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Fonds Description
McNamara, Eugene
Eugene McNamara fonds. Third accrual. – 1977-2006. – 62.5 cm
of textual records.
Series 1
Manuscripts. – 1999-2006. – 44 cm of textual records. –
Title based on content of series.
Series consists of manuscript drafts and proofs of McNamara's novels,
poems, a list of epigraphs for inclusion in manuscripts, and a lecture.
Arrangement has been made alphabetically by title, with files under each
title arranged according to the contents. Published titles appear in italics,
while materials not for publication or unpublished by April 2007 appear
in normal type. Title from contents of series.
BOX 43
Epigraphs for Future Works
F.1 Draft, [1980s?], 3 pp. Typescript.
Grace Notes
F.2 Draft, There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood: New and Selected
Poems [working title], [2004?], 82 pp. Corrected computer print.
F.3 Draft, There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood: New and Selected
Poems [working title], [2004?], 79 pp. Computer print.
F.4 Draft, final, 2004, 95 pp. Computer print.
F.5 Proofs, cover and introductory pages, 2004, 3 pp. Corrected
computer print.
F.6 Proofs, 17 June 2004, 95 pp. Computer print.
Irving's Coat
F.7 Draft, [2005?]. Computer print.
F.8 Draft, [2005?], 57 pp. Computer print.
F.9 Draft, 19 Oct. 2005, 71 pp. Computer print.
F.10 Draft, annotated, [ca. 2006?], 72 pp. Computer print.
F.11 Notes, [2005?], 66 pp. Handwritten.
F.12 Proofs, 29 June 2006, 72 pp. Computer print.
F.13 Proofs, 24 July 2006, 74 pp. Computer print.
F.14 Proofs, 28 July 2006, 74 pp. Computer print.
BOX 44
Notes for Unknown Works
F.1 Theodore Roethke, Biographical notes, [2000s?], 1 p. Handwritten.
F.2 Valentine notes, [ca. 1990s?], 1 p. Handwritten.
Orphans Waltz
F.3 Draft, Journal of John Kaspar, M.D. (1912) [working title],
[1997?], 31 pp. Typescript.
F.4 Draft, Things That Break [working title], 12 Aug. 1999, 22 pp.
Computer print.
F.5 Draft, Things That Break [working title], [13 Aug. 1999], 19
pp. Computer print. With handwritten notes.
F.6 Draft, Things That Break [working title], [1999?], 30 pp. Computer
print.
F.7 Draft, Things That Break [working title], 25 Aug. 1999, 35 pp.
Computer print.
F.8 Draft, Things That Break [working title], 5 Oct. [1999?], 53
pp. Corrected computer print. With handwritten notes.
F.9 Draft, Journal of John Kaspar, M.D. (1912) [working title],
[ca. Oct. 1999], 19 pp. Computer print. Includes instruction to “Insert
[at] p. 14 of Things That Break.” With handwritten notes, 1 p.
F.10 Draft, Things That Break [working title, pt. 1], Oct.-Nov. [1999],
73 pp. Computer print.
F.11 Draft, Things That Break [working title, pt. 1], 19 Nov. 1999,
82 pp. Computer print, with handwritten notes, 3 pp.
F.12 Drafts, Lucy in the Southwest (ca. 1950?) [working title, pt.
2], [1999?], 43 pp. Computer print and handwritten.
F.13 Draft pages, Life and Work of Jeffrey Darden, by George Bone
[working title of later part], [1999?]. Computer print and handwritten.
Includes instruction to insert “after p. 164.”
F.14 Draft, Life and Work of Jeffrey Darden, by George Bone [working
title of later part], [1999?], 22 pp. [ie pp. 171-192]. Computer print.
F.15 Draft, Things That Break [working title], second draft, [1999?].
Computer print and handwritten. Incorporates computer print copy of draft
dated 16 Sept. 1999.
BOX 45
F.1 Draft, Lucy in Taos [working title of later part], [1999?].
Computer print and handwritten.
F.2 Draft, not final (to be added – Darden material), [2003?],
208 pp. Computer print.
F.3 Draft, Darden [working title of later part], Jan. 2003, 8 pp.
Computer print.
F.4 Draft, Darden [working title of later part], Aug. 2003, 13 pp.
Computer print.
F.5 Draft, Darden [working title of later part], Mar. 2004, 13 pp.
Computer print.
F.6 Drafts, 2004-2005. Computer print and handwritten.
F.7 Draft, June 2004, edited by Dave Margoshes, 2006. Computer print.
With correspondence from Margoshes, 2006.
F.8 Draft, June 2006, 174 pp. Computer print.
F.9 Notes, Things That Break, or, The Journal of John Kaspar, M.D.
(1912) [working title], 1997-1998, 31 pp. Handwritten and typescript.
F.10 Notes, [ca. 2000?]. Computer print and handwritten.
F.11 Order of events in Orphans Waltz in June 2006 draft, 2006, 4
pp. Handwritten.
BOX 46
Poetry
F.1 Draft poems, [2000s?], 8 pp. Corrected computer print.
Traveling Thourgh the Dark
F.2 Draft, [1990s?], 13 pp. Computer print.
Whitman Talk
F.3 Draft, [2003], 16 pp. Corrected computer print.
F.4 Draft, [2003], 10 pp. Corrected computer print.
F.5 Draft, [2003], 11 pp. Computer print.
F.6 Draft, [2003], 12 pp. Corrected computer print.
F.7 Notes, [2003?]. Handwritten and Computer print.
Series 2
Personal Materials. – 1986-2001. – 2 cm of textual records.
–Title based on content of series.
Series consists of personal materials, reflecting
the awards given to McNamara, an article about him, and letters regarding
his search for work after retirement. Title from contents of series.
BOX 46
F.8 W.O. Mitchell Prize, 1997-2001, 25 pp. Computer print and
handwritten. Includes notes and other records concerning other awards.
F.9 Newspaper clipping, 1998, 1 p. Photocopy.
F.10 Post-Retirement Jobs, 1986-1997, 15 pp. Computer print. Includes
correspondence.
Series 3
Journals and Notebooks. – 1977-2006. –
16.5 cm of textual records. – Title based
on content of series.
Series consists of 16 journals or notebooks kept by McNamara. These journals
record his literary notes but also his daily activities. Volumes were
not used sequentially but in a concurrent fashion. Often there are substantial
gaps in the text, with many blank pages. McNamara edited some of the earlier
volumes at a later date, supplying missing dates. All journals are handwritten.
Title from contents of series.
BOX 46
F.11 Jan. 1977.
F.12 May 1979-Feb. 1989.
F.13 Aug. 1981-Apr. 1985.
F.14 Aug. 1981-Aug. 1997.
F.15 Jan. 1986-Apr. 1994.
BOX 47
F.1 Jul. 1992-Aug. 1993.
F.2 Jan. 1993-Jul. 1993.
F.3 Sept. 1993-Mar. 1994.
F.4 Mar. 1994-Jun. 2005.
F.5 Aug. 1995-Nov. 1999
F.6 Sept. 1998-Dec. 1998.
F.7 Sept. 2000-Oct. 2000.
F.8 Jun. 2001-Oct. 2001.
F.9 Aug. 2001-Jun. 2005.
F.10 Sept. 2002-Nov. 2002.
F.11 Apr. 2006-Aug. 2006.
An edition of McNamara's Irving's Coat: Windsor's Literary Renaissance
(Black Moss Press, 2006), which was included among the printed material
of this fonds, has been removed and catalogued for Research Collections
post-1800 monograph collection.
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