Series I: Work by Peter Straub, 1968-2007, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Series I contains manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of works by Peter Straub.
Arrangement
Items in Subseries A are grouped by work, which are arranged chronologically by publication date. Items in Subseries D are arranged chronologically by pseudonym, with undated material arranged alphabetically by title under each pseudonym. All other subseries are arranged chronologically.
Subseries A: MSS and TSS of Published Books, 1970-2004, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Subseries A contains manuscripts and typescripts of Peter Straub's published novels. Correspondence accompanying particular manuscripts and typescripts were not removed but were kept in their original locations.
Arrangement
Manuscripts and Typescripts are grouped by work, which are arranged chronologically by publication date.
Julia; If You Could See Me Now, 07/1970-02/1976, inclusive
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If You Could See Me Now; Ghost Story, 06/1976-02/1978; undated, inclusive
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Ghost Story; Shadowland, 07/1978-07/1980, inclusive
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Shadowland; Floating Dragon, 07/1979-07/1980, inclusive
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Floating Dragon, 02/1982; undated, inclusive
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Floating Dragon; Talisman; Wild Animals, undated
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Wild Animals; Under Venus, 1969; 1972; 1981; undated, inclusive
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Under Venus, 07/1982; 10/1981; 2000; undated, inclusive
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Koko, 06/1986-07/1987; undated, inclusive
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Koko, 02/1988-04/1988; undated, inclusive
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Koko, undated
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Koko; Houses without Doors, 03/1988-07/1989; undated, inclusive
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Houses without Doors, 1987-1990; undated, inclusive
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Houses without Doors; Mystery, 09/1988-10/1988; undated, inclusive
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Mystery, undated
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Mystery; The Throat, 09/1989-05/1992; undated, inclusive
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The Throat, 03/1992; 06/1992, inclusive
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The Throat, 07/1992; undated, inclusive
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The Throat, undated
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The Throat; Hellfire Club, 09/1993; 04/1994; 09/1994, inclusive
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Hellfire Club, 09/1994; 03/1995, inclusive
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Hellfire Club, 04/1995; undated, inclusive
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Hellfire Club, undated
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Mr. X, 04/1996-03/1998, inclusive
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Mr. X, 03/1998-06/1998, inclusive
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Mr. X, 06/1998-09/1998, inclusive
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Mr. X, 01/1999-12/1999, inclusive
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Mr. X, undated, inclusive
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Mr. X, undated
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Magic Terror, 01/1993-10/1998; undated, inclusive
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Magic Terror; Black House; Lost Boy, Lost Girl, 1999-2003, inclusive
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Lost Boy, Lost Girl, 03/2003-05-2003, inclusive
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In the Night Room, 09/2003-07/2004, inclusive
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Subseries B: Poetry, Short Fiction, Fragments of Unpublished Work, 1968-2005, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Subseries B contains short creative works by Peter Straub, as well as short fragments of unpublished work.
Arrangement
Items in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Poetry and Short Fiction, 1968-01/2001, inclusive
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Poetry and Short Fiction, 01/2001-05/2005; undated, inclusive
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General
Box includes some correspondence between Peter Straub and Michael Chabon.
Subseries C: Essays, Introductions, Lectures, 1998-2007, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Subseries C contains manuscripts and typescripts of essays, reviews, introductions and forewords, talks and lectures, and liner notes written by Peter Straub.
Arrangement
Items in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Essays, Introductions, Lectures, 1998-1998, inclusive
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Essays, Introductions, Lectures, 03/1999-02/2007; undated, inclusive
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General
Folders 1-45. (Folder 17 contains a typescript of the story "Lapland, or Film Noir.")
Subseries D: Pseudonymous Work, 11/1996-08/1998, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Subseries D contians work written by Straub under pseudonyms.
Putney Tyson Ridge is the name of the (fictional) chairman Department of Popular Culture at Popham College (also fictional) in Popham, Ohio, through which Peter Straub wrote criticisms of his own books.
Fionnuala Curry is a psuedonym Peter Straub briefly adopted in London in the early 1970s for the purpose of selling romantic stories to women's magazines.
Kimberly Buggins is a fictional character Peter Straub invented for the amusement of David J. Schow. Schow and Straub are friends of the film director Frank Darabont, to whom Buggins's letters are addressed.
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged chronologically by pseudonym, with undated material arranged alphabetically by title under each pseudonym.
Putney Tyson Ridge, 11/1996-08/1998, inclusive
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General
Folders 46-67.
Fionnuala Curry, 02/08/1974; undated
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Folders 68-71.
Kimberly Buggins, 06/20/1998; undated, inclusive
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General
Folder 72.
Subseries E: Galleys and Proofs, 1975-2004, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Subseries E contains galleys and proofs of various works by Peter Straub with comments, corrections, and annotations by Straub, editors, copy editors, and others.
Arrangement
Items in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Galleys and Proofs, 1975-1984, inclusive
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Galleys and Proofs, 08/1995-2004, inclusive
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Galleys and Proofs, 03/2004; undated, inclusive
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Subseries F: Miscellaneous Notebooks, 1967-1978, 1995, undated, inclusive
Abstract
Items in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
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Scope and Content
Subseries F contains manuscript notebooks not associated with any single project.
Miscellaneous Notebooks, 1967-1978, 1995, undated, inclusive
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General
Folders 1-16.
Subseries G: Periodicals, 1964-2009, inclusive
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Scope and Content
Subseries G contains clippings and periodicals that printed Peter Straub's fiction and nonfiction.
Arrangement
Items in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Periodicals with Peter Straub work, 1964-1994, inclusive
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General
Folders 17-29.
