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

Corrected typescript draft of an essay first published inThe New Republic, July 17, 1968, reprinted inThe Purdue AlumnusandThe Penguin Book of Essay,and collected inFiction and the Figures of Life.

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.

Front cover of an uncorrected page proof by Harper & Row ofFiction and the Figures of Life. Never published by Harper & Row, the book was moved to and published by Knopf in 1970.

The first six pages of an early, chapter-by-chapter organizational scheme created by William H. Gass during the development of Middle C. This outline does not reflect the finished book.

Cover of uncorrected proof of Middle C.

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

Early narrative outline of Omensetter's Luck plot points and chapters.

Two early typescript drafts of the beginning of Omensetter's Luck,with some autograph corrections by the author.

Sketch of Gilean, Ohio, the fictional town that is the setting of Omensetter's Luck, drawn on the back of a typescript draft page.