Correspondence (New Directions Pub. Corp.), 1988-2000, 2002-2003

Consists chiefly of correspondence between Bonnie S. McDougall and staff members of New Directions Publishing Corporation regarding the publication of The August Sleepwalker (1990), Waves (1990), Old Snow (1991), and Brocade Valley (1992). Also includes royalty statements, contracts, clippings and invoices, etc. Arranged as received.

• Items 1-20:

－Memorandum of agreement between Zhao Zhenkai (Bei Dao) and Anvil Press Poetry Ltd on The August Sleepwalker. 1988-05-09. 3 sheets ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (photocopy), signed (2 copies). Both copies signed by Peter Jay only (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Memorandum of agreement between Bonnie S. McDougall and Anvil Press Poetry Ltd on The August Sleepwalker. 1988-05-09. 3 sheets ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (photocopy), signed. Signed by Bonnie S. McDougall and Peter Jay (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1989-06-27. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2). Accompanied with photocopies of:
　1) Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bei Dao, dated April 25, 1989. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)
　2) Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bei Dao, dated June 27, 1989. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1989-06-27. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Draft memorandum of agreement made July 00, 1989 between Anvil Press Poetry Ltd … and New Directions Publishing Corporation …. 1989-07. 3 sheets ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peter Glassgold to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1989-08-31. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall and Bei Dao. 1989-09-13. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peter Glassgold to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1989-09-18. 1 aerogramme ; 27 x 19 cm folded to 9 x 19 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Fax from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1989-10-26. 1 sheet ; 27 x 21 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten address and phone number(Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1989-10-26. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten additions (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Fax from Bonnie S. McDougall to Peter Glassgold. 1989-11-07. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Printout, signed. Accompanied by: Fax transmission report. 1 sheet ; 10 x 21 cm. In Norwegian, dated November 7, 1989 (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Standard passion . 1989-12-29. 1 sheet (incomplete) ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). "TLS Dec 29 - Jan 4 1990 : 1440" (Note 2)

－Introductory materials for The August Sleepwalker. 1989? 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten corrections (Note 2)

－Letter from Peter Glassgold to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-01-19. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bei Dao and Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-01-30. 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten additions (Note 1) (Note 2)

－The August Sleepwalker (Galley proof). 1990-02-02. 22 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). Include pages with corrections. With handwritten message from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall on the cover sheet (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-02-22. 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-03-22. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten postscript (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Laurie Callahan to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-03-23. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Book review on Waves. 1990-03-23. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). Publishers weekly, March 23, 1990 (Note 2)

• Items 21-40:

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Peter Jay. 1990-03-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (photocopy). Accompanied: Draft memorandum of agreement between Anvil Poetry Ltd and New Directions Publishing Corporation. 3 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten additions (Note 1) (Note 2)

－The harmony and depth of poetry in fiction. By Sheery Wright. 1 sheet ; 22 x 36 cm (photocopy). Manhattan mercury, April 8, 1990. Book review on Waves (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Book review on The August Sleepwalker. 1990-05-15. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm (photocopy). By Kitty Chen Dean. Library journal, May 15, 1990 (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-06-06. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Messages from a misty poet. 1990-08-01. 1 sheet : portrait ; 36 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Nate Johnson. "Seattle Weekly, 8-1-90." Book review on "Waves" and "The August Sleepwalker" (Note 2)

－Memorandum of agreement between Bonnie S. McDougall and New Directions Publishing Corporation. 1990-08-06. 1 folded sheet ([4] pages) ; 28 x 22 cm. Signed standard contract form with typed amendments and additional terms. "On an English translation of 'Love in The Beautiful Valley' by Wang Anyi" (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-08-06. 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten correction (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-08-08. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－On the outs in Beijing (photocopy). 1990-08-12. 1 sheet (page 6) ; 36 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Jonathan D. Spence. New York times book review, August 12, 1900. Book review on "Waves" and "The August Sleepwalker". Accompanied by photocopy of the frontpage of New York times book review, August 12, 1990 (Note 2)

－On the outs in Beijing. 1990-08-12. 1 sheet (page 6) ; 36 x 28 cm. By Jonathan D. Spence. "NY Times Bk. Review 8-12-90." Book review on "Waves" and "The August Sleepwalker" (Note 2)

－And bear in mind (editor's choices of other books of particular interest). 1990-08-19. 1 sheet ; 11 x 10 cm. "N.Y. Times Bk. Review 8-19-90." Includes brief description of The August Sleepwalker (Note 2)

－Fax from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-09-04. 1 sheet ; 29 x 21 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-09-07. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-10-24. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed. Message typed at the lower portion of a photocopy of a letter from Peggy L. Fox to Jacqueline Korn, dated October 4, 1990 (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall (photocopy). 1990-10-24. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (photocopy). Message typed the lower portion of a photocopy of a letter from Peggy L. Fox to Jacqueline Korn, dated October 4, 1990 (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1990-11-01. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－New Directions books. 1990. 14 unnumbered pages ; 10 x 22 cm. "Spring 1990." Publisher catalog (Note 2)

－Book review on The August Sleepwalker. 1990. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Peter J. Ulisse. "The small pond magazine, fall 1990" (Note 2)

－Book review on The August Sleepwalker and Waves. 1990. 1 sheet (page 37) ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). "Translation review 1990-1991" (Note 2)

－Book review on The August Sleepwalker and Waves. 1990. 1 sheet (page 37) ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). "Translation review 1990-1991" (Note 2)

• Items 41-60:

－Book cover of The August Sleepwalker. 1990? 1 picture : color ; 13 x 10 cm (Note 2)

－The Brocade Valley's romance (a synopsis). 1990? 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

－Book cover of Waves. 1990? 1 picture : color ; 13 x 9 cm (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-02-08. 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-02-14. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-02? 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-03-22. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed. Accompanied by photocopy of newspaper clipping: Love, the starry-eyed kind , casts spell on China / by Nicholas D. Kristof. 1 sheet : illustration ; 22 x 26 cm (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie McDougall. 1991-04-30. 1 sheet ; 9 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Book review on Waves. 1991-04. 2 sheets (pages 22-23) ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). "En Christo April 1991" (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-06-20. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten correction. Accompanied by photocopies of:
　1) Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Peter Jay, dated June 20, 1991. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (Note 2)
　2) Variant lines or still unresolved questions. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (Note 2)
　3) Front matters of Old snow. 5 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript (Note 2)
　4) Preface to Old snow by Bonnie S. McDougall, dated June 1991. 3 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. With handwritten corrections (Note 2)

－Book review on The August Sleepwalker. 1991-06. 2 sheets (pages 27-28) ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Kandice Hauf. Harvard book review, June 1991 (Note 2)

－Letter from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-08-28. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Fax from Peggy L. Fox to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991-11-25. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten corrections (Note 2)

－Letter from Margaret Gall to Peggy L. Fox. 1991-11-28. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Printout. With handwritten note by Bonnie S. McDougall, dated December 1, 1991 (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1991? 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

－Fax from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-03-31. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten notes by the recipient (Note 2)

－Express delivery receipt. 1992-04-02. 1 sheet ; 11 x 25 cm. Holograph, signed (carbon copy) (Note 2)

－Express delivery receipt (Photocopy). 1992-04-02. 1 sheet ; 22 x 28 cm. Holograph, signed (photocopy). With handwritten message addressed to Bonnie McDougall (Note 2)

－Passion, politics and secret rituals . 1992-04-19. 1 sheet (page 10) : illustrations ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Carol Muske. Book review on New and Collected Poems (by Grace Poley), Old Snow (by Bei Dao) and Sub rosa (by Susan Propere). New York times book review, April 19, 1992 (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-04-28. 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

• Items 61-80:

－Fax from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-05-04. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Letter from Bonnie S. McDougall to Barbara Epler. 1992-05-04. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (Note 2)

－Fax from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-07-01. 3 sheets ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Letter from Bonnie S. McDougall to Barbara Epler. 1992-07-13. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (Note 2)

－Letter from Tony Barnstone to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-07-24. 2 sheets ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-07-27. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Fax from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-07-27. 1 sheet ; 29 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten note by the recipient (Note 2)

－Fax from Bonnie S. McDougall to Barbara Epler. 1992-08-01. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

－Letter from Bonnie S. McDougall to Tony Barnstone. 1992-08-28. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Typescript (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Book review on Brocade Valley. 1992-09-28. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). Publishers weekly, September 28, 1992 (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1992-10-26. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Book review on Brocade Valley. 1992-11-01. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Donna Seaman. "11-1-92 Booklist--Uncorrected proof" (Note 2)

－International books of the year. 1992-12-04. 1 sheet ; 21 x 30 cm (photocopy). Originally appeared on the December 4, 1992 issue of The Times literary supplement. Includes a section by Michael Hofmann on Bei Dao's Old Snow (Note 2)

－Book review on Old snow. 1992-12-04. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Michael Hofmann. Clipping supplied by Durrant's and reproduced from The Times literary supplement, December 4, 1992. Accompanied with a compliment slip from Alison Smith of Anvil Press Poetry (Note 2)

－Book cover of Old snow . 1992? 1 picture : color ; 13 x 9 cm (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1993-02-23. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten corrections (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Bonnie S. McDougall to Barbara Epler. 1993-03-23. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Printout (Note 2)

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1993-04-07. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed. With handwritten corrections (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1992. 1993-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Letter from Bonnie S. McDougall to Barbara Epler. 1993-06-28. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Printout (Note 1) (Note 2)

• Items 81-97:

－Letter from Barbara Epler to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1993-07-20. 1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2). Accompanied by 1 check from New Directions Publishing Corporation (check detached and only the statement portion (10 x 22 cm) remains) (Note 1) and photocopies of book reviews on Brocade Valley:
　1) Novel sighs, gazes, longs and lingers / by Betty Neff (1 sheet ; 36 x 22 cm. The Huntsville Times, June 6, 1993, Page H5) (3 copies) (Note 2)
　2) A Chinese love story / by Nicole Ng (1 sheet ; 21 x 30 cm. Sojourner: the women's forum, February 1993) (3 copies) (Note 2)
　3) Short note on Feminist bookstore news, volume 15 number 4 (November-December 1992). 1 sheet (page 103) ; 28 x 22 cm (3 copies) (Note 2)
　4) Review by Donna Seaman. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. "11-1-92- booklist--uncorrected proof" (Note 2)
　5) Short note on The Stake, number 3 (spring 1993). 1 sheet (page 61) ; 28 x 22 cm (Note 2)
　6) Short note on Publishers weekly, September 28, 1982. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (Note 2)
　7) Short note on Kirkus reviews, October 1, 1992. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (Note 2)
　8) Short note on Translation review 1993. 1 sheet (page 63) ; 28 x 22 cm (Note 2)

－Letter from Bonnie S. McDougall to Barbara Epler. 1993-08-16. 1 sheet ; 30 x 21 cm. Printout (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Book review on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley. 1993. 1 sheet ; 35 x 9 cm. By Frances LaFleur. Detached from World literature today, summer 1993, and attached to a note card of World Literature Today (Note 2)

－Book review on Old Snow. 1993. 3 sheets (pages 19-21) ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Lloyd Foster. "En Christo, vol 5, #2, summer 1993" (Note 2)

－Book review on Old snow. 1993. 2 sheets (pages 38-39) ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Kristin Aronson. "The Small pond magazine, winter 1993" (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1993. 1994-04-29. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1994. 1995-04-28. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1995. 1996-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－News from New Directions to authors and other recipients of royalties. 1996? 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (photocopy) (Note 2)

－Letter from Declan Spring to royalty recipient. 1997-01-16. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Printout, signed (photocopy) (Note 2)

－Letter from Declan Spring to Bonnie S. McDougall. 1997-02-05. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1996. 1997-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1997. 1998-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1998. 1999-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 1999. 2000-04-28. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 2001. 2002-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)

－Royalty statement for 2002. 2003-04-30. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm. Typescript. Pay to Bonnie S. McDougall from New Directions Publishing Corporation on Wang Anyi's Brocade Valley (Note 1) (Note 2)