Margaret Hawtof Kay collection on Stanley G. Weinbaum
Finding aid originally prepared in 2016 by Aleia McDaniel, Student Processing Assistant. Updates made by SCUA staff in 2023.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Margaret Hawtof Kay collection on Stanley G. Weinbaum
Date (inclusive): 1920-2003, undated
Date (bulk): 1920-1922
Collection Number: MS 114
Creator:
Hawtof Kay, Margaret
Source:
Weinbaum, Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman), 1902-1935
Extent:
0.83 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: This collection contains manuscripts, published and unpublished works, poetry, and short stories written by the science fiction
author Stanley G. Weinbaum before his death in 1935. Also included in the collection is correspondence compiled by Weinbaum's
widow Margaret Hawtof Kay from the late 1990s and early 2000s regarding the disposition of Weinbaum's estate and the management
of his literary works.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Margaret Hawtof Kay collection on Stanley G. Weinbaum (MS 114). Special Collections
& University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gifts of Mark J. Polland, 2014, 2023.
Processing History
Processed by Aleia McDaniel, Student Processing Assistant, 2016.
Processing of the Margaret Hawtof Kay collection of Stanley G. Weinbaum materials was completed by undergraduate students
from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project
started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers
Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator.
Biographical Note
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum was a science fiction writer who lived from 1902 to 1935. Prior to the initial acceptance of his
science fiction stories, Weinbaum wrote numerous manuscripts for the freelance romantic and mystery market under the pseudonym
Marge Stanley, the majority of which went unsold. In 1934, in what is now regarded as the "Golden Age of Science Fiction",
Weinbaum released the first of his "Planetary Series",
A Martian Odyssey. It was the first published science fiction story of the author and the first alien story to probe the alternative psyche
of beings from extra-terrestrial bodies and explore the eco-systems of other planets all from a non-earth based view. It
was also the first of the author's stories to appear during his short two year period of publishing before he died prematurely
of cancer in 1935.
Margaret Hawtof Kay was married to Stanley Weinbaum in 1926, and passed away in 1996.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection contains published and unpublished manuscripts, stories, and other materials written by Stanley G. Weinbaum.
The manuscripts include science fiction stories, poems, prose, and criticisms. Included in these manuscripts are first drafts
and rough outlines of his unpublished stories that may have been written under his penname of Marge Stanley. These manuscripts
contain numerous sonnets, short and longform poetry, as well as short stories with editors notes and commentary.
The biographies and interviews that are included in the collection are primarily done through Weinbaum's agents —particularly
Lurton Blassingame— publishers and his wife Margaret Hawtof Kay. Several later articles about Weinbaum, including several
by Eric Leif Davin, are also included within the collection.
Also included in the collection is correspondence compiled by Weinbaum's widow Margaret Hawtof Kay from the late 1990s and
early 2000s regarding the disposition of Weinbaum's estate and the management of his literary works.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. Manuscripts and other material, 1920-1922, undated
- Series 2. Publications, 1921-2002, undated
- Series 3. Correspondence, 1962-2003
Related Archival Materials
Related archival materials can be found at Temple University:
https://library.temple.edu/scrc/stanley-g-weinbaum-papers
Collection ID: SCRC 76
Separated Materials Note
Separated books, multiple copies of published novels, can be found in the general UC Riverside library catalog.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Weinbaum, Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman), 1902-1935
Authors
Biographies (documents)
Creative writing (Higher education)
Detective and mystery stories
Fantasy
Fantasy fiction
Poetry
Science fiction
Science fiction -- Authorship
Genres and Forms of Materials
Correspondence
Poems
Short stories
Series 1. Manuscripts and other material
1920-1922, undated
Series Scope and Contents
This series contains edited and unfinished manuscripts written by Stanley G. Weinbaum. Included are essays, critiques, and
unpublished poetry and short stories.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Box 1, Folder 1
Class Handouts: English 107 Narration and Preliminary Bibliography
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
Criticism of
"A Tale of Scheherezade"
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Criticism of "Mr. Weinbaum's 'Roland'" by B. Humiston
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Criticism of Mr. Weinbaums Story, by K. Brady
1 May 1922
Box 1, Folder 5
Notebook containing unpublished poetry and short stories written by Weinbaum
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Editors notes and critique for
"Rhythm in Sir Thomas Brown"
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Remarks to Critics
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Letter to Mr. Weinbaum
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Essay on Film and Acting
27 September 1922
Box 1, Folder 10
"Abandoned," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 11
"A Mid-Semester Fantasy," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
6 December 1920
Box 1, Folder 12
"A Poet Pickpocket," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
23 April 1922 & undated
Scope and Contents
Folder includes a one page criticism by Jerry Quam.
Box 1, Folder 13
"A Tale of Scheherazade," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
8 March 1922
Box 1, Folder 14
"An Uncritical Allegory," unpublished manuscript, typed
undated
Box 1, Folder 15
"Aryana," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 16
"Ballade to Claire," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 17
"Ballade of Pleasures," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 18
"Bellum Mortis," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 19
"Beside the Nile," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 20
"Buddha," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 21
"Cerberus," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
26 Feb 1922
Scope and Contents
Folder includes newspaper clipping dated 8 March 1922
Box 1, Folder 22
"China," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 23
"Classmates," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 24
"Deep Down in Hell," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 25
"Disraeli, After his Renunciation of Faith, to Israel (as John Milton Might Have Written It)," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 26
"Effet De Nuit," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 27
Enforcing Traditions, published short story, typed
undated
Box 1, Folder 28
"Extravaganza: Dedicated to Connie," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 29
"Helene: A Ghazel," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 30
Untitled, unpublished poetry
undated
Scope and Contents
Poem begins with the line: "Here in my dim and dusty room"
Box 1, Folder 31
"How Mela Outwitted Safra, the Favorite Wife of Witiza," unpublished manuscript, typed
22 March 1922
Box 1, Folder 32
Undated, unpublished poetry
undated
Scope and Contents
Poem begins with the line: "I am Austral." It is written on the back of an envelope and the envelope has a postage mark dated
14 Dec 1920.
Box 1, Folder 33
"In Babylon, A Rondeau," unpublished poetry
23 May 1921
Box 1, Folder 34
Untitled, unpublished poetry
undated
Scope and Contents
Poem begins with the line: "In Sherwood."
Box 1, Folder 35
"Israel," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 36
"Longing," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 37
"Love-Song," unpublished poetry
26 September 1922
Box 1, Folder 38
"Love, to Miss Burnett," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 39
"Luckless Stan," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 40
"Lunaria," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 41
"Marion," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 42
Untitled, unpublished poetry
undated
Scope and Contents
Untitled poem begins with the line: "Marion's So Very Sweet"
Box 1, Folder 43
"Mediocrity," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
15 March 1922
Box 1, Folder 44
"Mostly St. John," unpublished manuscript, typed
8 May 1922
Box 1, Folder 45
"Musa: A Temple Story," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 46
"Nameless," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 47
"Neptune," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 48
"Ode to Opium-A Pindau," unpublished poetry
March 1921
Box 1, Folder 49
"Pensees de Nuit," unpublished poetry
April 1921
Box 1, Folder 50
"Restless Al," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 51
"Roland (An Anatole Series)," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
3 May 1922
Box 1, Folder 52
"Semiramis," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 53
"Scene 1," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 54
"Sonnet," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 55
"Sonnet to Claire Adams," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 56
"Tales of the Cynics: The Sparrows Tale," unpublished manuscript, typed
3 January 1921
Box 1, Folder 57
"The Caliph," unpublished poetry
September 1922
Box 1, Folder 58
"The Characters of Browning," unpublished manuscript, handwritten
undated
Box 1, Folder 59
"The Coconut Slump," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 60
"The Dark Haired Beauty Whom I See in Laboratory, Whose Name I Do Not Know, But Hope to Find Out," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 61
"The Hostess' Song," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 62
"The Mountain of Madness," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 63
"The Old Shakespeare to Some Flame of his Youth," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 64
"The Swamp," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 65
"The Tale of a Crocodile," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 66
"The Wheel," unpublished manuscript, typed
undated
Box 1, Folder 67
"To Connie," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 68
"To Edith: A Villanelle," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 69
"Triolet," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 70
"Two Sunsets," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 71
"S_____ - Villanelle," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 72
Untitled, unpublished poetry
undated
Scope and Contents
Poem begins with line: "What is the good in a name?"
Box 1, Folder 73
"Yacinth A Kit'Ah," unpublished poetry
undated
Box 1, Folder 74
Untitled, unpublished poetry
undated
Scope and Contents
Poem begins with line: "You wind that whistles dustily"
Series 2. Publications
1921-2002, undated
Series Scope and Contents
This series contains biographical information, interviews related to Stanley G. Weinbaum, and magazines with some of Weinbaum's
published works.
Series Arrangement
This series is arranged in chronological order.
Box 2, Folder 1
The Wisconsin Literary Magazine
April 1921
Scope and Contents
Facsimile. Vol XX, No 7. Contents include "The Adventures of Gaucelm" by I. M. Ramsdell, "Lunaria" by Stanley Weinbum, and
"A Cup of Coffee" by Walter K. Schwinn.
Box 2, Folder 2
Fantasy Magazine
1936
Scope and Contents
Vol 6, No 1. "This issue respectfully dedicated to the memory of Stanley G. Weinbaum."
Box 2, Folder 3
Lens for the Future: An Exhibition from the David C. Paskow Science Fiction Collection at the Temple University Library
1980
Box 2, Folder 4
Lunaria and Other Poems
1988
Scope and Contents
Published by The Strange Company
Box 2, Folder 5
Remembering Stanley G. Weinbaum: An Interview with Margaret Weinbaum Kay by Eric Leif Davin
1988
Box 2, Folder 6
Fantasy Commentator
1988
Scope and Contents
Vol VI, No 2. Standard Issue with notes related to Mr. Weinbaum.
Box 2, Folder 7
Fantasy Commentator: Weinbaum Memorial Issue
1991
Scope and Contents
Vol VII, No 2
Box 2, Folder 8
Expanse
1994
Scope and Contents
Volume 2, includes
A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum with art by Allen Koszowski.
Box 2, Folder 9
Fantasy Commentator, Moskowitz Memorial Issue
1997
Scope and Contents
Vol IX, No 2
Box 2, Folder 10
Parallax Second Tales
2002
Scope and Contents
Vol 1, No 1. Includes
"The Kings Watch" by Stanley G. Weinbaum.
Box 2, Folder 11
"Dawn of Fame: The Career of Stanley G. Weinbaum"
undated
Scope and Contents
Facsimile with marginalia
Series 3. Correspondence
1962-2003
Series Scope and Contents
The series consists of three bound volumes of correspondence written to Margaret Hawtof Kay related to the management of Weinbaum's
estate and literary works. Also included in the volumes are some articles and drafts of legal documents related to the correspondence.
Series Arrangement
The series is arranged in bound volumes according to their original order.
Box 2, Folder 12
Correspondence re Stanley G. Weinbaum, Vol. 1
1993-1995
Box 2, Folder 13
Correspondence re Stanley G. Weinbaum, Vol. 2
1962-1993
Box 2, Folder 14
Correspondence re Stanley G. Weinbaum, Vol. 3
1995-2003