Guide to the Peter Straub Papers MSS.185
Fales Library and Special Collections
Collection processed by Lawrence Giffin
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on May 17, 2022
Description is in English using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Updated and edited by Jennifer E. Neal to include materials integrated from accession number 2006.185 and for compliance with DACS and ACM Required Elements for Archival Description Updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2022 accretion , August 2018 , May 2022
Descriptive Summary
| Creator - dnr: | Straub, Peter, 1943- |
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| Title: | Peter Straub Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: | 1955-2021 |
| Dates [bulk]: | 1970-2004 |
| Abstract: | Peter Francis Straub is an award-winning horror writer. He is known for introducing elements of postmodern fiction into the horror genre. He is the author of 19 novels, two co-written with Stephen King. The Peter Straub Papers primarily contain Peter Straub's manuscripts and typescripts as well as his correspondence. Other materials include: planners; catalogs, bulletins, and periodicals; typescripts by other writers; and a small amount of media (including shellac and glass LPs). |
| Quantity: | 81.75 Linear Feet in 60 boxes with unknown profiles, 24 manuscript boxes, 3 half manuscript box, 1 tall manuscript box, 1 flat-file folder, 6 record cartons, 1 flat box, and 5 oversize flat boxes |
| Quantity: | 2 audiocassettes |
| Quantity: | 3 sound discs (cd) |
| Quantity: | 2 sound discs |
| Quantity: | 7 sound tape reels |
| Quantity: | 1 videocassette |
| Quantity: | 28 3.5" floppy disks |
| Quantity: | 1 electronic discs (cd-rom) |
| Location: | Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access. |
| Language: | Materials primarily in English. |
| Call Phrase: | MSS.185 |
Biographical Note
Peter Francis Straub (b. March 2, 1943, Milwaukee, Wisconson) is an author noted for his novels and short stories in the horror genre for which he has won the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award. He received a B.A. in English from University of Wisconson-Madison in 1965 and an M.A. in English from Columbia University in 1967.
While working on a Ph.D. (ultimately abandoned) in Dublin, Ireland, Straub completed his first novel, Marriages, published in 1973. Having moved to London, Straub's work began to shift toward the horror genre, after his agent suggested he write a gothic novel. The novels Julia and If You Could See Me Now followed in 1975 and 1977. But it was the following novel, Ghost Story (1979), that jumpstarted his career as one of the foremost authors in the genre. In 1981, Ghost Story was adapted for a film starring Fred Astaire.
Straub's success in the horror genre led to the beginning of a collaborative relationship with Stephen King. Together, they have written two novels, The Talisman and Black House.
Peter Straub and his wife, Susan Straub née Bitker, married in 1966. Susan is the creator and director of Read to Me, a program that promotes and supports young mothers reading to their babies. They have two children, Ben and Emma.
Novels
Marriages (1973)
Julia (1975)
If You Could See Me Now (1977)
Ghost Story (1979)
Shadowland (1980)
Floating Dragon (1983)
The Talisman (with Stephen King) (1984)
Wild Animals (collects the novels Julia, If You Could See Me Now, and Under Venus) (1984)
Under Venus (1985)
Koko (1989)
Mystery (1990)
The Throat (1993)
The Hellfire Club (1995)
Mr. X (1999)
Black House (with Stephen King) (2001)
Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003)
In The Night Room (2004)
A Dark Matter (2010)
The Skylark (2010)
Poetry
My Life in Pictures (1971)
Ishmael (1972)
Open Air (1972)
Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970-1975 (1983)
Novellas
The General's Wife (1982)
Mrs. God (1990)
Pork Pie Hat (2010)
Collections
Houses Without Doors (1990)
Magic Terror (2000)
A Little Blue Book of Rose Stories (2004)
5 Stories (2007)
Books and Periodicals Edited by Peter Straub
Peter Straub's Ghosts (1995)
Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists (2002)
H.P. Lovecraft: Tales (2005)
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009)
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s until now (2009)
Awards
2007 Bram Stoker Award: Superior Achievement in a collection, for 5 Stories
2003 Bram Stoker Award: Best Novel, for Lost Boy, Lost Girl
2003 International Horror Guild Award: Best Novel, for Lost Boy, Lost Girl
2000 Bram Stoker Award: Fiction Collection, for The Hellfire Club
1999 Bram Stoker Award: Best Novel, for Mr. X
1998 International Horror Guild Award: Best Long Form, for "Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff"
1998 Bram Stoker Award: Long Fiction, for "Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff"
1994 British Fantasy Award: Best Novel, for Floating Dragon
1993 World Fantasy Award: Best Novella, for "The Ghost Village"
1993 Bram Stoker Award: Best Novel, for The Throat
1989 World Fantasy Award: Best Novel, for Koko
Sources:
"About the Author." From http://www.peterstraub.net/bio/bio_home.html.
"Awards and Honors." From http://www.peterstraub.net/awards/awards_home.html.
"A Must Read: Peter '65 and Susan '66 Straub." From http://www.uwalumni.com/daa2009straub.aspx.
Scope and Contents
The Peter Straub Papers document Peter Straub's long career as a horror novelist and highlight his relationship with friend and colleague, Stephen King. This collection primarily contains manuscripts and typescripts of Straub's published works, fragments of unpublished works, essays, lectures, and introductions for other authors' works; hand written, typed, and e-mail correspondence including letters from Stephen and Tabitha King; periodicals that include articles about Straub and essays and short stories that he published; and contractual documentation for donations to New York University's Fales Library and Special Collections and for Straub's 2006 appearance on his favorite daytime television series, "One Life to Live." Personal materials include Struab's diaries, notebooks, school records, and day planners. The collection also includes clippings about Straub and reviews of his work; programs for conventions and conferences that he attended, where he was often a speaker or feature author; adaptations of Straub's work for television, audio, and film; and numerous annotated manuscripts by authors who asked Straub to review their work, including Stephen King and Neil Gaimen. Works by Stephen King of Note are "The Dark Tower Series," "Misery," and "Tommyknockers." Materials also include computer programs on 3.5 inch floppy disks that Straub used including Norton Rescue Disc, AST Research, Inc., The Norton Desktop for Windows, Dos 6-22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Microsoft Intellipoint Professional, and a Kodak Picture CD. There are various audio recordings of speeches given by political figures such as Winston Churchill and programs featuring interviews with Straub, that were recorded on reel to reel magnetic tape, audiocassettes, compact discs, and photographic records. There is one videocassette featuring the show, "Prisoners of Gravity," a Canadian news program from the early 1990's that explored themes in speculative fiction.
Arrangement
Series are primarily arranged chronologically, except where to do so would destroy the original order of the material; where the original folders contained material from a range of years, those folders are ordered by their earliest date, so "1997-2000," for example, comes before "1998-1999." In the case of Straub's manuscripts and typescripts, material was grouped by work and arranged chronologically within each group. Typescripts by other writers are organized alphabetically by the authors' last names to facilitate retrieval (there was no discernible original order). When folders are undated, they are grouped alphabetically and filed at the end of their respective series. When a box contains more than one series, the folder range for each series is given. Series XV has not been arranged by an archivist; the materials appear in the order they were recieved and are closed to researchers until the materials are reviewed and formerly processed by an archivist.
This collection is described primarily at the box level, and is arranged into 16 series:
Series
- Series I: Work by Peter Straub
- Series II: Editorial Work
- Series III: Correspondence
- Series IV: Administrative Files
- Series V: Personal Files
- Series VI: Publicity
- Series VII: Works by Others
- Series VIII: Periodicals and Clippings
- Series IX: Programs
- Series X: Publishers Catalogs
- Series XI: Audio
- Series XII: Video
- Series XIII: Data Media
- Series XIV: Objects
- Series XV: 2016 Accretions (restricted)
- Series XVI: 2022 Accretion
Access Points
Subject Names
- Morrow, Bradford, 1951-
- Lethem, Jonathan
- King, Stephen, 1947-
- Lauterbach, Ann, 1942-
- Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
- Gaiman, Neil
- Plante, David
- Williams, Jonathan
- Brite, Poppy Z.
- Pelecanos, George P.
- Harington, Donald
- McGrath, Patrick, 1950-
Document Type
- Magnetic tapes.
- Compact discs.
- Videocassettes.
- VHS
- Phonograph records.
- Promotional materials
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Audiocassettes.
- Manuscripts
- Typescripts
- Page proofs.
- Correspondence.
- Catalogs.
Subject Topics
- Authors, American -- 20th century.
- Horror tales.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions with the exception of Series XV. Access to Series XV is restricted until the materials are reviewed and processed by an archivist.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Peter Straub Papers; MSS 185; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Separated Materials
The following materials have been removed to the Fales American Collection:
Easton, M. & Shy, C. Soul stealer: book 1, hell among the rogues. Juno, A. & Vale, V. (Eds.). (1993). Bob Flanagan: super-masochist. San Francisco, CA: Re/Search Publications.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Peter Straub in 2006; addtional materials were donated in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2016. The accession numbers associated with this collection are 2006.185, 2016.030, and 2016.031.
Processing Information
Decisions concerning arrangement and description, as well as physical interventions taken on the collection prior to 2016 have not yet been recorded. At the time of accessioning materials from the 2016 accretions items were rehoused in acid free folders and boxes. Items were consolidated to save space. Letters and documents still in envelopes were removed from their envelopes, unfolded and laid flat in a folder with the corresponding evelope placed on top of the letter. Any instances where multiple parts were housed in one folder (and separated by paper clips or binder clips) were rehoused in separate folders to maintain order and the folders were labeled with the same title. An oversized set of posters were separated from the original order and rehoused in an oversized folder.
Materials in boxes 75-77 were removed from accession 2006.185 when the collection was initially processed and treated for possible mold damage in 2012. In 2018 the materials were placed in new, acid-free folders and boxes and integrated into Series VI, Subseries A. In 2022 an accretion was rehoused in archival boxes and folders, and inventoried on the box-level. 1 optical disc was identified to be blank and discarded from the collection.
Container List
Series I: Work by Peter Straub, 1968-2007
ArrangementItems in Subseries A are grouped by work, which are arranged chronologically by publication date. Items in Subseries D are arranged chronologically by pseudonym, with undated material arranged alphabetically by title under each pseudonym. All other subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries I contains manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of works by Peter Straub. |
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Subseries A: MSS and TSS of Published Books, 1970-2004
ArrangementManuscripts and Typescripts are grouped by work, which are arranged chronologically by publication date.
Scope and ContentSubseries A contains manuscripts and typescripts of Peter Straub's published novels. Correspondence accompanying particular manuscripts and typescripts were not removed but were kept in their original locations. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
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| Box: 1 | Julia; If You Could See Me Now |
07/1970-02/1976 | ||
| Box: 2 | If You Could See Me Now; Ghost Story |
06/1976-02/1978; undated | ||
| Box: 3 | Ghost Story; Shadowland |
07/1978-07/1980 | ||
| Box: 4 | Shadowland; Floating Dragon |
07/1979-07/1980 | ||
| Box: 5 | Floating Dragon |
02/1982; undated | ||
| Box: 6 | Floating Dragon; Talisman; Wild Animals |
undated | ||
| Box: 7 | Wild Animals; Under Venus |
1969; 1972; 1981; undated | ||
| Box: 8 | Under Venus |
07/1982; 10/1981; 2000; undated | ||
| Box: 9 | Koko |
06/1986-07/1987; undated | ||
| Box: 10 | Koko |
02/1988-04/1988; undated | ||
| Box: 11 | Koko |
undated | ||
| Box: 12 | Koko; Houses without Doors |
03/1988-07/1989; undated | ||
| Box: 13 | Houses without Doors |
1987-1990; undated | ||
| Box: 14 | Houses without Doors; Mystery |
09/1988-10/1988; undated | ||
| Box: 15 | Mystery |
undated | ||
| Box: 16 | Mystery; The Throat |
09/1989-05/1992; undated | ||
| Box: 17 | The Throat |
03/1992; 06/1992 | ||
| Box: 18 | The Throat |
07/1992; undated | ||
| Box: 19 | The Throat |
undated | ||
| Box: 20 | The Throat; Hellfire Club |
09/1993; 04/1994; 09/1994 | ||
| Box: 21 | Hellfire Club |
09/1994; 03/1995 | ||
| Box: 22 | Hellfire Club |
04/1995; undated | ||
| Box: 23 | Hellfire Club |
undated | ||
| Box: 24 | Mr. X |
04/1996-03/1998 | ||
| Box: 25 | Mr. X |
03/1998-06/1998 | ||
| Box: 26 | Mr. X |
06/1998-09/1998 | ||
| Box: 27 | Mr. X |
01/1999-12/1999 | ||
| Box: 28 | Mr. X |
undated | ||
| Box: 29 | Mr. X |
undated | ||
| Box: 30 | Magic Terror |
01/1993-10/1998; undated | ||
| Box: 31 | Magic Terror; Black House; Lost Boy, Lost Girl |
1999-2003 | ||
| Box: 32 | Lost Boy, Lost Girl |
03/2003-05-2003 | ||
| Box: 33 | In the Night Room |
09/2003-07/2004 | ||
Subseries B: Poetry, Short Fiction, Fragments of Unpublished Work, 1968-2005
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSubseries B contains short creative works by Peter Straub, as well as short fragments of unpublished work. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 34 | Poetry and Short Fiction |
1968-01/2001 | ||
| Box: 35 | Poetry and Short Fiction
GeneralBox includes some correspondence between Peter Straub and Michael Chabon. |
01/2001-05/2005; undated | ||
Subseries C: Essays, Introductions, Lectures, 1998-2007
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSubseries C contains manuscripts and typescripts of essays, reviews, introductions and forewords, talks and lectures, and liner notes written by Peter Straub. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 35 | Essays, Introductions, Lectures |
1998-1998 | ||
| Box: 36 | Essays, Introductions, Lectures
GeneralFolders 1-45. (Folder 17 contains a typescript of the story "Lapland, or Film Noir.") |
03/1999-02/2007; undated | ||
Subseries D: Pseudonymous Work, 11/1996-08/1998
ArrangementSubseries D is arranged chronologically by pseudonym, with undated material arranged alphabetically by title under each pseudonym.
Scope and ContentSubseries D contians work written by Straub under pseudonyms. Putney Tyson Ridge is the name of the (fictional) chairman Department of Popular Culture at Popham College (also fictional) in Popham, Ohio, through which Peter Straub wrote criticisms of his own books. Fionnuala Curry is a psuedonym Peter Straub briefly adopted in London in the early 1970s for the purpose of selling romantic stories to women's magazines. Kimberly Buggins is a fictional character Peter Straub invented for the amusement of David J. Schow. Schow and Straub are friends of the film director Frank Darabont, to whom Buggins's letters are addressed. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 36 | Putney Tyson Ridge
GeneralFolders 46-67. |
11/1996-08/1998 | ||
| Box: 36 | Fionnuala Curry
GeneralFolders 68-71. |
02/08/1974; undated | ||
| Box: 36 | Kimberly Buggins
GeneralFolder 72. |
06/20/1998; undated | ||
Subseries E: Galleys and Proofs, 1975-2004
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSubseries E contains galleys and proofs of various works by Peter Straub with comments, corrections, and annotations by Straub, editors, copy editors, and others. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 37 | Galleys and Proofs |
1975-1984 | ||
| Box: 38 | Galleys and Proofs |
08/1995-2004 | ||
| Box: 39 | Galleys and Proofs |
03/2004; undated | ||
Subseries F: Miscellaneous Notebooks, 1967-1978, 1995, undated
Scope and ContentSubseries F contains manuscript notebooks not associated with any single project. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 40 | Miscellaneous Notebooks
GeneralFolders 1-16. |
1967-1978, 1995, undated | ||
Subseries G: Periodicals, 1964-2009
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSubseries G contains clippings and periodicals that printed Peter Straub's fiction and nonfiction. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 40 | Periodicals with Peter Straub work
GeneralFolders 17-29. |
1964-1994 | ||
| Box: 41 | Periodicals with Peter Straub work |
11/1994-2009 | ||
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Series II: Editorial Work, 1993-2005
ArrangementSeries II is arranged chronologically by project: 1) HWA Presents Peter Straub's Ghosts, 2) Conjunctions 39, 3) H.P. Lovecraft: Tales, and 4) Seafront Press.
Scope and ContentSeries II contains material (including typescripts and correspondence) related to Peter Straub's role as editor for various publications. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 42 | Editorial Work |
09/1993-10/1993; 06/2002-09/2002; 04/2003-04/2005; undated | ||
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Series III: Correspondence, 1965-2008
ArrangementSeries III is arranged chronologically, except where to do so would destroy the original arrangement of the correspondence (which is sometimes grouped by addressee or subject); where this is so, the folders of such a group are arranged chronologically and are filed with the rest of the correspondence chronologically according the the earliest date of the group. All undated material is filed at the end of the series.
Scope and ContentSeries III contains postal and email correspondence to and from Peter Straub, with some correspondence addressed to Susan Straub (née Bitker). |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 43 | Correspondence |
1965-1971 | ||
| Box: 44 | Correspondence
GeneralBox includes correspondence from Stephen King, Ann Lauterbach, Jonathan Williams, Patrick McGrath. |
1971-1992 | ||
| Box: 45 | Correspondence
GeneralBox includes correspondence from Jonathan Williams. |
1994-1996 | ||
| Box: 46 | Correspondence
GeneralBox includes correspondence from Ann Lauterbach, Stephen King, Donald Harington, Neil Gaiman |
1996-1997 | ||
| Box: 47 | Correspondence
GeneralBox includes correspondence from Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates. |
1998 | ||
| Box: 48 | Correspondence
GeneralBox includes correspondence from George Pelecanos, Stephen King. |
1998-2002 | ||
| Box: 49 | Correspondence
GeneralBox includes correspondence from Poppy Z. Brite, Chester Brown, Michael Dirda, John Crowley, Jonathan Letham, David Sim, Ann Lauterbach, A.M. Holmes. |
2002-2008; undated | ||
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Series IV: Administrative Files, 1972-2008
Scope and ContentSeries IV contains financial records, charitable contributions, contracts and agreements, royalty statements, board minutes (Fence magazine), material (including correspondence) relating to a Columbia University writing class taught by Straub, and material regarding Straub's appearance on One Life to Live. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 50 | Administrative Files
Scope and ContentNo Subnote Content |
1972-2008 | ||
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Series V: Personal Files, 1984-2008
ArrangementSeries V is arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries V contains Peter Straub's planners, diaries, graduate school material, personal photographs, awards and certificates, and other material not related specifically to his professional roles. |
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Subseries A: Planners and Diaries, 01/1984-2006
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSubseries A contains Peter Straub's planners and diaries. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 51 | Planners
GeneralFolders 1-16. |
01/1984 - 2006 | ||
Subseries B: Graduate School, x
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically. Undated material is arranged alphabetically at the end of the file.
Scope and ContentSubseries B contains notes, thesis drafts, and other material related to Peter Straub's M.A. at Columbia University. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 51 | Graduate School
GeneralFolders 17-19. |
1965-1966 | ||
| Box: 52 | Graduate School
GeneralFolders 1-4. |
1966; undated | ||
Subseries C: Miscellaneous Personal, 1965-2008; undated
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically. Undated material is arranged alphabetically at the end of the file.
Scope and ContentSubseries VI contains various personal documents of Peter Straub's. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 52 | Miscellaneous Personal
GeneralFolders 5-43. |
1800s; 1965; 08/1982; 2008; undated | ||
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Series VI: Reviews and Publicity, 1975-2005; undated
ArrangementSeries VI is arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries VI contains computer print-out, photocopies, and periodicals of published reviews of Straub work and interviews with Straub; author photographs; promotional photographs; book cover samples; and other promotional material. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 52 | Reviews and Publicity
GeneralFolders 44-55. |
1975-1988 | ||
| Box: 53 | Reviews and Publicity |
1989-2001 | ||
| Box: 54 | Reviews and Publicity |
1999-2008 | ||
| Box: 55 | Reviews and Publicity |
1999-2007; undated | ||
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Series VII: Works by Others, 1984-2006
ArrangementSubseries A is arranged alphabetically by author's last name. When the author is unknown, items appear at the end of the subseries and are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Subseries B is arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries VII contains unpublished work by other writers, mostly typescripts, as well as adaptations and treatments of Peter Straub works for television, film, and audio. The series is divided into two subseries: one comprising work composed by other writers; the other, adaptations and treatments of Peter Straub works. |
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Subseries A: Works by Others, 1984-2006
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by author's last name. When the author is unknown, items appear at the end of the subseries and are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Scope and ContentSubseries A contains manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, and photocopies of works by other authors, including Stephen King. One broadside, a poem by Charles Bernstein, is included in this subseries. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 55 | Work by Others (Bernstein-Clute)
GeneralBox includes typescript by Poppy Z. Brite, Are You Loathsome Tonight. |
1997; 2006; undated | ||
| Box: 56 | Work by Others (Bruhm-Joyce)
GeneralBox includes typescript by John Crowley, Egypt. |
1984-2006; undated | ||
| Box: 57 | Work by Others (Kiernan-King)
GeneralBox includes typescripts by Stephen King, "The Boys of Summer," The Dark Tower Vol. 7, and Needful Things |
undated | ||
| Box: 58 | Work by Others (King-Winter)
GeneralFolders 1-13.
GeneralBox includes typescripts by Stephen King, Pet Cemetery and "Rainy Season;" Bradford Morrow, Giovanni's Box; David Plante, The Age of Terror and The Ghost in the Forest; David Schow, Bullets of Rain. |
1988; 2003; 2006; undated | ||
| Box: 75 | Folder : 1 | Dedication by Stephen King |
undated | |
| Box: 75 | Folder : 2-3 | Misery by Stephen King |
undated | |
| Box: 75 | Folder : 4 | The Mustache by Emmanuel Carrer |
1986 | |
| Box: 75 | Folder : 5-6 (Mixed Materials [31142062764645]) | The Tommyknockers by Stephen King |
undated | |
| Box: 76 | Folder : 1-2 (Mixed Materials [31142062764652]) | |||
| Box: 76 | Folder : 3 | Photocopied short stories |
undated | |
| Box: 76 | Folder : 4 | Never Visit Venice by Robert Aickman |
undated | |
| Box: 76 | Folder : 5 | Photocopied short stories |
undated | |
| Box: 76 | Folder : 6 (Mixed Materials [31142062764652]) | Tales by Moonlight II For Books |
unknown | |
| Box: 77 | Folder : 1 (Mixed Materials [31142062764660]) | |||
Subseries B: Adaptations of Peter Straub Work, 1988-2003
ArrangementItems in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSubseries B contains adaptations of Straub's work for television, audio, and film. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 58 | Adaptations of Peter Straub Work
GeneralFolders 14-22. |
1988-1989; 1991 | ||
| Box: 59 | Adaptations of Peter Straub Work |
undated | ||
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Series VIII: Periodicals and Clippings, 1983-2006; undated
ArrangementSeries VIII is arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries VIII contains periodicals and other ephemeral publications collected in the Peter Straub Papers that do not directly mention Peter Straub or his works. Some correspondence is included. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 60 | Periodicals and Clippings
GeneralFolders 1-12. |
1983-2006; undated | ||
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Series IX: Programs, 1984-2008; undated
ArrangementSeries IX is arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries IX contains programs from writer's conferences. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 60 | Programs
GeneralFolders 13-24. |
1984-2008; undated | ||
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Series X: Publisher Catalogs, 11/1989; 07/1999-01/2000; 2003; 06/2008
ArrangementSeries X is arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries X contains catalogs from publishing houses. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 60 | Publisher Catalogs
GeneralFolders 25-27. |
11/1989; 07/1999-01/2000; 2003; 06/2008 | ||
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Series XI: Audio, 1994; 2000; 2004; undated
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically. Most items are given an ID number. When that number is followed by an "A," it indicates that the item was separated from paper material in which it was originally housed (e.g., record sleeve) or that was originally housed along with the item (e.g., scrap of paper in CD jewel case). Those paper materials have been moved to a separate subseries and given a matching number followed by a "B." In the case of items 185.0007A-185.0009A and items 185.0010A-185.0012A, each set of discs was originally stored in a large envelope, which now bears the series of ID numbers for those discs.
Scope and ContentsSeries XI contains reel-to-reel magnetic tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, shellac LPs, and glass LPs that feature audio recordings of speeches given by political figures such as Winston Churchill and programs featuring interviews with Straub. |
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Subseries A: Access Copies
Conditions Governing AccessAudio materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. |
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Subseries B: Originals, 1994; 2000; 2004; undated
Scope and ContentSubseries B contains original audio elements. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.0002 | Merry Christmas to the Straubs Love [Perceval]
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsAudiocassettes. |
undated | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.0003 | Cabinet #1 (NYC) Winter 2000
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsCompact discs. |
2000 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.0004 | Live at the Ear
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsCompact discs. |
1994 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.0005 | LD & the New Criticism "Tragic Realism"
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsCompact discs. |
2005 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.0006 | WNYC Peter Straub
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsAudiocassettes. |
undated | |
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0008 A | Glass Discs of Winston Churchill Speeches
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsPhonograph records. [Glass discs] |
09/06/1943, 01/27/1946 | |
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0007 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0010 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0009 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0012 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0011 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0019 A | Shellac Discs of Winston Churchill Speeches
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsPhonograph records. [Shellac discs] |
05/13/1945 | |
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0018 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0020 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0015 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0014 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0017 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0016 A | |||
| Box: 67 | Media : ID: 185.0013 A | |||
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0021 | Mac Arthur's Speech [1]
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0022 | Mac Arthur's Speech [2]
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0023 | Mac Arthur's Speech [3]
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0024 | This is a Churchill Speech Delivered at Quebec
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0025 | Churchill's Edinburgh Speech
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0026 | Churchill's Speech
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
| Box: 68 | Media : ID: 185.0027 | Churchill's Mass. Inst of Technology Speech. Part Two
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsMagnetic tapes. [paper based, reel to reel] |
undated | |
Subseries C: Separated Paper Material, undated
Scope and ContentSubseries C contains paper materials that were seperated from the audio materials. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 66 | Separated Paper Material |
1943-1946 | ||
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Series XII: Video, undated
Scope and ContentSeries XII contains one video cassette featuring the show "Prisoners of Gravity," a Canadian news program from the early 1990s that explored themes in speculative fiction. |
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Subseries A: Access Copies, undated
Conditions Governing AccessVideo materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. |
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Subseries B: Originals, undated
Scope and ContentSubseries B contains original video elements. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.0001 | Prisoners of Gravity; for Peter; The Sandman
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsVideocassettes. |
undated | |
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Series XIII: Data Media, 1981-1994
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentSeries XIII contains 3.5" floppy disks of compter programs. |
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Subseries A: Access Copies, undated
Conditions Governing AccessBorn-digital materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. |
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Subseries B: Originals, 1981-1994
Scope and ContentSubseries B contains original data media elements. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0001 | Norton Rescue Disc |
undated | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0003 | AST Research, Inc. |
1990-1992 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0002 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0005 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0004 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0007 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0006 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0008 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0009 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0010 | The Norton Desktop for Windows |
1993 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0011 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0012 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0013 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0014 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0015 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0016 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0019 | Dos 6-22 |
1981-1994 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0018 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0017 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0026 | Windows for Workgroups 3.11 |
1981-1994 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0027 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0020 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0021 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0022 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0023 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0024 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0025 | |||
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0028 | Microsoft Intellipoint Professional |
10/13/1994 | |
| Box: 61 | Media : ID: 185.3.0029 A | Kodak Picture CD
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsCompact discs. |
1981-1994 | |
Subseries C: Separated Paper Material, 05/21/2006
Scope and ContentsIncludes paper materials that were sepereated from the computer files. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 61 | 185.3.0029 B |
05/21/2006 | ||
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Series XIV: Objects
Scope and ContentSeries XIV contains objects from the collection. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 62 | Object : ID: 185.2.0001 | Leather-bound collage journal |
undated | |
| Box: 62 | Object : ID: 185.2.0002 | Various conference name tags |
2005; 2006; undated | |
| Box: 62 | Object : ID: 185.2.0003 | Drum brushes |
undated | |
| Box: 62 | Object : ID: 185.2.0004 | Ruppert's Bar/Resaurant matchbox |
undated | |
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Series XVI: 2022 Accretion, 1990-2021. 11 linear feet in 21 manuscript boxes and 2 half manuscript boxes
Scope and ContentsThis accretion to the Peter Straub Papers consists primarily of manuscripts in various stages, with the works Hello Jack, A Dark Matter, The Sylark, and American Fantastic Tales especially well represented. This accretion also includes correspondence, press materials, calendars, and a small amount of photographs.
AppraisalMaterials with personal financial and medical information, as well as recommendations for specific Guggenheim Fellowship applications, have been appraised out of this collection. 1 blank optical disc has been discarded. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 78 | Hello Jack |
2017-2020 | ||
| Box: 79 | ||||
| Box: 80 | ||||
| Box: 81 | ||||
| Box: 81 | A Dark Matter |
2009-2010 | ||
| Box: 82 | ||||
| Box: 83 | ||||
| Box: 83 | The Skylark |
2007-2008 | ||
| Box: 84 | ||||
| Box: 85 | ||||
| Box: 86 | ||||
| Box: 87 | ||||
| Box: 87 | In the Night Room |
2005-2006 | ||
| Box: 88 | ||||
| Box: 89 | ||||
| Box: 89 | The Green Woman |
2007 | ||
| Box: 90 | ||||
| Box: 91 | ||||
| Box: 91 | The Process (is a Process All its Own) |
2016 | ||
| Box: 92 | American Fantastic Tales |
2009 | ||
| Box: 93 | ||||
| Box: 94 | ||||
| Box: 94 | Poe's Children |
2008 | ||
| Box: 95 | ||||
| Box: 95 | At the Foot of the Story Tree, Bill Sheehan |
1998 | ||
| Box: 95 | Five Stories |
2007 | ||
| Box: 95 | Near/Miss |
2018 | ||
| Box: 96 | Manuscripts for Various Works |
1995-2015 | ||
| Box: 97 | ||||
| Box: 97 | Literary Events, Press, Correspondence |
1993-2018 | ||
| Box: 98 | Book Inventory, Calendars, Photographs, Stoker Weekend |
1990-2021 | ||
| Box: 98 | Published Books |
1998-2001 | ||
| Box: 99 | ||||
| Box: 100 | ||||
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Oversize Series I: Works by Peter Straub, 1978-2005
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series I. |
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Subseries B: Poetry, Short Fiction, Fragments of Unpublished Work, undated
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 65 | Poetry, Short Fiction, Fragments of Unpublished Work |
undated | ||
Subseries C: Essays, Articles, Lectures, 2003
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 66 | Essays, Articles, Lectures |
10/2003 | ||
Subseries E: Galleys and Proofs, 1978-2001
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 63 | Galleys and Proofs
GeneralGhost Story Proofs. |
11/1978 | ||
| Box: 65 | Galleys and Proofs |
03/1983 | ||
| Box: 66 | Galleys and Proofs |
03/1983; 08/2001 | ||
Subseries G: Periodicals, 2005
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 65 | Periodicals with PS work |
01/1983-12/1984; 01/1990 | ||
| Box: 66 | Periodicals with PS work |
06/05/2005 | ||
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Oversize Series III: Correspondence, 1998-2004; undated
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series III. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 65 | Correspondence |
04/1998; 11/1998; 04/2000; 10/2001; 10/2004 | ||
| Box: 66 | Correspondence |
11/1999; undated | ||
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Oversize Series IV: Administrative Files, 1976-1988
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series IV. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 65 | Administrative File |
05/1976; 08/1978-10/1979; 01/1981; 1987-1988 | ||
| Box: 66 | Administrative File |
03/1983 | ||
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Oversize Series V: Personal Files, 1966-2004
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series V. |
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Subseries C: Miscellaneous Personal, 1966-2004
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 65 | Miscellaneous Personal |
1966; 2004 | ||
| Box: 66 | Miscellaneous Personal |
2003 | ||
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Oversize Series VI: Reviews and Publicity, 1985-1999; undated
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series VI. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 64 | Reviews and Publicity |
undated | ||
| Box 65 |
Reviews and Publicity, 02/03/1985; 1988; 12/1989; 10/1990; 01/1996; 08/1999; undated
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| Box: 66 | Reviews and Publicity |
2007 | ||
| Folder: 2 Left | Reviews and Publicity |
1991 | ||
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Oversize Series VII: Work by Others, 2006; undated
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series VII. |
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Subseries A: Work by Others, 2006; undated
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 66 | Work by Others |
2006; undated | ||
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Oversize Series VIII: Periodicals and Clippings, 1969-2007
ArrangementItems in this series are arranged chronologically.
Scope and ContentsIncludes oversize materials that were physically seperated from Series VIII. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
| Box: 65 | Periodicals and Clippings |
1993; 1995 | ||
| Box: 66 | Periodicals and Clippings |
09/05/1969; 1988; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1999; 07/30/2000; 07/2000; 07/2007 | ||
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