Subseries 2.1b
Masters and Sons, circa 1990s
Boxes 6 - 16 and OP1-OP2
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of drafts and other materials relating to Lomax's unpublished novel Masters and Sons. The historical novel centers on the character of Luther Lamar, a former slave, and his family in Texas in the years after the Civil War. The novel was inspired by the history of Lucius W. Lomax, Jr.'s family. The subseries contains complete typescript drafts, which are the most complete versions of the work found in the collection, as well as incomplete typescript drafts. Each complete and incomplete typescript draft was assigned an arbitrary number; these numbers do not reflect the chronological order in which the drafts were created. Lomax frequently rearranged and renumbered chapters, therefore separate chapter drafts are arranged alphabetically by title. While the bulk of the drafts are undated, it appears that Lomax wrote and revised most of the novel in the early 1990s.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by completeness of draft, then in alphabetical order.
Complete typescript drafts | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
6 | 10 | Draft [1], chapters 1-11 [uncorrected], no date |
6 | 11 | Draft [1], chapters 12-22 [uncorrected], no date |
6 | 12 | Draft [1], chapters 23-35 [uncorrected], no date |
7 | 1 | Draft [1], chapters 36-44 [uncorrected], no date |
7 | 2 | Draft [1], chapters 45-51 [uncorrected], no date |
7 | 3 | Draft [2], chapters 1-11 [corrected], no date |
7 | 4 | Draft [2], chapters 12-20 [corrected], no date |
7 | 5 | Draft [2], chapters 21-31 [corrected], no date |
7 | 6 | Draft [2], chapters 32-39 [corrected], no date |
8 | 1 | Draft [2], chapters 40-51 [corrected], no date |
Incomplete typescript drafts | ||
8 | 2 | Draft [1a], chapters 1-14 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
8 | 3 | Draft [1b], chapters 3-12 [corrected by Almena Lomax], no date |
8 | 4 | Draft [1b], chapters 14-20 [corrected by Almena Lomax], no date |
8 | 5 | Draft [2], chapters 1-8 [corrected], December 1990 |
8 | 6 | Draft [3], chapters 1-2, 5, 7-8 [uncorrected], December 1990 |
8 | 7 | Draft [4], chapters 4-10 and loose pages [corrected], December 1990 |
8 | 8 | Draft [5], chapters 6-10 [corrected], December 1990 |
8 | 9 | Draft [6], chapters 1-3 [corrected], no date |
9 | 1 | Draft [7], chapters 1-3 [corrected], no date |
9 | 2 | Draft [8], chapters 1-3, 5-8 [corrected], no date |
9 | 3 | Draft [9], chapters 1-4 [corrected], October 18, 1991 |
9 | 4 | Draft [10], chapters 1-4 [uncorrected], no date |
9 | 5 | Draft [11], chapters 1-4, 6 [corrected], no date |
9 | 6 | Draft [12], chapters 1-7 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
9 | 7 | Draft [13], chapters 1-8 [corrected], October 1990 |
9 | 8 | Draft [14], chapters 1-8, 13-14 [uncorrected], no date |
9 | 9 | Draft [14], chapters 15-23 [uncorrected], no date |
9 | 10 | Draft [14], chapters 24-31 [uncorrected], no date |
10 | 1 | Draft [15], chapters 2-6 [uncorrected], no date |
10 | 2 | Draft [16], chapters 2-8 [uncorrected], no date |
10 | 3 | Draft [17], chapters 3-7 [corrected], no date |
10 | 4 | Draft [18], chapters 4-7 [corrected], no date |
10 | 5 | Draft [19], chapters 5-7, 9 [corrected], no date |
10 | 6 | Draft [20], chapters 5-9 [corrected], no date |
10 | 7 | Draft [21], chapters 6-15 [uncorrected], no date |
10 | 8 | Draft [21], chapters 16-25 [uncorrected], no date |
10 | 9 | Draft [22], chapters 7-9 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
10 | 10 | Draft [23], chapters 11-18 [uncorrected], no date |
10 | 11 | Draft [24], chapters 19-20 [uncorrected], no date |
11 | 1 | Draft [25], chapters 12-19 [uncorrected], no date |
11 | 2 | Draft [25], chapters 20-32 [uncorrected], no date |
11 | 3 | Draft [25], chapters 33-46 [uncorrected], no date |
11 | 4 | Draft [25], chapters 47-52 [uncorrected], no date |
11 | 5 | Draft [26], chapters 13-17 [uncorrected], no date |
11 | 6 | Draft [27], chapters 15-24 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
11 | 7 | Draft [27], chapters 25-35 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
12 | 1 | Draft [27], chapters 36-46 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
12 | 2 | Draft [27], chapters 47-53 [corrected by Melanie Lomax], no date |
12 | 3 | Draft [28], chapters 17-20 [uncorrected photocopy], no date |
12 | 4 | Draft [28], chapters 21-30 [corrected], November 29-30, 1991 |
12 | 5 | Draft [39], chapters 31-40 [corrected], November 29-30, 1991 |
12 | 6 | Draft [30], chapters 26-27 [uncorrected], January 21, 1990 |
12 | 7 | Draft [31], chapters 26-52 [corrected], no date |
12 | 8 | Draft [31], chapters 53-59 [corrected], no date |
13 | 1 | Draft [32], chapters 31-35 [corrected], August 26, 1990 |
13 | 2 | Draft [33], chapters 40-46 [corrected], no date |
13 | 3 | Draft [34], chapters 41-50 [corrected], December 9, 1991 |
13 | 4 | Draft [35], chapters 51-53 [uncorrected], no date |
OP1 | 2 | Draft [36], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date |
OP1 | 3 | Draft [37], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [1 of 5] |
OP1 | 4 | Draft [37], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [2 of 5] |
OP1 | 5 | Draft [37], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [3 of 5] |
OP1 | 6 | Draft [37], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [4 of 5] |
OP1 | 7 | Draft [37], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [5 of 5] |
OP1 | 8 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [1 of 8] |
OP1 | 9 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [2 of 8] |
OP2 | 1 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [3 of 8] |
OP2 | 2 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [4 of 8] |
OP2 | 3 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [5 of 8] |
OP2 | 4 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [6 of 8] |
OP2 | 5 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [7 of 8] |
OP2 | 6 | Draft [38], unidentified chapters [corrected], no date [8 of 8] |
Separate typescript chapter drafts | ||
13 | 5 | "Addie," no date |
13 | 6 | "An Afternoon at the Manor House," no date |
13 | 7 | "And On with the New," no date |
13 | 8 | "A Big Day in Bremen's History," no date |
13 | 9 | "The Bottom of the Hill," no date |
13 | 10 | "Brother," no date |
13 | 11 | "Brother Starts School," no date |
13 | 12 | "The Farm" [variant title: "Avocations and Investments"], no date |
13 | 13 | "Forgive Me for Denying You," no date |
13 | 14 | "The Homecoming," no date |
13 | 15 | "I Don't Like that Woman, Pa!" no date |
13 | 16 | "I Wish I Owned Him," no date |
13 | 17 | "In a Wagon Behind a Runaway Horse," no date |
14 | 1 | "Jes' Like I Had Him Took Care of Once," no date |
14 | 2 | "'Jisms' Is My Business," no date |
14 | 3 | "Lamar Manor," no date |
14 | 4 | "Lillian and the Major," no date |
14 | 5 | "Long Money," no date |
14 | 6 | "Luther Wins Himself a Home," no date |
14 | 7 | "Luther's Return," no date |
14 | 8 | "Ma' Elsie," December 9, 1991 |
14 | 9 | "Mamma Always Said Daisy Would Never Desert Me," no date |
14 | 10 | "Man of the People," no date |
14 | 11 | "Maria," no date |
14 | 12 | "Maria Wanders in the Big Woods," no date |
14 | 13 | "Merry Christmas, Baby. Santa Claus Has [Come] to Town," no date |
14 | 14 | "Mis' Ruby's Café," no date |
14 | 15 | "Mis' Ruby's Café," February 1, 1990 |
14 | 16 | "More Trouble with Short Eye," October 6, 1991 |
14 | 17 | "Off with the Old," no date |
14 | 18 | "The Prayers of Children," no date |
14 | 19 | "The Return of Ruby," no date |
14 | 20 | "The Ride," no date |
14 | 21 | "Robert," no date |
14 | 22 | "Sagimo--He Who Overcomes," no date |
14 | 23 | "The Search," no date |
14 | 24 | "Short Eye Receives His Orders," no date |
14 | 25 | "Short Eye's Revenge," no date |
14 | 26 | "Sunday," no date |
14 | 27 | "A Tail 'as Toothsome as the Top,'" no date |
14 | 28 | "The Trial," no date |
14 | 29 | "Try Again, Maria" [variant title: "'Ain't Got' Don't Change Need. Try Again, Maria"], no date |
15 | 1 | "Trying to Protect Luther" [variant title: "Robert and Lillian Try to Protect Luther"], typescript, no date |
15 | 2 | Untitled chapters, no date [1 of 4] |
15 | 3 | Untitled chapters, no date [2 of 4] |
15 | 4 | Untitled chapters, no date [3 of 4] |
15 | 5 | Untitled chapters, no date [4 of 4] |
15 | 6 | Untitled chapters, March 1990-October 1991 |
15 | 7 | "A Visit from the Sheriff," no date |
15 | 8 | "We Are All Negroes" [variant title: "An Egg in a Cake Doesn't Make It an Omelet"], no date |
15 | 9 | "Wearing the World 'Like a Garment,'" no date |
15 | 10 | "Well, Mis' Ruby," no date |
16 | 1 | "The Whipping" [variant title: "Monument Park"], no date |
16 | 2 | "A Whole Pack of 'Dolph Schilluh's," no date |
Other material | ||
16 | 3 | Unidentified loose pages, no date |
16 | 4 | Unidentified loose pages, fragments, no date |