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Series III: Administrative Materials

Scope and Content

Series III: Administration contains financial and legal papers pertaining to Lynne Tillman's professional life. These papers include receipts for work related activities, contracts, resumes, payment information, etc..., which show Tillman's relationship with current and prospective publishers, and the process of getting her works published. This series is divided into three subseries:

A: Financial Materials and Contracts
B: Publisher Correspondence
C: General Administration

Series III, Subseries A: Financial Materials and Contracts

Absence Makes the Heart Memoranda of Agreement, 1989-1990, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art Institute of Chicago Invoice for Lecture, 1997

Box: 13, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Assirio & Alvim Contract - Haunted Houses, Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Autonomedia - Semiotext(e) royalties, 1998

Box: 13, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Between C&D Contracts, Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Bookstore" payment and invoices, Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bookstore receipts for "Madame Realism", 1990

Box: 13, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beyond Baroque Contracts, 1989-1991, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget notes, Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Cast In Doubt" - Simon and Schuster Reconciliation to Print, 1996

Box: 13, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Checking account registers, 1992-1994, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Checks, 1998

Box: 13, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Committed" receipts, 1996

Box: 13, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Community Writers' Project Inc - Contract, 1991

Box: 13, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contract with Bay Press, Inc. - "Unframed", 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contract with Hakusuisha Ltd. - "Haunted Houses" in Japanese, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contract between Lynne Tillman and Unknown for $1500 loan, Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Coordinating Council of Literacy Magazines - Grants List, 1980

Box: 13, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copyright Royalties - UK income tax, 1997

Box: 13, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Creative Capital Grant Application, 2005

Box: 13, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Dead Talk" Shinco-sha advance, 1995

Box: 13, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Deste Foundation invoice - Fusion Cuisine Exhibition catalogue, 2002

Box: 13, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elle Contract, 1999

Box: 13, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

German Publishing memorandum of agreement - "Haunted Houses", 1987

Box: 13, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grant Applications for "Two Serious Ladies" - NYSCA, NEA, Jerome Foundation, 1985-1987, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" - Lynne Tillman's copy of contract, 1986

Box: 13, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" - Memorandum of agreements for German version, 1987

Box: 13, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" - Pocket Books agreement termination, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" Publicity contracts, review lists, etc..., Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" - Royalty statement, 1995

Box: 13, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Instant Classics "Complicity" contract, 1992

Box: 13, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interstate / Johnson Lane - statement of account, 1998

Box: 13, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interview Magazine story assignment, 1990

Box: 13, Folder: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Invoice - "No Lease on Life", 1997

Box: 13, Folder: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Invoices, Receipts, Disputes, 1996-1997, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jesus Claudio Civil Court Settlement, 1998

Box: 13, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Madame Realism" Payment Invoices, 1992

Box: 13, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Medical Invoices, 2002

Box: 13, Folder: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous Financial, 1992

Box: 13, Folder: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memorandum for inclusion of "Madame Realism" in "Sex and the City", 1987

Box: 13, Folder: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memorandum of Agreement for German publications of Weird Fucks, Diary of a Masochist, etc..., 1983

Box: 13, Folder: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Messages to the Public" NYSCA Media Grant, 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 77 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Michel Delson Invoice for portraits of Lynne Tillman, 1989

Box: 13, Folder: 78 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Grant application, 1991-1993, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 79 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 80 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"No Lease on Life" - Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Royalties, 2001

Box: 13, Folder: 81 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"No Lease on Life" Royalties, 1998

Box: 13, Folder: 82 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Passagen Verlag - "Madame Realism Complex" contract, 1994

Box: 13, Folder: 83 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Payment invoice for contribution to "The Afternoon Shift", 1996

Box: 13, Folder: 84 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PreviewPort.com Internet Artists Community, 2000-2001, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 85 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publishing agreement - "Motion Sickness", 1990

Box: 13, Folder: 86 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publishing agreement with Pavilion Books for "Warhol's Factory 1965-67", 1994

Box: 13, Folder: 87 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Artwork, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 88 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Books, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 89 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Cleaning, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 90 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Duke and Upsala College expenses, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 91 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - "Haunted Houses", Undated

Box: 13, Folder: 92 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - London and Cambridge reading and promo party March 21-28, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 93 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Los Angeles expenses, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 94 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Los Angeles and Seattle November 7-14, 1994

Box: 13, Folder: 95 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Luggage and P.O. Box, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 96 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Movies and Theater, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 97 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Postage, 1993

Box: 13, Folder: 98 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Professional gifts, 1994

Box: 13, Folder: 99 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Restaurants, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Shore/Warhol expenses, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Stationary and office supplies, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Taxi, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Transportation, clothes and expenses at Bard college, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Video rental and museums, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Videotape, photography and film, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts - Xerox, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Royalty statement for Hakusui-sha Publisher - "Haunted Houses", 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Secret Agency publishing inquiries and feedback for "Weird Fucks", 1979

Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Simon and Schuster "Cast in Doubt" royalties, 1995

Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Simon and Schuster "Motion Sickness" administrative, 1992

Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stroemfeld Verlag German translations of Lynne Tillman's work, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tanam Press contract from "Haunted Houses", 1989

Box: 14, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxes, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxes, 1994

Box: 14, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxes, 2000

Box: 14, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxes, 2001

Box: 14, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxi receipts, 1994

Box: 14, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tourist Attractions: Fantasy and Foreignness, 1987

Box: 14, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tuttle-Mori Angency, Inc. - tax documents, 1990

Box: 14, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Veterinary Bills, 2000

Box: 14, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Village Voice story assignment - Futurist Cookbook FT Marinetti, 1989

Box: 14, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III, Subseries B: Publisher Correspondence

Avalon Publishing Group - Velvet Years, 1998

Box: 14, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bratstvo-Jedinstvo - Serbo-Croatian publisher for Haunted Houses, 1989

Box: 14, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Cast in Doubt" Correspondence with publishers, 1992

Box: 14, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

C.H. Ford - Correspondence with Publisher, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copyright agreement - Lynne Tillman and Lisa Baumgardner for "Weird Fucks", 1980

Box: 14, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" - Abner Stein withdrawal and rejections, 1989

Box: 14, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Haunted Houses" - Publishers responses to Charlotte Sheedy literary agency, 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter of agreement - Lynne Tillman and Pat Hartley for "No/Yes", 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter of Agreement - Ohio State University Wexner Center, 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Arts Program Letter of intent - with Lynne Tillman, 1989-1990, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publishers to Sandy Violette regarding "Cast in Doubt", 1992

Box: 14, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Top Stories - Anne Turyn, 1983-1990, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Uncontrollable Bodies - Administrative, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Water from a Bucket publishing agreement, 1998

Box: 14, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Weird Fucks" responses, 1978-1984, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Weird Fucks" publishers' responses, 1981

Box: 14, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III, Subseries C: General Administration

Addresses, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Addresses, 1995

Box: 14, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Art in General, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Berlin Film Fest id, 1984

Box: 14, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Blank Postcards, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contacts - Jobs, publishers, etc..., Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, 1987

Box: 14, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fiction writing workshop proposal drafts, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragments, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Guggenheim Fellowship, 2000

Box: 14, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hofstra University Summer Writer's Conference, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lynne Tillman Biography, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lynne Tillman Professional Bio, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lynne Tillman Resume, ca. 1999

Box: 14, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lynne Tillman Resume, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mailing Lists, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mailing List - West Coast, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership Cards, 2005

Box: 14, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minetta Brook Hudson Valley Project, 2001

Box: 14, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous Professional, 2001

Box: 14, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notebook, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notebook - to do lists, contact info, etc..., Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Princeton Employment forms, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Professional Biography, 1987

Box: 14, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Re:Action Newsletter of the Neoist Alliance, 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resume, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Schedule - June 1991 to January 1992, 1991-1997, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Removed from Identity, Art and Politics subject file.

Small black and white photograph of Lynne Tillman, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Summer MFA Faculty addresses, 1998

Box: 14, Folder: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Veterinary inspection certificate - export of 1 cat from England to France, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Villa Aurora residence program brochure, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts brochure, Undated

Box: 14, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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