{"value"=>"<p>Series II dates from 1927 to 1995, and holds Campbell's original writings, comprising a mixture of manuscripts, drafts, materials intended for publication, and unpublished items. This includes pieces Campbell edited or produced in collaboration with other scholars; typed manuscripts; proposals for writing projects; published articles; and materials related to Campbell's published books.</p> <p>Editing and Collaborations comprises writings in which Campbell served as an editor, as well as pieces he authored with other writers. In the 1930s and 1940s, Campbell edited lectures from the Eranos conferences in Ascona, Switzerland, and prepared them for publication as<span class=\"title\"> Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks</span> for Bollingen press. Campbell's notes and reports for this project are compiled in the Eranos Papers files. Also included are Campbell's notes and annotations on the papers of Heinrich Zimmer that he edited for publication. Of special interest is a handwritten draft script and notes from an opera collaboration with John Cage that was never produced, and a folder of Maya Deren's writings that Campbell edited.</p> <p>Among Campbell's writings is also a selection of manuscripts, most notably his 1927 Master's thesis, \"A Study of Dolorous Stroke.\" There is also an assortment of partial drafts which were posthumously separated, arranged by topic, and labeled as \"outtakes.\" These materials comprise handwritten drafts, typed excerpts, manuscript fragments, outlines, and notes. Many of these items also contain handwritten page numbers, but it is not evident where the writings originated, or with which work they are associated. Also included in the manuscript files are Campbell's fiction and short stories and a number of unpublished works.</p> <p>The Series also holds a small selection of proposals, most of which are from the 1950s. These proposals are for various writing and research projects, as well as Campbell's 1953 study trip to India.</p> <p>The Published Articles contain an assortment of Campbell's early pieces, reviews, and chronologically arranged published works in their final form.</p> <p>The Published Books files comprise notes, images, and manuscripts from Campbell's books. Included are materials from <span class=\"title\">A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Hero with a Thousand Faces</span>, <span class=\"title\">Masks of God</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Mythic Image</span>, <span class=\"title\">Inner Reaches of Outer Space</span>, <span class=\"title\">Flight of the Wild Gander</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Historical Atlas of World Mythology</span>. The most comprehensive materials are from the <span class=\"title\">Historical Atlas of World Mythology</span> files, some of which were compiled after Campbell's death. There are handwritten and typed manuscripts, notes, research files, proofs, and many files of images intended for inclusion in the final text. The research materials are arranged alphabetically by topic, and also include some posthumously bound research notes.</p>"}