Bettina Drew Papers on Nelson Algren SPEC.RARE.CMS.147
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Title: |
Bettina Drew Papers on Nelson Algren |
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Ohio State University. Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.
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Creator: |
Drew, Bettina, 1956-
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1890s-1989 |
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Quantity: 8.5 linear feet
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13 archival boxes, 1 archival half box, 1 archival flat box |
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Abstract: |
Bettina Drew's research and original manuscripts from the writing of Nelson Algren biography "Nelson Algren: A Walk on the
Wild Side" published in 1989.
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SPEC.RARE.CMS.147 |
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Language: |
English
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Biographical Note
Bettina Drew is a professor of creative writing and the author of two books of non-fiction: "Nelson Algren: A Walk on the
Wild Side" and "Crossing the Expendable Landscape."
Nelson Algren (1909-1981) was an American writer. His books include "The Man with the Golden Arm", "A Walk on the Wild Side"
and "The Neon Wilderness". He lived in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Patterson, New Jersey. "The Man with the Golden Arm"
won the National Book Award in 1955 and was made into a motion picture.
Scope and Contents
This collection was put together by Bettina Drew during Drew’s research and writing of the Nelson Algren biography “Nelson
Algren: A Walk on the Wild Side,” published in 1989. The collection consists of xeroxed news clippings, notes, letters, photos,
FBI files, taped interviews, original typed manuscripts and publisher’s proofs of the biography. Materials range in date
from the 1890s through 1989, with the majority of materials dating from the period of the research and writing of the book
(1985-1989).
Arrangement
Materials in the Bettina Drew Papers on Nelson Algren are arranged in two series:
Series 1: Research
Series 2: Manuscripts
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Beauvoir , Simone de, 1908-1986
Drew, Bettina, 1956-
Drew, Bettina, 1956-
Fiction--20th century
Social realism
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box number, folder number], Bettina Drew Papers on Nelson Algren, SPEC.RARE.CMS.147, The Ohio State
University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Acquisitions Information
unknown
Processing Information
Processed by Tom Shannon, 2014 April; Finding aid written by Tom Shannon, 2014 April
Series 1: Research, 1890s-1989
Scope and ContentsReasearch materials consist of correspondence, individual chapter research, clippings and reviews, interviews, legal documents,
diaries, and photographs, all compiled or created by Bettina Drew during research for her biography of Algren.box 15 / Cassette 1
Aaron, Abe recording, 1984 August 4
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 8
Algren, Amanda recording, 1984 May 28
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 2-5
Algren, Amanda recordings , 1984 July 31
Physical Description: 4 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 6-7
Algren, Amanda recordings, 1984 August 1
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 9
Algren, Amanda recording, 1985 November
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 10-11
Algren, Betty recordings, 1984 June 3
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 12 / Folder 6
Algren bibliography and book sources, 1980s
box 15 / Cassette 12-14
Algren, Nelson memorial recordings, undated
Physical Description: 3 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 15
Algren, Nelson on Crombie recording, 1974
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 16
Algren, Nelson reading "Dark Came Early in that Country" recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 75
Algren, Nelson letters to Amanda recording, 1984 August 1
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 17
Algren, Nelson letters to Amanda (side 1) and Aaron, Abe (side 2) recordings, 1984
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 1 / Folder 1
Algren to Academy of Arts and Sciences correspondence, 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 2
Algren to Amanda Algren correspondence, 1940s-1950s
Box 1 / Folder 3
Algren to John Blades correspondence, 1970s-1980s
Box 13 / Folder 1
Algren Photographs, 1920s-1970s
Box 1 / Folder 4
Algren to Debbie correspondence, 1968
Box 1 / folder 5
Algren to Stephen Deutsh correspondence, 1970s
Box 1 / folder 6
Algren to Candida Donadio correspondence, 1970s
Box 1 / folder 7
Algren to Lou Gilbert correspondence, 1940s
Box 1 / folder 8
Algren to Mary Guggenheim correspondence, 1940s
Box 1 / folder 9
Algren to John Clennon Holmes corresondence, 1959
Box 1 / folder 10
Algren to Jim Kelly correspondence, 1970s
Box 1 / folder 11
Algren to Herman and Marilou Kogan correspondence, 1950s-1960s
box 1 / Folder 12
Algren to Arthur Langer correspondence, 1957-1959
box 1 / Folder 13
Algren to Kathy Leps correspondence, 1969
box 1 / Folder 14-15
Algren to miscellaneous correspondence, 1940s-1970s
box 1 / Folder 16
Algren to Joseph Morgan correspondence, 1971
box 1 / Folder 17
Algren to Earl Shoris correspondence, 1960s
box 1 / Folder 18
Algren to unidentified Judy correspondence, 1960s
box 1 / Folder 19
Algren to Richard Wright correspondence, 1930s-1940s
Box 2 / folder 1
Alpine notes for SIB/materials, 1930s
Box 2 / folder 2
Army, 1940s
box 15 / Cassette 18
Army: Nick de Fotis, Amanda Algren, Lewis Pina, Herbert Gross recording, 1987 July
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 19
Bays, Paula recording, 1988 March 22
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 2 / Folder 3-4
Betty, 1960s
Box 2 / folder 5
Birth and Death Certificates, 1890s-1970s
box 15 / Cassette 21
Bowen, Merlin and Lily Harmon recordings, 1985 March-April
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 20
Brent, Stuart recording, 1987 October-November
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 2 / folder 6
Chapter 1- Chicago Childhood, 1920s
Box 2 / folder 7
Chapter 3- Drifting Into a Career, 1930s
Box 2 / folder 8
Chapter 6- Near Northside, 1930s
box 2 / Folder 9
Chapter 7- The Literary Left, 1940s
box 3 / Folder 1
Chapter 8- White Hope, 1940s
box 3 / Folder 2
Chapter 9- Great City's Nighttime Streets, 1940s
box 3 / Folder 3
Chapter 11- Neon Wilderness, 1947
Box 3 / Folder 4
Chapter 16- A Walk On the Wildside, 1956
Box 3 / Folder 5
Chapter 21- Sag Harbor, 1980-1981
box 15 / Cassette 22
Chicago Public Library recording, 1988
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 3 / Folder 6
Clippings and Reviews (1 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 3 / Folder 7
Clippings and Reviews (2 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 3 / Folder 8
Clippings and Reviews (3 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 4 / Folder 1
Clippings and Reviews (4 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 4 / Folder 2
Clippings and Reviews (5 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 4 / folder 3
Clippings and Reviews (6 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 4 / folder 4
Clippings and Reviews (7 of 8), 1930s-1980s
Box 4 / folder 5
Clippings and Reviews (8 of 8), 1930s-1980s
box 4 / Folder 6
College, 1930s
box 15 / Cassette 23
Commentary on Algren's work recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 24
Conroy, Jack recording, 1984 August 31
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 25
Conroy, Jack and Paul Romaine recordings, 1984
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 26
Conroy, Jack and Mrs. William Jordon recordings, 1984
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 27
Curtis, Ben recording, 1987 January 4
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 4 / Folder 7
Dark Shades, 1950s
box 15 / Cassette 28-29
de Beauvoir, Simone recordings, 1985, 1987
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 30-31
Deutsch, Steve recordings, 1986 July 15
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 32-33
Donohue, Shag recordings, 1984 June 30
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 4 / Folder 8
Diary of Bernice Joffe (excerpt), 1920s
box 4 / Folder 9
Drew, Bettina correspondence, 1950s-1980s
box 5 / Folder 1
Drew, Bettina FBI correspondence, 1980s
Box 5 / folder 2
Ellison, Burns- First Annual Nelson Algren Memorial Poker Game, 1980s
Box 5 / folder 3
FBI Files- Algren, 1950s
box 15 / Cassette 34
Ellison, Burns recording, 1987 March 8
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 35-36
Finer, Roy recordings, 1987 February 24
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 37
Forcheimer, Paul recording, 1984-1985
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 5 / folder 4
Forcheimer Tape Notes, 1980s
Box 5 / folder 5
Freedom Of Information Act/ FBI, 1950s-1960s
box 15 / Cassette 38
Freeman, Lucy recording, 1986 June 26
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 39
Gershman, Ben and Francis recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 40
Gitlin, Murray and Nettie Lipton recording, 1986 April 6
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 41
Gitlin, Murray and J. T. Farrell, Yaddo, D. Farrell, WPA, Lorraine Kimion, Jack Conroy recordings, 1984
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 42
Glustoff, Irwin and Stuart Brent recordings, 1987 July, November
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 43
Groening, Roger recording, 1987 March 15
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 5 / folder 6
Guggenheim Applications, 1930s-1940s
box 15 / Cassette 44
Hogan, Fred recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 5 / folder 7
Hollywood, 1950s
Box 5 / folder 8
Interviews (1 of 3), 1985-1989
Box 5 / folder 9
Interviews (2 of 3), 1985-1989
Box 6 / folder 1
Interviews (3 of 3), 1985-1989
Box 6 / folder 2
Interviews (typed), 1985-1989
box 15 / Cassette 45
Joffe, Eddie and Frank Sandiford recordings, 1986
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 46-47
Joffe, Robert recordings, 1984 July 28
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 48
Kogans recording, 1986 July 22
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 49
Landesman, Fran and Jay recording, 1986-1987
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 50
Leps, Kathy recording, 1987 January 31
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 6 / folder 3
Leaving Chicago/ Patterson, 1960s
box 15 / Cassette 51
Leseuer, Meridel recording, 1985 November 19
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
Box 6 / Folder 4
"Lilac Time" - Memoir by Joe Pintauro, 1980s
Box 6 / Folder 5
Lipton, Lawrence- UCLA History Archive Transcript- , 1962
box 15 / Cassette 52
McCollough, Robert and Rowlands recordings, 1985 November
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 53
McCormick, Ken recording, 1987 March 3
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 54
McDaniel, Sheriff and Jack Conroy recordings, 1984
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 6 / folder 6
Magazines, 1987-1989
box 6 / Folder 7
Man With the Golden Arm, 1950-1952
box 15 / Cassette 55
Medard, Ed recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 56
Merkin, Richard recording, 1987 June 2
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 6 / Folder 8
Mitgang, Herbert material, 1960s
box 15 / Cassette 57
Mitgang, Herbert recording, 1989 January
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 6 / Folder 9
Neon Wilderness/Man With the Golden Arm, 1948-1950
box 15 / Cassette 58
Page, Geraldine recording, 1987 April 14
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 59
Pelta, Dave recordings, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 60
Peltz, Dave and Herman Kogan recordings, 1986 July
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 61
Romaine, Paul, Paula Rheingold, and Sanka Grigoriev recordings, 1984 September
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 62
Ross, Sam recording, 1985 April 27
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 63-64
Rowlands recordings, 1985
Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
box 15 / Cassette 65
Rupprecht, Evelyn and Otto Hamer recordings, 1987 June
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 66
Sandiford, Frank recording, 1986 December 20
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 6 / Folder 10
Second marriage, 1950s
box 15 / Cassette 67
Siporin, Mrs. Mitchell recording, 1985
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 7 / Folder 1
Sheriff McDaniel/Alpine, Texas materials, 1933
box 15 / Cassette 68
Strauss, Roger recording, 1988 December 2
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 69
Tabet, Caesar recording, 1988 February 19
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 70
Terkel, Studs recording, 1987 July 14
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 71
"Unidentified Algren material" recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 72
"Unidentified woman" recording, undated
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 73
Walker, Margaret recording, 1985 November 11
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 15 / Cassette 74
Willner, Tiba recording, 1987 June 20
Physical Description: 1 audio cassette
box 7 / Folder 2-3
Travels, 1920s-1950s
Box 13 / Folder 2
Freedom Of Information Act/Passport Dept. of State, 1940s-1950s
box 14 / Folder 4
Shay, Art - Photographs of Algren, 1940s-1970s
Series 2: Manuscripts, 1985-1989
Scope and ContentsManuscripts of "Nelson Algren: A Walk on the Wild Side". Consists of Bettina Drew's original book drafts, edited drafts, publisher's
drafts and printer's proofs from the period 1985-1989.Box 7 / Folder 4
1st Draft Edited (1 of 3), 1985-1989
Box 7 / Folder 5
1st Draft Edited (2 of 3), 1985-1989
Box 7 / Folder 6
1st Draft Edited (3 of 3), 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 3
1st Revision Master Set (1 of 2), 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 4
1st Revision Master Set (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 7 / Folder 7
2nd Revised Master Set, 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 1
Chapter Notes - Early Draft (1 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 2
Chapter Notes - Early Draft (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 3
Chapter Notes - Early Draft Incomplete, 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 5
Chapter Notes Proof, 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 4
Chicago Public Library Algren Catalog, 1981
Box 8 / Folder 5
Early Draft Chapters 18-20, 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 7
Edited Draft p. 264-593 (2 of 3), 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 6
Cold Reader's Set (1 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 6
Edited Draft p. 264-593 (1 of 3) , 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 7
Cold Reader's Set (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 8 / Folder 8
Edited Draft p. 264-593 (3 of 3), 1985-1989
Box 9 / folder 1
Incomplete Early Draft (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 9 / folder 2
Late But Not Final Draft (1 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 8 / folder 9
Incomplete Early Draft (1 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 9 / folder 3
Late But Not Final Draft (2 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 9 / folder 4
Late But Not Final Draft (3 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 9 / folder 5
Late But Not Final Draft (4 of 4), 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 8
Index Draft, 1985-1989
Box 9 / folder 6
Later Draft (1 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 10 / folder 1
Later Draft (2 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 10 / folder 2
Later Draft (3 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 10 / folder 3
Later Draft (4 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 10 / folder 4
Publisher's Edited Copy (1 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 10 / folder 5
Publisher's Edited Copy (2 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 10 / folder 6
Publisher's Edited Copy (3 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 11 / folder 1
Publisher's Edited Copy (4 of 4), 1985-1989
Box 11 / folder 2
Typed Draft p. 264-593 (1 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 11 / folder 3
Typed Draft p. 264-593 (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 11 / Folder 4
Unedited Incomplete Draft p. 1-40, 150-239, 1985-1989
Box 11 / Folder 5
Unedited Draft p. 407-508, 1985-1989
Box 11 / Folder 6
Various Later Chapters, 1985-1989
Box 11 / Folder 7
Xerox Copy- Unedited, Incomplete p. 1-387 (1 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 12 / Folder 1
Xerox Copy- Unedited, Incomplete p. 1-387 (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 12 / Folder 2
Xerox Copy- Unedited, Incomplete Draft (1 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 12 / Folder 3
Xerox Copy- Unedited Incomplete Draft (2 of 2), 1985-1989
Box 12 / Folder 4
Xerox Copy- Part of Chapter 17, 2nd Draft, 1985-1989
Box 12 / Folder 5
Xerox Copy- Chapter 3- Missouri Review, 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 10
Master Set (1 of 2), 1985-1989
box 13 / Folder 9
Master Set Proof, 1985-1989
box 14 / Folder 1
Master Set (2 of 2), 1985-1989
box 14 / Folder 2
Repro Duplicate Set #2 (1 of 2), 1985-1989
box 14 / Folder 3
Repro Duplicate Set #2 (2 of 2), 1985-1989