Box 23
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Notes for "From Here to Eternity" and other material, ca. 1946-1947
File — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
"Notes made by James Jones Prior to writing From Here to Eternity - notebook with studies from Tom Uzzell's book on technique." Includes typescript character and plot sketches, with annotations by LH.
Dates:
Created: ca. 1946-1947
"From Here to Eternity" - Old Draft, ca. 1946
File — Box: 23, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
Draft submitted to Maxwell Perkins of Scribner's Sons. Includes annotations and corrections by JJ and LH. Typescript, 199 pp.
Dates:
Created: ca. 1946
"From Here to Eternity" - notes and sketches
File — Box: 23, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Includes Jones's penciled notes relating to characters and plotlines in From Here to Eternity. Also includes a typed draft of chapter 28 and unrelated story sketches, including "What the Veteran Expects When He Comes Home..."
Dates:
Created: 1930 - 1964
"From Here to Eternity" unfinished draft, ca. 1947-48
File — Box: 23, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
Includes note in LH's hand: "second trial rewrite on Eternity (struggling) not finished draft." Typescript, 97 pp.
Dates:
Created: ca. 1947-48
"From Here to Eternity" draft pages from chapter 19
File — Box: 23, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript, 7 pp.
Dates:
Created: 1930 - 1964