Frank Conroy Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Frank Conroy, director of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, has placed on deposit the holograph manuscripts of two of his books, Stop-time (1967) and Body and Soul (1993). Conroy has pointed out the remarkable similarity between the two versions (draft 1 and draft 2) of the second chapter of Body and Soul that are present here: the first six pages of his first draft went missing and he was forced to rewrite them from memory. The pages were recovered much later and exhibit both overall similarity and interesting differences.
Also available in the collection is a photocopy typescript of a short story, "My Harlem".
Dates
- 1967-1993
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Biographical / Historical
Extent
9.50 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Method of Acquisition
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
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