Absalom, Absalom!: Random House first published this novel in 1936. [See folders: 2-8, 2-38, 2-40, 2-45, 3-20].
“Absolution”: Faulkner worked on a treatment for the MGM film “Absolution” in 1932. [See folders: 2-27, 2-29].
“Admonishes His Heart”: This unpublished poem is dated in typescript “14 march 1927.” [See folder: 2-58].
“The Afternoon of a Cow”: This short story first appeared in French as “L’Après-Midi d’une Vache” in Algiers in 1943. Its first publication in English appeared in Furioso (Summer 1947). [See folder: 2-6].
“Ambuscade”: This short story first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (September 29, 1934), and later as the first chapter in The Unvanquished (1938). [See folders: 1-1, 1-36, 3-26].
“And Now What’s to Do”: This short story remained unpublished until its appearance in Mississippi Quarterly (Summer 1973). [See folder: 2-63].
“As I Lay Dying”: This short story is unrelated to the 1930 novel with the same title. It is an early draft of “Spotted Horses” which appeared in Scribner’s Magazine (June 1931). [See folders: 3-21, 3-22].
“Behold me in my feathered cap and doublet . . .”: This untitled poem appeared in A Green Bough (1933). [See folder: 2-48].
“Beneath the apple tree Eve’s tortured shape . . .”: This untitled poem appeared in A Green Bough (1933). [See folder: 2-53].
“Beyond Love”: This is a film treatment for an unproduced screenplay set in India [See folders: 2-18, 2-25, 2-30, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35].
“The Brooch”: This short story first appeared in Scribner’s Magazine (January 1936). It was later adapted for a CBS broadcast of “Lux Video Theatre” on April 2, 1953. [See folders: 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-17, 2-42, 3-17, 3-18].
“Christmas Tree”: This short story, written circa 1921, remained unpublished until The Yale Review (January 1995) printed a version based on a typescript at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia. Faulkner rewrote “Christmas Tree” with the new title “Two Dollar Wife.” This story appeared in College Life (January 1936). [See folders: 2-36, 3-15].
“The College Widow”: Faulkner wrote a treatment for the MGM film “The College Widow” in 1932. [See folder: 2-37].
“A Dangerous Man”: A rewriting of “A Letter to Grandmamma” which first appeared in The Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1979). [See folders: 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25].
“A Dark House”: “A Dark House” was an early working title for Absalom, Absalom! (1936) [See Absalom, Absalom!].
“Drusilla”: This short story was retitled and published as “Skirmish at Sartoris” in Scribner’s Magazine (April 1935) and later as a chapter in The Unvanquished (1938) [See folders: 1-6, 3-10, 3-23].
“A Dull Tale”: This short story was unpublished until its appearance in The Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1979). [See folders: 1-12, 1-13, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29].
“Elmer”: [See “Portrait of Elmer”].
“Evangeline”: This short story was unpublished until its appearance in The Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1979). [See folders: 2-56, 3-14, 4-11].
“The Faun”: This poem appeared in The Double Dealer (April 1925). [See folder: 2-20].
“Floyd Collins”: This poem appeared in A Green Bough (1933) [See folder: 2-19].
“Flying the Mail”: Faulkner worked on a treatment for the MGM film “Flying the Mail” in 1932. [See folder: 2-24, 2-28, 2-31, 2-33, 2-44].
“Golden Land”: This short story was published in American Mercury (May 1935)[See folder: 3-25].
“Growing Pains”: This unfinished, short story is a variant of “Portrait of Elmer.” [See folder: 2-62 and “Portrait of Elmer”].
“Introduction to The Sound and the Fury”: Sometime in 1933, Faulkner worked on an introduction to a proposed limited edition of The Sound and the Fury by Random House. The new edition was to be printed in three colors to delineate the three distinct time periods covered by the narrative. Despite repeated forthcoming notices, the edition never appeared. [See folders: 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 2-46, 3-9].
“Let’s see, I’ll say: Between two brief balloons . . .”: This untitled poem appeared in A Green Bough (1933). [See folder: 2-50].
“A Letter to Grandmamma”: This short story, alternatively titled “A Letter” or “The Letter,” remains unpublished. [See folders: 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25].
“Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard”: This short story first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post (February 27, 1932). [See folders: 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 3-12, 3-13, 3-27, 3-28, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-32, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3].
“Lo!”: This short story first appeared in Story (November 1934). [See folder: 3-16].
“Love”: This short story is a later version of one begun in the early 1920s and corresponds closely to a manuscript in the University of Virginia collection reproduced in William Faulkner Manuscripts 25 “Unpublished” Stories, Typescripts and Manuscripts (1987). Another version of the text appeared in The Missouri Review (1988) [See folders: 2-12, 4-6, 4-7].
“Marriage”: This poem appears in A Green Bough (1933). [See folders: 2-52, 2-61].
“Monk”: This short story first appeared in Scribner’s Magazine (May 1937). [See folder: 2-3].
“Mule in the Yard”: This short story first appeared in Scribner’s Magazine (August 1934). [See folder: 1-14].
“No moon will lighter sleep within these leaves . . .”: This untitled poem remains unpublished [See folder: 2-47].
“Once Aboard the Lugger”: This short story first appeared in Contempo (February 1, 1932). [See folders: 3-24, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-15, 4-17, 4-18, 4-19, 4-20].
“Portrait of Elmer”: This short story remained unpublished until The Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1979). [See folders: 2-55, 2-62, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8].
Pylon: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc. first published Pylon in 1935. [See folders: 2-11, 3-1, 3-2, 3-19].
“Raid”: This short story first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (November 3, 1934), and later as a chapter in The Unvanquished (1938). [See folders: 1-3, 1-37, 1-38].
“Requiem for a Nun”: Faulkner eventually resurrected the title he ascribed to this three-page aborted draft begun in 1933 for his 1951 novel by the same name. [See folder: 2-43].
“Resurgem Two Men Memphis Guards Episode”: This short story is a draft version of “A Dull Tale.” [See folders: 1-12, 1-13].
“Retreat”: This short story first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (October 13, 1934) and later as a chapter in Faulkner’s narrative The Unvanquished (1938). [See folders: 1-2, 1-31, 1-39].
“A Return”: This short story is a later version of “Rose of Lebanon” and first appeared in Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner (1979). [See folders: 2-21, 2-22, 4-9].
“Revolt in the Earth”: Together with Dudley Nichols, Faulkner worked on the film treatment for this screenplay adaptation of Absalom, Absalom! and “Wash” in 1942. [See folder: 2-54].
“Rose of Lebanon”: This short story remained unpublished until The Oxford American (May/June 1995). [See folders: 2-21, 2-22, 4-9].
Sanctuary: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith first published the novel Sanctuary in 1931. [See folders: 4-21 – 4-48].
“She lies sleeping”: This poem appears in A Green Bough (1933) [See folder: 2-51].
“The Story of Elmer”: [See “Portrait of Elmer”].
“That Will Be Fine”: This short story first appeared in The American Mercury (July 1935). [See folders: 2-2, 2-5, 2-16, 3-3].
“Uncle Willy”: This short story first appeared in The American Mercury (October 1935). [See folders: 2-1, 2-4].
unidentified manuscripts: [See folders: 1-15, 2-39, 2-23, 2-39, 2-41].
“The Unvanquished”: This short story first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (November 14, 1936), and later as the chapter “Riposte in Tertio” in the book The Unvanquished (1938). [See folder: 1-33].
The Unvanquished: Random House first published The Unvanquished as a continuous narrative in 1938. All of the chapters except “An Odor of Verbena” appeared previously as short stories in magazines: “Ambuscade” in The Saturday Evening Post (September 29, 1934), “Retreat” in The Saturday Evening Post (October 13, 1934), “Raid” in The Saturday Evening Post (November 3, 1934), “Riposte in Tertio” under the title “The Unvanquished” in The Saturday Evening Post (November 14, 1936), “Vendée” in The Saturday Evening Post (December 5, 1936), and “Skirmish at Sartoris” in Scribner’s Magazine (April 1935). [See folders: 1-1 – 1-8, 1-31, 1-33 – 1-39].
“Vendée”: This short story first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (December 5, 1936), and later as a chapter in The Unvanquished (1938). [See folders: 1-5, 1-34, 1-35].
“We sit drinking tea . . .”: This untitled poem appeared in A Green Bough (1933). [See folder: 2-59].
“What’ll I do today? with twelve . . .”: Faulkner wrote this untitled, unpublished poem and dated it “Paris 27 Aug 1925.” [See folder: 2-57].
“When evening shadows grew around …”: This untitled poem appeared in Faulkner’s A Green Bough (1933). [See folder: 2-49].
“When I was young and proud and gay . . .”: This untitled poem appeared in Faulkner’s A Green Bough (1933). [See folder: 2-60].
“The Wild Palms”: Random House first published the novel The Wild Palms in 1939. [See folder 4-4, 4-5].