Drafts of Published Monographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Wood, Beatrice
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content: Beatrice Wood papers
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content: Beatrice Wood papers / Series 4: Notes and Writings
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.woodbeat, Subseries 4.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Original drawings from the monographs can be found in Series 9: Artwork, but copies are included in this subseries.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Except for repetitive versions, incomplete repetitive drafts, and gallery proofs, this subseries has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This subseries includes both drafts of Wood's monographs and correspondence related to their publication. Drafts include: I Shock Myself: The Autobiography of Beatrice Wood, Angel Who Wore Black Tights, Pinching Spaniards, 33rd Wife of the Maharajah, and Kissed Again: Part of the Bargain.

Wood enjoyed writing in the evening and often rewrote drafts with only subtle changes between versions. Although she rarely dated her drafts, numbers have been added when it was possible to determine version sequence. Edited versions have also been identified.

Also included in this subseries is correspondence with publishers, editors, and friends. Much of the material centers on the logistics of publication, but there are also letters to friends describing the status of her writing or relaying stories that she intended to include in a particular publication. The letters reveal the personal satisfaction that Wood took from her writing.