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Typescript draft of the 'The Wine Breath' beginning 'If I were to die, I'd miss most the mornings and the evenings, he thought as he walked the narrow dirt-track by the lake in the late evening, and then wondered if his mind was failing....' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-10, pagination amended by hand to 74-83.

Typescript draft of the text of an address given by John McGahern on the occasion of the launch of 'Deported Jimmy Gralton 1886 - 1945 The Story of Jimmy Gralton, Effernagh, Gowel, Co. Leitrim' by Des Guckian. Begins ' I have to confess I had not heard of Jimmy Gralton until Packie Gralton and Des Guckian came to see me a short time ago.'

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'I was following a two iron I had struck just short of the green when I heard the low crying high in the rough over the strand of the calm sea.' Contains handwritten amendments, appears to be a draft of the magazine version of the story, which is written in the first person, paginated pp 1-16.

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'A long-legged student in a turtleneck was following a two-iron he had struck just short of the green when he heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fairway.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-10. Pagination amended by hand to pp 42-51, this version of the story appears in the 'Getting Through' collection.

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'A long-legged student in a turtleneck was following a two-iron he had struck just short of the green when he heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fair-way.' Contains handwritten amendments, some pages missing. Amendments change the narrative from the third person to the first person, appears to be the amended to the version of the story which appears in ' The Collected Stories' .

Typescript draft of 'The Stoat' beginning 'I was following a two-iron I had struck short of the green when I heard the crying high in the rough grass above the fairway.' Contains handwritten amendments, draft of the version of the story which appears in The Collected Stories .

Typescript draft of the Soho Square version of 'The Church and Its Spire' 'I was born into the Catholic Church in the same way as I might have been born into Buddhism or Protestantism and brought up as a Roman Catholic in the infancy of this small state when the Church had almost total power: it was the dominating force in my upbringing, and education and early working life.', contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-20.

Typescript draft of the second part of the revised edition of 'The Leavetaking' beginning ' "One day I'd say Mass for her." ' Includes pages from the original edition, also includes handwritten amendments. paginated pp 1 - 87.

Typescript draft of the script of 'The Sisters', begins 'Location: The small redbrick terraces of Dublin.'

Typescript draft of the script for the radio version of 'Love of The World' beginning ' John: It is very quiet here.' Paginated pp 1-48.