This collection contains manuscript materials from Melinda M. Snodgrass, including typescript, story outline, and notes for the Wild Cards novel Three Kings (co-written and edited by Snodgrass).

1-2/1: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 8, [Saturday, March 7th], 2019

1-2/2: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 9, [Sunday, March 8th], 2019

1-2/3: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 10, [Monday, March 9th], 2019

1-2/4: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 11, [Tuesday, March 10th], 2019

1-2/5: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 12, [Wednesday, March 11th], 2019

1-2/6: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 13, [Thursday, March 12th], 2019

1-2/7: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 14, [Friday, March 13th], 2019

1-2/8: Three Kings [Wild Cards] (novel, 2020), typescript with handwritten notes, folder 15, [Saturday, March 14th], 2019

6/1: The Braided World (2003), typescript third draft with handwritten edits, pages 139 - 278, April 2002

6/2: The Braided World (2003), typescript third draft with handwritten edits, pages 279 - 376, April 2002

6/3: The Braided World (2003), typescript fourth draft with editorial comments and edits, cover page - page 135, May 2002

6/4: The Braided World (2003), typescript fourth draft with editorial comments and edits, pages 136 - 264, May 2002

6/5: The Braided World (2003), typescript fourth draft with editorial comments and edits, pages 265 - 361, May 2002

6/6: The Braided World (2003), typescript drafts of chapter 1, with handwritten edits, April 25 and May 1, 2002

6/7: The Braided World (2003), typescript draft with final production edits, pages 1 - 189, 2003, and cover letter, April 2004

6/8: The Braided World (2003), typescript draft with final production edits, pages 190 - 369, 2003

6/9: The Braided World (2003), cover flat, 2003

6/10: The Braided World (2003), correspondence, 2001 - 2002, 2020

6/11: The Braided World (2003), published pages i - v and xiii, with handwritten edits, 2003?

6/12: The Braided World (2003), style sheet for a copy editor, 2003?

The Good Life (November 2007), containing article on Kenyon

This subseries consists of additional manuscript materials donated by Kenyon in March 2021.

1-1/1: A Thousand Perfect Things (2013), planning notebook, 2010

1-1/2: A Thousand Perfect Things (2013), typescript alternate opening pages, undated

1-1/3: A Thousand Perfect Things (2013), notes and documentation, 2010-2011, undated

1-1/4: A Thousand Perfect Things (2013), transcript of Twitter chat w/Kenyon and Bryan Thomas Schmidt, August 2013

1-1/5: Queen of the Deep (originally titled The Voyage of Grand Design, 2015), planning notebook, 2005, 2008

1-1/6: Queen of the Deep (originally titled The Voyage of Grand Design, 2015), typescript draft with handwritten edits, title page - page 156, July 2007

1-1/7: Queen of the Deep (originally titled The Voyage of Grand Design, 2015), typescript draft with handwritten edits, page 157 - 315, July 2007

1-1/8: Queen of the Deep (originally titled The Voyage of Grand Design, 2015), typescript draft with handwritten edits, page 316 - 481, July 2007

1-1/9: Queen of the Deep (originally titled The Voyage of Grand Design, 2015), typescript 'old version', title page - page 172, 2008

1-1/10: Queen of the Deep (originally titled The Voyage of Grand Design, 2015), typescript 'old version', page 173 - 320, 2008

1-1/1: "Last Drink Bird Head" (2009), typescript draft, undated; and partial typescript draft of version under alternate title "Revenge of Bird Head", undated

1-1/2: "Of Blood and Honey" (early version of novel), story from The Edge of Propinquity website, July 2006

1-1/3: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft of opening pages, undated

1-1/4: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft, pages 1 - 104, undated

1-1/5: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft, pages 105 - 203, undated

1-1/6: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft, pages 204 - 307, undated

1-1/7: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft, pages 308 - 405, undated

1-1/8: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft, pages 406 - 511, undated

1-1/9: Of Blood and Honey (2011), typescript draft, pages 512 - 598, undated

1-1/10: Of Blood and Honey (2011), partial typescript draft of chapter 1 with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/11: Of Blood and Honey (2011), editor's notes and criticism, 2010?

1-1/12: Cold Iron (2015), typescript draft [under old title Changeling] of chapter 5, undated

1-1/13: Cold Iron (2015), typescript drafts [under old title Changeling] of chapter 1, with ArmadilloCon Writers Workshop critiques, 2006

1-1/14: Cold Iron (2015), typescript draft pages for chapter 3, July 2014

1-1/15: Cold Iron (2015), typescript draft pages, July 2014

1-1/16: Cold Iron (2015), typescript page with handwritten notes, and map of Acrasia, June 2014

1-1/17: Cold Iron (2015), notes on military information, July 2014

1-1/18: Blackthorne (2017), notes on notecards, undated

1-2/1: Blackthorne (2017), notebook for organizing dates in early version of novel, undated

1-2/2: Blackthorne (2017), typescript draft of chapter 4, undated

1-2/3: "A Siren's Call is a Song of Pain" (2018, published as "A Siren Call is a Song of Sorrow"), typescript draft, undated

1-2/4: "Forgiveness is Warm like a Tear on the Cheek" (2020), typescript draft [under old title "Glass Coffin"], typescript draft, undated

1-2/5: "Forgiveness is Warm like a Tear on the Cheek" (2020), partial typescript draft, undated

1-2/6: "Forgiveness is Warm like a Tear on the Cheek" (2020), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, undated

1-2/7: "Forgiveness is Warm like a Tear on the Cheek" (2020), typescript draft, undated

1-2/8: "Forgiveness is Warm like a Tear on the Cheek" (2020), typescript final draft, undated

1-2/9: Persephone Station (2021), novel's time sequence/chapter breakdown, style sheet, and handwritten notes, undated

1-2/10: Atomic Betty rescue game (undated), typescript script with notes, 2005

1-2/11: "Cold Iron" (unpublished), typescript draft of story, 2005

1-2/12: "Diplomatic Mission" (unpublished), typescript rough draft, undated

1-2/13: "Exercising demons" (unpublished), reading script with handwritten edits, undated; and pages from Leicht's first website, April 2002

1-2/14: Exile (unpublished, early version of Blackthorne), typescript draft, pages 1 - 111, 2004

1-2/15: Exile (unpublished, early version of Blackthorne), typescript draft, pages 112 - 208, 2004

1-2/16: Exile (unpublished, early version of Blackthorne), typescript draft, pages 209 - 311, 2004

1-2/17: Exile (unpublished, early version of Blackthorne), typescript draft, pages 312 - 418, 2004

1-2/18: Exile (unpublished, early version of Blackthorne), typescript draft, pages 419 - 513, 2004

1-2/19: Exile (unpublished, early version of Blackthorne), typescript draft, pages 514 - 595, 2004

1-2/20: "Faery Story" (unpublished, early version of Cold Iron), typescript draft, undated

1-2/21: "Faery Tale" (unpublished, early version of Cold Iron), typescript draft [4800 words], undated

4-5/1: "Here and There" (Neil Barrett, Jr., 2012), typescript, 2012?

4-5/2: Interviews , advertisements, and publicity materials, 2007, 2010 - 2011, 2021, undated

4-5/3: Leicht's "Career Goals", 2012?

4-5/4: Locus Magazine #636, w/interview with Leicht, January 2014

4-5/5: Photograph of Leicht, 2010

4-5/6: Playbill for "A Matter of Gravity" [Downtown Music Hall, Houston, TX, February 1971]

4-5/7: Research materials/background materials, 1997, 2004 - 2006, undated

4-5/8: School and other childhood materials, 1964, 1968 - 1980, undated

4-5/9: Signed name card from unidentified con, undated

4-5/10: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Liseaux (ICS Publications, 1976), given to Leicht and inscribed by her mother, January 1983

4-5/11: Various images, undated

4-5/12: Writing Calendar, August - October 2005

4-5/13: Writing exercises and related materials, 2004, 2008, 2021, undated

1-4/1: City on Fire (1997), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 561 - 673, 1996

1-4/2: City on Fire (1997), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 674 - 766, 1996

1-4/3: "The Bad Twin" (1998), typescript early draft

1-4/4: "The Bad Twin" (1998), typescript draft, with handwritten notes and map, undated

1-4/5: Destiny's Way (2002), typescript draft with handwritten edits [under original title Destiny's Road], cover page - page 131, 2002?

1-4/6: Destiny's Way (2002), typescript draft with handwritten edits [under original title Destiny's Road], pages 132 - 246, 2002?

1-4/7: Destiny's Way (2002), typescript draft with handwritten edits [under original title Destiny's Road], pages 247 - 397, 2002?

1-4/8: Destiny's Way (2002), typescript draft with handwritten edits [under original title Destiny's Road], pages 398 - 518, 2002?

1-4/9: The Praxis (2002), typescript draft, cover page - page 116, with handwritten maps and miscellaneous material, 2002?

1-4/10: The Praxis (2002), typescript draft, pages 118 - 255, 2002?

1-4/11: The Praxis (2002), typescript draft, pages 256 - 367, 2002?

1-4/12: The Praxis (2002), typescript draft, pages 368 - 474, 2002?

1-4/13: The Praxis (2002), setting copy, front matter - page 168, 2002; with publisher's letter, November 2003

1-4/14: The Praxis (2002), setting copy, pages 169 - 276, 2002

1-4/15: The Praxis (2002), setting copy, pages 277 - 388, 2002

1-4/16: The Praxis (2002), setting copy, pages 389 - 475, 2002

1-4/17: The Sundering (2003), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, front matter - page 143, 2003; with cover letter, October 2004

1-4/18: The Sundering (2003), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 144 - 288, 2003

1-4/19: The Sundering (2003), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 289 - 381, 2003

1-4/20: The Sundering (2003), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 382 - 492, 2003

1-4/21: Conventions of War (2005), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, front matter - page 164, undated; with publisher's letter, July 2006

1-4/22: Conventions of War (2005), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 165 - 331, undated

1-4/23: Conventions of War (2005), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 332 - 496, undated

1-4/24: Conventions of War (2005), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 497 - 628, undated

1-4/25: Conventions of War (2005), typescript original with handwritten copyedits, pages 629 - 721, undated

1-4/26: The Fourth Wall (2012), typescript draft [under original title Mister Baby Head], cover page - page 118, undated

2-1/1: Facets (collection, 1990), typescript assembled from various sources, title page - page 58, 1989?

2-1/2: Facets (collection, 1990), typescript assembled from various sources, pages 59 - 122, 1989?

2-1/3: Facets (collection, 1990), typescript assembled from various sources, pages 123 - 158, 1989?

2-1/4: Facets (collection, 1990), typescript assembled from various sources, pages 159 - 206, 1989?

2-1/5: Facets (collection, 1990), typescript assembled from various sources, pages 207 - 267, 1989?

2-1/6: "Elegy for Angels and Dogs" (novella, 1990), typescript with copyedits, pages 1(69) - 56(119), 1990?

2-1/7: "Elegy for Angels and Dogs" (novella, 1990), typescript with copyedits, pages 57(120) - 112(175), 1990?

2-1/8: "Elegy for Angels and Dogs" (novella, 1990), typescript with copyedits, pages 113(176) - 179(243), 1990?

2-1/9: "Elegy for Angels and Dogs" (novella, 1990), proofs from Tor Double Elegy for Angels and Dogs/The Graveyard Heart (1990), pages 66 - 114, March 1990

2-1/10: "Elegy for Angels and Dogs" (novella, 1990), proofs from Tor Double Elegy for Angels and Dogs/The Graveyard Heart (1990), pages 115 - 187, March 1990

2-1/11: Metropolitan (1995), typescript with handwritten edits, title page - page 86, undated

2-1/12: Metropolitan (1995), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 88 - 147, undated

2-1/13: Metropolitan (1995), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 148 - 241, undated

2-1/14: Metropolitan (1995), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 242 - 312, undated

2-1/15: Metropolitan (1995), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 313 - 389, undated

1/1: The Crown of Druthal [unpublished Maradaine novel], typescript draft chapters with handwritten edits, and reader comments. February 2005

1/2: "Jump the Black" (2013), typescript draft with suggested track changes, 2012

1/3: "Jump the Black" (2013), typescript draft with suggested track changes, 2012

1/4: "Jump the Black" (2013), typescript draft with handwritten comments, and email containing reviewer comments, November 2012

1/5: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft, with handwritten reader comments, cover page - page 113, with query letter, synopsis, and critique questionnaire, 2014?

1/6: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, pages 114 - 260 and end pages, 2014?

1/7: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript partial draft, pages 87 - 166, undated

1/8: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript partial draft with handwritten comments, pages 167 - 260 and supplementary material, undated

1/9: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten suggestions, pages 1- 138, undated

1/10: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten suggestions, pages 139 - 260, undated

1/11: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, cover page - page 148, 2014?

1/12: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, pages 149 - 260, with end pages and synopsis, 2014?

1/13: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten comments, chapters 1 - 11, 2014?

1/14: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten comments, chapters 12 - 28, 2014?

1/15: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript partial draft with handwritten edits, undated

1/16: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), partial proofs, cover page - page 179, 2014

1/17: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, cover page - page 133, with handwritten comments, undated

1/18: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, pages 134 - 216, with handwritten comments, undated

1/19: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, cover page -page 100, undated

1/20: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, pages 101 - 216, with handwritten comments, undated

1/21: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial page proofs with handwritten edits, 2015

1/22: A Murder of Mages (2015), page proofs, 2015

1/23: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016, under old title The Elements of Aventil), typescript draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 167, undated

1/24: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016, under old title The Elements of Aventil), typescript draft with handwritten edits, page 168 - 390, and extra page 197, undated

1/25: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016), proofs with handwritten edits, cover - page 199, October 2015

1/26: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016), proofs with handwritten edits, page 200 - 389, October 2015

1/27: The Imposters of Aventil (2017), typescript partial draft with handwritten edits, and ploy synopsis, 2015

1/28: The Imposters of Aventil (2017), typescript pages with handwritten edits, pages 4 - 29, undated

1/29: The Imposters of Aventil (2017), proof pages, July 2017

1/30: The Holver Alley Crew (2017, under old title The Holver Alley Crew: The Fire Gig), typescript partial second draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 64, undated

1/31: The Holver Alley Crew (2017), typescript [lacking pages 1 - 64], undated

1/32: The Holver Alley Crew (2017), partial page proofs, 2016

1/33: The Way of the Shield (2018), typescript draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 197, undated

1/34: *The Way of the Shield (2018), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 198 - 340, undated

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

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

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

Book of Home Nursing.sxw, January 26, 2008

Frozen desserts, 1919 (Microsoft Word file), July 25, 2003

Housewifery, 1919 (Microsoft Word file), October 9, 2004

Notes--1919 underclothes (Microsoft Word file), October 2, 2004

Notes--Recipes and such (Microsoft Word file), September 19, 2003

Notes--stain removal (Microsoft Word file), September 19, 2003

straight razor (text file), September 11, 2003

fluepidemic (text file), November 18, 2003

fluinfrance (text file), November 18, 2003

Killer Virus (WP article) (Microsoft Word file), June 18, 2003

lynch flu article (text file), November 16, 2003

Bibliography, December 29, 2003

Bibliography Take Two, June 12, 2003

more bibliography (Penn), September 9, 2003

Sources, useful and otherwise, February 28, 2003

1919 partial (RTF file), July 19, 2005

1919 submission (Microsoft Word file), May 21, 2005

Rosalind and Matthew's wedding, April 4, 2005

1 Draft 4-17-05 (Microsoft Word file), April 17, 2005

2 Draft 4-19-05 (Microsoft Word file), April 19, 2005

1920 one and two draft (RTF file), April 21, 2005

4-4-05 Olivia's future knowledge, April 4, 2005

1920 discards, May 15, 2005

1920 Synopsis 4-2-05, April 2, 2005

George betrays an interest, February 22, 2005

Things George can't do, April 4, 2005