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The Black Stranger — Draft C

Part of The Black Stranger

StateDraft CSurviving witnesses4TSS catalogue units197
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 C — CPPL Howard typescript pages 1–98Howard typescript
Extent98 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 98 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 28055–28152

Ninety-eight-page Robert E. Howard typescript witness to The Black Stranger — Draft C, from the CPPL collection.

Additional documentary notes

  • Source Finality Note: The source calls this the 'Final draft, from CPPL'; this remains source wording rather than an automatic textual-authority ranking. (witness level)
  • Cppl Provenance: The witness is identified as coming from the CPPL collection. (witness level)
  • Represented Pagination: The spreadsheet represents a contiguous manuscript page run 1–98. (witness level)
  • Completeness Unresolved: No explicit complete/last-page statement is supplied, so completeness is not inferred from contiguous pagination alone. (witness level) · Uncertain

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Stranger, The (draft c) · TSS 28055–28152 · spreadsheet rows 1208–1305

Draft C — low-resolution whole-PDF scanOther physical witness
CompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 12149

Low-resolution documentary scan representing the catalogued Draft C manuscript set.

Additional documentary notes

  • Documentary Scan: Low-resolution whole-PDF representation of the catalogued Draft C manuscript set. (witness level)
  • Documentary Only: This scan is not an additional manuscript page or textual state. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Stranger, The (draft c) · TSS 28055–28152 · spreadsheet rows 1208–1305

Draft C — Howard carbon-copy componentHoward carbon copy
Extent97 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 97 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 25771–25774, 25776–25778, 25780–25818, 25820–25841, 25843, 25845–25852, 25854–25853, 25855–25860, 25864–25875

Ninety-seven-sheet Howard carbon-copy component of The Black Stranger — Draft C.

Additional documentary notes

  • Carbon Copy: The spreadsheet group is explicitly a carbon-copy set for Draft C. (witness level)
  • Untitled Witness: The carbon-copy set is explicitly described as untitled. (witness level)
  • Source Finality Note: The source describes it as 'carbon of final'; this remains source wording rather than an automatic authority ranking. (witness level)
  • Missing Authorial Sheet: The Howard carbon component has no authorial page 47 in this set; only a Glenn clone represents that page. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Stranger, The (draft c - cc) · TSS 25771–25774, 25776–25778, 25780–25818, 25820–25841, 25843, 25845–25852, 25854–25853, 25855–25860, 25864–25875 · spreadsheet rows 1107–1207

Draft C — Glenn clone page 47Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 25819

Glenn Lord clone/retype of The Black Stranger — Draft C manuscript page 47.

Additional documentary notes

  • Secondary Retype: Glenn clone/retype of manuscript page 47; non-authorial. (witness level)
  • Not Authorial Textual Evidence: The clone is not treated as Robert E. Howard wording evidence. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Stranger, The (draft c - cc) · TSS 25771–25774, 25776–25778, 25780–25818, 25820–25841, 25843, 25845–25852, 25854–25853, 25855–25860, 25864–25875 · spreadsheet rows 1107–1207