Patricia Highsmith Papers

Swiss Literary Archives


Finding aid established by Philippa Burton, Lucienne Schwery, Stéphanie Cudré-Mauroux, Ulrich Weber, Lukas Dettwiler


Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv
Hallwylstrasse 15
CH-3003 Bern

email address: arch.lit@nb.admin.ch

A
A Works
A-01 Prose
A-01-a Novels
A-01-b Unfinished / Unpublished Novels
A-01-c Short Stories, Articles and Essays
A-01-c-1/01-61 "Oldest Short Stories 1945-1955 c"
A-01-c-2/62-110 "Short Stories: Middle"
A-01-c-3/111-180 "Short Stories: 1972-74-78-80-81-82"
A-01-c-4/181-237 "Short Stories 1983-88/Book Reviews"
A-01-c-5/238-299 "Stories - Articles 1989"
A-01-c-6 to 10 Collections of Short Stories
A-01-c-11 to 14 Essays / Incomplete Old Stories, etc.
A-02 Poems
A-03 Theatre Plays [no Ms.]
A-04 TV and Radio Scripts
A-05 Notebooks [Cahiers]
A-06 Drawings
A-06-a Small Format Drawings and Sketchbooks
A-06-b Medium Format Drawings and Sketchbooks
A-06-c Large Format Drawings
B
B Letters
B-01 Letters from Patricia Highsmith
B-01-01 Family Correspondence
B-01-02 Personal Correspondence
B-01-03 Business Correspondence
B-01-04 Letters to Readers
B-01-05 Fan Letters (To non-writers)
B-01-06 Letters to Politicians and Newspapers
B-01-06-a Divers Subjects
B-01-06-b Israel/Palestinians
B-02 Letters to Patricia Highsmith
B-02-01 Family Correspondence
B-02-02 Personal Correspondence
B-02-03 Business Correspondence
B-02-04 Letters from Readers (sorted)
B-02-05 Letters from Readers (unsorted)
B-03 Letters between Third Persons
B-04 Thematical Correspondence
B-04-a Thematical Bundles
B-04-b Unsorted Letters
B-04-b-01 Copies of Letters
B-04-b-02 Letters in/from Scrapbooks and Diaries
B-04-c Original Correspondence Folders [empty]
B-04-d Documents from Correspondence Files
C
C Life Papers and Documents
C-01 Diaries
C-02 Personal Papers
C-02-a Birth certificate, Passports, Death report etc.
C-02-b Private Small Format Booklets (Address Booklets, Small Notebooks)
C-02-c Social Security (Health and Medical Documents)
C-02-d Death (Exit, Last Will etc.)
C-02-e American Citizenship
C-02-f Cats
C-02-g Divers Personal Documents (Horoscope, CV)
C-02-h Calendars with Notes
C-03 Genealogical and Family Documents
C-03-a Stewart Family
C-03-b Coates and Coats
C-03-c Coates Donations
C-04 House and Business Documents
C-04-a Business Small Format Booklets (Income and Address)
C-04-b House Documents
C-04-b-01 Visitors' Book -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1977/1991
C-04-b-02 Documents re: Aurigeno House -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1980/1995
C-04-b-03 Documents re: Tegna House -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1977/1995, n.d.
C-04-b-04 Writing Utensils, TV, Media -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1985/1995, n.d.
C-04-c Memberships
C-04-d Editors
C-04-e Taxes
C-05 Photos
C-05-a Photo Albums
C-05-a-01 Brown Album
C-05-a-02 Red Album (horizontal)
C-05-a-03 Black Album (gold tooling)
C-05-a-04 Red Album (upright)
C-05-a-05 Black Album (photographs)
C-05-a-06 Black Album (memory book)
C-05-b Private Shots
C-05-c Professional Shots (Portraits etc.)
C-05-d Photos Coates Donation
C-06 Awards and Diplomas
C-07 Memorabilia
C-08 Notes by Patricia Highsmith (and others)
C-08-a Divers Notes
C-08-b Notes removed from PH's Books
D
D Collections
D-01 Personal Library
D-02 Collection of Highsmith Editions
D-03 Scrapbooks
D-04 Press Cuttings and Newspaper/Magazine Copies re: Life and Work of PH
D-04-a Articles and Stories by PH
D-04-b Portraits of PH and Interviews
D-04-c Reviews of Novels
D-04-d Obituaries
D-05 Press cuttings re: diverse topics
D-05-a Alphabethical Documentation
D-05-b Newspaper Cuttings re: Israel – Palestinians
D-05-c Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes Documentation
D-05-d Animal Rights
D-05-e Blacks
D-05-f Divers
D-05-g The Pits
D-06 Video Tapes
D-06-a Film Versions and Videos relating to PH
D-06-b Patricia Highsmith's Video Collection
D-06-c Additional Videos on PH and her Oeuvre
D-07 Audio tapes and records
D-07-a Spoken Letters / Interviews / Reviews / Reportages
D-07-b Recordings of Literature / Music / Guides
D-07-c Highsmith Audio Books
D-07-d Long Play Records (LPs)
D-08 Orignal Ts./MS. Boxes and Folders
D-09 Film Scripts by other Authors, based on PH Novels
D-10 Maps
D-11 Studies of PH's Work (Manuscripts)
D-12 Manuscripts by Others
D-13 Artwork in Possession of PH
D-14 Postcard Collection
E
E Supplementations
E-01 Copies of Manuscripts and Documents [Large format boxes]


C-01

Diaries

Cote Title / Description Dates Further Info / Remarks
C-01/01 Diary 1   1940-12-31/1941-12-31
 English, French
C-01/02 Diary 2   1942-01-01/1942-08-07
 English, Spanish, German
C-01/03 Diary 3   1942-08-08/1943-01-11
 English, French, German
C-01/04 Diary 4   1943-03-30/1943-09-26
 French, German
C-01/05 Diary 5   1943-09-26/1943-12-14
 German
C-01/06 Diary 6   1944-11-14/1946-01-23
 300 p. / German
C-01/07 Diary 7   1946-02-03/1947-05-06
 300 pp. / German, English
C-01/08 Diary 8   1947-05-07/1948-03-17
 c 240 pp. / English, German
C-01/09 Diary 9   1948-03-26/1949-10-30
 c 120 pp. / German, English
C-01/10 Diary 10   1949-01-01/1951-01-28
 c 200 pp. / English, French
C-01/11 Diary 11   1951-02-22/1952-11-21
 c 230 pp. / English, German, French
C-01/12 Diary 12   1952-11-22/1954-02-09
 c 120 pp. / English, Italian
C-01/13 Diary 13   1961-07-07/1961-07-10
1962-09-03/1963-02-06
 c 120 pp. / English
C-01/14 Diary 14   1962-05-15/1962-07-20
1963
 c 75 pp. / English
some notes til 1963
C-01/15 Diary 15   1963-03-01/1964-09-10
1967-12-14/1968-09-06
 c 270 pp. / English
C-01/16 Diary 16   1969-0127/1971-04-18
 c 100 pp.(incl. many drawings) / English
C-01/17 Diary 17   1981-01-04/1981-01-28
1987-01-16/1992-09-04
 c 220 pp. (incl. many drawings) / English
C-01/18 Diary 18   1984-10-05/1984-10-09
 c 10 pp. / English