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W. M. Spackman 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:
C0667
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
5 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); W. M. Spackman Novels, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1950-1980 (inclusive)
Creator:
Spackman, W. M. (William Mode), 1905-1990
Form:
Fiction -- 20th century., Galley Proofs (Printing) -- 20th century., and Manuscripts (for publication) -- 20th century.
Abstract:
Consists of various typescript drafts, revisions, and galley proofs for three published novels by American novelist W. M. Spackman.

Spackman, W. M. (William Mode), 1905-1990

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)

Folder inventory added by Kelly Rafey 2016 in 2013.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

This 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

Armful, 1959-1977. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

Nicholas, Reworking, 1961. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

Nicholas, Revision, 1966 Revision. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nicholas, 1966 October. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nicholas, Revision, 1967. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

Pays de Connaissance, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

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.
Physical Description

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

Heyday, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

1 folder

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

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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