Box 4

Scope and Contents This series contains the majority of Cohen’s papers and reflect a prolific and creative writing life, including copious notes, manuscript drafts, and revisions that trace the outlines of his creative process. This series also includes print publications of Cohen’s work, including his award-winning collection, Before Stonewall. Cohen wrote across genres and, as a true working writer, he often adapted his work into different formats and genres—novels into...

Scope and Contents Records in the Personal series reflect aspects of Cohen’s personal life. Highlights include notes to his parents, letters received and written, and several handwritten journals. Assorted Personal Ephemera includes programs from art exhibits, memo/to-do style notes/lists, a couple of photographs and a copy of Oxygen, which was signed and personalized to Cohen, but does not include his work. Correspondence includes notes to Cohen's parents, a...

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This subseries contains short fiction manuscripts, as well as an honorable mention award in a short fiction contest. Versions of some of these stories are also included in Cohen's memoir, but it is not known if names were fictionalized for any of the versions.

Additional examples of Cohen's short fiction are included in the Collections and Anthologies subseries, under Shadow: Part 1 and in the Publications subseries.

Scope and Contents These materials includes some loose journal pages found scattered throughout the collection, as well as a collection of several journals handwritten on legal pads, dating from the last few years of Cohen’s life, until just a few weeks before his death in 2023. The entries cover a range of subject matter--from Cohen's day-to-day activities to deeper reflections on his overall career and life. The journals also include bits of poems, ideas for titles, and an extensive list of "famous...

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These materials include programs from art exhibits (some with images cut out), memo/to-do style notes/lists, and a couple of photographs.

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These materials include notes to Cohen's parents, a letter from Ronald Sabaroff mentioning the gay scene in Munich in 1970, and a letter to "Joe," a possible critique partner of Cohen’s.

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The Nonfiction subseries includes materials related to Cohen's nonfiction writing, including drafts of published work, such as a manuscript draft of Working on a New Play, and unpublished work, such as a memoir in-progress(Stories for My Grandson), and a proposal for a book about Broadway lore (Broadway Legends).

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Materials in this subseries include manuscripts and promotional materials pertaining to collections and anthologies that contained Cohen's work, either self-created collections (as in Shadow: Part 1) or published anthologies to which he contributed work.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: These materials includes some loose journal pages found scattered throughout the collection, as well as a collection of several journals handwritten on legal pads, dating from the last few years of Cohen’s life, until just a few weeks before his death in 2023. The entries cover a range of subject matter--from Cohen's day-to-day activities to deeper reflections on his overall career and life. The journals also include bits of poems, ideas for titles, and an extensive list of "famous...