Guide to the Matthew J. Bruccoli Research Materials on Kenneth Millar MS.L.003

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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Matthew J. Bruccoli research materials on Kenneth Millar
Creator: Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.L.003
Physical Description: 5.6 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1940-1980
Abstract: This collection contains research materials and notes for two books on Kenneth Millar by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Ross Macdonald/Kenneth Millar, A Descriptive Bibliography (1983), and Ross Macdonald (1984). It also includes Millar's manuscripts for several books and correspondence between Bruccoli and Millar.
Language of Material: English .

Access

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Preferred Citation

Matthew J. Bruccoli research materials on Kenneth Millar. MS-L003. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Acquisition Information

Acquired, 1984.

Processing History

Preliminary processing by Special Collections and Archives staff.

Biography

Matthew J. Bruccoli is a professor of English at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, who has published many writings on the twentieth-century American novel and other subjects. He published two works on Ross Macdonald, the pseudonym used by writer Kenneth Millar.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection contains research materials and notes for two books on Kenneth Millar by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Ross Macdonald/Kenneth Millar, A Descriptive Bibliography (1983), and Ross Macdonald (1984). It also includes Millar's manuscripts for several books and correspondence between Bruccoli and Millar.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

American fiction -- 20th century -- Sources
Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph) -- Archives
Millar, Kenneth -- Archives

 

Kenneth Millar Manuscripts undated

 

Far Side of the Dollar undated

box 1, folder 1

Carbon typescript, revised for magazine version. undated

box 1, folder 2

Carbon typescript, magazine version. undated

box 1, folder 3

Galley Proof. undated

 

Underground Man undated

box 1, folder 4

Carbon Typescript undated

 

Sleeping Beauty undated

box 1, folder 5

Galley Proofs undated

box 2, folder 1

Review of Ian McMillan's Man and the California Condor. 3 p. ms. undated

box 2, folder 2

Millar's Notes on draft of Bruccoli's Checklist 1971

box 2, folder 3

Millar's review of James Cain's Cain x 3, entitled " The Durable Art of James M. Cain". (Earlier title: "Oedipus in Hollywoodland"). Ms. drafts [12 loose pages]. Carbon transcript. 6 leaves. Note on reviewer. undated

box 2, folder 4

Review of Edgar Smith's Brief Against Death, entitled, "The Man in the Death House". Ms drafts, including Final version. Also, Carbon typescript. 4 leaves. Folder also includes telegram from Francis Brown, editor of New York Times book review. Aug. 9, 1968; and clipping from Santa Barbara News-Press concerning convicts on death row in 1967. 1967-1968

 

Kenneth Millar Correspondence undated

 

Matthew J. Bruccoli undated

box 2, folder 5

1968-1969. 17 Letters, 4 envelopes 1968-1969

box 2, folder 6

1970. 16 Letters. 1970

box 2, folder 7

1971. 17 Letters. 1971

box 2, folder 8

1972-1973. 15 letters 1972-1973

box 2, folder 9

1974-1977. 11 letters 1974-1977

box 2, folder 10

Undated. 6 notes and letters undated

box 2, folder 11

"Steve". Dec. 18, 1967. ALS Photocopy. 1 p. "Miss Pat Cork, Agent". Mar. 19, 1970. 1 p. "Robert Knittel, Director". Mar. 19, 1970. 1 p. "The Editor, Toronto Saturday Night" ALS 1 p. "To the Reader" ANS 1 p. 1967-1970

 

Ross Macdonald (Kenneth Millar Biography) undated

box 3, folder 1

1st Draft: Writing Pad (no. 1 of 3) undated

box 3, folder 2

1st Draft: Writing Pad (no. 2 of 3) undated

box 3, folder 3

1st Draft: Writing Pad (no. 3 of 3) undated

box 3, folder 4

Draft. Ms. includes photocopy of pp. 163-164 of "Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler", edited by Frank MacShane. Columbia University Press, 1981. (Letters to Jaems Sandoe from Raymond Chandler. April 14, 1949. 1949, 1981

box 3, folder 5

Draft. Ms. and typescript with Ms revisions. undated

box 3, folder 6

Draft (Seed Copy). "Ross Macdonald/Kenneth Millar, the Poorhouse Prince". Typescript with Ms revisions. Photocopy. Also: TLS to M. Bruccoli from Eleanor Van Cott (of Millar Trust). July 26, 1983. 1 p. 1983

box 3, folder 7

Draft("Inserts reworked"). Ms and typescript photocopy with Ms Revisions. undated

box 3, folder 8

Notes, xeroxes of photos, etc. Notes. Typescript and Ms. KM's letter to New York Times Book review concerning Crawford Wood's review of "Sleeping Beauty". Letter to the editor. Aug 5, 1973. p. 24. Photocopy. Photocopies of Photographs. 1973

box 3, folder 9

Clippings about RM undated

box 4, folder 1

Drafts. undated

box 4, folder 2

Drafts. undated

box 4, folder 3

Drafts. undated

box 4, folder 4

Drafts. undated

box 4, folder 5

Drafts. Photocopy undated

box 4, folder 6

Drafts. undated

box 4, folder 7

Revised galley. undated

box 4, folder 8

Revised galley. Photocopy. undated

box 4, folder 9

Branson, Henry C. undated

box 4, folder 10

Margaret Millar undated

box 4, folder 11

Permissions and Acknowledgements. undated

box 4, folder 12

Correspondence. undated

box 4, folder 13

Correspondence and notes. undated

box 4, folder 14

Photocopies, etc. undated

box 4, folder 15

Miscellaneous. undated

 

Ross Macdonald/Kenneth Millar, A Descriptive Bibliography undated

box 5, folder 1

Drafts, etc. undated

box 5, folder 2

Working draft. undated

box 5, folder 3

Notes, drafts, etc. undated

box 5, folder 4

Notes, etc. undated

box 5, folder 5

Notes, etc. undated

box 5, folder 6

Notes, etc. undated

box 5, folder 7

Notes, etc. undated

box 5, folder 8

Notes, etc. undated

box 5, folder 9

Notes, etc. undated

box 5, folder 10

Data on publication dates; size of 1st printing. undated

box 5, folder 11

Proof. undated

box 5, folder 12

Correspondence undated

box 5, folder 13

Checklist (1971). Draft with K. Millar revisions, etc. Photocopy. 1971

box 5, folder 14

Checklist (1971). Skeleton file of correspondence, notes, etc. 1971

box 5, folder 15

Information on editions, serializations, book club sales, foreign translations, 1969. 1969

box 6, folder 1

Draft. Photocopy, and notes. undated

box 6, folder 2

Draft. M.J. Bruccoli working set. undated

box 6, folder 3

Draft. Cagle copy. Photocopy undated

box 6, folder 4

Draft. Myerson set. Photocopy. undated

box 6, folder 5

R. Berry's notes on draft. undated

box 6, folder 6

Draft. Photocopy. undated

box 6, folder 7

Notes, Sections C and D. undated

 

Advertisements of Ross Macdonald books. undated

box 7, folder 1

Newspapers and magazines undated

box 7, folder 2

Publishers catalogs and flyers: Mysterious Press undated

box 7, folder 3

Publishers catalogs and flyers. Misc. (Includes books about RM) undated

box 7, folder 4

Booksellers' catalogs: Joseph the Provider undated

box 7, folder 5

Booksellers' catalogs: Pepper and Stern undated

box 7, folder 6

Booksellers' and auction catalogs: Miscellaneous undated

box 7, folder 7

Television productions undated

box 7, folder 8

Exhibits of Ross Macdonald books: Grolier Club (196-?) 1960s

box 7, folder 9

Ross Macdonald books in Library publication, etc. undated

box 7, folder 10

Movies undated

box 7, folder 11

Blurbs, by Ross Macdonald. undated

 

Interviews: undated

box 7, folder 12

(Adler, Dick). Los Angeles Times, West, Dec. 10, 1967 1967

box 7, folder 13

(Barkham, John) New york Post, Aug 21, 1971 1971

box 7, folder 14

(Berges, Marhsall) Los Angeles Times, Home, June 29,1975 1975

box 7, folder 15

(Burn, Heather) undated

box 7, folder 16

(Carroll, Jon) Esquire, June 1972 1972

box 7, folder 17

[based on an interview]: (Dolbier, Maurice) New York Herald Tribune, Nov 13, 1960 1960

box 7, folder 18

(Foster, William) Scotsman [Edinburgh], Nov. 20, 1971 1971

box 7, folder 19

(Grogg, S. L., Jr.) Journal of Popular Culture (1973) 1973

box 7, folder 20

[based on an interview]: (Hemsley, John) Belfast Telegraph, Sept. 17, 1976 1976

box 7, folder 21

(Japenga, Ann) Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 1979 1979

box 7, folder 22

(Jones, Robert F.) Los Angeles Magazine, Mar. 1963 1963

box 7, folder 23

(Linderman, Verne) Santa Barbara News-Press, Mar. 30, 1952 1952

box 7, folder 24

(MacGregor, Martha) N.Y. Post, Nov. 27, 1960; May 9, 1965; May 29, 1971 1960, 1965, 1971

box 7, folder 25

(Oakes, Philip) Sunday Times [London], Oct. 24, 1971 1971

box 7, folder 26

(Preston, Peter) Manchester Guardian, Oct. 23, 1971 1971

box 7, folder 27

[unsigned] Seattle Times, Aug. 17, 1958 1958

box 7, folder 28

Miscellaneous (& notices with quotes) undated

 

Articles about Ross Macdonald undated

box 7, folder 29

from MLA bibliography undated

box 7, folder 30

Seidenbaum, Art. undated

box 7, folder 31

Symons, Julian undated

box 7, folder 32

Walbridge, Earle F. undated

box 7, folder 33

Miscellaneous notes, etc. (including British Library book applications forms) undated

box 7, folder 34

M.A. thesis on Ross Macdonald: Carter, Steven Ray (Ohio State University, 1967) 1967

box 8, folder 1

Notes on "Stories" undated

box 8, folder 2

The Bearded Lady, appearing in American Magazine (1948). 1st page only. Photocopy. 1948

box 8, folder 3

The Sky Hook, appearing in American Mercury (1948). Photocopy. 1948

box 8, folder 4

Sleeping Dog, appearing in Argosy (1965). Photocopy. 1965

box 8, folder 5

The Dying Animal, appearing in Cosmopolitan (Sept. 1962) 1956

box 8, folder 6

A Zebra-Striped Hearse. Photocopy. Cosmopolitan (Sept. 1962) 1962

box 8, folder 7

The Chill. Photocopy. Cosmopolitan (August 1963) 1963

box 8, folder 8

The Far Side. Photocopy. Cosmopolitan (Sept. 1964) 2 copies 1964

box 8, folder 9

The Demon Lover. Photocopy. Cosmopolitan (Dec. 1965) 1965

box 8, folder 10

Review of Graham Greene, the Entertainer, by Peter Wolfe. Detroit News (Oct. 22, 1972). Photocopy. 1972

box 8, folder 11

Midnight Blue. Story from Ed McBain's Mystery Book (1960). Photocopy 1960

box 8, folder 12

Find the Woman. Photocopy. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (June 1946); Bring the Killer to Justice. Photocopy. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Feb. 1962) 1946, 1962

box 8, folder 13

Blue City. Condensed version. Esquire, Aug. 1950 (Part 1) and Sept. 1950 (Part 2). Photocopy. 1950

box 8, folder 14

Articles by Kenneth Millar appearing in Literary Supplement (1934-1937). Photocopies. 1934-1937

box 8, folder 15

Stories appearing in Manhunt: The Guilty Ones, (May 1953); The Beat-Up Sister, (Oct. 1953); The Singing Pidgeon, (May 1964). Photocopies. 1953, 1964

box 8, folder 16

Reviews of Kidnap, the Story of the Lindbergh Case, New York Post (1961). Photocopy 1961

box 8, folder 17

Reviews appearing in San Francisco Chronicle. Photocopies undated

box 8, folder 18

Articles appearing in Santa Barbara News Press (1959-1968, & undated). Photocopies 1959-1968, undated

box 8, folder 19

Articles and clippings from Saturday Night (Toronto). Photocopies undated

box 8, folder 20

Articles appearing in The School (1940-1941) 1940-1941

box 8, folder 21

"A Death Road for the Condor". Articles in Sports Illustrated (April 6, 1964 pp. 86-89. Photocopy. 2 copies. 1964

box 8, folder 22

Review by KM in The New York Times Book Review. undated

box 8, folder 23

MJB's notes on RM's dissertation, "The Inward Eye" undated

 

Reviews of Ross Macdonald books (by year) 1944-1981

box 8, folder 24

1944: Dark Tunnel 1944

box 8, folder 25

1946: Trouble Follows Me 1946

box 8, folder 26

1947: Blue City 1947

box 8, folder 27

1948: Three Roads 1948

box 8, folder 28

1949: Moving Target 1949

box 8, folder 29

1950: Drowning Pool 1950

box 8, folder 30

1951: The Way Some People Die 1951

box 8, folder 31

1952: Ivory Grin 1952

box 8, folder 32

1953: Meet Me at the Morgue 1953

box 8, folder 33

1954: Find a Victim 1954

box 8, folder 34

1956: Barbarous Coast 1956

box 8, folder 35

1958: The Doomsters 1958

box 8, folder 36

1959: The Galton Case 1959

box 8, folder 37

1960: The Ferguson Affair 1960

box 8, folder 38

1961: The Wycherly Woman 1961

box 8, folder 39

1962: The Zerbra-Striped Hearse 1962

box 8, folder 40

1964: The Chill 1964

box 8, folder 41

1965: The Far Side of the Dollar 1965

box 8, folder 42

1966: Black Money 1966

box 8, folder 43

1968: The Instant Enemy 1968

box 8, folder 44

1969: The Goodbye Look 1969

box 8, folder 45

1971: The Underground Man 1971

box 8, folder 46

1973: On Crime Writing 1973

box 8, folder 47

1973: Sleeping Beauty 1973

box 8, folder 48

1976: The Blue Hammer 1976

box 8, folder 49

1977: Lew Archer 1977

box 8, folder 50

1981: Self-Portrait 1981

box 8, folder 51

Review of anthology, Crimes and Misfortunes, to which Ross Macdonald contributed a story; review of Great Stories of Suspense, edited by Ross Macdonald. undated

box 9, folder 1

BOOK: Queen, Ellery. The Queen's Awards, 1946; the Winners of the First Annual Detective Short-Story Contest Sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Boston; Little, Brown, 1946. Includes Find the Woman, pp. 270-292, with Kenneth Millar's ms. revisions. 1946

box 9, folder 2

KM [bookmark] "To an Unknown Reader". (1971). Signed. 1971

box 9, folder 3

Film script, "Ross Macdonald: in the First Person" (1970). Davidson Films. Typescript. Photocopy. 1970

 

Pamphlets by K.M.

box 9, folder 4

1969. "Santa Barbara Decleartion of Environmental Rights." January 28 Committee. [3] p. Signed, Ross Macdonald. 1969

box 9, folder 5

1970. "Report of the Santa Barbara Citizens Commission on Civil Disorders". Sept. 15, 1970. 41 p. KM signature on p. 1. 1970

box 9, folder 6

1977. "Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer, Private Investigator". New York, The Mysterious Press, 1977. xiii p. 1977

box 9, folder 7

1982. "Early Millar, the First Stories of Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar." Introductory note by Ralph B. Sipper. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Cordelia Editions, 1982

box 9, folder 8

Archer, the Underground Man. Television script; Screenplay by Douglas Heyes (1974. 1974

 

Periodicals (with articles, interviews, quotes, etc. by RM) - arranged chronologically 1964-1980

box 9, folder 9

Homage to Dashiell Hammett by Ross Macdonald. In: Mystery Writers' Annual. 1964 Edgar Allen Poe Awards Dinner. Pp. 8, 24. Small portrait. Baby picture appears on p.13. 1964

box 9, folder 10

The Far Side by Ross Macdonald; illustrated by Robert Weaver. In: Cosmopolitan, v. 157, no. 3, (Sept, 1964). pp. 100-117, 121-130. 1964

box 9, folder 11

The Demon Lover; Cosmopolitan's complete mystery novel by Ross Macdonald; illustrated by Howard Terpning. In: Cosmopolitan v. 159, no. 6 (Dec. 1965) pp. 110-133, 136-139. 2 copies. 1965

box 9, folder 12

Murder in the Library by Kenneth Milar. In: Mystery Writers' Annual. 1965 Edgar Allen Poe Awards Dinner. P. 2. Brief speech given upon his election as president of Mystery Writers of America. Portrait. 1965

box 9, folder 13

Life With the Blob by Ross Macdonald [Santa Barbara offshore oil slick]. In: Sports Illustrated, v. 30, no.16 (April 21, 1969). pp. 50-52, 57-60. Illustrations, portrait. 1969

box 9, folder 14

The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald, illustrated by Jim Sharpe. In: Cosmopolitan, v. 170, no. 2 (Feb. 1971). pp. 173-176, 178, 180, 184, 186-190, 192, 194-204 1971

box 9, box 15

The Art of Murder by Raymond A. Sokolov. In: Newsweek, Mar. 22, 1971. pp. 101-101, 104, 106, 108. Illustrations. Millar on cover. 2 copies (c.2 lacks cover). 1971

box 10, folder 1

Authors & Editors: Ross Macdonald. Publishers' Weekly. v. 200, no. 6 (Aug. 9, 1971). pp. 19-20. Portrait. 1971

box 10, folder 2

By Any Other Name, [by] L.D. Westwinds column in Westways, v. 63, no. 9 (Sept. 1971) pp. 2,4. 1971

box 10, folder 3

Ross Macdonald in Raw California by Jon Carroll. In: Esquire, v. 77, no. 6 = whole no. 463 (June 1972) pp. 148-149, 188. Color photograph of Millar and grandson [?] 1972

box 10, folder 4

New York Magazine Competition no. 118. " Competitors are invited to submit an extract from a speech seconding Mr. Nixon's nomination, as delivered by any ... present-day personality." Ross Macdonald entry submitted by Bruce Kahn, Putney, Vt. New York Magazine, June 12, 1972. p. 81. 1972

box 10, folder 5

PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. V. 88, no. 6 (Nov. 1973). November 1973 Program. 1973

box 10, folder 6

How to Tell Sam Spade from Philip Marlowe from Lew Archer, by Richard R. Lingeman. Esquire, v. 84, no. 2 = whole no. 501 (August 1975) pp. 62, 64. 1975

box 10, folder 7

Happy Moments at the Mailbox ; some celebrated authors describe how they sold their first writing--and what that experience meant to them, by Peter Gardner. In: Bookviews, v. 1,no. 1 (Sept. 1977). pp. 10-13. (Macdonald, p. 13)

box 10, folder 8

Tracking the Mystery Bookstores, by Daisy Maryles. In: Publishers Weekly, v. 213, no. 11 (March 13, 1978) p. 64. (missing, need to photocopy and insert) 1978

box 10, folder 9

Booze and the Writer. In: Writer's Digest, Oct. 1978, pp. 25-33 (Macdonald, p. 26-27) 1978

box 10, folder 10

Ross Macdonald Interview, by Gene Davison and John Knoerle. In: Mystery, Nov./Dec. 1979. pp. [5]-8. Photographs. 1979

box 10, folder 12

The Faces of Ross Macdonald, by Ralph Sipper. Illustration by Doug Medved. In: Santa Barbara Magazine, v. 6, no. 4 (winter 1980) pp. 66-69. 1980

 

UNPROCESSED 1987, 1991, undated

Access

Materials in this series are restrcited.
 

[Boxes 11-14 are restricted: Unprocessed and not yet available for research use.] 1987, 1991, undated

box 11 RESTRICTED

1987 additions 1987

box 12 RESTRICTED

1991 additions 1991

box 13 RESTRICTED

Miscellaneous Additions undated

box 14 RESTRICTED

Miscellaneous Additions undated