REH’s Writings

Exact textual stateText

The Ballad of Abe Slickemmore

StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses5TSS catalogue units8Catalogue rolePrimary / default

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.

Characters in this exact text

Exhaustively reviewed for this catalogued Poetry state. Generic lyric speakers/addressees, collectives, places and purely metaphorical allusions are not manufactured into permanent Characters.

Abe SlickemmoreAbe Slickemmore — first-person comic narrator identified by the ballad titleOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 232

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.

Xerox of original typescript — TSS 82680Xerox of Howard typescript

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82680

Xerox of original (XO) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 714–714

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82113Howard typescript

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82113

Original Typescript (OT) source code; retained as an original Howard typescript witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 445

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82114Howard typescript

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82114

Original Typescript (OT) source code; retained as an original Howard typescript witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 447

Glenn Lord retype — TSS 15162–15165Secondary retype

Extent4 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 4 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 15162–15165

Glenn Lord retype/transcription from the retained catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Complete List rows 23036–23039; Poetry working list rows 26–29

Glenn Lord retype — The Ballad of Abe SlickemmoreSecondary retype

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 preservation/reproduction page

TSS: 15266

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source physical description: Flat-t TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · The Ballad of Abe Slickemmore · TSS 15266

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 232Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 232

Published in

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗