Scope and Contents "Worksheets for yellow pages, the originals having been sent to Nadia for retyping and forwarding to Erskine, for insertion in his master manuscript. These are advanced changes, reflecting the comments and criticisms of others, plus many changes which I always intended making following the submission of the first full draft. These are vital improvements and almost always accomplished their goal of shortening the manuscript or heightening its effectiveness. They can be seen in place in the...

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"Materials which were superseded by later versions of a chapter. These sometimes contain notes which were helpful in editing the final version. They represent various stages in progress and various ideas which may or may not have been kept in the final version."

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"11. Comments of John Kings regarding his work on the research for this book." "12. Comments of Ms. Tessa Dalton on same." "13. Comments of Ms. Leslie Laird on same." Note in folder indicates contents for these folder were never received. 3/98 Linscome. see -- I.9 & I.10. Comments Filed mms. Received by Experts. see -- I.14. Reports by Experts. see -- I.34. Centennial. Correspondence Orapchuck, Dalton, Laird, Erskine, Kings.

Scope and Contents "Written reports of experts on their study of the first-drafts of individual chapters. I believe that these are among the most interesting portions of this collection, for they demonstrate how learned men work. The criticisms are vital, lively, contentious and always refreshing and enlightening. Observe how a great scholar is willing to track down the most minute detail of an item in order to conform it to his body of knowledge. Observe also how they react to non-scientific writing that...

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"Photostats and xeroxes of Erskine's original manuscript, made so that copies could be sent to various experts at the same time. Not all chapters were so duplicated, but those which gave us extra difficulty were. These pages contain many valuable insights into how experts react to manuscripts. Without their assistance I could not have written the book, and had I done so, I would have been ashamed to publish it."

Scope and Contents "Written report submitted by John Kings relating to certain reactions he and Tessa Dalton had to problems growing out of Chapters IX through XII. This was sent by mail to Erskine, with a carbon to Nadia Orapchuck. I did not wish to see the report, since I was then working overtime on the final chapters; long ago I learned that it was fatal to allow such outside criticism to intrude before the base manuscript was finished, so I refused to read this one. At such times I want comments from...