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Robert Montgomery Bird Papers -- Container List
II. Writings


A. Plays. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box Folders Contents
4 164 Bachelor's Hall, fragments
n.d., 14 leaves
4 165-168 The Broker of Bogota, 4 bound volumes, notes, and fragments
n.d., 4 items (234 leaves)
4 169 Caridorf; or, The Avenger, 1 bound volume
1827, 1 item (45 leaves)
4 170-172 The City Looking Glass, 2 bound volumes, misc. loose papers
1828 & n.d., 2 items (175 leaves)
5 173-174 The Cowled Lover, 2 bound volumes
1827, 2 items (85 leaves)
5 175-176 The Fanatick, 1 bound volume, misc. loose papers
n.d., 1 item (24 leaves)
5 177 Giannone, 1 bound volume
n.d., 1 item (35 leaves)
5-6 178-182 The Gladiator, 4 bound volumes, misc. loose papers
1831 & n.d., 4 items (285 leaves)
6 183 King Philip, or The Sagamore, fragments
n.d., 15 leaves
6 184 The Man Without Money, 1 bound volume
n.d., 1 item (41 leaves)
6 185 Masque of the Devils, fragments
n.d., 19 leaves
6 186 Metamora, fragments
n.d., 26 leaves
6 187-190 Oraloosa, 3 bound volumes, misc. loose papers
1832 & n.d., 3 items (173 leaves)
7 191-195 Pelopidas, 4 bound volumes, misc. loose papers
1830-1840 & n.d., 4 items (278 leaves)
7 196 The Three Dukes, 1 bound volume
n.d., 1 item (59 leaves)
7 197 'Twas all for the Best, 'Tis all a notion, 1 bound volume
1833, 1 item (38 leaves)
7 198 Miscellaneous plays, fragments
n.d., 30 leaves
7 199 Reviews, The Gladiator
1831, 13 items (13 leaves)
7 200 Reviews, Oraloosa
1832, 9 items (9 leaves)

B. Poetry. Arrranged alphabetically by title.

Box Folders Contents
8 201-202 "The Cave"
n.d., 8 items (75 leaves)
8 203 "Early Poems No. 2," bound volume
1827, 2 items (27 leaves)
8 204 "El Dorado," notes and drafts
n.d., 12 leaves
8 205 "Juvenile Poems," bound volume
n.d., 1 item (13 leaves)
8 206 "The Mammoth Cave," notes and drafts
1833, 4 leaves
8 207 Miscellaneous Poems," bound volume
n.d., 1 item (45 leaves)
8 208 "Miscellaneous Poems," drafts (arranged alphabetically)
n.d., 22 items (38 leaves)
8 209-210 "Poems of America," bound volume, drafts
n.d., 16 items (50 leaves)
8 211 "Songs and Sonnets," bound volume
n.d., 1 item (37 leaves)
8 212 "Songs and Sonnets," drafts
n.d., 26 items (51 leaves)
8 213 "Sonnets," folders
n.d., 1 item (16 leaves)
8 214 "Sonnets," drafts
n.d., 14 items (25 leaves)
8 215 "Sonnets: notes and fragments," folder
[n.d.], 1 item (56 leaves)
8 216 "Tabor," notes and drafts
[n.d.], 14 leaves
8 217 "Tales of the Nuns," drafts and fragments
n.d., 7 leaves
8 218 "The Vestal: a Roman Story"
[n.d.], 11 leaves
9 219 Clippings of Published Poems
1827-1836, 13 items (40 leaves)
9 220 Collected Poetry (of other authors)
n.d., 5 items (5 leaves)
9 221 Foreign language poetry
[n.d.], 4 items (7 leaves)
9 222 Lists and indexes of poetry
n.d., 28 leaves
9 223 Miscellaneous Poetry, scraps
60 leaves
9 224 Songs, miscellaneous
n.d., 27 items (40 leaves)
9 225 Titled poems, miscellaneous (arranged alphabetically)
n.d., 41 items (51 leaves)
9 226 Untitled poems, miscellaneous
n.d., 67 leaves
9 227 Verse, miscellaneous (fragments of longer poems)
n.d., 36 leaves
C. Prose Fiction. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box Folders Contents
-- -- "Adventures in the Wrong House"
see box 31
10 228 "Awossagame, or the Seal of the Evil One," fragments
n.d., 3 items (17 leaves)
10 229-230 Calavar; or, The Knight of the Conquest
1834, 13 items (40 leaves)
see also boxes 12-13
10 231 "Death in the Cups," incomplete
n.d., 1 item (12 leaves)
10 232 "Fascinating Power of Reptiles" [from Peter Pilgrim]
n.d., 12 items (12 leaves)
10 233 "Happy Island," incomplete
n.d., 5 items (6 leaves)
10 234 Hawks of Hawks Hollow, fragment
n.d., 1 leaf
see also boxes 14-15
10 235 The Infidel; or, The Fall of Mexico [incomplete]
n.d., 14 items (70 leaves)
10 236-240 Ipiscipo Poe, Chapters 1-14 and fragments
n.d., 53 items (274 leaves)
10 241 "John Dory the Fisherman," fragments
n.d., 46 leaves
10 242 "Keber Carl," fragments
n.d., 6 leaves
-- -- "The Lover's Quarrel"
see box 31
10 243 "Mammoth Cave"
n.d., 18 items (71 leaves)
10-11 244-249 Men of the Hills, A Romance
1828, 12 items (118 leaves)
11 250 "Merry the Miner," fragments [from Peter Pilgrim]
n.d., 11 leaves
11 251 "Mrs. Munchovy," fragments
n.d., 10 items (48 leaves)
11 252-253 Nick of the Woods, incomplete (see also boxes 16-17)
n.d., 163 leaves
11 254 "Peter Jones the Aeronaut," fragments
n.d., 15 leaves
11 255 Peter Pilgrim, fragments of stories from the collection
n.d., 33 leaves
11 256 The Pilgrim, miscellaneous notes
n.d., 25 items (32 leaves)
11 257 "Pilgrim at Home," fragments
n.d., 35 leaves
-- -- Robin Day, bound volume
see box 18
11 259 Sheppard Lee, notebook, fragments, and notes
n.d., 61 leaves
11 260 "Summum Bonum," fragments
n.d., 11 leaves
11 261 "Tony," fragments
n.d., 32 leaves
11 262 The Volunteers, fragments
n.d., 25 leaves
11 263 "Zelahulla; or, The Lady of the Star," fragments
n.d., 1 item (7 leaves)
11 264 Titled fiction, miscellaneous
n.d., 33 items (37 leaves)
11 265 Untitled fiction, misc.
n.d., 41 leaves
11 266 Reviews, Calavar
1834, 14 items (16 leaves)
11 267 Reviews, The Infidel
1835, 5 items (7 leaves)
12-13 -- Calavar, volumes 1 and 2
n.d., 2 items (544 leaves)
14-15 -- Hawks of Hawks Hollow, volumes 1 and 2
n.d., 2 items (579 leaves)
16-17 -- Nick of the Woods, volumes 1 and 2
n.d., 2 items (527 leaves)
18 -- Robin Day, bound volume
n.d., 1 item (312 leaves)
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