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Julian Barnes:
A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to His Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Access: | Open for research. To request access to electronic files, please email Reference. | |
Restrictions on Use: | Certain restrictions apply to the use of electronic files. Researchers must agree to the Materials Use Policy for Electronic Files before accessing them. Original computer disks and forensic disk images are restricted. Copying electronic files, including screenshots and printouts, is not permitted. |
Administrative Information
Acquisition: | Purchase, 2006 (Reg. no. 15462) | |
Processed by: | Hope Donovan Rider and Liz Murray, 2007 Born digital materials processed, arranged, and described by Chance Adams and Brenna Edwards, 2015-2022. |
Repository: |
Scope and Contents 8 matches
Container List 9 matching container list entries
Series I. Works 1996-2006 3 matching container list entries
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Arthur & George (novel, 2006) -
Research photocopies and handwritten notes Box 1 Folder 1-5 -
Handwritten planning notes [*cardboard “planning sheet” removed to oversize folder] Box 1 Folder 6* -
Typescript drafts, unpaginated, with handwritten corrections Box 1 Folder 7-9 Request entire Box 1 -
Typescript drafts, cont'd Box 2 Folder 1-4 -
Typescript sections with reader/editor comments Box 2 Folder 5-6 -
Typescript, "original final" Box 2 Folder 7-9 Request entire Box 2 -
Typescript, "original final," cont'd Box 3 Folder 1-2 -
First pass proofs, 15 June 2005, Knopf edition Box 3 Folder 3-6 -
Type specimens, book jacket versions, publicity materials for Jonathan Cape/Random House edition Box 3 Folder 7-8 -
In the Land of Pain (by Alphonse Daudet; edited, translated, and with introduction by Julian Barnes, 2003) Box 3 -
"La Doulou," by Daudet Box 3 -
Photocopy of original French version Box 3 Folder 9 Request entire Box 3 -
Photocopy with Barnes’s handwritten translation Box 4 Folder 1 -
Handwritten notes Box 4 Folder 2 -
Research correspondence and notes Box 4 Folder 3-4 -
Typescript fragments with handwritten revisions Box 4 Folder 5 -
Typescript with revisions, photocopy Box 4 Folder 6 -
"Final text," typescript with revisions Box 4 Folder 7 -
Uncorrected proofs Box 4 Folder 8 -
Type specimens Box 4 Folder 9 -
Book jacket proofs Box 4 Folder 10 Request entire Box 4 -
"Journalism" files Box 5 -
Articles, essays, introductions, book reviews, and other writings; typescripts Box 5 Folder 1-6 Request entire Box 5 -
Articles, essays, etc., cont’d Box 6 Folder 1 -
Clippings and tearsheets Box 6 Folder 2 -
"Enigma," typescripts, proofs for The New Yorker, 14 January 2002 Box 6 Folder 3 -
"European Solutions to Travel," typescripts and proofs for The New Yorker, 28 April & 5 May 1997 Box 6 Folder 4 -
"The Hardest Test: Drugs and the Tour de France," typescripts and correspondence for The New Yorker, August 2000 Box 6 Folder 5 -
The Lemon Table (short stories, 2004) Box 6 -
"Appetite," typescripts Box 6 Folder 6 -
"Bark," typescripts, proofs, tearsheet from The New Yorker, 16 September 2002 Box 6 Folder 7 -
"The Fruit Cage," typescripts, proofs, tearsheet from The New Yorker, 13 May 2002 Box 6 Folder 8 -
"Hygiene," typescripts, proofs, tearsheet from The New Yorker, 6 September 1999 Box 6 Folder 9 -
"Knowing French," typescript, proofs for Granta, October 2003 Box 6 Folder 10 Request entire Box 6 -
"The Revival," typescript, proofs, tearsheet from The New Yorker, 5 August 1996 Box 7 Folder 1 -
"A Short History of Hairdressing," typescripts, proofs for The New Yorker, 22 December 1997 Box 7 Folder 2 -
"Silence," typescripts, proofs from Granta, September 2001 Box 7 Folder 3 -
"The Story of Mats Israelson," notes, typescripts, proofs, tearsheet from The New Yorker, 24 July 2000 Box 7 Folder 4-5 -
"The Things You Know," typescript Box 7 Folder 6 -
"Vigilance," typescripts Box 7 Folder 7 -
Complete typescript, "final, top copy," January 2003 Box 7 Folder 8-9 -
Jonathan Cape edition Box 7 -
Editorial queries, circa June 2003 Box 7 Folder 10 -
Uncorrected proofs, 30 July 2003 Box 7 Folder 11 -
Revised proofs, 9 September 2003 Box 7 Folder 12 Request entire Box 7 -
Design specification proofs Box 8 Folder 1 -
Knopf edition Box 8 -
First pass/rough page proofs, 16 January 2004 Box 8 Folder 2-3 -
Second pass proof pages, 10 March 2004 Box 8 Folder 4 -
Book jacket proofs, publicity materials Box 8 Folder 5 -
Correspondence re book, friends, and readers, 2004 Box 8 Folder 6 -
My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories, by Frank O'Connor; story selection and introduction by Barnes; uncorrected proofs, 25 February 2005 Box 8 Folder 7 -
The Pedant in the Kitchen (essays, 2003) Box 8 -
Original newspaper columns, photocopies Box 8 Folder 8 -
Typescript draft sections Box 8 Folder 9-10 Request entire Box 8 -
Corrected proofs Box 9 Folder 1 -
"Copy edited script"; book jacket proofs Box 9 Folder 2 -
Sample page layouts Box 9 Folder 3 Request entire Box 9 -
Prerekanja (Talking It Over Slovenian translation, translated by Valerija Cokan (1997) -
Book signing photographs. 190 electronic files: JPG, November 2007-February 2008 Disk-ID-No. 1412011G_002, 1412011G_004 Contact HRC staff for access -
Croatia press. 41 electronic files: JPG, undated Disk-ID-No. 1412011G_001 Contact HRC staff for access -
Malba book tour. 171 electronic files: JPG, February 2008 Disk-ID-No. 1412011G_003 Contact HRC staff for access -
Press photographs by Tone Stojko Sug. 84 electronic files: JPG, undated Disk-ID-No. 1412011G_005 Contact HRC staff for access -
Something to Declare (essays, 2002) Box 9 -
Cardboard “planning sheet” (*removed to oversize folder) Box 9 Folder * -
Introduction, typescript fragments Box 9 Folder 4 -
Original and “pre-final typescript” paste-up versions (*removed to oversize box 13) Box 9 Folder * -
Typescript Box 9 Folder 5-6 -
"1st proof," 18 July 2001 Box 9 Folder 7-9 Request entire Box 9 -
"2nd revise" proofs, 27 September 2001 Box 10 Folder 1-3 -
Copy edited galleys Box 10 Folder 4-5 -
Copy editing, production notes and correspondence Box 10 Folder 6 -
Illustrations and book jacket proofs, Picador Box 10 Folder 7 -
Index cards Box 10 Folder 8 Request entire Box 10 -
Publicity schedule Box 11 Folder 1 -
Reviews, French newspaper clippings Box 11 Folder 2 Request entire Box 11
Series II. Correspondence and Other Papers 1960-2006 (bulk 1990s) 6 matching container list entries
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Correspondence -
General, 1960, 1993-2006 Box 11 Folder 3 -
Invitations Box 11 Folder 4-9 Request entire Box 11 -
Moore, Brian and Jean, 1985-1999 Box 12 Folder 1 -
Career-related Box 12 -
Articles and reviews about Barnes Box 12 Folder 2 -
Articles [research material?] Box 12 Folder 3 -
Book jacket mock-ups, Picador reissues Box 12 Folder 4-5 -
A History of the World in 10 1/2 chapters, sample re-set pages Box 12 Folder 6 -
Interviews Box 12 -
"Julian Barnes in Conversation," transcript, at Flaubert's Parrot conference, Rouen, 9-10 November 2001 Box 12 Folder 7 -
"Julian Barnes at the Sorbonne," transcript and related materials, 14 November 2001 Box 12 Folder 8 -
Love, Etc. publicity materials Box 12 Folder 9 -
Photographs (color copies), Barnes at reading Box 12 Folder 10 -
Publicity, various events Box 12 Folder 11 -
Works of others Box 12 -
Layman, Richard. "Julian Barnes: Notes for a Checklist," 2001 Box 12 Folder 12 -
Soulier, Daniel. "La Cage à Fruits," dramatization in French of short story by Barnes, undated Box 12 Folder 13 Request entire Box 12 -
Oversize Box 13 Request entire Box 13