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Typescript draft of the prologue of The Recognitions by William Gaddis.

Typescript draft of "Rush for Second Place" by William Gaddis. Published in the April 1981 edition of Harper's Weekly.

Typescript draft of a summary of J R by William Gaddis. Also includes a typed letter, signed from Gaddis to his literary agent at Russel & Volkening, Inc., Candida Donadio, April 26, 1964.

Typescript [photocopy] draft of "Torschlusspanik" by William Gaddis. Written for DeutschlandRadio, "Torschlusspanik" is a one-act monologue broadcast on March 3, 1999, three and a half months after Gaddis died. It is also the first 43 pages of…

Typescript draft of "The Heyday of the Player Piano" by William Gaddis, January 13, 1947. While working as a fact-checker for The New Yorker (1945-1946), Gaddis became interested in the player piano, the subject of an article he was assigned. After…

Typescript draft of A Non-Fiction Book Presentation, Agapé Agape, the Secret History of the Player Piano by William Gaddis consisting of summary notes on the work in progress.

Typescript notes on The Recognitions by William Gaddis.

J R scene outlines by William Gaddis showing the action broken down into draft sections and page numbers.

"Nobody Grew But the Business," an excerpt from J R by William Gaddis published in Harper's Magazine, Volume 250, Number 1501 (June 1975).

Typed letter, signed [photocopy] from William Gaddis to Saul Bellow, October 12, 1985.