Book Description

This collection is a part of a greater collection entitled The Honorable Michael A. Musmanno Papers. This collection deals primarily with Musmanno’s manuscripts written throughout his lifetime. Musmanno was a prolific author, receiving inspiration from a number of different sources. He published a number of his writingsA number of his writings were published, however, not all of his works moved beyond the rough draft phase. The collection holds a great number of copies of his works, including rough draft in various states and a few final copies. The Manuscripts collection consists of 17 boxes, making up approximately 10 cubic feet of space. The records span his lifetime dating from 1916-1991 This collection contains Musmanno’s written works, published and unpublished, as well as a few contracts and letters for various works as well as some personal writings. There are a number of works written in Italian as well. There is no additional commentary on his works in this collection; however, various other collections in the Musmanno holdings have other copies of his published manuscripts often including commentary. The collection is broken up into a number of series the first grouping consisting of the title of each work. Each is listed in alphabetical order by manuscript title or theme and then organized with the actual drafts starting the series and subsequent materials following after. The last three series are unpublished manuscripts, Italian Publications and Manuscripts Published in Magazines. These lase three series are organized chronologically. There are no further restrictions on this collection.