The Inventory of the Peter Benchley Collection #956 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Benchley, Peter #956 Box 1 Folders 1-2 I. Manuscripts. A. Books. 1. TIME AND A TICKET (non-fiction; Houghton, New York, 1964), draft, TS, edited, 285 p. Folder 3 2. Novels. a. JAWS (Doubleday, New York, 1974). (i) Synopses. (a) Re: early version of book, CTS, 4 p. Folder 4 (b) By Kevin Sellers of Doubleday re: early version of book, TS copy, 3 p., 1973; includes TN from Roberta Pryor. Folder 5 (c ) Re: corrected version of book, TS, 4 p. Folder 6 (ii) Drafts. (a) Rough partial draft, untitled, TS with holograph corrections, pp. 1-174, June 1972; includes: (1) Plot notes. (2) Word count chart/writing calendar. (3) TLS and notes, to PB from “Tony,” 4 p., June 1, 1972. (4) Memo to PB, TS, 4 p. 2 Box 1 cont’d. Folder 7 (b) Untitled draft, CTS, 312 p.; includes memo from PB, 2 p., Jan. 16, 1973. Folders 8-10 (c) Untitled draft, TS, 379 p. Folder 11-12 (d) Pages from early revisions, CTS, approx. 80 p. (revisions and inserts). Folders 13-15 (e) Draft titled GREAT WHITE, TS, edited, 312 p. Folder 16 (f) Draft, CTS, 373 p. Folder 17 (g) Galley proofs, edited, Apr. 11, 1973. Folder 18 (h) Final galley proofs. Folder 19 (i) 5 pages of holograph title suggestions for JAWS. Folder 20 (j) Galley pages for Penguin school edition “retelling,” by Kieran McGovern, 1998; photocopy. 3 Box 2 Folder 1 b. THE DEEP (Doubleday, New York, 1976). (i) Outlines. (a) TS with holograph notes, 17 p., June 14, 1973. Folder 2 (b) TS, 7 p., Mar. 6, 1975. Folder 3 (c ) TS with holograph notes, 6 p., June 16, 1975. Folder 4 (ii) First draft (incomplete), TS with holograph corrections, 143 p. Folders 5-6 (iii) Second draft, 355 p., begun May 28, 1975. Folders 7-8 (iv) Draft, TS with editor’s correspondence, 337 p. Folders 9-10 (v) Draft, TS, copy, 336. Folder 11 (vi) Galley proof with editor’s corrections, 94 p. Folder 12 (vii) Uncorrected proof (Doubleday, 1976), 179 p. 4 Box 2 cont’d. Folder 13 (vii) CTS draft pages, ca. 20. Folder 14 (viii) Memo re: plot, from Ken McCormick to Kate Medina, June 5, 1975. Folders 15-16 c. THE ISLAND (Doubleday, New York, 1979). (i) Rough first draft, TS with corrections, copy, 303 p. Folder 17-18 (ii) Draft, TS with editor’s corrections, copy, July 10, 1978. Folder 19 d. THE GIRL OF THE SEA OF CORTEZ (Doubleday, New York, 1982). (i) First draft, TS, 236 p., May 8, 1981. Folder 20 (ii) Draft, CTS, 329 p. Folders 21-22 (iii) Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 319 p., May 8, 1981. Box 3 Folder 1 (iv) Draft pages with Kate Medina’s notes, TS and holograph, May-Aug, 1981. 5 Box 3 cont’d. Folder 2 (v) Draft, TS, 240 p. Folders 3-4 (vi) Final draft, 319 p., May 8, 1981. Folder 5-6 (vii) Draft, TS, with holograph notes by Kate Medina, 329 p., Aug. 1981. Folders 7-8 (viii) Draft, TS, 341 p. Folders 9-10 (ix) Draft, TS, 319 p. Folder 11 (x) Partial draft, TS, pp. 1-136. Folder 12 (xi) Pages 1-38 (replaced), Aug. 27, 1981. Folder 13 (xii) CTS page sections, pp. 1-38; pp. 66-67; pp. 81-85; pp. 2-4; pp. 152 and 153 (same page) and 204. Folder 14 (xiii) Edited sections, TS, pp. 121-124; pp. 103- 120; pp. 53-101. Folder 15 (xiv) Assorted pages, TS with holograph corrections, ca. 25 p. 6 Box 3 cont’d. Folder 16 e. Q CLEARANCE (Random House, New York, 1986). (i) Aborted first draft, copy of TS with holograph corrections, 235 p. Folders 17-19 (ii) Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 595 p.; includes memo from Kate Medina. Folders 20-21 (iii) Partial draft, TS with holograph corrections, 577 p. Box 4 Folders 1-3 (iv) Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 580 p. Folders 4-5 (v) Draft, TS with holograph corrections (some pages are photocopies), 595 p. Folders 6-8 (vi) Draft, TS, with Kate Medina’s holograph edits, 595 p. Folders 9-10 (vii) “Final?” draft, TS with holograph corrections, 589 p. Folders 11-13 (viii) Draft, TS, 571 p. 7 Box 4 cont’d. Folders 14-15 (ix) Partial draft, TS, 589 p. Box 5 Folders 1-2 (x) Partial draft, TS with holograph corrections, 235 p. Folder 3 (xi) Edited pages, TS, approx. 100 miscellaneous pages. Folder 4 (xii) Author’s galley proofs, with some holograph corrections, 173 p., Feb. 10, 1986. Folders 5-6 f. RUMMIES (Random House, New York, 1989). (i) Draft, TS with holograph corrections (copy), 235 p., ca. 1985; includes 2 TL from PB to Kate Medina and Roberta Pryor, Apr. 6, 1985. Folders 7-8 (ii) “First Draft,” TS, 366 p., Dec. 1, 1988. Folders 9-10 (iii) “First Draft,” TS with holograph corrections, 366 p., Dec. 1, 1988; includes TLS and memo from Kate Medina, Dec. 12, 1988 and Dec. 21, 1988. Folders 11-13 (iv) Draft, TS with editor’s corrections, 371 p.; includes TNS from Jonathan Karp, May 10, 8 Box 5 cont’d. 1989. Folder 14 (v) Page proofs (under the title LUSH), 249 p., 1989. Folders 15-16 (vi) Proofs, 259 p., 1989. Folders 17-18 (vii) Setting copy with editor’s holograph corrections, 370 p. Folder 19 (viii) Master galleys, 196 p. Folder 20 (ix) Early “treatment center idea,” TS, 6 p., Mar. 11, 1986. Box 6 Folders 1-2 g. BEAST (Random House, New York, 1991). (i) Partial draft sections, TS, 419 p.; includes TLS from Kate Medina, Jan. 23, 1991. Folders 2-3 (ii) Draft, TS, 471 p., Mar. 1991. Folders 4-5 (iii) Final draft, TS, 417 p., Mar. 1991. 9 Box 6 cont’d. Folder 6 (iv) First draft, TS with some holograph corrections, incomplete, pp. 121-421; includes TS from PB to “Martha,” Sep. 10, 1991. Folders 7-8 (v) Author’s galley proof, 355 p., Mar. 25, 1991. Folders 9-10 (vi) Advance uncorrected proof (softcover), 354 p., July 1991; two copies. Folder 11 (vii) Reproduction master, Apr. 18, 1991. Box 7 Folders 1-2 h. WHITE SHARK (Random House, New York, 1994). (i) Revised first draft, TS, with holograph corrections by Kate Medina, 390 p. Folders 3-4 (ii) Draft, TS, 308 p. Folders 5-10 (iii) Three drafts, TS, 386 p. each; one marked “Final Draft Without Name Changes.” Folders 11-12 (iv) Draft, TS, 387 p. 10 Box 7 cont’d Folder 13 (v) “Old Draft,” TS section, pp. 1-123; title page identifies pp.1-35 as corrected. Folder 14 (vi) Draft section, TS, with holograph corrections by Kate Medina, pp. 1-76; includes ANS from Kate Medina. Folders 15-16 i. THE LAST MONSTER [unpublished, abandoned comedy; contains similarities to portions of BEAST]. (i) First pages of first draft, TS, 200 p., Aug. 1990. Folder 17 (ii) Partial draft, TS, 120 p., Aug. 1990. Box 8 Folder 1 B. Screenplays and teleplays. 1. “Jaws,” screenplay. a. Draft, 121 p., Nov. 30, 1973. Folder 2 b. Draft with character list, 113 p., Feb. 11, 1974. Folder 3 c. Draft, 113 p., Apr. 3, 1974. 11 Box 8 cont’d. Folder 4 d. Draft, 123 p., Aug. 5, 1974. Folder 5 e. First draft, 161 p., n.d. Folder 6 f. Second draft pages, Oct. 24, 1973; includes memo. Folder 7 g. Third draft, 115 p., n.d. Folder 8 h. Screenplay outline, with holograph notes, 3 p.; includes TL to David Brown, July 4, 1973. Folder 9 2. “ Tiburon,” revised first draft (copy); includes TNS from “Pamela,” June 23, 1975. Folder 10 3. “Jeremiah of Jacob’s Neck,” teleplay. a. First draft, 60 p., Dec. 15, 1975. Folder 11 b. Second draft, 65 p., Feb. 3, 1976. Folder 12 4. “The Deep,” screenplay. a. First Columbia draft, 116 p. (copy), some edits. 12 Box 8 cont’d. Folder 13 b. First draft, 103 p. (copy), Mar. 25, 1976. Folder 14 c. Revised first draft, TS, 103 p., Apr. 17, 1976. Folder 15 d. Shooting script, 105 p. (copy), July 23, 1976; includes TLS from E. J. Oshins, Jan. 6, 1977. Folder 16 e. Final dialogue script (copy), 105 p., Feb. 9, 1977; includes TLS from S. U. Lesser. Folder 17 f. Draft pages, CTS, pp. 1-26. Folder 18 g. Partial draft, CTS, pp. 7-186, ca. Mar. 1976; includes TL from PB, Mar. 15, 1976. Folder 19 h. Revised first draft, ca. 120 miscellaneous pages, Apr. 17, 1976. Folder 20 i. Draft, TS with holograph corrections; miscellaneous pages, and pp. 7-186. Folder 21 j. Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 116 p. Folder 22 k. Story memos re: movie plot, ca. 30 p. 13 Box 8 cont’d. Folder 23 l. Script draft, 80 p. Folders 24-25 m. Assembled script draft, with holograph corrections, parts 1 and 2. Folder 26 n. First draft [pre-Columbia] (copy), 186 p. Folder 27 o. Insert pages, CT, ca. 20 p. Folder 28 p. Outline notes, TS and holograph, ca. 50 p. Folder 29 5. “Section 8,” teleplay by PB and Paul Zimmerman. a. Outlines. (i) TS, 7 p. (ii) TS with holograph corrections, 6 p. (iii) CTS, 7 p. (iv) Holograph, 7 p. (v) TL, Oct. 9, 1976. Folder 30 b. First draft, 29 p., Oct. 29, 1976; includes copies of TLS. Folder 31 c. Revised draft, in two-act play format, 58 p., Nov.