Box 12

Scope and Contents “One Spirit: A Personal Journal”; journal and commentary on books read from June 11, 1997 to April 10, 1998; included in the form of additional papers, etc.: Pressed dandelion bud Assorted clippings 6 Undated photographs; 1 of Pfeil with an unidentified child, 1 of Pfeil with an unidentified woman Handwritten notes Concert ticket stub 4 Assorted cards and postcards Handwritten timeline of Pfeil’s life with a draft of an untitled poem on reverse: “The Heath Brothers…” Transcript of timeline...

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“Writing log. 11/7/00”; journal of when and how much written between November 7, 2000 and July 26 [2001]

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School Days Composition Book labeled: “Barnum/Americana” which appears to contain notes on selected readings: The Incorporation of America; Humbug: The Art of P T Barnum; The Fabulous Showman: The Life and Times of P T Barnum which also includes typewritten notes

“There was one final Indian tragedy to be…”

“As the Indian wars drew to a close…”

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School Days Composition Book labeled: “Herman Melville” which appears to contain handwritten notes on: Herman Melville: A Critical Study which also includes typewritten notes

Typewritten notes: “Eleanor Melville Metcalf’s remembrance of HM and the 26th St. house…”

Scope and Contents Bound blue fabric journal labeled: “Postmodern/Contemporary Fiction” which appears to contain handwritten notes on his readings and also includes various notes and clippings:Various news clippings, flyers, handoutsHandwritten notesClothing catalogueReading list for “American Cultures Workshop”Letter to Stacey D’Erasmo of Village Voice, New York, New York, from Rachel Burd, Vice President, Eastern Region, dated May 13, 1992 cc’d to...

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School Days Composition Book labeled: “Frederick Winslow Taylor” which appears to contain handwritten notes on: Frederick W Taylor: Father of Scientific Management, Frederick Taylor: A Study in Personality and Innovation, as well as three articles pertaining to F W Taylor and typewritten notes

Portrait of Taylor removed from book

Taylor (1856-1915) was an American Mechanical engineer who is known as the “father of Scientific Management”

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Bound blue fabric journal labeled: Frederick Taylor, vol. II and Sexuality which appears to contain handwritten notes on: Frederick W Taylor: Father of Scientific Management Vol. II, The Horrors of the Half Known Life: male Attitude Toward Women and Sexuality in Nineteenth Century America, and Civilizing the Machine: Technology an Republication Values in America 1776-1900

Various photocopied notes

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Three green and white unlined tablets used as journals with various leaves and notes attached to bound pages

[Presumed to be “Sharpham 1”]

“Sharpham 2”

“Sharpham 3”

Scope and Contents Collection of essays: “Icons for Clowns: American Writers Now”See also folders 10, 112, 230, 273, 309, 380“Writing and Politics: Eight Notes”See also folder 273“The Aesthetics of Disappointment”See also folder 273“Consumer Projections”See also folder 273“Fiction After History”See also folders 10, 273“Popular Expressions”See also folder 273...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Fred Pfeil papers is as diverse as it is large, comprised of drafts, finished works, correspondence, photographs, research material, and a few personal effects. At almost 3,000 items, it is one of the largest and most complete collections of a Trinity College professor held in the Trinity College Archives. From this varied collection of documents and other assorted material emerges a story that Pfeil helped to write not only with his own creative works, but also in the...