The Inventory of the Russell Baker Collection #1663 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Baker, Russell #1663 11/5/04 Preliminary Listing I. Manuscripts by RB (see also Box 8-12). A. GROWING UP, autobiography, Congdon & Weed (New York, NY), 1982. Box 1 1. Draft, TS, returned by Tom Congdon, 10/28/81; photocopy. a. Title page to p. 178. [F. 1] b. Pp.179-479, with appendix (2 p). [F. 2-3] 2. Complete draft, hard copy; TS with occasional holograph conections. a. Table of contents and part 1, pp.1-126. [F. 4] b. Part 2, pp.127-289. [F. 5] c. Part 3, pp.290-448. [F. 6] d. Part 4, pp.467-471. e. Appendices A, B, 2 p. f. Title page. 3. Draft titled "Merry Point," photocopy; some holograph notes by RB and editor. a. Title page and table of contents. [F. 7] b. Pp.10-210. c. Pp. 211-481. [F. 8-9] 4. Draft, TS, incomplete and unedited; photocopy; pp. 1-481. [F. 10-11] 5. Draft, RB's carbon copy. a. Title page, pp.1-343. [F. 12-13] b. Transcript of conversation with Pat and Allen Robinson, Nov. 1979; CTS, 36 p. [F. 14] 6. Draft, revised, TS with holograph notes, Jan. 1981. a. Chapters 1-18, Dec. 1980 - Jan. 1981. [F. 15] b. Several chapters. [F. 16] 7. "Affable John" section from first version; draft, TS (photocopy) and CTS with holograph conections, 24 p. [F. 17] 8. Draft, 149 p. [F. 18] 9. Third draft, CTS with holograph corrections and some holograph pages. [F. 19] 10. "Merry Point," draft, revised, TS, pp.1-105, Feb. 1982 [F. 20] 11. "Merry Point," miscellaneous pages. [F. 21] 12. "Merry Point," fragment, revised, pp. 12-93, 1982. [F. 22] 13. Section of final draft, TS, 124 p., Jan. 4, 1986. [F. 23] 14. Chapter draft, TS, 21 p.; includes OlufWillejus letters (copies). Baker, Russell (11/5/04) Page 1 of 133 [F. 24] 15. Outline of book, sent to Tom Congdon, June 11, 1979; includes Congdon letters. [F. 25] 16. Draft section, 6 p., "for Dorsey (Buck) at Baltimore Sun"; includes TLS from Hal Williams, Jan. 13, 1988. [F. 26] 17. "Growing Up" theatrical adaptation material, by Karen Berman and Paul G. Accettura, 1988. [F. 27] B. THE GOOD TIMES, autobiography, Morrow (New York, NY), 1989. Box2 1. TLS from William Morris Co., Apr. 18, 1991. [F. 1] 2. Typesetting draft. a. Title page through p. 141. b. Pp. 142-509. [F. 2-3] 3. Draft, CTS, 491 p. [F. 4-6] 4. "First effort," draft, TS, 134 p. [F. 7] 5. "Amounting to Something," draft, TS, 88 p. [F. 8] 6. "Original," 33 p. [F. 9] 7. Chapter 1, pp. 50-54. 8. Chapter 27, 4 drafts, TS with some holograph corrections. [F. 10] 9. Corrections, TS and holograph, 3 p. [F. 11] 10. Chapters 1-8, drafts, Oct. - Nov., 1987; edited slightly in version of Nov. 8, 1987; 131 p. [F. 12] 11. Chapters 15, 17, 19, drafts, TS with holograph corrections, Summer 1988. [F. 13] 12. First draft, chapters 1-8, TS with holograph notes, Fall 1987.[F. 14] 13. "Opening drafts," holograph and TS pages. [F. 15] 14. "False starts," TS with some holograph notes, 30 p. [F. 16] 15. "Revisions: End of 1987." a. Chaptersl-6, drafts, CTS, 88 p.; for Tom Congdon. [F. 17] b. "Second carbon," chapters 1-6, "changed slightly," 88 p. [F. 18] 16. "Drafts before revision." [F. 19] a. "Old unrevised,"chapter 22, "first and second carbon." b. "Original," chapter 23, TS. C. Chapter 26, first draft, TS. d. Chapter 27, unused draft, TS. 17. Draft for Dove Tape abridgement, TS, 109 p.; includes TLS.[F. 20] 18. Corrected galleys, 351 p. [F. 21-22] 19. Final version, 509 p. [F. 23-25] 20. Excerpt published in the New York Times. [F. 26] C. THERE'S A COUNTRY IN MY CELLAR, Morrow, 1990; includes drafts, notes, correspondence, printed materials. Box3 1. Introduction, TS and copies of New York Times "Observer," columns used in book, 123 p. [F. 1] Baker, Russell (11/5/04) Page 2 of 133 2. "Observer" columns, photocopies, pp.124-230. [F. 2-3] 3. "Final cuts," copies of "Observer" columns not included in book. [F. 4] 4. "My Copy," index of material in book and list of columns from 1962-1989. [F. 5] 5. Typesetting draft, TS and photocopies of "Observer" columns, 230 p., with holograph notes; includes TLS from editor, 3/7/91. [F. 6] 6. Book Index. a. Copies of"Observer" columns from Jan. - June, 1968. [F. 7] b. Copy of column index, with TN from "V," Nov. 16, 1990. 7. '"Observer' Articles First Cut From Finalists," 1982-1988. [F. 8] 8. "Specials," copies of "Observer" columns. [F. 9] 9. "Observer" copies used in book, dated 1963-1988. [F. 10-18] 10. Second and third sets of "Observer," column copies, 1960's-1980's [F. 19] 11. "Seconds," articles, 1965-1983. [F. 20] 12. Miscellaneous columns ,1965-1983; copies, pages of holograph notes, dates, and titles. [F. 21] 13. "Ginsberg Prefers," columns, dated 1962, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1978. [F. 22] 14. TLS from Harvey Ginsberg (editor), Sept. 8, 1989. [F. 23] 15. Column copy, Sept. 6, 1962. 16. "Harvey's Rejects," 1 p. 17. "Observer" copies, re: political conversations, 1964, 1968. [F. 24] 18. "Observer" copies, 1979, 1981. [F. 25] 19. Cardboard piece with outline for book sections. 20. Professional correspondence with editor, 1990. [F. 26] 21. Book cover preview. 22. New York Times and Random House correspondence (4 TLS, 1 ALS) re: BEST OF RUSSELL BAKER. [F. 27] 23. Publicity items (printed); includes excerpt from Lear's magazine. [F. 28] 24. Letters re: book, 1990. 25. Reviews for book [F. 29] 26. Letters from readers, 1991. [F. 30] 27. Introduction, proofs. [F. 31] D. RUSSELL BAKER'S BOOK OF AMERICAN HUMOR, edited by RB, Norton (New York, NY), 1993. Box4 1. Introduction. a. Draft, 16 p. [F. 1] b. Draft, 8 p. [F. 2] Baker, Russell (11/5/04) Page 3 of 133 2. Table of contents. 3. Headnote - index. 4. "Section 1: Comical-Tragical Tales." [F. 3] 5. "Section 2: Shameless Frivolity." [F. 4] 6. "Section 3: The Human Middle." [F. 5] 7. "Section 4: The Sex Problem." [F. 6] 8. "Section 5: Parody, Burlesque, Criticism, and Pain." [F. 7] 9. "Section 6: Family Life." [F. 8] 10. "Section 7: Geographical Sneers." [F. 9] 11. "Section 8: Politics and Patriots." [F. 1OJ 12. "Section 9: Media." [F. 11] 13. "Section 10: Fable, Lore and Fantasy." [F. 12] 14. "Section 11: Looking Back." [F. 13] 15. "Section 12: A Gnashing of Humorists." [F. 14] 16. "Humor atiicles: backups." [F.15-16] 17. "Articles: discards: #3, #4." [F. 17] 18. "More discards." [F. 18-19] E. AN AMERICAN IN WASHINGTON, Knopf(New York, NY), 1961. 1. Galley proofs. a. April 26, 1961. [F. 21] b. May 26, 1961. [F. 22] 2. Draft, CTS, 207 p. [F. 23] 3. Draft, CTS with holograph corrections and editor's notes, 207 p. [F. 24] F. POOR RUSSELL'S ALMANAC, collection, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1972. 1. Collection of RB articles for book; includes copy of TLS, May 7, 1970. [F. 25] 2. Book assembly, consisting of articles, ca. 250 p. [F. 26] 3. Some selected articles. [F. 27] 4. List of selected pieces, titles, publication dates. G. "Home Again," musical; music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Barbara Fried, book by RB. Box5 1. "First Act," revised draft, 58 p., 6/2/78. [F. l] 2. Original manuscript, titled "The Nice Guy," 2 acts, 73 p. [F. 2] 3. "First modern script," titled "The Nice Guy," 2 first acts (58 p. and 48 p.), "revised Summer 1978 at Producer Circle." [F. 3] 4. Draft, 108 p., Dec. 1978. [F. 4] 5. Draft, 2 acts, 111 p., with notes, 1/29/79. [F. 5] 6. Script, 2 acts, 112 p., 2/28/79, "opened in Stratford on March 12, 1979." [F. 6] 7. Draft, Dec. 1978, 105 p., with Jan. 1979 revisions. [F. 7] 8. Draft, TS,120 p. [F. 8] Baker, Russell (11/5/04) Page 4 of 133 9. Draft, 2 acts, 102 p., Apr. 1979. [F. 9] 10. Draft, 2 acts, 109 p., "with revisions made at Producer Circle, Summer 1978." [F. 10] 11. Draft, 74 p., 7/10/85, with Coleman and Fried's revisions, Dec. 1985. [F. 11] 12. Draft, titled "13 Days to Broadway," 74 p., 8/31/85; includes: [F. 12] a. Schedules and information for workshop productions. b. TLS from Cy Coleman, 1988. 13. Draft, titled "13 Days to Broadway," 79 p., 1985. [F. 13] 14 Draft, revised, 108 p., 1/19/77. [F. 14] 15. "Philip's draft," started 5/19/77, completed 6/15/77. [F. 15] 16. Draft copy, 78 p., 3/13/84. [F. 16] H. "Ichabod," film treatment. 1. Early treatments, story outline, ca. 1973. 2. Film treatment. a. 73 p., 1975. [F. 17] b. 70 p., n.d. [F. 18] 3. Short outlines for treatment. [F. 19] 4. Correspondence to and from Lear Levin (producer), 1973-1975. I. "Baker's Men," musical revue based on the writings of RB; script by Charles Horine, lyrics by Henry Miles Charles Horine; 105 p. [F. 20] J. "The Spy in G-Flat" (RB with Art Buchwald), film story and treatment, 1964. 1. Draft, TS, 32 p. [F. 21] 2. Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 18 p. 3. Treatment draft, 24 p., 4/4/64. [F. 22] 4. Treatment draft, 22 p., 4/11/64.