Guide to the Papers of LaVyrle Spencer
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BOX 1
Folder
1 Guide to the papers of LaVyrle Spencer.
Includes copy of depository agreement with St. Cloud State University.
Original held in University Archives.
2 Correspondence, 1985-19 .
3 Media coverage.
HUMMINGBIRD
4 Correspondence.
Letter from Suzanne Corber to LaVyrle Spencer, 15 Nov. 1983.
5 Style sheet.
6-10 Copy-edited manuscript.
Chapters 1-24.
11 Hummingbird, Jove, 1983.
BOX 2 GALLEY PROOFS
Folder
1 Hummingbird, 1983.
BOX 3 THE HELLION
Folder
1-2 Typescript, draft 1?
Chapters 1-9 with holographic revisions.
Chapter 2 dated 13 July 1983.
3 Typescript, draft 2.
Incomplete. Arranged as received from author.
Includes holographic revisions and more than one version of some
pages.
4-5 Typescript, draft 3.
Chapters 1-15.
Dated 15 Dec. 1983.
6 Editor's notes.
Includes letter to LaVyrle Spencer from Margaret Learn, 6 Feb. 1984.
7 Author's notes.
Includes two letters to Margaret Learn from LaVyrle Spencer,
12 Feb. 1984 and 25 April 1984.
8 Final draft.
Photocopy. 7 May 1984?
9 The Hellion, Harlequin, 1984.
BOX 4
Folder
TWICE LOVED
1 Correspondence.
Letter from Suzanne Corber to LaVyrle Spencer, 6 April 1984, accompanied
copy-edited manuscript.
2-4 Copy-edited manuscript.
Chapters 1-23.
5 Twice Loved, Jove, 1984
PUBLICATIONS
6 The Fulfillment, Avon, 1979.
The Endearment, Dell, 1982.
7 The Heart Speaks, Jove, 1982.
Years, Jove, 1986.
BOX 5
Folder
SWEET MEMORIES
1-3 Copy-edited manuscript.
Chapters 1-16.
[Published, 1984.]
4 Manuscript.
Original first draft. Includes holographic notes and corrections
by the author. Chapters 1-13.
BOX 6
Folder
1 "Spring Fancy."
"Original first draft." Includes author's holographic corrections.
THE ENDEARMENT
2 Manuscript.
"Original hand-written" manuscript. Portions typewritten. Dated
7 Feb. 1980.
3-5 Typescript.
Includes holographic corrections.
Photocopy.
BOX 7
Folder
THE ENDEARMENT
1-2 Carbon typescript.
Includes holographic corrections. Incomplete.
HUMMINGBIRD
3-4 Typescript "outtakes."
Includes some holographic corrections.
Photocopy.
5 Typescript.
Includes retyped pages and holographic corrections.
Photocopy.
BOX 8
Folder
HUMMINGBIRD
1-2 Typescript.
Includes retyped pages and holographic corrections.
Photocopy.
INDIAN SUMMER
3 Typescript.
First draft. Includes holographic corrections.
4 Typescript.
"Original."
A PROMISE TO CHERISH
5 Manuscript.
Copy-edited. Includes cover letter to LaVyrle Spencer from Ellen
Edwards, editor, Second Chance at Love; dated 20 Aug. 1982; photocopy
of letter from LaVyrle Spencer to Ellen Edwards dated 22 Sept. [1982?];
letter from Ellen Edwards to LaVyrle Spencer 22 Oct. 1982.
BOX 9 SEPARATE BEDS
Folder
1-4 Manuscript.
Photocopy of "original."
5 Rewritten chapters 2 and 3.
6-7 Manuscript.
Copy-edited. Revisions dated 13 Jan. 1983.
BOX 10
Folder
SEPARATE BEDS
1-2 Manuscript.
Copy-edited. Revisions dated 13 Jan. 1983.
YEARS
3-7 Manuscript.
"First version."
BOX 11 YEARS
Folder
1-4 Manuscript.
"Rewrite." Includes author's notes.
5-6 Manuscript.
Includes markings of editor Damaris Rowland and copy-editors;
style sheets.
BOX 12
Folder
YEARS
1-3 Manuscript.
See note above.
SWEET MEMORIES
4 First draft.
TWICE LOVED
5 "Original draft and outtakes."
BOX 13 TWICE LOVED
Folder
1-6 Original manuscript.
Includes holographic revisions.
BOX 14 THE GAMBLE
Folder
1-3 Original first draft.
Includes some holographic revisions.
4-7 Original manuscript.
Copy-edited.
BOX 15
THE GAMBLE
1 Galley proofs.
VOWS
2-7 Working drafts, chapters 1-18.
BOX 16 VOWS
Folder
1 Working drafts, chapters 19-21.
2-5 Original manuscript.
Copy-edited. Includes letter from LaVyrle Spencer to Marie
Elsen, St. Cloud State University Archivist, ca. April 1988,
and a cover note from Geanine D. Thompson to LaVyrle Spencer
dated 13 April 1988.
6 Publicity materials.
BOX 17 MORNING GLORY (Working title ÒHoney RunÓ)
Folder
1 Morning Glory.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.
2-5 Original manuscript.
6-7 Original manuscript.
Copy-edited.
BOX 18 MORNING GLORY
Folder
1-2 Original manuscript.
Copy-edited.
3-4 Galley proofs.
5-13 Rough drafts.
One or more drafts of prologue and chapters 1-8. Revisions.
Authors holographic changes and notes.
BOX 19 MORNING GLORY
Folder
1-14 Rough drafts.
See previous note.
15 "Tie-ups" and changes.
16 Correspondence.
Between Spencer and Damaris Rowland. Between Spencer and
Lisa Wager. To Spencer from Andrea Neiditz. Dated March 1987 -
October 1989.
BOX 20 BITTERSWEET (Working title "Door County")
Folder
1-9 Rough drafts.
Rough drafts of chapters 1-9 with holographic notes.
BOX 21 BITTERSWEET
Folder
1-13 Rough drafts.
Rough drafts of chapters 10-21 with holographic notes.
14 Author's notes.
Holographic. Dated 1988.
15 Correspondence.
Regarding revisions, editorial changes. Dated 1988-1989.
BOX 22 BITTERSWEET
Folder
1-4 Original copy-edited manuscript.
5 Page proofs.
BOX 23 FORGIVING
Folder
1 Author's notes.
Holographic.
2 Correspondence.
Between Spencer and editors at Berkley. Dated 1990.
3 Outline.
Chapter by chapter synopsis. Holographic.
4-16 Rough drafts.
Chapters 1-13.
BOX 24 FORGIVING
Folder
1-10 Rough drafts
Chapters 14-23.
11-14 Manuscript.
Cover sheet reads "FORGIVING. Written Jan. 1989- Nov. 1989."
BOX 25
Folder
1 Response cards.
Preprinted cards used to answer fan mail.
2 Sack advertising VOWS.
3 Correspondence.
Letter from the State Services for the Blind dated 22 July 1986.
4-6 Correspondence.
Letters from fans and other authors to Spencer. Dated 13 Feb. 1987 -
10 Dec. 1988.
BYGONES
7-13 Drafts of chapters 1-7.
BOX 26 BYGONES
Folder
1-12 Drafts of chapters 8-19.
BOX 27 FAMILY BLESSINGS
Folder
1-13 Drafts of chapters 1-13.
Folder 6 includes a letter to a nephew (police officer) asking for
advice and changes in the typescript of the third draft of chapter six.
BOX 28
Folder
FAMILY BLESSINGS
1-6 Drafts of chapters 14-19.
7 Bygones.
G. P. Putnam, 1992.
8 Family Blessings.
G. P. Putnam, 1993.
BOX 29 NOVEMBER OF THE HEART
Folder
1-10 Drafts of Chapters 1-10.
Folder 5 contains a letter of suggestions from an individual called "Skip."
BOX 30 NOVEMBER OF THE HEART
Folder
1-9 Drafts of chapters 11-19.
BOX 31
Folder
1 November of the Heart.
G. P. Putnam, 1993.
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