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The Jerome Perzigian Collection of Philip Roth is a generous gift of the University of Chicago Library Society.
| Title: | Perzigian, Jerome. Collection of Philip Roth |
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| Dates: | 1958-1987 |
| Size: | 6 linear feet (6 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Jerome "Jerry" Perzigian received a bachelor's degree from University of Chicago in 1972, and went on to a career as a television screenwriter and producer. This collection consists of Jerome Perzigian's collection of manuscripts, correspondence, periodicals, clippings, and other material related to the work of the celebrated writer Philip Roth. |
Open for research. No restrictions
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Perzigian, Jerome. Collection of Philip Roth, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Jerome "Jerry" Perzigian received a bachelor's degree from University of Chicago in 1972, and went on to a career as a television screenwriter and producer. His producing and writing credits include The Jeffersons, The Golden Girls, Frasier, and The Nanny.
Philip Roth is a celebrated American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as multiple National Book Awards and PEN/Faulkner Awards. He pursued graduate studies at University of Chicago, receiving a master's degree in English in 1955.
This collection consists of Jerome Perzigian's collection of manuscripts, correspondence, periodicals, clippings, and other material related to the work of Philip Roth. Material in the collection is organized according to the titles of Roth's works.
Perzigian's collection of Roth's books is now part of the rare books collections of the Special Collections Research Center.
Bellow, Saul. Papers
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Editorial correspondence, 1974-1975 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Interview with Ian Hamilton, typescript with Roth's corrections, 1984 |
| Box 1 Folder 2-7 | Copies of scripts and screenplays
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| Box 2 Folder 1 | The Counterlife, copy of typescript, 1987 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | American Pastoral, copy of typescript of final draft, 1996 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | I Married a Communist, proofs, 1998 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Sabbath’s Theater, copy of final manuscript, 1994 |
| Box 3 Folder 2-4 | Sabbath’s Theater, copies of typescripts 1-3, 1994 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories, galley proofs, 1959 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | The Anatomy Lesson, copy of galley proofs, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Operation Shylock, copy of corrected galley proofs, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 1-2 | The Great American Novel, clippings, book jacket and photocopy of excerpt, 1973 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | When She Was Good, clippings, 1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Unlikely Heroes, clippings, 1971 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Reviews and clippings, 1970s |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Bluestein, Gene, "Portnoy’s Complaint, The Jew as American," offprint, 1976 |
| Box 5 Folder 7-9 | Esquire magazine issues with Roth stories
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| Box 5 Folder 11 | Interviews and articles, clippings, 1960s-1970s |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Our Gang: clippings, 1970s |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | The Professor of Desire, clippings, 1973 |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Clippings and cartoons, 1970s |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | The Breast, clippings, 1972 |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | Operation Shylock, clippings, 1993 |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | Portnoy’s Complaint, clippings, 1968-1969 |
| Box 6 | The Anatomy Lesson, galley proofs, 1983 |