"Two large notebooks containing the working notes for the novel. "l.A was started on April 4, 1970, and shows the very beginnings of the idea. With very few changes, the original outline of twelve chapters withstood all kinds of challenges and alterations. (Obviously, an opening chapter was added, and a closing.) The principal change was the switch in order of the chapter on railroads and the one on sheep. Among the people the major change was the... demotion of the black family and the elimination of the Chinese. I did this because they seemed too parallel to the development of families in Hawaii. Names did not survive so well. Of the originals, only Lame Beaver, the last part of Calendar and Marquez lasted. The vitality of the original idea, however, sketched out that first day, was remarkable."