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W. M. Spackman Novels

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Spackman

A Princeton graduate (Class of 1927) and a Rhodes Scholar, W. M. Spackman was also a classicist, educator, and author.

The collection consists of various typescript drafts, revisions, and galley proofs for three published novels by Spackman (Class of 1927): Heyday (1953), An Armful of Warm Girl (1977), and A Presence with Secrets (1980). A small amount of correspondence with agents and publishers concerning these works is also present. Spackman's novel Heyday, as he admitted in the Princeton Alumni Weekly (Nov. 21, 1952), concerns ". . . what happened to the Class of 1927, in the persons of half a dozen imaginary but typical Princetonians."

Published under same titles (New York, N.Y.: Knopf)

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Folder inventory added by Kelly Rafey 2016 in 2013.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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This collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Armful, 1959-1977. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nicholas, 1st Draft, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, Draft, 1956-1960. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, Reworking, 1961. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, Typing Draft, 1962 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, Reworking Draft, 1963 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, Revision, 1966 Revision. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, 1966 October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nicholas, Revision, 1967. 1 folder.
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1 folder

An Armful of Warm Girl, Galley, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence With Secrets, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pays de Connaissance, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, 1980. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, Hugh, 1979 Summer. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, Hugh, 1976-1977. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, Hugh, 1977 August-1978 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, Memoir, 1972 Summer. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

A Presence with Secrets, Hugh and Later Revisions, 1975 Summer. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

A Presence with Secrets: Spack's Galleys, 1980. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Heyday, Correspondence, 1950-1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, Setting Copy, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, Draft Version, 1952 July-August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, Earlier Draft, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, First Drafts, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, Early State, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, Draft as First Sent to Brown and Chochor, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Heyday, Second Carbon of July 1950 Revision, 1951 February. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

With major notes for revision.

Physical Description

1 folder

Heyday, Uncorrected Galley Proofs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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