Larry Eigner stories : eight manuscripts

Summary

Creator: Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996
Date(s): circa 1968
Call Number: MSS 0099, F0855
Language: Materials entirely in English.
Abstract: This small collection comprises the typescript manuscripts of eight short stories by the American poet Larry Eigner.
Physical Description: 8 items
Source: Purchase, 2009.
Processing: Processed and encoded by Christopher La Casse, September 2009. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Biographical and Historical Notes

Larry Eigner (1927- )

American poet Larry Eigner (Laurence Joel Eigner) was born August 7, 1927, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Although an injury at birth left Eigner palsied, the poet and writer spent his life describing the world around him, first from his glassed-in porch in a small town in Massachusetts and later from his home in Berkeley, California. Although most of his published work is poetry, he has also written a play, short stories, and prose.

Sources

"Larry Eigner." Contemporary Poets, 6th ed. (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed June 2008).

Biographical information also derived from the collection.

Scope and Content Note

This small collection comprises the typescript manuscripts of eight short stories by the American poet Larry Eigner.

Four of the eight stories were published in Eigner's book of selected prose, Country Harbor Quiet Act Around, and a fifth story, "Driving," was published in Things Stirring Together or Far Away. Three stories within the collection are apparently unpublished. Each typescript bears varying degrees of typeovers, notes, and holograph corrections. The undated manuscripts (circa 1968) include Eigner's typed address (23 Bates Road, Swampscott, Mass.) on the first page of each story.

Using these materials

Shelving Summary

Box 59, F0855: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 0099, F0855, Larry Eigner stories : eight manuscripts, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Related Materials in this Repository

MSS 0099, F0824, Larry Eigner letters and poem

MSS 0099, F0526, Larry Eigner, Clearly Outlined: page proofs.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

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Arrangement

The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title.

Larry Eigner stories : eight manuscripts, circa 1968

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." Two typeovers, and one interlinear note about punctuation.

Carnival, circa 1968 3 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript on onion skin paper. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." Minimal holograph corrections, some typeover corrections.

Come Round, circa 1968 4 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." With marginal notes (typed), frequent typeovers.
The Country, circa 1968 21 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." With typeovers and autograph corrections.
Driving, circa 1968 2 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." With type-overs and lightly penciled marginal notes.

The Rest, circa 1968 12 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." With significant typeovers and holograph corrections in pen.

The Resort, circa 1968 4 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." with significant typeovers and mss corrections.
Wash, circa 1968 4 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." With significant typeovers and line omissions.
The Window, circa 1968 2 pp. Box 59, F0855

Unpublished typescript of prose poem. Addressed in header with "23 Bates Road Swampscott, Mass." With significant typeovers and parenthetical note: "I'm in doubt as to just how to punctuate in much of this but I think the indentations are rather all right, arbitrary though they are."

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