Brenda Seabrooke Papers
Collection Inventory
Box 1
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”
The Haunting of Swain’s Fancy. New York: Dutton’s Children’s Books, 2003.
1. Synopsis for The Haunting of Swain’s Spring
2. Manuscript
3. Original setting manuscript with revisions
4. Manuscript with editor’s notes on post-its and correspondence
5. Correspondence
6. Three pictures of the house that inspired the book and a photocopy of “Abram’s Delight” with correspondence
Box 2
17.25” x 11.75” x 3.75”
The Haunting of Holroyd Hill.
1. Notes
2. Typed manuscript –pages 19-27, 73-80
3. Typed manuscript—early draft—pp. 1-40
4. Typed manuscript with corrections—pp.1-148 except 52, 123
5. Typed manuscript with title page and revisions—pp. 1-149
6. Pages with suggested changes
7. Galley pages 1-3
8. Correspondence
Box 3a
17.25” x 11.75” x 3.75”
The Haunting at Stratton Falls.
Working Title: The Christmas Ghost
1. Notes
2. Newspaper clippings
3. Characters and chapter summaries—1st draft
4. Characters and chapter summaries—2nd draft
5. Typed outline—1st draft
6. Typed outline—2nd draft
7. Typed outline—3rd draft
8. Typed outline—4th draft
9. Typed outline with revisions
10. Typed outline
11. Typed outline (1/12/96)
12. Typed outline (pre 3/9/96)
13. Typed outline with typed manuscript pp. 1-34 (3/9/96)
14. Typed outline (3/17/96)
15. Typed manuscript with revisions—pp. 1-8—1st draft
16. Typed manuscript--pp. 1-6—2nd draft
17. Typed manuscript with revisions—pp. 1-7—3rd draft
18. Typed manuscript with revisions—pp. 1-31
19. Typed manuscript—pp. 3-35
20. Typed manuscript with revisions—pp. 1-133 except pp. 64-65, 93-94 (11/22/96)
21. Typed manuscript with revisions—pp. 1-129
Box 3b
17.25” x 11.75” x 3.75”
The Haunting at Stratton Falls.
Working Title: The Christmas Ghost
22. Typed manuscript with revisions—pp. 1-167
23. Typed manuscript with editors notes on post-its—pp. 1-167 except p. 46
24. Typed manuscript with revisions—final copy
25. Correspondence
26. Book reviews