HENRY A. COLGATE COLLECTION OF JOSEPH CONRAD

Ink drawing of the Rover by Conrad.  May not be used without permission of Colgate University Library.

The Conrad Collection includes manuscripts, proof copy, correspondence, early editions, and memorabilia of the noted Polish/English writer (1857-1924).  Manuscript and proof include:

• Arrow of Gold--original typescript, with author's corrections
• "The ascending effort"--typescript, with author's corrections
• Chance--original typescript, with author's corrections
• Gaspar the Strongman [screenplay]--typescript, with author's corrections
• "A glance at two books"--typescript, with author's corrections
• Laughing Anne:  a drama in two acts--first typescript, with author's corrections (bound)
• The Nigger of the "Narcissus"--typescript, with author's corrections, foliated 59-96 (omitting 64)
• The Nigger of the "Narcissus"--typescript, uncorrected, Part Second (8 p.)
• Preface to the Nigger of the "Narcissus"--typescript, with author's corrections
• Nostromo--typed page, corrected in Conrad's hand
• The Rescue--typescript (original draft), Parts II and III, with author's corrections
• The Rescue [author's prefatory note]--typescript, with author's corrections
• The Rescue:  a tale of narrow waters--typescript, with author's corrections (1-13; 34-42)
• The Rescue--typescript, with author's corrections (bound in 2 volumes)
• Romance [with Ford Maddox Ford]--holograph sheets, with corrections by Conrad (9 p.)
• Romance [with Ford Maddox Ford]--holograph sheets (3 in Conrad's hand, 8 in Ford's)
• The Rover--typescript, with author's corrections
• The Rover [dedication]--holograph and typescript, with author's corrections (3 p.)
• The Secret Agent:  a dramas--typescript, with author's corrections
• Suspense--typescript of Parts I and II (incomplete), with author's corrections (15 p.)
• Suspense--typescript of suppressed chapter, with author's corrections (18 p.)
• "The unlighted coast"--typescript, with author's corrections
• Youth--author's holograph manuscript

• "Books"--proof, with author's corrections
• The Character of Laughing Ann:  a drama--proof, with author's corrections
• Confidence--proof, with author's corrections (9 p.)
• "John Galsworthy:  an appreciation"--proof, with author's corrections
• "London's river"--proof, with author's corrections
• Nostromo--proof, with author's corrections (bound)
• The Rescue--proof, with author's corrections
• The Rescue--proof sheets from Land & Water, with author's corrections
• The Rescue--uncorrected proof (bound)
• Romance--corrected first proof (bound)
• Romance--proof, with authors' corrections (459-462)
• The Rover--proof, with author's corrections
• The Secret Agent:  a drama in three acts--proof, with author's corrections
• "Tales of the sea"--proof, with author's corrections
• Victory--first trial proof, with author's corrections
• Youth: a narrative and two other stories--proof, with author's corrections

Outgoing correspondence to:  Edward Garnett; T. Fisher Unwin; John Quinn; Ford Maddox Ford; J. B. Pinker; Norman Douglas; Dr. MacKintosh; Harper & Brothers; Grant Wilson; Sidney Colvin; Metheun & Co.; John Irving; MacDonald Hastings

Memorabilia include: Conrad's discharge certificate from the "Loch Etive" (April 24, 1881); Conrad's discharge certificate from the "Tilkhurst" (June 18, 1886); ink sketch of the Rover by Conrad, with a note by Jesse Conrad; an appointment book kept by Mrs. Doubleday during Conrad's visit to America; original manuscript for Curle's Life of Conrad; list of the ships Conrad served on, sent to Curle by Eugene Laxton; Walter Tittle drawing of Conrad, along with third trial proof of same; three telegrams congratulating Conrad on his marriage; theatre bill for MacDonald Hasting's production of Victory, March 26, 1919; Roger Singleton Garnett's signed typescript detailing the composition of Under Western Eyes.