Items

• Saft to Elkin

  Letter to Stanley Elkin from Elizabeth Saft, the editorial assistant at Dutton, regarding "The Magic Kingdom".
• Whitehead to Elkin

  Letter to Stanley Elkin from Bill Whitehead, his editor at Dutton, relating to the publication of "The Magic Kingdom".
• The Magic Kingdom - Reading and Discussion

  Stanley Elkin reads from and discusses "The Magic Kingdom" on the radio station, KWMU-FM.
• George Mills - Dust Jackets

  8 items. Includes two signed copies of colophons. Also includes four dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri. One combines the dust jackets for George Mills and The Magic Kingdom.
• George Mills - The Telethon Typescript

  Typescript draft that includes autograph corrections. The story was first published by Playboy in its September 1982 issue, and later incorporated into "George Mills".
• George Mills - Pressworks Presents

  Pressworks Presents order form and "The First George Mills" promo card.
• George Mills - Typescript Draft Printout

  "George Mills" typescript draft printout from 17 Lexitron 5.25" word-processer diskettes.
• Elkin/Macrae Correspondence

  Two letters between Stanley Elkin and John Macrae III, his editor at Dutton.
• St. Louis Post Dispatch Sunday Magazine

  St. Louis Post Dispatch Sunday Magazine featuring Stanley Elkin on the cover.
• George Mills [sound recording]

  Stanley Elkin talks about the ownership of language, and reads from his novel "George Mills", a novel about a thousand years in a line of losers all named George Mills.
• "The Franchiser" in FICTION

  An excerpt of "The Franchiser" published in FICTION volume 4, number 1.
• The Franchiser - Dust Jackets

  Five dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri.
• The Franchiser - Uncorrected Page Proof

  3 signatures of uncorrected proofs. Also includes correspondence from Kathleen Riley, a proof of the dust jacket, and typescript [photocopy] description of the book.
• The Franchiser Typescript Draft

  Selection from Part III Chapter 1 of a typescript draft of "The Franchiser" with extensive autograph corrections. First published as an excerpt in FICTION, starting on p. 58 of this draft.
• Elkin to Asher

  Stanley Elkin handwritten letter summarizing his novel, "The Franchiser", to A. Asher.
• Elkin Reads from The Franchiser Poster

  Poster promoting Stanely Elkin reading from "The Franchiser" at the University of Kansas.
• The Dick Gibson Show - Typescript Draft

  Selection from Part II of "The Dick Gibson Show" typescript draft with extensive autograph corrections by the author. These pages are part of an excerpt called "The Memory Expert," published in Esquire in May, 1970.
• The Dick Gibson Show - Exam Book Draft

  The third of five exam books used by Stanley Elkin to draft "The Dick Gibson Show".
• The Dick Gibson Show - Reviews

  Two reviews of "The Dick Gibson Show".
• The Dick Gibson Show - Dust Jackets

  Five dust jackets mounted originally in frames by Joan Elkin and displayed in the Elkin home in St. Louis, Missouri. One combines the dust jackets of the Oxford Book of Jewish Stories and The Dick Gibson Show.