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Zelda Fitzgerald Papers

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Fitzgerald

Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) was an American socialite, novelist, painter, and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, miscellaneous notes and related material, documents, pictures, clippings, and photographs of Zelda Fitzgerald. Included are the typescript, set for printer, of Save Me the Waltz (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932), manuscripts (mostly typescripts) of short stories, articles, and her play Scandalabra , and tear sheets of some of her published articles and stories: "Big Top," "Caesar's Things," "Choreography of an Idea," "Janno and Jacob," "Other Names for Roses," "Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to Number...," and "Unembellished." Also present is a portrait drawing by Zelda of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and several other drawings. There are letters to her daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald (married name, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith), correspondence with other people, such as Ludlow Fowler, Charles Kalman, Margaret Turnbull, George Nathan, and others, and correspondence between various family members. Correspondence between Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald is gathered in his Papers (C0187).

Additions to her papers consist of a family scrapbook of photographs, clippings and memorabilia, dating from Zelda's childhood to 1927, and an album, compiled by Eleanor Lanahan in 1997, entitled Zelda by Herself, The Art of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald , which contains a 45-page catalog and 235 color slides of all of the known art works of Zelda Fitzgerald and their various locations. A later addition includes a jacket worn by Zelda, a photograph of Zelda, Lane Montgomery's notes about Zelda from her writings, and her correspondence with Scottie Fitzgerald Smith (daughter of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald) and others about Zelda and William Luce's play Zelda (1984) in which Ms. Montgomery collaborated and performed.

Gift of Lane Montgomery, Henry Dan Piper, John Evans, Eleanor Lanahan, James R. Duke. Scrapbook of Zelda Fitzgerald purchased on December 17 1982. Easter card purchased on October 31 1978.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
1998
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single copies may be made for research purposes. No further duplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Special Collections Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of the writings of Zelda Fitzgerald, including manuscripts for novels, plays, and short stories.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into four subseries: Novels, Play, Short Stories, Articles and Miscellaneous Writings, and Tearsheets.

Physical Description

4 boxes

Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscripts for the novels Save Me the Waltz and Caesar's Things.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

4 boxes

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2 boxes

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1 box

typescript, "setting" copy for printer pp. 1-50, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

typescript, "setting" copy for printer pp. 51-10, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

typescript, "setting" copy for printer pp. 101-150, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

typescript, "setting" copy for printer pp. 151-199, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

typescript, "setting" copy for printer pp. 200-250, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

typescript, "setting" copy for printer pp. 251-308, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

typescript, "setting" copy for printer, additional pages, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Galley proof with author's corrections, undated. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Revised galleys with the author's corrections, undated. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Scrapbook of reviews, 1925-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Scrapbook of reviews - preservation photocopies], 1925-1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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2 boxes

Preceding page, TMs 1 p., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter I, AMsS, pp. 1-5; TMs, pp. 5[a]-24, circa 1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter II, AMs, title page; pp. 1-17, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter III, TMs, title page; pp. 1-17, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter IV, AMs, title page; TMs pp. 18-33, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter V, AMs, title page + p. [28]; TMs, pp. [29]-45, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter VI, AMs, title page + 1 p.; TMs pp. 46-58, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chapter VII, TMs pp. 1-10, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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2 boxes

TMs, pp. [1]-19, "adultery...Mr. and Mrs Warren...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Adultery: the suspected wife condemned of evil...," AMs, undated. 1 folder.
Existence and Location of Copies

Also available on microfilm.

Physical Description

1 folder

TMs, pp. 10-16, "The Big Top", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

AMs, "I am not going to have it...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

TMs, pp. 1-3; 1-4; 1-5, "She had a right to it...", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of the manuscripts for the play Scandalabra.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Existence and Location of Copies

Also available on microfilm.

Physical Description

1 box

Scandalabra , TMs with program, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

(performed in Baltimore, 1933)

Physical Description

1 folder

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Scandalabra , TMs (photocopy), undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscripts for short stories and articles such as "Choreography of an Idea," "Here's the True Story," and "The world angered God...," as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Existence and Location of Copies

Also available on microfilm.

Physical Description

1 box

"Act I, the Garden of Eden...," AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Auction--Model 1934" TMs, with author's corrections, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Choreography ofe an Idea," TMs, with autograph corrections, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Choreography of an Idea, Resumé," AMsS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The generation whose ministration...," TMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Good Idea," AMs (article written at Highlands, ), circa 1937-1938. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Here's the True Story," AMsS, letter in the form of a story to F. Scott Fitzgerald, circa 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Miss Ella," galley proofs with autograph corrections, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Other Names for Roses," TMs, with autograph corrections, circa 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Park Avenue" (by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald), TMsS, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to Number--" (by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald), TMs, with autograph corrections, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Story," AMs (draft), (various paginations), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Tribute to F. Scott Fitzgerald]: "During the last world war...," AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Unembellished," AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The world angered God..." (note on religion), TMsS, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of tearsheets for works such as "A Couple of Nuts," "A Millionaire's Girl," and "Who Can Fall in Love After Thirty?" as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Existence and Location of Copies

Also available on microfilm.

Physical Description

1 box

"Auction--Model 1934" Esquire, 1934 July, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Changing Beauty of Park Avenue," Harper's Bazaar, 1928 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Continental Angle," The New Yorker, 1932 June 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Couple of Nuts," Scribner's Magazine, 1932 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Girl of Today" (fragment), Metropolitan, about ZF & FSF, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Girl the Prince Liked," College Humor, 1930 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Looking Back Eight Years," College Humor, 1928 June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Millionaire's Girl," Saturday Evening Post, 1930 May 17. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"A Millionaire's Girl," telegram, 1930. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Miss Ella," Scribner's Magazine, 1931 December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The Original Follies Girl," College Humor, 1929 July. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Poor Working Girl," College Humor, 1931 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Southern Girl," College Humor, 1929 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Who Can Fall in Love After Thirty?", College Humor, 1928 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with Frances Scott Fitzgerald (daughter) and individuals such as Edmund Wilson and Allen Tate. Also includes correspondence with Princeton University and Bryn Mawr University.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into three subseries: Letters to Frances Scott Fitzgerald (daughter), Letters to various correspondents, and Letters from various correspondents.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with Frances Scott Fitzgerald (daughter).

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

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1 box

"We came down here through the rain...", circa 1926 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"We loved your letter...", circa 1926 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"...brightest and prettiest child...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Dearest Boo and Nanny...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Dearest Darlingest little...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Dearest little Boo-Boo...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Mummy is sitting...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"This is my own Boo-Boo...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"We have not been doing anything...", 1927 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I was so glad to get your impressive...", 1927 January 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"This is Boo-Boo at dancing...", 1927 March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"We have been waiting...", 1927 March 1-10. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"We are leaving here next Sunday...", 1927 March 5. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I know its good...", 1930 June-August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Mummy was so glad...", 1930 November. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Your card came with...", circa 1930 December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I was delighted to receive...", circa winter 1930-1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am so glad to receive...", circa 1931 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Daddy told me you...", circa 1931 March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I was so glad to get your long...", 1931 Spring. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"In ten days you will...", circa 1931 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"We missed you so the last night...", circa 1931 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Deow Trowblow...", circa 1932 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am very distressed to hear...", circa 1932 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am very glad that you...", 1932 February 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The berry blossoms...", 1936 May-June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Thanks for your letter...", 1936 Summer. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Ashville fluffs...", 1936 December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Happy New Year...", 1937 January 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I'm glad that even...", 1937 May-June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I never heard such fabulous...", circa 1937 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Thanks for your telegram...", 1937 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Mamma has arrived...", 1938 May-June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Daddy sends clippings...", circa 1938 June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"My sweater is a soft grey dream...", circa 1939 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am so happy that you...", 1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I hasten to enclose...", 1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"After the Santa Klaus...", 1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"And now its December...", 1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"First: I am sorry...", circa 1941-1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I brown with my...", circa 1941-1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The flowers are...", circa 1941 Summer-1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I don't know anybody...", circa 1943 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The itemized account of life...", circa 1943 Spring. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The skies grumble...", circa 1943-1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"My friend in the WAACS...", circa 1943-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Time passes: the japonica...", circa 1944 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am so glad for the...", circa 1944 November. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am so glad that you...", circa 1945 July 24. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Your cottage sounds like...", 1945 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The picture of Tim...", 1946 Spring. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am so happy...", circa 1946 April 26. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Baby is now 2 days...", 1946 April 28. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Well, the baby is 1 1/2 days old...", 1946 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Is the little brown fuzz...", 1946 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Dearest love...", circa 1946 May 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Ashville en fete...", circa 1946 Summer. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Have been on a...", 1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The last snow of winter...", 1948 March-April. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Time goes on turning...", 1948 March-April. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Miss Muirhead's presence...", 1948 March 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Time goes on and dissolves...", 1948 March 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"This is my official statement...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Will you tell Marguarite...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"My poison ivy performs...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Transcripts of letters to Scottie Fitzgerald, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Edmund Wilson. Also includes correspondence with Princeton University.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Existence and Location of Copies

Also available on microfilm.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

"Scott and I have just got back...", 1925 December 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"For a very young...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"Can't you please explain...", 1930 November. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"There's nothing to say...", 1920 May 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"We've been in Alabama...", 1920 August 16. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Marie returns with tidings...", 1921. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I'm running wild in sackcloth...", 1922 November 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Scottie had a seven-and-a-half pound boy...", 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"Are you really coming east...", 1922 October 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Dearest and most colossal eggs...", 1923 June 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"First I will tell you...", 1922 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"For a while I was consumed...", 1922 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Great Neck has turned so hot...", Summer 1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

" am devoted to my...", 1923 June 5. 1 folder.
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1 folder

" am sending you a large...", 1923 November. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"There are no casualties..." (with a note from F. Scott Fitzgerald), 1922. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kalman, Charles (photostats), 1922-1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"Would you be kind enough...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"Thanks a million times...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Won't you send me a pair...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I can't get a hold of any...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"In times of grief and duress...", 1940 January 15. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"When I was in your hospital...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"You are as sweet...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"The gardenias arrived...", 1937 July. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"A cold and glittering sun...", 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"As soon as I am sent...", 1941 January 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The blazoned skies...", 1941. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I am rejoiced that Eleanor...", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"I hope that 'The Last Tycoon...'", 1941 November 13. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"In these hours of grief...", 1940 December 31. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"It's great that you...", 1934 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"I would have written...", circa 1934-1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"On the impetus of profound...", 1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The poem is relevant...", 1941 December 31. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Scottie's marriage brings so...", 1943 February 14. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Scott would have wanted you...", circa 1941 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"This is a wonderful time of year...", 1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Your letter brings back...", 1941 January 7. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

"Thanks so much for your letter..." (typescript), 1930. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Allen Tate. Also includes correspondence with Bryn Mawr University.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

1933 May 25, 1933 May 25. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1920 December 20, 1920 December 20. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Rue de Vaugirard, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"I rather envied...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"At least I have your address...", 1927 June 28. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"Dear Blonde...", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1920 July 12, 1920 July 12. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1920 July 28, 1920 July 28. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1920 August 16, 1920 August 16. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1920 September 13, 1920 September 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1922 April 21, 1922 April 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1922 May 29, 1922 May 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1922 June 5, 1922 June 5. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1933 August 2, 1933 August 2. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Royalty report, 1933 August 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bill, 1933 April 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1941 February 14, 1941 February 14. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1933 July 31, 1933 July 31. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1933 August 1, 1933 August 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1933 August 1, 1933 August 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Sedowa, Julie, 1929 September 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1942 April 18, 1942 April 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1923 January 11 postcard, 1923 January 11. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1941 January 8, 1941 January 8. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"If it is all the same...", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists primarily of an address book and notebooks with sketches, religious and philosophical reflections.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical Description

1 box

Address book, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Bouillabaisse," a recipe, TMs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Graphological reading, TMs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook with sketches, religious and philosophical reflections, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Original leaves housed in mylar

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook with sketches, religious and philosophical reflections, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Empty notebook

Physical Description

1 folder

Notes: Miscellaneous, AMs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Paintings, drawings, and exhibitions, lists of, 1933-1935. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of miscellaneous bills and bills from Highland Hospital as well as a contract with Scribner's for Save Me the Waltz.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical Description

1 box

Bills, 1927-1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Highland Hospital - commitment and bills relating to, 1936-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Save Me the Waltz , Scribner's Contract, 1932 June 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of printed matter (primarily composed of reviews of Zelda's works) and photographs and drawings, primarily of Zelda, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and their daughter.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of material.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

Reviews of Zelda by Nancy Milford, 1970. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Printed Matter: Misc. - Camp Ken-Jocketee, South Strafford, Vermont, The Society of Baltimore Independent Artists, Exhibition, 1933 October with clipping (photo of ZF) 1933, 1933 October. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Clippings, reviews & misc. [with preservation photocopies], 1933-1948. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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1 box

Fitzgerald, F. Scott - photographs & pencil portrait, with note, by Zelda, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 photographs

Physical Description

1 folder

Fitzgerald, Frances Scott, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 photographs

Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs and Sketch, 1919-1920. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

8 photographs, 1 drawing. Zelda at tennis ("A Lesson," Westport, CT., 1920); Zelda playing tennis (in Scott's writing, "Our Tennis Court," Westport, 1920); Zelda doing a back arch; Selda among flowers (Montgomery, 1919); Selda in car (Westport, 1920); Mollie Fitzgerald (Scott's mother); Zelda in basket of a crane (1940s?); sketch with the caption, "Here's me...in my last costume" .

Physical Description

1 folder

Sayre, Minnie Machen, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

3 photographs

Physical Description

1 folder

Pictures: Miscellaneous, circa 1920. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

15 photographs

Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of family correspondence with individuals such as Minnie Machen Sayre, Frances Scott Fitzgerald (Lanahan), and Gertrude Stein, as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Carroll, Robert S., Dr., 1939 October 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TLsS (copies) to Mrs. Minnie Sayre

Physical Description

1 folder

Lanahan, Frances Scott (Fitzgerald), 1948 March 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Mrs. A. D. Sayre

Physical Description

1 folder

Lanahan, Frances Scott (Fitzgerald), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten papers

Physical Description

1 folder

Sayre, Minnie Machen, 1924 July 29-1927 December 25. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 ALsS to "Scottie" (April 7 and Christmas Day, 1927; 1 AL (fragment) to Zelda (July 29, 1924), on back is Scott's handwritten list of French kings

Physical Description

1 folder

Sayre, Minnie Machen, 1948 July 24-1952 October 29. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Mrs. Rainey (7/24/1948); TLS by T. Soltan Stanley to Princeton (10/29/1952); "To Zelda," AMs, 1 p., by Mrs. Rainey; "Free Verse," AMs, 3 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

Mencken, Henry Louis, 1948 March 13. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Mrs. Sayre on Zelda's death

Physical Description

1 folder

Mizener, Arthur, 1950 August 1. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TLS to "Scottie"

Physical Description

1 folder

Stein, Gertrude, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

AlS to "Scottie"

Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified correspondence, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists largely of a scrapbook and album, as well as some correspondence between Zelda Fitzgerald and "Dick" (Robert Knight).

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of material.

Physical Description

5 boxes

Scrapbook, circa 1905-1926. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings, announcements, photographs, occasional letters, and memorabilia of Zelda Fitzgerald, relating to her family and childhood in Montgomery, Alabama; though the bulk concerns her life with F. Scott Fitzgerald (1918-1926).

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

"The Art of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald" - 233 color slides and a 44 page catalog of all the known artworks of Zelda Fitzgerald, compiled by Eleanor Lanahan, 1997. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

"A Portfolio of Paintings by Zelda Fitzgerald", 1974. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

proof sheets from The Romantic Egoists (1974)

Physical Description

1 box

Physical Description

1 box

Easter card - watercolour of flowers and fruit presumably painted by Zelda, with inscription "Easter Greetings, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald," undated (card found in F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, Taps at Reveille , Ex3740.8.386), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photograph - group photograph 1930s of the volleyball team at Highland Hospital, Zelda is in the front row, holding the ball, 1930s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter - autograph letter by Minnie Machen Sayre [Zelda's mother], at Montgomery Alabama, to Mrs. Isabel W. Owens [FSF's secretary], 1935 December 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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2 boxes

Photograph (with negative) of Zelda Fitzgerald in ballet clothes, sitting on trunks, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Xerox copy of the third draft (TMs, 1979) of William Luce's play Zelda , with pages from earlier drafts, 1979. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Xerox copy of Lane Montgomery's "Zelda Fitzgerald: Sketches of a Life - Round Trip", 1992 October 4. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lane Montgomery's source material: Xeroxes and typescripts of her copies of and quotes from Zelda Fitzgerald's writings, 1920-1940s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lane Montgomery's correspondence about William Luce's Zelda , including a 1984 TLS by Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, daughter of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, 1979-1985. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Printed Material: Paris Review 1983 Fall containing Lane Montgomery's "Zelda: A Worksheet"; Zelda , a play by William Luce; Gerald Murphy art exhibition catalogue, 1983 Fall. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters by Zelda to "Dick" (Robert Knight) and Religious Musings, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 ALsS (undated) by Zelda Fitzgerald to "Dick" (Robert Knight): 1 (4 pp.) from Montgomery (AL), 1 (2 pp.) from Asheville (NC) 2 holograph pages (undated) of religious musings by Zelda; copy of an additional letter by Zelda to "Dick"; photocopies of envelopes (1943) used to transmit the above ítems by Dick Knight to Mrs. Charles W. Flynn (his sister and the donor's grandmother)

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1 folder

Austrian jacket ("Herm Weghofer jun." in Bad Ausee, Austria) owned and worn by Zelda, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

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