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Box 11

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

The Sportsmen (story)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Drafts with annotations, approx. 22 p total. Tear sheeet of publsihed story, Playboy, October 1985. TLS from James Morgan of Playboy magazine to McGuane, June 12, 1985.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

Partners (story)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Drafts of story, some with original title of The Bellevue Lunch. Annotations, approx. 80 p. total. Tear sheets of published story, Playboy, December 1986. TLS from Alice Turner of Playboy magazine to McGuane, May 7, 1986.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

The Road Atlas (story)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Several drafts, with annotations, approx. 60 p. total plus one copy in black folder with signed handwritten letter from McGuane to "Trish," May 21, 1986 (2 dealer notes attached). Also TLS from Alice Turner of Playboy magazine to McGuane, May 21, 1986.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

Flight (story)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Two drafts of story, with annotations. Galley, Esquire, August 1986.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

To Skin a Cat (story)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Holographic draft on legal-sized paper.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

To Skin a Cat (story)(cont.)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

One draft, with annotations, 68 p. Galleys from Rocky Mountain magazine (1980). TLS from Susan Brenneman of Rocky Mountain magazine to McGuane.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

To Skin a Cat (story)(cont.)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft with annotations, 67 p.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

To Skin a Cat (story)(cont.)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Original draft, 67 p. TLS Dan Doolin to McGuane, May 21, 1984.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

To Skin a Cat (story)(cont.)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Draft with annotations, approx. 50 p. Incomplete draft, approx. 22 p. Published version (proofs? copy?)from TriQuarterly, with annotations.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)

To Skin a Cat (story)(cont.)

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Triquarterly 50 issue with To Skin a Cat, Winter 1981.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections / Thomas McGuane papers / Writings / Major Works / To Skin a Cat (collection of stories)