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Ernest Hemingway: Story and Fragments: B (#104)

Manuscripts

I. Book manuscripts
II. Story and fragment manuscripts

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B

"Back when $40 a week..."  
266. Typescript.
Carbon typescript of a sketch about Eugene Davis and his promotion to the copy department at Crutchley and Co., Chicago. 2pp.
(Unpublished)

Banal Story  
see # 120 , 120a  

Barnes, Djuna  
see # 241a  

Battle  
see # 326-326a  

Battle for Paris  
267. Manuscript/EH Typescript.
Untitled pencil manuscript (first two pages) and EH Typescript corrected in pen, pencil, and red pencil. Dated "The Ritz, Paris, August Twenty Fifth." pp- 1-10. 10pp.
268. Typescript and Carbon.
Untitled. Dateline: The Ritz, Paris, August Twenty fifth. pp. 1-13, 1-13. 26pp.

The Battle of Copenhagen  
268a. Typescript.
Titled typescript of a poem, original found w/ALS William Horne, 12/12/29. Quoted from the letter: "Had almost uprorious evening up on Chicago Avenue of the roof & the fire engines, when we composed this deathless lyric. Here it is--- in one volume, the works of E. Hemingstein & Horney William, with interpolations by Y.K. Smith. (He did the 'By Hzech' as I remember it.)" pp. 1-3. 3pp.

The Battler  
269. EH Typescript Manuscript.
Typescript pp.1-3. EH manuscript w/ink corrections. Titled "The Great Man." p. 4, 6-20. 19pp. Young/Mann 43
Page 5 from The Paris Review , Spring 1958
270. EH Typescript.
Very few ink corrections, untitled. pp. 1-14. 14pp.

Beach, Sylvia  
see # 484 , 241a  

Beauty of Spanish Spring is Chilled by the Menace of Death  
see # 399-401  

"be able to get the proper reflex from a death that makes a real reporter..."  
270.5. EH Typescript Fragment.
Untitled portion of an article on newspaper men w/few pencil corrections. 1p.

Because I Think Deeper  
270a.  EH Typescript.
Short story w/pencil corrections. Titled in type and w/a lined out pencil subtitle "Portrait of the Idealist in Love." Early. pp. [2pp.], 2-5. 6pp.

"Before the dessert had been reached. . ."  
271. Manuscript Fragment.
Unfinished sketch on Ford Maddox Ford and Stella Ford. Ink. pp. 1-5. 5pp.

Before the Season  
see # 644  

Benchley ---A Comedy of Manners  
272.  Manuscript Fragment.
Titled pencil manuscript of a first page of a play.
Young/Mann 204
see also # 336 and 588.5  

Benchley: The Image and The Man  
272a.  EH Typescript.
Three uncorrected drafts of a story, one in red type. W/Guaranty Trust, Paris address typed at upper left corner in red. Also titled "The Life Work and Evil Fate of Dr. Cadman." pp. 1-3, 1-5, 1-2. 10pp.
Young/Mann 247

Bergman, Ingrid  
see # 407.4  

"The big electric fan was on. . . "  
273.  Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript w/two false starts, beginning "It was blowing a big breeze..." 11 Takes place in the Floridita Bar. pp. 1-10. 10pp.

 

Big Two-Hearted River  
274. Manuscript.
Titled ink manuscript. Part II mentions Hadley, Pound, Cezanne, Stein, Horton's Bay (begins P. 81). pp. 1- 2, [3pp]], 3-99. 102 pp.
Young/Mann, 27A
275.  EH Typescript.
Titled typescript w/no corrections. W/113 Rue Notre Dames Des Champs address typed at top. Pp. 1-14, 1-21. 35pp.
276. Typescript.
Two carbons of the cut section, beginning "bank made short shadows on the current. ." The first set has one original page and very few ink corrections. 22pp.
277.  Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript for ending of the story, beginning "Nick moved along through the shallow stretch..." pp. 1-10. 10pp.
Young/Mann 27B
278.  EH Typescript Fragment.
Partial typescript of the ending of the story beginning "bank made short shadows. . ." and using the manuscript #277. Unnumbered, uncorrected. 5pp.
279.  Manuscript Fragment.
Untitled ink manuscript beginning "They got off
the train at Seney..." pp. 1-3. 3pp.
Young/Mann 87
280. Corrected Proofs.
First 8 pages of proofs for This Quarter May 1925, corrected in pencil (by Hadley Hemingway ?). Numbered 127-134.
Young/Mann 27C
281.  Binder.
Upon arrival at the Kennedy Library this binder did not hold any manuscript for "Big Two-Hearted River," but contained various miscellaneous manuscripts and fragments. Bears notes on "Big Two-Hearted River".
[Oversize, Cage, Box 1, #18 (Binder only)]
See also "Nick Adams Stories, the"  

 

Bird, Bill  
see # 241a , 485  

 

Bird of Night  
282. Carbon Typescript.
Titled and uncorrected. 1p. Begins "Cover my eyes with your pinions..." 1p.
282a. EH Typescripts.
Two typescripts, one untitled and w/one correction; the other titled and w/100 E. Chicago Avenue address. 2pp.
Young/Mann 134A

 

Black Ass at the Cross Roads  
283.  Photocopy of a Manuscript.
Story titled "The Cross Roads" and beginning "We had reached the cross roads before noon. . ." 11 pp. 1-18, [1p.], 19-30, 32, 32-36. 37pp. Photocopy of Young/Mann 34
283a. Manuscript.
Ink and pencil manuscript, original of #283. Pencil w/red pencil markings on pages 8 and 14 from pages 1 through 18 and beginning "Haven't they got" on p. 24 through end. The rest is ink w/pencil corrections. Also titled "The Tank and the Plane." pp. 1-18, [1p.], 19-30, 32, 32-36. 37pp.
Young/Mann 34
283b.  Typescript.
"E. Hemingway/ A Short Story" typed on page one. W/editor's corrections in pencil. pp. 1-15. 15pp.
(Scribners)
284.     Photocopy of a Typescript.
Titled half in type, half in manuscript. pp. 1-26. 26pp.
284.4  Photocopy of a Typescript.
Same typescript as #284, but w/ink EH corrections and clarifications of text. pp.1-26. 26pp.
284.5  Typescript.
Original (carbon?) of #284, w/typographical corrections in ink, but w/out the holograph corrections that are in the copy (#284). Titled "The Cross Roads" in type. W/note on verso of page 1. pp. 1-26. 26pp.

 

Black-Ass Poem after Talking to Pamela Churchill  
284a.  Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript, titled, initialed, and dated "Ritz Hotel, 20/12/49." Begins "We leave them all quite easily. . ." Annotation on verso. 1p.
Young/Mann 135

 

"Blood is thicker than water..."  
285.  Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript of an untitled five line poem. 1p.
Young/Mann 136

 

"Bob Benchley first introduced me to Ballentine's Ale..."  
286e Typescript.
W/one ink correction. Advertisment for Ballentine's. 1p.

 

Bob Fitzpatrick pulled savagely...  
286a. Manuscript Fragment.
Pencil draft of the beginning of a story about a father and son and boxing. Written in high school. 2pp.
see also # 532  

 

Bombing of Tortosa  
287. Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript notes used in Bombing of Tortosa. One sheet of paper, folded into quarters and numbered pp. 1-4. 1p.
Hanneman C286
288. Cable.
Untitled w/some pencil corrections in another hand. pp. 1-3. 3pp.
Hanneman C286
289.  Release.
Titled "Hemingway Describes Bombing of Tortosa." Dateline: Tortosa Spain, April 15, [1938]. Release date: Saturday, April 16. 3pp.
Hanneman C28G
see also # 597.5  

 

"The book was a long novel about rummies. . . "  
290.     Manuscript.
Untitled manuscript about a rummy in Mexico. pp. 1-3. 3pp.

 

"Boxing is funny that way..."  
291.  Manuscript Fragment.
Several ink drafts of sketches about boxers. Originally part of a notebook bearing the title "Mss-Schruns." pp. [5pp.], 3-9. 9pp.
Young/Mann 251i

 

"The Brancusi was dead. . . "  
292.  Manuscript.
Untitled pencil manuscript on "the death of baseball, Roger, and a reunion with a woman. . ." pp. 1-11. 11pp.

 

A Brave Belgian Lady Shuts Up German   Hater  
292a.     EH Typescript.
Untitled, uncorrected. Headed in type "Ernest M. Hemingway /Article 6 page 1 / Franco-German." Beginning 'Frankfurt on Main -- On the frontier between Baden and Wurtemberg. . ." Published TDS 4/28/23. pp. 1-5. 5pp.

 

Brihuega Likened by Hemingway to Victory on World a War  
see # 458 , 459 , 460  

 

A Broken Heart  
see # 729  

 

"A broken heart does not come from poverty. . . "  
see # 721  

 

Bromfield, Louis
see # 350a  

 

"Brown -- the good grey baggy-ass . ."  
293.  Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript on both sides of lined-page pamphlet. On literary critics, mentioning Brown, Eastman, Seldes, Crichton. At end of manuscript is the "Lead" beginning "Writers who accept payment. . ." pp. 1-9, [3pp.] 7pp.

 

A Brush with Death  
294.     Cable.
Untitled, beginning "They say you never hear the one that hits you..." Dateline: 9/30/37. 1p.
see also # 597.5  

 

The Bullfighters  
see # 791  

 

Bull Fighting  
295. Manuscript Notes.
Titled ink notes on bullfighting. Mentions Joselito, Belmonte, Chicuelo, etc., Robert MacAlmon, the Pensione Aguilar. Page 2 has some pencil notes on train schedules(?), a quote, and Sir Henry Thornton. pp. 1-2. 2pp.

 

Bullfighting Business  
see #296

 

Bullfighting, Sport and Industry  
296. Typescript.
Titled "Bullfighting Business." W/some pencil corrections and inserts at footnotes. pp. 1-21. 21pp.
Young/Mann 102
297.  Manuscript.
Pencil manuscript of footnotes used in article. Not titled, but headed "Footnotes." pp. 1-10. 10pp.
Young/Mann 102

 

The Bull Ring  
298.  Manuscript.
Titled ink manuscript about Switzerland, Rapallo, Pound. Part of a notebook containing two other stories, now removed. W/ notebook wrappers w/ink drawings and the note "Mss. -- Schruns.'' 5pp.
Young/Mann 251ii
see also # 291 , 538  
299. Manuscript.
Ink manuscript on a visit to Ezra Pound in Italy. Titled. pp.1-5. 5pp.

 

The Butterfly and the Tank  
300. EH Typescript.
Untitled, w/pencil corrections. W/ink note "Chicote Story." pp. 1-4. 4pp.
301.  EH Typescript.
Pencil corrected typescript, titled in pencil. W/ pencil manuscript inserts. pp. [2pp.] 2-5, 5-11, 13. 14pp.
302. Typescript.
Uncorrected, titled carbon, first page original. pp. 1-11. 11pp.
303.  Manuscript Fragment.
Pencil draft beginning "It seems he was feeble of the chest. . ." pp. 9-19. 11pp.
304.  Typescript Fragment.
Uncorrected typescript carbon, beginning "Yes. The wife was here with the police..." Plus two pages of the uncorrected original. pp. 10-11, 13, [1p.], 13, [1p.]. 6pp.
see also #303

 

"The buzzing was as thin. . ."  
304a.  Photocopy of EH Manuscript/Typescript.
2 copies of untitled sketch about a writer, David Williams, who has "a constant buzzing in his head". Mentions Don Andres [priest in Cuba]. Takes place at the Finca Vigia. Sides and bottom cut off on pages 2 and 4. With 2 copies of TLS 13 Feb 1977, from MH, explaining the sketch. Original manuscript was donated to the Overseas Press Club Foundation for auction on May 5, 1977. Photocopies were very light so the cataloger traced over portions of one copy with pencil to make contents legible. pp. [1p.], 1-10, [1p.], 1-10. 22pp.
MH APT-F, "Get Copied [crossed out] EH Handwritten giving Nobel Prize Medal to Virgen del Cobre. . ."
[Opened April 1990]

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