Gertrude Bell Papers
Gertrude Bell Papers 1 
Collection Inventory
Box 1
15” X 11.25” X 3.25”
Posse of Two. New York: Young Readers’ Press, 1964.
1. Typed manuscript—first version
2. Typed revision pages with correspondence
3. Typed manuscript—accepted version
4. Correspondence
5. Book Reviews
6. Signed agreement with Criterion Books
Box 2
17.5” X 11.75” X 3.5”
Roundabout Road. Independence, MO: Independence Press, 1972
1. Typed manuscript—early draft
2. Typed manuscript with revisions—2nd draft
3. Typed manuscript—3rd draft
4. Typed manuscript with revisions
5. Typed manuscript—final draft
6. Galley
7. Correspondence
8. Book reviews
9. Book jacket
10. Illustrations from book—pp. 13, 27, 31, 40, 52, 69, 90, 143—Ink/Watercolor
11. Framed illustration –p. 167—Ink/Watercolor
12. Framed illustration-p. 170—Ink/Watercolor
Box 3
15” X 11.25” X 3.25”
First Crop. Independence, MO: Independence Press, 1973.
1. Typed manuscript with revisions—early draft
2. Typed manuscript
3. Correspondence
4. Book reviews
5. Book jackets (6)
6. Book marks
7. Student drawn pictures
8. Framed illustration
Box 4
15” X 11.25” X 3.25”
Ladder for Silvanus. Independence. MO: Independence Press, 1975.
Working title: Measure of Success
Get Silvanus a Ladder
1. Typed manuscript with revisions—1st draft
2. Typed manuscript with revisions and correspondence
3. Typed manuscript—2nd draft (2 copies)
4. Typed manuscript with revisions—3rd draft
5. Typed manuscript—final draft (2 copies)
6. Book reviews
7. Correspondence
8. Program from high school play
9. Book jackets (7)
10. Proof
Box 5
15” X 11.25” X 3.25”
Where Runs the River. Independence, MO: Independence Press, 1976.
1. Copy of poem by Frances William Baurdillon used in book (4 copies)
2. Typed foreword—5 versions
3. Typed manuscript with revisions—Chapter 2 missing
4. Typed manuscript—final draft
5. Galley
6. Proof
7. Typed manuscript—Author telling history behind book
8. Correspondence
9. Book jacket
10. Book reviews