Jeanne Murray Walker Papers

SC-72
Walker, Jeanne Murray.
12 Boxes(4 linear feet)
1988-2004 (bulk: 1988-2003)

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Collection Inventory

 

I. Biographical 

 

Box I 1 

1. Aesthetic Statement 

 

II. Correspondence 

 

Box II 1 

1. Received - 1990 

2. Received - 1991 

3. Received - 1992 

4. Received - 1993 

5. Received - 1994 

6. Received - 1996 

7. Received - 1997 

8. Received - 1998 

 

Box II 2 

1. Received - 1999 

2. Received - 2000 

3. Received - 2001 

4. Received - 2002 

5. Received - 2003 

6. Received - Undated 

7. Sent – 1988-2000 

 

Box II 3 

1.  Reading and Publication Correspondence1988-89 

2.  Reading and Publication Correspondence1989-90 

3.  Reading and Publication Correspondence1989-90 

4.  Reading and Publication Correspondence1990-91 

5.  Reading and Publication Correspondence1991 

6.  Reading and Publication Correspondence1992 

7.  Reading and Publication Correspondence Dabney Job 

8.  Correspondence RE: Tillie 

 

 

III. Manuscripts 

 

A. Plays 

 

Box III A 1   

1. "Rowing Into Light on Lake Adley" A two-act play 

2. "Stories From the National Enquirer" A two-act play 

3. "Love That Will Not Let Me Go" A play in two acts [early draft of "The Chosen Daughter" 

4. "The Chosen Daughter," [Drafts nos. 4, 6, 7, 8, version after Hedgeron performance, several copies] 

5. “A Regular Miracle” A two-act play [3 copies] 

 

Box III A 2 

1. “The Queen’s Two Bodies” [7 copies at various stages with notes] 

2. “Leaving It All Behind” A two-act play 

3. “Private Matters” [Reading copy for Hedgerow Theatre]  

 

Box III A 3 

1. “Rowing Into Light on Lake Adley” A full-length play [7 copies, 1997-2000] 

2. “These Nameless Years” 

 

Box III A 4 

1. Notes for “The Queens Two Bodies” 

2. More notes for “The Queens Two Bodies” 

3. Notes for “Rowing into Light on Lake Adley” 

4. Notes for “The Chosen Daughter” 

5. Misc. Play Notes 

6. Play Ideas 

7. Shadow and Light- Collaborative Work 2005 

8. Unpublished Children’s Novel Late 1980’s 

 

 

Box III A 5 

1. Tillie: A Fiction Based on History 

2. Tillie: A fiction Inspired by History-with Playwrights notes 

3. Tillie: A Fiction Based on History- Draft/authors notes 

4. Director Carl Wallnam’s Rehearsal Script 

5. Tillie Interviews 

6. Feminist/Tillie 

7. Tillie 

8. Tillie-Contract 

9. Centenary Performing Arts Guild Entertainment Guide: The Tillie Project 

10. A Deed to the Light (Final Draft) 

 

B. Poetry Manuscripts  

 

Box III B 1 

1. "The Parkers Prairie Poems" 

2. “Sipping Coffee With the Dead in Edna’s Café” [with letter from publisher] 

3. “Or To Put It Another Way” [with comments by Fleda Jackson] 

4. While The Men Are Gone 

5. Final Report on a Pew Fellowship Year in Poetry 

6. Collated Revisions from “A Deed To The Light” 

7. Articles on Walker: “Poet and Playwright wins prestigious Pew Fellowship”  

8. A Deed to the Light 2004 

 

IV. Media 

 

Box IV A 

 

A. Photos 

1. Jeanne Murray Walker  

 

B. Audio 

1. Selections from On The Street [3 copies] 

2. “Dick Miller’s New Jersey Radio Magazine” The Tillie Project Centenary Stage Company (CD) 

 

C. Other 

1. Computer Disks of trial transcript 

 

V. Research Materials 

 

Box IV 1 

1.  Hackettstown Gazette 

2.  Interlibrary Loan 

3.  New York Times 

4.  Notes/Drafting the Play 

5.  New York Harold 

6.  New York World 

7.  Trial Transcript