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Box 23

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Contains 38 Results:

"A Special Condition in Summit City"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy typed short story, originally titled “And There Confuse,” with handwritten revisions, 12p. Completed 29 Jan 1964.

Memorandum of Agreement with Terry Carr granting him permission to include the short story in the anthology, Universe. 15 Mar 1971.

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"Splinters"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy typed short story with handwritten corrections and word count. Completed 12 Aug 1976.

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"Spongetown"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes and character sketches for a proposed story/novel, in one pocket spiral notebook; plus handwritten notes and plot development on 31 loose pages once bound in another pocket spiral notebook.

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"The Square Hills of Quintana Roo"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 5
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Typed and handwritten fragments of a proposed story, with page excised from Wanderlust (Spring 1974) in reference to Mayan hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"St. Poleander's Eve"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 6
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy typed short story with handwritten corrections, 20p. Completed 10 Feb 1973; carbon copy typescript of another version, to be included in Austro and the Men Who Know Everything, 21p.

See also: Series 2: Writings: Austro and the Men Who Know Everythging, and Through Elegant Eyes.

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"Statement of Incomplete Disavowal by One of the Authors"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 7
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Lafferty’s carbon copy typed commentary on several of his works, with handwritten corrections

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"The Story of Little Briar-Rose, A Scholarly Study"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 8
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents Typed short story with handwritten corrections, 6p. Completed 9 Jan 1985; carbon copy typescript of same with handwritten revisions, additions to text, and word count, 8p. Carbon copy typescript of another version with handwritten word count, 8p. Memorandum of Agreement with Edgewood Press, granting them permission to include the short story in the anthology, Strange Plasma. 27 Dec 1988. Memorandum of Agreement with James Frenkel & Associates,...
Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

Strange Doings

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 9
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents Photocopy of specific galley sheets which contain Lafferty’s stories (“Rainbird,” “All But the Words,” “Entire and Perfect Chrysolite,” and “Incased in Ancient Rind”), with handwritten copyeditor’s corrections and notes, and typesetter’s marks. Book review of the anthology by Dan R. Chambers, excised from an unknown source; photocopied typed list of short story titles included in the anthology plus other publication information. 1p. Press cutting of review. ...
Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

"Strange-Skies Verses"

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 10
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy typed poems and epigraphs excerpted from various Lafferty titles, with handwritten corrections. See also Series 2: Writings: Glad Rags and Rimes.

Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

The Stranger from Beyond the Sky

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 11
Identifier: 1979.002.2
Scope and Contents A collection of poems, pages numbered 1-26. Sent to Warren Brown, 22 Nov 1982. Poem titles include: “A Stringless-Fiddle Notion” “Sylvester” “Tale of a Tail” “Rose Ruby” “All the Boundless Ocean” “Internal Doctor Harvey Lee” “From Alpha World of Kaptein’s Star” “Medical Malpractice Medley” “Little Willey Versus” “Libelous Limericks” “The Stranger...
Dates: 1959 - 1997
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / R.A. Lafferty papers / Writings

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