Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biography

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Series I: Published and Unpublished Works,

Series II: Correspondence, Presentations, Awards, and Media,

Series III: 2010 Accession,

Summary Information

Repository

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries

Creator

Finkelstein, Norman H.

Title

Norman H. Finkelstein Papers

ID

2001.0115

Date [inclusive]

undated, 1983-2007

Extent

9.55 Linear feet

Language

English

Abstract

Norman H. Finkelstein is a Massachusetts-based writer of nonfiction for children and adults.The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, proofs and further editorial material pertaining to the author's career and his 16 published and 19 unpublished works.

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Biography

Norman H. Finkelstein is a  Massachusetts-based writer of nonfiction for children and adults. He is the recipient of the Golden Kite Honor Book Award for Nonfiction, for  With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow, and two National Jewish Book Awards, for  Forged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish American Experience and  Heeding the Call:Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle.

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, proofs and further editorial material pertaining to the author's career and both his published and unpublished works.

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Arrangement

Series I: Published and Unpublished Works ( undated, 1983-2007)

Series II: Correspondence, Presentations, Awards, and Media ( undated, 1984-2005)

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries September 2007

University of Connecticut Libraries
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1205
860.486.2524
archives@uconn.edu

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to children's literature and associated artwork. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the Reading Room desk.

Separated Material

The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:

American Jewish History Dodd C 10194

Ariel Sharon Dodd A 9724

Plastics Dodd C 10195

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

• Artwork.
• Audio visual materials.
• Books.
• Contracts.
• Correspondence.
• Fliers. [printed matter]
• Galley proofs.
• Manuscripts.
• Notes.
• Page proofs.
• Photographs.
• Press releases.
• Publications.
• Speeches.
• Typescripts.

Occupation(s)

• Author.

Personal Name(s)

• Finkelstein, Norman H.

Subject(s)

• Authors, American--Biography.
• Northeast Children's Literature Collection.

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Published and Unpublished Works, undated, 1983-2007
Subseries A: Unpublished Works , undated, 1987-2000
First one foot, then the other, undated, [1987-1991]
Rejection letters, 1987-1991      Box Folder Text   1 1
Levine and his flying machine, undated, [1990-1991]
Correspondence, 1990-1991      Box Folder Text   1 2
Uncle Carol and the Bessarundian Connection, undated, [1990-1991]
Correspondence, 1990-1991      Box Folder Text   1 3
Story text, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   1 4
By hook or by crook, undated, [1991]
Correspondence, 1991      Box Folder Text   1 5
Tanta Tanya, undated, [1991]
Correspondence, 1991      Box Folder Text   1 6
Jewish Entertainers, undated
Correspondence, undated      Box Folder Text   1 7
Clara strikes, 1995-1997
Correspondence, 1995-1997      Box Folder Text   1 8
Israel 1948, 1995-1996
Correspondence, 1995-1996      Box Folder Text   1 9
What's news?, 1995-1998
Correspondence, 1995-1998      Box Folder Text   1 10
Point of Order, 1996-1997
Correspondence, 1996-1997      Box Folder Text   1 11
Years of Fear, 1996
Correspondence, 1996      Box Folder Text   1 12
The Revolutionary life of Paul Revere, 1997-1999
Correspondence, 1997-1999      Box Folder Text   1 13
Calling out the troops: how and why America goes to war, 1998
Correspondence, 1998      Box Folder Text   1 14
The Genghis Khan Hotel, 1998-1999
Correspondence, 1998-1999      Box Folder Text   1 15
On Stage [Back Stage], 1998
Correspondence, 1998      Box Folder Text   1 16
Berlin: Cold War hot spot, 1999-2000
Correspondence, 1999-2000      Box Folder Text   1 17
The Good Police Chief, 1999
Correspondence, 1999      Box Folder Text   1 18
How I became President of the United States, 1999
Correspondence, 1999      Box Folder Text   1 19
The Flower Shop Cafe, 2000
Correspondence, 2000      Box Folder Text   1 20
Subseries B: Published Works , undated, 1985-2007
Remember not to forget: a memory of the Holocaust, 1985, reprinted 1993, 2004
Outline, speech, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 21 General note Precursors to the book
Rejection letters, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 22 General note Includes one returned manuscript
Original manuscript, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 23
Galley proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 23
Galley proofs with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 24
Reprint correspondence, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 25
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 26
Theodor Herzl [: architect of a nation], 1987, revised edition 1991
Correspondence, 1985-1991      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 27 General note Mostly concerns the publication of the revised edition
Proposal, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 27
Draft with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 28
Draft with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 29
Master galley proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 30
F & G, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 31
Permissions, 1986-1987      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 32
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   2 32
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Master galley, undated				13
Emperor General: a biography of Douglas MacArthur, 1989
Correspondence, 1987-1989      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 33
Proposal, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 34
Draft with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 35
Draft, 3rd revision, 1988      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 36
Photographic credits, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 37
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 38
Heeding the call: Jewish voices in America's civil rights struggle, 1997-1999
Draft, "Draft #1," 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 70
Draft, 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 71
Drafts of flap copy, 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 72
Photographic page proofs, 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 72
Reviews, 1997-1999      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 73
The Other 1492: Jewish settlement in the New World, 1987-1989
Correspondence, permissions, 1987-1989      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 39
Draft with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 40
Draft, "Final draft #2," 1988      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 41
Galley proofs [2 copies], undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 42
Publicity materials, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 43
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   3 44
Captain of Innocence: France & the Dreyfus affair, 1991
Correspondence, 1989-1992      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 45
Original manuscript, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 46
Draft, "Draft #2," 1991      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 47
Draft, "Final draft," 1991      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 48
Index draft and galley, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 49
Edited galley proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 50
Edited galley proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 51
Page proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 52
Dustjacket mock-up, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 53
Permissions, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 54
Dustjackets [5 copies], undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 55
Uncorrected proof, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 56
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   4 57
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Page proofs, undated				13
Sounds in the air: the golden age of radio, 1990-1993
Proposal, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 58 General note Original title: Is Everybody Happy?: [The Legendary Stars of] Radio's Golden Age
Correspondence, 1990-1992      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 58
Draft with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 59
Draft, "Draft #1," 1991      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 60
Draft, "Final draft," 1991      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 61
Galley proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 62
Uncorrected proof, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 63
Dustjacket, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   5 64
Thirteen days/ninety miles: the Cuban missile crisis, 1991-1994
Correspondence, 1991      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 65
Draft, 1993      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 66
Draft with editor's markings, 1994      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 67
Uncorrected proof [2 copies, one is unbound signatures], undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 68
Dustjacket [2 copies], undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   6 69
With heroic truth: the life of Edward R. Murrow, 1991-1988
Correspondence, 1991-1998      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 74
Chapter outline, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 75
Research materials, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 75
Draft, with editor's markings, 1994      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 76
Draft, with editor's markings, undated, [1994]      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 77
Draft, with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 78
Draft, with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 79
Permissions, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 80
Dustjacket, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 81
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   7 82
Friends indeed: the special relationship of Israel and the United States, 1997-1998
Draft, with editor's markings, 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 83
Draft, with copyeditor's markings, 1998      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 84
Galley, 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 85
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 85
The Way things never were: the truth about the "good old days", 1995-2000
Proposal (2 copies), undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 86
Correspondence, 1995-2000      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 87
Original manuscript, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 88
Draft, first pass proofs with copyeditor's marks, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 89
Editorial materials, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   8 89
Final draft, 1997      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 90 General note With photo galley proofs bound in
Photo permissions, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 91
Photo proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 91
Advance reviewer copy, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 92
Reviews, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 93
Forged in freedom: shaping the Jewish-American experience, 2001-2002
Correspondence, 2001-2002      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 94
Draft, with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 95
Edited page proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 96
First pass proofs, 2002      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 97
Final proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 98
Promotional materials, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 99
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Final proof, 2002				13
Preliminary proof, 2002				13
Ariel Sharon, 2003-2005
Correspondence, 2003-2004      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 100
Original manuscript, 2003      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 101
First draft, 2003      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 102
Draft, with editor's markings, "first pass," 2003      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 103
Draft, with editor's markings, 2004      Box Folder Mixed materials   9 104
Draft with editor's markings, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 105
Final draft, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 106
Page proofs, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   1 107
Publicity materials, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 108
Permissions, 2003      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 108
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Page proofs, 2005				13
American Jewish History, 2006-2007
Correspondence, 2006-2007      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 109
Proposal, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 110
Expanded proposal, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 111
Preliminary draft, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 112
Preliminary draft #1 with editor's markings, 2004      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 113
Preliminary draft #2 with thematic outline by chapter, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 114
First draft, 2005      Box Folder Mixed materials   10 115
Draft with editor's markings, "working edit," 2007      Box Folder Mixed materials   11 116
Final draft, 2007      Box Folder Mixed materials   11 117
Page proofs, 2007      Box Folder Mixed materials   11 118
Permissions, undated      Box Folder Mixed materials   11 119
Advance Reading Copy, 2007      Box Folder Mixed materials   11 120
Plastics, 2007
Publicity materials, 2007      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 121
Three across: the great transatlantic air race of 1927, 1994-2008
Correspondence, 1996-2000      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 122
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Book, publication, correspondence, manuscript, dummy, 1994-2008				14
Research notes, computer disk (final draft), PDFs (3), drafts (3), printed photographic reproductions "Columbia," postcards, paperback 1st edition n.d., 1994-2002				14
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Series II: Correspondence, Presentations, Awards, and Media, undated, 1984-2000
Professional correspondence, undated, 1997-2000      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 123
Public appearances, undated, 1997-2000      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 124
Articles, undated, 1985-2000      Box Folder Mixed materials   12 125
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Series III: 2010 Accession, undated, 2010
				Box
Jewish comedy stars: classic to cutting edge (Minneapolis : Kar-Ben Publishing, 2010), undated, 2010  Scope and Content Note Correspondence, Manuscript, Prints, Postcards Dates: 2008-2010 Organization: Labeled Folders Subjects: "Jewish Comedy All-Stars"				15
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