Arranged in first alphabetically and second chronologically in two series: 1. Short Stories, 1935-1963; 2. Novels, 1859-1963.
For more information about each series, please consult the series descriptions in the box and folder listings.
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John Cheever literary manuscripts, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
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The collection contains the manuscripts of eighty-eight short stories, many of which were published for the first time in the "New Yorker" magazine. Also included in the collection are the manuscripts for Cheever's first three published novels.
Processed by S. Pyzynski in 1998. Archon finding aid created by Craig Bruce Smith in 2010.