Albert Goldman papers, 1953-1994

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Series II: Elvis Presley

As The New York Times said in its 1981 review, Goldman's biography "renders history's most popular singer as an enormously babied creep."



Box 2 Elvis: 5x7 sketch/drawing cards (150+ cards)


Box 2 Elvis: Names and addressed of contacts in a plastic card file, A-Z


Box 2 Elvis: 5x3" research index cards (400+) in a



Box 99 Folder 1-5 First Chapter


Box 99 Folder 6-8 The Royal American


Box 99 Folder 9 Roots



Box 109 Folder 5 Elvis Today


Box 109 Folder 6 & 7 Elvis Presley revisions



Box 99 Folder 10 The Holy Family


Box 99 Folder 11 A Low Profile


Box 99 Folder 12 Rising Sun


Box 99 Folder 13 Elvis Image


Box 99 Folder 14 Quartette


Box 99 Folder 15 Hoot 'n' Holler


Box 99 Folder 16 The Hillbilly Cat


Box 99 Folder 17 The Flying Dutchman


Box 99 Folder 18 Under New Management


Box 99 Folder 19 Ready to Rock 'N' Roll


Box 99 Folder 20-22 Breakthrough: 1956


Box 99 Folder 23 Atomic Powered Singer


Box 99 Folder 24 Mass Hysteria


Box 99 Folder 25 Hollywood



Box 69 Folder 20 Memphis to Memphis


Box 69 Folder 17 Memphis Sound



Box 99 Folder 26 Le roi s'amuse



Box 55 Folder 1 Army


Box 55 Folder 2 Elvis in Germany


Box 55 Folder 3 Teen Angel



Box 79 Folder 3 Girls



Box 55 Folder 4 Period of Readjustment


Box 55 Folder 5 Strictly for Profit


Box 55 Folder 6 The Fun Years


Box 55 Folder 7 The Swami


Box 55 Folder 8 Love and Marriage


Box 55 Folder 9 Singer Special


Box 55 Folder 10 Revival at Vegas


Box 55 Folder 11 The President Will See Mr. Presley


Box 55 Folder 12 Easy Come, Easy Go


Box 55 Folder 13 So Shall It Be At The End


Box 55 Folder 14 Press Kits


Box 55 Folder 15 1953-1956 Chapt.


Box 55 Folder 16 Chapter 1 Dramatis Personae


Box 55 Folder 17 Memphis 1948-52


Box 55 Folder 18 Elvis Outlines


Box 55 Folder 19-21 Duplicate Interviews


Box 55 Folder 22 Elvis: Interviews


Box 55 Folder 23 Chores



Box 64 Folder 1 Elvis records (RCA)


Box 64 Folder 2 Elvis tours (RCA)


Box 64 Folder 3 Fans


Box 64 Folder 4 Fan magazine


Box 64 Folder 5 British fan club


Box 64 Folder 6 & 7 Elvis: England


Box 64 Folder 8 FBI, CIA, DEA files


Box 64 Folder 9 Fike, Lamar


Box 64 Folder 10 Germany


Box 64 Folder 11 Ghanum, Elias


Box 64 Folder 12 Gladys


Box 64 Folder 13 Gladys dies


Box 64 Folder 14 Hillbilly Cat


Box 64 Folder 15 Hollywood


Box 64 Folder 16 Homosexuality


Box 64 Folder 17 Gladys


Box 64 Folder 18 Image


Box 64 Folder 19 Press image


Box 64 Folder 20 IRS vs. Estate


Box 64 Folder 21 Gospel



Box 12 Folder 1 & 2 Karate


Box 12 Folder 3 & 4 Jailhouse Rock



Box 67 Folder 1 & 2 Elvis paperback


Box 67 Folder 3 Personality/Character


Box 67 Folder 4 Personality/Character


Box 67 Folder 5 Photographs


Box 67 Folder 6 Presley Family


Box 67 Folder 7 Presley, Dee


Box 67 Folder 8 Presley Initators


Box 67 Folder 9 Presley, Dunnan, Jr.


Box 67 Folder 10 Presley, Vernon


Box 67 Folder 11 Ranch


Box 67 Folder 12 Recording Sessions


Box 67 Folder 13 Religion


Box 67 Folder 14 Revivals


Box 67 Folder 15 Sinatra, Nancy


Box 67 Folder 16 Singer Special


Box 67 Folder 17 Singing Style


Box 67 Folder 18 16 Magazine


Box 67 Folder 19 Solar Flare: Outline and Notes



Box 142 Plans of Graceland, second floor



Box 110 Folder 9 Elvis: Correspondence


Box 110 Folder 10 Elvis Meets Beatles


Box 110 Folder 11 Joy


Box 110 Folder 12 Graceland


Box 110 Folder 13 Graceland Floorplan


Box 110 Folder 14 & 15 Priscilla


Box 110 Folder 16 Priscilla's Pub Proposal: 1st Draft


Box 110 Folder 17 The Little Colonel


Box 110 Folder 18 Elvis: Stanley Bros.


Box 110 Folder 19 Tual Reports


Box 110 Folder 20 Last Will



Box 111 Folder 1-4 Elvis Correspondence


Box 111 Folder 5-6 Corrections-Revisions


Box 111 Folder 7 Country Music


Box 111 Folder 8 Death


Box 111 Folder 9 Death of Elvis


Box 111 Folder 10 Divorce


Box 111 Folder 11 Drugs


Box 111 Folder 12 & 13 Echo Pappa


Box 111 Folder 14 Elvis Bio.: Project History


Box 111 Folder 15 Elvis: Legal


Box 111 Folder 16 Elvis: Merchandising


Box 111 Folder 17 Elvis: Publishing



Box 112 Folder 1 & 2 Sun Records


Box 112 Folder 3 Thompson, Linda


Box 112 Folder 4 Tours (later years)


Box 112 Folder 5 & 6 Tupelo: History


Box 112 Folder 7 Tupelo Chapter


Box 112 Folder 8 Chapter II: Tupelo


Box 112 Folder 9 T.V. Appearances


Box 112 Folder 10 Wedding


Box 112 Folder 11 West, Sonny


Box 112 Folder 12 West, Red


Box 112 Folder 13 Women and Sex


Box 112 Folder 14 Wood, Anita


Box 112 Folder 15 & 16 Tual Report I


Box 112 Folder 17 Tual Report II


Box 112 Folder 18 William Morris Agency



Box 117 Folder 1-5 Elvis Press (magazines, clipping, articles, etc.)



Box 118 Folder 1 Last 24 Hours


Box 118 Folder 2 Last Days


Box 118 Folder 3 Las Vegas


Box 118 Folder 4 Lauderdale Courts


Box 118 Folder 5 Law and Order


Box 118 Folder 6 Legal Review


Box 118 Folder 7 Elvis: Life Mss


Box 118 Folder 8 Lisa Marie


Box 118 Folder 9 Locke, Dixie


Box 118 Folder 10 Love Me Tender


Box 118 Folder 11 Loving You


Box 118 Folder 12 Louisiana Hayride


Box 118 Folder 13 Memorials


Box 118 Folder 14 Memphis


Box 118 Folder 15 Memphis Amusements


Box 118 Folder 16 Memphis Radio


Box 118 Folder 17 Memphis Youth


Box 118 Folder 18 Merchandising


Box 118 Folder 19 Money


Box 118 Folder 20 Movie Colleagues


Box 118 Folder 21 Music Tastes


Box 118 Folder 22 Nashville Music Men


Box 118 Folder 23 Neal, Bob (son, wife)


Box 118 Folder 24 Nichopoulos, Dr.


Box 118 Folder 25 Pan Pacific period



Box 119 Folder 1-13 Elvis Correspondence (mostly reactions to the biography)



Box 123 Folder 1 Airplanes


Box 123 Folder 2 Alden, Ginger


Box 123 Folder 3 Always Elvis


Box 123 Folder 4 Army


Box 123 Folder 5 Army Induction


Box 123 Folder 6 Army Germany



Box 79 Folder 13 German culture


Box 79 Folder 14 Germany


Box 79 Folder 15 Germany & Switzerland


Box 79 Folder 6 & 7 German Books


Box 79 Folder 8 German Army Xeroxs


Box 79 Folder 9 & 10 German Army



Box 123 Folder 7 Atomic Powered Singer


Box 123 Folder 8 Autopsy


Box 123 Folder 9 Bathroom Incident


Box 123 Folder 10 Beal Street


Box 123 Folder 11 Bibliography


Box 123 Folder 12 Boyhood


Box 123 Folder 13 Carnival, Carny Rap


Box 123 Folder 14 Cars


Box 123 Folder 15 Carter Call: Klein


Box 123 Folder 16 Caughley MS.


Box 123 Folder 17 Charities


Box 123 Folder 18 Chores



Box 121 "Elvis" uncut manuscript, 1168 pages



Box 122 "Elvis" uncut manuscript, 1168 pages


Colonel Parker:



Box 22 Folder 1 Colonel: Las Vegas


Box 22 Folder 2 & 3 Colonel Parker


Box 22 Folder 4 Vellenga, Dirk


Box 22 Folder 5 Memphis Mafia


Box 22 Folder 6 Colonel: Law Suits


Box 22 Folder 7 Mafia


Box 22 Folder 8 Elvis: Management


Box 22 Folder 9 & 10 Dirk Vellenga: "The Man Who Said He Was Colonel Thomas Parker", December 1983