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The Ann Petry Manuscripts contains the writings of American author Ann Petry. Writings consist of drafts of Petry's novels Country Place (1947) and The Street (1946), some with extensive revisions. Some draft pages were written on the back of Negro Women, Incorporated, newsletters and governance documents. Also included are drafts of Petry's review of Margaret Halsey's Color Blind: A White Woman Looks at the Negro (1946). Correspondence consists of a carbon copy of Petry's 1944 submission to the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Contest.