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- "Alfred Chester's papers, 1950-1966, consist of holograph manuscripts, a bound galley proof, holograph and typewritten correspondence, telegrams, a review clipping, and printed materials. The collection includes manuscripts of three unpublished and eight published short stories, collected in Behold Goliath and Here Be Dragons, and provides documentation of Chester's literary relationships and struggles with the publishing industry in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Chester's early work, his personal life and accomplishments in the area of literary criticism are unrepresented. Correspondents include: Andreas Brown, Marguerite Caetani, Christopher Isherwood, Alfred Kazin, Carson McCullers, Norman Mailer, William Maxwell, Ezra Pound, Lionel Trilling, Eugene Walter, and Thornton Wilder."