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University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives George Cuomo fonds Series
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Ephemera

B.C. Ferry schedules, maps of Victoria and British Columbia; CUSO brochure; tourist booklet on Canada.

Notebooks

Two soft-bound notebooks and eight holograph lists outlining work schedules and daily records of hours worked on books. Also includes lists of earnings from published works.

Novels

Notes, variant drafts, galley proofs for Cuomo's novels Jack Be Nimble (published 1963), Bright Day, Dark Runner (1964), Among Thieves (1968), The Hero's Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandson (1971), and Pieces from a Small Bomb (1976). Includes holographs, tss., carbons and photocopies, and variant drafts with alternate titles. Many drafts are addressed to Cuomo's literary agent Monica McCall of International Famous Agency, New York. Also includes clippings from newspapers and magazines, which Cuomo used as research for the prison scenes in Among Thieves and as background information on bombs for Pieces from a Small Bomb.

Plays

Two variant drafts of an unpublished play, variously entitled "To Leap and To Touch", and "Hobbies and Ambitions".

Poetry

Drafts, worksheets, tss. for two unpublished collections of poems: "Soundings", 1958-1962, and "Geronimo and the Girl Next Door", 1964-1966.

Short Stories

Notes, variant drafts (tss. and holographs) and proofs of stories included in Sing, Choirs of Angels (published 1969); drafts, notes and outlines for other stories.