Gertrude Bell Papers
Gertrude Bell Unpublished Short Stories.
Collection Inventory
Box 25
15” X 11.25” X 3.25”
Short Stories—Unpublished
1. “An Icy Defense”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
2. "The Answer”
a. Typed manuscript
3. “The Astonishment”
a. Typed manuscript
4. “Baby in the House”
a. Letters contest summary of score and list of judge
b. Typed manuscript—3 copies—2 with judges comments
5. “Balance of Power”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Typed manuscript revised with correspondence
c. Correspondence
6. “The Begattery”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
7. “Blow to Tyranny”
a. Correspondence
8. “Carefree”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
9. “Clue of the Wet Feet”
a. Typed manuscript
10. “Compromise With Evil”
a. Correspondence
11. “Dean’s Daughter”
a. Typed manuscript—2 copies
12. “Different Fourth of July”
a. Typed manuscript
13. “Don’t Ever Go Away”
a. Typed manuscript
14. “Empty Crib”
a. Typed manuscript
15. “Fiddle-Footed”
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Typed manuscript—revised with correspondence
c. Correspondence
16. “Free As a Bird”
a. Typed manuscript—2 copies
b. Manuscript pages 1-4 revised
17. “From Grief to Glory”
a. Correspondence
Box 26
17.5” X 11.75” X 3.5”
Short Stories—Unpublished
18. “Get Wise to Yourself—Before It’s Too Late”
a. Typed manuscript
19. “Gift for Mrs. Simms”
a. Typed manuscript
20. “Gift for My Grandchild”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
21. “Girls Left Behind Them”
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
22. “Grand Hotel”
a. Typed manuscript
23. “Half a Husband”
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
24. “I Didn’t Deserve It, But I Was Given a Second Chance”
a. Typed manuscript
25. “I Had to Have a Place to Hide”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
26. “I’ll Try Again Tomorrow”
a. Typed manuscript
27. “I Married a Dream”
a. Correspondence
28. “I Murdered a Dream”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
29. “It Wasn’t Our Shame—But It Might Have Been”
a. Typed manuscript
30. “Joe Sunshine’s Successor
a. Typed manuscript
31. “Killer in the House”
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Research materials
32. “Kissin’ Moon”
a. Typed manuscript
33. “Lafayette Sipped Here”
a. Handwritten manuscript
34. “Late to Supper”
a. Typed manuscript—1st draft
b. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
c. Correspondence
35. “Let Me take Care of You!”
a. Typed manuscript
36. “Lie That Grew”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
37. “Lock Love In”
a. Typed manuscript
38. “Love as a Club”
a. Correspondence
39. “Man Has to Have Some Pride”
a. Correspondence
40. “Mothers Can Be Tough”
a. Correspondence
41. “Must I Re-Live the Unspeakable?”
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
42. “My Aunt Sally”
a. Correspondence
43. “My First Baby”
a. Correspondence
44. “My Sorrowing Was Sinful”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
45. “Mystery of the Bad-Tempered House”
a. Typed manuscript
46. “Nosegay”
a. Typed manuscript—2 copies
b. Correspondence
47. “Not Mine to Give”
a. Typed manuscript
48. “Oh Brother”
a. Correspondence
49. “On Writing Essays”
a. Typed manuscript
50. “Santa Fe Trail”
a. Typed manuscript—partial
b. Research materials
Box 27
17.5” X 11.75” X 3.5”
Short Stories Unpublished
51. “Second Spouse”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Typed manuscript—with judge’s comments
c. Letters contest information and list of judges
52. “Secret I Shouldn’t Have Kept”
a. Typed manuscript—1st draft
b. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
c. Correspondence
53. “Stitch in Time”
a. Typed manuscript—3 copies
b. Letters contest information and list of judges
54. “They Can’t Catch Us!”
a. Typed manuscript
55. “Tony’s Profitable Loss”
a. Typed manuscript—3 copies
b. Correspondence
56. “Tony Tidies Up”
a. Typed manuscript
57. “To Break a Set”
a. Typed manuscript
58. “Too Many Loves”
a. Typed manuscript—1st draft
b. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
c. Correspondence
59. “Too Young and Dumb to Know What’s Best”
a. Typed manuscript
60. “Unconditional Surrender”
a. Typed manuscript
61. “Unfit to Name”
a. Typed manuscript
62. “Unite and Rule”
a. Typed manuscript
63. “Week-End Father”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
64. “We’re As Good As You Are!”
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
65. “What Have I Gotten Myself Into”
a. Typed manuscript—1st draft
b. Typed manuscript—2nd draft
66. “What I Saw of Order Number Eleven”
a. Typed manuscript
67. Where Home Is”
a. Typed manuscript (2 copies)
b. Manuscript pages to insert
c. Correspondence
68. “Why Didn’t You Teach Me to Pray”
a. Typed manuscript