Items

• Mrs. Ted Bliss - Dust Jackets

  Dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Mrs. Ted Bliss - Correspondence

  Correspondence relating to the publication of "Mrs. Ted Bliss" by Hyperion. Correspondents include Anne Borchardt, Patricia Mulcahy, and Yvonne Murphy.
• The MacGuffin - Reviews

  Reviews of "The MacGuffin" collected by Stanley and Joan Elkin.
• The MacGuffin - Dust Jackets

  Dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri.
• The MacGuffin - Typescript Draft

  Several pages from a typescript printout draft (1 of 2) of "The MacGuffin" with minimal corrections. This is the start of the excerpt published in Playboy December 1990 issue.
• Turner to Elkin

  Letter to Stanley Elkin from Alice K. Turner, Fiction Editor at Playboy.
• Notes Toward an Elegy - Program, Press Release, and Review

  Mid America Dance Company program, news release, and clippings of a review of the adaptation of a portion of "The Rabbi of Lud".
• Notes Toward an Elegy - Typescript Draft

  Draft of the adaptation of the final section of "The Rabbi of Lud" for a collaboration with the Mid-America Dance Company.
• Rabbi of Lud - Dust Jacket

  Dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri and a photocopy of the dust jacket copy.
• The Rabbi of Lud - Typescript Draft

  Typescript draft of "The Rabbi of Lud" with 5 typescript pages of notes.
• The Rabbi of Lud - Loose Notes

  Loose notes on "The Rabbi of Lud" in Joan Elkin's handwriting.
• W.C. Bamberger to Editor of NYTBR

  W.C. Bamberger's letter to the editor of the New York Times Book Review concerning "The Rabbi of Lud".
• The Rabbi of Lud - Press Release

  News from Charles Scribner’s Sons announcing the publication of The Rabbi of Lud.
• Magic Kingdom - Research Materials

  Miscellaneous materials regarding Disney World, notes on various diseases, and other such research information Stanley Elkin gathered while writing "The Magic Kingdom".
• The Magic Kingdom - Dust Jackets

  Dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri.
• The Magic Kingdom - Printer's Typescript, Chapter 5

  Chapter 5 (first ten pages) from the printer's typescript of "The Magic Kingdom" with corrections by the author.
• The Magic Kingdom - Printer's Typescript, First Ten Pages

  First ten pages of printers typescript of "The Magic Kingdom" with corrections by the author.
• The Magic Kingdom - Typescript Notes

  First page of a partial typescript draft of "The Magic Kingdom" with a list of characters, rooms, and afflictions.
• The Magic Kingdom - Autograph Notes

  Three pages of notes in Stanley and Joan's own hands inserted in a typescript draft of "The Magic Kingdom".
• Whitehead to Elkin, with Flap Copy

  Letter to Stanley Elkin from Bill Whitehead, his editor at Dutton, regarding the publication of "The Magic Kingdom", including copy for the dust jacket flaps.