Patricia Hermes Papers 2
Patricia Hermes Papers 2 
Collection Inventory
Box 10a
15” X 11” X 3.25”
Be Still My Heart. New York: G. P. Putnam’s, 1989.
Working Title: My Heart, the Traitor
Falling in Love with Someone
1. Typed manuscript—Chapters 13-17 ( My Heart, the Traitor)
2. Typed manuscript Chapters 13-17
3. Typed manuscript—scene about Leslie and David and Allie
4. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-3
5. Typed manuscript—pp. 1-131 (Falling in Love With Someone)
6. Typed manuscript with revisions
7. Correspondence
Box 10b
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Be Still My Heart. New York: G. P. Putnam’s, 1989.
8. Typed manuscript—pp. 1-131
9. Typed manuscript with revisions and notes
10. Master Set (6/21/89)—Author’s Changes collated (7/8/89)
11. Master Set (8/03/89)
12. Pages to be fixed
13. Book cover—color
14. Photo from book jacket
15. Uncorrected proof
Box 11a
15” X 11” X 3.25”
I Hate Being Gifted. New York: Putnam, 1990.
1. Handwritten notes
2. Typed manuscript with revisions
3. Typed manuscript with revisions, editor’s notes on post-its, correspondence
4. Correspondence and memorandum from editor 7/15/88
5. Typed manuscript pp. 1-36 (Revised 8/1/89)
6. Typed manuscript with revisions pp. 1-38
Box 11b
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
I Hate Being Gifted. New York: Putnam, 1990.
7. Typed manuscript pp. 1-9
8. Typed manuscript pp. 126-135
9. Typed manuscript with revisions pp. 1-104, 110-135
10. Layout pages
11. Galleys—Master Set (6/05/90)
12. Galleys—Master Set (7/17/90) with corrections
13. Galleys—Master Set (8/15/90)
14. Galleys—House Set (8/22/90)
15. Book covers (2)
Box 12
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Mama, Let’s Dance. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991.
1. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and revisions
2. Original manuscript returned from editor
3. Galleys
4. Sample chapters with cover
5. Book covers (2) with correspondence
6. Correspondence with editor’s notes
7. Typed manuscript pages 10, 63-72, 73-80 with editor’s notes
8. Small notebook with handwritten notes
Box 13
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
My Girl. New York: Pocket Books, 1991.
1. Summary or outline to write book
2. Handwritten pages
3. Typed manuscript (pp. 73-75 missing)—1st Draft
4. Typed manuscript with revisions—2nd Draft
5. Copyedited manuscript
6. Galleys
7. Typed manuscript pages 52-66
8. Advertising brochure
Box 14a
15” X 11” X 3.25”
Take Care of My Girl. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1992.
Working Title: Fifth Grade Can Give You a Nervous Breakdown
If I Were In Charge of the School
1. Handwritten manuscript pages
2. Typed manuscript—1st draft
a. Pages 1-38
b. Pages 1-11, 13-23
c. Pages 1-34
d. Pages 1-48, 50-90, 96-107
3. Typed manuscript—1st draft— pp. 2-75, 81-98, 108-110, 116-161
4. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
a. pp. 93
b. pp. 122-149
c. pp. 148-158
d. pp. 111-115
e. pp. 100-107
Box 14b
15” X 11” X 3.25”
Take Care of My Girl. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1992.
5. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
a. pp. 127-132, 134-135 (Chapter 12)
b. pp. 43-52
c. pp. 76-80
d. pp. 114-134 (Chapter 14)
e. pp. 97-101 (Chapter 14)
6. Typed manuscript with revisions—3rd draft—pp. 1-146, 1-124
7. Typed manuscript pp. 1-39
8. Typed manuscript pp. 2-19
9. Typed manuscript pp. 85-95
10. Typed manuscript pp. 1-124
11. Typed manuscript—3rd draft
a. pp. 1-4
b. pp. 1-91, 93, 115
c. pp. 148-159
12. Typed manuscript—3rd draft—pp. 1-20, 23-80, 93-113, 116-123
13. Typed manuscript—final version pp. 142-147
14. Correspondence with summary of proposed book 6/12/89 and 6/16/89
15. Correspondence 11/25/91, 12/17/91, 1/8/92,/2/18/92, 9/29/92
16. Proposed flap copy
Box 15a
12” X 10.5” X 5”
Someone to Count On. Boston: Little Brown, 1993.
Working Title: Something to Count On
Something Stupid
1. First handwritten draft with revisions (Something Stupid)
2. Typed manuscript pages with revisions—pp. 26-67 (Something Stupid)
3. Editor’s notes—(Something Stupid)
4. Typed manuscript with revisions pp. 1-8, 10-145 (Something to Count On)
5. Typed manuscript pp. 1-30 (Something to Count On)
6. Typed manuscript with revisions pp. 68-96, 98-126, 128-171
7. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapters A & B
8. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 1
9. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 1
10. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 4
11. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapters 2-5
12. Typed manuscript with editor's notes--Chapters 6-7 (pp. 71-72 missing)
Box 15b
15” X 11” X 3.25”
Someone to Count On. Boston: Little Brown, 1993.
13. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 10
14. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 14
15. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 10-18
16. Editor’s notes Chapters 15-24
17. Editor’s notes on chapters
18. Miscellaneous manuscript pages
19. Typed manuscript with revisions
20. Original copyedited manuscript
21. Typed manuscript (p. 22 missing— Chapters 1-9
22. Typed manuscript reworked—Chapters 1-6
23. Typed manuscript pages 1, 1-11,1-11, 172-198
24. Black and white samples of Allen Garns’ work
25. Book review
26. Correspondence
Box 16
12” X 10.5” X 5”
I’ll Pulverize You, William. New York, Pocket Books, 1994.
1. Handwritten manuscript pp. 1-7
2. Typed manuscript pp. 1-109
3. Typed manuscript pp. 1-112
4. Editor’s notes Chapters 1-11
5. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 1
6. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—Chapter 2
7. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes-- Chapters 1-2
8. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes –2nd version-- Chapters 1-2
9. Typed manuscript with editor’s note—Chapter12-14
10. Original copyedited manuscript
11. Correspondence
12. Galleys
Box 17
12” X 10.5” X 5”
Nothing But Trouble, Trouble, Trouble. New York: Scholastic, 1994.
Working Titles: Alex Williams is Not a Boy
Something Stupid
1. Typed manuscript with some handwritten pages
2. Handwritten revision pages
3. Typed manuscript pages with editor’s notes—Chapters 1 and 2
4. Typed manuscript pages with editor’s notes Chapters 3-5, 5-8
5. Typed manuscript pages with editor’s notes Chapters 6, 8-9
6. Typed manuscript pages with editor’s notes and revisions Chapters 1-4, 1, 1-2
7. Typed manuscript pages Chapters 1,1-4, and 7
8. Typed manuscript with revisions
9. Typed manuscript pages with editor’s notes—Chapter 1
10. Correspondence
Box 18
12” X 10.5” X 5”
My Girl 2. New York: Pocket Books, 1994.
1. Typed manuscript
2. Typed manuscript
3. Galleys
4. Typed manuscript for screenplay (4/15/93)
5. Typed manuscript for screenplay (6/12/93)
6. Typed manuscript for screenplay and correspondence (8/20/93)
7. Miscellaneous screenplay pages
8. Correspondence
9. Handwritten notes
Box 19a
12” X 10.5” X 5”
On Winter’s Wind. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
Working Title: On Winter’s Wing
1. Miscellaneous handwritten pages
2. Miscellaneous pages—rough draft
3. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-11
4. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-4 (pp. 1-27)
5. Typed manuscript—Chapter 1 with handwritten notes
6. Typed manuscript—Chapter 3 (pp. 1-24)
7. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-7 (pp. 1-62)
8. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-4 (pp. 1-34)
9. Editor’s notes pp. 1-5, 9
10. Typed manuscript with editor’s note—Chapters 1-3, 5-6
11. Type manuscript—Chapter 5 with revisions
12. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-10 (pp. 1-92)
13. Typed manuscript—Chapters 11-14 (pp. 97-122)—Nov. 1994
14. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-14 (pp. 1-122)
15. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-16 (pp. 1-152, 154-155)—Aug. 1994
16. Typed manuscript—Chapter 1—1st person and 3rd person
17. Typed manuscript—Chapter 1—1st person and 3rd person
Box 19b
12” X 10.5” X 5”
On Winter’s Wind. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
18. Typed manuscript—Chapters 2, 4-7 (switch in viewpoints)
19. Typed manuscript—Chapters 16-19 (pp. 132-163)
20. Typed manuscript—Chapters 15-16 (pp. 118-133)
21. Typed manuscript—Chapters 18-19 (pp. 147-160)
22. Typed manuscript—Chapter 19
23. Typed manuscript with revisions
24. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes
25. Copyedited manuscript
26. Page proofs with correspondence
27. Book jackets (4)
28. Review
29. Correspondence
30. Miscellaneous manuscript pages