Novels Series 1.
1956-1994
Physical Description: 5.8 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains published and unpublished novels by Margaret Millar. Most novels include manuscript and typescript drafts.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
box 1 RESTRICTED, folder 1-5
Manuscript notebooks
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes note cards and loose leaves.
box 2 RESTRICTED, folder 1
Page proof and alterations to galleys
1976
box 1 RESTRICTED, folder 8-9
Photocopy
undated
Scope and Contents note
"3rd Xerox copy," with leaf headed: "note to author." Leaves [1-4], 1-246.
box 1 RESTRICTED, folder 6-7
Typescript
1976
Scope and Contents note
Stamped: "Setting Copy." Leaves [i-vi], [1]-247.
box 6 RESTRICTED, folder 3-4
Photocopy of corrected typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves [1]-225.
box 15 RESTRICTED, folder 1
box 6 RESTRICTED, folder 5
Typescript with manuscript corrections, revisions, and additions
undated
Scope and Contents note
Stored in cloth-bound clamshell box.
Beast in View (dramatization of)
"Words Can Kill," by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert.
box 7 RESTRICTED, folder 1-4
Carbon typescript
1956, undated
Scope and Contents note
With typed letter signed from Harold Ober Associates and manuscript notes by Kenneth Millar.
Beyond This Point Are Monsters
box 2 RESTRICTED, folder 5-6
Carbon typescript, "Copy 3"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-218.
box 2 RESTRICTED, folder 7-8
Carbon typescript, "Copy 5"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-218.
box 3 RESTRICTED, folder 1-5
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes notebooks and loose pages.
box 2 RESTRICTED, folder 4
box 2 RESTRICTED, folder 2-3
Typescript
1970
Scope and Contents note
Includes printer's layout markings. Leaves [14], [1]-218.
The Birds and the Beasts Were There
box 5 RESTRICTED, folder 11-12
Carbon typescript, "Setting Copy"
1967
Scope and Contents note
Preliminary leaves; leaves 1-293; About the author; Index.
box 4 RESTRICTED, folder 5-7
Carbon typescript with manuscript corrections
1968
Scope and Contents note
Title: "A Tempest of Tanagers." Leaves 1-293; Index.
box 6 RESTRICTED, folder 1-2
Carbon typescript with manuscript corrections
undated
Scope and Contents note
Title: "A Tempest of Tanagers." Leaves 1- 293.
box 4 RESTRICTED, folder 3-4
Carbon typescript with manuscript revisions and notes
1982
Scope and Contents note
With Margaret Millar note, 15 June 1982. Leaves 1-293.
box 5 RESTRICTED, folder 9
Comments and miscellaneous
undated
box 5 RESTRICTED, folder 1-8
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 8 notebooks. Title: "A Tempest of Tanagers."
box 5 RESTRICTED, folder 10
box 4 RESTRICTED, folder 1-2
Typescript with manuscript revisions
1972
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-293. Kenneth Millar note: "There is no 138-9."
The Fiend
Scope and Contents note
Earlier title: "The Remember Game"
box 7 RESTRICTED, folder 5-7
Carbon typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 title leaves. 1 title leaf marked "Copy 4" and 1 leaf of alterations in Kenneth Millar's holograph. Leaves 1-313.
box 7 RESTRICTED, folder 8-10
Carbon typescript
1964
Scope and Contents note
Stamped: "Setting Copy." Leaves i-vi, 1-313.
box 15 RESTRICTED, folder 2-9
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 8 notebooks and loose leaves. Title: "The Remember Game."
"Gallagher's Wake"
Scope and Contents note
Unpublished novel.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access restricted.
box 26 RESTRICTED, folder 1-4
Typescript
1994
Scope and Contents note
Encompasses 2 early versions with handwritten corrections and plans for the novel.
[Holly J. Ban]
Scope and Contents note
Alternative title: [Nobody/No One Heard from Holly J. Ban].
box 16 RESTRICTED, folder 1-6
Manuscripts
circa 1969
Scope and Contents note
Includes 6 notebooks and loose leaves.
box 9 RESTRICTED, folder 1-3
Typescript
1972
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-388.
[The Life Taster]
Scope and Contents note
Untitled novel. Main characters are named Helena, Jarwin, Mrs. Anderson, Elizabeth, Roy.
box 16 RESTRICTED, folder 7-12
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 6 notebooks and loose leaves.
box 9 RESTRICTED, folder 5-6
Carbon typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-246.
box 9 RESTRICTED, folder 7-8
Carbon typescript, with manuscripts revisions
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-246.
box 9 RESTRICTED, folder 9
Carbon typescript for
Cosmopolitan version, copy 3
undated
box 9 RESTRICTED, folder 10
Carbon typescript for
Cosmopolitan version, copy 4
undated
box 9 RESTRICTED, folder 4
Correspondence with Harry E. Maule
1958
box 10 RESTRICTED, folder 1-5
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 4 notebooks and loose pages.
box 8 RESTRICTED, folder 5
box 8 RESTRICTED, folder 1-2
Photocopy of corrected typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves 1-208.
box 8 RESTRICTED, folder 3-4
Photocopy of typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves [1]-232.
box 8 RESTRICTED, folder 6-8
Typescript with manuscript revisions
undated
Scope and Contents note
Leaves [2], 1-229.
"Mrs. B"
Scope and Contents note
Unfinished novel.
box 17 RESTRICTED, folder 1-2
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 2 notebooks and loose leaves.
box 17 RESTRICTED, folder 3-4
Typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes first chapter and structure for following chapters.
box 10 RESTRICTED, folder 6-7
box 10 RESTRICTED, folder 8-14
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 6 notebooks and loose leaves.
box 19 RESTRICTED, folder 1-2
Typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 boxes with manuscript revisions.
box 18 RESTRICTED, folder 1-3
Typescript with manuscript revisions
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes research notes.
box 18 RESTRICTED, folder 4-6
Typesetting copy with manuscript corrections
1987
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter from William Morrow and Company.
box 11 RESTRICTED, folder 1-9
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 9 notebooks and loose leaves.
[Winnie/Galloway]
Scope and Contents note
Untitled novel.
box 17 RESTRICTED, folder 5-9
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 5 notebooks, loose leaves, and chapter plans.
Other writings Series 2.
1936-1963
Physical Description: 1.2 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains published and unpublished plays, poems, and short stories.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 2
"Black Pearl": carbon typescript
circa 1962
Scope and Contents note
With typed letter signed, 1962 September 10. Margaret Millar's note on letter.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 3
"Blind Justice": carbon typescript
1953
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 6
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Loose leaves.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 7
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 1
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 1 notebook and loose leaves.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 1
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 11
"Like a Fox": mimeograph
undated
Scope and Contents note
Teleplay by Margaret Millar; story by Margaret and Kenneth Millar. Produced for Rod Cameron's "City Detective Series." 40
leaves.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 2
[Mary Comes In…]: manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Untitled screenplay, 2 notebooks.
"McGowney's Miracle"
Scope and Contents note
Teleplay based on
Cosmopolitan story.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 14
Manuscripts.
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 notebooks.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 15
Carbon typescripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 copies.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 18
"Service Wives": manuscripts
undated
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 3
Untitled television scripts
circa 1957
Scope and Contents note
3 notebooks.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 4
"The Woman Who Lived Alone": manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Screenplay co-written with Kenneth Millar. One notebook.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 5
"Early Poems": manuscripts
circa 1936
Scope and Contents note
Includes a series of poems written in Toronto and London in 1936.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 6
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 7-8
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 9-10
"Where Have You Been": typescript
undated
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 1
"Among Those Present": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 leaves. Enclosed in envelope marked "Stream of Conscience." Kenneth Millar notes for "English 182" are on the verso of each
page.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 1
"Baby Duck": typescript
circa 1945
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 11
"Body Builder -- Musclebound": manuscript
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 2
"But Thee and Me": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 12
[Casino Story]: manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook and loose leaves.
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 13
[Channel City]: manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook and loose leaves.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 4
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Tablet, 22 leaves, with note by Margaret Millar. Title on envelope: "The Last of Mr. Evans." See also "The End of Mr. Evans."
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 5
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 8
"The Couple Next Door": carbon typescript
circa 1963
Scope and Contents note
With typed letter signed from Catherine [Barth], 1963 May 20.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 9
"Doctor in the House" : typescript
circa 1944
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 14
[Dying Animal]: manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 10
"The End of Mr. Evans": carbon typescript
undated
[Exchanging Bitter Words and Hostile Looks]
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 1
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 2
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 3
"The Firebug": manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 5
"Grandpa and Democracy": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 6
"Grandpa and the Sabbath": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 7
"Grandpa and the Yucca Moth": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 4-5
"The Liar": typescript
1948
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 12
"The Man Who Had Everything": carbon typescript
undated
box 20 RESTRICTED, folder 11
"Marriage Counselor": manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 13
"McGowney's Miracle":
Cosmopolitan printing
undated
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 6
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 leaves.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 6
Typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 16
"The Mimican": typescript
undated
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 7
[Mr. Trio]: typescript with corrections
undated
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 8
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 9
Typescript with corrections
undated
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 8
"Mrs. Vista's Sunshine": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
7 leaves.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 10
"Notions": typescript with corrections
undated
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 11
"The People Across the Canyon": typescript
undated
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 12
[Rosalind / Charles]: manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes loose leaves.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 19
"Shakedown Cruise": typescript
undated
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 20
Carbon typescript
undated
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 21
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 22
"Shoo, Shoo Baby": typescript
circa 1945
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 23, box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 13
"The Silhouette": typescript
undated
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 24
"Social and Personal": manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Loose leaves, [1]-[11].
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 3
"Stream of Conscience": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 13 RESTRICTED, folder 4
"The Unsung Galahad": typescript
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 leaves.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 14
"Why Not You": typescript
undated
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 15
Manuscripts
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 21 RESTRICTED, folder 16
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
Includes reviews, speeches, and script treatments.
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 25
Address to Mystery Writers of America.
undated
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 26
Notes for introduction of Kenneth Millar at Writer's Conference.
undated
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 17
Script treatment proposed for James M. Cain's "Serenade": typescript
1947
box 12 RESTRICTED, folder 27
"Some Recent Crime Stories"
undated
Publication contracts Series 3.
1943-1978
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains publication contracts for 23 novels, including contracts signed with foreign publishing houses.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by novel title.
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 1
An Air That Kills
1957-1971
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 2
Ask for Me Tomorrow
1976-1977
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 3
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 4
Beyond This Point Are Monsters
1969-1971
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 5
The Birds and the Beasts Were There
1966
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 6
The Cannibal Heart
1949-1950, 1972
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 7
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 8
Do Evil in Return
1950-1951, 1965-1972
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 9
Experiment in Springtime
undated
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 10
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 11
Fire Will Freeze
1943-1946, 1967
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 12
How Like an Angel
1963-1965
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 13
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 14
It's All in the Family
1949
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 15
The Listening Walls
1960-1967
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 16
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 17
Rose's Last Summer
1952-1955
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 18
A Stranger in My Grave
1960-1967
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 19
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 20
Vanish in an Instant
1951-1953, 1968
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 21
Wall of Eyes
1943-1947, 1972
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 22
The Weak-Eyed Bat
1941-1945
box 14 RESTRICTED, folder 23
Wives and Lovers
1954-1963
Research files, notes, and reviews Series 4.
1945-1994
Physical Description: 1.4 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains handwritten preliminary notebooks, research files, reviews of novels, miscellaneous information on Kenneth
Millar, and information on the Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by topic or format.
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 1
Clippings
1952-1961, 1976- 1989
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 1
Correspondence
1987-1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes note from the White House and Charles Champlin's introduction of Margaret Millar at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 2
Edgar Allan Poe Award
1955-1956
Scope and Contents note
Includes certificate and press release by Random House.
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 3
H. R. F. Keating,
Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books, excerpt
1991
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and review essays of
Beast in View,
Beyond These Point Are Monsters, and Ross Macdonald's
The Blue Hammer.
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 4
Harry R. Warfel,
American Novelists of Today, excerpt
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes biographical sketch of Margaret Millar.
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 5
Kenneth Millar's obituary
1983
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 6
List of books by Margaret Millar
undated
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 7
Mystery Writers Annual
1994
Scope and Contents note
Includes an article by Ross Macdonald and a note "In Memoriam" of several writers including Margaret Millar.
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 8
Outstanding Achievement Award for Kenneth Millar
1972
Scope and Contents note
Includes certificate and newspapers clipping.
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 9
"Words Can Kill" program for the Pasadena Playhouse Patio Theatre.
undated
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 10
Birder's Life List and Diary
1961-1974
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 11
National Shorthand Reporters Association,
Making the Record
1968
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 12
General
1968, 1980-1983, undated
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 13
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 14
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 15
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 16
Reverend Moon Cult and Stonehenge bombing
1977-1978
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 17
box 22 RESTRICTED, folder 18
box 23 RESTRICTED, folder 1-5
People of the State of California, Plaintiff, vs. Frederick Roehler
1981-1982
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 2
People of the State of California, Plaintiff, vs. Millan H. Spenceley
1968
box 24 RESTRICTED, folder 1
[Carla Planning]
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 notebook.
box 24 RESTRICTED, folder 2-12
General
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 6 notebooks and loose handwritten and typescript leaves. Contains general ideas, notes, and plans for novels, short
stories and plays.
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 3-4
Planning
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 2 notebooks and loose handwritten and typescript leaves.
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 5
[Radio Station Book]
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes 1 notebook.
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 6
Ask for Me Tomorrow
1976-1977
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 7
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 8
Beyond This Point Are Monsters
1974
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 9
The Birds and the Beasts Were There
1968
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 10
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 11
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 12
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 13
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 14
The Murder of Miranda
1980
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 15
Rose's Last Summer
1952-1953
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 16
Spider Webs
1986-1987
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence from Charles Champlin and Harvey Ginsberg.
box 25 RESTRICTED, folder 17
A Stranger in My Grave
1960-1961
box 26 RESTRICTED
Unprocessed addition 2018 Accession 2018.018
circa 1960s-1983
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet(2 letter file folders)
Access
This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This addition to the collection is comprised of typescripts of novels, an article, and a treatment for a television script
written by Margaret Millar. The typescripts contain editorial annotations.