Series 1
Correspondence,
1979-1994
Physical Description:
13.0 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains personal and professional correspondence including letters to and from publishers and other writers.
Some letters concern writings by Swallow which she seeks to publish, and in other letters she is following through with a
publisher. In some instances, Swallow is corresponding with the publisher about promotional activities. One folder contains
"Fan Mail."
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1
About Publications,
1979-1982
Box 1, Folder 2
Submitted Articles. Correspondence,
1979-1982
General note
Includes Adrienne Rich/Spinsters Ink, Peg Cruikshank.
Box 1, Folder 3
Mab Segrest
Feminary Correspondence,
1981-1982
Box 1, Folder 4
Caroline Overman / Tee A. Corinne Correspondence,
1981-1984
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence,
1982-1994
General note
Correspondents include: Lesléa Newman, Z Budapest, Karla Jay, 2 printed poems by Paula Gunn Allen, Judith Barrington, Minnie
Bruce Pratt, Christian McEwen, Katherine V. Forrest, Susanna J. Sturgis, Irene Zahava, Pilar Alba, Judy Grahn.
Box 1, Folder 7
Freelance Business End: Bills, etc.,
1983-1994
Box 1, Folder 8
Editing--Freelance--Fiction [Val Valuch],
1984
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence with publishers, promotional activities, etc.,
1986-1990
General note
Includes Spinsters Ink, Aunt Lute.
Box 1, Folder 10
Agent/Editor Correspondence,
1987-1991
Box 1, Folder 11
Alyson Publications,
1991-1994
Box 1, Folder 12
Freelance: Capable Productions [Laura V. Holmes],
1992
Box 1, Folder 13
Business Correspondence,
1994
Series 2
Writings by Jean Swallow,
1968-1996
Series 2a
Poems, Stories, Interviews and College Papers,
1968-1994
Physical Description:
63.0 folders
(2.0 cubic feet)
Scope and Contents
This series contains the earliest of Swallow's work, poems and stories from 1968 into the early 1970s. There are also interviews
with other writers notably Judy Grahn. Some of the poems are quite personal and are reflective of her emotional state at the
time.
The Millionaire of Time is a literary triptych formed by three full-length novels in parallel time; there is also a sequence of narrative poems called
A Kiss to Break the Spell.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box 1, Folder 14
"The Back From Poems,"
undated
General note
Includes "Albion," "Cumberland," "Simple Little Poem," "Tuesday Night."
Box 1, Folder 16
College Papers and LSAT forms,
1974, 1979-1980
General note
Includes "The Isolated: a study of Faulknerian outcasts," 1974.
Box 1, Folder 17
"Coming Home," "Love Poems, including poems I never sent you,"
1983-1985
General note
Correspondence with Lonnie Barbach, Sherry Thomas.
Box 1, Folder 18
[Computer disks]
March 1993, undated
General note
3 disks labeled: "Jean's Poetry"; "Jean Swallow: Millionaire of Time; A Cure for Bitterness"; and "Jean's Stories: A & I;
AAKYNOT; goal; grmedit; grmetal; Leaves; Legacy; Lescon; magi; ngrmprop; pals; resprop; stain; friends."
Box 1, Folder 19
"The Courting of Emmie,"
undated
General note
Folder originally titled "The First Few Weeks." 2 edited drafts.
Box 1, Folder 21
"Dreamwork," "Only by True Telling Will the World Turn Around: an Interview with Judy Grahn," letter from Swallow to
Plexus regarding Grahn interview, "Revenge and Fantasy: feminist fiction and out future," "Personal statement," "Always and Forever,"
"Day Four" 1987 with outline of possible new book, followed by character descriptions of Lois, Billie, Ken, Loretta, Jimmy,
Bob and Fay/Fae, Bobbi and Renaldo, Dan, Process of Hosiery Knitting Mills, "Dreams: reflections on the various misspellings
in a few virginal annuals."
1987
Box 1, Folder 22
"Family and Friends,"
undated
Box 1, Folder 24
"Hundreds of Thousands Celebrate Gay Pride,"
1981
Box 1, Folder 25
Ideas for stories,
1989-1991
Box 1, Folder 26
"If I Say This, I Can Forget It," and "If I Say This, She Won't Love Me,"
1984
Box 1, Folder 27
In Progress Writing. "Letter in Reply,"
undated
Box 1, Folder 28
Interviews--Working Drafts,
1984-1985
General note
Judy Grahn, Calyx.
Box 1, Folder 29
Interviews,
1984-1985
General note
People interviewed are: Barbara Macdonald, Cynthia Rich, Judy Grahn ["Only by True Telling Will the World Turn Around"], Joann
Loulan ["Lesbian Sex" also titled "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"].
Box 1, Folder 30
"A Kiss to Break the Spell: the Transformation of Enchantment: Poems by Jean Swallow,"
1992
Box 1, Folder 31
"The Letters Home: New Haven and Carolina, 1975-1978" drafts,
1975-1978
Box 1, Folder 32
"Living in Sin" drafts and notes,
1977-1980, undated
Box 1, Folder 33
"Love Poems, Including Letters I Never Sent You,"
[1981?], undated
Box 1, Folder 34
Love Poetry Anthology Project,
1992
General note
Includes poems: "Arrival at Santos," "To My Inconsolable Sister," "The Night We Listened to Copeland," "Epicenter," "For a
Woman From Home."
Box 1, Folder 37
March [on Washington] Story in progress,
1993
General note
Letter to Tina Brown, editor,
The New Yorker, 1993; also titled "I Have a Life, Thank You, Mr. Buchanan. Please Find Your Own." Includes drafts of March On Washington
story with suggested changes from Swallow's peers.
Box 1, Folder 38
Menus to Mark our Days,
1993
Box 1, Folder 39
Menus to Mark our Days. Submissions,
1993
General note
Includes card and photo of Swallow/Walker domestic partnership ceremony.
Box 1, Folder 40
"The Millionaire of Time" drafts,
1990
Box 1, Folder 41
"The Millionaire of Time," 1st year drafts,
undated
Box 1, Folder 42
“The Millionaire of Time,” “The World at Springtime,” “Lucky,” "The Language of Angels" plot outlines,
1990-1992
Box 1, Folder 43
"The Millionaire of Time" and "A Cure for Bitterness," drafts and correspondence,
1993-1994
Box 2, Folder 1
"The Millionaire of Time," volume 2: "The Language of Angels (MOT2). Notes, plot outlines and research,"
1994
Box 2, Folder 2
"The Millionaire of Time," volume 3: "The World At Springtime" and "To Be Loved Alone" drafts,
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
New poems,
1986-1988, 1991
General note
Letter from Catherine [?] dated January 28, 1987, poems include her red ink editorial comments. Poems include: "The Medusa
Head," "Hot House Tulips," "Every Day, Another Door (This is what it is like)," "Star Dancer," "Upon Moving into a New House,
or, Taking Charge of My Life," "On Our Second Anniversary," "The January Anniversary."
Box 2, Folder 4
New Poems,
undated
General note
"Cognate," "Saturn's Return," "Invitation/Invocation," "Song for Diane."
Box 2, Folder 5
"No, Virginia, We're Not All in Recovery,"
undated
Box 2, Folder 6
Notes and drafts,
1992-1993
General note
"Because People Do Die," "Praying for Dreams," "Hunger," "When We Live Together," "Five Weeks Later," "The Return: Sleeping
Alone in the Boathouse."
Box 2, Folder 7
"Notes from Mecca,"
1980-1981
Box 2, Folder 8
Notes on work with PGA / Novel Analyses. Includes: "The Girl Who Believed in Love," and "Shirley,"
1984, undated
Box 2, Folder 9
Novel notes, etc.,
1971-1972
Box 6, Oversize-folder 1
The Eagle [East Mecklenburg High School] issues
Box 2, Folder 17
Poems in progress,
1986, undated
General note
Includes: "On the Value of Movies," "Autumn, 1986," "Albion," "January: Three Years Later," "Cannibals," "D'Accord."
Box 2, Folder 18
Poetry Changes,
1992-1994
Box 2, Folder 19
Poetry Originals: "And What About Hunger? Poems, 1992-1993" and "Uncollected Poems,"
1992-1993, undated
Box 2, Folder 20
"Price of Saying Hello" (drafts and notes),
1973-1974
General note
Includes correspondence with Amelia Smith and Cheree.
Box 2, Folder 21
Recovery: the Story of an ACA [Adult Child of Alcoholics],
undated
General note
[Edited drafts]. "An adaptation from 'Snailtracks,' a novel-in-progress."
Box 2, Folder 22
Rough drafts (not currently working on),
1978-1979
Box 2, Folder 23
"Sky Color Drafts" [poems],
1971-1975
General note
Includes handwritten will dated June 28, 1973.
Box 2, Folder 24
Snailtracks draft,
October 15-30
Box 2, Folder 25
Snailtracks draft,
October 9-10, December 18
Box 2, Folder 26
"The Star Poems,"
1979, undated
General note
Includes: "Complications," "Upon Being asked Why I Am on a Diet," "Star Poem #6," "On and On."
Box 2, Folder 27
Stories in Progress: "Return of the Magi," "Heroes," "Legacy," "Stained with Love" "New Dreams," "The Rules,"
1988, undated
Box 2, Folder 28
"Talk to Me: Lesbian Lives and Works" [book proposal],
1984
Box 2, Folder 29
"Time Passes On: a Present for Mercedes,"
1984
General note
Correspondence with
Common Lives/Lesbian Lives.
Box 2, Folder 30
"Toto, I Have a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore." Correspondence with
Lesbian Contradiction,
1983
Box 2, Folder 31
"What is Calistoga?"
undated
Box 2, Folder 32
"Winter Poems,"
1982-1983, undated
General note
Includes "Tuesday Night," "Cannibals," "Cognate," "Saturn's Return," "D'Accord."
Box 2, Folder 33
Women Writers' Coincidence,
1981
General note
Includes poem "Evidence" by Jonel Larson.
Series 2b
Book Reviews,
1981-1993
Physical Description:
4.0 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains book and literature reviews written by Swallow and sometimes co-written by Swallow and others. The drafts
and final published copy appear in this series. The literature reviews are a survey of published writings in a particular
subject area.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 34
Book reviews written with Diane Spaugh:
Mother, Daughter, Sister, Lover by Jan Clausen, and
The Black and White of It by Ann Allen Shockley,
1981
Box 2, Folder 36
"Revenge and Fantasy: feminist fiction and our future,"
1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 37
Literature reviews and interview notes [miscellanea],
1993
Series 2c
Books,
1982-1996
Physical Description:
40.0 folders
(1.5 cubic feet)
Scope and Contents
This series contains drafts, final copy and publicity material for books and book-length manuscripts written by Swallow. Research
notes and publisher's correspondence relating to specific books also appears in this series.
Out from Under,
Leave a Light on for Me,
The Next Step and
Making Love Visible (with Geoffrey Manasse) are some of the works in this series. There is also a significant amount of research material for
"Not That Far From There to Here," which was inspired by the Green River murders in the Seattle, Washington and Portland,
Oregon area in the 1980s and 1990s.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box 2, Folder 38
Contracts: Publisher and Author (and correspondence),
1983-1994
It's Not So Far From There To Here [Green River Murders]
Box 2, Folders 39-40, Box 3, Folders 1-2
Green River Murders, et al. Piece titled "Not So Far From Here to There," "Femicide." Background research and drafts for a
piece on serial murders and the women who were victims. Folders #1-4,
1983-1993
Box 3, Folder 3
Green River Murders, et al. Folder #5. Rutgers Application, includes correspondence with Adrienne Rich, Ruth Gundle, and Diana
Russell. Early proposal titled "Bad Girls,"
1986
Box 3, Folder 4
Green River Murders, et al. Folder #6 Women's Coalition to Stop the Green River Murders,
1985-1986
Box 3, Folder 5
Green River Murders, et al. Folder #7 Maps, expenses, ideas, leads, telephone numbers, etc.; Prostitution, adolescent prostitution,
1983-1986
Box 3, Folder 6
Green River Murders, et al. Folder #8 Gay/Lesbian adolescents; About Cities: Seattle; Portland-Oakland-Los Angeles; Published
sources, indexes, etc.; ML King Peace bus; Redhead murders,
1985-1986
Box 3, Folder 7
Green River Murders, et al. Folder #9 Magazine queries,
1985-1989
Box 3, Folder 8
"Not So Far From There to Here" mainstream version,
1984, 1986
Box 3, Folder 9
"Not So Far From There to Here" [Green River murders, women's story],
1986
Box 3, Folder 10
Notes on Green Rivers Murders proposal for Doubleday and Rutgers,
undated
Box 3, Folder 11
Throwaways, Serial Murders, Violence, Juvenile Prostitution, Teen Suicide,
1987-1993
Box 3, Folder 13
Notes and old drafts,
1985
Box 3, Folder 14
Notes for 2nd draft,
1985
Box 3, Folder 17
Blank Participant Forms,
undated
Box 3, Folder 18
Book reviews collected by Marian Michener,
1995-1996
Box 3, Folder 19
Correspondence,
1994-1995
Box 3, Folder 20
Correspondence, reviews, press coverage, notes,
1994-1995
Box 3, Folder 22
Crossing Press,
1994-1995
Box 3, Folder 24
Grant Applications and Publisher Queries,
1994
Box 3, Folder 25
Sisters, WSW & JES [Wendy],
1994
Box 3, Folder 26
Contracts [Swallow as editor],
1994
Box 3, Folder 27
Contributor Correspondence,
1993-1995
Box 3, Folder 28
Out From Under 2 [The Next Step] Correspondence,
1993
Box 3, Folder 29
Out From Under 2 [The Next Step] Correspondence [form letters],
1993
Box 4, Folder 1
Out From Under volume 2 [The Next Step] Flyers,
1992-1993
Box 4, Folder 2
Out From Under. In progress. Page proofs,
undated
Box 4, Folder 3
Publicity. Press clippings, correspondence regarding book and readings, flyers, book cover,
1994
Box 4, Folder 4
The Next Step. Tour. Flyers for readings,
1994
Box 4, Folder 6
Publicity. Flyers, author photo by Tee Corinne,
1983-1984
Box 4, Folder 8
"What Will Not Break: Women in Recovery from Substance Abuse" Doubleday Correspondence,
1983-1984
Series 2d
Grants,
1981-1989
Physical Description:
3.0 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains drafts and final copy for grants written by Swallow. Some are grants that she wrote on behalf of others
and a few sought grant money for her own projects. Correspondence with foundations and grant applicants appears in this series.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 4, Folder 9
Grant Writing: Information and Work,
1981-1982
General note
"Women and Militarism Project" proposal by Dannia Southerland.
Box 4, Folder 10
Virian Booze working drafts,
1983
Box 4, Folder 11
Horizon Grant guidelines/Golden Gate Business Association,
1988-1989
Series 3
Talks and Workshops,
1982-1993
Physical Description:
6.0 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains invitations to speak at workshops and conferences, and the drafts and final speeches delivered. Correspondence
and background materials on the event are included in this series. There is also information on how to speak publicly. "The
Politics of Hope" address includes breathing marks and other notations on the way to present the speech.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 4, Folder 12
Public Readings Information,
1982, 1985, 1993
Box 4, Folder 13
"Coming Out Whole: a conference on addiction and health within the lesbian community" (Ann Arbor, MI: 1986). "The Politics
of Hope" keynote address, includes "reading" copy with markings on breaths/pauses,
1985-1986
General note
Includes correspondence with Nancy Blum, and post-conference evaluations.
Box 4, Folder 14
How It Works manuscript,
1986-1992
General note
Includes "Our Big Dreams," "The Politics of Hope" [keynote address delivered at the conference "Coming Out Whole" at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1986], Kate Dunn correspondence.
Box 4, Folder 15
Mohonk Conference. 5th Lesbian Physician Conference, [notes for talk],
1988
Box 4, Folder 16
Speaking/Teaching Invitations,
1988, 1993
Series 4
Subject Files,
1961-1995
Physical Description:
28.0 folders, 3.0 oversized folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains material on a variety of subjects that interested Swallow. Many of the topics relate to writing and writers'
organizations, lesbians, and recovery from substance abuse. There is material on the Women in Print conference which Swallow
assisted with, and on the craft of writing and character study. Swallow's curriculum vitae, obituary, and "Historic Moments
in Career" are also filed in this series.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box 4, Folder 18
About Writing. Notes from workshops and clippings,
1984-1994
Box 4, Folder 19
Al-Anon Literature with notes. Alcoholics Anonymous,
1990-1991
Box 4, Folder 20
Alcoholism / ACA [Adult Children of Alcoholics] information with notes,
1992
Box 4, Folder 21
Anti-Racism Meeting notes; Cuban Women Meeting notes,
undated
General note
Small clothbound book with a few pages of notes at the very end. The majority of the pages are blank.
Box 4, Folder 23
Character Class readings,
[1984?]
Box 4, Folder 24
Clippings,
1993, undated
General note
Subjects include Shanti, AIDS, and the Lyon-Martin Clinic director's resignation.
Box 4, Folder 25
C.V. [curriculum vitae],
1986, 1994
Box 4, Folder 26
Duality class with Carolyn Foster. [Notes and poems],
1990
Box 4, Folder 27
East Mecklenburg High School (North Carolina). Diploma, and 20th Reunion Directory,
1971, 1991
Box 4, Folder 28
Education and certificates,
1974-1980
General note
Includes Swallow's announcement of her graduation from the University of North Carolina, and certificates from: Fidelity Union
Life, H & R Block for tax preparation, Upjohn Company for the Chemical Operators Training Program. Also includes acceptance
letter from Golden Gate University Law School.
Box 4, Folder 29
Egyptian drawing,
undated
Box 4, Folder 30
Flyer soliciting submissions for "An Anthology about Anti-Racism Work being done by White Feminists in U.S.",
1982
Box 4, Folder 31, Box 6, Oversize-folder 3
Gardening Information. Clippings, one page of notes,
1988-1994
Physical Description:
2.0 folders
Box 4, Folder 32
Historic Moments in Career,
1986-1993
Box 4, Folder 33
Lesbian Novels. Photocopy of Ann Bannon's article "Secrets of the Gay Novel" printed in
One,
July 1961
Box 4, Folder 34
Ms. Article "Stalking the Wild Jill Johnston" by Susan Braudy, "In Fallow Fields, Where We Wait" by Vaughn Carpenter,
1976
Box 4, Folder 35
National Writers Union,
1989
Box 4, Folder 36
Notebook (small clothbound book with a few pages of notes in the beginning and a few pieces of ephemera),
1990
Box 4, Folder 37
Obituaries of Jean Swallow [collected by Marian Michener],
1995
Box 4, Folder 38
Our Common Welfare Conference, Al-Anon, ACA, AA conference, Berkeley,
1991
Box 4, Folder 39, Box 6, Oversize-folder 4
Roanoke Research,
1991-1993
Box 4, Folder 40
Romances--clippings,
1985
Box 4, Folder 41
Spinsters Ink public relations committee,
1985
Box 6, Oversize-folder 2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Diploma. BA in Journalism,
1974
Box 4, Folder 42
Women in Print,
May 1984-1985
General note
Includes notes and minutes from planning meetings for the Women in Print workshop, notes taken at various sessions, and draft
comments regarding Barbara Grier, Naiad Press, the book
Lesbian Nuns, and the publication of the book's excerpts in
Forum.
Box 5, Folder 1
Women's Recovery Network,
1990-1993
Box 5, Folder 3
Writing Journal. Notes on Craft and Other Studies,
July 10, 1985-
Box 5, Folder 4
Series 5
Photographs,
1991, 1994
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Scope and Contents
This series contains publicity photographs of Swallow taken by Irene Young in the early 1990s. There are some page proofs
of multiple photographs in addition to single images.
Series 6
Publications and Scrapbooks,
1970-1995
Physical Description:
14.0 folders, 4.0 oversized folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains published material written by Swallow. In most cases, her poems, short stories or articles are printed
in newspapers or anthologies. There are two folders of early newspaper articles by Swallow; one of the folders is oversized.
Two yearbooks are also included in this series.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 5, Folder 5
Afterglow: more stories of lesbian desire. Karen Barber, editor. (Boston: Lace Publications/Alyson),
1993
General note
Includes Swallow's story "What is the Goal and How Will We Know When We Get There?"
Box 5, Folder 6
Bitches, Witches & Dykes, volume 1, issues 1-4,
August 1980-November 1981
General note
Auckland, New Zealand women's liberation newspaper. Includes letter to Swallow from Pilar Alba?
Box 5, Folder 7
Common Lives, Lesbian Lives: a lesbian feminist quarterly, number 3,
Spring 1982
General note
Swallow's story "Dreamwork" is printed on p. 65-74.
Box 5, Folder 8
Common Lives, Lesbian Lives: a lesbian feminist quarterly, number 4,
Summer 1982
General note
Swallow's story "What is Calistoga?" is printed on p. 38-49.
Box 5, Folder 9
Common Lives, Lesbian Lives: a lesbian feminist quarterly, number 7,
Spring 1983
General note
Swallow's story "Poetry and Limas" is printed on p. 14-15.
Box 5, Folder 10
Dyke Life: from growing up to growing old, a celebration of the lesbian experience. Edited by Karla Jay. (New York: Basic Books),
1995
General note
Includes Swallow's piece "Bridge."
Box 5, Folder 11
East Wind, volume 21 (1971). East Mecklenburg High School (Charlotte, NC) Yearbook
1971
Box 5, Folder 12
Feminary, volume 13,
Fall 1984
General note
Includes two pieces by Swallow. Swallow is a member of the collective. [2 copies]
Box 6, Oversize-folder 5
Lesbian Contradiction: a journal of Irreverent Feminism, issue #3,
Summer 1983
General note
Swallow's story "Toto, I Have Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore" is printed on p. 1-4.
Box 6, Oversize-folder 6
The Lesbian Insider/Insighter/Inciter, number 6,
February 1982
General note
Swallow's poem "Saturn's Return" is printed on p. 11.
Box 5, Folder 13, Box 6, Oversize-folder 7, Box 5, Folder 13
Scrapbook of published articles written by Swallow and announcements of talks by Swallow,
1970-1985
Box 6
Scrapbook: "Vignettes: Notes from our Second Decade" by George C. Brown and Jean E. Swallow, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Photographs and poems,
Summer 1973
Box 5, Folder 14
Win Peace & Freedom through Nonviolent Action. Issue on queer bashing,
August 15, 1981
Box 5, Folder 15
Womanspirit, (number 33, volume 9),
Fall Equinox 1982
General note
Swallow's poem dedicated to Sherry Emery and Sam Thomas appears on p. 28: "I burned the rape card tonight."
Box 5, Folder 16
Women, volume 7 (1),
1980
General note
"Survival with and without Men." Swallow's poem "Upon Being Asked Why I am on a Diet" is printed on p. 11.
Box 5, Folder 17
"Women and Aging: an anthology"
Calyx: a journal of art and literature by women, vol. 9 (2 & 3),
Winter 1986
General note
Includes Jean Swallow's piece: "Both Feet in Life: interviews with Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich."
Box 5, Folder 18
Yackety Yack, volume 84 [Yearbook for the University of North Carolina],
1974