Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Access Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Fay, Paul Burgess, 1918- . The pleasure of his company,
Date (inclusive): 1966-1967
Collection number: Special Collections M0213
Creator:
Fay, Paul Burgess, 1918-.
Extent:
2 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Material relating to various stages in the researching, writing, publication, and promotion of THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY,
by Paul B. Fay, Jr., a longtime friend of John F. Kennedy. Includes manuscript, galleys, correspondence, and notes.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Fay, Jr., 1968.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] The pleasure of his company, M0213, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical Note
Under-Secretary of the Navy in the Kennedy administration.
Scope and Content
Material relating to various stages in the researching, writing, publication, and promotion of THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY,
by Paul B. Fay, Jr., a longtime friend of John F. Kennedy. Includes manuscript, galleys, correspondence, and notes.
Arrangement
The various drafts of
The Pleasure Of His Company have been arranged into general categories roughly representing successive stages in the work's evolution, as follows:
- Handwritten Drafts.
- First Typescript:
- Transcripts of tapes and handwritten drafts.
- Second Typescript:
- First division of the work into chapters; includes several drafts of most chapters, each incorporating autograph corrections
made on the previous drafts.
- Third Typescript:
- Essentially a complete draft incorporating all the revisions made on the Second Typescript.
- Fourth Typescript:
- Drafts before final editing and Kennedy Family review.
- Fifth Typescript:
- Final drafts with Kennedy Family comments.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Fay, Paul B., 1918-
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-
Presidents--United States.
Additional Note
ABBREVIATIONS
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t.s.
typescript.
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c.t.s.
carbon copy of typescript.