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Box 7

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Manuscripts

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Two complete manuscripts of Channeling Mark Twain and one incomplete manuscript. Enclosed with the manuscript contained in folders 6:7-6:8 is a poem deleted from final draft (p.220). Enclosed with the incomplete manuscript (7:2) are letters from Random House Associate Editor Laura Ford that regarding her recommendations for revision before sending the manuscript along to production.

Dates: 1957 - 2023

Notes and Drafts

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Notes and drafts of various passages from Channeling Mark Twain compiled by Muske-Dukes. Contents include a partial draft of Chapter 1 and a spiral bound notebook containing drafts of passages from the novel.

Dates: 1957 - 2023

Publicity

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

A mailing announcing the publication date for Channeling Mark Twain.

Dates: 1957 - 2023

Drafts, 1981-1989, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Several drafts of the collaboration between Muske-Dukes and Curtis Ingham, a former editor at Ms. Magazine. Enclosed amongst these drafts was a letter from Muske-Dukes to Lynn Nesbit, dated November 3, 1981 regarding Nesbit's service as a literary agent. Unlike the final version of Dear Digby, published in 1989, the collaboration with Ingham saw Willis Digby undertake an expedition to Libya.

Dates: 1981-1989, undated