Aces
“The suicide squadron,” December 1928.
“Marked wings,” November 1929.
“The renegades,” n.d.
Action Stories
“Apples in Eden,” September 1925.
“The barbless arrow,” October 1925.
“The island of vanishing men,” November 1925.
“The Mexican degree,” n.d.
“The wailing vampire,” n.d.
Adventure
“Cheating fate,” January 1923
Manuscript. January 30, 1923.
Correspondence to and from publisher. January 30, 1923.
“Five fathoms down,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
“Water,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence from publisher. n.d.
Air Stories
“Twenty-four hours,” October 1927.
“Fire mountain,” November 1927.
“Winged quest,” December 1928.
“White feathers,” August 1929.
“Four and twenty blackbirds,” August 1930.
“Buccaneers awing,” March 1931.
“Over the spot,” July 1931.
“By wing and sea,” n.d.
“Gold from the sky,” n.d.
“Spanish gold,” n.d.
“Thundering canoes,” n.d.
Black Mask
“The seven gilded balls,” September 1922 and n.d.
Manuscript. September 1922.
Correspondence from publisher. n.d.
“The gold-digger's man,” October 1922
Manuscript. October 1922.
Correspondence from publishers. October 1922.
“Half across the world,” October 1922
Manuscript. October 1922.
Manuscript. October 1922.
Manuscript. October 1922.
Manuscript. October 1922.
Correspondence to and from publishers. October 1922.
“The ghost ship,” March 1, 1923
Manuscript. March 1, 1923.
Correspondence to and from publishers. March 1, 1923.
“In mutiny,” May 15, 1923
Manuscript. May 15, 1923.
Correspondence to and from publishers. May 15, 1923.
“Call out the Clan!” June 1, 1923
Manuscript. June 1, 1923.
Manuscript. June 1, 1923.
Correspondence to and from publisher. June 1, 1923.
“The useless man,” July 15, 1923
Manuscript. July 15, 1923.
Correspondence to and from publishers. July 15, 1923.
“The black gauntlet,” August 15, 1923
Manuscript. August 15, 1923.
Correspondence to publisher. August 15, 1923.
Manuscript. August 15, 1923.
“One dried head,” November/December 1923
Manuscript. November/December 1923.
Correspondence to and from publisher. November/December 1923.
“The gentle art of drying heads,” November 1, 1923.
“When a wizard woos,” January 1, 1924
Correspondence to publisher. January 1, 1924.
Manuscript. January 1, 1924.
“On ten palms island,” March 15, 1924
Manuscript. March 15, 1924.
Correspondence to and from publisher. March 15, 1924.
Manuscript. March 15, 1924.
“Painted skulls,” October 1924
Manuscript. October 1924.
Correspondence to and from publishers. October 1924.
Manuscript. October 1924.
Manuscript. October 1924.
“Three lavender envelopes,” April 1926.
“Hall of the singing bell,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
“The knife,” n.d.
“Poisoned gas,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
“That yellow devil,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
“Shark-bait,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Blue Book
“Ten pieces of silver,” June 1940
Manuscript. June 1940.
Correspondence to and from publishers. June 1940.
Brief Stories
“Desert toll,” n.d.
Capper's Farmer
“Stolen wings,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Contact
“The devil's replacement,” November 1933
Manuscript. November 1933.
Manuscript. November 1933.
Dance Lovers' Magazine
“The dancer in the mist,” April 1924
Manuscript. April 1924.
Correspondence from publisher. April 1924.
Detective Fiction Weekly
“The clue of the walking dog,” January 1, 1938
“The clue of the walking dog,” January 1, 1938.
Correspondence to and from publisher. January 1, 1938.
Esquire
“I am a fourth-class postmaster,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Fawcett's Triple-X
“The pirate parson,” July 1924
Manuscript. July 1924.
Correspondence from publisher. July 1924.
“Between friends,” n.d.
“Desert madness,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript (Copy of 17a). n.d.
“The house of skulls,” n.d.
“One good turn,” n.d.
Fighting Romances
“The purple octopus,” March 1926.
Note
“Sand,” April 1926.
Note
“The siren of the south seas,” June 1926.
Flynn's Detective Fiction
“The silver of steel,” July 8, 1933.
“Spear of the sea,” September 9, 1933
Manuscript. September 9, 1933.
Plot outline. September 9, 1933.
Flynn's Detective Stories
“Spear of the sea,” September 9, 1933
Rough outline. September 9, 1933.
Outline synopsis. September 9, 1933.
Flynn's Detective Fiction
“Death at four fathoms,” December 2, 1933
Manuscript. December 2, 1933.
Outline synopsis. December 2, 1933.
Fragment from first draft[?]. December 2, 1933.
“Nine fingers,” December 16, 1933.
“Twenty francs gold,” April 14, 1934.
International Detective
“Moths to the light,” September 1933.
Lariat
“Matches,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Love Stories
“The flower of betrothal,” November 9, 1923
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript. November 9, 1923.
Correspondence from publisher. November 9, 1923.
Metropolitan
“Driftwood,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence from publisher. n.d.
Mystery Magazine
“White spots,” December 1, 1922
Manuscript. December 1, 1922.
Correspondence from publisher. December 1, 1922.
Mystery
“White devil,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Novelets
“One jungle night,” May 1924
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript. May 1924.
Correspondence to and from publisher. May 1924.
“Islands of desire,” August 1924
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript. August 1924.
Second draft. August 1924.
Correspondence from publisher. August 1924.
“Green dice,” February 1925.
“The cobra's mate,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Photoplay
“More than hunger,” December 1927.
Real Life Stories
“The broken commandment,” April 1924
Manuscript. April 1924.
Manuscript. April 1924.
Correspondence from publisher. April 1924.
“A drum in the night,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
“The jade jars,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publishers. n.d.
“One half hour,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Screen Secrets
“A million or bust,” November 1927/February 1928
Magazine clippings. November 1927/February 1928.
Correspondence from publisher. November 1927/February 1928.
Secrets
“At dawn I keep a tryst with madame,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
“Bait,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Short Stories
“By the print of a foot,” September 10, 1937
Manuscript. September 10, 1937.
Note
Correspondence to and from publisher. September 10, 1937.
“The reef,” n.d.
“The stairway to the sun,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
“The wings of the morning,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
“The witch is dead,” January 25, 1949
Manuscript. January 25, 1949.
Correspondence to and from publisher. January 25, 1949.
Smart Set
“Smoke,” n.d.
Soldier Stories
“The devil's squadron,” April 1929.
Scope and Content Note
Special Detective
“Dead hand from the sea,” October 1937
Manuscript. October 1937.
Correspondence to and from publisher. October 1937.
Telling Tales
“The talisman,” March 25, 1925.
Top Notch
“Death in the night,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence from publisher. n.d.
Outline. n.d.
“Stubborn men,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Outline. n.d.
True Detective Stories
“That squares it,” March 3, 1924
Manuscript. March 3, 1924.
Correspondence to and from publishers. n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Wings
“Barbe goes solo,” April 1928.
“Unfinished business,” May 1928.
“Barbe flies alone,” June 1928.
“Ghost wings,” July 1928.
“Flaming gas,” August 1928.
“War on the wing,” September 1928.
“Star robbers,” October 1928.
“Hounds of the horizon,” February 1930
Manuscript. February 1930.
Manuscript. February 1930.
“Treasure flight,” March 1930.
“Gringo wings,” July 1930.
“Ships that crash,” January 1931.
“Devil on wings,” April 1932
Manuscript. April 1932.
Manuscript. April 1932.
Publisher's memoranda re synopsis. April 1932.
“Brethren of the wing,” n.d.
“The mad skipper,” n.d.
The Writer's Monthly
“Romance,” August 1924
Manuscript. August 1924.
Correspondence to and from publisher. August 1924.
“From the stone-age to electricity,” July 1925.
[Unpublished?]
“The gambling girl,” n.d.
“The gold-brick,” n.d.
“Men without matches,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
“The red road,” n.d.]
“Rover wings,” n.d.
“Thirteen heads,” n.d.
“The wicker chair,” n.d.
Manuscript. n.d.
Correspondence to and from publisher. n.d.
Story Record of Neil North
Account records of Petersen's stories. 1920-1938.
Account records of Petersen's stories. 1920-1938.
Account Record File Cards
Account record file cards. 1920-1938.
Checklist: Petersen stories
Checklist compiled by E.R. Hagemann. July 1985.