Scope and Contents 1. “Last Will and Testament of Robert Mapplethorpe”. Annotated carbon typescript. 14 leaves, 14 pages. Amended and finalized on June 23, 1988. 2. Sam Wagstaff. Clipbound carbon copies of 35 invoices from the Rinhart Galleries of photographs purchased by Wagstaff ca. 1973 – 1980. 3. CLS. Robert Mapplethorpe. Mapplethorpe letter on Mapplethorpe letterhead, dated November 10, 1988, acknowledging Patricia Morrisroe as his authorized biographer. 4. Report from Ned Rosenthal, Random House Law...

Scope and Contents Folder includes original letter from Robert Mapplethorpe on Mapplethorpe stationary (dated Nov. 10, 1988) authorizing Morrisroe as his biographer; original Random House contracts; correspondence between Kathy Robbins, Morrisroe’s agent, and Carol Judy Leslie, Mapplethorpe’s agent, setting forth the terms of the agreement between Morrisroe and Mapplethorpe; memorandums of payment from Random House;letter from Mapplethorpe’s lawyer, Michael Ward Stout, stating Stout’s decision not to enter...

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Folder includes contracts for foreign editions, including Macmillan catalogue and correspondence. ALS. Georgia Garrett to Patricia Morrisroe. Aug 4, 1994. 1 leaf; ALS from Roland Phillips to Patricia Morrisroe. ALS from Michael Dorr to Patricia Morrisroe, July 26, 1996. Copies of German contract; Japanese contract; Brazilian contract; Dutch contract.

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Folder contains newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents Folder includes Random House generated book publicity; Harry M. Evans’ (Random House Publisher) invitation to an event (with Patti Smith) at the Chelsea Piers commemorating the anniversary of the Corcoran Gallery canceling Mapplethorpe’s “Perfect Moment” exhibition; Morrisroe’s interview itinerary; Morrisroe’s book tour itinerary; excerpt from Mapplethorpe included in “Random Lives.” Turtle Bay catalogue listing Mapplethorpe (with picture of original cover) as a March, 1993 release....

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Folder includes material related to movie option of Mapplethorpe; contract with Universal/Longview Entertainment; memorandum of payment; articles related to option; mark up of contract with Katja Pictures/New Line Productions; letters from director Tom Kalin expressing interest in directing movie with Christine Vachon as producer; copy of email to Mona Card, one of the producers of HBO Mapplethorpe documentary.

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Folder containing press clips; approximately 200 reviews, articles and essays related to the book, from small-town newspapers to the New York Times, the New Yorker, New York Review of Books; profiles of Morrisroe in New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Newsday and W magazine. Copy of Vanity Fair with book excerpt, “Demon Romantics.”