Vincent Cronin:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Cronin, Vincent, 1924-2011 Title: Vincent Cronin Papers Dates: 1954-1975, undated Extent: 11 record cartons, 1 document box (11.42 linear feet) Abstract: Collection includes all the extant original material for his 13 books and 191 letters from his father, A. J. Cronin. Materials include manuscripts, typescripts, notes, notebooks, galley proofs, worksheets, and correspondence. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-00994 Language: English Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days’ notice for access in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material: [email protected] Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility. Restrictions on Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Use: Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom Center's Open Access and Use Policies. Cronin, Vincent, 1924-2011 Manuscript Collection MS-00994
Administrative Information
Preferred Vincent Cronin Papers (Manuscript Collection MS-00994). Harry Citation Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Acquisition: Purchase, 1976 (R7290) Processed by: Kevin O’Sullivan, 2010 Repository: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
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Series I. Works
Major Works
The Florentine Renaissance (1967)
Notes Container 1.1-2
First draft manuscript Container 1.3
First typescript Container 1.4
Early typescript: chapsters 12-17 with corrections Container 1.5
Manuscript and typescript notes Container 1.6
Typescript: second version Container 1.7-8
Typescripts Container 1.9-10
Manuscripts Container 2.1
Typescripts Container 2.2-4
Notes to text Container 2.5-6
Typescripts: setting copy Container 2.7-9
Galley proofs Container 2.10
The Flowering of the Renaissance (1969)
Notes Container 2.11, 3.1-2
Manuscripts Container 3.3
First draft typescript Container 3.4
Typescript Container 3.5
Third carbon typescript Container 3.6
Galley proofs Container 3.7
Four Women in Pursuit of an Ideal (1965)
Manuscript with notes and drafts Container 3.8
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Typescript: early version Container 3.9
Revised carbon typescripts Container 4.1-2
Later typescript Container 4.3
Setting copy typescript Container 4.4-5
Galley proofs Container 4.6
The Golden Honeycomb (1954)
Notebook 1: manuscript Container 4.7
Notebook 2: manuscript Container 4.8
Notebook 3: manuscript Container 4.9
Original typed manuscript version Container 4.10-12
Typed manuscript Container 4.13
The Last Migration (1975)
Manuscript notebook of travels Container 5.1
Manuscript of first draft Container 5.2
Notes and manuscript Container 5.3
Early typescript Container 5.4
Revised typescript Container 5.5-7
Galley proofs Container 5.8-9
The Letter After Z (1960)
Notebook and manuscript Container 5.10
Notes and manuscript Container 5.11
Typescript: setting copy Container 5.12-14
Louis and Antoinette (1974)
Notes Container 6.1-4
Notes used in research Container 6.5-6
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Notes: index Container 6.7
Autograph manuscript: chapters 16-20 Container 6.8
Early typescript Container 6.9
Typescript Container 6.10-12, 7.1
Various pages Container 7.2
Galley proofs Container 7.3-4
Louis XIV (1964)
Notes relating to French edition Container 7.5
Manuscript Container 7.6
Typed manuscript Container 7.7
Typescript and manuscript notes Container 7.8
Early typescript: chapters 10-20 Container 7.9
Typescript, first version Container 7.10
Loose pages Container 7.11
Typescript: setting copy Container 7.12-14
Manuscript card index Container 8.1-3
Galley proofs with corrections Container 8.4
Galley proofs Container 8.5
Mary Portrayed (1968)
Incomplete early draft Container 8.6
Galley proofs Container 8.7
Napoleon (1971)
Notes Container 8.8-9
Autograph manuscript Container 8.10-12
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Typescript Container 9.1-4
Typescript (incomplete) Container 9.5-6
Original typescript Container 9.7-9
Paris (Companion Guide) (1963)
Manuscript draft Container 10.1-2
Manuscript Container 10.3
Third copy manuscript Container 10.4
Typescript worksheets and carbons Container 10.5
A Pearl to India (1959)
Manuscript Container 10.6
Notes and corrections Container 10.7
Typescript Container 10.8
Typescript (incomplete) Container 10.9
The Wise Man from the West (1955)
Notebooks Container 10.10-11
Early typescript Container 11.1
Typescript with corrections Container 11.2-3
Complete carbon typescript Container 11.4
Galley proofs with corrections Container 11.5
Minor Writings
Container The Classical Ideal in Florence (1967), typescript lecture 11.6
Slave Zone, Free Zone (undated), typescript Container 11.7
Notes pertaining to unidentified work on Italy Container 11.8
Translations
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Profane Love (undated) by Alfred Kern
Translation, typescript Container 11.9-10
Advance proofs and notes Container 11.11
Renoir My Father (undated) by Jean Renoir
Typescript of original, Auguste Renoir Container 11.12
Translation typescript Container 11.13, 12.1
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Series II: Correspondence
Letters to A.J. Cronin to Vincent Cronin Container 12.2-4
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Off-site Bar Code List 1--059188000015670 2--059188000015681 3--059188000015692 4--059188000015706 5--059188000015717 6--059188000015728 7--059188000015739 8--059188000015740 9--059188000015750 10--059188000015761 11--059188000015772 12--059188000015783
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