Box 1

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Edna Banov’s reflections on attending Camp Camea at the Jewish Community Center; three pages, typed; "working proof for Edna Banov"; rough draft copy with annotations.

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Three pages, typed; "unfinished" handwritten across first page; also fourteen page transcript (typed) of "Reflections of Edna Banov" dictated into tape recorder at Ryan’s [steakhouse?] Feb. 4, 1992; transcript is basis for "Reflections of 1991"; transcript contains reflections of Banov’s husband Milton (who died in 1991) and her family.

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Six pages, handwritten; covers her childhood, schooling, courting, honeymoon, and husband.

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Two pages, handwritten.

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Undated; one page, handwritten on "The Milton Banov’s" stationery.

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Written for dedication of the Edna and Milton Banov Memorial Library at Synagogue Emanu-El (1993); six pages, typed; annotated; also contains memoir of "The Monday Night Men’s Study Group."

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Edna Banov’s reflections on her birth; three pages, typed; also previous draft (annotated); undated.

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A memoir about Miss Mehrtens, Edna Banov’s sixth grade homeroom/geography teacher; four pages; typed and annotated; undated.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Entire collection is photocopies of Edna Banov's unpublished manuscripts and other writings; originals remain with donor. Includes poems, short stories, letters, memoirs, notes, book reviews, eulogies, tributes and a compilation of Banov's short stories and letters titled, "Potpourri, Some of This, Some of That." (Many works in "Potpourri" have draft versions in the collection.) Most writings are annotated and several have critique notes included (from an unnamed editor.) Banov's memoirs...

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One page typed; handwritten on cover page, "Assignment for Sept. 30, 197_"