The Nancy Fales Garrett Papers

DATE SPAN:
c.1965-1992

RECORD OR MANUSCRIPT NUMBER:

ACCESSION NUMBER:

LINEAR FEET/NUMBER OF BOXES:
Ca. 2 linear feet in 4 boxes.

LOCATION:

PROCESSOR AND DATE OF PROCESSING:
Amber Creger, December 1999

FORMATS AVAILABLE AND PREFERRED FORMAT FOR RESEARCH USE:
Original format for most materials.

REPOSITORY NAME AND ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND HOURS:

Fales Library/Special Collections
New York University
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 3rd Floor
70 Washington Square South
New York, New York 10012
Ph. 212-998-2596

Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10-6, Friday, 9-5.
Appointments are necessary for use of manuscript and archival materials.

FOREWORD
The Nancy Fales Garrett Papers are a part of the Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU libraries, housing over 200,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel. There are no restrictions on the use of the Nancy Fales Garrettt Papers. All rights are reserved.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
RELATED MATERIALS
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
SERIES DESCRIPTION
BOX AND FOLDER LIST

INTRODUCTION
These papers were a gift made to the Fales Library by Nancy Fales Garrett. They include original manuscripts of theater pieces, poem, short stories, a novel, published pieces, critical reviews, and a poster from the Regent Theatre. The papers are arranged in chronological order. There are no restrictions on the Nancy Fales Garrett Papers.

RELATED MATERIALS
See also Fales Family Papers.

SERIES DESCRIPTION
Series 1: Theatre Pieces
Series one contains 3 boxes of plays, musical scores, a play bill, and a theater poster.
The files are arranged chronologically.

Series 2: Poetry, Short Stories, and Reviews
Series two contains 1 box of poetry, short stories, and reviews. The files are arranged chronologically.

Oversize Box: One oversize box at the end of the collection contains oversize materials from
Series 1.

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Series 1: Theatre Pieces

BOX 1
1. Correspondence, 1990-1993.
2. "A Harvard Man": manuscript, 1965.
3. "The Babysitter": manuscript, 1966.
4. "The Orchard": manuscript, 1966.
5. "The Orchard": Renata Theatre program, 1966.
6. "The Adventures of Sadie the Goat": manuscript, 1967?.
7. "Dracula": manuscript, 1968.
8. "How They Made It": manuscript, 1970.
9. "Predicates": manuscript, 1971.
10. "Family Portrait": manuscript, 1972.[see also Passion & Garbage]
11. "Passion & Garbage": manuscript.[see also Family Portrait]
12. "Surviving Death in Three Acts": manuscript, 1973.[two versions]
13. "Casserole": manuscript, 1974.[two versions: one with Ralph Lee]
14. "The Ark": manuscript, 1975.[see also flat box for poster]
15. "The Ark": music, 1975.[see also flat box]
16. "The Zone of Middle Dimensions": manuscript, 1976.
17. "Nicole Willing": manuscript, 1978.

BOX 2
18. "Indianhead": manuscript, 1980.
19. "Playing in the Local Bands": manuscript, 1981.
20. "The Secret Life of Women": manuscript, 1983.
21. "Travel": 2 one act plays, 1984.
22. "The Puppy Show": manuscript, 1987.
23. "Some Sweet Day": manuscript, April 4, 1989.
24. "Dora, Libretto": manuscript, 1990.
25. "Dora": music, 1990.
26. "The Stranger": manuscript, 1991.
27. "The Stranger": videotape, 1992.

Series 2: Poetry, Short Stories, and Reviews

BOX 3
1. "Payback": novel, 1980.
2. "Blood": fragment, 1987.
3. "One Decent Man": manuscript, 1991.
4. "Down the Road": manuscript, 1992/1993?.
5. "Listening" in Hanging Loose, #62, 1993.
6. "Meat Market" in Anima, v.1, #1; Fall 1982.
7. "Ragtime" in 13th Moom, v.6, #1/2 1982.
8. Nes Kirby, Victoria: review of "Casserole": The Drama Review, v.18, #3,
September 1979.
9. Gussow, Mel: review of "Some Sweet Day": New York Times, March 23 1990.

Oversize, BOX 4
14. "The Ark": poster, 1975.
15. "The Ark": musical scores, 1975.

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