urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00383 James Salter: A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Finding aid created by Hope Donovan Rider Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2006 Finding aid encoded by Hope Donovan Rider, December 2006 Finding aid written in English. The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Salter, James, 1925- An Addition to the James Salter Papers 1952-2006 2000-2006 10 boxes (4.2 linear feet) This addition to James Salter's Papers includes essays, a collection of short stories, material for screenplays, and two works of non-fiction. The works present include Salter's recently published collection of short stories, Last Night (2005), Life Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of Days (2006), written with his wife, Kay; and There and Then: The Travel Writing of James Salter (2005). Also present are notes, drafts, and correspondence related to Salter's 2002 screenplay, The Hunters, based on his first novel. The correspondence includes letters written by Salter to his childhood friend Donald Morris, and letters from Salter and his wife to Bridgehapton friends Sheridan and Pamela Lord. English None Index Terms People Lord, Sheridan, 1926-1994. Morris, Donald R. Salter, Kay. Scarpa, David. Shoemaker, Jack, 1946- . Document Types Autographs. Drafts. First drafts. Galley proofs. Printers' proofs. Screenplays. Scope and Contents

This addition to James Salter's Papers includes essays, a collection of short stories, material for screenplays, and two works of non-fiction. The bulk of the material was published between 2000 to 2006. This accretion is arranged in two Series: I. Works, 1977-2006, and II. Correspondence, 1952-2001.

The works in Series I. contain drafts and proofs of Salter's recently published collection of short stories, Last Night (2005), Life Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of Days (2006), written with his wife, Kay; and There and Then: The Travel Writing of James Salter (2005). Also present are notes, drafts, and correspondence related to Salter's 2002 screenplay, The Hunters, based on his first novel; a first draft notebook for another novel/screenplay, Solo Faces (1979); and essays for GQ and Will Blythe's Why I Write.

The correspondence in Series II. includes letters written by Salter to his childhood friend Donald Morris (1952-2001), and letters from Salter and his wife to Bridgehampton friends Sheridan and Pamela Lord (1982-1994). Other correspondents include Gene Gutowski and Ruth Lilian, as well as Esquire and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Acquisition:

Purchase, 2006 (Reg. no. 16474)

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Open for research

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Hope Donovan Rider, 2006

 James Salter Addition to His Papers--Folder List Series I. Works, 1977-2006 1 1 Goddesses, essay in GQ October 1988, typescript and galleys, The Hunters, screenplay 1 2 Notes, ca. 1999-2000 1 3 Draft, handwritten in notebook, January 2000 Typescripts by JS 1 4 Original, March 2000 1 5 Revised, 20 June 2000 1 6-7 Revised, 2 copies, 12 July 2000 Typescripts by David Scarpa 1 8 With handwritten notes by JS, [February 2000] 2 1 28 March 2002 2 2-3 With handwritten notes by JS, correspondence, 26 August 2002 2 4 Final revised version, 17 October 2002 2 5 Correspondence re screenplay, ca. 1998-2003 Last Night (short stories, 2005) 2 6-7 Arlington, drafts, correspondence, clippings 2 8 Bangkok, drafts, correspondence 2 9 Comet, typescripts, galleys 3 1 Eyes of the stars, correspondence, notes 3 2 Give, drafts, galleys, correspondence 3 3-4 Last night, notes, drafts, galleys, correspondence 3 5 My lord you, typescript, proofs, photocopies 3 6 Palm court, drafts 3 7 Platinum, drafts 3 8 Such fun, notes, drafts, galleys 4 1 Page proofs, rough, corrected fragments 4 2 Page proofs Life Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of Days, with Kay Salter (2006) 4 3 Draft notebook, loose notes 4 4-9 Notes and drafts, handwritten and typed 5 1-8 Notes and drafts, cont'd 5 9 Corrected pages, with notes Typescript, in alphabetical order 6 1-2 A-H 6 3-5 I-Z 6 6-9 Corrected photocopy 7 1 Corrected photocopy, cont'd Edited manuscripts 7 2-6 November 2005 7 7-9 With notes by Judith Jones (Knopf editor) 8 1 With notes, cont'd 8 2-6 Final, with handwritten corrections, 23 December 2005 Proofs 8 7 First pass 8 8 Second pass, with notes and corrections 9 1-2 Second pass, cont'd 9 3 Illustrations and layout notes 9 4 Page mock-ups Correspondence 9 5 General, 1999-2006 9 6 Re illustrations, 2004-2005 9 7 Solo Faces (novel, 1979), first draft notebook, 1 August - 9 December 1977 9 8 Some for glory, some for praise, essay for Why I Write, ed. Will Blythe, drafts and correspondence, 1997-1998 There and Then: The Travel Writing of James Salter (2005) 9 9 Essays, C-R, typescripts and photocopies 9 10 Evening in Basel, typescript, Lear's magazine 9 11 The France of Kings, typescripts 9 12 Essays, S-W, typescripts and photocopies 9 13 [Unused essays] 10 1 Galleys 10 2 Jacket proofs 10 3 Correspondence with Jack Shoemaker, Shoemaker & Hoard publishers, 2003-2005 Series II. Correspondence, 1952-2001 10 4 Esquire, re Ike and the generals, 1983-1985 10 5 Gutowski, Gene, re The Pianist, 2000 10 6 Lilian, Ruth, re Mandrake Root, 1999 10 7 Lord, Sheridan and Pamela, 1982-1994 10 8 Morris, Donald, 1952-2001 10 9 National Endowment for the Arts, 1986