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EZRA JACK KEATS PAPERS
Box Inventory: Series B

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS PART 2 OF 21 OF THE KEATS BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Return to Beginning | A. Books | B. Autobiography | C. Personal Papers | D. Appointment Books | E. Awards & Citations | F. Early Book Illustrations | G. Articles/Papers about Keats | H. Keats' Writings | I. General Miscellaneous Items | J. Audio Cassettes | K. International Travel | L. Children's Art & Letters | M. Photographs & Slides | N. Films |
O. Realia | P. Sketchbooks | Q. Original Artwork | R. Dust Jacket Art | S. Reproduction of Artwork | T. Collage Materials | U. Correspondence

Box Inventory

Box/Folder

B. Autobiography

The seven boxes in this series contain manuscript notes, tapes, typed tape transcriptions, and typescripts prepared by Keats for his autobiography. Incidents throughout his life are covered with special attention to his childhood, his relationship with parents and brother and sister, how he began his artistic career, discussion of his life in Paris, descriptions of his various female friends, winning of the Caldecott Medal, and discussion of his relationship with Akira and his mother. The typescripts are incomplete and the autobiography was never published.

70/1

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 1, Version A (9 pp.) Titled: Opening

70/2 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 1, Version B (9 pp.) Titled: Opening
70/3

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 1, Version C (9 pp.) Titled: Opening

70/4 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 1, Version D (10 pp.) Titled: Beginnings
70/5

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 1, Version E (4 pp.) Titled: Beginnings

70/6 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 2 , Version A (9 pp.) Titled: Running Away
70/7 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 2, Version B (10 pp.) Titled: Running Away
70/8 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 2, Version C (10 pp.) Titled: Running Away
70/9 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 2, Version D (9 pp.) Titled: Uncle Louie
70/10

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 2, Version E (10 pp.) Titled: Uncle Louie

70/11

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 2, Version F (11 pp.) Titled: Home

70/12

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version A (12 pp.) Titled: Tzadik

70/13

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version B (11 pp.) Titled: Tzadik

70/14

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version C (11 pp.) Titled: Tzadik

70/15

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version D (11 pp.) Titled: Tzadik

70/16 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version E (11 pp.) Titled: Tzadik
70/17

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version F (11 pp.) Titled: Tzadik

70/18

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version G (11 pp.) Titled: Tzadik

70/19

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version H (13 pp.) Titled: Tzadak

70/20

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 3, Version I (17 pp.) Titled: Prayers for Me

70/21

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 3, Version A (8 pp.) Titled: The Good Jew

70/22

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 3, Version B (12 pp.) Titled: The Good Jew

70/23

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 3, Version C (16 pp.) Titled: The Good Jew

70/24

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 3, Version D (6 pp.) Titled: The Good Jew

70/25

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 3, Version E (6 fragments) Titled: The Good Jew

70/26 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version A (8 pp.) Titled: Neighbors
70/27

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version B (9 pp.) Titled: Neighbors

70/28

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version C (8 pp.) Titled: Teddy

70/29

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version D (8 pp.) Titled: Teddy

70/30

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version E (8 pp.) Titled: Teddy

70/31 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version F (8 pp.) Titled: Teddy
70/32

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version G (10 pp.) Titled: Teddy

70/33

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 4, Version H (9 pp.) Titled: Upstairs

70/34

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 4, Version A (8 pp.) Titled: Teddy; Jackie

71/1 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version A (11 pp.) Titled: Painting
71/2 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version B (11 pp.) Titled: Painting
71/3 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version C (12 pp.) Titled: Painting
71/4 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version D (13 pp.) Titled: Painting
71/5

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version E (5 pp.) Titled: Painting

71/6 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version F (12 pp.) Titled: Painting
71/7

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 5, Version G (15 pp.) Titled: Painting

71/8 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 6, Version A (16 pp.) Titled: Depression and Revolution
71/9 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 6, Version B (6 pp.) Titled: Depression and Revolution
71/10

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 6, Version C (10 pp.) Titled: Street and School

71/11 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 6, Version D (10 pp.) Titled: Depression and Revolution
71/12

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 6, Version E (5 pp.) Titled: Depression and Revolution

71/13

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version A (9 pp.) Titled: The Depression

71/14

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version B (3 pp.) Titled: The Depression

71/15 Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version C (17 pp.) Titled: Depression ; Marx
71/16 Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version D (4 pp.) Titled: Depression and Revolution
71/17

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version E (2 pp.) Titled: Politics

71/18 Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version F (10 pp.) Titled: Politics
71/19 Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version G (22 pp.) Titled: Politics
71/20

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version H (5 fragments) Titled: School; Class struggle

71/21 Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 6, Version I (5 pp.) Titled: Songs-Miss N. Harriet - Relief
71/22 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 7, Version A (4 pp.) Titled: Pa
71/23

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 7, Version B (5 pp.) Titled: Pa

71/24 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 7, Version C (5 pp.) Titled: Pa
71/25 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 7, Version D (7 pp.) Titled: Pa
71/26

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 7, Version E (7 pp.) Titled: Pa

71/27

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 7, Version A (5 pp.) Titled: Coney Island

71/28

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 7, Version B (5 pp.) Titled: Coney Island

71/29

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 7, Version C (3 pp.) Titled: Coney Island

71/30

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 7, Version D (5 pp.) Titled: Coney Island

71/31

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 7, Version E (6 pp.) Titled: Coney Island

71/32

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 7, Version F (10 pp.) Titled: Pa

72/1

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 8, Version A (17 pp.) Titled: Isabelle

72/2

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 8, Version B (17 pp.) Titled: The Depression

72/3

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 8, Version C (21 pp.) Titled: The Depression

72/4

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 8, Version D (19 pp.) Titled: The Depression

72/5

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 8, Version E (25 pp.) Titled: The Depression

72/6

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9, Version A (26 pp.) Titled: Paris Diary

72/7

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9, Version B (33 pp.) Titled: Paris Diary

72/8

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9 , Version C (34 pp.) Titled: Paris Diary

72/9

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9, Version D (31 pp.) Titled: Paris Diary

72/10

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9, Version E (27 pp.) Titled: Paris Diary

72/11

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9, Version F (35 pp.) Titled: Paris Sketchbook

72/12

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 9 (7 pp.) Titled: Paris

72/13

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 9 (37 pp.) Titled: Paris

72/14

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 9 (8 pp.) Titled: Paris

73/1 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Version A (55 pp.) Titled: Ilona
73/2 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Version B (35 pp.) Titled: Ilona
73/3 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Fragments (10 pp.) Untitled
73/4 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Fragments (2 pp.) Untitled
73/5

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Version C (44 pp.) Titled: Ilona

73/6 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Version D (53 pp.) Titled: Ilona
73/7

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Version E (17 pp.) Titled: Brooklyn Basement

73/8 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 10, Version F (45 pp.) Titled: Brooklyn Basement
73/9 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 12, Version A (9 pp.) Titled: Dr. Schvitter
73/10 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 12, Version B (9 pp.) Titled: Dr. Schvitter
73/11 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 12, Version C (12 pp.) Titled: Appointment with Dr. Schvitter
73/12 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 12, Version D (10 pp.) Titled: Dr. Schvitter
73/13

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 12, Version E (5 pp.) Titled: Dr. Schvitter

73/14 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 13, Version A (12 pp.) Titled: The Medal
73/15 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 13, Version B (13 pp.) Titled: The Meda
73/16 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 14, Version A (9 pp.) Titled: Caldecott
73/17

Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 14, Version B (9 pp.) Titled: Caldecott

73/18 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 14, Version C (10 pp.) Titled: Goodbye, Akira
73/19 Autobiography, typescript - Chapter 14, Version D (14 pp.) Titled: Goodbye, Akira
73/20

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 14 (9 pp.) Untitled

73/21

Autobiography, tape transcript - Chapter 14 (23 pp.) Titled: Akira's Spirit

74/1

Autobiography, tape transcript (31 pp.) Titled: Rosalie and Edie

74/2

Autobiography, tape transcript (7 pp.) Titled: Getting Laid

74/3

Autobiography, tape transcript (5 pp.) Titled: Sex

74/4

Autobiography, tape transcript (5 pp.) Titled: Mae, Isabelle, Holy Man and Edie

74/5

Autobiography, tape transcript (5 pp.) Titled: Chico (Version A)

74/6

Autobiography, tape transcript (4 pp.) Titled: Chico (Version B)

74/7

Autobiography, tape transcript (6 pp.) Titled: Chico (Version C)

74/8

Autobiography, tape transcript (17 pp.) Titled: Summer

74/9

Autobiography, tape transcript (8 pp.) Titled: Italy

74/10

Autobiography, tape transcript (3 pp.) Titled: London

74/11

Autobiography, tape transcript (9 pp.) Titled: Japan Story

74/12

Autobiography, tape transcript (3 pp.) Titled: Seconal Sequence

74/13

Autobiography, tape transcript (3 pp.) Titled: Second Time

74/14

Autobiography, tape transcript (7 pp.) Titled: Louie

74/15

Autobiography, tape transcript (4 pp.) Titled: Louie

74/16

Autobiography, tape transcript (6 pp.) Titled: Vermont St.

74/17

Autobiography, tape transcript (3 pp.) Titled: Country, Aunt Rosie, Pauline and Ruth

74/18

Autobiography, tape transcript (21 pp.) Titled: Childhood

74/19

Autobiography, tape transcript (7 pp.) Titled: Kelly

74/20

Autobiography, tape transcript (29 pp.) Titled: Ma; Pa

74/21

Autobiography, tape transcript (32 pp.) Titled: Mae; Mae-Needles

74/22

Autobiography, tape transcript (7 pp.) Titled: School

74/23

Autobiography, tape transcript (19 pp.) Titled: High School; School Teachers

74/24

Autobiography, tape transcript (4 pp.) Titled: Milk Cans

74/25

Autobiography, tape transcript (10 pp.) Titled: Itz

74/26

Autobiography, tape transcript (3 pp.) Titled: Night

75/1

Autobiography, tape transcript (50 pp.) Titled: And Now This Is Your Life, Ezra Jack Keats! or, Keats Complaint

75/2

Autobiography, tape transcript (21 pp.) Titled: Working, May 3, 1976

75/3

Autobiography, tape transcript (30 pp.) Titled: Kids; Pa

75/4

Autobiography, tape transcript (21 pp.) Titled: Mr. Gordon, Dr. S.W. Hoose, Gallery, Stamp Forgery

75/5

Autobiography, tape transcript (10 pp.) Titled: My Life in Crime

75/6

Autobiography, tape transcript (5 pp.) Titled: So Ho Gallery

75/7

Autobiography, tape transcript (16 pp.) Titled: Dean and her Mother

75/8

Autobiography, tape transcript (16 pp.) Titled: Dean and her Mother, copy 2

75/9 Autobiographical notes; mostly handwritten by Keats
76/1 Cassette tape - Needles, Rosalie, Chico
76/2 Cassette tape - Mr. Gordon, Drs. W. Hoose, Gallery, Stamp Forgery
76/3 Cassette tape - Hi, Doc; Not much
76/4 Cassette tape - Good Jew
76/5 Cassette tape - Window color; Orange peels on stone
76/6 Cassette tape - Podgainy [mother's maiden name]
76/7

Cassette tape - Crying spells

76/8 Cassette tape - Pass St. singer; Deli
76/9 Cassette tape - Biography
76/10 Cassette tape - Cecily Nichols (March 8, 1975)
76/11 Cassette tape - Cecily Nichols (April 24, 1975)
76/12

Cassette tape - Mi Hirsensen??

76/13 Cassette tape - Coney Island
76/14 Reel to reel tape - Biography 0 - Teddy; Stamp Forgery; Car ride; revise of Teddy story; Lefty and the painting
76/15 Reel to reel tape - Biography No. 1 - The word is compact; Lou's kids
76/16 Reel to reel tape - Biography No. 2 - Lefty; Evolution
76/17

Reel to reel tape - Biography No. 3 - Mrs. Love; Tzadik; Pa's flirtation

76/18 Reel to reel tape - Biography No. 4
76/19 Reel to reel tape - Biography
76/20 Reel to reel tape - Paris ; Rodin Museum ; Freddi


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Revised: November 2010; September 2014

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