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Exact textual stateDraft

Blue River Blues — Draft 1

Part of Blue River Blues

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units2
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — typed witness; physical class unresolvedOther physical witness
Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 2 represented manuscript pages / 2 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 65900, 65902

Typed witness associated with Blue River Blues Draft 1. The source questions whether the material is a Glenn retype or reflects a different typewriter, so exact physical class remains unresolved.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled First Page: The first represented page is explicitly untitled. (witness level)
  • Possible Glenn Retype Or Other Typewriter: The source note 'GR? Third Typewriter??' leaves physical provenance unresolved. (witness level) · Uncertain
  • Typewriter Not Identity Evidence: A possible typewriter difference is not used to infer a different author, Work, or chronology. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Blue River Blues (d1) · TSS 65900, 65902 · spreadsheet rows 1856–1858