Series I: Manuscripts
Subseries A: Manuscripts for Novels and Fiction
Scope and Contents note
Subseries A contains manuscripts for novels and fiction writing, as well as novel proposals. Novel manuscripts include Rent Boy, partial drafts of Gone Tomorrow, and the unpublished Desert Shore. Short fiction manuscripts include The Role of My Family in the World Revolution, a fragment of Shanghai, and numerous unpublished pieces. Galley proofs for White Trash Boulevard are located in the Oversize series [Folder 11].
Rent Boy original typescript, undated
Gone Tomorrow partial drafts, undated
Desert Shore: A Novel (pp. 1-130), undated
Desert Shore: A Novel (pp. 131-260), undated
Desert Shore: A Novel (pp. 261-404), undated
Desert Shore: A Novel (partial drafts), undated
Maze: A Novel, undated
The Big Other (unfinished novel and proposal), undated
Gluttony (novel proposal), undated
"Ch. 2 of Unfinished Novel", undated
"Shanghai (fragment)", undated
The Role of My Family in the World Revolution, undated
Dreams Involving Water drafts, undated
American Express, undated
I Am Candy Jones, undated
Crisis in the Life of an Actor, undated
One Size Fits All, undated
Philosophy in the Bedroom, undated
Only You, undated
Sympathy for Medea, undated
"Valerie Solanas (The Revised SCUM Manifesto)", undated
Misc. Fiction Manuscripts, undated
Subseries B: Manuscripts for Plays and Film
Scope and Contents note
Contains theatrical and cinematic manuscripts. Some theatrical manuscripts are actors' typescripts for Indiana's productions. Also included is a script not by Indiana for Dieter Schidor's 1985 film Cold in Columbia, in which Indiana appeared.
Custody, 1979
Alligator Girls Go To College, 1979
"Alligator Girls Go To College / Performed at Mudd Club Nov. 1979", 1979
Curse of the Dog People, 1980
"Curse of the Dog People (original version)", 1980
"Curse of the Dog People (original typescript)", 1980
"Bill Rice's typescript, w/ Photos / 'Curse of the Dog People'" [See Photography Series], 1980
The Dark Side of Anne Flaubert, 1980
Phantoms of Louisiana, 1981
The Roman Polanski Story, 1981
Return of the Dog People, 1984
Roy Cohn, 1991-1992
"Roy Cohn galleys for anthology", 1998
Red Tide, undated
"Red Tide [original typescript]", undated
A Thwarted Sense of Occasion, undated
Bangkok Talkie [film script], undated
Unfinished/Incomplete Scripts, undated
Cold in Columbia [script by Dieter Schidor, feat. Indiana], undated
Subseries C: Manuscripts for Poetry
Scope and Contents note
Contains poetry and lyrics written and sung for the band The Boners. Some poetry is dated by Indiana. Some prose is also included as part of a grouping created and dated by Indiana.
"Poems I + Lyrics written and sung for The Boners", undated
"Poems II", undated
"Poems III", undated
"Poems IV / Short Prose (early + recent prose)", undated
Misc. Poetry, undated
Subseries D: Manuscripts for Critical and Non-Fiction Writing
Scope and Contents note
Contains critical essays, interview notes, and some miscellaneous manuscript materials. Interview notes include Chantal Akerman, David Lynch, and Carol Ross. Also included is the checklist for Indiana's 2002 photography retrospective "Extinction" at American Fine Arts, Co. in New York City.