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Frank Norris Novels

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0221
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 2 boxes
  • 0.8 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank Norris Novels, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1948-1956 (inclusive)
Creator:
Norris, Frank, 1907-1967
Form:
Drafts (preliminary versions), Fiction., and Galley Proofs (Printing) -- 20th century.
Abstract:
Consists of manuscripts for two works of fiction by American novelist Frank Norris (Princeton Class of 1929).

Norris, Frank, 1907-1967

Frank Norris was an American novelist active during the Progressive Era and writing predominantly in the naturalist genre.

The collection consists of two works of fiction by Norris (Princeton Class of 1929), including a typescript with holograph corrections and two sets of galley proofs for Nutro 29 (1950), and a typescript with holograph corrections and a bound proof copy for Tower in the West (1957).

Publications by Norris: Nutro 29 (NY: Rinehart, 1950), Tower in the West (NY: Harper, 1957).

Gift of author.

Folder inventory prepared by Gregory Kohles '2013 in 2011.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication 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 RBSC 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

Nutro 29, Typescript, 1949. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Nutro 29, Galley Proofs, 1950. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Tower In The West, Bound Proof, 1957. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tower In The West, Typescript With Holographic Corrections, 1957. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Tower In The West, Autograph Manuscript of Last Chapter, 1957. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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