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Folder 379: Contents of Pfeil’s folder marked “B”, Folder 1 of 4: Letters Pertaining to “Camerado [Goodman 2020]”, 1977-1983, undated

 File — Container: Box 19, Folder: 379

Scope and Contents

See also folders 3, 4, 7, 156, 157, 163, 164, 165, 166, 223, 224, 231, 232, 233, 236, 237, 244, 274, 275

Memo to Roger [presumed to be Roger Mitchell] from Scott [presumed to be Scott Saunders] at The Minnesota Review, dated November 6, 1977 with a handwritten note to Pfeil from Roger Mitchell [presumed to be from The Minnesota Review], undated

To Pfeil from Maxine Groffsky, Maxine Groffsky Literary Agency, New York, New York, dated April 23, 1979

Additional work referenced: “The Quality of Light in Maine” See also folders 190, 230, 231, 232, 238, 276, 277, 295, 296, 380, 381, 398

Draft of letter to Maxine Grofsky [presumed to be Groffsky] from Pfeil, undated

Additional work referenced: “The Quality of Light in Maine”

See also folders 190, 230, 231, 232, 238, 276, 277, 295, 296, 380, 381, 398

To Pfeil from Gail Hochman, New York, New York, dated November 15, 1979

To Pfeil from Gail Hochman, New York, New York, dated February 27, 1980

To Pfeil from Judy Ruben, Monthly Review Press, New York, New York, dated March 11, 1980

Presumed photocopy of letter to Gail Hochman from Beth Strachan, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Inc. Book Publishers, New York, New York dated April 9, 1980 with handwritten note to Pfeil from Gail Hochman, dated April 19

Presumed photocopy of letter to Gail Hochman from Robert “Bob” Bender, William Morrow and Company, Inc. Publishers, New York, New York dated August 8, 1980 with typewritten note presumed to be from Gail Hochman along with handwritten postscript also presumed to be from Hochman dated August 27

Draft of letter on reverse to “Editor” of the “G-T” [presumed to be the Corvallis Gazette Times, Corvallis, Oregon] from Pfeil, c. April 1981.

To Pfeil from Mary [presumed to be Mary Elsie Robertson], Brockport, New York dated April 13, 1981

To Pfeil from Fred [presumed to be Fred Jameson, Santa Cruz, California], letter undated, cover postmarked May 26, 1981

To Pfeil from Maxine Groffsky, New York, New York, dated September 21, 1981

Additional work referenced: “Last Love”

See also folders 33, 97, 98, 170, 232, 234, 290, 380

Presumed photocopy of letter to Gail Hochman from Beth Rashbaum, Avon Books, New York, New York, dated February 22, 1982 with handwritten note presumed to be from Beth Rashbaum. On the same sheet, handwritten note to Pfeil from G [presumed to be Gail Hochman], undated

Draft of letter [presumed to be from Pfeil] to Gail [presumed to be Gail Hochman] dated March 3, 1982 Additional works referenced: “Night Game”

See also folders 17, 380

To Pfeil from Barry Gifford, Editorial Consultant, Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley, California, dated March 24, 1982

To Pfeil from Speer Morgan, The Missouri Review, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, dated April 6, 1982

Draft of letter to Richard Flood, Creative Arts [Book Company], from Pfeil, dated April 12, 1982

To Pfeil from Vicki Nelson, Assistant to the Editor, Creative Arts Book Company, dated June 10, 1982 along with a reader’s report presumed to have originated from Nelson’s office

Postcard to Pfeil from Phil Zukerman, Applewood Books, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, dated June 18, 1982 along with handwritten note presumed to be from Pfeil Sent 7/22/82”

Draft of letter to Phil Zukerman, undated, c. July 1982.

To Pfeil from Richard Flood, Creative Arts Book Company, dated June 21, 1982

To Pfeil from Shelia Walsh, South End Press, Boston, Massachusetts, dated July 28, 1982

Draft of letter to Sheila Walsh, South End Press, from Pfeil, undated To Pfeil from Shelia Walsh, South End Press, dated February 18, 1983

Draft of letter to John Gallman, Editor, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, c. 1983

This draft appears on reverse of letter to Pfeil from Richard Wentworth, Associate Director and Editor, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois, dated September 19, 1978

Additional work referenced: Unnamed collection of short stories containing “Quality of light…,” “Fame of Price,” “Holding On,” “Skeeter’s Last…,” and “Poker Fugue”

To Pfeil from John Gallman, Director, Indiana University Press, dated March 22, 1983 along with a handwritten draft by Pfeil to Gallman, undated [c. 1983] as a reply to the letter from Gallman

Memo to John Gallman, from Scott Saunders, [presumed to be issued while at Indiana University Press], dated May 9, 1983

To Pfeil, from John Gallman, Indiana University Press, dated June 16, 1983. Along with this letter was a draft on scrap paper by Pfeil to Gallman, in reply

To Pfeil from John Gallman, Indiana University Press, dated July 26, 1983

Presumed photocopy of letter to John Gallman, Indiana University Press, dated October 20, 1983; 2 copies

To Pfeil from George Core, The Sewanee Review, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, dated November 21, 1983

Additional work referenced: “Shine On” (Collection of Short Stories)

See also folders 4, 38, 276, 277

To Pfeil from Jo Sapp, Projects Editor for The Missouri Review, dated December 15, 1983 along with a handwritten note at the bottom from Speer Morgan

To Pfeil from an editor at The Iowa Review, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, unsigned and undated

Dates

  • Creation: 1977-1983, undated

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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