Guide to the Evan Shelby Connell Papers M1961

Finding aid prepared by Ivan Josh Henriquez Nunez

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, California, 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

2015

Title: Evan Shelby Connell papers

Identifier/Call Number: M1961

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 25.0 Linear feet (44 manuscript boxes; two half baoxes; 3 flat boxes; 1 carton)

Date (inclusive): 1946-2012

Abstract: Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual material, documenting the life and career of American author Evan Shelby Connell (1924-2013).

creator: Connell, Evan S., 1924-2013

Access to Collection

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Publication Rights

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into six series:

Series 1. Personal

Series 2. Correspondence

Series 3. Writing

Series 4. Photographs

Series 5. Ephemera

Series 6. Audiovisual

Acquisition Information

This collection was given by Evan S. Connell to Stanford University, Special Collections in November, 2013.

Processing note

The collection was processed by Ivan Josh Henriquez Nunez.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Evan Shelby Connell Papers (M1961). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual material. The manuscripts include the original working drafts and notes, with numerous subsequent drafts and typescripts of the majority of the nineteen works written and published by Connell, most notably Mrs. Bridge (1959), Mr. Bridge (1969), and Son of the Morning Star (1984). The correspondence consists of letters he received from 1946 to late 2012 from agents, publishers, authors, colleagues, and friends.

Biographical note

American author (and editor and pilot), Evan Shelby Connell (1924-2013) was born in Kansas City and died in Santa Fe. He was a versatile writer, praised for his spare portrayal of repression within a fictional upper-class Midwestern family in his novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969), as well as for his account of the very real and bloody battle that was Custer's Last Stand in his non-fiction book Son of the Morning Star (1984).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

American literature--20th century.

Series 1. Personal

Scope and Contents

This series contains miscellaneous material, including memo books, financial records, and Connell's copy of his Boy Scouts' handbook.

Box 30, Folders 1

Boy scout handbook

Box 29, Folders 2-3

Royalty statements, etc.

Half-box 45, Folder 3

Memo notebooks

Series 2. Correspondence

Scope and Contents

The series includes letters from publishers, editors, agents, and other writers, as well as some personal correspondence. Correspondents include Herbert Gold, Kay Boyle, Don Carpenter, Barnaby Conrad, Janet (Lewis) Winters, Alice Adams, Nicholas Delbanco, Annie Dillard, Lewis Lapham, John Updike, Wallace Stegner (1948), Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Fannie Hurst, "Max" of the Paris Review, Elizabeth McKee, and Helen Taylor of Viking (extensively critiquing Connell's work as submitted); also George Plimpton, Italo Calvino (1960), Kenneth Rexroth, Carolyn Kizer, William Styron, Terry Southern, David Stacton, Gale Garnett, cartoonist William Hamilton, James Salter, and others. Clippings, ephemera, and some drafts that accompanied correspondence have been retained in this series. Correspondence is arranged roughly in chronological order.

Box 39, Folders 1-2

Correspondence, 1940s-1960s

Box 39, Folders 3-5

Correspondence, 1960s-1970s

Box 40, Folders 1-6

Correspondence, 1970s-1980s

Box 41, Folders 1-6

Correspondence, 1990-2007

Box 49, Folders 1-2

Correspondence, 2008-2011

Box 42, Folders 1-5

Unsorted Correspondence and clippings, varies dates

Series 3. Writing

Physical Description: 27.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents

The series includes annotated drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs for Connell's fiction, non-fiction, and screenplay adaptations. Materials are arranged in roughly alphabetical order by title.

Box 26, Folders 3-4

The Alchymist's Journal, revised

Box 26, Folders 5-6

The Alchymist's Journal, with notes

Box 27, Folders 1-3

The Alchymist's Journal, annotated, 1987

Box 27, Folders 5-6

The Alchymist's Journal, annotated

Box 27, Folders 4

The Alchymist's Journal, clippings

Box 22, Folder 3

Aztec Treasure House

Box 28, Folders 1

Collected Stories, Mainly Misadventures

Box 28, Folders 2-4

Collected Stories

Box 31, Folder 2

The Connoisseur, galley proof

Box 31, Folders 3-5

The Connoisseur, setting copy

Box 31, Folder 6

, , September 1974

Box 32, Folders 1-2

The Connoisseur, carbon of final draft with corrections

Box 32, Folder 3

The Connoisseur, first draft, 1972-1973

Box 9, Folders 1-3

Custer and Little Big Horn ( S.O.M.S)

Box 13, Folder 2-4

Deus lo Volt!, corrected galley proof

Box 13, Folder 5

Deus lo Volt!, reviews

Box 14, Folder 1-3

Deus lo Volt!, first proofs

Box 14, Folder 4-6

Deus lo Volt!, research material

Box 15, Folder 1

Deus lo Volt!, research material

Box 17, Folder 4-5

Deus lo Volt!, research material

Box 18, Folder 1

Deus lo Volt!, research material

Box 15, Folder 2-5

Deus lo Volt!, early drafts and notes

Box 16, Folder 1-4

Deus lo Volt!, later drafts

Box 17, Folder 1-3

Deus lo Volt! and misc. material

Box 25, Folder 1

Diary of a Rapist screenplay/ Diary of a Rapist: Patriot review

Box 25, Folder 2

Diary of a Rapist, book

Box 23, Folders 1-2

Double Honeymoon, final copy used by Putnams

Box 23, Folders 3-4

Double Honeymoon, carbon copy of final draft with corrections

Box 23, Folder 5

Double Honeymoon, second draft

Box 24, Folder 1-5

Double Honeymoon, galley proof

Flat-box 46, Folder 2

Double Honeymoon, galley proof and corrections

Box 23, Folder 6

Double Honeymoon,final draft, 1973-1974

Box 4, Folder 3-4

El Dorado, second draft, 1977

Box 32, Folder 4

, Halliburton

Box 18, Folder 2-3

Goya, galley proof

Box 18, Folder 4-6

Goya, typescript

Box 19, Folder 1-3

Goya, research material

Box 19, Folder 4

Goya, misc./clippings

Box 28, Folders 5-6

Hi-es-tzle

Box 11, Folder 5

A Long desire/the White Lantern, preliminary pages

Box 11, Folder 6

A Long Desire, final draft and bibliography

Box 12, Folder 1

A Long Desire, revised

Box 12, Folder 2

A Long Desire, second draft

Box 12, Folders 3-4

A Long Desire, first draft

Box 12, Folder 5

A Long Desire, master copy

Box 13, Folder 1

A Long Desire, master copy

Flat-box 38, Folder 2

A Long Desire, master galley proof

Box 32, Folders 5-6

Misc. literature

Box 33, Folders 1-5

Misc. literature

Box 34, Folders 1-6

Misc. literature

Box 3, Folders 1-2

Mr. Bridge, typescript with annotations

Box 2, Folders 2-3

Mr. Bridge, second draft, 1967

Box 3, Folders 3-5

Mr. Bridge, original copy used by Knopf

Box 3, Folder 6

Mr. Bridge, 1968 (part 1)

Box 4, Folder 1-2

Mr. Bridge, 1968 (part 2)

Flat-box 38, Folder 1

Mr. Bridge, master galley proof

Box 1, Folders 2-3

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, first draft screenplay

Box 2, Folders 6

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, screenplay

Box 1, Folders 4

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, screenplay; Dove Audio presents Mr. Bridge

Box 1, Folder 5

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, clippings

Box 2, Folders 4-5

Mrs. Bridge, original copy used by Viking (signed)

Box 1, Folder 1

Mrs. Bridge, Dove Audio

Box 1, Folders 6-7

Mrs. Bridge, telescript with annotations

Box 2, Folder 1

Mrs. Bridge, telescript with annotations

Box 20, Folder 1-4

Notes from a Bottle, draft with corrections

Box 20, Folder 5-6

Notes from a Bottle, final typescript

Box 21, Folders 1-2

Oxford American March/April 2001

Box 22, Folder 2

The Palace of the Moorish Kings

Box 29, Folders 5

The Patriot, unrevised proofs

Box 30, Folder 2

Points of a Compass Rose, galley proof

Box 30, Folder 3

Points of a Compass Rose, Notes from a Bottle, articles

Box 30, Folders 4-6

Points of a Compass Rose, setting copy

Box 30, Folders 7

Points of a Compass Rose, typescript

Box 31, Folder 1

Points of a Compass Rose, typescript

Box 35, Folders 1-5

Short stories; Lion, Hooker, Nan Madol, Proctor Bemis, Arcturus, etc.

Box 36, Folders 1-6

Short stories; Lion, Hooker, Nan Madol, Proctor Bemis, Arcturus, etc.

Box 37, Folder 1

Short stories; Lion, Hooker , Nan Madol, Proctor Bemis, Arcturus, etc./Atlas Books

Box 7, Folder 5

Son of the Morning Star, teleplay, February 1987

Box 4, Folder 5