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Item Contents
Item 1. Play manuscript 1, “Balloon”
2. Play manuscript 2, “Balloon”
3. Play manuscript 3, “The Bear-Keeper's Daughter”
4. Play manuscript 4, “The Bear-Keeper's Daughter”
5. Play manuscript 5, “The Bear-Keeper's Daughter”
6. Play manuscript 6, “The Bear-Keeper's Daughter”
7. Play manuscript 7, “The Bear-Keeper's Daughter”
8. Play manuscript 8, “The Bear-Keeper's Daughter”
9. Play manuscript 9, “The Betrayal”
10. Play manuscript 10, “The Betrayal”
11. Play manuscript 11, “The Betrayal”
12. Play manuscript 12, “The Betrayal”
13. Play manuscript 13, “Cloughoughter”
14. Play manuscript 14, “Cloughoughter”
15. Play manuscript 15, “Cloughoughter”
16. Play manuscript 16, “The Fiddler's House”
17. Play manuscript 17, “Glendalough”
18. Play manuscript 18, “Glendalough”
19. Play manuscript 19, “Glendalough”
20. Play manuscript 20, “Glendalough”
21. Play manuscript 21, “Glendalough”
22. Play manuscript 22, “Hansel and Gretel”
23. Play manuscript 23, “Killarney”
24. Play manuscript 24, “Kilmore”
25. Play manuscript 25, “Kilmore”
26. Play manuscript 26, “The Land”
27. Play manuscript 27, “Monasterboice”
28. Play manuscript 28, “Monasterboice”
29. Play manuscript 29, “Monasterboice”
30. Play manuscript 30, “Monasterboice”
31. Play manuscript 31, “Moytura”
32. Play manuscript 32, “Moytura”
33. Play manuscript 33, “Theodora”
34. Play manuscript 34, “Theodora”
35. Play manuscript 35, “Theodora”
36. Play manuscript 36, “Theodora”
37. Play manuscript 37, “Theodora”
38. Play manuscript 38, “Theodora”
39. Play manuscript 39, “Thomas Muskerry”
40. Play manuscript 40, “Timbuktu”
41. Play manuscript 41, “Timbuktu”
42. Play manuscript 42, “Timbuktu”
43. Play manuscript 43, “Timbuktu”
44. Play manuscript 44, “The Vizier”
45. Play manuscript 45, “The Vizier”
46. Play manuscript 46, “The Vizier”
47. Notebook 1, “Bearkeeper's Daughter”
22 pages dialogue from The Bear-Keeper's Daughter
48. Notebook 2, Untitled
title page “revision of first of Timbuktu”
8 pages of dialogue “Second Scene”
8 pages of prose “Scenario for third act”
3 pages of prose “Scenario for third act of Timbuktu”
5 pages of prose from Ourselves Alone
1 page table of contents of poets' names
11 pages prose from Ourselves Alone
6 pages of poetry “In Memory of Roy Campbell”
5 pages untitled poetry
3 page poem “Blind Man”
1 page poem “Mary and Dan”
49. Notebook 3, “Hansel & Gretel”
title page “Hansel and Gretel 22 Nov. 1952”
32 pages draft of Hansel and Gretel
50. Notebook 4, “Draft of Glendalough”
26 pages draft of Glendalough
1 page “Central Park March 10 Monasterboice”
51. Notebook 5, “Drafts of Cloughter (sic.) & Glendalough”
1 page untitled prose
2 pages poetry “10th Aug. 1962”
4 pages untitled poetry
2 pages notes and dialogue from Cloughoughter
8 pages untitled poetry
7 pages “Cloughoughter”
10 pages untitled poetry
4 pages dialogue “Chorus in Cloughoughter 12 June 1963”
2 pages prose “Thoughts about third play in trilogy Glendalough”
2 pages poetry “Poems for Images of Departure”
4 pages dialogue “Glendalough”
1 page poetry “The Judgment”
3 alternate pages continuation of dialogue from Glendalough
2 alternate pages poetry “A Day's End”
15 pages dialogue from “Glendalough”
52. Notebook 6, “Cloughoughter” dated “Christmas, 1962”
28 page draft of Cloughoughter
53. Notebook 7, “Draft of revision of Thomas Muskerry/Cloughoughter”
2 pages prose on Yeats
1 page untitled poem
8 pages Muskerry revisions
12 pages prose on “Theodore Spicer-Simson”
2 pages prose on Jonathan Swift
17 pages dialogue from Muskerry
10 pages from introduction to Swift's poetry
1 page poem from “Old Man”
1 page untitled prose
3 alternate pages untitled poem
3 alternate pages untitled poem
54. Notebook 8, Untitled
3 pages untitled prose
18 pages poetry “Corrections: Poet's Circuits”
6 pages dialogue “Scene from Moytura”
8 pages poetry “The Artificer”
1 page poetry “A Morality in the form of a Ballad”
4 pages prose draft of a letter to Irish Times
55. Notebook 9, “Notes for Moytura” (title on first page)
52 pages poetry and prose for Moytura
9 pages essay on Yeats
56. Notebook 10, “Draft of Moytura”
1½ pages untitled poetry
4 pages untitled prose
2 pages untitled poetry
5 alternate pages untitled poetry
10 alternate pages untitled prose
3½ pages untitled poetry
17 pages untitled prose on Woods Hole, Mass.
1 page dialogue from Moytura
2 pages letter addressed “Dear Jack”
1 page dialogue from Moytura
4 pages untitled prose
1½ pages untitled poetry
1½ pages letter “Dear Mr. Deevey”
1 page letter addressed “Dear Sir Lawrence”
3 pages untitled poetry
4 pages untitled prose
1 page letter addressed “Dear Sir Tyrone”
3 pages miscellaneous prose
3 page letter addressed “Secretary Ford Foundation”
3 pages miscellaneous prose
3 pages untitled poetry
7 pages untitled prose
21 pages from The Bear-Keeper's Daughter (Dialogue)
2 pages untitled poetry
25 pages prose on Samuel Ferguson
2 pages untitled poetry
1 page untitled prose
1 page untitled poetry
9 pages untitled prose
3 pages on Patrick Kavanaugh
5 pages on Joyce
1 page untitled poetry
4 pages on Joyce
2 pages untitled poetry
16 pages untitled prose
5 pages on Seumas Macmanus
3 pages untitled prose blank pages--- notebook starts from the back then and reversed.
13 pages on W. B. Yeats
57. Notebook 11, Untitled
1 page list of characters “Moytura, July 16, 1960”
3 pages poetry from preamble to Moytura
71 pages dialogue and occasional notes from Moytura
58. Notebook 12, Untitled
13 pages dialogue and stage directions from Kilmore
9 pages untitled poetry
11 pages dialogue from Kilmore
4 pages poetry “Discovery”
10 pages untitled poetry
5 pages prose draft of letter “Dear Ambassador”
59. Notebook 13, “Joyce as Dramatist”
11 pages miscellaneous mathematical calculations
9 pages untitled poem
5 pages (clipped together with paper clip) from The Flying Swans manuscript
1 page poem “Arthur Symons”
5 pages of dialogue from Balloon
25 pages “Aucassin & Nicholette Third Act Second Scene” (dialogue)
1 page poem “Nicholette's Song”
60. Notebook 14, Untitled
1 page quotations and brief statements
1½ pages roll “Comparative Literature 62”
6 pages from The Flying Swans
14½ alternate pages essay on poetry
2 alternate pages from The Flying Swans
2 alternate pages essays on Poet's Circuits
5 pages from The Flying Swans
61. Notebook 15, “Flying Swans”
16 pages prose from The Flying Swans
2 pages poetry from “Moon Cradle” poem
1 page untitled poetry
24 pages from The Flying Swans
62. Notebook 16, “Flying Swans/3rd Act Aucassin”
11 pages prose from The Flying Swans
21 pages dialogue from Aucassin
4 pages prose from The Flying Swans
63. Notebook 17, “Flying Swans Unpublished Part”
4 pages of class grades
4 pages from The Flying Swans manuscript
64. Notebook 18, “Flying Swans Unpublished Part”
1 page untitled prose
7 pages prose “Last Chapter” from The Flying Swans manuscript
65. Notebook 19, “Flying Swans”
8 pages prose from The Flying Swans
66. Notebook 20, “Unpublished Chapter of Flying Swans”
5 pages poetry “Below there are white-faced throngs”
4 pages untitled prose on Padraic O'Conroy
5 pages untitled poetry
49 pages prose “chapter four” from The Flying Swans manuscript
1 page addresses and notes
17 pages prose from The Flying Swans manuscript
67. Notebook 21, “Flying Swans and article on Sigerson”
14 pages prose from The Flying Swans manuscript
32 pages prose “Sigerson Mor”
68. Notebook 22, Untitled
15 pages untitled poetry
2 pages miscellaneous notes interspersed
7 pages poetry drafts of “The Soldier”
69. Notebook 23, Untitled
title page “Reminiscence Sept. 30th 1958 from draft begun Aug. 10th”
8 pages untitled poetry
16 pages poetry “Reminiscence 2”
1 page table of contents
1 page poetry continuation of previous poem
70. Notebook 24, Untitled
1 page title “Flowers and Trees”
1 page table of contents for flower poems
1 page poem “Morning Glories”
1 page poem “Eucalyptus Trees”
1 page poem “Poplar Tree”
1 page poem “irises”
2 pages drafts “Poppies”
3 pages drafts of poem “Dahlias”
1 page poem “Olive Trees”
2 pages poem “Laburnums”
2 pages poem “Hollyhocks”
1 page poem “Nasturtiums”
1 page poem “Wallflowers”
2 pages poem “Alexander Blossoms”
6 pages poetry drafts of “Hibiscus”
1 page poem “Mimosa”
2 pages poetry “Hydrangeas”
1 page poem “Marigolds”
1 page poem “Water Lilies”
11 page poetry drafts of “Spanish Moss”
3 page untitled poem on poppies
1 page poem “The Sunflower”
2 page prose from The Flying Swans
3 pages untitled poetry on irises
1 page poem “Pansies”
13 page notes and poetry “Eucalyptus”
2 page poetry “Trumpet Vine”
4 pages poetry “The Sunflower”
1 page poem “Eucalyptus”
3 pages poetry “Catalpa Trees”
71. Notebook 25, Untitled
13 pages poetry “Reminiscence”
3 pages poetry “An Indian Showing Feats”
1 page poem “The Bison”
1 page poem “The Vultures”
1 page poem “The Bird of Paradise”
1 page poem “To Any Poet”
1 page poem “Ave Atque Vale”
3 page poem “Roger Casement”
1 page poem from “Laburnums”
4 page poem “Poems attributed to Queen Gormlai”
1 page poem “Gormlai”
4 page poem “The Toy Booth”
1 page poem “Old Soldier”
1 page poem “Fiend Asmodeus sat on filthy heels”
4 pages prose “Friar Brun”
7 page untitled poetry
2 page poem “The Poor Girl's Meditation”
1 page poem “Pictures”
1 page table of contents
6 page poem “The Bird of Jesus”
1 page prose “Dedication”
1 page poem “The Pigeons”
2 page poem “The Fair Hills of Eire”
2 pages untitled poetry
8 page poem “J. B. Yeats”
2 page poem “Swallow”
2 page poem “The Annalist” (sic.)
2 page poem “Dedication”
6 page poem “Kerry Nursing Song”
2 page poem “Song for the Chiefs of Hawaii”
6 pages poetry “Hawaiian”
3 page poem “Hawaiian Folk Song”
2 page poem “Creton Picture”
5 page poem “Odysseus: in memory of Arthur Griffith”
3 pages untitled poetry
1 page poem “Queen Gormlai”
2 pages poetry “Riddles”
2 pages poetry “The Flyers”
72. Notebook 26, Untitled
5 pages poem “The Book of Kells”
3 pages untitled dialogue
4 pages untitled poem
9 pages dialogue “Last scene of the Bear Keeper's Daughter”
3 pages from The Flying Swans
1 page untitled poem
73. Notebook 27, Untitled
1 page titles
8 alternate pages “Poetry as an Element in Christian Culture”
1 alternate page poem “The Basket-Maker”
1 alternate page untitled poem
1 alternate page untitled poem
3 alternate pages “The Basket Maker” continued
1 page table of contents “For Folk-Lore Book”
4 pages essay on folk-lore
5 pages of Irish history
4 pages continuation of “The Basket-Maker”
1 page untitled poetry
74. Notebook 28, “First Version of opening of Poet's Circuits”
Title page “Wild Earth or the Poet's Circuits”
37 pages 4 drafts of frame poem for Poet's Circuits
75. Notebook 29, “Draft of Book of Kells and a Road, a Garden & a Summer Evening”
2 pages poetry “On reading Sheridan LeLanu's Stories”
3 pages poetry “The Velocipede”
18 pages poetry drafts of previous poem with title “Reminiscence”
16 pages poetry drafts of “The Scribe”
21 pages poetry “The Hearthstone and the Loom”
2 pages untitled poetry
1 page table of contents “Eight Poems”
14 pages poetry “The Basket-Maker”
76. Notebook 30, Untitled
12 pages of page proofs pasted in notebook
5 pages poetry “In Memory of H”
1 page untitled prose
6 pages prose “Moytura”
15 pages poetry drafts of untitled poem
2 pages poetry “On hearing of the death of Father Nowne June 2nd 1960”
77. Notebook 31, Untitled
2 pages untitled poetry
5 alternate pages of prose on Griffith
6 alternate pages of untitled poetry
7 pages of untitled poetry
2 pages untitled prose
7 pages untitled poetry
78. Notebook 32, “Arthur Griffith/Draft of Frame Poem-Poet's Circuits”
33 pages prose from Ourselves Alone
31 pages poetry- 2 drafts of “Reminiscence”
4 pages untitled prose on Yeats, AE and Abbey Theatre
79. Notebook 33, Untitled
12 pages poetry from part V of Lowry Maen
3 pages dialogue and directions from Mogu
47 pages prose from Ourselves Alone
80. Notebook 34, Untitled
18 pages prose and 4 closing pages of poetry “Lecture in Providence Feb. 9, 1949”
23 pages dialogue draft of “Theodora”
2 pages untitled prose
81. Notebook 35, “Lecture on Yeats, Sheridan Fitzmaurice”
3 pages untitled poetry
1 page lecture outline
8 pages untitled poetry
1 page table of contents
5 pages untitled poetry
2 pages table of contents
1 page untitled prose
2 pages untitled poetry
1 page prose on Swift's poetry
1 page letter draft to Yale Review
4 pages prose on Swift's poetry
2 pages table of contents
12 pages poetry “First Circuit”
15 pages prose on Yeats
2 pages letter draft “Dear Charles”
10 pages prose on Goldsmith
2 pages untitled poetry
14 pages prose on Sheridan
1 page untitled poetry
18 pages untitled prose
3 pages untitled poetry
22 pages untitled prose
2 pages untitled poetry
31 pages prose from lecture “The Poet in the World Today”
82. Notebook 36, “Notes for Poetry”
2 pages prose “The Hen Wife's Son 27th-Feb. 1944” (chapter outlines)
1 page poetry “Pomegranates”
6 pages prose “George Santayana”
46 pages prose “Poetry and Christian Culture”
2 pages untitled dialogue
83. Notebook 37, “Opening of Memoirs”
49 pages of memoirs with appropriate dates beginning date “2nd May, 1961” last date “Oct. 19”
1 line of poetry “Condors”
2 pages index “Poems for June 19, 1961”
84. Notebook 38, “Victorian Poets”
“Balloon-Flying Swans”
“Aucassin 3rd Act”
2 stanzas of untitled poem
2 essays: first untitled, second titled “Joyce as a Dramatist”
2 pages of dialogue
2 miscellaneous essay fragments
1 essay fragment entitled “Joyce and the Cinema”
1 poetry fragment
85. Notebook 39, Untitled
3 pages untitled essay on Elizabeth Bowen
15 pages essay “The title of the book by an Italian Historian”
2 pages untitled essay
8 pages from The Flying Swans
86. Notebook 40, “Francis P. Gavin” (title on first page)
57 pages essay on Francis P. Gavin
87. Notebook 41, Untitled
3 pages prose on Oliver Goldsmith
2 alternate pages untitled prose
6 alternate pages untitled poetry
88. Notebook 42, Untitled
3 pages prose on Baudelaire
1 page miscellaneous notes
12 pages prose on Joyce and Joyce criticism
89. Notebook 43, “Philosophic Lecture Starkies Review” (sic.)
16 pages essay on America, world problems, etc.
1 page letter beginning “Dear Marie”
2 page continuation of essay
12 pages essay on Starkey
2 page letter “Dear Tom”
3 page continuation of Starkey essay
90. Notebook 44, “Lecture Poetry”
23 pages untitled essay
15 pages prose- “One Man's discoveries about poetry”
9 pages poetry introductory poem to Poet's Circuits
3 pages letter “Dear Mr. Bely”
3 pages untitled poetry
5 pages untitled prose
4 pages untitled essay
91. Notebook 45, “Lecture on Abbey Some Notes for Roads”
3 page outline of Abbey lecture
1 page quotation “George Moore Repertory”
2 pages prose “W. B. Yeats-Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn 1898”
3 pages untitled poetry
3 pages untitled prose
92. Notebook 46, “Hen Wife's Son/Draft of Basketmaker”
9 alternate pages untitled prose
3 alternate pages untitled prose (probably from Ourselves Alone)
10 pages poetry drafts of “The Basket-maker”
2 alternate pages untitled prose
2 alternate then four consecutive pages of poetry drafts of “The Basket-maker”
93. Notebook 47, Untitled
73 pages in German notebook in Mary Colum's handwriting
9 pages prose inserted by Padraic Colum “A Suffragette Novel”
94. Notebook 48, Untitled
7 pages untitled essay by Mary Colum
95. Manuscript 1, Untitled
Speech on accepting unstated award
96. Manuscript 2, “The Journey of Manus and Myles”


Annotated Catalogue and Bibliography for the Colum Collection