Part 1, 230 pages, starts with a letter with initial concept, plus pages of notes. Beginning of mss draft to page 200.
Part 2, 201 pages, continues mss draft pages 201 to 400.
Part 3, 200 pages, continues mss draft pages 401 to 600.
Part 4, 205 pages, continues mss draft pages 601 to end, page 805.
Part 5, 188 pages, shows the mss being cut down page by page, word by word. Notes with counts of words cut per chapter. Beginning of mss with cuts, to page 150.
Part 6, 201 pages, mss with cuts, pages 151 to 350.
Part 7, 235 pages, mss with cuts, pages 351 to 584.
Part 8, 224 pages, mss with cuts, pages 585 to end, page 805.
Part 9, 44 pages, some publication layout pages, some pages cut—“taken out to soften water-sharing scene”.
Part 10, 301 pages, cut down version of mss, to page 299.
Part 11, 152 pages, cut down version of mss, pages 300 to 450.
Part 12, 162 pages, cut down version of mss, pages 451 to the end, page 612.
Part 13, 219 pages, publications (including ‘zine “Grok”), articles, and ads about or referencing “Stranger”.
Part 14, 250 pages, publications, articles, and ads about or referencing “Stranger”.
Part 15, 228 pages, publications, articles, and ads about or referencing “Stranger”. End of file contains letters from RAH about “Stranger” and its origins being only in the Bible and no other works. Letter about sale of his typewritter. Letter from J. Neil Schulman to Charles Manson and a reply on Manson’s behalf denying knowledge of the book. An option agreement from 1991.
Part 16, 150 pages, first part of restored, uncut mss, pages 1 to 135.
Part 17, 164 pages, restored uncut mss, pages 136 to 299.
Part 18, 226 pages, restored uncut mss, pages 300 to 522.
Part 19, 285 pages, restored uncut mss, pages 523 to the end, page 805.