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Journals for the years 1934-1938 contain only scattered entries, but for the remainder of the years until 1981 there are entries for all but perhaps a dozen months. In addition to regular journals, Saroyan also kept desk and pocket diaries as well as notebooks with miscellaneous entries. Correspondence and photographs found loose in all of the above items have been removed, with notations made regarding their removal. In some cases manuscripts have been bound into journals and their titles have been listed in the index to manuscripts. Saroyan occasionally gave titles to his journals and considered them to be literary pieces. Researchers are advised to consult the manuscripts, particularly the essay and personal narrative sections, for works which fill the chronological gaps in the journals.

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