R.A. Salvatore Collection 

Record Group 1 contains material by Mr. Salvatore, primarily his novels and short stories, as well as an extensive correspondence in response to his fan mail.  Other materials pertain to his activities and personal correspondence.

Mr. Salvatore's first novel was Echoes of the Fourth Magic completed in 1982 but not published until 1990.  His first published novel was The Crystal Shard that came out from TSR, Inc. in 1988.  Based on the "Forgotten Realms" Fantasy world created by TSR. (the producers of the immensely popular Dungeons & Dragons board game)  The Crystal Shard was the first book in what became "The Icewind Dale Trilogy".  Other series that followed for TSR were "The Dark Elf Trilogy" and "The Cleric Quintet".  It was in The Crystal Shard that Mr. Salvatore introduced the dark-elf (drow) character that to date has been his most popular creation:  Drizzt Do' Urden.  This fantasy hero has been featured in numerous books including the national hardcover bestsellar The Legacy.  Besides his TSR publications, Mr. Salvatore has embarked on a number of series for other publishers.  So far these include "The Chronicles of Ynis Aielle" (ROC Books), "The Crimson Shadow" (Warner Books), and most recently a series for Del Rey Books, who also published his novelization of the Tarzan television series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures.

Unpublished Works

Container   A1     Short Stories

         Folder 1  Draft with page numbers

         Folder 2  Untitled

         Folder 3  Exima Nofo

         Folder 4  The Serenity Stone

         Folder 5  God's Law

                   (Draft, rewrite notes, and correspondence)

         Folder 6  Hugo Mann's Perfect Soul

                   (Correspondence only)

Container   A1.1   The Wizard Unveiled

         Folder 1  Draft with page numbers

         Folder 2  Draft with page numbers for binder(s)

         Folder 3  Typed text with cover (Part I)

         Folder 4  Typed text with cover and map, Part II

         Folder 5  Typed text with cover, Part III

         Folder 6  Typed text with cover and map, Part IV

         Folder 7  Typed text with cover and maps, Part V

         Folder 8  Outline/synopsis with cover and maps

         Folder 9  Notebook

         Folder 10 Draft

         Folder 11 Typed text with author's corrections

         Folder 12 Correspondence

         Loose  -  Five binders with illustrated covers

Short Stories

Container   A2    Short Stories

        Folder 1  "The First Notch"

                 a. Draft

                 b. Draft revised

                 c. 2nd Draft

                 d. Correspondence

                  Note:  Published in Dragon Magazine

                                      (issue #152-December 1989)

        Folder 2  "A Sparkle for Homer"

                 a. Author's 1st Proof

                 b.  Correspondence

                 Note:  Original story title was

                         "Head in the Clouds"  Published

                         as "A Sparkle for Homer" in the

                         Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows, and

                         Weefolk, ed. by Baird Searles &

                         Brian Thomsen (Warner Bks., 1991)

        Folder 3  "Dark Mirror"

                  a. Draft with page numbers and corrections

                 b. Draft with page numbers

                 c. Galley with corrections

                 d. Correspondence

                 e. Realms of Valor, ed. by James Lowder

                     (TSR, 1993)

        Folder 4  "The Third Level"

                 a. Synopsis

                 b. Draft with page numbers

                 c. Draft with page number and corrections

                 d. Galley

                 e. Correspondence

                  Note:  Published in Realms of Infamy, ed.by

                         James Lowder (TSR, 1995)

        Folder 5  "Guenhwyvar"

                 a. Draft with no page numbers

                 b. Draft with page numbers

                 c. Galley with contents page and wordlist

                 d. Correspondence

                  Note:  Published in Realms of Magic, ed. by

                         Brian Thomsen (TSR, 1995).

        Folder 6  "The Coach with Big Teeth"

                 a. Draft with page numbers

                 b. Draft with page numbers and corrections

                 c. Revised Draft with page numbers

                 d. Revised Draft with page numbers and                              corrections

                 e. Final Draft unpaged

                 f. Galley

                 g. Correspondence

                 h. Book cover flat

                  Note:  Published in Otherwere, Stories of

                         Transformation, ed. by Laura Anne Gilman

                         and Keith R.A. DeCandido  (Ace, 1996)

        Folder 7  "Mather's Blood" (Published in Dragon Magazine,

                  #252, v.23 (5), October 1998. 

        Folder 8  "That Curious Sword"

a.  Layout

b.  Proposal packet for Realms of Shadow anthology

c.  US paperback edition (Wizards of the Coast,

2002 – this is an Anthology)

        Folder 9  “Empty Joys” first typeset galley, published

                  in Best of the Realms

        Folder 10 “Wickless in the Nether” in Realms of the

                   Dragons

         Folder 11 “Comrades at Odds” page proofs – Realms of the

                   Elves Anthology