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Series I: Leduc

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Contains materials related to the production of Zackheim's first novel, Violette's Embrace, a fictional biography of Violette Leduc. Organized in five subseries.

Subseries A: Research

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Zackheim's research files for for Violette's Embrace, arranged alphabetically by author, where applicable, or subject. Includes correspondence and notes.

Abbott, H.P.- Diary Fiction, undated

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Algren, Nelson, undated

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Atlas, James- "Holmes on the Case", undated

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Barbellion, W.N.P.- "Journal of a Disappointed Man", undated

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Beauty, undated

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Beauvoir, Simone de., undated

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Bibliography, undated

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Bibliotheque Nationale, undated

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Book Search, undated

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Bree, Germaine, "Narcissus Absconditus", undated

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Bree, Germaine- Women Writers in France, undated

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Bree, Germaine, and Guiton, Margaret- "An Age of Affliction", undated

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Bruss, Elizabeth- "Autobiographical Acts", undated

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Bunke, Carolyn 'Report from Paris", undated

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Cafe Flore, undated

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Camus, Albert, undated

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Cocteau, Jean, undated

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Copy Card, undated

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Courtivron, Isabelle de- "Violette Leduc", undated

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Courtivron, Isabelle de- "Violette Leduc", undated

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Courtivron, Isabelle de- "Violette Leduc's A'Affamee", undated

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Elbaz, Robert- "The Changing Nature of the Self", undated

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Equipment, undated

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Esslin, Martin- "The Theatre of the Absurd", undated

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Evans, Martha- "Masks of Tradition", undated

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Faulkner, William- "A Rose for Emily", undated

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Flanner, Janet (Genet), undated

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Flanner, Janet (Genet), undated

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Friends of Leduc, undated

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Funding research, undated

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Genet, Jean, undated

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Gide, Andre, undated

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Housing in Paris, undated

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Interview notes, undated

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Jones, Ann R. "Writing the Body", undated

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Leduc, Violette- Articles for voyage, undated

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Leduc, Violette-Brigitte Bardot, undated

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Leduc, Violette- clippings, undated

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Leduc, Violette- death certificate, undated

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Leduc, Violette- letters to Simone de Beauvoir, undated

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Leduc, Violette- list of U.S. periodical publications, undated

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Leduc, Violette- "My Mother", undated

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Leduc, Violette- Reviews, undated

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Literary agents, undated

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Lottman, Herbert- "Literary Life in Paris", undated

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Map- hand drawn, undated

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Messages, undated

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"I am my Own Heroine" - Elaine Marks, undated

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Matthews and Reader- "Autobiography, Biography, and the Novel"., undated

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Memo book, undated

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Millett, Kate- "Sita", undated

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Monnier, Adrienne- "Joyce's Ulysses and the French Public", undated

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Murchland, Bernard- "The Advent of Alienation", undated

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National Coalition of Independent Scholars, undated

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Notes, undated

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Orenstein, Gloria F. "La Poete Mandite", undated

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Peyre, Henri- "French Novelists of Today", undated

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Plantine, Therese, undated

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Pringle, Lauren H. - "Annotated and Indexed Calendar of de Beauvoir's Letters to Nelson Algren, undated

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Psychology, undated

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Quotatations, undated

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Respant, Michele - "Femme/ange, Femme/monstre", undated

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"Revealing Lives", undated

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Sachs, Maurice, undated

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Schor, Naomi- "Breaking the Chain", undated

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Selected bibliography, undated

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Shapiro, Stephen- "The Dark Continent of Literature", undated

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Smith, Sidonie- "A Poetics of Women's Autobiography", undated

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Tamargout, Serge, undated

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Triolet, Elsa, undated

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"Twentieth Century French Fiction", undated

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Unused Quotations, undated

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Vallorz, Paulo, undated

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Vinlar, St. Anne Marguerite, undated

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Weintraub, Karl J. "The Value of the Individual", undated

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Wilson, Edmund, undated

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'Women and Language in Literature and Society", undated

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Women and philanthropy, undated

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Women writers in transition, undated

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"Women writers talking", undated

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Yalom, Marilyn- "They Remember Maman", undated

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Research card file, A-N, undated

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Research card file, O-Z, undated

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Audio micro-cassettes, undated

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Subseries B: Manuscripts

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Manuscripts and drafts of Violette's Embrace.

Early Notes, undated

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Notes for first draft, undated

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First draft, undated

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First TS- Titled "Words on Loan", undated

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"Words on Loan"- title page and art, undated

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Pieces taken from manuscript, undated

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Typeset manuscript (1/3), undated

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Typeset manuscript (1/3), undated

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Typeset manuscript (1/3), undated

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Manuscript errors, undated

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Manuscript- Kathy Anderson's notes on, undated

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First galley with corrections (1/2), undated

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First galley with corrections (1/2), undated

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Pages from first galley- with revisions, undated

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Corrected proof, undated

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Subseries C: Legal Documents

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Legal documents and release forms securing permission to quote from various sources related to Violette's Embrace.

Legal copyright information, undated

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List of Citations, undated

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Permissions to quote 1/2, undated

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Permissions to quote 2/2, undated

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Subseries D: Correspondence

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Correspondence between Zackheim and a range of correspondents. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name.

Anderson, Kathy, undated

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Benstock, Shari, undated

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Brooks, Christine, undated

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Burk, Craig, undated

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Ceccatty, Rene de, undated

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Clark, Tina, undated

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Cone, Candace, undated

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Connell, Stella, undated

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Depland, Daniel, undated

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Ehrlich, Gretel, undated

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Elhanani, Iris, undated

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Faibish, Roy, undated

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Fleissig, Josef, undated

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Funk, Allison, undated

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Grau, Julie, undated

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Gross, Amy, undated

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Heckin Group Foundation, undated

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Hoekstra, Froukje, undated

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Howard, Richard, undated

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Jackson, Donald, undated

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Jacobson, Rachel, undated

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Jansiti, Carlo, undated

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Jardine, Anna, undated

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Lenstrem-Sheedy, Bob, undated

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Lerner, Betsy, undated

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LewAllen, Arlene, undated

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Lottman, Herbert, undated

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Marks, Elaine, undated

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Markson, Elaine, undated

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Maurel, Marcelle, undated

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Miller, Laura, undated

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Millett, Kate, undated

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Ostashezky, Luba, undated

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Publishers (1/2), undated

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Readers' Responses, undated

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Recordon, Claire, undated

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Reiger, Bill, undated

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Reighard, Jessica, undated

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Sartori, Eva, undated

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Shapiro, Gerald, undated

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Sifton, Elizabeth, undated

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Spayde, John, undated

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Tamagnot, Serge, undated

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Veron, Marianne, undated

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Wan, Nicole, undated

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Werhane, Kathryn, undated

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Wright, Ellen, undated

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Subseries E: Publicity

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Includes publicity materials for readings, mailings and other promotions. Arranged alphabetically by material.

Barnes and Noble Reading, undated

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Book Pages, undated

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Complementary Book Mailing List, undated

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Daedalus Books, undated

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General, undated

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Leduc Reading, undated

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Leduc Summary, undated

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News Clippings, undated

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Putnam Announcement, undated

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Putnam Catalogue, Spring/Summer 1996

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Review Mailing List, undated

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Subseries G: Photos

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Photographic materials from files for Violette's Embrace.

Negatives, undated

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Photocopied photos, Leduc, undated

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Photograph of Violette Leduc, 1970

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Subseries H: Miscellaneous

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Miscellaneous materials from files for Violette's Embrace.

Addresses, undated

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F.U.S.A.C., undated

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Play, first draft, undated

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Floppy disks

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