Library-goers and literary aficionados, mark your calendars. The New York Public Library is set to unveil the personal archives of Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne on March 26, according to the library's announcement cited by Gothamist. This treasure trove has been behind the scenes since the institution acquired it back in 2023, two years post Didion's passing.

Serious literary work sometimes gets bogged down in mythic proportions, but here's the real deal – the collection spans 336 boxes filled with personal and professional correspondences, hundreds of photos, and 26 screenplay drafts, as reported by Gothamist. Pieces of their joint projects like "The Panic in Needle Park" and the 1976 iteration of "A Star Is Born" are included. Julie Golia, of the New York Public Library, expressed excitement for the archive's potential to inspire fresh scholarship and deeper understanding of the couple's influence on American culture.

Avid followers of Didion and Dunne's work will have access to a wide range of materials, including notes from Didion's political reportage and documents used in her acclaimed books "The Year of Magical Thinking" and "Blue Nights." The Time Out New York article highlights further artefacts such as transcriptions from the Central Park jogger case—a story Didion scrutinized in an essay for the New York Review of Books.

Brent Reidy, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries, captured the significance by stating, "Few writers have shaped the world of letters as profoundly as Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne," as Time Out New York reports. Besides the literary and journalistically rich content, personal ephemera like menus, recipes, and guest lists from their notable dinner parties will be available. The material will be housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and, while not on public display, is accessible to anyone with a library card, preferably by appointment.