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Box 29

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Contains 65 Results:

Parting Gifts. Vol. 11 No. 1

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is housed in 136 boxes (the first 135 labeled by Bixby himself) which document the creative output of March Street Press between 1992 until 2009. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence between the editor (Robert J. Bixby) and authors, manuscripts, proofs, copyright documents, photographs, cover art and ephemera. It also contains a complete run of the magazine, Parting Gifts, as well as copy of each book published by the press. The...
Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

21 copies of the cover for Parting Gifts Vol 11 no 1, 1998

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

21 copies of the same cover for the same issue of Parting Gifts printed on thick beige paper. Summer 1998.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1998

Letter from Robert Bixby to Paul Beckman, 1998-07-09

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter asks Beckman to sign the contract within the letter stating that he will hold March Street Press, Parting Gifts, and Robert Bixby blameless against any claims for libel and other forms of defamation, invasion of privacy or publicity arising from the publication of Beckman's story "This Is Not Self-Service"

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1998-07-09

E-mail from Paul Beckman to Robert Bixby, 1998-07-09

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter states that to the best of Beckman's knowledge, there are no greengrocers in Guilford, CT

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1998-07-09

Title page for Parting Gifts Vol 11 No 1 with advertisements, 1998

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

Contains the title page for copy of Parting Gifts as well as two pages of advertisements for upcoming March Street Press publications and the March Street Press website. Summer 1998.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1998

Collection of stories by Paul Beckman, 1997-10-24

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Collection of Beckman's stories include "This Is Not Self Service", "Beautiful Wife", and "A True Story"; comes with a word count of the stories as well

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1997-10-24

Letter from Paul Beckman to Robert Bixby, 1997-10-24

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

Letter states that enclosed with the letter are three stories for consideration at Parting Gifts; letter also contains a brief overview of Beckman's accomplishments as well as a bio

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1997-10-24

Letter from Marc Bookman to Robert Bixby, 1998-01-29

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents

Letter states that enclosed are a copy of Bookman's story with minor corrections; also contains a brief bio of Bookman

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1998-01-29

Proof of Marc Bookman's story "History of the American West, Second Edition" for Parting Gifts Vol 11 No 1

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

Proof of Bookman's short story for Parting Gifts, it contains a few corrections made in red ink

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

Proofs of Daryl Rogers' poems for Parting Gifts Vol 11 No 1

 Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents

Proofs of Rogers' poems include "X Marks the Spot", "Moving", and "Hotdog"; note on the back from Rogers says that he feels that the proofs are perfect that that he is enclosing $24.00 for four copies of the upcoming issue of Parting Gifts

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012