Folder 222: contents from folder labeled “Loose contents” (Unknown draft), 2001-2003
Scope and Contents
Typed draft; Chapter 12; “The sky my eyes opened on through the bedroom window when I jolt awake these silent mornings is soft as velvet…” dated September 1, 2003
Typed draft; Chapter 4; “I did the math over and over: thirteen years since anyone in any world I’d been in could’ve known I was in buffalo in ’72, much less hung out with a guy named Gary Driscoll…” revised Jan-Feb, 2002
Typed draft; Chapters 1-3, with revisions, dated July 31, 2001
Chapter 1: “The three of them, Jim and Margaret and Antoinette, must’ve thought I’d gotten sick of their fighting, the way I lurched up and walked away…”
See also folder 218
Chapter 2: “Across the river from Groton, New London offers two kinds of Ghosts…”
See also folder 218
Chapter 3: “I came to college in 72 pretty much a total rube…”
See also folders 218, 228
Typed draft; Chapter 5; “In the books that’ve come out since, the ones I’ve read anyhow, people say the ‘60’s were over by then, everything after ’68, ’69 was pretty much a wash…” second copy of pages 1 and 2 are present, dated May 28, 2002
Typed draft; Chapter 13, first page only, printed on “scrap” paper; “I think back now on that time in Philly, and wonder what the hell I thought I was doing..” dated October 8, 2003
Typed draft; Chapter 6; “Sometimes I’m amazed it happened between Cathy and me, given how shy we both are…” dated August 27, 2002, 2 copies—one incomplete and edited, the other complete and clean
See also folder 217
Typed draft; Chapter 7; “The way Regent’s Scholarships worked back then for a guy on the warning track was not too clear…” dated December 5, 2002
Typed draft; chapter 8; “Should’ve known after seeing him at the meeting I was in for another long night…” dated January 29, 2003, 2 copies, one edited
See also folder 220
Dates
- Creation: 2001-2003
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
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106