Archival Materials and Manuscripts For scholars, an index that notes extant manuscripts, letters, notebooks, and recording archives is invaluable. Such entries might indicate where drafts are housed, whether marginalia survive, and what editorial decisions shaped final texts. This archival layer underscores the material life of writing—the revisions, erasures, and paratexts that an index can make accessible.
Archival Materials and Manuscripts For scholars, an index that notes extant manuscripts, letters, notebooks, and recording archives is invaluable. Such entries might indicate where drafts are housed, whether marginalia survive, and what editorial decisions shaped final texts. This archival layer underscores the material life of writing—the revisions, erasures, and paratexts that an index can make accessible.
