This collection contains manuscripts and other materials relating to the literary career of science fiction, fantasy, paranormal romance, and erotica writer Victoria McManus, who writes under the names "Victoria Janssen" and "Elspeth Potter". Materials in this collection include manuscripts and drafts of McManus' published and unpublished work, correspondence, contracts and financial documentation, and convention materials.

Also included are large numbers of fanzines, particularly for the British show *Blake's 7", for which McManus wrote a number of stories.
Some of the fanzines is identified as "slash” (s) or "het" (h). "Slash" refers to fanworks that feature same-sex relationships and are sometimes (though not always) sexually explicit. In slash, sexual identity, sexuality and/or romance are often the centers of the story, rather than the conventional adventures featured in more traditional fanworks. "Het" refers to fanworks featuring sexual or romantic content, but with opposite-sex relationships. "Gen" (more standard stories containing no sexual content) and het items are identified as such on the item folder. If an item is not identified as slash or het, it is to be assumed that the item is slash..

1919 Outline ((Microsoft Word file), April 26, 2005

1919 Synopsis 5-19-05 (Microsoft Word file), May 19, 2005

Dunham letter, (Microsoft Word file), May 20, 2005

Dunham query, (Microsoft Word file), May 3, 2005

Market statement (Microsoft Word file), May 19, 2005

McManus bio (Microsoft Word file), May 19, 2005

1919 acknowledgements (Microsoft Word file), July 21, 2005

1919 front matter (Microsoft Word file), April 14, 2014

1919_Margeaux_Otis Taliesin_CoverArtRequestForm (Microsoft Word file), November 19, 2013

1919_Margeaux_Otis Taliesin_CoverArtRequestForm (Microsoft Word file), November 19, 2013

1919_Margeaux_Otis TP_template_forms (Microsoft Word file), April 14, 2014

1919-Victoria_Janssen-CEStart (Microsoft Word file), January 27, 2014

1919-Victoria_McManus-4-7-14 (Microsoft Word file), typescript, April 11, 2014

1919-Victoria_McManus-FLE 1 4-6-14 (Microsoft Word file), typescript with track changes, April 6, 2014

1919-Victoria_McManus-FLE 1 (Microsoft Word file), typescript with track changes, April 1, 2014

AfterTheWar-1-Margeaux_Otis (Microsoft Word file), November 19, 2013

Margeaux_Otis Taliesin_AuthorInfo (Microsoft Word file), November 19, 2013

Taliesin_Publishing_Contract_for_TitleXXXX_by (PDF file), November 18, 2013

1-30-05 notes on 1919 title, synopsis (Microsoft Word file), January 30, 2005

1919 cold synopsis (Microsoft Word file), February 5, 2005

1919 Synopsis (workshop) (Microsoft Word file), February 15, 2005

1919 Synopsis 4-2-05 (Microsoft Word file), May 1, 2005

1919, the Cliff's Notes (Microsoft Word file), February 5, 2005

BEXSynopsis (Microsoft Word file), January 31, 2005

very short 1919 synopsis (April 3, 2005)

Manuscript cover letter (Microsoft Word file), May 1, 2005

6-27-04 Workshop page comments, comments by Greg Frost, June 27, 2004

Sarah Monette's comments, May 8, 2003

Galen letter (Microsoft Word file), April 27, 2005

Moran letter, (Microsoft Word file), April 27, 2005

Naggar letter (Microsoft Word file), April 4, 2005

Weil letter (Microsoft Word file), January 18, 2005

Yost letter (Microsoft Word file), April 27, 2005

All RTF files except where noted:

Bourke article-shell shock, April 7, 2004

Debridement, April 7, 2004

fluinfrance, April 7, 2004

LANCET 1918 shell shock article, April 7, 2004

liceandtrenchfever, April 7, 2004

Notes--shell shock, blindness, April 7, 2004

PTSD article NEJM (PDF file), July 2, 2003

Ptsd, April 7, 2004

Big Scraps File.sxw (SXW file), April 26, 2004

chapter 5 George and Rosalind (Microsoft Word file), November 11, 2003

Hebrew scraps (Microsoft Word file), November 17, 2003

July 26, 1919 letter.sxw (SXW file), November 3, 2003

Ltr to Susan-friends (Microsoft Word file), November 8, 2003

Ltr to Susan-marriage (Microsoft Word file), November 8, 2003

March 2004 rewrite notes (Microsoft Word file), April 3, 2004

More scraps from rewrite (Microsoft Word file), February 3, 2004

Rewrite scraps, drafted for rewrite.sxw (SXW file), January 2, 2004

Rewrite scraps.sxw (SXW file), May 8, 2004

Trashy scraps.sxw (SXW file), January 17, 2004

turning point letter.sxw (SXW file), November 4, 2003

yet more scraps from rewrite (Microsoft Word file), November 25, 2003

1st cuts Rewrite Compiled (Microsoft Word file), February 23, 2004

as of 4-3-04 compiled (Microsoft Word file), April 4, 2004

as of Jan-04 Rewrite Compiled (Microsoft Word file), January 29, 2004

All JPG files except where noted:

aidstationjuly1918, October 3, 2003

church-hospital, October 3, 2003

dogtag, October 9, 2003

driversneeded, March 24, 2004

foodisammunition, March 24, 2004

libertyloan, February 5, 2004

libertyloan2, February 5, 2004

library poster, September 8, 2003

librarypit, September 8, 2003

photo.soldierintrench.Cdn.WWI.1918, January 9, 2004

redcrossnurse, February 5, 2004

rupertbrooke (GIF file), July 3, 2003

warbonds1917, March 24, 2004

warworkcampaign, March 24, 2004

womenlibertyloan, March 24, 2004

ghosts quote.sxw (SXW file), October 25, 2003

January 2004 notes.sxw (SXW file), January 18, 2004

Matthew, Jonathan, guilt, ghosts (Microsoft Word file), November 11, 2003

Notes for Rosalind's Letters (Microsoft Word file), September 22, 2003

November 2 rewrite notes (Microsoft Word file), November 2, 2003

November rewrite notes (Microsoft Word file), November 4, 2003

October 2003 plan.sxw (SXW file), October 21, 2003

October rewrite notes.sxw (SXW file), November 1, 2003

Sarah on ghosts (Microsoft Word file), January 29, 2004

bits deleted during second rewrite.sxw, December 14, 2004

ending of first rewrite.sxw, July 4, 2004

1919 Third Draft 12-14-04, December 14, 2004

All files in Microsoft Word unless otherwise noted:

1919 story FIRST DRAFT, October 6, 2003

1919 story SECOND DRAFT, October 6, 2003

1919 story ZERO DRAFT, October 6, 2003

1919 story ZERO WITH COMMENTS, October 6, 2003

Exposures (closer to final), October 6, 2003

Exposures (submitted to workshop) (RTF file), October 6, 2003

EXPOSURES 1-5 McManus (RTF file), October 6, 2003

Exposures comments, October 6, 2003

Exposures formatted, October 6, 2003

Exposures, October 6, 2003

Books available 1919, April 8, 2004

how to shave with a straight razor, April 8, 2004

Magical Slang article, April 7, 2004

Notes on spirit photography, April 7, 2004

Notes--home front, April 7, 2004

Notes--slang, April 7, 2004

Notes--soldiers in WWI, April 8, 2004

Notes--Thrift and the Household, April 8, 2004

Notes--trenches., April 7, 2004

Notes--women in WWI, April 7, 2004

Part One 1919, typescript, April 18, 2004

Part Two 1919, typescript, April 29, 2004

Part Three 1919, typescript, March 23, 2004

1919 Second Draft May 2004 (Microsoft Word file), typescript, May 26, 2004

RTF 1919 Second Draft May 2004 (RTF file), typescript, June 1, 2004

1 I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be A Soldier-Helen Clark, September 3, 2003

K-K-K-Katie-Billy Murray, September 16, 2003

You'd Be Surprised-Cantor, October 6, 2003

Beautiful Ohio

By the Light Of the Silvery Moon

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

Oh! You beautiful doll!

Oh, Promise Me

You'd Be Surprised

1919 auditory hallucinations, October 6, 2003

1919 bread, October 6, 2003

1919 conflicts of interest, October 6, 2003

1919 future doctor, October 6, 2003

1919 George POV, October 6, 2003

1919 hallway photographs, October 6, 2003

1919 late-night Breakfast Club, October 6, 2003

1919 laughing, October 6, 2003

1919 ltr to the Mawr, October 6, 2003

1919 Matthew-Rosalind, October 6, 2003

1919 out for a walk, April 8, 2004

1919 physical therapy, October 6, 2003

1919 smoking, October 6, 2003

1919 view of George, October 6, 2003

Big scraps, quarantined section, April 4, 2004

chapter 10 scraps, March 22, 2004

chapter 11 scraps, March 22, 2004

chapter 12 scraps, March 22, 2004

COMPILED FRAGMENTS, October 6, 2003

cont'd hallway photographs, October 6, 2003

EarlyThirteen, October 6, 2003

Fifteen scraps, October 14, 2003

four scrap, October 6, 2003

Laurel Hill fragment, April 4, 2004

long walk, October 6, 2004

Ltr to Susan-friends.wps, October 10, 2003

Matthew & Rosalind, October 6, 2003

notes on chapters ten & eleven, October 6, 2003

scrap from 7, October 6, 2003

SCRAPS, 1919, May 14, 2004

seeing the ghost photo, April 4, 2004

All files in Microsoft Word unless otherwise noted:

Citations--George & Matthew, July 28, 2004

Eight, September 18, 2003

Eleven, October 12, 2003

Fifteen, October 20, 2003

Five, September 11, 2003

Four, September 11, 2003

Fourteen, October 18, 2003

Ltr to Susan-marriage, October 8, 2003

Nine, September 18, 2003

One, September 5, 2003

Rewrite version of First Draft compiled (RTF file), November 4, 2003

Seven, September 18, 2003

Six, September 18, 2003

Sixteen, October 30, 2003

Summary of Exposures, August 12, 2003

Ten, September 18, 2003

Thirteen, October 10, 2003

Three, September 11, 2003

Twelve, October 2, 2003

Two, October 20, 2003

chicagopolicechief1919, February 5, 2004

librarypit, September 8, 2003

Warner Tomb, Laurel Hill, July 29, 2003

All files in JPG format unless otherwise noted:

1918, October 14, 2003

1918a, October 14, 2003

army_tunic_button_wwi, October 14, 2003

army_tunic_collar_locks_wwi, October 14, 2003

army_tunic_collar_wwi, October 14, 2003

army_tunic_tab_wwi, October 14, 2003

army_tunic_wwi, October 14, 2003

army_wwi_pants, October 14, 2003

army_wwi_pants_back, October 14, 2003

cgo_wwi (GIF file), October 14, 2003

dbkit (GIF file), October 14, 2003

deforest, October 9, 2003

deforesta, October 9, 2003

deforestb, October 9, 2003

Grenades, October 14, 2003

INFANTRY KIT (GIF file), July 9, 2003

SOLDIER'S KIT, July 9, 2003

ww1_officer-unform_overcoat_major, October 14, 2003

ww1_officer_visor_hat, October 14, 2003

ww1_officer_coat_mark, October 14, 2003

ww1_wool_collars, October 14, 2003

ww1_wool_fold_pants, October 14, 2003

ww1_wool_group, October 14, 2003

ww1_wool_uniform, October 14, 2003

2canadians, May 2, 2014

79thNEARMALANCOURT, October 3, 2003

00000131, February 5, 2004

AIDSTATION, October 3, 2003

aidstationjuly1918, October 3, 2003

ambulancedrivers, May 7, 2014

britgroup, May 2, 2014

brits, May 2, 2014

cavalry with gas mask, May 16, 2014

church-hospital, October 3, 2003

douglas grant, April 25, 2014

drivers and dogs, May 7, 2014

enhanced-buzz-2696-1389678343-4, April 25, 2014

Ernest_Hemingway_in_Milan_1918, May 7, 2014

female drivers or vads, May 7, 2014

French Red Cross ambulance WWI, May 7, 2014

germansputonashow, May 2, 2014

harold cowan and cousin, April 25, 2014

Loewenthal, May 2, 2014

Maori, April 25, 2014

MEDCOLLECTINGSTATION, October 3, 2003

MillHillSchool, May 2, 2014

NYparade1919, February 5, 2004

NZ returning-from-leave, April 25, 2014

photo.soldierintrench.Cdn.WWI.1918, January 9, 2004

photo.WWI.Br.machinegunners.1916, January 9, 2004

photo.WWI.dead.roadway, January 9, 2004

photo.WWI.trench.water.mud, January 9, 2004

private miller mack, April 25, 2014

sams enlistment, January 9, 2004

soldieryoung, May 2, 2014

WaltDisney, May 7, 2014

william allen 11th light horse regiment, April 25, 2014

HarleySidecar-WWI, May 16, 2014

snow kitten handshake, April 25, 2014