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Finding aid is in draft form only. Large portions of the
collection are unprocessed at present.
Contact a Grenander Department staff member for further information.
Finding Aid Compiled by
Amy C. Schindler
Christina Moustardas
October 2002
Janet Dymond
April 2005
Kayla Misner
December 2006
M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
University Libraries / University at Albany / State University of New York
1400 Washington Avenue / Albany, New York 12222 / (518) 437-3935
VOLUME: 9.68 cubic ft. +
ACQUISITION: The items in this manuscript group were acquired by the University Libraries, M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, in transfers from 2002 through 2005 from William Kennedy unless otherwise indicated.
ACCESS: Access to this record group is unrestricted.
COPYRIGHT: The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Box and Folder List
Series 1: The Ink Truck
Kennedy's Albany journalism provided him with an opportunity to internalize the city thoroughly and use it as a fictional landscape. His first novel, The Ink Truck (1969), relates the story of a newspaper strike in a vividly evoked but unnamed Albany. People magazine called it "Wildly funny, rich and full of lyrical moments." Time called it "Lean, energetic and grounded in detail and humanities. . .a bawdy Celtic romp."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Legs (1975), the first novel of Kennedy's "Albany Cycle," tells the tale of Albany gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond. Newsweek called it "A particularly seductive portrait. . . a very skillful story, full of bounce and wit." Dean Flower said in the Hudson Review, "the speakeasies and gangsters and fast talk seem immediate and legendary, with Irish-Catholic Albany as a microcosm of the thirties."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 3: Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, 1976-1977
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978) introduces the Phelan family, subsequent generations of which appear in five more novels. Billy is a small-time Depression-era gambler and bookie who becomes mixed up in the kidnapping of a Albany politician's son. Doris Grumbach said in the Saturday Review, "No one writing in America today has Kennedy's rich and fertile gift of gab; his pure verbal energy; his love of people."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 4: Ironweed, 1979-1980, 2003
Billy's father, Francis, a derelict on the run from his own demons and past mistakes, is the principal character of Ironweed (1983), a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Writing in the New York Times Book Review, Robert Towers called Ironweed "a kind of fantasia on the strangeness of human destiny, on the mysterious ways in which a life can be transformed and sometimes redeemed. . . a work of unusual interest, original in its conception, full of energy and color, a splendid addition to the Albany cycle."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 5: O Albany! 1964-1978, 2.17 cubic ft., Arranged alphabetically.
As a journalist in Albany, Kennedy wrote a series of articles about the city that earned him a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize and provided the basis for a nonfiction book, O Albany! (1983). Matthew Parrish, writing in The Los Angeles Times Book Review, called O Albany! "a book distinguished by intellectual depth and a vibrant prose style. . . a rich feast that bubbles with the humor, nobility and pathos of the men and women who lived, worked and played in New York's capital city from the 17th Century to the present."
The inventory for the O Albany! series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 6: Charlie Malarkey Books, circa 1986-1992, 1 cubic ft.
Kennedy's works include two children's books co-authored with his son Brendan, Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine (1986), and Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose (1993).
The inventory for the Charlie Malarkey series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 7: The Cotton Club, 1983-1997, 2 cubic ft., Oversize Folder, Arranged chronologically within subseries.
The Cotton Club, a film screenplay written by William Kennedy and Francis Ford Coppola, presents the nightclub of the 1920s-1930s as a backdrop for a tale of gangsters and entertainers. The series contains drafts and scripts written by William Kennedy and director Francis Ford Coppola and production notes and publicity surrounding the making of the film. In the film, Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) is a cornet player who makes the unintentional mistake of saving gangster Dutch Schulz's (James Remar) life. Schulz takes a liking to Dwyer and recruits his brother, Vince (Nicholas Cage) as a stooge. Dixie is put on the payroll to escort Schulz's girlfriend, Vera (Diane Lane), and perform odd jobs. He quickly finds himself embroiled in Schulz's violent and crazy world with no way out. Meanwhile, tap dancers Sandman (Gregory Hines) and Clay Williams (Maurice Hines) are hired by Owney Madden (Bob Hoskins), a more amiable and reasonable gangster who runs the Cotton Club. Sandman quickly sheds his brother to pursue a solo career and takes up with a beautiful singer, Lila Rose (Lonetta McKee), who is trying to pass for white so that she can make it to Broadway.
Subseries 1: Drafts and Scripts, 1983This subseries contains a working draft, rehearsal drafts, estimating drafts, finals drafts, shooting scripts, cutting scripts, looping scripts, line scripts, scripts by reel number and final scripts, as well as numerous script revisions and rewrites, documenting the stages of the screenwriting and filmmaking process as The Cotton Club moved from paper to film.
Subseries 2: Production and Publicity, 1983-1997
This subseries contains materials relating to the production of The Cotton Club, including staff and crew lists, cast lists, call sheets, chronology of scenes, scene synopses, production memos and notes, and a draft of The Cotton Club handbill. Publicity surrounding the making of the film includes correspondence about the world premiere, reviews, news clippings regarding financial disputes and the murder of Roy Radin, and published articles written by William Kennedy about the film.
Series 8: Ironweed Film, 1985-1987
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 9: Quinn's Book, 1982-1987
Kennedy also continued to expand his open-ended "Albany Cycle." While the first three novels in that cycle unfold in a Depression-era setting, the next three explore various periods in the city's history. Quinn's Book (1988) is set in the 19th century and follows the picaresque adventures of a Phelan ancestor, Daniel Quinn. The Boston Sunday Globe called it a "book of wonders and sweetness, magic and horrors, it immerses itself in the marvelous. . .Touching and vivid and comic."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 10: The Making of Ironweed
Series 11: Very Old Bones, 1988-1992
Very Old Bones (1992) takes the "Albany Cycle" forward to the 1950s, and examines the mental breakdown and redemption of Orson Purcell, the bastard son of artist Peter Phelan. The New York Times asserted, "Few Irish-American writers have produced more haunting portraits of their ancestors or the ghosts that possessed them than Mr. Kennedy has in Very Old Bones."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 12: Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
A second nonfiction book, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car, appeared in 1993. Library Journal called this collection of essays, memoirs, reviews, and reportage "a great pleasure to read, no matter what the subject. Another winner from Kennedy: highly recommended."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 13: Grand View
Kennedy's first full-length play, Grand View (1996) the story of apolitical war between the state governor and Albany's political boss, was staged in the spring of 1996 at Capital Repertory Theater in Albany.
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 14: The Flaming Corsage, 1994-1996
The Flaming Corsage (1996) portrays the turbulent courtship and marriage of Katrina Taylor and Edward Daugherty during the decades that precede and follow the turn of the century. Critic Harold Bloom said "The Flaming Corsage transforms the ['Albany Cycle'] into what Ruskin praised as 'Stage Fire' in Dickens. At once prose-poem, historical novel and theatrical melodrama, Kennedy's new book demonstrates an exuberance beyond his previous work."
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 15: Roscoe
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 16: Research, 1963-1980s, 1.5 cubic ft.
Subseries 1: Civil Rights, 1963, 1965-1966, 1 cubic ft.
Subseries 2: Slum Book, 1965-circa 1980s, .5 cubic ft.The inventory for the Research series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 17: Essays, 1978-2002, 1 cubic ft., Arranged chronologically.
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 18: Correspondence, 1950-2002, .6 cubic ft., Arranged alphabetically.
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
Series 19: Interviews, 1969-2003, .75 cubic ft., Arranged chronologically.
This series contains transcripts of interviews given by William Kennedy, as well as news clippings and published articles about the author. Included is the manuscript of Conversations with William Kennedy, edited by Neila C. Seshachari, which contains twenty-four previously published interviews between 1969 and 1996. Also contained within this series are handwritten notes, requests for interviews, and correspondence between Kennedy and the interviewer. In addition, Kennedy's interview of Robert Penn Warren is included.
Series 20: Trip to Ireland with President Clinton, 1990-1996, .33 cubic ft., Oversize Folder, Arranged chronologically.
This series consists of materials relating to William Kennedy's travels with President Bill Clinton on a State Visit to Ireland in November 1995. It includes travel arrangements and itineraries from the trip, brochures, invitations, briefings and statements by political officials, correspondence, and newspapers and news clippings. William Kennedy collected newspapers and news clippings about the peace process in Northern Ireland and Clinton's visit to Ireland. The series includes articles about Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein; statements by Gerry Adams, the government of Ireland, and White House officials; and the text of speeches delivered by President Clinton while in Ireland. Also included are Kennedy's invitations to a formal dinner at Dublin Castle in 1995 and the Irish State Dinner at the White House in 1996.
Series 21: The Albany Cycle, circa 1976, 2001-2002, .33 cubic ft.
The inventory for this series is available, but some folder-level arrangement and description remains to be completed by Grenander Department staff. Contact Grenander Department staff for further information.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. All descriptions of Kennedy's publications are taken from "New York State Writers Institute - William Kennedy, Ironweed" <http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/wjkennedybio.html> (accessed 13 December 2006).
Series 1: The Ink Truck, 1964-1978
Box 1
Folder
Series 2: Legs 1964-1978
Box 3
Folder
1. Pages Cut from April 1974 Version for Final Version, November 26, 1974
2. Penultimate Draft, with Editing
3. Typescript that went to Printer, 8th and Final Draft
4. Master Copy, 8th and Last Draft, with Editing, November, 1974
5. “My Work Copy”, pages 1-477
6. Photocopy of Last Draft, with Editing, pages 1-215
7. Photocopy of Last Draft, with Editing, pages 216-398
8. Miscellaneous Pages, with Notes and Editing
9. Miscellaneous Pages, with Notes and Editing
10. Miscellaneous Pages, with Notes and Editing
11. Miscellaneous Pages, with Notes and Editing
12. Pages Omitted
13. Pages Omitted
14. Pages Omitted
15. Pages Omitted
16. Rejected Pages
17. Pages Omitted
18. Paged omitted
19. Pages Omitted
20. Pages Omitted
21. Pages Omitted
22. Pages Omitted
23. Pages 15-29e (?), Seems to be Eliminating Movie References
24. Miscellaneous Pages
Box 4
Folder
1. Correspondence, Dial Press
2. Correspondence-IFA (International Famous Agency- Roberta Pryor, agent)
3. Correspondence, Relating to Publication and Publicity
4. Correspondence, Coward McCann and Geoghegan
5. Covers and Artwork
6. Galleys
7. Post-Publication Notes
8. Reviews
9. Reviews
10. Reviews
11. Reviews
12. Reviews
13. Reviews
14. Reviews
15. Page Proofs
Series 3: Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, 1976-1977
Box 1
Folder
1. First Unfinished Draft
2. First Unfinished Draft, April 11, 1976
3. Miscellaneous, Early Pages, Second Draft (?)
4. Second Finished Draft, Unedited Copy
5. Second Finished Draft, Edited, Sold to Viking, August 1976
6. Miscellaneous Pages, Written After Second Draft, with Notes
7. Work Copy of Second Draft, Edited, January 12, 1977
8. Copy of Third Draft, pages 1-179, unedited
9. Copy of Third Draft, pages 1-179, unedited
10. Copy of Third Draft, pages 1-179
11. Copy of Third Draft, pages 1-179
12. Copy of Third Draft, pages 1-179
13. Third Draft, Original Work Copy, Incomplete, pages 1-176
14. Final Draft, Copy of Edited Third Draft, with Additional Editing by Author
15. Final Draft, Editor’s Working Copy, with Editing
16. Final Draft, Editor’s Working Copy, with Editing
Box 2
Folder
1. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Volume 1, FBI Headquarters, Section 3
2. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Volume 2, FBI Headquarters File
3. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 4
4. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 5
5. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 6
6. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 7
7. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 8
8. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 9
9. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping, Section 10
10. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
11. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
12. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
13. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
14. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
15. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
16. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
17. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
Box 3
Folder
1. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
2. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
3. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
4. William Kennedy Requesting Information on O’Connell Kidnapping Documents from FBI
5. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
6. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
Box 4
Folder
1. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
2. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
3. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
4. FBI Papers on O’Connell Kidnapping
Series 4: Ironweed, 1979-1980, 2003
Box 1
Folder
1. Lemonweed/Ironweed, Material Pulled for Speech at Dedication of Kennedy Papers at the University at Albany, October 24, 2003
2. Preface to Lemonweed, First Draft (?)
3. Lemonweed Stories
4. Complete Copy of The Lemonweed, Missing Helen Section, Edited
5. Transition
6. Early Draft of Lemonweed
7. Lemonweed, Subsistence Press Draft, 112 pages, with Author Preface
8. Subsistence Press Draft, 112 pages
9. The Lemonweed, A Short Novel, Original Manuscript, 103 pages
10. The Lemonweed, Later Draft, Incomplete, Missing pages 51-69, Chapter 2 Draft
11. First Draft, pages 135-253 and some new pages
12. 3 Rewrites of page 1, November 12, 1978-January 16, 1979 and page 106, March 28, 1979, Day after Viking Offer
13. The Lemonweed, one of the Original Manuscripts, February 9, 1979
14. Lemonweed, 134 pages, undated
15. The Lemonweed, Carbon Copy
16. Revised Draft
17. Revised Draft, with Editing
18. Carbon and Xerox Copies of Original Manuscript “Lemonweed”
19. Revised Draft, with Editing
20. Revised Draft, with Editing
21. Revised Draft, with Editing, Master Copy
22. Final Draft
23. Revisions of Chapter VI for Short Story, March 19, 1980
24. Edited Pages
25. Edited Pages, Notes
26. Edited Pages
27. Unedited Carbon Copies, Miscellaneous Pages
28. Lemonweed, Chapter IV, Howard Hausman’s Copy
Box 2
Folder
1. Author’s Set of Unbound Galleys
Series 5: O Albany! 1964-1978
Box 1
Folder
1. Albany as a Pair of Suspenders
2. Albany as a Pair of Suspenders and a Movie
3. Albany as a State of Mind
4. “Albany? Why Albany?” April 1978
5. Arbor Hill
6. Arbor Hill
7. Being Irish, a Proposal for a Book
8. Blacks
9. Blacks
10. Black/Poverty Clippings, Including Albany Mirror
11. Blacks/Poverty, Miscellaneous
12. Blacks/Poverty Notes
13. Bonafettle
14. The Boulevard of Bluest Dreams
15. The Bowery
16. George Bunch, Miscellaneous
17. Capitol Hill
18. Central Avenue
19. “Changing Face of Albany”
20. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, January 19-28, 1964
21. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, February 2-4, 1964
22. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, February 9-17, 1964
23. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, February 23-24, 1964
24. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, March 1-2, 1964
25. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, March 8-31, 1964
26. “Changing Face of Albany,” Series, Duplicate Copies
27. Clippings on Poverty, 1966
28. Dan I and II
29. Debts and Butterings
30. Delaware Avenue
31. Delaware Avenue I and II
32. The Democrats Covene
33. Downtown
34. Downtown
35. Epilogue
36. Erastus
37. Erastus
38. Erastus
39. Ethnics, Miscellaneous
40. Ethnics, Notes
41. Germans
42. Germans
43. The Gut
44. Introduction
Box 2
Folder
1. Irish
2. Italians
3. Italians
4. Italians
5. Jews
6. Jews
7. Jews
8. The Last Word
9. Legs
10. Legs
11. Legacy from a Lady
12. The Mall also Rises
13. Nighttown
14. North Albany
15. North Albany
16. Dan O’Connell, “The Absolutely Last Hurrah is yet to Come,” December 19, 1966
17. Dan O’Connell, Miscellaneous, Typewritten
18. Dan O’Connell, “The Positively Last Hurrah is yet to Come,” 1974
19. Dan O’Connell, “A Walk on the Waters of Gander Bay”
20. Pine Hills
21. Pine Hills
22. Poverty Notes
23. Prohibition
24. Prohibition
25. Pruyn Connection I and II
26. Romance of the Oriflamme
27. South Mall
28. South Mall
29. Sports and Swells
30. Sports and Swells
31. State of Mind
32. They Bury the Boss
33. Trinity
Box 3
Folder
1. Union Station
2. War on Poverty
3. West End I and II
4. The West End: Money on the Hoof, Money on Wheels
5. Whorehouse Neighborhood
Series 6: Charlie Malarkey Books, circa 1986-1992
Box 1
Folder
1. Charlie, Keepy, Notes
2. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Animated Film
3. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Atlantic Monthly (Publisher)
4. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Children’s Letters
5. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Drafts, circa mid-1980s
6. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Early Drafts
7. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Interim Draft, Numerous Copies, Some Edited
8. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Draft, April 17, 1986
9. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Foreign Editions
10. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Illustrations
11. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Miscellaneous
12. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Publicity
13. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Reaction
14. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Rejection Letters
15. Charlie Malarkey and the Belly Button Machine, Reviews
16. Charlie Malarkey and the Bubble Gum Trees, Correspondence
17. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Draft through January 11, 1991
18. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Draft, January 17, 1991-March 10, 1991
19. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Draft, March 11, 1991-August 21, 1991
20. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Draft, August 27, 1991-January 22, 1992
21. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Final Draft and Galleys, March 23, 1992
22. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Miscellaneous Pages
23. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Film Correspondence
24. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Illustrations
25. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Miscellaneous
26. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, New Choices Article
27. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Notes
28. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Publicity
29. Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose, Viking/Penguin
30. Public School #16
31. Public School #16, Letters from Students
Series 7: The Cotton Club, 1983-1997
Subseries 1: Drafts and Scripts, 1983
Box 1
Folder
1. Revised Working Draft, undated
2. Rehearsal Draft, July 25, 1983
3. Rehearsal Draft with Revised Pages and Editing, July 25, 1983
4. Revised Rehearsal Draft, August 3, 1983
5. Sunday Afternoon Draft, August 7,1983
6. Sunday Night Draft, August 7, 1983
7. Estimating Draft, August 8, 1983
8. Estimating Draft with Robert Evans’ Letter and Comments, August 8,
1983
9. Monday Preview Draft, August 15, 1983
10. Shooting Script, Preliminary, August 16, 1983
11. Shooting Script, Saturday Night Draft, August 21, 1983
12. Shooting Script, August 22, 1983
13. Shooting Script, Sunday Night Draft, August 22, 1983
14. Shooting Script, Master Copy, August 22, 1983
15. Revised Shooting Script, Working Draft, September 26, 1983
16. Revised Shooting Script, September 26, 1983
17. Final Draft, October 5, 1983
18. Revised Shooting Script, October 16, 1983 (Universities Libraries Purchase,
2003)
19. Revised Shooting Script, October 26, 1983
20. Revised Shooting Script, November 14, 1983
21. Finale, November 18, 1983
22. Final Script, Master Copy, November 28, 1983
23. Final Script, November 28, 1983
24. Final Script, Rewrites, November 28, 1983
25. Final Script, Rewrites, November 28, 1983
26. Final Script, December 8, 1983
Box 2
Folder
1. Cutting Script, undated
2. Looping Script, undated
3. Dixie Scenes, undated
4. Line Scripts, undated
5. Line Scripts, undated
6. Script by Reel Number 1-5, undated
7. Script by Reel Number 6-15, undated
8. Scripts by Reel Number, undated
9. Script Rewrites, undated
10. Miscellaneous Script Revisions, undated
11. Miscellaneous Script Revisions with Author Notes, undated
12. Miscellaneous Script Rewrites, undated
Series 7: The Cotton Club, 1983-1997
Subseries 2: Production and Publicity, 1983-1997
Box 2 (continued)
Folder
13. Production Memos, 1983
14. Production Notes, circa 1983
15. The Cotton Club Revue and Scene Synopsis, circa 1983
16. Chronology of Scenes, July 1983
17. Staff and Crew Lists and Cast Lists, circa 1983
18. Call Sheets, July-November 1983
19. Draft of The Cotton Club Handbill, circa 1983
20. Publicity over the Financing of The Cotton Club, 1983-1984
21. Publicity for The Cotton Club, 1983-1997
22. World Premiere of The Cotton Club, Invitation and Correspondence, 1984
23. Reviews, 1984
24. Foreign Publicity, circa 1985
25. "The Cotton Club Stomp," Drafts, Vanity Fair, 1985
26. "The Cotton Club Stomp," Drafts, Vanity Fair, 1985
27. "The Cotton Club Stomp," Vanity Fair, 1985
28. The Murder of Roy Radin, 1985-1991
29. "The Cotton Club Stomp," Riding the Yellow Trolley Car, 1993
30. The Cotton Club, Miscellaneous, undated
Oversize Folder
"Snowblind: The Hollywood Murder of Roy Radin," The Newsday Magazine, September 29, 1985
Series 8: Ironweed Film, 1985-1987
Box 1
Folder
1. Ironweed Script, Raw First Draft, Begun August, 20, 1985, Finished August 31, 1985 at 7:00pm
2. Scene Sequence, with Editing by William Kennedy, circa 1985
3. Dialog Draft, circa 1985
4. Ironweed Draft, First Typed Copy into Computer, September 3, 1985
5. Ironweed Script, First Draft with Editing, Revised Draft, September 3, 1985
6. Ironweed Script, with Editing, September 5, 1985
7. Ironweed Script, First Draft, Photocopy, September 5, 1985
8. Ironweed Script, First Draft with Editing by William Kennedy, Pages Missing, September 5, 1985
9. Ironweed Script, First Draft, with Editing, September 5, 1985
10. Ironweed Script, Revisions Done with Hector Babenco for Second Draft, October 8-9, 1986
11. Ironweed Script, Second Draft, Finished Editing, in Averill Park, October 14, 1985
12. Ironweed Script, Third Draft in Averill Park, Finished Editing, October 19, 1985
13. Ironweed Script, with Cast of Characters, Photocopy, October 21, 1985
14. Ironweed Script, Second Draft, with Editing by William Kennedy, October 10, 1986
15. Ironweed Script, with Cast of Characters, Some Marks by Author, October 11, 1986
16. Ironweed Script, Second Draft, October 13, 1986
17. Ironweed Script, Revised Pages, October 1986
18. Ironweed Script, Superseded Pages, October 16, 1986
19. Ironweed Script, Edited Pages, October 24, 1986
20. Ironweed Script, with Revisions by William Kennedy, October 25, 1986
21. Ironweed Script, Second Draft, with Editing Marks, October 11, 1986
22. Ironweed Script, Second Draft, with Some Revisions Marked by William Kennedy, October 27, 1986
23. Ironweed Script, Second Draft, Revised, October 27, 1986
24. Ironweed Script, Pages that were Re-done for Third Draft, January 20, 1987
25. Ironweed Script, Extra Copies of Pages Revised, January 21, 1987
26. Ironweed Script, Work Copy, Revisions, January 21, 1987
27. Ironweed Script, Revised, Photocopy, January 21, 1987
28. Ironweed Script, Revisions, Author's Typed Pages, First Draft, and Final Copy of Revisions, March 21, 1987
29. Ironweed Script, Revised Pages, March 2, 1987
30. Ironweed Script, Addition to Danny Scene, March 5, 1987
31. Ironweed Script, "Helen Talking to Herself," March 1987
32. Ironweed Script, Reworking of Scenes 31 through 41B and Scene 59, March 16-17, 1987
Box 2
Folder
1. Script with Original, Edited Pages and Revised Pages, March 17, 1987
2. Script, Bound in Taft Entertainment/Keith Barish Productions, March 17, 1987
3. Ironweed Script, 2 Copies of Paperback Novel used for Script with Author's Markings
4. American Film Article
5. Cast of Characters and Continuity with Editing
6. Casting
7. Climate Information
8. Continuity with Notes by Author and Photocopy of Notes by Meryl Streep
9. Correspondence
10. Epigraph Written at Hector's Request
11. Handwritten Notes by William Kennedy
12. Handwritten Notes by William Kennedy
13. "He's Me Pal" Lyrics
14. Hooverville Extra Lines
15. Ironweed Notes, Location
16. Location Department Notes
17. Locations, Props
18. Location/Stage Breakdown, January 26, 1987
19. Making of Photo Book
20. Miscellaneous
21. Photographs and Memorabilia
22. Publicity
23. Radio News Broadcast on War of the Worlds
24. England/Ireland Reviews, 1988
25. Schedules
26. Song by William Kennedy and Tom Waits, February 14, 1987
27. Trolley Information
28. New York State Writers Institute Events, May 3, 1987
Series 9: Quinn's Book, 1982-1987
Box 1
Folder
1. Theme Defined and First Draft of First Pages, January 8, 1987
2. Statement of Plan, Summary, Prologue (Early)
3. Miscellaneous Early Pages, Book I
4. Original Pages of Quinn’s Book, Began anew, April 7. 1981, October 25, 1982
5. Author’s Original Draft, Chapters I and II, Fall 1983
6. Chapter I
7. Chapter II, Some Editing on Copies
8. Notes and Work on Chapter III, July 27, 1984
9. Refined Copy of First Draft, Chapters I-IV, March 23, 1985
10. Notes and Work on Chapter IV, Finished Draft, March 24, 1985
11. Chapter V, Early Drafts and Notes
12. Chapters I-IV
13. Chapters I-IV, Between May 11, 1985 and November 9, 1986
14. Chapter V
15. Chapter VI, Original Typed Pages by Author, with Editing
16. Chapter VII
17. Chapter VIII with Original Copies and Editing
18. Chapters V-VIII
19. Chapter IX, including Beginning of Book 2
20. Book 2, Chapter I, Original Pages, with Editing
21. Book 2, Chapter II with Original Pages and Editing
22. The Dumb Cake with Original Pages 168-205D
23. At the Races, At the Ball
24. Original Pages 205-221
25. Pages 1-217, with Editing
26. Pages 22-221, November 9, 1986
27. Revised Pages, Pages 224-254, Editing by Author, February 4, 1987
28. Pages 254-262, Author’s Original Work with Editing, February 23, 1987
29. Pages 220-280, March 25, 1987 (?)
30. Author’s Original Editing, Pages 220-270, April 1987
31. Pages 273-282, April 2-3, 1987
32. Reworking of Pages 273-285, April 11, 1987
33. Pages 286-297, Author’s Editing and Original Pages, May 9, 1987
34. Pages 297-311, Author’s Original Work with Editing, May 15, 1987
35. Pages 293-317, May 24, 1987
36. Pages 303-318, Editing and Original Papers, May 27, 1987
37. Pages 317-325, Copy of Author’s Original Copy, June 1, 1987
38. Pages 318-334
39. Pages 330-336, June 8, 1987
40. Pages 336-337, June 10, 1987
41. Pages 221-272, Author’s Editing, June 10, 1987
42. Pages 274-335, Author’s Editing, June 11, 1987
43. Pages 336-344, with Editing, June 12, 1987, 7:00pm
44. Pages 317-323, August 1, 1987
45. Pages 288-291 (?)
Box 2
Folder
1. Master Copy, Lacks Final 2 Chapters, Editing, c. June 10, 1987
2. Master Copy, Lacks Final 2 Chapters, Editing, c. June 10, 1987
3. Unedited Copies, June 10, 1987
4. Unedited Copies, June 10, 1987
5. Book One, Copy of Master Copy, June 10, 1987
6. Book One, Copy of Master Copy, June 10, 1987
7. Copy of Master Copy, June 10, 1987
8. Copy of Master Copy, June 10, 1987
9. Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 1987
10. Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 1987
11. Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 1987
12. Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 1987
13. Master Copy
14. Master Copy
15. Copy of Quinn’s Book, Unedited, July 20, 1987
16. Copy of Quinn’s Book, Unedited, July 20, 1987
17. Copy of Quinn’s Book, pages missing
Box 3
Folder
1. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
2. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
3. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
4. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
5. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
6. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
7. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
8. Unedited Copy of Quinn’s Book, July 20, 1987
9. Copy of Quinn’s Book, with Editing by Author and Gerry Howard, Viking Editor, August 16, 1987
10. Copy of Quinn’s Book, with Editing by Author and Gerry Howard, Viking Editor, August 16, 1987
11. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
12. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
13. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
14. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
15. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
16. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
17. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
18. Final Draft of Quinn’s Book, Unedited Copy, August 26, 1987
Box 4
Folder
1. Dust Jackets
2. Final Copy (?)
3. Foul Matter, Final Draft with Proofreader’s Marks
4. Foul Matter, Final Draft with Proofreader’s Marks
5. Corrected Galley
6. Rough Galleys, November 24, 1987
7. Rough Galley, Copy
Series 11: Very Old Bones, 1988-1992
Box 1
Folder
1. 1988 Draft and Partial Notes
2. Rewrites, Author’s Original
3. Early Draft, with Author’s Editing, January 1989
4. Early Draft, pages 1-64, 1989
5. “New Start, many Notes and Rewrites, June 1989
6. Rewrites, starting September 30, 1989
7. Rewrites, October 1989
8. Copy of Draft, 87 pages, November 3, 1989
9. Draft, pages 1-87, November 10, 1989
10. Rewrites, November 1989
11. Rewrites, December 1989-April 1990
12. Rewrites, Spring 1990
13. Draft, Edited by Author, July 13, 1990
14. Draft, Book II, Chapters 2, 3, 4, Rewrites and Notes, June-September 1990
15. Draft, Books I and II, September 26, 1990
16. Draft, Book I and II, with Rewrites, September 29, 1990
17. Rewrites, Book I, October 1990
18. Rewrites, Book III and Notes, October 1990
19. Rewrites, Book I, Book II, Chapter 2, Notes, November 1990
20. Draft of Books I, II, III, to Chapter 3, December 19, 1990
21. Draft, pages 1-186, unedited, pages 142-150 missing, December 19-24, 1990
22. Rewrites, Book III and Notes, December 1990
Box 2
Folder
1. Rewrites, January 1991
2. Rewrites, February 1991
3. Rewrites, March 1991
4. Draft, Books I-IV, March 27, 1991
5. Second Draft, Books I-IV, no editing, March 27-April 30, 1991
6. Draft, Books I-IV, with editing, March 27-April 30, 1991
7. Rewrites, April-May 1991
8. Rewrites, June 1991
9. Rewrites, July 1-21, 1991
10. Rewrites, July 1-21, 1991
11. Rewrites, July 22-25, 1991
12. Rewrites, July 22-25, 1991
13. Draft, pages 1-174, July 29, 1991
14. Draft, pages 175-305, July 29, 1991
15. Draft, Books I-IV, unedited, pages 1-174, July 29, 1991
16. Draft, Books I-IV, unedited, pages 175-305, July 29, 1991
17. Draft, pages 1-174, July 29, 1991
Box 3
Folder
1. Draft, pages 175-305, July 29, 1991
2. Rewrites, Book V, Notes, and Book I, Chapter 4, August 1991
3. Rewrite, Book IV, Chapter 4, August-September, 1991
4. Rewrites, Book V, September 1991
5. Rewrites, Book V, September 1991
6. Rewrites, Book I, September 29-30, 1991
7. “Penultimate” Draft, c. October 12, 1991
8. “Penultimate” Draft, c. October 12, 1991
9. Photocopy of “Penultimate” Draft, pages 1-247
10. Second to Last Draft, pages 1-160, September 27, 1991
11. Second to last Draft, pages 161-361, September 27, 1991
12. Photocopy of “Penultimate Draft”, pages 1-160, September 27, 1991
13. Photocopy of “Penultimate Draft”, pages 161-361, September 27, 1991
14. Rewrites, October 1991
15. Final Draft, Sent to Viking, with Editing, pages 2-216, October 2, 1991
16. Final Draft, Sent to Viking, with Editing, pages 217-363, October 2, 1991
17. Final Draft, Al Silverman’s Copy with Notes, pages 1-178, October 9, 1991
18. Final Draft, Al Silverman’s Copy with Notes, pages 179-361, October 9, 1991
Box 4
Folder
1. Rewrites, November 1991
2. Draft, pages 248-363
3. Miscellaneous Pages, December 1991
4. Copy of Very Old Bones, edited, pages 1-189
5. Copy of Very Old Bones, edited, pages 190-363
6. Photocopy of edited Very Old Bones, pages 1-190, c. November 4, 1991
Box 5
Folder
1. Photocopy of edited Very Old Bones, pages 190-363, c. November 4, 1991
2. Author’s Set of Galleys
3. Author’s Set of Galleys
Box 6
Folder
1. Master Galley with Author’s Corrections
2. Correspondence and Business Matters, Viking
3. Associated Press, April 26, 1992
4. Atlanta Journal, May 8, 1992
5. Boston Globe, April 26, 1992
6. Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 26, 1992
7. Criticisms from the Readers
8. Sunday Daily News, April 19, 1992
9. Dallas Morning News, April 5, 1992
10. Detroit Free Press, April 20, 1992
11. Esquire Excerpts
12. Fan Mail
13. GQ, May 1992
14. Hartford Courant, May 17, 1992
15. Kansas City Star, May 3, 1992
16. Los Angeles Daily News
17. Miami Herald, April 26, 1992
18. Milwaukee Journal, March 29, 1992
19. NY Times, April 23, 1992
20. Playboy Magazine Excerpt
21. Publication Parties
22. Publicity
23. Reviews, England/Ireland
24. Reviews, Miscellaneous
25. St. Louis Dispatch, May 3, 1992
26. San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 1992
27. Sunday Schenectady Gazette, April 26, 1992
28. The Seattle Times and Post Intelligence, May 15, 1992
29. Sun-Sentinel, May 10, 1992
30. Time, April 27, 1992
31. Sunday Times Union, March 29, 1992
32. Sunday Times Union, April 19, 1992
33. USA Today, May 13, 1992
34. Vogue, May 1992
35. The Washington Times, May 26, 1992 (?)
Series 14: The Flaming Corsage, 1994-1996
Box 1
Folder
1. Chapter 1, July 23, 1993-March 1, 1994
2. Chapter 1, July 23, 1993-March 1, 1994
3. Chapter 2, November 22, 1993-March 14, 1994
4. Chapter 2, November 22, 1993-March 14, 1994
5. First Draft, November 23, 1993-March 14, 1994
6. First Draft, November 23, 1993-March 14, 1994
7. Draft and Rewrites, May-June 1994
8. Draft and Rewrites, May-June 1994
9. Rewrites, July-September 23, 1994
10. Rewrites, July-September 23, 1994
11. New Draft, September 24-December 7, 1994
12. New Draft, September 24-December 7, 1994
13. Draft, December 27, 1994-February 25, 1995
14. Draft, March 5-April 24, 1995
15. Draft, March 5-April 24, 1995
16. “Barge Rewrite”, April 25-May5, 1995
17. Draft, Uncorrected Photocopy, May 5, 1995
Box 2
Folder
1. Draft, 220 pages, May 5, 1995
2. Draft, Unedited Copy, May 5, 1995
3. Draft, 221 pages, May 8, 1995
4. Draft and Miscellaneous Reviews, May 5-June 17, 1995
5. Draft and Miscellaneous Reviews, May 5-June 17, 1995
6. “Kat’s Death”, Rewrites and Corrections, June 28-August 25, 1995
7. “Kat’s Death”, Rewrites and Corrections, June 28-August 25, 1995
8. First Complete Draft, August 16, 1995
9. Final Draft
10. Copy of The Flaming Corsage, pages 1-183
11. Copy of The Flaming Corsage, pages 184-293
12. Final Draft, Viking Copy, pages 1-141
13. Final Draft, Viking Copy, pages 142-293
14. Proofs
15. Unedited Photocopies of Final Draft, pages 93-293
Box 3
Folder
1. McElroy Draft
2. Cuts Rejected by Kennedy
3. “Selected Passages…read by Author”
4. Book Tour
5. Book Tour
6. Covers and Artwork
7. Franklin Library Edition of The Flaming Corsage
8. Galleys and Proofs
9. Miscellaneous
10. Publicity
11. Reactions, Critical
12. Reactions, Fan Mail
13. Reviews, Kirkus, February 1, 1996
14. Reviews, Local Papers, 1996
15. Miscellaneous Reviews, 1996
16. Miscellaneous Reviews, 1996
17. Reviews, Negative, May-June 1996
18. Reviews, NY Times, May 1996
19. Reviews, NY Times Book Review, 1996
20. Reviews, Copies of Positive Reviews, 1996
21. Reviews, Time Magazine, May 1996
22. Reviews, Washington Post, including Syndicated Papers, April 26, 1996
23. Paper to Viking/Penguin
Series 16: Research, 1963-1980s
Subseries 1: Civil Rights, 1963, 1965-1966
Box 1
Folder
1. American Traveler’s Guide to Negro History
2. “Bombing in Birmingham,” Newsweek, September 30, 1963
3. Civil Rights, Education
4. Civil Rights, Legislation, Proposed
5. Civil Rights, Special Report, Button-Kennedy, Memos, 1965
6. Civil Rights Movement
7. Fair Housing, Notes and Literature
8. Fair Housing, Notes and Literature
9. Miscellaneous Government Brochures
10. Housing and Slums, 1965-1966
11. Martin Luther King, Time Magazine, March 19, 1965
12. Negro
13. “The Negro in America,” Newsweek, July 29, 1963
14. The Negro in American History, a Curriculum Resource Bulletin for Secondary Schools
15. Negro Interview, circa 1966
16. The Negro and Puerto Rican in American History
17. Miscellaneous Articles
18. Miscellaneous Articles
19. The Negro Revolution to Date, Roy Wilkens of the NAACP, Time Magazine, August 30, 1963
20. “The Road from Selma,” Newsweek, April 5, 1965
21. “The South vs. the Supreme Court,” Look, April 3, 1956
22. State Commissions Brochures
23. State of New York Temporary Commission on Revision of the Penal Law and Criminal Code, Special Report on Capital Punishment, 1965
24. War on Poverty
25. War on Poverty, Capital District
26. White House Conference, “To Fulfill These Rights,” 1966
27. War on Poverty, 1965
Series 16: Research, 1963-1980s
Subseries 2: Slum Book, 1965-circa 1980s
Box 1
Folder
1. Clergy Catholic Slum Tour
2. Fires
3. Housing, 1980s
4. Housing Data
5. Housing, Rehabilitation
6. Housing in the City of Albany, 1977
7. Miscellaneous South End Notes
8. News Clippings, August 1-12, 1965
9. News Clippings, August 1965
10. News Clippings, 1966
11. “No Down Payment,” Documents, Leases
12. Rent Control, Housing Code, Notes, News Clippings, Correspondence
13. Slums
Box 2
Folder
1. Task Force/Trinity, Nardolillo
2. Urban Renewal
Series 17: Essays, 1978-2002
Box
Folder
1. Albany: The Lively, Improbable Mosaic Europe Created, Correspondence, 1989-1990
2. Albany: The Lively, Improbable Mosaic Europe Created, Drafts, July 1990
3. Albany: The Lively, Improbable Mosaic Europe Created, Drafts with Notes by
S. Dumbleton and Joe [Gagen], August 1990
4. Albany: The Lively, Improbable Mosaic Europe Created, Drafts with Author's
Editing, 1990
5. Albany: The Lively, Improbable Mosaic Europe Created, Drafts, Late, 1990
6. Albany: The Lively, Improbable Mosaic Europe Created, Final Draft, 1990
7. The Capital Albany, Introduction, Drafts and Final, 1984
8. Edward Hopper and the American Imagination, 1994-1995
9. Getting it All, Saving it All, Correspondence, 1978
10. Getting it All, Saving it All, Edited, 1978
11. Letter to the Reader, in Zoetrope, 1999
12. Masters of Deception, Correspondence, 1997, undated
13. Masters of Deception, Draft, 1997
14. Masters of Deception, Drafted Notes, 1997
15. Masters of Deception, Notes, 1997
16. Masters of Deception, Research,
17. Masters of Deception, Research,
18. Masters of Deception, Research, 1983-1984
19. Masters of Deception, Research 1985-1997
20. Masters of Deception, Transcribed Notes of Interviews, 1997
21. Masters of Deception, Wag the Dog News Clippings, 1997-1998
22. Mr. Lonely Hearts, Edward Hopper, 1995
23. Negative Cooking, Negative Eating, from The Great American Writers Cookbook,
1996-1997
24. One Day in Albany, Correspondence, 1994
25. One Day in Albany, Drafts, 1994
26. One Day in Albany, Notes 1994
27. One Day in Albany, Research, 1994
28. One Day in Albany, Times Union Reprint, 1995
29. The Peopling of America, Research Notes, 1980
30. The Peopling of America, Research Notes, 1980
31. Remedios the Beauty is Alive and Well, in Newsweek, Drafts and Final, 2002
32. A Sense of Community, Correspondence and Reports, 1980-1981
33. A Sense of Community, Essay and Scripts, 1980
34. A Sense of Community, Grant Proposal, 1979
35. A Sense of Community, Project Updates, 1981-1982
36. They Who Became We, Drafts, 1980
37. They Who Became We, Final, 1980
38. Two Civilized Buildings, Drafts and Notes, 1987
Series 18: Correspondence, 1950-2003
Box 1
Folder
1. Babenco, Hector, 1986-2003
2. Banks, Russell, 1988-2002
3. Bellow, Saul, 1964-2002
4. Callaghan, Barry, 1988-1993, undated
5. Cheever, John, 1968-1982
6. Cuomo, Mario, 1983-2002
7. Doctorow, E.L, 1974-1993
8. Foote, Shelby, 1997
9. Gaddis, William, 1990
10. Garcia, Marquez, Gabriel, 1992
11. Ginsberg, Allen, 1969-
12. Grumbach, Doris, 1974-2002
13. Heaney, Seamus, 1987
14. Heller, Joseph, 1994
15. Kosinski, Jerzy, 1971-1975
16. Mailer, Norman, 1986-1994
17. Malmud, Bernard, 1966-1982
18. McCourt, Frank, 1996-2002
19. Merkin, Richard, 1984-1985
20. Miscellaneous, 1964-2001
21. Montague, John, 1988-1998
22. Moynihan, Daniel P., 1983-1998
23. Nicholson, Jack, 1988
24. Oates, Joyce Carol, 1989-1999
25. Percy, Walker, 1971
26. Pinon, Nelida, 1988-1990
27. Pinsky, Robert, 1995-2001
28. Proulx, Annie, 1994-2000
29. Puzo, Mario, 1980
30. Quinn, Peter, 1984-2002
31. Rabassa, Gregory, 1987-
32. Rooney, Andy, 1983-1999
33. Roth, Phillip,1987-1992
34. Rushdie, Salman, 1991
35. Selby, Huber, Jr. , 1984-1988
36. Selzer, Dick, 1990-1995
37. Sillitoe, Alan, 1985-2002
38. Smith, Red, 1950
39. Stone, Robert, 1990-1991
40. Styron, William, 1973-1993, 6 letters
41. Talese, Gay, 1986-1996
42. Terkel, Studs, 1993-1999
43. Thompson, Hunter S., 1959-1961
44. Thompson, Hunter S., 1962-1963
45. Thompson, Hunter S., 1964-1965
46. Thompson, Hunter S., 1966-1974
Box 2
Folder
1. Thompson, Hunter S., 1983-2001
2. Updike, John, 1984-1985
3. Vonnegut, Kurt, 1970-2000
4. Warren, Robert Penn, 1973-1974
Series 19: Interviews, 1973-2003
Box 1
Folder
1. Empire State College Courses, 1973
2. “An Interview with William Kennedy,” Fictional International,
1984
3. “William Kennedy: An Interview,” The Recorder, 1985
4. “An Interview with William Kennedy,” The Missouri Review, 1985
5. Journalism Review, 1985
6. “The Man Has Legs,” Film Comment, 1985
7. “William Kennedy: An Albany Aficionado,” Meetings and Conventions,
1985
8. “ My High School English Teacher,” Teachers and Writers, 1986
9. “An Interview with William Kennedy,” University at Albany, Publications,
circa 1986-1987
10. News Clippings, 1988
11. “Public Radio Series: New Year, New Voices in American Literature,”
A Moveable Feast, 1988
12. “The Art of Fiction: William Kennedy,” The Paris Review, 1989
13. “The Art of Fiction: William Kennedy,” The Paris Review, 1989
14. The Poetry Center, 1989
15. “Contemporary Writers on Cassette,” New Letters on the Air,
1989
16. “William Kennedy: The Singularity of Fiction,” The Yale Vernacular,
1989
17. Writing, 1991
18. Interview of Robert Penn Warren, 1991
19. “William Kennedy Interviewed by Tom Smith,” The Book Show, 1992
20. “William Kennedy, Scruffy Soul and All,” Poets and Writers,
1992-1993
21. News Clippings, 1992-1993
22. Interview with William Kennedy, 1993
23. “A Conversation with William Kennedy,” Image, 1994
24. News Clippings, 1995-1996
25. “William Kennedy: Past, Passing and to Come,” Boston Book Review,
1996
26. Conversations with William Kennedy, 1996-1997
27. Conversations with William Kennedy, 1996-1997
28. Conversations with William Kennedy, 1996-1997
29. Conversations with William Kennedy, 1996-1997
30. Interviews for Conversations with William Kennedy, 1969-1997
31. Conversations with William Kennedy, Manuscript, 1997
32. Conversations with William Kennedy, Manuscript, 1997
33. Lennon Documentary Group, 1997
34. “Beyond Realism: William Kennedy on the Surreal and the Unconscious,
the Religious, the Sublime and the Gonzo,” New England Review, 1997
35. “William Kennedy: A Reporter in an Imaginary World,” Fiction
Writer, 1998
36. Interview with Colonie High School Student, 1998
37. “William Kennedy,” Conversations with American Authors, 1998
38. “Reading Matters,” APME News, 1999
39. “Ernest Hemingway,” A&E Biography, 1999
40. “Albany is My Kind of Town,” Rough Draft, 1999
41. “William Kennedy,” Winner’s Choice.net, 2000
42. “A Fertile Plain for a Writer,” Hudson Valley Magazine, 2000
43. “Reverence for History: A Conversation with William Kennedy,”
New York State Archives, 2001
44. “It’s Fiction, not Laurels, that Counts for Kennedy,”
Times Union, 2001
45. “Prohibition in Upstate New York: Reaction and Reform,” Averill
Park High School History Club, 2002
46. “William Kennedy Discusses his Characters, his Influences, and his
Albany,” The Buffalo News, 2003
47. Celebration of the Acquisition of the Kennedy Papers, 2003
Series 20: Trip to Ireland with President Clinton, 1990-1996
Box 1
Folder
1. An Irish Empire; The Time is Right, 1990
2. News Clippings, 1993-1995
3. Conference on Northern Ireland: The Cease-Fire, 1994
4. Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein, 1994-1995
5. Arrangements for Trip, 1995
6. Brochures, 1995
7. Fact Sheets on Ireland, 1995
8. Information Brief on the Shannon Region of Ireland, 1995
9. Invitations and Credentials, 1995
10. Map of Belfast, Ireland, 1995
11. News Clippings, 1995
12. President Clinton’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland,
Speeches, 1995
13. Press Releases, Embassy of Ireland, 1995
14. Springvale Training Facility, 1995
15. The Trip of President Clinton to Northern Ireland and Ireland, 1995
16. The Trip of President Clinton to Northern Ireland and Ireland, 1995
17. Briefings on Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1994-1996
18. Correspondence, 1996
19. Irish State Dinner, White House Invitations, 1996
Oversized Folders
1. Argyle Business Center, 1995
Shankill People, February 1995
Shankill People, November 1995
Irish Voice, November 22, 1995
Irish Voice, November 29, 1995
2. Belfast Telegraph, December 1, 1995
The Irish Times, December 1, 1995
Irish Independent, December 2, 1995
3. The Irish Times, December 2, 1995
The Times, December 2, 1995
The Irish Times, December 4, 1995
The Irish Times, December 5, 1995
Series 21: The Albany Cycle, circa 1976, 2001-2002
Box 1
Folder
1. The Albany Cycle, Part I
2. The Albany Cycle, Part I
3. The Albany Cycle, Part II
4. The Albany Cycle, Part II
5. Legs, Billy, Quinn, Covers and Copy, 2002
6. Preface to Books I and II, 2002
7. Statement of Plans, circa 1976
8. Very Old Bones, O Albany!, and Ironweed, 2001
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