Alison Lurie papers, 1960-2013
Collection Number: 14-12-2572

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alison Lurie papers, 1960-2013
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-12-2572
Abstract:
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.
Creator:
Lurie, Alison.
Kaufman, Sue, 1926-1977.
Garnett, David, 1892-1981.
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000.
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
Manning, Olivia.
Mizener, Arthur.
Powell, Anthony, 1905-2000.
Powell, Violet, 1912-2002.
Roth, Philip.
Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979.
Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
Bellow, Saul.
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005.
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Love and friendship..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Imaginary friends..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Real people..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Foreign affairs..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: War between the Tates..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Truth about Lorin Jones..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Women and ghosts..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Last resort..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Truth and consequences..)
Lurie, Alison. (Title of work: Familiar spirits..)
McClatchy, Sandy.
Quanitities:
8 cubic feet.
Language:
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.
Real People Box 1
Love and Friendship Box 1
Ro of Varna Box 2
Imaginary Friends Box 2
V. R. Lang - A Memoir Box 2
Foreign Affairs Boxes 3, 4
The Truth About Lorin Jones Boxes 4-6, 8
The War Between the Tates Box 4
Counting Sheep Box 4
Women and Ghosts Box 7
The Last Resort Boxes 9, 10, 11
The Nowhere City Box 11
Access Restrictions:

Access to Box 19 is restricted until 2093

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

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

Related Materials

Additional material and digital versions can be found online here: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/40577

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Authors, American.
Women authors.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Books
Real People
Box 1 Folder 5
Real People (1)
Box 1 Folder 6
Real People (2)
Box 1 Folder 7
Real People - Final Revisions (1)
Box 1 Folder 8
Real People - Final Revisions (2)
Box 1 Folder 9
Real People - Final Version (1)
Box 1 Folder 10
Real People - Final Version (2)
Box 1 Folder 11
Real People - ? Version (1)
Box 1 Folder 12
Real People - ? Version (2)
Box 1 Folder 13
Real People - Text setting copy (1), 1969
Box 1 Folder 14
Real People - Text setting copy (2), 1969
Box 1 Folder 15
Real People - Printer's proof, 6 Jan 1969
Box 1 Folder 16
Real People - Printer's proof, 19 Feb 1969
Box 1 Folder 17
Real People - Printer's proof - Author's set
Box 1 Folder 18
Real People - Plate proofs
Love and Friendship
Box 1 Folder 19
Love and Friendship - Notes
Box 1 Folder 20
Love and Friendship - Draft (1)
Box 1 Folder 21
Love and Friendship - Draft (2)
Box 1 Folder 22
Love and Friendship - Draft (3)
Box 1 Folder 23
Love and Friendship - Draft (4)
Box 1 Folder 24
Love and Friendship - Draft (5)
Box 1 Folder 25
Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (1), 28 Sep 1961
Box 1 Folder 26
Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (2), 28 Sep 1961
Box 1 Folder 27
Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (3), 28 Sep 1961
Box 1 Folder 28
Love and Friendship - Final version used by printer (4), 28 Sep 1961
Box 2 Folder 1
Love and Friendship - Printer's proof
Box 11 Folder 1
Love and Friendship - reviews and letters, 1961-62
Box 11 Folder 2
Love and Friendship - British edition, 1962-67
Box 11 Folder 3
Love and Friendship - US edition, 1961-69
Ro of Varna
Box 2 Folder 3
Ro of Varna - Notes for revision (used), 1966
also cut material, preliminary notes, theory, etc.
Box 2 Folder 4
Ro of Varna (1)
Box 2 Folder 5
Ro of Varna (2)
Box 2 Folder 6
Ro of Varna (3)
Box 2 Folder 7
Ro of Varna (4)
Box 2 Folder 8
Ro of Varna - First draft (1)
Box 2 Folder 9
Ro of Varna - First draft (2)
Box 2 Folder 10
Ro of Varna - First draft (3)
Box 2 Folder 11
Ro of Varna - First draft (4)
Box 2 Folder 12
Ro of Varna - Second draft - incomplete (1)
Box 2 Folder 13
Ro of Varna - Second draft - incomplete (2)
Box 2 Folder 14
Ro of Varna - Second draft - incomplete (3)
Box 2 Folder 15
Ro of Varna - Third draft (1)
Box 2 Folder 16
Ro of Varna - Third draft (2)
Box 2 Folder 17
Ro of Varna - Third draft (3)
Box 2 Folder 18
Ro of Varna - Third draft (4)
Box 2 Folder 19
Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (1)
Box 2 Folder 20
Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (2)
Box 2 Folder 21
Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (3)
Box 2 Folder 22
Ro of Varna - Imaginary Friends (4)
Box 11 Folder 9
Ro of Varna - US edition, 1966-67
Box 11 Folder 10
Ro of Varna - US edition: reviews, 1967-68
Box 11 Folder 11
Ro of Varna - British edition: letters and reviews, 1967-78
Box 11 Folder 12
Ro of Varna - British edition, 1966-67
Imaginary Friends
Box 2 Folder 23
Imaginary Friends (1)
Box 2 Folder 24
Imaginary Friends (2)
Box 17 Folder 1
Imaginary Friends - Letters
1967-02-1968-06
Scope and Contents
Book cover, undated invitation to Reading for Kennedy
V. R. Lang - A Memoir
Box 2 Folder 25
V. R. Lang - A Memoir, 1959
Box 16 Folder 21
V.R. Lang - 1975 ed.
1963-1964, 1975-1978, 1990, 1995
Scope and Contents
The New Review - Vol 2 No 15; photo of "Violet in Europe on her honeymoon"
Box 16 Folder 22
V.R. Lang - Letters about Memoir
1954-1961
Foreign Affairs
Box 3 Folder 1
Foreign Affairs - Plan
Box 3 Folder 2
Foreign Affairs - People
Box 3 Folder 3
Foreign Affairs - first draft (story) - rejected passages, 1979
Box 3 Folder 4
Foreign Affairs - chapter 9
Box 3 Folder 5
Foreign Affairs - chapter 9 - notes, etc. used
Box 3 Folder 6
Foreign Affairs - revisions - add in, 1983
Box 3 Folder 7
Foreign Affairs - used, cut
Box 4 Folder 43
Foreign Affairs - pp. 1-1 thru 2-14
Box 4 Folder 44
Foreign Affairs - pp. 2-15 thru 3-14
Box 4 Folder 45
Foreign Affairs - pp. 3-15 thru 4-29
Box 4 Folder 46
Foreign Affairs - pp. 4-30 thru 6-14
Box 4 Folder 47
Foreign Affairs - pp. 6-15 thru 8-14
Box 4 Folder 48
Foreign Affairs - pp. 8-15 thru 10-14
Box 4 Folder 49
Foreign Affairs - pp. 10-15 thru 12-29
Box 16 Folder 5
Foreign Affairs: London - Letters
1985-1991
Box 16 Folder 6
Foreign Affairs: London - Reviews
1985
Box 16 Folder 7
Foreign Affairs - London
1984-1986
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, planning of celebration of publication
Box 16 Folder 8
Foreign Affairs: US Reviews
1984-1985
Box 16 Folder 9
Foreign Affairs: US Letters
1984-1988
Box 16 Folder 10
Foreign Affairs - US
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Book cover, congratulations of Pulitzer Prize achievement
Box 16 Folder 11
Foreign Reviews
1987-1990
Scope and Contents
Itinerary for Paris trip, reviews for her other works (Foreign Affairs, Love and Friendship, Imaginary Friends, The Truth About Lorin Jones)
Box 16 Folder 12
Foreign Reviews
1989
Scope and Contents
Articles about Foreign Affairs and The Truth About Lorin Jones
Box 16 Folder 13
Feeling of Truth in Alison Lurie's Fiction: With Special Reference to Love and Friendship and Foreign Affairs
1991
The Truth About Lorin Jones
Box 4 Folder 1
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (1), 1985
Box 4 Folder 2
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (2), 1986
Box 4 Folder 3
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (3), 1987
Box 4 Folder 4
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (4), 1987
Box 4 Folder 5
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 1-1 thru 3-14
Box 4 Folder 6
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 3-15 thru 5-14
Box 4 Folder 7
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 5-15 thru 7-14
Box 4 Folder 8
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 7-15 thru 9-14
Box 4 Folder 9
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 9-15 thru 11-14
Box 4 Folder 10
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 11-15 thru 13-14
Box 4 Folder 11
The Truth About Loren Jones - pp. 13-15 thru 16-22
Box 5 Folder 1
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (5), 1987
Box 5 Folder 2
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (6), 1987
Box 5 Folder 3
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (7), 1987
Box 5 Folder 4
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (8), 1987
Box 5 Folder 5
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (9), 1987
Box 5 Folder 6
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (10), 1987
Box 6 Folder 1
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (11)
Box 6 Folder 2
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (12)
Box 6 Folder 3
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (13)
Box 6 Folder 4
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (14)
Box 6 Folder 5
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (15)
Box 6 Folder 6
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (16)
Box 6 Folder 7
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (17)
Box 6 Folder 8
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (18)
Box 6 Folder 9
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (19)
Box 6 Folder 10
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (20)
Box 6 Folder 11
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (21)
Box 6 Folder 12
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (22)
Box 6 Folder 13
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (23)
Box 6 Folder 14
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (24)
Box 6 Folder 15
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (25)
Box 6 Folder 16
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (26)
Box 6 Folder 17
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (27)
Box 6 Folder 18
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (28)
Box 6 Folder 19
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (29)
Box 6 Folder 20
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (30)
Box 6 Folder 21
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (31)
Box 6 Folder 22
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (32)
Box 6 Folder 23
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (33)
Box 6 Folder 24
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (34)
Box 6 Folder 25
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (35)
Box 6 Folder 26
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (36)
Box 6 Folder 27
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (37)
Box 6 Folder 28
The Truth About Loren Jones - early versions and notes (38)
Box 8 Folder 1
The Truth About Loren Jones - full manuscript, 1988
Box 16 Folder 23
Loren Jones - London, Reviews + Letters
1988-1990
The War Between the Tates
Box 4 Folder 12
The War Between the Tates - outline and notes
Box 4 Folder 13
The War Between the Tates - lists of changes, Dec 1973
Box 4 Folder 14
The War Between the Tates - pp. 1-1 thru 2-14
Box 4 Folder 15
The War Between the Tates - pp. 2-15 thru 3-14
Box 4 Folder 16
The War Between the Tates - pp. 3-15 thru 4-14
Box 4 Folder 17
The War Between the Tates - pp. 4-15 thru 6-14
Box 4 Folder 18
The War Between the Tates - pp. 6-15 thru 8-14
Box 4 Folder 19
The War Between the Tates - pp. 8-15 thru 10-14
Box 4 Folder 20
The War Between the Tates - pp. 10-15 thru 12-14
Box 4 Folder 21
The War Between the Tates - pp. 12-15 thru 13-14
Box 4 Folder 22
The War Between the Tates - pp. 13-15 thru 14-14
Box 4 Folder 23
The War Between the Tates - pp. 14-15 thru 15-14
Box 4 Folder 24
The War Between the Tates - pp. 15-15 thru 16-29
Box 4 Folder 25
The War Between the Tates - pp. 16-30 thru 17-41
Box 4 Folder 26
The War Between the Tates - pp. 1-50, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 27
The War Between the Tates - pp. 51-100, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 28
The War Between the Tates - pp. 101-150, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 29
The War Between the Tates - pp. 151-200, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 30
The War Between the Tates - pp. 201-250, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 31
The War Between the Tates - pp. 251-300, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 32
The War Between the Tates - pp. 301-350, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 33
The War Between the Tates - pp. 351-400, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 34
The War Between the Tates - pp. 401-450, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 35
The War Between the Tates - pp. 451-500, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 36
The War Between the Tates - pp. 501-555, setting copy
Box 4 Folder 37
Franco-Erican War - used and cut (A),The War Between the Tates
Box 4 Folder 38
Franco-Erican War - used and cut (B), The War Between the Tates
Box 4 Folder 39
Franco-Erican War - used and cut (C), The War Between the Tates
Box 16 Folder 18
War Novel - Reviews and Letters - Eng.
1974-06-1975-05
Box 16 Folder 19
War Novel - U.S. Letters
1974-1975, 1982
Box 16 Folder 20
War - Reviews - America
1974-05-1975-01
Scope and Contents
Book cover with reviews
Counting Sheep
Box 4 Folder 40
Counting Sheep - early versions and notes (A)
Box 4 Folder 41
Counting Sheep - early versions and notes (B)
Box 4 Folder 42
Counting Sheep - early versions and notes (C)
Women and Ghosts
Box 7 Folder 1
Women and Ghosts - "Ilse's House"
Box 7 Folder 2
Women and Ghosts - "The Pool People"
Box 7 Folder 3
Women and Ghosts - "The Highboy"
Box 7 Folder 4
Women and Ghosts - "Counting Sheep"
Box 7 Folder 5
Women and Ghosts - "In the Shadow"
Box 7 Folder 6
Women and Ghosts - "Waiting for the Baby"
Box 7 Folder 7
Women and Ghosts - "Fat People"
Box 7 Folder 8
Women and Ghosts - "Another Halloween"
Box 7 Folder 9
Women and Ghosts - "The Double Poet"
Box 7 Folder 10
Women and Ghosts - Revisions: "Ilse's House"
Box 7 Folder 11
Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "The Pool People"
Box 7 Folder 12
Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "The Highboy"
Box 7 Folder 13
Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "Counting Sheep"
Box 7 Folder 14
Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "In the Shadow" and "Another Halloween"
Box 7 Folder 15
Women and Ghosts - Notes/drafts: "The Double Poet"
Box 11 Folder 13
Women and Ghosts - style sheet, text page make-up sheet, composition specs, manuscript, 1994
Box 16 Folder 1
Ghosts - NY
1994
Box 16 Folder 2
Women + Ghosts - London
1989-1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles
Box 16 Folder 3
Women + Ghosts - Reprints
1990-1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles
Box 16 Folder 4
Ghosts - London - Reviews
1994-1995
Women and Ghosts posters
2 items.
The Last Resort
Box 9 Folder 1
The Last Resort - character, plans, chronology, 1994
Box 9 Folder 2
The Last Resort - epigraphs and research, 1994-5
Box 9 Folder 3
The Last Resort - notes, 1995-6
Box 9 Folder 4
The Last Resort - used notes, 1995-7
Box 9 Folder 5
The Last Resort - early chapters
Box 9 Folder 5
The Last Resort - notes, 1995-6
Box 9 Folder 6
The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, 1995-6
Box 9 Folder 7
The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 1-2
Box 9 Folder 8
The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 3-5
Box 9 Folder 9
The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 6-8
Box 9 Folder 10
The Last Resort - notes, used and cut, ch. 9-11
Box 10 Folder 1
The Last Resort - manuscript 1-1 to 3-20
Box 10 Folder 2
The Last Resort - manuscript 4-1 to 6-21
Box 10 Folder 3
The Last Resort - manuscript 7-1 to 9-25
Box 10 Folder 4
The Last Resort - manuscript 10-1 to 11-24
Box 10 Folder 5
The Last Resort - manuscript 12-1 to 15-25
Box 10 Folder 6
The Last Resort - typescript 1-7 to 12-11a (corrections)
Box 10 Folder 7
The Last Resort - typescript Manatees, 1-1 to 3-22
Box 10 Folder 8
The Last Resort - typescript 4-1 to 6-21
Box 10 Folder 9
The Last Resort - typescript 7-1 to 9-28
Box 10 Folder 10
The Last Resort - typescript 10-1 to 12-22
Box 10 Folder 11
The Last Resort - typescript 13-1 to 15-27
Box 11 Folder 14
The Last Resort - notes used and cut
Box 16 Folder 14
Last Resort - Letters
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes a book cover
Box 16 Folder 15
Last Resort - NY - Reviews, Letters
1998-04-1998-09
Box 16 Folder 16
Last Resort - London, Letters + Reviews
1998-04-1999-02
Box 16 Folder 17
Last Resort - England
1997-04-1999-03
Scope and Contents
Photo of Ann Beattis; two book covers; Cornell correspondence
The Nowhere City
Box 11 Folder 4
The Nowhere City - British edition: reviews, letters, 1964-65
Box 11 Folder 5
The Nowhere City - US edition, 1963-67
Box 11 Folder 6
The Nowhere City - US edition: letters and reviews, 1965-74
Box 11 Folder 7
The Nowhere City - France, 1965-67
Box 11 Folder 8
The Nowhere City - England, 1964-76
Box 17 Folder 2
Nowhere City - Letters
1962-06-1966-04
Series II. Other Works
Box 1 Folder 1
Reflections of a Lady Writer, 1966
Box 1 Folder 2
Yaddo - Notes - General
Box 1 Folder 3
Yaddo - Used and cut first draft
Box 1 Folder 4
Yaddo - Used and cut second draft
Box 2 Folder 26
The Pool People, 12 Jan 1991
Box 2 Folder 27
Rabbit - Notes and drafts, 1990
Box 2 Folder 28
Ilse's House - short story in New York Woman, Apr 1990
Box 2 Folder 29
Familiar Spirits
Box 14 Folder 16
Familiar Spirits - manuscript annotated by Sandy McClatchy
Box 2 Folder 30
Only Children - Notes
Box 2 Folder 31
Waiting for the Baby - Notes and revisions, 1993
Box 12 Folder 1
Saturday's Brides - Mademoiselle article, April 1949
Box 12 Folder 2
Truth and Consequences - notes
Box 12 Folder 3-6
Truth and Consequences - used and cut
Box 15 Folder 2
Real People - annotated first chapter by Roth
Box 16 Folder 24
Polly - Reviews, Letters
1988-1990
Scope and Contents
Related to The Truth About Lorin Jones; includes early notes for Lorin Jones
Box 16 Folder 25
Polly - US
1988-1989, undated
Scope and Contents
Project description with tentative title
Box 16 Folder 26
Polly - London
1987-05-1988-08
Scope and Contents
Book Cover
Box 16 Folder 27
Language of Clothes, London Reviews Letters
1982-1985
Box 16 Folder 28
Language of Clothes, reprint London
1988-1992, undated
Box 16 Folder 29
Language of Clothes, Reviews + Letters US
1981-1985
Box 17 Folder 3
Oxford/Fairy Tales - London
1990-10-1993-12
Scope and Contents
Book cover
Box 17 Folder 4
Oxford - Fairy Tales - NY
1991-11-1993-10
Box 17 Folder 5
Fairy Tales: Not used in book
Undated
Box 17 Folder 6
Only Children, Reviews London
1979-1982
Box 17 Folder 7
Only Children - London
1978-07-1979-08
Box 17 Folder 8
Only Children - US Reviews
1979-03-1979-10
Scope and Contents
Undated American Library Association Booklist
Box 17 Folder 9
Only Children - US
1978-01-1985-10
Scope and Contents
Copy of book cover, actual book cover
Box 17 Folder 10
Only Children - Letters
Apr 1979 - Nov 1979, undated
Box 17 Folder 11
Yaddo - RP - Reviews e Letters
1969, 1972, 1976
Scope and Contents
Related to Real People
Box 17 Folder 12
Yaddo England - Reviews e Letters
1970, 1973, undated
Scope and Contents
Reviews for The Nowhere City, Imaginary Friends, Real People
Box 17 Folder 13
Yado - England
1968-06-1970-08
Scope and Contents
Book cover for Real People
Box 17 Folder 14
Yaddo - USA
1968-04-1969-09
Scope and Contents
Comments on Real People
Box 17 Folder 15
Truth + Consequences - Reviews
2005-09-2006-02
Scope and Contents
Book covers; undated copies
Box 17 Folder 16
Truth + Consequences - Reviews
2004-09-2005-10
Scope and Contents
Book cover
Box 17 Folder 17
Don't Tell - US
1984-12-1990-06
Scope and Contents
Book cover
Box 17 Folder 18
Don't Tell - US - Reviews, Letters
1990-01-1990-10
Scope and Contents
Undated cards, undated fan letter
Box 17 Folder 19
Don't Tell - England
1989-03-1991-08
Scope and Contents
Book covers
Box 17 Folder 20
Don't Tell - England - Reviews
1990-05-1990-06
Box 17 Folder 21
Boys + Girls Forever
1992-2005
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet for "The Oz Centennial" 1900-2000; copy of an excerpt; pamphlet for Finnish creator of Moomin; book covers
Box 17 Folder 22
Sheep
1980
Scope and Contents
Original folder labeled as "Never Published"; includes illustrations
Series III. Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 29
Letters from writers
Box 14 Folder 1
Letters from writers: Sue Kaufman, Christopher Isherwood, Olivia Manning, Arthur Mizener, Jean Stafford, Edmund Wilson
Box 14 Folder 2
Saul Bellow letter,
1959
Box 14 Folder 3
Robert Creely e-mail
Box 14 Folder 4
Robert Creely letters
Box 14 Folder 5
Edward Gorey,
1952-1967
Box 14 Folder 6
Imaginary Friends, correspondence and clippings
1967-1968
Box 14 Folder 7
Imaginary Friends TV, correspondence and clippings
1986-1988
Box 14 Folder 14
Howard Nemerov
1968
Box 14 Folder 17
Letters from Anthony and Violet Powell, 1964-2001
Box 15 Folder 1
Letters from Philip Roth, 1964-2013
Box 18 Folder 6
Emmy - Letters From Friends
1961-1962, 1987
Box 14 Folder 18
Postcard from Lurie to Ann Berthoff
1957-10-29
Series IV. Miscellaneous
Box 2 Folder 2
Spiritualist Hymnal, 1911
Box 13
Videocassette: Alison Lurie, V-846 [production cassette]
1985
Box 13
Videocassette: Foreign Affair, Part 1, V-847 [VHS]
1992
Box 13
Videocassette: Imaginary Friends, Part 3, V-848 [VHS]
Box 13
Audiocassette: Ithaca College Reading, tr8167a
1985
Box 13
Audiocassette: Reading from Only Children, tr8168a
Box 13
Audiocassette: Interview, tr8169a
Box 13
Audiocassette: Listening and Reading 3, sides 1 and 2, tr8170a
1990
Box 13
Audiocassette: Listening and Reading 3, sides 3 and 4, tr8171a
1990
Box 14 Folder 8
Interviews, 1987-1998
Box 14 Folder 9
Seminar notes
1992
Box 14 Folder 15
Foundation Agenda
1997
Box 17 Folder 23
Notes - Island Story
Undated
Box 17 Folder 24
Notes, Ideas 1973 -->
1973-1979
Box 17 Folder 25
Acquaintances (Jr Bazaar)
1947-08
Box 17 Folder 26
Garland Press
1974-1976, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, advertisement booklet for Classics of Children's Literature: 1621-1932
Box 17 Folder 27
Clever Gretchen, Reviews
1980-1982
Box 17 Folder 28
Bestiary
Undated
Scope and Contents
Illustrations
Box 17 Folder 29
National Book Award
1979-04-1979-11
Box 17 Folder 30
Published Articles - General, Typescripts to 1989
1970-1988, undated
Box 17 Folder 31
Published Articles to 1989
1966-1989, undated
Scope and Contents
Steve Poleskie: Artflyer
Box 17 Folder 32
Articles
1990-1992
Box 17 Folder 33
Articles, Reviews
1993-1995
Box 17 Folder 34
Published Articles
1996-1997
Box 17 Folder 35
Radcliffe College Alumnae Recognition Award
1987-06
Box 18 Folder 1
Art (to 1990)
1949-1955, 1969-1975, undated
Box 18 Folder 2
Published Articles: Travel Art
1983-1991, undated
Box 18 Folder 3
Interviews, Articles
1974-1987, undated
Scope and Contents
Cornell-related articles
Box 18 Folder 4
Barbara Epstein
1995, 2006, undated
Box 18 Folder 5
Published Article in The New ReviewVol 1 No 2
1974-05
2 copies of poster for Women and Ghosts
Series V. Photographs
Box 14 Folder 10
Alison Lurie, ages 1-16
Box 14 Folder 11
Alison Lurie, publicity photos and misc.
Box 14 Folder 12
Photographs of A. L.'s students, 1976-1997
Box 14 Folder 13
Imaginary Friends, 1987
Series VI. Cornell Material
Box 18 Folder 7
Cornell - Correspondence
1968-2006
Box 18 Folder 8
Undergraduate Class Photos
1971-1977
Scope and Contents
One unlabeled photo
Box 18 Folder 9
Undergraduate Class Photos
1978-1988
Scope and Contents
No 1982, no 1987
Box 18 Folder 10
Undergraduate Class Photos
1989-1995
Scope and Contents
No 1994
Box 18 Folder 11
Undergraduate Class Photos
1996-2002
Scope and Contents
No 1999, 2001
Box 18 Folder 12
Undergraduate Class Photos
2003-2006
Box 18
Box of Student Names (A - G)
Undated
Scope and Contents
Index cards
Box 18
Box of Student Names (H - R)
Undated
Box 18
Box of Student Names (S - Z)
Undated
Box 19
Student papers with Lurie's sketches of students
1983-2003
Access restrictions apply.