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SUSAN SALLIS PAPERS

Collection Number
Collection Dates
Collection Volume
DG0848
1978-1984
2.10 cu.ft. (7 boxes)
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Provenance
Material was donated by Susan Sallis from 1979 to 1985.

Restrictions
Noncirculating; available for research.

Copyright
The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. Code). Reproductions can be made only if they are to be used for "private study, scholarship, or research." It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials, other than that noted above.

Biographical Sketch
Susan Diana Sallis was born on November 7, 1929 in Gloucester, England. She graduated from the College of Education in Bristol and taught primary school from 1969-1974. She has written magazine articles as well as adult and young adult novels. She wrote a five-book series, beginning with A Scattering of Daisies (1984), about her mother's family in Gloucester. She also wrote three books under the pseudonym of Susan Meadmore, her maiden name.

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Scope and Content
The collection contains typescripts, galleys, blues, and proofs for 4 titles. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created. Three of the titles in the collection deal with issues about handicapped teenagers. Only Love (1979) is about a handicapped girl named Frannie who falls in love, but is frightened by the secret she may have to share. The story is based on the patients Sallis met at a local hospital. The book was published again in 1981 as Sweet Frannie. There are typescripts, blues, and 4 sets of proofs for this title. Secret Places of the Stairs (1984) is also based on a true story about a girl named Cass who finds out that her parents have been hiding the fact that she has a terminally ill and handicapped younger sister. There are typescripts, blues and three sets of proofs for this title. In An Open Mind (1978), a boy tries to come to terms with his father's remarriage with the help of a handicapped boy. There is a typescript and two galleys for this title.

A Time for Everything (1979) is about a girl who grows up in an English village during World War II. Sallis' own fields were occupied by troops during the war and she tried to relive these feelings in the book. The book was republished in 1981 under her pseudonym Susan Meadmore as Thunder in the Hills. There are typescripts, blues and three sets of proofs for this title.

Series and Subseries

A. Books


Box Inventory

Box/Folder 

A. Books

     Only Love by Susan Sallis (New York: Harper & Row, 1980). 

     1/1-1/4  Typescript, edited with typesetter's marks, 4 March 1980,

     1/1            Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-57.

     1/2      	    Chapters 6-11, pp. 58-125.

     1/3            Chapters 12-15, pp. 126-184.

     1/4            Chapters 16-20, pp. 185-229.

     1/5       Typescript of revisions, 6 pp.

     1/6-3/7   Proofs,

     1/6-1/10       dated 10 March 1980,

     1/6                 Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-49.

     1/7                 Chapters 5-8, pp. 50-96.

     1/8                 Chapters 9-12, pp. 97-152.

     1/9                 Chapters 13-15, pp. 153-202.

     1/10                Chapters 16-20, pp. 203-250.

     2/1-2/5        dated 10 March 1980, photocopied,

     2/1                 Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-49.

     2/2                 Chapters 5-8, pp. 50-96.

     2/3                 Chapters 9-12, pp. 97-152.

     2/4                 Chapters 13-15, pp. 153-202.

     2/5                 Chapters 16-20, pp. 203-250.

     2/6-3/2        "Author's first proof," 24 April 1980, photocopied

     2/6                 Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-49.

     2/7                 Chapters 5-8, pp. 50-96.

     2/8                 Chapters 9-12, pp. 97-152.

     3/1                 Chapters 13-15, pp. 153-202.

     3/2                 Chapters 16-20, pp. 203-250.

     3/3-3/7        20 May 1980, photocopied,

     3/3                 Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-49.

     3/4                 Chapters 5-8, pp. 50-96.

     3/5                 Chapters 9-12, pp. 97-152.

     3/6                 Chapters 13-15, pp. 153-202.

     3/7                 Chapters 16-20, pp. 203-250.

     3/8       Blues, 18 June 1980, 8 sections.


     An Open Mind by Susan Sallis (New York: Harper & Row, 1978). 

     3/9-4/2   Typescript, edited with typesetter's marks.

     3/9            Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-48.

     3/10           Chapters 6-10, pp. 49-103.

     4/1            Chapters 11-15, pp. 104-148.

     4/2            Chapters 16-19, pp. 149-192.

     4/3-4/4   Galleys,

     4/3            24 May 1978, edited, 138 pp.

     4/4            18 July 1978, minor corrections, 139 pp.

     4/5       Proof for jacket material and title page, 2 items.


     Secret Places of the Stairs by Susan Sallis (New York: Harper & Row,
     1984).

     4/6-4/7   Typescript, edited with typesetter's marks, 4 March 1983,

     4/6            Chapters 1-7, pp. 1-50.

     4/7            Chapters 8-15, pp. 51-115.

     4/8       Proofs for front matter and jacket material, 8 items.

     5/1-5/9   Proofs,

     5/1-5/3        "Author's first proof," 14 July 1983,

     5/1                 Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-51.

     5/2                 Chapters 6-10, pp. 52-101.

     5/3                 Chapters 11-15, pp. 102-153.

     5/4-5/6        Partial proof, 3 September 1983,

     5/4                 Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-52.

     5/5                 Chapters 6-10, pp. 53-99(?).

     5/6                 Chapters 13-15, pp. 126-151. (Missing pp. 100-125).
     
     5/7-5/9        "Author's first proof," 8 September 1983,

     5/7                 Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-51.

     5/8                 Chapters 6-10, pp. 53-100.

     5/9                 Chapters 11-15, pp. 101-151.

     5/10      Blues, 23 January 1984, 5 sections.


     A Time for Everything by Susan Sallis (New York: Harper & Row, 1979).  

     6/1-6/4   Typescript, photocopied and edited with typesetter's marks,

     6/1            Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-48.

     6/2            Chapters 6-10, pp. 49-93.

     6/3            Chapters 11-16, pp. 94-148.

     6/4            Chapters 17-20, pp. 149-192.

     6/5-7/4   Proofs,

     6/5-6/7        "Master set, first pass," 2 May 1979,

     6/5                 Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-48.

     6/6                 Chapters 5-12, pp. 49-139.

     6/7                 Chapters 13-20, pp. 140-218.

     6/8-7/1        "Master set, second pass," 2 May 1979,                 

     6/8                 Chapters 1-6, pp. 1-69.

     6/9                 Chapters 7-13, pp. 70-151.

     7/1                 Chapters 14-20, pp. 152-218.

     7/2-7/4        6 July 1979, 

     7/2                 Chapters 1-6, pp. 1-59.

     7/3                 Chapters 7-13, pp. 70-151.

     7/4                 Chapters 14-20, pp. 152-218.

     7/5       Proofs for front matter and title page, 7 items.

     7/6       Blues, 13 August 1979, 7 sections.




Processed: May 25, 1998
Revised: July 2001

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