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Folder 4: “Goodman 2020” press and review materials, 1986

 File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Handwritten drafts of letters to John and Gerald Jonas, 2/27/86

Typed letter to Gerald Jonas c/o NY Times Book Review re: Goodman 2020, May 2, 1986 Biographical statement

Rejection letter from the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, 1986, with handwritten note attached from Charles East saying he was one of the 10 finalists Letter from Gail Hochman at Brandt & Brandt lit agents, November 12, 1986

Draft of letter to Gail Hochman (handwritten)

Letter from Barney Karpfinger from the Karpfinger agency, November 14, 1986 Handwritten draft response to Barney Karpfinger

Letter from John Pickering at Pickering Associates, Inc., December 8, 1986 Handwritten draft response to John Pickering

Draft letters to Chuck and Kathy Ketterman date July 2, 1986 Indiana University Press Directory copy

Draft letter to Colin McEnroe, May 7, 1986, handwritten Hartford Courant Arts/Entertainment section May 4, 1986 – reviews of Goodman 2020 on p. G3

NY Times Book Review April 20, 86 – review of Goodman 2020 on p. 27

Letter to Faith Middleton at CPR about “Open Air”, May 12, 1986 for review from Indiana University Press

Letter to “Antoine” May 6, 1986 with reviews & bio info

Letters to Kathleen Flynn about book signing dated May 7, 1986

Copies of Hartford Courant review

Letter to “Kathy”, November 9, 1986

Letter to Polly Shuhman at the Village Voice from Kathy Ketterman re: book reading by Pfeil on March 1, 1986 – letter dated February 6, 1986

Letter to Kathy Ketterman, March 9, 1986

Letter from Kathy Ketterman, January 22, 1986

Letter to John Gallman at Indiana University Press May 11, 1986

Postcard to Pfeil from Bruce Robbins

Copy of publishers weekly January 31, 1986 announcing publication of Goodman 2020 in February

PW Spring Announcement Issue 1986

Bookseller Feb. ’86 Spring Books issue

American Bookseller Spring Announcement Issue 1986

Letter from Kathy Ketterman January 8, 1986

Letter from Walter Cohen at Cornell February 9, 1986

Draft of letter to “Ralph”, handwritten

Purchase order for 20 copies of Goodman 2020 January 10, 1986

Handwritten letter to Ralph Salisbury at University of Oregon

Publishing agreement with the Georgia Review for “The Idiocy of Rural Life” dated January 16, 1986

Letter from Michael as Suny Stonybrook January 16, 1986

Draft letter to “Walter”

Letter from John Gallman September 10, 1986

Letter from “Nan” at Indiana University Press August 22, 1986

Letter to Kathy Ketterman October 16, 1985

Letter to “Chris,” September 20, 1985

Letter to “Wright and Jo,” September 21, 1985

Quote by Thomas M. Disch with notes attached

Jacket copy Goodman 2020 (2)

Catalog copy Goodman 2020 (2)

Author Questionnaire from Indiana University Press December 7, 1984

Letter from Nan at Indiana University Press April 5, 1985

Letter to Nan September 4, 1985

Letter from John Gallman Indiana University Press may 13, 1985

Draft letter to “John,” handwritten

Handwritten draft letter to “Nan”

Handwritten draft letter to “Tom,” March 19, 1985

Handwritten draft letter to “Scott”

Handwritten draft letter to “Chuck”

Handwritten draft letter to Anne & George Borchardt

Handwritten draft letter to Jerry and Ray Gibbons

Clipped papers – letters regarding initial editing

Guide for authors from Indiana University Press

Letter to John Gallman February 15, 1985

Author questionnaire

Letter to John Pickering February 22, 1987

Flyer; “July Events at NY Marxist School” 2 copies

Draft letter to Nat Sobel and letter to Sarah Cotterill, handwritten

Letter from John Gallman October 5, 1984

Handwritten letter to John Gallman

Handwritten to-do list

Minnesota Review stationery – blank

Resume of Marjorie Agosin Letter to John Gallman, June 20, 1984

Proposal for an American Socialist Yearbook

Flyer; “July Events at the NY Marxist School”

Handwritten drafts of Goodman 2020 blurbs (2)

Cover letter to Indiana University Press for copies of manuscript

Handwritten draft letter to John Gallman

Letter from John Gallman, March 22, 1984

Proposal for an American Socialist Yearbook

Letter from John Gallman, July 16, 1984

Letter from John Gallman, August 4, 1984

Letter to Hugh Grady re: submission

Handwritten draft to John Gallman

Copy of NY Times Book Review with note from Kathy & John attached

Copy of entry in Locus April 1986

Copy of Associated Writing Programs Newsletter

Letter to Kathy, February 1, 1986

Letter from John Gallman, February 25, 1985

Handwritten draft to Tillie

Manila envelope with book jacket of Goodman 2020

Copy of Publisher’s Weekly Fall Announcements 1986

Brochure from Indiana University Press

Letter from Tom Reporter – Argus Coverage

Letter from Colin McEnroe

Letter to Kathy Ketterman March 24, 1986

Flyer for reading at Oregon State January 9, 1986

Handwritten draft to Elizabeth Pochoda

Copy of NY Times 200 Notable Books of the Year, December 7, 1986 (3 copies)

Copies of reviews in the Voice, July 22, 1986

Magazine; Trinity Reporter – Summer 1986

Newspaper; Hartford Advocate, June 20, 1988

Packet of copies of Indiana University Press faces of fiction slowly zooming in

Hartford Courant clipping, September 28, 1988, review of “Shine on”

See also folders 38, 276

Copies of Indiana University faces of fiction Copy NY Times review May 20, 1986

Copy Hartford Courant review May 4, 1986

Copy of Voice review July 22, 1986

Science Fiction Review copy Summer 1986

Copy of analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Mid-December 1986

Copy of NY Times Book Review December 7, 1986

Illegible note to Pfeil on Trinity notepad paper

Review of Shine On, May 1, 1986

Review; Shine On, from the Willamette Week December 22-28, 1986

Copies of Hartford Courant‘s Shine On review September 28, 88

Copy of Sunday Oregonian, October 2, 1988, announcing award ceremony and Pfeil winning H. L. Davis Award for fiction

Envelope of royalty statements

Gazette-Times review March 28, 1986

List of addresses

NY Times December 7, 1986, Book Review

Willamette Week December 22-28, 1986

Dates

  • Creation: 1986

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 23.5 Cubic Feet (23 records center cartons with 475 folders, and one flat box of oversized materials (box 24)) ; 1 box (16.25 in. x 13 in. x 10.5 in.) equals 1 cubic foot ("cubic foot" defined in SAA Dictionary) 1 flat box (2.5"H x 17"W x 20.75"D) equals .51 cubic feet (as defined by UNLV Archives Calculator)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository

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