Subseries 2.1: Novels: Drafts of On The Road; drafts of eleven other novels;

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{"value"=>"Subseries 2.1: Novels: Drafts of On The Road; drafts of eleven other novels;"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Consists of Kerouac's working drafts for his novels (augment and revise as needed)</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by title.</p>"}

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1940

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1940

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1965

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1940

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1965

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1. Typescript, revised. "Doctor Sax by Jack Kerouac (from "The Private Papers of Kerouac.") Signed "Adolphus Asher Ghoulens / 3 a.m. / February 5, 1943."
2. Holograph "1944 'Galloway' novel. 'Michael Daoulas' - a later re-doing of 'Vanity of Duluoz' of '42." With original folder labeled "1944 'Galloway' / 'Michael Daoulas."
3. Typescript, revised. (Begins: "Galloway rolls on."). Page 5 is titled "On the Road." Inconsistently paginated
4. Holograph spiral notebook "Maggie Cassidy." [Draft of "Maggie Cassidy: A Love Story." (Begins: March Carney, Jan. 12, '53.")
5. Holograph spiral notebook "Mary II." Draft of "Maggie Cassidy: A Love Story."
6. Holograph spiral notebook "Mary III." Draft of "Maggie Cassidy: A Love Story." Canceled title on front cover: "Across the Big World Night." Also includes notes for "Only the moon man knows (Doctor Sax," "On the Road," and "Catalog of Great American / Type
7. Small holograph notebook "Mary IV & History of Bop." Draft of "Maggie Cassidy: A Love Story."
8. Holograph list on squared paper. With typescript draft, revised ["Maggie Cassidy."]
9. Holograph draft of "Merchant Mariner / First manuscript - March 1943." Holograph note on a slip of paper: "Original of 1943 novel 'The Sea is my Brother' (which was examined by psychiatrists at naval hospital in Bethesda, MD. 1943." Paginated 1-158
10. Holograph and carbon typescript, revised. Holograph note on slip of paper: "20,000 word unfinished abandoned novel (fictional arrangement) 1953 by Jack Kerouac." Folder labeled "Cody Deaver" and "Louis Boncoeur." First page of holograph titled "On the Roa
11. Holograph "'On the Road' readings and notes 1949." Includes quotations from Burke on De Quincey, notes and diagrams for "On the Road." Also includes map, itinerary, and plan on final page. Paginated 1-55
12. Holograph "Jail Shades I." Draft of "On The Road." Paginated 1-24. Includes sketch of character "Red Moultrie."
13. Typescript, revised. "Shades of the Prison-House. Chapter One. On the Road. May-July, 1949. N.Y. - Colo."
14. Typescript, revised. "Shades of the Prison-House. On the Road." Paginated 1-54; pages 7-11 are missing. Holograph note on verso of page 54: "Foolscap for new beginning 'On the Road' Aug. 25, '49 (reserving back of these pages for opening of new Part Two)
15. Typescript "The Tragedy of Old Bull Balloon (1st chapter of 'Ray Smith Road') (written 1954)." Paginated 1-5
16. "R(1)." Holograph notebook of early version of "On the Road." Notebook also contains "DR(11) (14 Dreams)" ["Book of Dreams"]
17. Holograph "Riverville Maine." [Removed from "R(1) holograph draft notebook of "On The Road" in Box 24, envelope 1
18. "R(2)." Holograph notebook of early version of "On the Road."
19. Typescript "ALT 1 of ON THE ROAD." [Removed from "R(2)" holograph draft notebook of "On The Road."
20. Holograph notebook of early version of "On The Road." Labeled "R(3)" on front cover. (Begins: "On the Road / Book Three.")
21. Typescript and holograph draft, revised of "Ray Smith Novel of Fall 1948 (Last Chapt. is 'Tea Party')." [Early version of "On the Road."]
22. Digital photographic prints of "On The Road" typescript with holograph revisions, constructed rolled paper scroll
23. Typescript, revised. "On The Road." The Second Draft of the novel
24. Typescript, revised. "On The Road." The Third Draft of the novel. Revised by Jack Kerouac and an editor (possibly an assistant of Malcolm Cowley). Title on cardboard: "Orig. Editors' Typed MS. of 'On The Road.'"
25. Holograph notebook "Passing Thru / (1)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "(1) After the experience on the top of a mountain where I was alone for 3 months . . .")
26. Holograph notebook "(2)." "Passing Through." (Begins: Allen G was an author like me, the author of the great orig. poem Howl . . .") Published as "Desolation Angels. Book Two." ("Passing Through Mexico" chapters 9-19)
27. Holograph notebook "(3)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "cont.d / really like the hair of a regular American cornerstore kid . . .")
28. Holograph notebook "(4)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "cont'd a [serpentine?] Eve by the Fall of the Garden . . .")
29. Holograph notebook "(5)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "(cont'd) - from (4) / 'There's Randall Jarrell the great American poet . . .")
30. Holograph notebook "(6)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "cont'd from (5).")
31. Holograph notebook "(7)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "cont'd from (6).")
32. Holograph notebook "(8)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "cont'd from (7).")
33. Holograph notebook "(9)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "Everybody knows what it feels like after 2 days of vibration on wheels to suddenly lie in still beds on still ground & sleep.")
34. Holograph notebook "(10)." "Passing Through." (Begins: "cont'd from (9) / Aztecs uses Eagle oil - Had some long name starting with a 'Q' and ended with 'oil.'")
35. Typescript fragment, revised. Untitled. ["Pic."] [See chapter three of the novel "Pic."]
36. Holograph notebook "S(1) Satori in Paris I."
37. Holograph notebook "Satori in Paris II / D." [This notebook, "D," is part of the sequence of notebooks labeled "A, B, C, F, G" in Subseries 2.6.]
38. Holograph notebook "Satori in Paris III / E." [This notebook, "E," is part of the sequence of notebooks labeled "A, B, C, F, G" in Subseries 2.6.]
39. Typed agreement letter from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures to Jack Kerouac. Regards the motion picture "The Subterraneans."
40. Original folder labeled "Subs Typed MS." With cardboard title-page labeled by Kerouac "The Subterraneans."
41. Typescript, revised ["The Subterraneans."] (Begins: "Once I was young and had so much more orientation and could talk with nervous intelligence about everything and with clarity and without as much literary preambling as this . . .") Paginated 1-26
42. Holograph draft "The Subterraneans." (Begins: "'The Subterraneans' (insert a month after) / She had to tell me everything no doubt . . .")
43. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans." Pages 54-91. Continuation of the draft of "The Subterraneans" in previous folders
44. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans." Pages 92-121. Continuation of the draft of "The Subterraneans" in previous folders
45. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans." Pages 122-158. Continuation of the draft of "The Subterraneans" in previous folders
46. Original envelope for printer's copy of "The Subterraneans" typescript
47. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans / Jack Kerouac / written Oct 21-24, 1953. / Orig. MS. for printer." Pages 1-49
48. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans / Jack Kerouac / written Oct 21-24, 1953. / Orig. MS. for printer." Pages 50-99
49. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans / Jack Kerouac / written Oct 21-24, 1953. / Orig. MS. for printer." Pages 100-149
50. Typescript, revised. "The Subterraneans / Jack Kerouac / written Oct 21-24, 1953. / Orig. MS. for printer." Pages 150-173
51. Typescript, revised. "'Glee' (1946) from 'The Town and the City' [Cut out of main MS. by Giroux]." Pages 366-369
52. "Tristessa." Notebook labeled "Mexico / City / Blues" and "T(1)." First entry dated "Aug. 22, 1955." (On page 3, begins: "Duluoz Legend TRISTESSA.")
53. Holograph notebook "Visions of Cody" / "Visions of Neal." (Begins: "On the Road / A Modern Novel - Oct. 1951.") ["Visions of Cody."]
54. Holograph notebook [Memorandum / Book] "1." (Begins: "Sketch (1) Victor.") Covers detached, final three leaves are loose at rear of notebook. Pages have become disbound. "Visions of Cody."
55. Holograph notebook [Memorandum / Book] "2." (Begins: "Miscarriage & / Neal Driving.") With laid-in leaf in same envelope, which begins: "Fenders of shiny automobiles just dusted out of old garages . . ."
56. Holograph notebook [Memorandum / Book] "3." (Begins: "Staten Island.") Covers detached, pages have become disbound. Laid-in typescripts, revised, removed to separate folder. Typescript ". . . and patted his belly" removed from holograph notebook at "miss
57. Typescript, revised. (Begins: ". . .and patted his belly") removed from holograph notebook "3" at page beginning "miss bus, & tic-kid with money . . ." Second laid-in typescript fragment, revised, removed from holograph notebook "3" at page beginning "Nut
58. Holograph notebook [ROYAL / Memorandum Book] "4." (Begins: "Visions of Neal.")
59. Holograph notebook [ROYAL / Memorandum Book] "5." (Begins: "Duluoz sat in his Sunday afternoon chair at Neal's . . ."). ["Visions of Cody."]
60. Holograph notebook [Memorandum Book] "6." (Begins: "VOYAGE (cont'd from bk. 6) / The fellow with his arms around the world.") ["Visions of Cody."]; and with an unfinished short story written in French, introduced with line: "Je suis tu capable d'écrire av
61. Holograph notebook [ROYAL / Memorandum Book] "7." (Begins: "Last Book / Neal (thinking) Yes, I stole that coupe, passed them honkin in the cab . . ."). ["Visions of Cody."]
62. Holograph notebook [ROYAL / Memorandum Book] "8." (Begins: "Mexico City was the bottom & the end of the road, that ever-widening American road . . ."). One page of the notebook is dated: "Sept. 25, 1951 - Mar. 15, 1952 / 29 Russell St. / San Francisco, /
63. Typescript, revised. "1952 / Orig. as Typed / Completely Verbatim / Tapes / Neal & Jack (& Carolyn & Charley Mew) Talking / in / S.F." ("First night of the Tape 1952.") Paginated 1-5. ["Visions of Cody."]
64. Typescript, revised. "1952 / Orig. as Typed / Completely Verbatim / Tapes / Neal & Jack (& Carolyn & Charley Mew) Talking / in / S.F." Typescript, revised, with fair copy. "Second Night (1)." Paginated 6-14. Fair copy paginated 1-4. ["Visions of Cody."]
65. Typescript, revised. "1952 / Orig. as Typed / Completely Verbatim / Tapes / Neal & Jack (& Carolyn & Charley Mew) Talking / in / S.F." ("First night of the Tape 1952.") Typescript, revised. "Third Night." Paginated 15-23. ["Visions of Cody."]
66. Typescript, revised. "1952 / Orig. as Typed / Completely Verbatim / Tapes / Neal & Jack (& Carolyn & Charley Mew) Talking / in / S.F." ("First night of the Tape 1952.") Typescript, revised. "Fourth Night" and "Fifth Night." Paginated 1-31. ["Visions of Co
67. Holograph draft "Preacher Format." (Begins: "PREACHER We know how to pray (screech) (Pray!)"). Came with Typescript, revised. "1952 / Orig. as Typed / Completely Verbatim / Tapes / Neal & Jack (& Carolyn & Charley Mew) Talking / in / S.F." ("First night o
68. Typescript, revised. "Joan Crawford in the Fog. (Original Ms)." Paginated 1-10 with sketch on verso of page 10. Also includes (on verso pages) typescript, revised, of dialogue between Jack, Neal, and Al. Paginated "1 (goback)" - "8 (goback pages)." On ver
69. Typescript, revised. "Sketches from 'Visions of Cody' (As verse-shaped from the original prose-shape of paragraphs & sentences by Allen G.)" "Written 1951." Each typescript leaf is signed by Kerouac
70. Holograph draft "'Visions of Cody' poolhall scene." Paginated 3 and 4. Begins with canceled synopsis
71. Holograph outline of novella based on Neal Cassady. "Visions of Neal."
72. "Visions of Cody." Typescript, revised. Holograph title page: "Visions of Cody, Jack Kerouac '51-'52." Second holograph title page "On the Road" written in ink, canceled. Re-titled "Visions of Neal (Cody)" in pencil. The first page of the typescript is ti
73. Typescript, revised. Setting copy of "Visions of Gerard." With typed letter, signed, from Sterling Lord to Robert Giroux, November 21, 1961. Also includes holograph title page "Big Sur." Paginated 1-95