Subseries IV: Wilkes University , 1992-2013

Sub-Series

Staff Only

Scope and Content

From the Collection: J. Michael Lennon’s collection of Norman Mailer’s Publication Research, 1948-2024, is arranged into eight series: Series I: Publications, 1948-2024; Series II: Speeches and Interviews, 1962-2006; Series III: Unpublished Works, c. 1945-2004; Series IV: Family and Peer Publications, 1978-2007; Series V: Correspondences, 1947-2007; Series VI: Norman Mailer’s Legacy, 1970-2023; Series VII: Personal papers and photographs, c. 1948-2011; and Series VIII: Objects, c. 1990s - c. 2005. Each series is further divided into corresponding subseries and subsubseries to aid in the research process.

The collection contains a wide range of materials from Norman Mailer’s writing process such as draft typescripts (short publications and novel length); handwritten draft pages; film typescript; notebooks and notepads; novel dictation (recording and typescript); galley copy typescript; galley copy color plates; research books; periodicals; and online publications (original and xerox/fax copy); handwritten notes; edits; and highlights; research notecards; research post-it notes; unused research; non-specified research; file folder compilations of research; publication legal contracts and typescript (signed and unsigned); book publication cover creations; editorial comments; book publications; publication press; book reviews; interviews; print periodical publications; online publications; best seller lists; speech typescript; lecture materials and research; unpublished draft typescript; original and xerox copy artwork; artwork in art pads; bound sketchbook collections; email correspondences; letter correspondences; handwritten correspondences; birthday cards; postcards; greeting cards; thank you notes; fan mail; request letters; legal letters; pamphlets; fliers; informational typescript; booklets; brochures; health booklets; medical paperwork; phone logs; film reel; sound reel; promotional adverts; membership cards; certificates; floppy discs; CDs; videocassettes; photographs; color transparencies; selling aid typescript; print press release; invitations; travel arrangement receipts; educational typescript; floor plans; credit cards; membership cards; business cars; maps; rubles; playing cards; pocket book; letterhead and envelopes; postcards; comic pages; book slip covers; schedules; paperweights; glass objects; wooden objects; metal objects; and posters.

The collection provides insight on Norman Mailer’s research and drafting process, publication history, and literary legacy spanning the arc of his career from 1948-2007, as well as posthumous acclaim up to 2024. The collection also provides insight on Mailer’s personal relationships both professionally and personally, along with the writing careers of family members and peers.

Dates

1992-2013

Access:

Open for research, with the exception of restricted folders 73.7., 73.8.; 73.9.; 74.4.; 74.5.; 74.6.; 74.7.; 74.8.; 74.9.; 74.10.; 74.11.; 74.12.; 74.13.; 74.14.; 75.14.; 76.7.; 76.8.; 77.31.; 80.8.; 81.11.; 82.1.; 82.5.; 84.8.

Specific folders within this collection have been digitized for research purposes only. If you wish to reprint unpublished materials within the collection, you must first obtain permission from the Mailer Estate. Please contact the Wilkes University Archives for more information.

Extent

From the Collection: 94 boxes ( (85 letter size boxes; 4 legal boxes; 2 object boxes; 3 oversized boxes) 43.03 linear feet. )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Subseries IV: Wilkes University, 1992-2013

Subseries IV: Wilkes University 1992-2013 is arranged in chronological order by date of Norman Mailer’s appearances and contributions to Wilkes University. Norman Mailer first became involved with Wilkes University through his long-time biographer, editor, and friend, J. Michael Lennon.

While serving as the Vice President of Academic Affairs in 1992, J. Michael Lennon, along with then Wilkes President Christopher N. Breiseth and the English Department Chair Patricia Heaman, invited Norman Mailer to speak on campus (“An Evening with Norman Mailer,” November 19, 1992) while the E.S. Farley library displayed his papers and first editions of his books that same month (“Norman Mailer: An Exhibition of The Man and His Works”). The connection between Mailer and Wilkes stemmed from that event, leading to Mailer’s Doctoral Honor’s and Spring Commencement Speech in 1995, as well as an invitation to speak in the Max Rosenn Lecture series at Wilkes (“Norman Mailer on American Presidents: JFK to WJC,” April 1, 2001) and the dedication of the “Norman Mailer Room on April 1, 2001). Mailer continued his commitment to Wilkes University with a keynote address at the inaugural Pennsylvania Writers Conference in June 2004, marking the beginnings of his advisory board involvement with Wilkes’ Creative Writing Master’s Program launched by J. Michael Lennon and Bonnie Culver that same year. The Norris Church Fellowship within the Creative Writing Master’s Program was established in 2004 in Norris’s name and has been awarded annually to a student in the program since 2005.

Within this subseries, each title is further organized into subsubseries to aid in researchers in consulting Mailer’s process depending on specific publication titles

Related Names

Creator

From the Collection: Mailer, Norman, 1923-2007 (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Norris Church, 1949-2010 (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, John Buffalo, 1978- (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Maggie, 1971- (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Michael, 1964- (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Susan, 1949- (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer Wasserman, Barbara, 1927- (Person)
From the Collection: Lennon, J. Michael, 1942- (Person)
From the Collection: DeLillo, Donald Richard, 1936- (Person)
From the Collection: Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly, Jr., 1930-2018 (Person)
From the Collection: Geller, Uri, 1946- (Person)
From the Collection: Morales, Adele Carolyn, 1925-2015 (Person)
From the Collection: Torres, José, 1936-2009 (Person)
From the Collection: Schiller, Lawrence, 1936- (Person)
From the Collection: Alson, Peter. (Person)
From the Collection: Goodwin, Richard Naradof, 1931-2018 (Person)
From the Collection: Haase, Cathy. (Person)
From the Collection: Levenda, Peter, 1950- (Person)
From the Collection: Hollingsworth, Cliff. (Person)
From the Collection: Kennedy, William, 1928- (Person)
From the Collection: Miller, James, 1948- (Person)
From the Collection: Bourjaily, Vance, 1922-2010 (Person)
From the Collection: Denham, Alice, 1927-2016 (Person)
From the Collection: Horowitz, Glenn. (Person)
From the Collection: Kudriavtseva, Tatiana, 1920-2013. (Person)
From the Collection: Lucid, Robert F., 1930-2006 (Person)
From the Collection: Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Person)
From the Collection: Updike, John, 1932-2009 (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Matthew, 1972- (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Kate, 1962- (Person)
From the Collection: Mailer, Danielle, 1957- (Person)
From the Collection: Bentley, Beverly, 1930-2018 (Person)
From the Collection: Bernstein, Mashey. (Person)
From the Collection: Blake, Jim. (Person)
From the Collection: Bray, Rosemary. (Person)
From the Collection: Mallory, Carole, 1942- (Person)
From the Collection: Gambone, Kenneth. (Person)
From the Collection: Gardiner, Leah C. (Person)
From the Collection: García-Romero, Anne. (Person)
From the Collection: Garson, Moishe. (Person)
From the Collection: Radin, Sam. (Person)
From the Collection: Levy, Donald R. (Person)
From the Collection: Haber, Matt. (Person)
From the Collection: Higgs, Robert. (Person)
From the Collection: Kaplan, Justin. (Person)
From the Collection: Bernays, Anne. (Person)
From the Collection: Mack, Stan. (Person)
From the Collection: Moore, Michael James. (Person)
From the Collection: Nichols, Jim. (Person)
From the Collection: Olympitis, Emmanuel. (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis, Raymond. (Person)
From the Collection: Pabst, Christina. (Person)
From the Collection: Piazza, Tom. (Person)
From the Collection: Porter, Jack Nuson. (Person)
From the Collection: Poole, Gordon. (Person)
From the Collection: Rosenberg, David. (Person)
From the Collection: Rosthal, Elke. (Person)
From the Collection: Rowe, Sean. (Person)
From the Collection: Willwerth, James. (Person)
From the Collection: Stratton, Richard. (Person)
From the Collection: Wozencraft, Kim, 1954- (Person)
From the Collection: Strozen, Charles B. (Person)
From the Collection: Flynn, Michael. (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont, Winfred. (Person)
From the Collection: Smartt Bell, Madison. (Person)
From the Collection: Berg, Betsy. (Person)
From the Collection: Berliner, Eve. (Person)
From the Collection: Berman, Barbara. (Person)
From the Collection: Bonanno, Florence. (Person)
From the Collection: Borowsky, Irvin. (Person)
From the Collection: Bright, Susie. (Person)
From the Collection: Brooks, Herman. (Person)
From the Collection: Bryer, Jackson R. (Person)
From the Collection: Canavan, Susan. (Person)
From the Collection: Dine, Carol. (Person)
From the Collection: Finletter, Eileen. (Person)
From the Collection: Gehan, Jene-Rene. (Person)
From the Collection: Goldenhersh, ; Lauri D. (Person)
From the Collection: Guill, Don. (Person)
From the Collection: Guma, Susan. (Person)
From the Collection: Hari, John. (Person)
From the Collection: Janitschek, Hans. (Person)
From the Collection: Jose, F. Sionil. (Person)
From the Collection: Kolasenski, Ken. (Person)
From the Collection: Lawford, Christopher. (Person)
From the Collection: Livewell, David. (Person)
From the Collection: Malloy, Noel. (Person)
From the Collection: Maschak, Anthony. (Person)
From the Collection: McAlice, Edward. (Person)
From the Collection: McGinley, John. (Person)
From the Collection: McNally, Judith. (Person)
From the Collection: Milner, George. (Person)
From the Collection: Moore, Fay. (Person)
From the Collection: Newman, Nancy. (Person)
From the Collection: Elghanayan, Henry. (Person)
From the Collection: Hunter O’Hanian (Person)
From the Collection: Richard B. Olson (Person)
From the Collection: Christina Pabst (Person)
From the Collection: Pauline Presley (Person)
From the Collection: Dwayne Raymond (Person)
From the Collection: David Remnick and Michael Roberts (Person)
From the Collection: Suzette Riddle (Person)
From the Collection: Carl Rollyson (Person)
From the Collection: Elke Rosthal (Person)
From the Collection: Gene Santoro (Person)
From the Collection: Jeromy Schaap (Person)
From the Collection: Jonathan Silverman (Person)
From the Collection: Yonatan Silverman (Person)
From the Collection: Lloyd Van Brunt (Person)
From the Collection: Jeanne Warren (Person)
From the Collection: Jack Wifladt (Person)
From the Collection: John Taylor Williams (Person)
From the Collection: Jill Kneeram (Person)
From the Collection: Haas, William T. (Person)
From the Collection: Weil, Bob. (Person)
From the Collection: Fisher, Ivan Stephen (Person)

Repository Details

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Subseries IV: Wilkes University , 1992-2013

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Subseries IV: Wilkes University, 1992-2013

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