The Inventory of the Sam Shepard Collection #746 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Shepard, Srun Sept,1~77 - Jan,1979 Outline of Inventory I. MANUSCRIPTS A. Plays B. Poetry c. Journal D. Short Prose E. Articles F. Juvenilia G. By Other Authors II. NOTES III. PRINTED MATTER A, By SS B. Reviews and Publicity C. Biographd:cal D. Theatre Programs and Publicity E. Miscellany IV. AWARDS .•, V. FINANCIAL RECOR.EB A. Receipts B. Contracts and Ageeements C. Royalties VI. DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS VII. CORRESPONDENCE VIII.TAPE RECORDINGS Shepard, Sam Box 1 I. MANUSCRIPTS A. Plays 1) ACTION. Produced in 1975, New York City. a) Typescript with a few bolo. corr. 2 prelim. p., 40p. rn1) b) Typescript photocopy of ACTION "re-writes" with holo. corr. 4p. marked 37640. (#2) 2) ANGEL CITY, rJrizen Books, 1976. Produced in 1977. a) Typescript with extensive holo. corr. and inserts dated Oct. 1975. ca. 70p. (ft3) b) Typescript with a few holo. corr. 4 prelim. p., 78p. (#4) c) Typescript photocopy with holo. markings and light cues. Photocopy of r.ouqh sketch of stage set. 1 prelim. p., 78p. ms) 3) BURIED CHILD a) First draft, 1977. Typescript with re~isions and holo. corr. 86p. (#6) b) Typescript revisions. 2p. marked 63, 64. (#6) 4) CALIFORNIA HEART ATTACK, 1974. ,•. ' a) Typescript with holo. corr. 23p. (#7) ,, 5) CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, Urizen Books, 1976. a) Typescript with holo. corr. 1 prelim. p., 104p. ms) b) Typescript photocopy with holo. corr. 1 prelim. p. 104p. (#9) c) Typescript dialogue and stage directions, 9p. numbered 1, 2, and 2-8. (#9) Shepard, Sam 2 Box 1 6) DEEP WATER, 1976. Labelled "unfinished." a) Typescript with holo. corr. 42p. (#10) 7) 'FRACTURED'. Screenplay. a) Typescript with holo. corr. 1 prelim. p., 109p, (#11) Box 2 8) FREEWAY LIFE, 1917. Both typescripts labelled "Unfinished". a) Typescript. 9p. 5/77 (#1) p. 2-10 (#1) b) Typesdcipt with bolo. corr. 40p. 6/77 (#2) 9) GREAT SEARCH FOR THE BONES OF MAN, n.d. a) Typescript. Sp. (it3) 10) INACOMA a) Typescript. outline. 4p. (#4) b) Typescript photocopy outline. 4p. (#4) c) Pages of dialogue and lyric§. Typescript with holo. corr. and carbon typescript. 17p. (#4) 11) JOURNEY TO IXTLAN. A dramatization hased on the book by Carlos Castaneda. a) "First Draft" typescript with bolo. corr. 1 prelim. p., 9p. (#5) 12) KOKO. Unfinished screenplay for Barbe~ Schroedet. 1977. a) "First Draft" typescript with holo. corr. and stage notes. 3lp. (#6) 13) THE LAST AMBRICAN GAS $'rA'rION. 1974. a) Holograph. 85p. and 3 additional pages. (#7) 14) MADAGASCAR. a) Typescript with holo. corr. Labelled "Unfinished". 28p. Clf8) Shepard, Sam 3 Box 2 15) MAN FLY. 1975. a) "First Draft" typescript with holo. corr. and insertions. ca. 45p. (4t9) b) Typescript photocopy with bolo. corr. 1 prelim. p. 6lp. (#10) 16) MONET'S DESCENT a) Typescript. 2p. (#11) 17) SAN QUENTIN a) Typescript with holo. corr. 2p. (#12) 18) SEDUCED. 1911., a) Typescript with holo. corr. 2 preliro. p. 53p. ( 4tl3) b) "First draft out taJces". Typescript with bolo. corr. 57p. (#14) 19) 7th SON. Screenplay, 1977. a) Holograph and typescript with holo. corr. 8p. (#15) 20) SHELL SHOCK. 1976. a) Typescript with holo. corr. 7p. (#16) 21) THE SLOW DEATH OF EAMON REE. 1973. a) Typescript with holo. corr. l3p. (#111) 22) SUICIDE IN B flat. 1976. .. a) Typescript with bolo. corr. 1 prelim. p. 5€p. (nlB) Box 3 23) THE TOOTH OF CRIME A) Typescript photocopy with holo. corr. l prelim. p. 49p. 4p. of inserts. on) b) THE TOOTH OF CRIME (and] GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER. Uncorrected first proof. Grove Press, c.1974. (#1) 24) WHITE SLAVERY a) Notes on characters and ~et sketch. Holograph. lp. (#2) Shepard, Sam 4 Box 3 b) Typescript. 2p. (#2) 25) Unidentified short plays, arranged chronologically. (#3) a) Typescript beginning""Haynes: You cut for a living?" n.d. 2p. b) Typescript on blue pages, n.d. 2p. c) Typescript. 1977. 2p. d) Typescript. 1977. 3p. e) Typescript. 1977. 6p. f) Typescript with bolo. corr. beginning "Finn: This guy, was in fact a true Americano." 1977 (dated on p.2). 7p. g) Typescript with holo. corr. re. Gt,ebe and lis son. 1978. 2p. B. Poetry. Arranged chronologically. 1) "Wilbur De Paris", probably lyrics. 1976. a) Typescript. lp. (#4) 2) Untitled, beginning "I Built a play of my own", dated 1977. a) Typescript. lp. (#5) 3) Untitled collection of poems, n.d. ca. 95p. (4t6) c. Journal of Bob Dylan tour 1) ROLLING THUNbER LOGBOOK, Viking Press, 1977. (Book about Dylan's ,•. Rolling Thunder Review Tour) . a) Typescript with bolo. c~+r. ca. 125p. 1975. (#7) D. Short ProSe Pieces (#8). Arranged chronologically. 1) Untitled typescript. n.d. lp. 2) Untitled. Philosophical thoughts in first person. a) Typescript. lp. Shepard, Sam 5 Box 3 3) Untitled fantasy beginning "Little son, sitting." July, 1977. (#8) a) Typescript with holo. corr. 4p. 4) Untitled Re. American theatre. 1977. a) Typescript, 3p. 5) L.A. - Murray's Wedding, 1977. a) Typescript, Sp. 6) Language, 1977. a) Typescript, 3p. E. E. Articles, arranged chronologically. (#9) 1) "Time" a) Typescript with holo. corr. Appeared in the program for the production of ACTION and KILLER'S HEAT at the American Place Theatre, March 1975. 2) Untitled piece on the q.rt of playwriting. a) Typescript with holo. corr. inscribed, "Michael Kirby, 'The Drama Review', 1977". 6p. F. Juvenilia (#9) 1) "Vacation time has come" (written at age 7). Holograph 7p. on 4 leaves. ,•. ' 2) "The Finding of Fang". Holograph. 2p. on 1 leaf. 3) Untitled incomplete story. ,'Holograph. 4p. on 2 leaves. 4) "Jesse Had a Walk". Holograph in SS's adult hand (dicaated by son?) with child's colored crayon and ink drawings. Sewn in book form, 5 folded pages. Shepard, Sam 6 Box 3 G. Manuscripts by other authors. Arranged alphabetically by author. 1) THE RUNAWAY by Eugenia Fischer. a) Typescript photocopy with hole. corr. 7p. (#10) 2) RIVER STORY by Eugenia Hauptman. a) Typescript photocopy with bolo. oorr. llp. (#11) 3) THE NIGHT IS TENDER by Eugenia Hauptman. a) Typescript photocopy with hole. corr. 12p. (#12) 4) DAYS OF HEAVEN by Terrence Malick. a) Script. Typescript mimeo with holo. notations. Ca.130p. (#13) b) Shooting Schedule. Typescript photocopy with bolo. notations. 63p. (#14) C,, 5) DREAM MIRROR VOICES by Michael McClure. a) Script. Typescript photocopy inscribed "This copy for Sam~Michael." 17p. (#15) 6) 0.:"For Sam Shepard" by Michael McClure. / I a) Holograph po,m, signed. lp. (#16) II. NOTES A. ACTION and KILLER'S HEAD. Preparatory notes for production at .•• ' the Magic Theatre, San Francisco, 1975. ·-J 1) Spiral-bound notebook. Holograph. 41p. rn17) Box 4 B. ANGEL CITY. Preparatory n~tes for production at the Magic Theatre, 1976. 1) Spiral-bound yellow notebook. Holograph. Ca. 150p. (4~1) C. ~!Dci.ys of Heaver.r. ikit.es rel13_ting to Shepard's role in the film, 1976. Miscellaneous ideas for plays and stories, some titled and dated. Shepard, Sam 7 Box 4 1) Spiral-bound yellow notebook. Holograph. Ca. 50p. (#2) D. INACOMA, Ideas and Characters, 1977 •. 1) Spiral-bound blue notebook. Holograph. ca. lSOp. (#3) 2) Spiral-bound red notebook. Holograph. ca. 40p. Ctt4) 3) 7 loose pages, 1 napkin. Holograph, (#4) E. "Rolling Thunder". Notebook containing miscellaneous notes for a proposed Rolling Thunder movie based on the Bob Dylan concert tour; ideas for plays, short pieces of unidentified script and household notes. 1) Spiral-bound holograph notebook, ca. 60p. (#5) F. Rolling 'I'hunder Logbook, 1975 • . l) Loose holograph sheets 3"1" x 6". ca. l00p. (#5) G. Notebook inscribed "Flying Y Ranch '75". Contains a layout for a house, furniture designs and misc. notes for ranch maintenance. 1) Spiral-bound green notebook. Holograph. ca. 80p. rnG) H. Miscellaneous holograph notes on plays; ideas for films; music notations of piano lesson tunes. 1) Spiral-bound blue notepad. Holograph 22p. Holograph 79 loose pages. (#7} ,•.. III.PRINTED MATTER A. Articles by ss (#8) 1) "Less Than Ralf A Minute" a) Time Out, July 12-18, 1974, 2p. Article on Greyhound racing in Britain. Shepard, Sam 8 Box 4 2) "Visualization, Language And The Inner Library 11 (#8) a) Galleys. Drama Review, December, 1977. / 3) Letter to the Editor of the Village Voice.about Obie Award, 1977 ., cc-and_letter from Obie judges. B. Reviews and Publicity Clippings and phototocopies of mviews and ads for theatrical productions. 1) ACTION and KILLER'S HEAD. 1975. Reviews include those of Clive Barnes And Douglas Watt. 31 pieces. (#9) 2) ANGEL CITY. 1987-1978. Reviews of several productions including pieces by Douglas Watt and Michael Feingold. 21 pieces; 13 reviews of book ANGEL CITY AND OTHER PLAYS, Urizen, 1977. (ftlO) Including mae by Fred Pfeil in San Francisco Review of Books, Sept. 1977, p.29. Ad for the book in urizen Books Spning • and Fall Catalog, 1977. 3) BURIED CHILD, 1978. Reviews by Clive Barnes, Richard Eder, and \ J'ohn Simon. Some newspaper advertisements. 14 pieces. (#11) 4) CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS. 1977-1978. Reviews of several productions including ones by Clive Barnes, Richard Eder and Walter Kerr. 44 pieces. (#12) 5) DAYS OF HEAVEN. 1978. Newspaper advertisements and reviews of the film directed by Terrence Malick. S.S. played the role of a well-to-do Texas landowner, ca. 1916. 7 pieces. (4tl3) Shepard, Sam 9 Box 4 6) INACOMA. 1977. 4 reviews and 2 pieces of reference material re. euthanasia. (4tl4) Box 5 7) MAD DOG BLUES. 1977. 3 reviews. (#1) 8) RENALDO AND CLARA, 1978. Reviews of film by Bob Dylan, the setting of which is Dylan's concert tour, "Rolling Thunder Revue." 5 pieces.