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Scope and Contents Bound leather book includes the same poems in the "Electra" collection housed in Folder 2 in Box 3. Many poems in this collection were later published in American Gypsy. Poems include: "Electra" (page 3), "Buck Teeth" (page 4), "The Cat's Name is Turkey" (page 6), "Tits" (page 8), "Feet" (page 14), "Prelude to Spring" (page 16), "Phone Call Between Survivors" (page 18), "Two...

Scope and Contents Signed by Frances Whyatt. Two bound vinyl galleys for the collection American Gypsy published in 1984. American Gypsy includes several poems that exist in draft format in Lost Love and "Electra." The galley includes poems: I. "Light from Sandy Hook "(page 3), "The Palenville Ghazals" (page 5), "March Melt in Caaterskill Forest" (page 5), "The...

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Loose pages of The Book of Maps manuscript. Work signed by Frances Whyatt.

Scope and Contents Bound leather book that includes manuscripts for The Book of Maps and American Gypsy. The Book of Maps includes the section "Maps of Sand" which we understand to be affiliated to the "Sand" poems within this subseries. The Book of Maps section of the manuscript is photocopied, and the bound book includes some handwritten edits. Work...

Scope and Contents Bound leather book that includes assorted poems, including "Electra" and "Sand." The bound collection is titled (in Whyatt's handwriting) as "Sand + other Poems." We believe that "Sand" and the section of The Book of Maps titled "Maps of Sand" are affiliated. It is also assumed that "Electra" is affiliated to a later collection of poems published as American Gypsy....