Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Jacobs, Harvey, 1930- |
| Title: | Harvey Jacobs Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1952-1994 |
| Quantity: | 3 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American science fiction/fantasy author. Manuscripts for Beautiful Soup, The Egg of the Glak and Other Stories, The Juror, and Summer on a Mountain of Spices. Also, manuscript screenplays and stories, and a small amount of correspondence |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Spanning 1952 to 1994, the Harvey Jacobs Papers comprises manuscripts for publiched and unpublished short stories, screenplays and commercials, three novels and one short story collection. In addition, there is a small amount of correpondence, memorabilia, and a brief description of the publicshing history of his work, by Mr. Jacobs.
Arranged alphabetically by format, Writings (Boxes 1-3) includes manuscript and screenplay versions of Beautiful Soup (1993), and manuscripts and galley copies of The Egg of the Glak and Other Stories (1969), manuscripts of The Juror (1980) and Summer on a Mountain of Spices (1975) as well as manuscripts of a number of short stories. Several include revisions.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The books that originally came with Mr. Jacobs papers have been separately cataloged and integrated with the library's rare book collections. Please search SUMMIT, our main catalog for these items.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Harvey Jacobs Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Harvey Jacobs, 1980, 1994
Created by: PRB
Date: Oct 1994
Revision history: 17 Aug 2005 - EAD file created (MRR)
| Biographical Material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Biographical Material | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Books | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Beautiful Soup - manuscript (11 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Egg of the Glak and Other Stories - manuscript, galleys (8 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Juror - manuscript (6 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Summer on a Mountain of Spices - manuscript ( 7 folders) | ||||||||||
| Scripts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Baby Snatch - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Beautiful Soup - manuscript (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | A Room at the Hotel Moon - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Search a Bird on Sunday - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Wapshot Scandal - manuscript (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The War of Camp Omongo - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous manuscripts | ||||||||||
| Stories | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Fisherman's Week" - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Reasons of Health" - manuscript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous manuscripts A-Z, untitled (11 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fragments | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Memorabilia | ||||||||||
