Robert Irvine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0111

Collection Organization

The Robert Irvine Papers consist of his manuscripts and outlines for novels written between the years 1978 and 1994. For any given novel the researcher will likely find the outline and edited copy, with the occasional page proof. The book manuscripts and outlines included in this collection are as follows: Horizon Hold, Film At Eleven (title later changed to Ratings Are Murder), Ratings Are Murder, Baptism for the Dead, The Angels’ Share, Gone to Glory, Called Home, Woman’s Work (title later changed to The Spoken Word), The Spoken Word, The Great Reminder, and The Hosanna Shout. The manuscripts for books written earlier than 1978 are not known to the author, as they were paperback novels and the publisher either kept them or discarded them.

Horizon Hold, 1978, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1978, undated

Queries, April 24, 1978

 File – Box 1, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: April 24, 1978

Outline, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Proof pages, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: undated

Film At Eleven (title later changed to Ratings Are Murder), 1984-1985, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1984-1985, undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: undated

2nd outline, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited copy, Ch. 1-10, December 18, 1984

 File – Box 1, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: December 18, 1984

Edited copy, Ch. 11-end, December 18, 1984

 File – Box 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: December 18, 1984

Proof pages, 1985

 File – Box 1, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1985

Baptism for the Dead, 1988, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1988, undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: undated

2nd outline, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited copy, Ch. 1-13, 1988

 File – Box 1, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: 1988

Edited copy, Ch. 14-end, 1988

 File – Box 1, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1988

The Angels’ Share, 1989

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1989

Outline, July 20, 1989

 File – Box 2, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: July 20, 1989

Gone to Glory, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: undated

Sentence outline, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: undated

Called Home, 1991, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1991, undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited copy, Ch. 1-13, 1991

 File – Box 2, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1991

Edited copy, Ch. 14-end, 1991

 File – Box 2, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1991

Woman’s Work (title later changed to The Spoken Word), 1992, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1992, undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 2, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited copy, Ch. 1-15, 1992

 File – Box 2, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1992

Edited copy, Ch. 16-end, 1992

 File – Box 2, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1992

The Great Reminder, 1993, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1993, undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 3, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited copy, Ch. 1-18, 1993

 File – Box 3, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1993

Edited copy, Ch. 19-end, 1993

 File – Box 3, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1993

The Hosanna Shout, 1994, undated

 Series – Box Unknown
Dates
Creation: 1994, undated

Outline, undated

 File – Box 3, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: undated

Edited copy, Ch. 1-6, 1994

 File – Box 3, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1994

Edited copy, Ch. 7-21, 1994

 File – Box 3, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1994

Edited copy, Ch. 22-end, 1994

 File – Box 3, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1994