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Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory |

Introduction

Patricia Gaffney transferred her collection to the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University in September 1999 with additional materials donated in 2005. The collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works, whether authored by Patricia Gaffney or by other writers whose works may be found in this collection.

The collection consists of 6.5 cubic feet of documents dating from 1990-2004. It contains manuscripts, edited manuscripts, proofs, research notes, outlines, synopses, proposals and one audio script.

This finding aid was prepared by Mary Koslovsky in January 2006.

Biographical Sketch

Patricia Gaffney was born in Tampa, Florida, but grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy from Marymount College in New York and also studied literature at Royal Holloway College of the University of London; at George Washington University and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

After college, Gaffney taught high school English for one year, after which she took a job as a freelance court reporter and pursued that career in North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. for 5 years.

In 1984, Gaffney was diagnosed with breast cancer, which prompted her to decide what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. She decided to do what she had always wanted to do: write books and live in the country. In 1986, she and her husband left Washington D.C. and moved to rural southern Pennsylvania where they live today.

Gaffney published 12 historical romance novels. Her first, Sweet Treason, appeared in 1989 and won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart as well as other first-book awards. Six of her novels have been nominated for Romance Writers of America RITA awards and Wild at Heart (1997) was among ten finalists for the reader-nominated Favorite Book of the Year Award.

After a dozen books, Gaffney wanted to write "real-life" fiction. In 1999, The Saving Graces, the story of four women friends, one of whom battles a cancer recurrence, was published. Circle of Three was published in 2000, Flight Lessons in 2002 and Good-bye Summer was released in 2004. She is currently working on another novel.

Scope and Content

The Patricia Gaffney Collection comprises 6.5 cubic feet of manuscripts dating from 1990-2004. The collection contains several manuscripts, edited manuscripts, proofs, research notes, outlines, synopses, proposals and one audioscript. The researcher will be able to view the process of writing a manuscript from the proposal to the editor's proof of a manuscript.

Series Description

Literary Manuscripts

Novel Manuscripts
1990-2004
Arranged chronologically
The Patricia Gaffney Collection includes manuscripts, edited manuscripts, proofs, research notes, outlines, synopses, proposals and one audioscript.

Inventory

Box 1: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Lily (1990). Manuscript, Chapters 1-4
  2. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 5-8
  3. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 9-11
  4. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 12-14
  5. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 15-17
  6. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 18-20
  7. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 21-24
  8. Lily. Manuscript, Chapters 25-26
  9. Lily. Manuscript, Chapter 27
  10. Lily. Research Notes
  11. Lily. Synopsis
  12. Another Eden (1992). Manuscript, Chapters 1-4
  13. Another Eden. Manuscript, Chapters 5-8
  14. Another Eden. Manuscript, Chapters 9-11

Box 2: Novel Manuscipts

Folder

  1. Another Eden. Manuscript, Chapters 12-14
  2. Another Eden. Manuscript, Chapters 15-17
  3. Another Eden. Manuscript, Chapters 18-20
  4. Another Eden. Manuscript, Chapters 21-22
  5. Another Eden. Research notes
  6. Another Eden. Research notes
  7. Crooked Hearts (1994). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
  8. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
  9. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
  10. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
  11. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-14
  12. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17

Box 3: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-20
  2. Crooked Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 21 - Epilogue
  3. Crooked Hearts. Outline
  4. Crooked Hearts. Research Notes
  5. Crooked Hearts. Research Notes
  6. Crooked Hearts. Research Notes
  7. To Have and To Hold (1995). Galley, Chapters 1-4
  8. To Have and To Hold. Galley, Chapters 5-8
  9. To Have and To Hold. Galley, Chapters 9-11
  10. To Have and To Hold. Galley, Chapters 12-15
  11. To Have and To Hold. Galley, Chapters 16-19
  12. To Have and To Hold. Galley, Chapter 20 - Author Notes
  13. To Have and To Hold. Research Notes
  14. To Have and To Hold. Research Notes

Box 4: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. To Love and to Cherish (1995). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-4
  2. To Love and to Cherish. Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-8
  3. To Love and to Cherish. Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-11
  4. To Love and to Cherish. Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-15
  5. To Love and to Cherish. Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-19
  6. To Love and to Cherish. Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-22
  7. To Love and to Cherish. Edited manuscript, Chapter 23 - Author Notes
  8. To Love and to Cherish. Research notes
  9. To Love and to Cherish. Research notes
  10. To Love and to Cherish. Research notes
  11. To Love and to Cherish. Research notes

Box 5: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Forever and Ever (1996). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-4
  2. Forever and Ever. Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-8
  3. Forever and Ever. Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-12
  4. Forever and Ever. Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-16
  5. Forever and Ever. Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
  6. Forever and Ever. Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-23
  7. Forever and Ever. Research notes
  8. Forever and Ever. Research notes
  9. Forever and Ever. Research notes

Box 6: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Outlaw in Paradise (1997). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
  2. Outlaw in Paradise. Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
  3. Outlaw in Paradise. Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
  4. Outlaw in Paradise. Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
  5. Outlaw in Paradise. Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15

Box 7: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Wild At Heart (1997). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
  2. Wild at Heart. Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
  3. Wild at Heart. Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-9
  4. Wild at Heart. Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
  5. Wild at Heart. Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-15
  6. Wild at Heart. Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-19
  7. Wild at Heart. Proposal
  8. Wild at Heart. Research notes
  9. Wild at Heart. Research notes
  10. Wild at Heart. Research notes

Box 8: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Thief of Hearts (1998). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-5
  2. Thief of Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-9
  3. Thief of Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-12
  4. Thief of Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-16
  5. Thief of Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-20
  6. Thief of Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-25
  7. Thief of Hearts. Edited manuscript, Chapters 26-32
  8. Thief of Hearts. Research notes
  9. Thief of Hearts. Research notes
  10. Thief of Hearts. Research notes

Box 9: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Saving Graces (1999). Audioscript, pages 1-60
  2. Saving Graces. Audioscript, pages 61-120
  3. Saving Graces. Audioscript, pages 121-180
  4. Saving Graces. Audioscript, pages 181-230
  5. Saving Graces. Audioscript, pages 231-289
  6. Saving Graces. Letter to the Editor
  7. Saving Graces. Notes
  8. Saving Graces. Plot Outline
  9. Proposal (Breath of Kindness)
  10. Research notes
  11. Research notes

Box 10: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Circle of Three (2000). Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-5
  2. Circle of Three. Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-9
  3. Circle of Three. Edited manuscript, Chapters 10-13
  4. Circle of Three. Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-17
  5. Circle of Three. Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-21
  6. Circle of Three. Edited manuscript, Chapters 22-24
  7. Circle of Three. Edited manuscript, Chapters 25-28
  8. Circle of Three. Research notes
  9. Circle of Three. Research notes
  10. Circle of Three. Research notes

Box 11: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Flight Lessons (2001). Galley, Chapters 1-4
  2. Flight Lessons. Galley, Chapters 5-8
  3. Flight Lessons. Galley, Chapters 9-11
  4. Flight Lessons. Galley, Chapters 12-14
  5. Flight Lessons. Galley, Chapters 15-18
  6. Flight Lessons. Galley, Chapters 19-22
  7. Flight Lessons. Research notes
  8. Flight Lessons. Research notes
  9. Flight Lessons. Research notes

Box 12: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Sweet Everlasting (2002). Proposal
  2. Sweet Everlasting. Notes
  3. Sweet Everlasting. Notes
  4. Sweet Everlasting. Notes
  5. Sweet Everlasting. Notes
  6. Sweet Everlasting. Notes

Box 13: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

  1. Goodbye Summer (2004), Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-4
  2. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 5-8
  3. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-12
  4. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 13-16
  5. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-20
  6. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 21-23
  7. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 24-26
  8. Goodbye Summer. Edited manuscript, Chapters 27-29
  9. Goodbye Summer. Research notes
  10. Goodbye Summer. Research notes

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