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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
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Conditions Governing Access:
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Preferred Citation:
Stephen Marlowe Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Acquisition Information:
Various gifts between 1975 and 2008.
Biographical Information:
Stephen Marlowe (1928-2008), author and a member of the William & Mary class of 1948, served as writer-in-residence at the university from 1974-1975.
Scope and Contents
Mss. 75 Lit 34: Literary manuscripts of five of Stephen Marlowe's books, The Summit , Colossus , The Cawthorn Journals , Translation , and The Valkyrie Encounter . Also includes manuscript for the book entitled "1956."
Also contains manuscript versions (Mss. Acc. 1992.60) for The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes by Marlowe, first draft, October 1981-August 1990, Boxes 1 and 2, and (Mss. Acc. 1994.32) first draft of The Lighthouse at the End of the World , a tale of Edgar Allan Poe, also by Marlowe.
Addition (Mss. Acc. 2008.56) contains draft and final manuscripts and notes for Box 1 includes Changing Sides and Box 2 includes Face of the Deep , Identity , The Lighthouse at the End of the World , The Man with No Shadow , Roanoke Project , Teneduc , and Teneduc/Pilgrims . Teneduc/Pilgrims includes a floppy disk. The materials in this addition date from 1993-2006.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- American literature--20th century
- Crime--Fiction
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Manuscripts for publication
- Novelists, American
- Science fiction
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id75183
Box 1: The Summit (first draft)1970
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id75184
Box 2: Colossus. (Published 1972) First Draft. pg. 1-5091972
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id75186
Box 3: Colossus. First Draft. Pp 510-8441972
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 id75187
Box 4: Colossus. Edited Ms. Pp 1-4141972
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 id75188
Box 5: Colossus. Edited Ms. 415-7681972
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 id75189
Box 6: The Cawthorn Journals. (Published 1975) First Draft1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 id75190
Box 7: The Cawthorn Journals. Edited Manuscript1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 id75191
Box 8: The Cawthorn Journals. Corrected Galleys1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 id75192
Box 9: Translation. (Published 1976). Edited manuscript1976
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id75193
Box 10: The Valkyrie Encounter. Edited Manuscriptundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 id75194
Box 11: 1956. Typed annotated manuscriptundated
First draft, heavily edited, of Marlowe's novel The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes.
- Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 1
Series 2, Box 1
- Mixed Materials Series 2, Box 2
Series 2, Box 2
First draft of novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World: A Tale of Edgar Allan Poe.
- Mixed Materials Series 3, Box 1
Series 3, Box 1
Manuscripts of his novels as well as working notes.
- id51938
Sub-Series 4.1: Face of the Deep
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 id51941
Series 4, Box 1
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 1 id51939
Changing Sides- Notes and Partial Draftcirca 2005-2006
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 2 id51940
Changing Sides- Notes and Partial Draftcirca 2005-2006
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 Folder: 1 id51939
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 1 id51941
- id51943
Sub-Series 4.2: Identity, The Lighthouse at the End of the World, The Man with No Shadow, Roanoke Project, Teneduc, Teneduc/Pilgrims
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 id51944
Series 4, Box 2
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 1 id51946
Face of the Deep – Draft and Some of the Original Versions, Chapters 1-20
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 2 id51947
Face of the Deep – Draft and Some of the Original Versions, Chapters 1-20
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 3 id51948
Identity – Final Manuscript
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 4 id51949
Identity – Final Manuscript
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 5 id51950
Identity – Final Manuscript
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 6 id51951
Identity – First Draft2001 August 7
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 7 id51952
Identity – First Draft2001 August 7
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 8 id51953
Identity – First Draft2001 August 7
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 9 id51954
Identity – Working Notes
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 10 id51955
The Lighthouse at the End of the World - First Draft, Part 1
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 11 id51956
The Lighthouse at the End of the World - First Draft, Part 1
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 12 id51957
The Lighthouse at the End of the World - First Draft, Part 2
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 13 id51958
The Lighthouse at the End of the World - First Draft, Part 2
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 14 id51959
The Man with No Shadow – First Draft
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 15 id51960
The Man with No Shadow – First Draft
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 16 id51961
Roanoke Project – Notes and Partial Draft2004-2005
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 17 id51962
Teneduc – Manuscript with Corrections
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 18 id51963
Teneduc – Manuscript with Corrections
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 19 id51964
Teneduc/Pilgrims – Manscriptcirca 1993
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 20 id51975
Teneduc/Pilgrims – Notes and Early Work (Includes a Floppy Disk)circa 1993
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 Folder: 1 id51946
- Mixed Materials Series 4, Box 2 id51944