"Fiction" by John Leggett. Typescripts of an article
Fiction Workshop at the University of Iowa, 1972 -- 1973
Gloucester Branch by John Leggett
Royalty statement, reviews, etc., 1966, 1973
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Application, correspondence, etc., 1966 -- 1967
Gulliver House by John Leggett. Miscellaneous notes and revisions, 1977
"An Imaginary Garden Recollected in Term of Toads" by John Givens. Short story
"Leggett's California Trip" by John Leggett. Typescripts, 1960
"Letter from the Midwest" by John Leggett. Typescript of an article
Literary agents. Notes clippings, etc., 1966 -- 1967
"The Little Flames of Genius" by John Leggett. Typescripts of a short story
Making Believe by John Leggett. Incomplete typescript
"Mrs. Neily" by Mary Lee Leggett. Typescript
Notes regarding a trip to Egypt, taken by John Legget
O'Zark, Seamus. Fiction written for Leggett's GFW class,1973
P.E.N. Membership lists, 1965 -- 1966
"Picnic" by J. Chris Anderson. Typescript of a short story
Publishing and writing. Miscellaneous notes articles, etc., 1951 -- 1964
Reviews written by John Leggett, 1970 -- 1986
Ross and Tom by John Leggett
Miscellaneous notes
Reviews, 1974
"Running and Gunning the Muse on Publisher's Row" by John Leggett
Typescript of a short story
Unidentified typescripts
"The Wasp Novel" by John Leggett. Typescripts of an article
"What the Young are Thinking Tonight. A Report From Iowa City" by John Leggett. Photocopy of an article
Who Took the Gold Away by John Leggett. Typescripts (possibly of jacket copy)
Wilder Stone by John Leggett
Condensed version of the novel published in the Newark Sunday Times, September 25, 1960
Contract, 1964
Correspondence, 1959 -- 1964
Miscellaneous typescript pages and notesReviews, 1960
"The Writers' Workshop" by John Leggett. Typescript of an article
"Writing a Roman a Clef" by John Leggett. Typescripts of an article with correspondence, 1979
"You Take the Easy Road to Success in Writing" by John Leggett. Article published in Harpers, vol. 232, #1389 (Feb. 1966) pp. 49 -- 52
Clippings and articles
Correspondence,
1961 -- 1978
Box 1, folder
1. 1990 draft of first 75 pages for June discussion with Nan Talese, Doubleday Books.
2. 1995 draft, lightly revised in pencil by JL, pages 1-185 (Chapters I-VIII).
3. ----, pages 186-393 (Chapters IX-XV),
4. ----, pages 394-583 (Chapters XVI-XX)
5. 1995 draft, returned by Fran Kiernan, unmarked, pages 1-185 (Chapters I-VII)
6. ----, pages 196-382 (Chapters VIII-XIII)
Box 2
1. ----, pages 383-534 (Chapters XIV-XVI)
2. ----, pages 535-688) Chapters XVII-XX)
3. 1995 draft, returned by Alan D. Williams, heavily revised, pages 1-152 (Chapters I-V)
4. ----, pages 153-336 (Chapters VI-X)
5. ----, pages 356-540 (Chapters XI-XV) [sic: continuous but lacking pages 337-355]
6. ----, pages 541-782 (Chapters XVI-XX)
Box 3
1. 2001 draft, moderately revised in pencil by JL, prelims to page 187 (Chapters I-IX) and notes on sources.
2. ----, pages 188-416 (Chapters X-XVII)
3. ----, pages 417-488 (Chapters XVIII-XX)
4. Setting Knopf ms., partially typeset, mostly computer printout, heavily copy edited, pages 1-205 (Chapters I-IX)
5. ----, pages 206-395 (Chapters X-XVI)
6. ----, pages 396-502 (Chapters XVII-XX), plus notes and illustration captions
Box 4
1. ----, photocopies of illustrations used and considered; returned by Knopf
2. ----, photographs and negatives, mostly used as illustrations
3. Correspondence with publishers, agents, lawyers, Saroyan Foundations and others
4. ----, 1988
5. ----, 1993
6. ----, 1996
7. ----, 1997
8. ----, 1998
9. ----, 2001
10. ----, 2002
Box 5
Research materials, including correspondence, clippings, JL transcripts of entries from Saroyan’s journals, photocopies, notes on interviews, etc. JL folder labels noted here; folder’s with JL notes have been retained:
1. Miscellany
1. Psych – Army Record
3. Saroyan – Leggett (contents relate primarily to the Fred Finch Orphanage)
4. Acquaintance
5. Papa (i.e., Ernest Hemingway), Kay Boyle
6. Story magazine
7. Nathan, [George Jean]
8. Esquire magazine
9. Matson, [Harold]
10. Sourian, [Peter]
11. Takoohi [Saroyan]
12. Yvor’s ‘31 [Yvor Winter and Janet Lewis], [Mark] Schorer ’32
13. Henry [Saroyan], Archie [Minasian], Mehran [Soroyan]
14. Hairenik [Association, Boston]
15. Critics [of WS works]
Box 6
1. [WS] Plays
2. Irwin [Shaw]
3. MGM- LA – B’Way – Hirschfield
4. Random House/Harcourt
5. Bill [i.e., WS] Psych-Med[ical]
6. Saroyan [Foundation]
7. Ross [Bagdassarian], Armen [Bagdassarian]
8. Aram [Saroyan]
9. Lucy [Saroyan]
Box 7
1. Carol [Saroyan]
2. [WS] Journal
3. WS [Journal] 1942-1946
Box 8
1. WS [journal] 1947-1981
Box 9
1. The Secret of Lily Dafon or The Paris Comedy. 1959. Typescript drafts by WS, heavily edited. See Leggett ADYM, pages 315-321 for an account of this work.
2. Settled Out of Court, a play by Henry Cecil. Rewritten and retitled by WS as Fair Trial at Gunpoint, 1959. Typescript drafts by WS, heavily edited. See Leggett ADYM, pages 318-320 for an account of this work.
Mailing wrappings for both manuscripts, with WS notes dated 1967, have
been retained.
Script for A Western Awakening from the University of Wyoming production. Inscribed to Sam Becker, who was in the play and whose script this is: "For Sam Becker with thanks for a fine Hawk Harrap & all good wishes. Bill Saroyan." Laid in is a tear sheet from a publication with a photograph of a scene from the play with Sam Becker identified, along with a program from the play. Also included are photocopies of photographs of the play, clippings about the play, a photocopy of the program, and an essay by Becker recalling his part in the play and how Saroyan became the de facto director of the play. Donated by Sam Becker.
