Jay McInerney papers, 1971-1989.
Collection Number: 4666
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Jay McInerney papers, 1971-1989.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4666
Abstract:
The Jay McInerney papers consist of personal correspondence, professional and publishing
correspondence, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to the publicity for
his novel Bright Lights Big City.
Creator:
McInerney, Jay.
McInerney, Jay. (Title of work: Bright lights big city..)
McInerney, Jay. (Title of work: Ransom..)
Quanitities:
1.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Jay McInerney is the author of Bright Lights Big City, Ransom, and other novels.
The Jay McInerney papers consist of personal correspondence, professional and publishing
correspondence, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to the publicity for
his novel Bright Lights Big City. The collection includes manuscripts of McInerney's other published and unpublished
writing, and drafts and screenplay drafts of Bright Lights Big City. The collection also includes videocassettes and audiocassettes, fan mail, two scrapbooks
(dissembled) that chronicle the personal life and professional and literary presence
of Jay McInerney and Merry McInerney, ephemeral items, photographs, and newsclippings.
Personal papers include letters and notes from McInerney to his wife Merry; photographs
of them and their wedding; material regarding travel, particularly in Africa; incidental
diary fragments; and financial and business records. Correspondents include Raymond
Carver and Tess Gallagher, McInerney's editor and friend Gary Fisketjon of Random
House, and authors Richard Ford, Rust Hills, Paul Bowles, Julian Barnes, Tama Janowitz,
Lorrie Moore, Tina Brown, Bill Buford, Gordon Lish, Tobias Wolff, and Mona Simpson.
| Series I. Personal correspondence | Box 1 |
| Series II. Professional and publishing correspondence | Box 2 |
| Series III. Manuscripts | Box 3 |
| Series IV. Writings | Box 4 |
| Series V. Scrapbooks | Boxes 5-6 |
| Series V. Ephemera | Boxes 7 |
| Series VI. Videocassettes | See Container List |
Authors retain literary rights.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Jay McInerney Papers, #4666. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Carver, Raymond L.
Gallagher, Tess
Lish, Gordon
Moore, Lorrie
Simpson, Mona
Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
Bowles, Paul, 1910-
Brown, Tina
Buford, Bill
Barnes, Julian.
Ford, Richard, 1944-
Janowitz, Tama
Hills, L. Rust
Whiteford, Merry.
Fisketjon, Gary.
Subjects:
Authors, American.
Publishers and publishing.
Publicity.
Fiction -- Stories, plots, etc.
Novelists, American.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Personal correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence from Raymond Carver to Jay McInerney
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1971-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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February 10, 1971 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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December 17, 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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July 23, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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January 13, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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July 7, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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July 15, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard:
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July 19, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
|
July, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
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March 28, 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard:
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May 24, 1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard:
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June 21, 1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter:
|
July 7, 1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Photocopies of correspondence from Carver to McInerney--Letters only
|
1971-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence from Tess Gallagher to McInerney
|
1981-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letter:
|
June 4, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letter:
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October 20, 1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Postcard:
|
January 13, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letter:
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August 11, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Postcard:
|
1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letter:
|
1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letter:
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January 21, 1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Letter:
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March 24, 1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Poem:
|
1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence from McInerney to Merry (Reymond) McInerney
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1982-1989 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence from McInerney to Merry McInerney
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence from Gary L. Fisketjon to McInerney
|
1982-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Note with photograph of wine bottles and annotation from Julian Barnes to McInerney
|
1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Letter from Tina Brown to McInerney
|
1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Letter from Tina Brown to McInerney
|
1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Letters from Bill Buford to McInerney
|
1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence from Richard Ford to McInerney including one letter from McInerney
to Ford never sent
|
1983-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Letter from Rust Hills to McInerney
|
1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Letter from Tama Janowitz to McInerney
|
n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Letters from Gordon Lish to McInerney
|
1982-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Letters from Lorrie Moore to McInerney
|
1982-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Letters from Mona Simpson to McInerney
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Letters from Tobias Wolff to McInerney
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
|
1984-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Postcards from McInerney never sent
|
1986 |
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Series II. Professional and publishing correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
1980-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
1986 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
1986 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
1987-1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Professional and publishing correspondence
|
n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Notes
|
n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Notebook with notes
|
n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Miscellaneous material regarding trip to Africa with Sobek's International Explorers
Society
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1985-1986 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Notes
|
1985 |
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"Notes: Paul Bowles 1985, Tangier (for Vanity Fair piece)"
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Good Help by Allan Gurganus with dedication from author to McInerney
|
1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Paolo Barozzi miscellany
|
1981-1986 |
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Note from McInerney, Peggy Guggenheim: Una donna, una collezione, Venezia by Barozzi
with personal dedication from author to McInerney, "Peggy Guggenheim Remembered" by
Barozzi
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Draft of the play After Hours by Joseph Minion with note from McInerney
|
1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Miscellaneous
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1985-1988 |
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Newspaper article, complimentary drink passes, slide, tour information
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Miscellaneous
|
1986-1989 |
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Business cards, addresses and phone numbers, newspaper clippings, notes, American
Express credit card
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Series III. Manuscripts
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Notes
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n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Revised second draft of Bright Lights, Big City with Michael Ulick's notes
|
n.d |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Draft of screenplay of Bright Lights--Version 1
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Draft of screenplay of Bright Lights--Version 2
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Draft of screenplay of Bright Lights--Version 3
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n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Draft of screenplay of Bright Lights--Version 4
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Additional copy of Version 4
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Early draft of Paint It Black, unpublished screenplay
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Early draft of Paint It Black
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
First draft and early notes of Paint It Black
|
n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Manuscript of I-Land Manhattan in Monologue by Sonia Pilcer
|
1987 |
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Series IV. Writings
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
"The Real Tad Allagash"
|
1884 |
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First draft--originally entitled "Allagash on the Hudson," rejection letter from Mademoiselle
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
"The Real Tad Allagash"
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Chapters from an unpublished novel
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
"Sympathy"
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
"Sympathy"
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Criticism on "The Nuclear Age" by Tim O'Brien
|
n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Pages 8-11 of unknown story
|
n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
"Instant Tinsel"
|
n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
"Where They Be Smoke"
|
n.d. |
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First and second drafts
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
"Smoke"
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1986-1987 |
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Letters of rejection and acceptance, two drafts of "Smoke," The Atlantic Report author
profile, photocopy of article revisions
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
"Bowles Galleys"
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1985 |
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Letter from Vanity Fair, photocopy of article revisions
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
"Deadly Hazards, Minor Hassles"
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
"A Sentimental Education"
|
n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
"Reunion"
|
1987 |
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Two drafts, photocopies of article revisions from Esquire
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
"Fear of Dancing"
|
n.d. |
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Two copies, original article in Esquire
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Introduction to Manhattan Transfer
|
n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Speeches
|
n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Interview
|
n.d. |
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Series V. Scrapbooks
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Miscellaneous
|
1982-1984 |
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Letters of congratulation, miscellaneous publishing letters, letters regarding "Amanda"
and "IT'S 6 AM, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE"
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Miscellaneous
|
1984 |
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Newspaper clippings, publicity photo, book jacket, miscellaneous publishing letters
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous
|
1984-1985 |
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Newspaper clippings, photo of bookstore, miscellaneous letters
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Photocopies and original newspaper clippings
|
1984 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Photocopies of newspaper clippings
|
1984-1985 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Fan mail
|
1986 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Fan mail
|
1985-1987 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Fan mail
|
1985-1987 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Fan mail
|
1985-1986 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Letters received, clippings, Syracuse University administrative papers
|
1979-1986 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Negatives and photographs, wedding photographs, publicity photographs, a letter
|
1983-1986 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Letters, invitation list, McInerney resume
|
1985 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Proposal from Playboy, publicity
|
1984-1985 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5-8 |
Publicity
|
1985 |
| Box 7 |
Series VI. Ephemera
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Sunglasses worn by Michael J. Fox, Bright Lights, Big City t-shirt, photos of McInerney
and Merry, flyers, book jackets, newspaper and magazine clippings; audiocassettes:
German feature on McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis, and "Why I am Not Moving to Hollywood"
by McInerney; McInerney interviews with Paul Bowles
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Series VII. Videocassettes
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| Video 343 | V-343 |
"I Minimalisti"
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| Video 344 | V-344 |
"Bright Lights Big City," Jay McInerney Interviews 4/22/88
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