Items

• "Editor Bill Gass Waxes Baconian With an Essay...On Reading"

  "Editor Bill Gass Waxes Baconian With an Essay...On Reading," an essay by William H. Gass for his high school newspaper, The Cauldron, circa 1942.
• "Not a Very Good Limerick" by Claro

  "Not a Very Good Limerick" by Claro--the French translator of The Tunnel. Claro sent this limerick to Gass.
• "Limerical History of the World"

  Printout draft of "Limerical History of the World" by Gass, for inclusion in his book, The Tunnel.
• “Surface of the City” slides used by Gass during lectures

  “Surface of the City” slides used by Gass during lectures.
• Scrapbook created by William H. Gass

  Scrapbook created by William H. Gass containing clippings of articles, reviews and advertisements, as well as some photographs, spanning the 1950s and 1960s.
• "Art and Other Things: A Conversation with William Gass"

  "Art and Other Things: A Conversation with William Gass," The Purdue Exponent, May 22, 1969
• "Critics Hail Professor's Novel" by Karen Elias

  "Critics Hail Professor's Novel" by Karen Elias, Campus Copy.
• Typed letter signed from William Gaddis to William H. Gass, February 6, 1994

  Typed letter signed from William Gaddis to William H. Gass, February 6, 1994.
• William H. Gass being painted by Philip Guston at Yaddo, 1969

  Photographs of William H. Gass being painted by Philip Guston at Yaddo, before giving a reading of "Why Windows Are Important To Me," from The Tunnel
• "Outcast on the Mountains of the Heart" Draft Pages

  Eight pages from a printout draft of "Outcast on the Mountains of the Heart," an excerpt from The Tunnel. The complete draft is 13 pages.
• "A Sheaf of Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke"

  "A Sheaf of Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke" arranged in order of their completion, translated by William H. Gass, and used for his classes at Washington University in St. Louis.
• "An Interview with William Gass" by Jan Garden Castro

  "An Interview with William Gass" by Jan Garden Castro, ADE Bulletin, Number 70 (Winter 1981)
• "The Case of the Obliging Stranger"

  First seven pages of "The Case of the Obliging Stranger" reprint from The Philosophical Review, Volume LXVI, Number 2 (April 1957). Collected in Fiction and the Figures of Life.
• "Toy Beer"

  Manuscript draft fragments of "Toy Beer," a short story written by Gass, with autograph draft of letter to Mona Van Duyn on verso, replying to her invitation for him to send manuscripts to the newly forming Modern Literature Collection at Washington University in St. Louis.
• "Pole Vaulting in Top Hats: A Public Conversation with John Barth, William Gass, and Ishmael Reed"

  "Pole Vaulting in Top Hats: A Public Conversation with John Barth, William Gass, and Ishmael Reed," University of North Dakota, Spirit of Place: 6th Annual UND Writers Conference. Also includes a typed letter signed from James McKensize to William H. Gass, July 2, 1975, and six photocopied articles about the conference.
• Interview with William H. Gass - August 15, 1995

  Corrected transcript of an interview with William H. Gass - August 15, 1995. Unknown interviewer.
• "A Conversation with Stanley Elkin and William H. Gass" by Jeffrey L. Duncan

  "A Conversation with Stanley Elkin and William H. Gass," by Jeffrey L. Duncan, The Iowa Review, Volume 7, Number 1 (Winter 1976).
• "Interview with William H. Gass" by William Heath

  "Interview with William H. Gass" by William Heath, The Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin. Includes typed letter signed from William Heath to William H. Gass, April 11, 1968.
• George Washington University Doctor of Humane Letters and Citation, May 8, 1982

  George Washington University Doctor of Humane Letters and Citation, May 8, 1982.
• Warren G. Harding High School Grade Card

  William H. Gass's Warren G. Harding High School grade card for the 1939-40 school year