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Letter from M.B. Ogle, Jr. to the members of the Purdue University philosophy department teaching staff, regarding Gass's lostOmensetter's Luckdraft. Gass later learned the draft had been stolen (along with an essay) by a colleague, who attempted to…

Autograph chapter outline notes on Omensetter's Luck,in a blue examination booklet.

First ten pages of typescript of Gass's first short story; with explanatory autograph note by Gass.

Selected draft fragments of the essay, "The Artist and Society,"first published inThe New Republic, July 17, 1968, reprinted inThe Purdue AlumnusandThe Penguin Book of Essay,and collected inFiction and the Figures of Life.

Illustrations by Gass for the design and layout of The Tunnel:diagrams of the tunnel; corresponding outline of the chapters; sketches of "The Pennants of Passive Attitudes and Emotions," Party of the Disappointed People "PdP" banners and "the…

Cover of uncorrected proof of Middle C.

Typescript draft of first portion ofOn Being Blue--in blue type, with occasional autograph corrections. Also includes three pages of typescript draft fragments.

Four printout draft versions of an early draft of "Krystalnacht," a section of The Tunnel, with autograph notation at the end.

The first ten pages of the first chapter of Gass's dissertation, "A Philosophical Investigation of Metaphor," for his PhD in philosophy from Cornell University. The dissertation is sixteen chapters total, with each chapter bound and titled…

Printout of an address given by Gass to the Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, published in Conjunctions: 33 (1999). This address was adapted from the essay, "William Gaddis and His Goddamn Books," published in A Temple of Texts and…