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Contains 6 Results:

Final draft ms. with printer instructions.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Virgil Scott papers include drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, plot outlines, correspondence, and research subject files related to six of Scott's books, including The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (1947); The Hickory Stick (1948); The Savage Affair (1958); I, John Mordaunt (1964); The Kruetzman Affair (1974); and Walk-In (1976).

Dates: 1947
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Virgil Scott papers / Writings / The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter. New York: Swallow Press, 1947. 248 p.

Notes, miscellany

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Virgil Scott papers include drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, plot outlines, correspondence, and research subject files related to six of Scott's books, including The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (1947); The Hickory Stick (1948); The Savage Affair (1958); I, John Mordaunt (1964); The Kruetzman Affair (1974); and Walk-In (1976).

Dates: 1948
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Virgil Scott papers / Writings / The Hickory Stick. New York: Swallow Press, 1948. 749 p.

Earliest draft, titled "Lift Not Your Hands" title page, introduction, first two pages only)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Virgil Scott papers include drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, plot outlines, correspondence, and research subject files related to six of Scott's books, including The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (1947); The Hickory Stick (1948); The Savage Affair (1958); I, John Mordaunt (1964); The Kruetzman Affair (1974); and Walk-In (1976).

Dates: 1948
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Virgil Scott papers / Writings / The Hickory Stick. New York: Swallow Press, 1948. 749 p.

Plot outline, notes. Second title, "Rat's Alley"

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6-6a
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Virgil Scott papers include drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, plot outlines, correspondence, and research subject files related to six of Scott's books, including The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (1947); The Hickory Stick (1948); The Savage Affair (1958); I, John Mordaunt (1964); The Kruetzman Affair (1974); and Walk-In (1976).

Dates: 1948
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Virgil Scott papers / Writings / The Hickory Stick. New York: Swallow Press, 1948. 749 p.

Second draft.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7-16
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Virgil Scott papers include drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, plot outlines, correspondence, and research subject files related to six of Scott's books, including The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (1947); The Hickory Stick (1948); The Savage Affair (1958); I, John Mordaunt (1964); The Kruetzman Affair (1974); and Walk-In (1976).

Dates: 1948
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Virgil Scott papers / Writings / The Hickory Stick. New York: Swallow Press, 1948. 749 p.

Third draft

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17-21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Virgil Scott papers include drafts, galley and page proofs, notes, plot outlines, correspondence, and research subject files related to six of Scott's books, including The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (1947); The Hickory Stick (1948); The Savage Affair (1958); I, John Mordaunt (1964); The Kruetzman Affair (1974); and Walk-In (1976).

Dates: 1948
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Virgil Scott papers / Writings / The Hickory Stick. New York: Swallow Press, 1948. 749 p.