999-02 Last Resort - London, Letters + Reviews 16 17 1997-04-1999-03 Last Resort - England

Photo of Ann Beattis; two book covers; Cornell correspondence

 The Nowhere City 11 4 The Nowhere City - British edition: reviews, letters, 1964-65 11 5 The Nowhere City - US edition, 1963-67 11 6 The Nowhere City - US edition: letters and reviews, 1965-74 11 7 The Nowhere City - France, 1965-67 11 8 The Nowhere City - England, 1964-76 17 2 1962-06-1966-04 Nowhere City - Letters Series II. Other Works 1 1 Reflections of a Lady Writer, 1966 1 2 Yaddo - Notes - General 1 3 Yaddo - Used and cut first draft 1 4 Yaddo - Used and cut second draft 2 26 The Pool People, 12 Jan 1991 2 27 Rabbit - Notes and drafts, 1990 2 28 Ilse's House - short story in New York Woman, Apr 1990 2 29 Familiar Spirits 14 16 Familiar Spirits - manuscript annotated by Sandy McClatchy 2 30 Only Children - Notes 2 31 Waiting for the Baby - Notes and revisions, 1993 12 1 Saturday's Brides - Mademoiselle article, April 1949 12 2 Truth and Consequences - notes 12 3-6 Truth and Consequences - used and cut 15 2 Real People - annotated first chapter by Roth 16 24 1988-1990 Polly - Reviews, Letters

Related to The Truth About Lorin Jones; includes early notes for Lorin Jones

 16 25 1988-1989, undated Polly - US

Project description with tentative title

 16 26 1987-05-1988-08 Polly - London

Book Cover

 16 27 1982-1985 Language of Clothes, London Reviews Letters 16 28 1988-1992, undated Language of Clothes, reprint London 16 29 1981-1985 Language of Clothes, Reviews + Letters US 17 3 1990-10-1993-12 Oxford/Fairy Tales - London

Book cover

 17 4 1991-11-1993-10 Oxford - Fairy Tales - NY 17 5 Undated Fairy Tales: Not used in book 17 6 1979-1982 Only Children, Reviews London 17 7 1978-07-1979-08 Only Children - London 17 8 1979-03-1979-10 Only Children - US Reviews

Undated American Library Association Booklist

 17 9 1978-01-1985-10 Only Children - US

Copy of book cover, actual book cover

 17 10 Apr 1979 - Nov 1979, undated Only Children - Letters 17 11 1969, 1972, 1976 Yaddo - RP - Reviews e Letters

Related to Real People

 17 12 1970, 1973, undated Yaddo England - Reviews e Letters

Reviews for The Nowhere City, Imaginary Friends, Real People

17 13 1968-06-1970-08 Yado - England

Book cover for Real People

 17 14 1968-04-1969-09 Yaddo - USA

Comments on Real People

 17 15 2005-09-2006-02 Truth + Consequences - Reviews

Book covers; undated copies

 17 16 2004-09-2005-10 Truth + Consequences - Reviews

Book cover

 17 17 1984-12-1990-06 Don't Tell - US

Book cover

 17 18 1990-01-1990-10 Don't Tell - US - Reviews, Letters

Undated cards, undated fan letter

 17 19 1989-03-1991-08 Don't Tell - England

Book covers

 17 20 1990-05-1990-06 Don't Tell - England - Reviews 17 21 1992-2005 Boys + Girls Forever

Pamphlet for "The Oz Centennial" 1900-2000; copy of an excerpt; pamphlet for Finnish creator of Moomin; book covers

 17 22 1980 Sheep

Original folder labeled as "Never Published"; includes illustrations

 Series III. Correspondence 2 29 Letters from writers 14 1 Letters from writers: Sue Kaufman, Christopher Isherwood, Olivia Manning, Arthur Mizener, Jean Stafford, Edmund Wilson 14 2 Saul Bellow letter, 1959 14 3 Robert Creely e-mail 14 4 Robert Creely letters 14 5 Edward Gorey, 1952-1967 14 6 Imaginary Friends, correspondence and clippings 1967-1968 14 7 Imaginary Friends TV, correspondence and clippings 1986-1988 14 14 Howard Nemerov 1968 14 17 Letters from Anthony and Violet Powell, 1964-2001 15 1 Letters from Philip Roth, 1964-2013 18 6 1961-1962, 1987 Emmy - Letters From Friends Series IV. Miscellaneous 2 2 Spiritualist Hymnal, 1911 13 Videocassette: Alison Lurie, V-846 [production cassette] 1985 13 Videocassette: Foreign Affair, Part 1, V-847 [VHS] 1992 13 Videocassette: Imaginary Friends, Part 3, V-848 [VHS] 13 Audiocassette: Ithaca College Reading, tr8167a 1985 13 Audiocassette: Reading from Only Children, tr8168a 13 Audiocassette: Interview, tr8169a 13 Audiocassette: Listening and Reading 3, sides 1 and 2, tr8170a 1990 13 Audiocassette: Listening and Reading 3, sides 3 and 4, tr8171a 1990 14 8 Interviews, 1987-1998 14 9 Seminar notes 1992 14 15 Foundation Agenda 1997 17 23 Undated Notes - Island Story 17 24 1973-1979 Notes, Ideas 1973 --> 17 25 1947-08 Acquaintances (Jr Bazaar) 17 26 1974-1976, undated Garland Press

Correspondence, advertisement booklet for Classics of Children's Literature: 1621-1932

 17 27 1980-1982 Clever Gretchen, Reviews 17 28 Undated Bestiary

Illustrations

 17 29 1979-04-1979-11 National Book Award 17 30 1970-1988, undated Published Articles - General, Typescripts to 1989 17 31 1966-1989, undated Published Articles to 1989

Steve Poleskie: Artflyer

 17 32 1990-1992 Articles 17 33 1993-1995 Articles, Reviews 17 34 1996-1997 Published Articles 17 35 1987-06 Radcliffe College Alumnae Recognition Award 18 1 1949-1955, 1969-1975, undated Art (to 1990) 18 2 1983-1991, undated Published Articles: Travel Art 18 3 1974-1987, undated Interviews, Articles

Cornell-related articles

 18 4 1995, 2006, undated Barbara Epstein 18 5 1974-05 Published Article in The New ReviewVol 1 No 2 Folder 1 2 copies of poster for Women and Ghosts Series V. Photographs 14 10 Alison Lurie, ages 1-16 14 11 Alison Lurie, publicity photos and misc. 14 12 Photographs of A. L.'s students, 1976-1997 14 13 Imaginary Friends, 1987 Series VI. Cornell Material 18 7 1968-2006 Cornell - Correspondence 18 8 1971-1977 Undergraduate Class Photos

One unlabeled photo

 18 9 1978-1988 Undergraduate Class Photos

No 1982, no 1987

 18 10 1989-1995 Undergraduate Class Photos

No 1994

 18 11 1996-2002 Undergraduate Class Photos

No 1999, 2001

 18 12 2003-2006 Undergraduate Class Photos 18 Undated Box of Student Names (A - G)

Index cards

 18 Undated Box of Student Names (H - R) 18 Undated Box of Student Names (S - Z) 19 1983-2003 Student papers with Lurie's sketches of students

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