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Photograph of William Gaddis, Donald Barthelme, and Walter Abish in West Berlin, Germany while participating in "The American Chapter," as festival of American writing arranged by Heidi Ziegler and Lutz Engelke, November 1987.

Typescript of William Gaddis' autobiography for his Psychology 35 class at Harvard University, July 16, 1943.

Press release containing William Gaddis's acceptance speech for the National Book Award in Fiction for JR, April 21, 1976.

Photograph of William Gaddis's garage workroom in Piermont, NY while working on JR.

Typescript draft of William Gaddis's inventory of his archival material, May 1994.

William Gaddis's Panama Canal temporary identification card, January 16, 1948.

Typescript photocopy of William Gaddis's project description for his Rockefeller Foundation grant application, 1987. Includes chapter one titled "The Last Act" that would later form a portion of A Frolic of His Own.

William Gaddis's self-portrait.

United States Army Pictorial Center identification issued to William Gaddis as a contract writer working on such films as "The Battle at St. Vith."

Photograph of William H. Gass and Stanley Elkin at Elkin's home.