Box 1

Scope and Contents Two files. The first file contains several drafts of Burroughs' article about Watergate written in 1972. Included in this file are the following: 2pp. typed first draft manuscript about 500 words. 4 pp. typed second draft expanded manuscript, signed by the author on first page, approximately 1250 words. 9 pp. typed variant text manuscript, with a different title Towards a Field Theory of Word, signed by Burroughs, which is another attempt to essay the...

Scope and Contents This folder contains numerous short pieces, virtually all of which are autobiographical in nature and which constitute small essays about writing and becoming a writer. All these pieces where written in 1969-1972 in London. The file may be broken down into the following individual essays: Une Poeme Moderne. Singled page, typed, signed by Burroughs. About 200 words, single-spaced. Essentially a cut up routine in which Burroughs himself figures...

Scope and Contents One folder, labeled in Burroughs' hand. Contains a small amount of correspondence regarding an erotic film festival and an interview with Gay Sunshine. The remaining 5 typescript pages may be broken down as: When I Entered With Ali The Scene Was Indescribable. 2pp. railroad routine. About 750 words. Unpublished. When John Reached the ...

Scope and Contents 3 folios containing various drafts of both the MS and illustrations for the Book of Breething published by OU, Henri Chopin, Essex, 1974 in an edition of 400 copies. First folio. This portfolio contains Burroughs' own copy of the Book of Breething, 27 pages of the original MS (3 in holograph) with some pages bearing drafts of Burroughs' ideas for the...

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17pp. correspondence from publishers and editors and others desiring advice or manuscripts. 2pp. typed replies and 1 page holographic by Burroughs. Unpublished.

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1 page (blank of Friendly Film Ltd. Stationary, and 1 photocopy from Today's Cinema announcing the optioning of Naked Lunch.

Scope and Contents This file is supposed to, but does not, contain the dream notes. 9 pages of notes in Burroughs' holograph of dreams during Burroughs' visit to Greece in August 1973. Also included in the file are two typed pages of dream notes made during the visit with Alan Ansen in Greece. Alan Ansen, a close friend of Burroughs, was given a number of manuscripts of Burroughs in the late 1950's in Venice, Italy. Ansen wrote Burroughs from Greece in Summer 1973, advising him...

Scope and Contents Smell Brain is a long story written on September 13, 1973 and subsequently retitled The Health Officer and published by the Coach House Press, Toronto Canada, 1974, in The Short Story So Far pp. 166-170. This file consists of: 7pp. typed first draft of the...

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3 files containing typed and handwritten correspondence from Strickland to Burroughs, in which she threatens suicide and proposes marriage. Approximately 150 pp. from Strickland, including 9 photographs, 1 drawing and 2 poems. Burroughs 5pp. typed replies from June 1973 are insightful and personal. Preserved in the original folders with Liz Strickland written on each in Burroughs' hand. On one he has amended, (Valuable).

Scope and Contents This file includes original drawings by John Brady, Bob Gale (who illustrated Book of Breething and Malcolm McNeill). Brady has drawn what appears to be two portraits of William Burroughs on a small sheet of paper in green ink, signed the portrait twice. There are 4 finished pen and ink drawings by Bob Gale unsigned, each of which is especially fine and all are unpublished. Finally, there are 4 very colorful drawings executed by Malcolm...