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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "Red-tailed Hawk." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Contains a photocopy of the work as published in the Wasatch Review International in Winter of 1992, a letter from Dan Pearce responding to the work, and consecutive drafts of the work. Dated circa 1971-2003.

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Contains draft notes and files on Thayer's work "Roses." Includes a photocopy of the work as published in Dialogue in the winter of 2006, drafts, and other documents. There is a note from Thayer citing the changes made to the title, and discussing in brief the progress of the work to publication. It also includes letters and emails from publishers and friends regarding the work, and a draft of the biographical excerpt. Dated circa 2000-2006.

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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "Staver." Work also went by the title "The Summer Hands." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Dated circa 1974-1982.

Scope and Contents Contains draft files for the work "Summer Fire" and responses from students who read the work at Spanish Fork High school. Other materials include the version of the story geared toward non-LDS readeres, titled "Fire Season" and notes on publication. Includes letters from publishers to Thayer thanking him for sending copies of the work and describing publication, volumes of BYU Studies reprints containing a review of it, newspaper clippings lauding the work, Thayer’s own notes on the book,...

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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "The Clinic." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Dated circa 1973.

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Contains draft files for Thayer's work "The Conversion of Jeff Williams." Includes manuscript drafts, letters and emails pertaining to publication and reception, notes on organization, and some research. Dated circa 1991-2004.

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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "The First Sunday." This work also may have been titled "Testimony." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Dated circa 1970-2003.

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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "The Gold Mine." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Also includes one published manuscript of "The Gold Mine" and "Greg" in the Horizon magazine. Dated circa 1971-2005.

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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "The Hunter." This work was also called "The Sparrow Hunter." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Dated circa 1971-2003.

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Contains draft notes for Thayer's work "The Opening Day." Story also went by "The Ridge." Materials pertain to the publication, and include consecutive drafts of the work with author's commentary. Also includes correspondence with publishers and responses. Dated circa 1962-2009.