ELLROY MAKES ANOTHER DEPOSIT (11/14/02)
University of South Carolina Ellroy Archive Keepsake
BACKGROUND: In 1999, James Ellroy donated a wealth of materials to the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina. The Cooper Library also contains significant holdings related to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Joseph Heller.
The Ellroy donation includes outlines, "distinctive two-color longhand manuscript drafts" for Ellroy's novels and memoir, as well as "typescripts, proofs and related correspondence."
To mark the occasion of the library's acquisition, a special bi-fold keepsake was created. The cover is emblazoned with the symbol of the University of South Carolina. The centerspread consists of facsimiles of handwritten drafts of the first and last pages of the novel "L.A. Confidential."
The back of the folder briefly outlines the donation of the Ellroy archives. One hundred numbered copies of the keepsake were printed. They were distributed at a celebratory luncheon held at the Pacific Dining Car, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999.
The keepsake was prepared by Patrick Scott, Ph.D., Associate University Librarian, Special Collections, at the Thomas Cooper Library.
