The Department of Archives and Special Collections

Box 1, Folders:

1-1 – 1-8. TM [“The Unvanquished”] typesetting copy with printed portions pasted-on or clipped from the various short stories’ original appearances in journals and the author’s annotations and printer’s marks (211 leaves):

1-1. “Ambuscade” (31 leaves).

1-2. “Retreat” (35 leaves).

1-3. “Raid” (36 leaves).

1-4. “Riposte in Tertio” (23 leaves).

1-5. “Vendée” (24 leaves).

1-6. “Skirmish at Sartoris” (4 leaves).

1-7. “An Odor of Verbena” (54 leaves).

1-8. Envelope in which the manuscript was found, with sealing wax on one side and a torn railroad express label on the other.

1-9. TM [“Introduction to The Sound and the Fury”] with “William Faulkner” typed on page 1 (8 leaves).

1-10.TM “Introduction to THE SOUND AND THE FURY” with
“William Faulkner” typed on page 1 (3 leaves).

1-11.AM [“Introduction to The Sound and the Fury”] (4 leaves).

1-12.AM “A Dull Tale”(1 leaf).

1-13.AM “Resurgem Two Men Memphis Guards Episode” (11 leaves). A variant of the short story “A Dull Tale.”

1-14.AM “[illegible]; Mule in the Yard” (1 leaf).

1-15.TM [unidentified] beginning “bound from the knee down with leather thongs” and numbered page 2 (1 leaf).

1-16.Unused, ruled page (1 leaf).

1-17.AN “This one is neatest – other one is in box on top of desk” in an unknown hand (1 leaf).

1-18.TM “A Dangerous Man” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 and author’s annotations (13 leaves).

1-19.TM “A Letter to Grandmamma” with “E. Oldham, Oxford, Mississippi, Box 170” typed on page 1 (6 leaves).

1-20.AM “A Letter to Grand-mamma” (1 leaf).

1-21.AM “The Letter” (3 leaves).

1-22.AM “A Letter” (4 leaves).

1-23.AM “The Letter” (8 leaves).

1-24.TM “A Letter” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (7 leaves).

1-25.TM “A Letter” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (13 leaves).

1-26.AM “A Dull Tale” (1 leaf).

1-27.AM “A Dull Tale” (2 leaves).

1-28.TM “Dull Tale” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (33 leaves).

1-29.TM [“Dull Tale”] on carbon, missing page 1 (32 leaves).

1-30.Invoice and delivery memorandum from Random House/Modern Library dated December 16, 1938.

1-31.TM “Retreat” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (32 leaves).

1-32.Envelope addressed to “Wm. C. Falkner, University of Mississippi” from The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Evanston, Illinois.

1-33.AM “The Unvanquished” (13 leaves).

1-34.TM “Vendée” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (34 leaves).

1-35.AM “Vendée” (12 leaves).

1-36.AM “Ambuscade” (5 leaves).

1-37.TM “Raid” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (35 leaves).

1-38.AM “Raid” (12 leaves).

1-39.AM [“Retreat”] (10 leaves).

Box 2, Folders:

2-1. AM “Uncle Willy” (10 leaves).

2-2. TM [“That Will Be Fine”] on carbon that begins with page 11 and continues through page 21 (11 leaves).

2-3. TM “Monk” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (3 leaves).

2-4. TM “Uncle Willy” on carbon “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (5 leaves).

2-5. AM “That Will Be Fine” (10 leaves).

2-6. AM [“The Afternoon of a] Cow” “by Ernst V. Trueblood” (7
leaves).

2-7. TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (2 leaves).

2-8. AM [“Absalom, Absalom!”] both leaves numbered page 2 (2 leaves).

2-9. TM [“Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard”] on carbon beginning with page 2-A and continuing through page 24 (23 leaves).

2-10.TM [“Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard”] on carbon beginning with page 10 and continuing through page 14 (5 leaves).

2-11.TM [“Pylon”] numbered page 30 (1 leaf).

2-12.TM [“Love”] on carbon beginning with page 37 and continuing through page 41 (5 leaves).

2-13.AM [“The Brooch”] (3 leaves).

2-14.TM [“The Brooch”] beginning with page 14 (2 leaves).

2-15.TM [“The Brooch”] on carbon (3 leaves).

2-16.TM [“That Will Be Fine”] on carbon numbered page 10 (1 leaf).

2-17.TM [“The Brooch”] (1 leaf).

2-18.AM [“Beyond Love”] (16 leaves).

2-19.TM “Floyd Collins” (5 leaves).

2-20.TM “The Faun” with “William Faulkner” typed on bottom of page (1 leaf).

2-21.AM “Rose of Lebanon” (10 leaves).

2-22.TM “Rose of Lebanon” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (33 leaves).

2-23.AM [unidentified with characters “John” and “Donald”] (1 leaf).

2-24.AM [“Flying the Mail”] (12 leaves).

2-25.[“Beyond Love”] (2 leaves).

2-26.AN “I am not called good yet. I have not got used to this work. But I am as well as anyone can be in this bedlam.” (1 leaf).

2-27.AM [“Absolution”] (5 leaves).

2-28.AM [“Flying the Mail”] (3 leaves).

2-29.AM [“Absolution”] (5 leaves).

2-30.AM [“Beyond Love”] (8 leaves).

2-31.AM [“Flying the Mail”] (1 leaf).

2-32.AM [“Beyond Love”] (12 leaves).

2-33.AM and TM [“Flying the Mail”] (6 leaves).

2-34.AM “Beyond Love” (11 leaves).

2-35.AM [“Beyond Love”] (19 leaves).

2-36.AM “Christmas Tree” (1 leaf).

2-37.AM [“The College Widow”] (7 leaves).

2-38.AM [“Absalom, Absalom!] numbered page 9 with a diagram of relationships between Quentin, Rosa Coldfield, Sutpen, and Mr. Compson on verso (1 leaf).

2-39.AM [unidentified] with a description of Flem Snopes (1 leaf).

2-40.AM [“Absalom, Absalom!”] contains variously numbered drafts for the novel, some titled “A Dark House” (32 leaves). Two pages are dated “11 February, 1934.”

2-41.TM [unidentified] numbered page 10, with references to a character named “Plunkett” (1 leaf).

2-42.TM [“The Brooch”] pages numbered 11-15 on carbon, with pages 20-23 on paper (9 leaves).

2-43.AM “Requiem for a Nun” with two pages dated “17 December, 1933” (3 leaves).

2-44.AM [“Flying the Mail”] (2 leaves).

2-45.AM “A Dark House” (3 leaves).

2-46.AM and TM [“Introduction to The Sound and the Fury”] (3
leaves).

2-47.TM [untitled poem with first line: “No moon will lighter sleep within these leaves . . .”] (1 leaf).

2-48.TM [3-line poem fragment with first line: “Behold me, in my
feathered cap and doublet…”] (1 leaf).

2-49.TM [untitled poem with first line: “When evening shadows grew around …”] (1 leaf).

2-50.TM [untitled poem with first line: “Let’s see, I’ll say: Between two brief balloons . . .”] (1 leaf).

2-51.TM “She Lies Sleeping” (1 leaf).

2-52.TM “Marriage” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on top of page (1 leaf).

2-53.TM [untitled poem with first line: “Beneath the apple tree Eve’s tortured shape . . .”] (2 leaves).

2-54.TM [“Revolt in the Earth”] (1 leaf).

2-55.TM [“Portrait of Elmer”] beginning with page number 34 and continuing through page 43, with author’s annotations (10 leaves).

2-56.AM “Evangeline” (15 leaves).

2-57. TM [untitled poem with first line: “What’ll I do today? with twelve . . .”] with “Paris 27 Aug 1925” typed on bottom of page (1 leaf).

2-58.TM “Admonishes His Heart” dated “14 march 1927” with author’s annotations (1 leaf).

2-59.TM [untitled poem with first line: “We sit drinking tea . . .”] with a note in the author’s hand “Pub. Double Dealer. 1924” (perhaps accepted by the journal but never published). Faulkner canceled his original title and dedication: “The Lilacs. To A--- and H---, R.A.F., 1918” (1 leaf).

2-60.TM [untitled poem with first line: “When I was young and proud and gay . . .”] (1 leaf).

2-61.TM [“Marriage”] beginning with page 2 and continuing through page 4 (3 leaves).

2-62.AM “Growing Pains” (2 leaves).

2-63.AM “And Now What’s to Do” (2 leaves).

Box 3, Folders:

3-1. AM [“Pylon”] (12 leaves).

3-2. AM [“Pylon”] (113 leaves).

3-3. TM “That Will Be Fine” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (1 leaf).

3-4. TM “Elmer” with “William Faulkner” typed on all pages (42 leaves).

3-5. TM “Elmer” with “William Faulkner typed on both pages (2 leaves).

3-6. TM “Portrait of Elmer” with “William Faulkner” typed on page 1 (1 leaf).

3-7. TM “Elmer” with “William Faulkner typed on top of page (1 leaf).

3-8. TM “Portrait of Elmer” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Miss.” typed on page 1 and “William Faulkner” on all other pages (44 leaves).

3-9. TM “Introduction to THE SOUND AND THE FURY” with “William Faulkner” typed on first page and “Oxford. 19 August, 1933” typed on last page (10 leaves).

3-10.TM “Drusilla” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (32 leaves).

3-11.AM “In Jamshyd’s Courtyard” (1 leaf).

3-12.AM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” (8 leaves).

3-13.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (23 leaves).

3-14.TM “Evangeline” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Miss.” typed on page 1 (36 leaves).

3-15.AM “Christmas Tree” (15 leaves).

3-16.AM “Lo!” (12 leaves).

3-17.TM “The Brooch” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 and author’s annotations (15 leaves).

3-18.TM [“The Brooch”] on carbon (2 leaves).

3-19.AM [“Pylon”] (26 leaves).

3-20.AM “Absalom, Absa[lom!]” (28 leaves).

3-21.“As I Lay Dying” cover on blue sheet with return address in author’s hand “William Faulkner 146 MacDougal St City” and “William Faulkner c/o Ben Wasson 146 MacDougal St”

3-22.TM “As I Lay Dying” on carbon (18 leaves).

3-23.AM “Drusilla” (10 leaves).

3-24.TM [“Once Aboard the Lugger”] on carbon (20 leaves).

3-25.AM “Golden Land” (12 leaves).

3-26.TM “Ambuscade” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (23 leaves).

3-27. TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (9 leaves).

3-28.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” with “Willliam Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (1 leaf).

3-29.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Court.” on carbon with title in author’s hand and previous title “Omar’s Eighteenth Quatrain” canceled and “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (21 leaves).

3-30.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (1 leaf).

3-31.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 and author’s annotations (8 leaves).

3-32.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (11 leaves).

3-33.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (2 leaves).

3-34.TM [“Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard”] (10 leaves).

3-35.TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” on carbon with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (1 leaf).

Box 4, Folders:

4-1. TM [“Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard”] on carbon (13 leaves).

4-2. TM “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 with author’s annotations (30 leaves).

4-3. TM [“Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard”] on carbon (1 leaf).

4-4. AM “Wild Palms” (6 leaves).

4-5. TM “Wild Palms” on carbon “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (22 leaves).

4-6. Cover for “Love” with label “please address all communications to Morton Goldman, Room 1040, 33 West 42^nd St., New York City, Lon. 5-3301”.

4-7. TM “Love” (29 leaves).

4-8. TLS dated November 2, 1938 from Harold Ober to William Faulkner. Re: “A Return.”

4-9. TM “A Return” with separate title sheet; “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1; author’s annotations; and holes punched for three-ring binder (54 leaves).

4-10.Cardboard with “Snopes” written in William Faulkner’s hand.

4-11.TM [“Evangeline”] (4 leaves).

4-12.AM “Once Aboard the Lugger” (1 leaf).

4-13.TM [“Once Aboard the Lugger”] on carbon with author’s annotations (6 leaves).

4-14.TM [“Once Aboard the Lugger”] with author’s annotations (17 leaves).

4-15.TM [“Once Aboard the Lugger”] on carbon (5 leaves).

4-16.AM “Once Aboard the Lugger” (6 leaves).

4-17.AM “Once Aboard the Lugger” (4 leaves).

4-18.TM “Once Aboard the Lugger-------“ with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (4 leaves).

4-19.TM “Once Aboard the Lugger-------“ on carbon “William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi” typed on page 1 (4 leaves).

4-20.TM “Once Aboard the Lugger------“ with “William Faulkner, Oxford, Miss.” typed on page 1 (14 leaves).

4-21 -- 4-48. TM “Sanctuary” typesetting copy for the original version, lacking the first 12 pages.

4-21. Chapter 1, pages 13-14 (2 leaves).

4-22. Chapter 2, pages 15-35 (21 leaves).

4-23. Chapter 3, pages 36-56 (21 leaves).

4-24. Chapter 4, pages 57-69 (13 leaves).

4-25. Chapter 5, pages 70-84 (15 leaves).

4-26. Chapter 6, pages 85-96 (12 leaves).

4-27. Chapter 7, pages 97-109 (13 leaves).

4-28. Chapter 8, pages 110-122 (13 leaves).

4-29. Chapter 9, pages 123-134 (12 leaves).

4-30. Chapter 10, pages 135-152 (18 leaves).

4-31. Chapter 11, pages 153-172 (20 leaves).

4-32. Chapter 12, pages 173-198 (26 leaves).

4-33. Chapter 13, pages 199-214 (16 leaves).

4-34. Chapter 14, pages 215-223 (9 leaves).

4-35. Chapter 15, pages 224-226 (3 leaves).

4-36. Chapter 16, pages 227-239 (13 leaves).

4-37. Chapter 17, pages 240-254 (15 leaves).

4-38. Chapter 18, pages 255-273 (19 leaves).

4-39. Chapter 19, pages 274-292 (19 leaves).

4-40. Chapter 20, pages 293-300 (8 leaves).

4-41. Chapter 21, pages 301-312 (12 leaves).

4-42. Chapter 22, pages 313-320 (8 leaves).

4-43. Chapter 23, pages 321-337 (17 leaves).

4-44. Chapter 24, pages 338-345 (8 leaves).

4-45. Chapter 25, pages 346-348 (3 leaves).

4-46. Chapter 26, page 349 (1 leaf).

4-47. Chapter 27, pages 350-358 (8 leaves).

4-48. blank pages (4 leaves).