{"value"=>"<p>This series contains published and unpublished writings of S. N. Behrman from all phases of his long and varied career. The material is arranged alphabetically by the title of the work, when known. Included are holograph manuscripts and typescripts of plays; holograph manuscripts, edited typescripts, galley proofs and tearsheets of essays and short stories; notebooks; and several folders of unidentified manuscripts and fragments. The wide range of materials available for certain of Behrman's works enables the reader to track their development from their initial conception to their final publication or production. A few folders contain correspondence, news clippings and printed material gathered by Behrman in the course of his research for the project concerned. Behrman's early years are especially well-documented by manuscripts included in this series. Several \"College essays\" folders (Boxes 61, 62) contain dozens of short pieces written during 1912-1916 while Behrman was a student at Clark College and at Harvard. Most of these items are annotated and graded by his instructors. Also included are publication tearsheets of many of Behrman's earliest short stories from the late-1910s and 1920s, filed by title and identifiable in the Container List by date. Many of these pieces were written in collaboration with Kenyon Nicholson, and several are ascribed to the pseudonymous Paul Halvy. Readers particularly interested in Behrman's formative years should also consult two scrapbooks (Boxes 41, 42) included in Series V which contain clippings of book reviews written by Behrman for <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> and other periodicals from 1917-1919. The Writings series also includes a strong representation of works from Behrman's mature period, including: holograph manuscripts of such major plays as <span class=\"title\">Serena Blandish</span>, <span class=\"title\">No Time for Comedy</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Talley Method</span>; research notes, drafts, galley proofs and tearsheets of several autobiographical essays first published in <span class=\"title\">The New Yorker</span> and later compiled to form <span class=\"title\">The Worcester Account</span>; notebooks and edited typescripts of Behrman's late prose works <span class=\"title\">The Burning Glass</span> and <span class=\"title\">People In A Diary</span>. Unfortunately, there is no manuscript of his first successful play, <span class=\"title\">The Second Man</span>. There is, however, a typescript and publication tearsheet of the 1919 short story, \"That Second Man,\" (Box 82, Folder 6) upon which the play was based.</p>"}