Research Catalog

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Description

1. 23.39 linear ft. (57 boxes), 10.77 mb (455 computer files)

Summary

1. Robert Stone was an award-winning American novelist and screen writer. His works include A Hall of Mirrors, Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, Children of Light, and Outerbridge Reach. The Robert Stone papers date from 1950 to 2013, and consist of notes, typescript drafts (on paper and computer disk), galleys, and proof pages for all of Stone's novels; shorter pieces and excerpts from the novels in draft, galley, and published form; reviews and publicity material; and general correspondence. Typescript drafts of Stone's novels comprise the bulk of the papers and reflect his method of composition. Later drafts, galleys, and proofs document the books' progress up to the point of publication. Most of the correspondence are letters received by Stone and document his career as a novelist.

Subject

1. Screenwriters
2. Authors
3. Proofs (Printing)
4. Manuscripts
5. Galleys
6. Correspondence
7. Stanford (Calif.)
8. Saigon (Vietnam)
9. New Orleans (La.)
10. Vietnam > Fiction
11. Short stories, American
12. Nineteen sixties
13. Journalists > Fiction
14. Drug traffic > Fiction
15. Drug abuse > Fiction
16. Authors, American
17. Stone, Robert, 1937?-

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence
2. Galleys
3. Manuscripts
4. Proofs (Printing)

Call number

1. MssCol 2894

Access (note)

1. Collection open for research. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Arents Collection, NYPL

Biography (note)

1. Robert Stone is an award-winning American novelist and screen writer.His works include A HALL OF MIRRORS, DOG SOLDIERS, A FLAG FOR SUNRISE, CHILDREN OF LIGHT, and OUTERBRIDGE REACH.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Stone, Robert, 1937-2015.

Title

1. Robert Stone papers, 1950-2012

Restricted access

1. Collection open for research. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Robert Stone is an award-winning American novelist and screen writer.His works include A HALL OF MIRRORS, DOG SOLDIERS, A FLAG FOR SUNRISE, CHILDREN OF LIGHT, and OUTERBRIDGE REACH.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Authors.
2. Journalists.
3. Screenwriters.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2894