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Mapplethorpe: His Life And Times. A Book Proposal by Patricia Morrisroe., 1988

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Carbon typescript. Clip bound. 49 leaves, 49 pages. Includes Morrisroe’s introduction and sample chapters. Written for book sale in the UK.

Dates: 1988

Mapplethorpe: A Biography. Patricia Morrisroe. “Outline”, undated

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Annotated carbon typescript. Approximately 200 leaves. Annotations and comments throughout by Random House/Turtle Bay Books editor Susan Kamil.

Dates: undated

Mapplethorpe: A Biography. Patricia Morrisroe. Complete early draft, undated

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 3-4
Scope and Contents

Annotated carbon typescript. 496 leaves, 496 pages. Annotations, corrections and comments throughout by Random House editor Kate Medina.

Dates: undated

Mapplethorpe: A Biography. Patricia Morrisroe. Setting copy. “Kate’s edits”, undated

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 5-6
Scope and Contents

Heavily annotated carbon typescript. 581 leaves, 581 pages. Edits and corrections by Kate Medina.

Dates: undated

Mapplethorpe: A Biography. Patricia Morrisroe. Bound first galley. “Uncorrected Proof”, 1995

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Blue, softcover, wraps. Random House. 435 leaves, 435 pages. Contains four annotated corrections by Morrisroe.

Dates: 1995

Mapplethorpe: A Biography. Patricia Morrisroe. Bound, heavily revised, galley. “Last minute changes in galley form- per Harry Evans”., 1995

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Blue, softcover, wraps. Random House. 435 leaves, 435 pages. Heavily annotated copy containing Harry Evans’ tipped in revisions and changes. Includes three, staple bound, pages of “Comments by Harold Evans”.

Dates: 1995

Correspondence, 1983 - 1995

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 11
Scope and Contents 1. TLS. Stephen Koch to Patricia Morrisroe. March 17, 1991. 1 leaf, 1 page. 2. TLS. Gerard Malanga to Patricia Morrisroe. August 8, 1991. 1 leaf, 1 page. 2. TLS. Edward de Celle to Patricia Morrisroe. August 18, 1989. 1 leaf, 1 page. 3. TLS. Jeffrey Fraenkel to Patricia Morrisroe. November 3, 1989. 1 leaf, 1 page. 4. TLS. Allen Ellenzweig to Patricia Morrisroe. August 14, 1990. 1 leaf, 1 page. 5. ALS. Pierre Apraxine to Patricia Morrisroe. Undated (“Thursday 20th”). 1 leaf, 1 page. 6. TLS....
Dates: 1983 - 1995

Milton Moore/Mapplethorpe letters, 1982 - 1988

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 12
Scope and Contents Copies of (29) autograph letters sent by Milton Moore to Mapplethorpe between 1982 – 1988. Moore, who would become the love of Mappelethorpe’s life, was also one of his most well-known models and muses, often referred to as “The Man in the Polyester Suit”. After their relationship permanently ended, Moore, a diagnosed schizophrenic, would be convicted of murder and sent to prison. These letters span the years of Moore and Mapplethorpe’s first serious break-up, their numerous reconciliations,...
Dates: 1982 - 1988