Jul 1st, 2007 · Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Philadelphia announced it had recovered the original manuscript of Peal S. Buck's award-winning novel, The Good Earth. The document had been missing since the mid-1960s. Donna Rhodes, who curates the Pearl S. Buck International Collection and was involved in authenticating the manuscript, talks with Debbie Elliott.
Jun 20th, 2007 · An auction house in New York is set to take bids on two collections of previously unknown letters from author John Steinbeck. Catherine Williamson, director of fine books and manuscripts at Bonhams, talks with Renee Montagne.
Jun 5th, 2007 · An extraordinary collection of historical letters has been found in a filing cabinet tucked away in a Swiss laundry room. Thomas Venning, director of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's of London, talks about the collection of almost 1,000 documents, including a love letter written by Napoleon.
Feb 25th, 2007 · This past week, two literary revisions came to light. In penning his parting speech to the Continental Army, George Washington originally described it as his "final farewell," but later crossed out the word "final." And a new annotated version of The Cat in the Hat shows how Dr. Seuss revised his children's classic as he worked. Willard Spiegelman, an English professor at Southern Methodist University, explains how redacted manuscripts help literary critics understand texts.
Jan 1st, 2007 · Tens of thousands of manuscripts dating back to 13th century west Africa have been found in Timbuktu, Mali. Michael Gomez talks about efforts to gather and preserve the artifacts.
Nov 10th, 2006 · Many of famed writer Truman Capote's possessions were auctioned off in New York city on Thursday. Among the artifacts was a never-before-published manuscript that Capote wrote the day before he died, which appears in the November issue of Vanity Fair. Jon Kalish reports on some of the other pieces of Capote memorabilia that were up for grabs.
Oct 5th, 2006 · Author David Reynolds talks about the manuscript written by former slave, Harriet Jacobs. Also, Mende Nazer tells her personal story of slavery. As a child, she was abducted from her village in Sudan.
Aug 1st, 2006 · The national library of Lebanon had been struggling for years to preserve and exhibit its collection of rare manuscripts, some of which date back to the 15th century. An Israeli airstrike recently hit the port where the collection is stored.