W. A. Swanberg papers, 1927-1992

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Series III: Manuscripts and Project Files


Subseries III.1: Articles and Short Stories


American Heritage; the magazine of history



Box 5 "1890." The Nineties, circa, 1967

(contains carbon copies of manuscripts and a printed copy of the magazine)


Box 5 "Lord of San Simeon." about William Randolph Hearst, 1961 August


Box 5 "The spies who came in from the sea," about World War II espionage,, 1970 April

(contains manuscripts, notes, proofs, and a copy of the magazine)


Box 5 "Was the Secretary of War a traitor?" about John Buchanan Floyd, 1963 February

(contains manuscripts and copy of the magazine)


Saga Magazine



Box 14 "The most successful sinner." (about Robert Irving Latimer, Jr.), 1950s

(on the verso of notes for Jim Fisk.)


Box 14 "The question of Eileen's pajamas," (about Eileen Gibson & James Camb),, 1950s

(on the verso of notes for Jim Fisk.)


Box 14 "Strangler Jack's night on the town." (about Jack Grace & William Anthony Grace),, 1950s

(on the verso of notes for Jim Fisk.)



Box 79 "Arnold Schuster"s Tragic Reward"


Box 79 Stories for True Magazine


Box 79 Stories for Cavalier Magazine



Box 57 Book reviews (with related correspondence)


Box 57 Can you spare a dime?


Box 57 Cassie Chadwick case


Box 57 Chicago's Kid from Powder River


Box 57 Dark angels, desperate deities


Box 57 Diaries, 1934-35.


Box 57 Diaries, 1944-45.


Box 57 Dictionary of American Biography Marion Davies


Box 57 The Draw-a-Blank Club


Box 57 The enemy is listening



Box 58 Fighting the Nazis with a valet


Box 58 Going home dirty


Box 58 Growing old recklessly


Box 58 John S. Knight biography


Box 58 Just ask Mr. Delacorte


Box 58 Modern Maturity: Love on a shoestring


Box 58 The Pierce-Arrow predicament


Box 58 Poetry


Box 58 Scandal a la mode. [Col. William d'A. Mann]


Box 58 School papers & notes


Box 58 Short stories--early, (17 Folders)


Box 58 Some things that happened


Box 58 True: Koretz, Leo


Box 58 Miscellaneous



Box 79 Articles-- General, 1939-1960


Subseries III.2 Books


Citizen Hearst , 1961



Box 6 Illustrations


Box 6 Manuscripts

(first draft)



Box 7 Manuscripts

(final draft and articles)



Box 8 Notes

(interviews, notebooks, notecards)



Box 9 Printed materials

(copy of book, proofs, clippings, pamphlets, magazines)



Box 60 Card file Box



Box 61 Typescript

(printer's copy)


Box 61 Lists


Box 61 Printed materials

(reviews, articles, advertisements, etc.)


The double life of the Rev. Dr. Greenway , 1958

(unpublished)



Box 10 Manuscripts


Box 10 Notebook


Dreiser , 1965



Box 62 Typescript

(carbon copy of final draft)



Box 63 Typescript

(printer's copy)


Box 63 Miscellaneous



Box 79 Advance Publicity-- Advertising and Reviews, (2 Folders)



Box 63 First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter , 1957



Box 10 Manuscripts



Box 11 Notes and Illustrations

(notebooks, notecards, photographs, & typescripts)



Box 12 Printed Materials

(copy of book, pamphlets, clippings)



Box 64 Typescript

(carbon copy of final draft)


Box 64 Notes


Box 64 Printed Materials

(Scrapbook of reviews, etc.)


Jim Fisk: The Career of an Improbably Rascal , 1959



Box 13 Manuscripts



Box 14 Notes and Illustrations

(notebooks, notecards, photographs and typescripts)


Box 14 Printed Materials

(galley proofs, copy of English edition)



Box 64 Printed Materials

(Scrapbook of reviews, etc.)


Luce and His Empire , 1972



Box 15 Manuscripts



Box 16 Manuscripts


Box 16 Notes and Memoranda



Box 17 Notes and Memoranda



Box 18 Notes and Memoranda



Box 19 Notes and Memoranda



Box 20 Notebooks


Box 20 Notecards


Box 20 Speeches and Writings, 1920-1939



Box 21 Speeches and Writings, 1940-1956



Box 22 Speeches and Writings, 1957-1969



Box 23 Proofs



Box 24 Printed Materials

(copy of book, magazines, clippings etc.)



Box 65 Typescript (carbon copy of final draft: "3rd copy")


Box 65 Notes


Box 65 Printed Materials



Box 80 Advance Publicity


Box 80 Magazines


Box 80 Reviews


Box 80 Pulitzer Prize


Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist , 1976



Box 25 Manuscript



Box 26 Manuscript


Box 26 Notes and Memoranda



Box 27 Notes and Memoranda


Box 27 Notebooks



Box 28 Notes from the New York Public Library



Box 29 Printed Materials

(clippings, copy of book, pictures, proofs, etc.)



Box 65 Notes



Box 79 Newspaper Reviews


Box 79 National Book Award, 1977


Box 79 Publicity


Pulitzer , 1967



Box 30 Illustrations


Box 30 Manuscript

(first draft)



Box 31 Manuscript

(final draft)


Box 31 Notes



Box 32 Notes


Box 32 Notebooks



Box 33 Notes and Correspondence

(Xerox copies)



Box 34 Notes and Correspondence

(Xerox copies)



Box 35 Printed Materials

(clippings, copy of book, pamphlets)


Box 35 Galley Proofs



Box 66 Typescript

(carbon copies)



Box 67 Printed Material

(Reviews, etc.)


The Rector and the Rogue , 1968



Box 36 Manuscripts


Box 36 Notes


Box 36 Printed Copy of Book



Box 67 Typescript

(carbon copy)


Box 67 Summary



Box 81 Reviews


Sickles the Incredible , 1956



Box 37 Manuscripts



Box 38 Illustrations


Box 38 Notes, Memoranda, copies of letters



Box 39 Notes, Memoranda, copies of letters


Box 39 Notebooks


Box 39 Notecards



Box 40 Printed Materials

(magazine and copy of book)


Box 40 Galley Proofs



Box 67 Printed Materials



Box 68 Printed Materials


Tobacco Manuscript, 1961

(unpublished)



Box 40 Manuscript


Box 40 Notebook


Box 40 Notecards


Box 40 Notes


Box 40 Printed Materials


Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress , 1980



Box 41 Manuscripts



Box 42 Manuscripts



Box 43 Illustrations


Box 43 Notes and Memoranda



Box 44 Notes and Memoranda


Box 44 Notebooks



Box 45 Printed Copy of Book


Box 45 Proofs



Box 68 Galley Proofs

(Xerox copies, marked)


Subseries III.3: Unpublished Book Materials


Chester Carlson Biography



Box 69 Typescripts

(two drafts)


Box 69 Notebooks

(three volumes)


Box 69 Printed Materials



Box 70 Notes and Correspondence


Box 70 Bliss, Howard H., & Riverside College


Box 70 Caltech


Box 70 Carlson, Chester Floyd


Box 70 Carlson, Dorris


Box 70 Carlson, Roy W.


Box 70 Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions


Box 70 Delson/Guyana


Box 70 Dumond, Laurence


Box 70 Edison, Thomas A.


Box 70 Kornei, Otto


Box 70 NYLP Notes



Box 71 Parapsychology


Box 71 The Peninsula Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.


Box 71 The Piney Woods Country Life School


Box 71 Twogood, Archie J.


Box 71 Walkup, Lewis E.


Box 71 Xerox/Haloid


Box 71 Zen, etc.


William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson Biography



Box 72 Typescripts

(many drafts)



Box 73 Typescripts

(many drafts)



Box 74 Typescripts

(many drafts)


Box 74 Microfilms



Box 75 Notes and Correspondence


Box 75 Bradford, Jane W.


Box 75 Nethercut, Constance Stanley


Box 75 Pictures


Box 75 Printed Materials


Box 75 "Pussyfoot"


Box 75 Scripts



Box 76 Notes



Box 77 Notes


Box 77 Notebooks


Box 77 Photographs



Box 78 Notes


Box 78 Scrapbooks


Subseries III.4: Manuscripts by Others



Box 59 Cooley, Harold E.


Box 59 Feld, Ross C.


Box 59 Horowitz, Terry Fred