Dean Hughes Papers 1
Dean Hughes Papers 1 
Collection Inventory
Box 1
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Nutty for President. New York: Atheneum, 1981.
1. Handwritten first draft—Fall 1978 to Winter 1979
2. Typed manuscript
a. Second submission which was returned (without contract) and further suggestions—January 1979
b. Revised and resubmitted—January 1979
c. Used for copy-editing and typesetting
3. Typed manuscript first revision after critique from Jean Karl (no contract offered)—Fall 1979
4. Typed manuscript—2nd draft—Winter 1979
5 Typed manuscript—3rd draft—Winter 1979
6. Typed manuscript—4th draft submitted to Jean Karl—March 1979
7. Sample proof pages
8. Galleys—Master Proofs
9. Book Reviews
10. Correspondence
Box 2
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Honestly Myron. New York: Atheneum, 1982.
1. Handwritten first draft—Spring 1980
2. Typed manuscript—version first submitted to Jean Karl at Atheneum—Early Fall 1980
3. Typed manuscript—2nd draft after moving to Utah to write full-time—Summer 1980
4. Typed manuscript—3rd draft—Summer 1980
5. Typed manuscript—4th draft with further revisions of some pages—Summer 1980
6. Typed manuscript—version used for copy-editing and typesetting
7. Master proof
8. Outline
9. Book reviews
10. Correspondence
Box 3
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Switching Tracks. New York: Atheneum, 1982.
1. Outline
2. Typed manuscript—1st draft—Fall 1980
3. Typed manuscript—2nd draft—Fall/Winter 1980-81
4. Typed manuscript—3rd draft plus further revisions—Submitted to Jean Karl Feb. or March 1981
5. Typed manuscript—Revised draft used for copy-editing and typesetting—Submitted Spring 1981
6. Master galley proofs
7. Correspondence
8. Book reviews
Box 4a
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Millie Willenheimer and the Chestnut Corporation. New York: Atheneum, 1983.
1. Typed manuscript—1st draft—Spring 1981
2. Typed manuscript—2nd draft—Spring 1981
3. Typed manuscript—3rd draft with revisions—version first submitted to Jean Karl at Atheneum May 1981
4. Revisions after first submission—Summer 1981
5. Typed manuscript—2nd version submitted to Jean Karl (5th draft)—Summer 1981
Box 4b
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5"
Millie Willenheimer and the Chestnut Corporation. New York: Atheneum, 1983.
6. Typed manuscript—Revisions after second submission—Fall 1981
7. Typed manuscript—3rd version submitted to Jean Karl—Spring 1982
8. Typed manuscript—4th and final version (used for Copy-editing and typesetting) submitted to Jean Karl Summer 1982
9. Master Proof
10. Correspondence
11. Book reviews
12. Outline
Box 5
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Nutty and the Case of the Mastermind Thief. New York: Atheneum, 1985.
1. Revisions of proposal with outline (with thoughts on revision from Jean Karl)
2. Typed manuscript—1st draft
3. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
4. Typed manuscript—3rd draft version submitted to Jean Karl
5. Copy of 3rd draft
6. Typed manuscript—final version used for copy-editing and typesetting
7. Galleys
8. Proofs
9. Proposal
10. Book reviews
11. Correspondence
Box 6
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Nutty and the Case of the Ski-Slope Spy. New York: Atheneum, 1985.
1. Typed manuscript—1st draft—Spring 1984
2. Typed manuscript—2nd draft of proposal including outline—March 1984
3. Typed manuscript—1st version sent to Jean Karl with revisions done on word processor—Summer 1984
4. Typed manuscript—final version used for copy-editing and typesetting—Fall 1984
5. Galleys—First Printers Proof
6. Proofs
7. Book reviews
8. Correspondence
Box 7a
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Jelly’s Circus. New York: Atheneum, 1986.
Working Title: Gilley’s Circus
1. Typed manuscript—1st draft
2. Typed manuscript—1st draft—Spring 1984
3. Typed manuscript—2nd draft—Spring 1984
4. Typed manuscript—3rd draft submitted to Desert Book Co. and rejected. Then sent to Amy Berkower, agent--Summer 1984
Box 7b
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Jelly’s Circus. New York: Atheneum, 1986.
Working Title: Gilley’s Circus
5. Typed manuscript—Version first sent to Jean Karl after revisions based on advice from Amy Berkower, agent—Fall 1984
6. Typed manuscript—2nd version sent to Jean Karl—Nov. 1984
7. Typed manuscript—final version used for copy-editing and typesetting
8. Printer’s first proof
9. Outline
10. Correspondence
11. Book reviews
12. Floppy disk
Box 8a
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Theo Zephyr. New York: Atheneum, 1987.
Working Title: The Magic Circle
1. Typed manuscript—1st draft—May 25, 1982
2. Revisions of manuscript after the first submission in original form—Summer 1982
3. Typed manuscript—2nd version sent to Jean Karl—Summer 1982
4. Typed manuscript—2nd draft (The Magic Circle)—June 1982
5. Typed manuscript—3rd draft submitted to Jean Karl—Summer 1982
6. Typed manuscript—new outline and changed version after second submission to Jean Karl—Fall 1982
7. Typed manuscript—4th version sent to Jean Karl rejected—Winter 1982-83 (manuscript put aside for some time)
8. Typed manuscript—1st draft in new form—Winter 1983-84
Box 8b
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Theo Zephyr. New York: Atheneum, 1987.
Working Title: The Magic Circle
9. Typed manuscript—2nd revision in new form rejected by Desert Books—Winter 1984
10. Typed manuscript—3rd outline and plot—sent to Amy Berkower, agent, for advice on Feb, 1986, Then submitted to Jon Lanman
11. Typed manuscript—revised after editor’s comments—submitted to Jonathan Lanman Sept. 1986
12. Typed manuscript—final version used for copy-editing and typesetting
13. Galleys—Master Set 1st Pass
14. Galleys—Master Set 2nd Pass
15. Correspondence
16. Book reviews
17. Floppy disk
Box 9
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Nutty Can’t Miss. New York: Atheneum, 1987.
1. Proposal
2. Typed manuscript—draft submitted to Jon Lanman at Atheneum
3. Typed manuscript—final version with editorial changes—Spring 1987
4. Typed manuscript—final version used for copy-editing and typesetting—Spring 1986
5. Galleys—Master Set 1st pass
6. Correspondence
7. Book reviews
8. Floppy disks (2)
9. Copy of book—No Pots Fallar, Nutty! (Spanish, Catalan, translation)
10. Copy of book—No Puedes Fallar, Nutty (Spanish, Castillion, translation)
Box 10
17.5” X 11.5” X 3.5”
Nutty Knows All. New York: Atheneum, 1988.
1. Early brainstorming notes
2. First tentative outline
3. Detailed outline used as proposal
4. Typed manuscript—1st version submitted to Jon Lanman at Atheneum—July 27, 1987
5. Typed manuscript—revised in response to editor’s suggestions—version submitted to Jon Lanman October 1, 1987
6. Typed manuscript—final revised version with editorial cuts and changes by Jon Lanman
7. Typed manuscript—final version with editor’s changes, copy-editor’s marks, and instructions to typesetter
8. Master galleys with corrections and instructions to printer
9. Floppy disks (2)
10. Book reviews