Papers of Janice Daugharty, MS 22

VSU Archives

Box 43

ID Title Characters Setting Brief Review (Events) Number of pages or number of words Additional information Box # Folder # Date written
325 Turnstile 2000 Shirl, Ron, daddy turn of the century (1999-2000), Southeast, GA
 
0 Contains chapters 1-3 ("People I Know" - notes), chapters 4-5 ("People Like Me" Includes editorial notes, letters from publishers and agent, handwritten draft of "People Like Me," also typed draft. 43 1 1998
326 Turnstile 2000 Shirl, Ron, daddy turn of the century (1999-2000), Southeast, GA
 
0 Included are chapters 6 ("Small Mercies"), 7 ("Turnstile 2000" -?), 8 ("Hair"), 9, 10 ("Fire and Water") also notes for chapters 8-11. Drafts are printed, notes are handwritten. 43 2 1998
327 Turnstile 2000 Shirl, Ron, daddy turn of the century (1999-2000), Southeast, GA
 
0 Includes sections of book titled "This Day and Age," "People I Know," " and "Rodeo." Story is about a woman taking care of her aging father, she has had an affair with his hired help. She becomes pregnant and he leaves, but she decides to keep the baby instead. Section titled "This Day and Age" is typed with editorial notes throughout (26 pages). Also included is a letter from agent to Ms. Daugharty about the story, handwritten notes, first manuscript sent to agent proposing the novel (dated 1997, 18 pages), another manuscript with changes (16 1/2 pages), and a third manuscript of the same section (15 1/2 pages). 43 3 1998
328 Turnstile 2000 Shirl, Ron, daddy turn of the century (1999-2000), Southeast, GA
 
0 Contains handwritten notes, section of novel titled "The New Norton" - after the baby is born. Also included is a manila folder for the author's notes, etc. Note on folder reads "connected stories to be read as a novel." 43 4 1998
329 Turnstile 2000 Shirl, Ron, daddy, baby Pinkie turn of the century (1999-2000), Southeast, GA "Turnstile 2000" is the story of a woman, Shirl, who becomes pregnant by her aging father's hired hand. She chronicles her pregnancy and her daughter's birth and subsequent father's death (both on January 2, 2000). 197 final copy of the novel before final revision. 43 5 1998