Finding Aid for the Raymond Chandler papers, 1930-1959
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Raymond Chandler papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1959
Collection number: 638
Creator: Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
Extent: 13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959) published his first novel,
The Big Sleep, to great success in 1939 and began writing screenplays in 1944. The collection consists of correspondence, books, photographs,
speeches, and literary manuscripts by Raymond Chandler.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Gift of Raymond Chandler, 1954-1958.
- Gift of James Sandoe, 1961.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Raymond Chandler papers (Collection 638). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Born Raymond Thornton Chandler in Chicago on July 23, 1888; studied at Dulwich College, London, and privately in France and
Germany; began career as contributor of verse, essays, book reviews and special articles to daily and weekly papers in London,
1909; served with Canadian Expeditionary Force and R.A.F. during World War I; afterwards, returned to U.S. to become an officer
in various independent oil corporations; began writing fiction contributions to magazines in 1933; published his first novel,
The Big Sleep, to great success in 1939, followed by
Farewell, My Lovely (1940),
The Long Good-Bye (1954) and others; began writing and mostly co-writing screenplays in 1944; his best known screenplay is
Double Indemnity, based on James Cain's novel; died in La Jolla, California, March 26, 1959.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, books, photographs, speeches, and literary manuscripts by Raymond Chandler. Includes
manuscripts for
The Little Sister,
The Long Good-Bye,
Playback and the Poodle Springs Story. Also includes Billy Wilder's copy of the screenplay of
Double Indemnity and various writings about and interviews with Chandler.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs (Box 1).
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-2).
- Writings by Chandler (Boxes 2-8,12-13).
- Screenplays by Chandler (Boxes 8-9; 13).
- Writings about Chandler (Boxes 9-12).
- Correspondence with James Sandoe (Box 1).
- Books by and about Raymond Chandler, including translations in various languages (Boxes 15-58).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Mystery and detective fiction.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Cissy Chandler. Los Angeles.
n.d.
Physical Description: (6.75 × 8.75”).
Scope and Content Note
Photograph by J.W. Siefert.
Note
Gift of Ed Smith [nephew of Cissy and Raymond Chandler], 1989.
Box 1, Folder 2
Cissy Chandler as a young woman. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (3.875” - Photograph, mounted on board, has been cut into a circle).
Scope and Content Note
Photographer unknown.
Note
Gift of Ed Smith, 1989.
Box 1, Folder 3
Lavinia Smith [sister of Cissy Chandler]. New York.
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 items: 4.33 × 4.75” and 4 × 5.5”).
Scope and Content Note
Photograph by Davis & Sanford.
With another copy cut into an oval.
Note
Gift of Ed Smith, 1989.
Box 1, Folder 4
Lavinia Smith [sister of Cissy Chandler]. New York.
n.d.
Physical Description: (6 × 7.75”).
Scope and Content Note
“Vinnie at 16” by Davis & Sanford.
Note
Gift of Ed Smith, 1989.
Box 1, Folder 5
Raymond Chandler in a World War I Canadian army uniform. Seaford.
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 items: 3.875 × 5.75” and 8 × 10” copy - With black and white copy print).
Scope and Content Note
Portrait by Mina Whiting.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, January 1960.
Box 1, Folder 6
Raymond Chandler and other writers from
Black Mask. [Los Angeles?].
January 11, 1936
Physical Description: (3 items: 8 × 10”).
Note
The original photograph, mounted on a linen tablecloth and signed by the authors present, is in the Joseph Shaw papers (collection
2052), box 6.
Box 1, Folder 7
Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder. [Hollywood].
1944
Physical Description: (8 × 10”).
Scope and Content Note
Taken on the set of “Double Indemnity.”
Note
11 × 14” print is in oversize box 14, folder 3.
Box 1, Folder 8
Raymond Chandler and Taki. La Jolla.
September 4, 1948
Physical Description: (8 × 10”).
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed to James Sandoe, photograph by John Engstead. “Dear Sandoe: I had to hold Taki's tail to keep it still. Raymond
Chandler, La Jolla 9/4/48.”
Box 1, Folder 9
Raymond Chandler. La Jolla.
February 1958
Physical Description: (3.25 × 4.25” and 8 × 10” - With 2 [8 × 10”] copy prints).
Scope and Content Note
Chandler holding a glass, photograph by Vincent Fracasse.
Box 1, Folder 10
Raymond Chandler. La Jolla.
February 1958
Physical Description: (3 × 5”).
Scope and Content Note
Chandler putting on gloves, photograph by Vincent Fracasse.
Box 1, Folder 11
Raymond Chandler. London.
1958
Physical Description: (2 items, 3.5 × 4.5” and 8 × 10” - 8 × 10” is copy print).
Box 14, Folder 3
Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder. [Hollywood].
1944
Physical Description: (11 × 14”).
Scope and Content Note
Taken on the set of “Double Indemnity.”
Box 1, Folder 18
Raymond Chandler - University of California, Los Angeles. La Jolla.
March 18, 1952
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Scope and Content Note
Letter to Lawrence Clark Powell.
Box 2, Folder 4
Ralph Lyon, Jr. - Raymond Chandler. Los Angeles.
March 18, 1955
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 11
Raymond Chandler - Lawrence Clark Powell. La Jolla.
December 3, 1956
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 26
Raymond Chandler - Arthur Lovell. La Jolla.
circa 1950 and 1954
Physical Description: (8 items).
Box 2, Folder 26
circa 1954.
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 26
August 26, 1954.
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 26
July 5, 1954.
Physical Description: (1 postcard).
Box 2, Folder 26
May 31, 1954.
Physical Description: ([2pp.] - postcard).
Box 2, Folder 26
February 9, 1954.
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 26
December 19, 1950.
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 26
December 6, 1950.
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Scope and Content Note
With Lovell's holograph draft reply on the verso.
Box 2, Folder 26
November 29, 1950.
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Box 2, Folder 28
Raymond Chandler - Philip Durham. La Jolla.
September 5, 1958
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Scope and Content Note
re reprinting Chandler's article “The simple art of murder.”
Box 2, Folder 29
Raymond Chandler - Robert Campigny. La Jolla.
February 7, 1958
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Scope and Content Note
The letter is in French. An English translation is with it.
Correspondence About Raymond Chandler
Box 1, Folder 12
James Sandoe to Orville Prescott and Robert Van Gelder. [Boulder].
July 30, 1943
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
Orville Prescott to James Sandoe. New York.
August 3, 1943
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
James Sandoe to Bernard Smith. Boulder.
December 29, 1943
Physical Description: (1 leaf, typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
Sydney A. Sanders to James Sandoe. New York.
April 26, 1945
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
James Sandoe to “Sanders.” Boulder.
April 30, 1945
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
Bernard Smith, Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated to James Sandoe. New York.
1943
Box 1, Folder 12
May 19, 1943.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, typescript signed on verso).
Scope and Content Note
re letters to Van Gelder, Prescott, Cupp and Gannett.
[Also,] Sandoe's reply, July 29, 1943 (typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 2, 1943.
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 10, 1943.
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
January 3, 1944.
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
James Sandoe to “Miss Dunham.” Boulder.
August 23, 1947
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James Sandoe
Box 1, Folders 13, 17
Raymond Chandler to James Sandoe. v.p.
1944-1954
Box 1, Folder 13
n.p.
November 8, 1946
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon, signed).
Scope and Content Note
With typescript note.
Box 1, Folder 17
London.
October 7, 1952
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.] - Autograph letter signed, postcard).
Note
Postmarked 7 October 1952.
Box 1, Folders 12-13
Raymond Chandler to James Sandoe. Hollywood.
1944-1946
Box 1, Folder 12
January 26, 1944.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Scope and Content Note
Paramount Pictures Incorporated letterhead.
Signed “Ray Chandler.” With discussion of comparison with James Cain.
Box 1, Folder 12
April 11, 1944.
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Scope and Content Note
Paramount Pictures Incorporated letterhead.
Box 1, Folder 12
January 15, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Scope and Content Note
With pencil notes by James Sandoe[?].
Box 1, Folder 12
January 26, 1945.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed, Signed “Ray.”).
Box 1, Folder 12
February 10, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
April 4, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
July 3, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folders 12-13
Raymond Chandler to James Sandoe. Los Angeles
1944-1946
Box 1, Folder 12
Postmark is October 2, 1944 (Card is not dated).
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 12
December 16, 1944.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, typescript and typescript signature).
Scope and Content Note
Chandler's address: 6520 Drexel Avenue, Los Angeles 36.
Box 1, Folder 12
August 18, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 28, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
September 9, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 12
November 9, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 12
November 28, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 13
May 30, 1946.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
June 17, 1946.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folders 13-17
Raymond Chandler to James Sandoe. La Jolla.
1946-1954
Box 1, Folder 13
October 2, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
October 17, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 13
December 6, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
December 12, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
January 21, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
February 7, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
March 8, 1947.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 13
March 18, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 13
May 3, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
June 7, 1947.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
June 23, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
July 14, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 13
July 28, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
August 10, 1947.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 13
August 21, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 13
September 14, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 13
October 2, 1947.
Physical Description: (5 leaves [5pp.] - typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 13
October 13, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 13
November 7, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 13
n.p.
December 21, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 14
January 27, 1948.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript).
Scope and Content Note
“Dictated by not signed by Raymond Chandler. mo.”
Box 1, Folder 14
February 1, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript with holograph note postcard).
Note
Postmarked February 1 or 11[?]
Box 1, Folder 14
February 7, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], telegram).
Box 1, Folder 14
February 26, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
February 27, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
March 1, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 14
March 18, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
April 1, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Scope and Content Note
Chandler has noted All Fools Day.
Note
Postmarked April 2.
Box 1, Folder 14
April 5, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
April 16, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
May 12, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
August 9, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 14
August 30, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 14
September 23, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 4, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 11, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 12, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed postcard).
Note
Postmarked 13 October 1948.
Box 1, Folder 14
October 17, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 24, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 14
November 18, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [3pp.], typescript with holograph corrrections).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 6, 1948.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 14
n.d..
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Note
Postmarked December 8, 1948.
Box 1, Folder 14
December 21, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 15, 1948.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 22, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 30, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 13, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 24, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 25, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 15
February 25, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
March 4, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
March 26, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript postcard).
Box 1, Folder 15
April 10, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
April 14, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 3, 1949.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 12, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 14, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 20, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 23, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
June 2, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 15
June 16, 1949.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
August 10, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed postcard).
Note
Postmarked August 11, 1949.
Box 1, Folder 15
August 15, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
August 22, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript with holograph corrections postcard).
Note
Postmarked 22 August 1949.
Box 1, Folder 15
September 14, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
September 20, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
October 14, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 15
November 6, 1949.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
November 19, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 15
November 21, 1949.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
December 4, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
December 16, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 15
December 28, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed with holograph corrections).
Box 1, Folder 16
January 25, 1950.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript).
Box 1, Folder 16
October 9, 1950.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
December 7, 1950.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
January 10, 1951.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
February 20, 1951.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
February 26, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
March 6, 1951.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
March 31, 1951.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
September 25, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
October 31, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 16
December 27, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
January 10, 1952.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], Telegram).
Box 1, Folder 17
January 10, 1952.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
April 14, 1952.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
July 30, 1952.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
August 11, 1952.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
January 6, 1953.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
February 4, 1953.
Physical Description: (3 leaves [3pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folder 17
March 16, 1953.
Physical Description: (4 leaves [4pp.] with 1 envelope - typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
p.1 is a postcard followed by 3 typescript pages and an envelope addressed in Chandler's.
Box 1, Folder 17
March 26, 1954.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed postcard).
Note
Postmarked 27 March 1954.
Box 1, Folder 17
April 8, 1954.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript with holograph corrections, postcard).
Box 1, Folder 17
May 26, 1954.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript signed).
Box 1, Folders 12-17
James Sandoe to Raymond Chandler. Boulder.
1944-1954
Box 1, Folder 12
January 8, 1944.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
January 12, 1944.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
January 22, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
January 23, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
April 11, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 12, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 22, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 23, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
August 31, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 12
September 16, 1945.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
January 9, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
February 3, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
May 7, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
June 6, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
July 5, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
September, 25, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
October 14, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
October 19, 1946.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
February 19, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
March 24, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
April 29, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
June 11, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
July 15, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
July 17, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
August 5, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
August 14, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
September 25, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
November 3, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
November 12, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 13
December 16, 1947.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
February 3, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
February 8, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
March 1, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
March 22, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
April 19, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
June 16, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
July 21, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
September 19, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 3, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 13/14, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
October 30, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 1, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 10, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 14
December 26, 1948.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 5, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 10, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 16, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 19, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
January 31, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
March 20, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
April 30, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 6, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
May 17, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon, carbon folded[?]).
Scope and Content Note
Lower left corner: Part of the text is missing.
Box 1, Folder 15
May 29, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
June 9, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
August 30, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
September 16, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
September 25, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
October 31/November 1, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
November 13, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
December 11, 1949.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 15
[1949 ?].
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Lacking first page. “49?” is pencilled in the upper right corner in an unidentified hand.
Box 1, Folder 16
January 30, 1950.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 16
November 25, 1950.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 16
January 1, 1951.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 16
February 23/24, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Date has been penciled in on both pages.
Box 1, Folder 16
March 14, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 16
May 15, 1951.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 16
October 8, 1951.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 16
December 30/31, 1951.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 17
March 30/31, 1952.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 17
July 16/17, 1952.
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Box 1, Folder 17
March 18/19, 1954.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript carbon).
Correspondence - [Miscellaneous]
Box 1, Folder 13
Raymond Chandler to Hamish Hamilton. La Jolla.
June 11, 1947
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript carbon, signed).
Scope and Content Note
Chandler has penciled “Sandoe” on this carbon.
Box 1, Folder 14
Gordon R. Williams, Brentano's, to Raymond Chandler. Los Angeles.
December 21, 1948
Physical Description: (1 leaf [1p.], typescript signed).
Personal: Professional Organizations
Box 2, Folder 30
Mystery Writers Association - Manuscript. La Jolla.
1959
Physical Description: (3 items: 10pp. - typescript with holograph corrections, newsletter, photocopy).
Scope and Content Note
Speech for Mystery Writers Association Meeting in New York. RC's speech typed on blue index cards.
With copy of
The Third Degree, Mystery Writers Association newsletter for February 1959, and photocopy of Raymond Chandler's speech.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, May 1959.
Writings By Raymond Chandler
Box 2, Folder 31
The Trench Raid - Manuscript. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Apparently unpublished fragment about World War I.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, January 1960.
Boxes 4-9
Manuscripts. n.p.
1911-1959
Box 2, Folder 34
The King. n.p.
circa (1911)
Physical Description: (1 leaf, typescript).
Scope and Content Note
With note in red ink, “Published, probably around 1911, in either
The Academy (England) or
The Westminster Gazette.”
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, January 1960.
Box 4, Folder 8
Studies in Extinction. La Jolla.
circa 1948
Physical Description: (4 leaves, typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Review of
Murder Plain and Fanciful by James Sandoe.
Murder Plain and Fanciful was published by Sheridan House, New York 1948.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, January 1960.
Box 4, Folder 11
The Little Sister. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (280 leaves, typescript carbon with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1949.
Box 4, Folder 13
Casual notes on the mystery novel. n.p.
1949
Physical Description: (5 leaves, typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Published in
The Writer (vol.76, no.7). Boston, July 1963.
Box 4, Folder 14
A Couple of Writers. La Jolla.
January 27, 1950
Physical Description: (31 leaves, typescript with numerous holograph corrections).
Box 5, Folders 5-6
The Long Good-Bye. La Jolla.
1953
Note
First published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1954.
Box 5, Folder 5
pp.1-217 of 425.
Physical Description: (Typescript with corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 of 2.
Box 5, Folder 6
pp.218-425 of 425.
Physical Description: (Typescript with corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 2 of 2.
Box 5, Folder 7
Requiem. n.p.
January 1955
Physical Description: (1 leaf).
Scope and Content Note
Author's proof.
With Raymond Chandler's holograph note: “Perfect as far as I can see (the proof I mean, not the poem). Raymond Chandler.”
Box 5, Folders 9-14
Crosstown With Neil Morgan.
1956-1957
Scope and Content Note
“Crosstown” was a featured column in the
San Diego Evening Tribune.
Material in folders 9-14 relate to or are by Raymond Chandler.
Box 5, Folder 9
“My San Diego.” San Diego.
August 28, 1956
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript).
Box 5, Folder 10
Letter from Raymond Chandler to Neil Morgan expressing appreciation of his “Crosstown” column. La Jolla.
August 30, 1956
Physical Description: (3 items: 1 leaf and 2 copies - photostatic copy and 2 carbon copies).
Box 5, Folder 11
Guest column by Raymond Chandler. San Diego.
March 1, 1957
Physical Description: (3 leaves, typescript).
Box 5, Folder 12
“Reader's right” by Raymond Chandler. San Diego.
June 4, 1957
Physical Description: (3 leaves, typescript).
Scope and Content Note
Raymond Chandler's rebuttal to an article by Rene MacColl in the
London Daily Express.
Box 5, Folder 13
Guest column by Raymond Chandler on love and marriage. San Diego.
July 12, 1957
Physical Description: (2 leaves, typescript).
Box 5, Folder 14
“Reader's right” by Raymond Chandler on Carmichael and Grunion. San Diego.
March 8, 1958
Physical Description: (2 leaves, typescript).
Box 5, Folder 16
Half-sheet original with enclosures. La Jolla.
January 28, 1958
Physical Description: (pp.1-92 of 317 leaves - typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
With 2pp. of points to check.
Folder 1 of 3.
Box 5, Folder 17
Half-sheet original. La Jolla.
January 28, 1958
Physical Description: (pp.93-182 of 317 leaves - typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 2 of 3.
Box 5, Folder 18
Half-sheet original. La Jolla.
January 28, 1958
Physical Description: (pp.183-317 of 317 leaves - typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 3 of 3.
Box 6, Folder 1
“Copy 1.” La Jolla.
1958
Physical Description: (224 leaves, typescript).
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, July 1959.
Box 6, Folder 2
“First version.” La Jolla.
1958
Physical Description: 2 items: 188 leaves, 2 leaves - typescript, typescript signed with holograph notes).
Scope and Content Note
With letter from Helga Greene
re questions on plot and Chandler's answers.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, July 1959.
Box 6, Folder 3
“2nd version.” La Jolla.
1958
Physical Description: (197 leaves, typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Another copy marked with “2nd copy” in Chandler's hand.
Note
Gift of Houghton Mifflin at the request of Raymond Chandler, December 1959.
Box 6, Folder 4
no.3. La Jolla.
1958
Physical Description: (2 items, 197 leaves and 5pp. - typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
With 3pp. of emendations and revisions in Chandler's hand.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, July 1959.
Box 6, Folder 5
Typescript for American edition. La Jolla.
1958
Physical Description: 2 items: 197 leaves, 1 leaf - typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
With Raymond Chandler's note on wrapper: “Mr. Harris. Sorry my secretary forgot these. UCLA. Library wants the scripts when
you are done with them. Regards. Raymond Chandler.”
Carbon copy of “no.3” was made by the Helga Greene Literary Agency.
Note
Gift of Houghton Mifflin at the request of Raymond Chandler, December 1959.
Box 7, Folder 1
H.N. Swanson agency copy. San Diego.
January 28, 1958
Physical Description: (pp.1-76 of 188, Ozalid [?] photostatic copy).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 of 3.
Box 7, Folder 2
H.N. Swanson agency copy. San Diego.
January 28, 1958
Physical Description: (pp.77 -135 of 188, Ozalid [?] photostatic copy).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 2 of 3.
Box 7, Folder 3
H.N. Swanson agency copy. San Diego.
January 28, 1958
Physical Description: (pp.136-188 of 188, Ozalid [?] photostatic copy).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 3 of 3.
Box 8, Folder 1
Book Review. London.
1958
Physical Description: (5 leaves, holograph).
Scope and Content Note
Dr. No by Ian Fleming. Published in the
London Times.
With page proofs and a typed transcription of the text.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, July 1959.
Box 8, Folder 2
The Pencil. La Jolla.
October 25, 1958
Physical Description: (69 leaves, typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Original cataloger's note: “First Marlowe short story for 20 years. As yet [March 1959] unpublished.”
Note
Gift of Raymond Chandler, March 1959.
Box 8, Folder 3
Sonnet 13. n.p.
Spring 1958
Physical Description: (2 items: 1 leaf [1p.] and 1 copy - typescript with holograph corrections).
Box 8, Folder 4
Bang to Rights. London.
1958
Physical Description: (1 leaf, holograph, written in red ink).
Scope and Content Note
Foreword to the book by Frank Norman.
Bang to Rights was published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1958.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, June 1959.
Box 8, Folder 6
Poodle Springs Story. La Jolla.
1959
Physical Description: (2 items: 23 leaves, 2 leaves - typescript with holograph corrections and 2 leaves, blue paper).
Scope and Content Note
Chandler's last novel, unfinished at the time of his death in 1959. With detailed description of the house in the novel.
Box 9, Folder 2
Farewell, My Lovely. Hollywood.
June 7, 1944
Physical Description: (1 leaf, mimeograph).
Scope and Content Note
Synopsis.
Box 9, Folders 6-7
Playback.
1947
Note
Gift of Edgar N. Carter, H.N. Swanson, Incorporated, December 1959.
Box 9, Folder 6
“Story idea.” Hollywood.
circa 1947
Physical Description: (5 leaves, typescript with holograph corrections).
Scope and Content Note
With Chandler's note: “Swanie: I think it stinks. Ray.”
Box 9, Folder 7
Story idea. Hollywood.
circa 1947
Physical Description: (9 leaves, typescript carbon).
Boxes 2-5, 7-8, 12-14
Publications. v.p.
1911-1963
Box 2, Folder 32
The Clay God. n.p.
1911[?]
Physical Description: (1p., clipping).
Scope and Content Note
With penciled note on verso, “either Westiminster Gazette or Academy, c. 1911?”
Box 2, Folder 33
The Fairy King. n.p.
1911[?]
Physical Description: (1p., clipping).
Scope and Content Note
With pencilled note on verso, “either
Westminster Gazette or
Academy, c. 1911.”
Box 2, Folder 35
A Pilgrim in Meditation. n.p.
1911[?]
Physical Description: (1p., clipping).
Scope and Content Note
With pencilled note on verso “either
Westminster Gazette or
Academy c. 1911.”
Box 2, Folder 36
Blackmailer's Don't Shoot.
December 1933
Physical Description: (pp.8-35, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.26, no.10).
Box 2, Folder 37
Smart-Aleck Kill.
July 1934
Physical Description: (pp.54-78, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.17, no.8).
Box 2, Folder 38
Finger Man.
October 1934
Physical Description: (pp.8-39, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.17, no.8).
Box 2, Folder 39
Killer in the Rain.
January 1935
Physical Description: (pp.3-23, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.17, no.11).
Box 2, Folder 40
Nevada Gas.
June 1935
Physical Description: (pp.8-35, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.18, no.4).
Black cover stamped “W.W. Martindale, Third & Broadway, Santa Monica, Calif.”
Box 2, Folder 41
Spanish Blood.
November 1935
Physical Description: (pp.38-64, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.18, no.9).
Box 2, Folder 42
Guns at Cyrano's.
January 1936
Physical Description: (pp.8-37, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.18, no.11).
Box 3, Folder 1
The Man Who Liked Dogs.
March 1936
Physical Description: (pp.10-33, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.19, no.1).
Stamped on back cover “Grand Central Market.”
Box 3, Folder 2
Noon Street Nemesis.
May 30, 1936
Physical Description: (pp.36-62, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Detective Fiction Weekly (vol.52, no.4).
With Raymond Chandler's corrections in pencil throughout.
Title has been crossed out and replaced with “Pick-up on Noon Street.” Stamped on back cover, “Grand Central Market.”
Box 3, Folder 3
Goldfish.
June 1936
Physical Description: (pp.10-35, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.19, no.4).
Box 3, Folder 4
The Curtain.
September 1936
Physical Description: (pp.10-33, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.19, no.7).
Box 3, Folder 5
Try the Girl.
January 1937
Physical Description: (pp.10-34, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Black Mask (vol.19, no.11).
Box 3, Folder 6
Mandarin's Jade.
November 1937
Physical Description: (pp.36-67, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Dime Detective (vol.25, no.4).
Stamped on back cover, “W.W. Martindale, Oct. 13, 1937, Santa Monica, Calif.”
Box 3, Folder 7
Red Wind.
January 1938
Physical Description: (pp.40-70, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Dime Detective (vol.26, no.2).
Stamped on back cover, “Grand Central Market, 1328 -4th Street, Santa Monica, Calif.”
Box 3, Folder 8
The King in Yellow.
March 1938
Physical Description: (pp.42-74, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Dime Detective (vol.26, no.4).
Box 3, Folder 9
Bay city blues.
June 1938
Physical Description: (pp.6-47, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Dime Detective (vol.27, no.3).
Box 3, Folder 10
The Big Sleep - Publication announcement.
December 24, 1938
Physical Description: (Original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Cover story in
Publisher's Weekly (vol.84, no.26).
re publication of
The Big Sleep in February 1939.
Box 3, Folder 11
The Lady in the Lake.
January 1939
Physical Description: (pp.94, 127, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Dime Detective (vol.29, no.2).
Box 4, Folder 1
Trouble is My Business.
August 1939
Physical Description: (pp.42-76, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Dime Detective (vol.31, no.1).
Box 4, Folder 2
No Crime in the Mountains.
September 1941
Physical Description: (pp.9-54, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine (vol.67, no.5).
Box 4, Folder 3
New editions of Chandler novels.
circa 1945[?]
Physical Description: (Original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Bulletin in
Atlantic Monthly (vol.173, no.1).
Notice
re 25 cent editions of
The Big Sleep,
Farewell, My Lovely,
The Lady in the Lake, and
The High Window.
Box 4, Folder 4
The Chandler books [by] D.C. Russell.
March 1945
Physical Description: (2 items: pp.123, 124 and galleys, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Atlantic Monthly (vol.173, no.3).
Box 4, Folder 5
Writers in Hollywood.
November 1945
Physical Description: (pp.50-54, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Atlantic Monthly (vol.176, no.5).
Box 4, Folder 6
The Hollywood Bowl.
January 1947
Physical Description: (pp.108-109, clipping).
Scope and Content Note
Atlantic Monthly (vol.179, no.1).
Box 4, Folder 7
Oscar Night in Hollywood.
March 1948
Physical Description: (pp.24-27, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Atlantic Monthly (vol.181, no.4).
Box 4, Folder 9
Studies in Extinction.
October 1948
Physical Description: (pp.50-55, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Atlantic Monthly (vol.181, no.4).
Raymond Candler's file copy.
Box 4, Folder 10
Ten Greatest Crimes.
October 1948
Physical Description: (pp.50-53, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Cosmopolitan (vol.125, no.4).
Raymond Candler's file copy.
Box 4, Folder 12
The Little Sister.
April 1949
Physical Description: (pp.173, 196, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Cosmopolitan (vol.26, no.4).
Raymond Candler's file copy.
Box 4, Folder 15
The Simple Art of Murder.
1950 April 15
Physical Description: (pp.13-14, original issue, marked in red ink).
Scope and Content Note
Saturday Review (vol.33, no.15).
With Raymond Chandler's addresss label on the cover, “6005 Camino de la Costa, La Jolla, Calif.”
With a clipping of the same article.
Box 4, Folder 16
Oscar Night in Hollywood.
June 1950
Physical Description: (pp.157, 161, original issue, marked in red ink).
Scope and Content Note
Sight and Sound (vol.19, no.4).
Box 4, Folder 17
The Hollywood Ten.
Spring 1951
Physical Description: (pp.93-94, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
The Author (vol.61, no.3).
With Raymond Chandler's address stamp on the cover.
Box 5, Folder 1
Professor Bingo's Snuff (Published). London.
June / July 1951
Physical Description: (pp.81-93, clipping).
Scope and Content Note
Go.
Note
Gift of Mrs. Helga Greene, July 1959.
Box 5, Folder 2
Ten Percent of Your Life.
February 1953
Physical Description: (pp.48-51, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Atlantic Monthly (vol.189, no.2).
Marked in Raymond Chandler's hand, “File copy.” Stamped with Raymond Chandler's La Jolla address.
Box 5, Folder 3
Black Mask [by] Frank Boreman.
February/March 1952
Physical Description: (pp.63-65, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Go, no.6 (new series).
With photostatic copy of the article.
Box 5, Folder 4
Professor Bingo's Snuff.
Summer 1952
Physical Description: (pp.119, 160, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Fantastic (vol.1, no.1).
Raymond Chandler file copy[?].
Box 5, Folder 8
Requiem - Fair copy. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 leaves [2pp.], typescript carbon with holograph note by Dorothy Gardiner).
Scope and Content Note
Typed note at the top: “Get permission from
Atlantic Monthly, 1957.”
DG's note: “This poem, written in January 1955 was accepted and paid for by the
Atlantic Monthly, but never published.
DG Price $35.00.”
Cataloging note: “from James Sandoe folder.”
Box 14, Folders 5-6
“Cops” by Raymond Chandler. In
Crosstown With Neil Morgan. San Diego.
August 25, 1959
Physical Description: (2 items, 2 leaves, proofs).
Scope and Content Note
2 parts, published posthumously.
Box 5, Folder 15
Bonded Goods. n.p.
circa 1956
Physical Description: (2 items: 1 leaf, 1 leaf, clippings).
Scope and Content Note
Book review. Review of Ian Fleming's
Diamonds Are Forever.
Box 7, Folder 4
Clipping in
Bookseller (vol.[ ], no.[ ]).
March 1958
Physical Description: (p.1123).
Scope and Content Note
Hamish Hamilton advertisement
re publication of
Playback in July 1958.
Box 7, Folder 5
Galleys for the American edition. n.p.
May 16, 1958
Physical Description: (79 sheets).
Box 7, Folder 6
Author's proof for the American edition. n.p.
August 7, 1958
Physical Description: (71 sheets).
Box 8, Folder 5
The Poodle Springs Story - Research material. Cathedral City.
circa 1958
Physical Description: (1 leaf [2pp.], publication).
Scope and Content Note
Map showing points of interest around Cathedral City. With note and markings by Raymond Chandler.
Box 8, Folder 8
Wrong Pidgeon.
February 1960
Physical Description: (pp.1-28, original issue).
Scope and Content Note
Manhunt (vol.8, no.1).
Box 14, Folder 1
I'll Be Waiting.
October 14, 1939
Physical Description: (pp.10, 11, 72, 74, 78, clipping).
Scope and Content Note
Saturday Evening Post (vol.[ ], no.[ ]). Illustrated by Hy Rubin.
Box 14, Folder 2
Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate. London.
April 6-9, 1959
Physical Description: (4 items: 5 pp., clippings).
Scope and Content Note
Daily Mail. Original title was “The pencil.”
Boxes 12-13
Killer in the Rain edited by Philip Durham. v.p.
v.d.
Box 12, Folder 27
Research material. v.p.
v.d.
Physical Description: (27 items).
Scope and Content Note
Various, clippings, notes, maps.
Box 13, Folder 1
“Blackmailers Don't Shoot.” n.p.
October 13, 1960
Physical Description: (2 items: 79 leaves, 1 leaf - typescript(carbon), holograph).
Scope and Content Note
Not used in
Killer in the Rain.
With holograph note from Helga Greene. “'Blackmailers don't shoot' not used in this edition.”
Box 13, Folder 2
Corrected page proofs with holograph corrections. London.
circa 1963
Physical Description: (332pp.).
Box 13, Folder 3
Introduction. Los Angeles.
circa 1963
Physical Description: (12 leaves, holograph).
Box 13, Folder 4
Passed proofs with holograph corrections. London.
1963 December 14
Box 13, Folder 5
Copies of “The Curtain,” “Killer in the Rain,” “The Man Who Liked Dogs,” “Try the Girl.”. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: 4 items: 49, 55, 48, 52 leaves - typescript carbon).
Box 13, Folder 6
Copies of “Mandarin Jade,” “Bay City Blues,” “Lady in the Lake,” “No Crime in the Mountains.” n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: 4 items: 73, 88, 68 and 81 leaves - typescript carbon).
Screenwriting and Adaptations of Chandler Novels
Box 8, Folder 9
And Now Tomorrow. By Raymond Chandler and Frank Partos - Screenplay. Hollywood.
December 3, 1943
Physical Description: (128 leaves, mimeograph, bound in quarter morocco leather).
Scope and Content Note
With 10 stills from the Paramount production.
Gift of Irving Pichel, director of the film, 1960.
Boxes 8-9
Double Indemnity By Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder - Screenplay. Hollywood.
1943-1944
Box 8, Folder 10
Test scene by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder.
Physical Description: (20 leaves).
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of material in Box 8, folder 11.
Box 8, Folder 11
Test scene by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder.
Physical Description: (20 leaves, holograph with extensive corrections).
Scope and Content Note
Clipped with this are addresses of Wilder and Joe Sistrom, the producer.
Note
Gift of Paramount Studios, n.d.
NO PHOTOCOPYING
Box 8, Folder 12
“Billy Wilder's personal marked copy.” Hollywood.
September 25, 1943
Physical Description: (pp.1-52 of 111 [132 leaves] - typescript and mimeograph, Blue wrappers).
Scope and Content Note
With corrections and notes by Wilder.
Note
Purchase[?].
Box 8, Folder 13
“Billy Wilder's personal marked copy.” Hollywood.
September 25, 1943
Physical Description: (pp.53-111 of 111 [132 leaves] - typescript and mimeograph, Blue wrappers).
Scope and Content Note
With corrections and notes by Wilder.
Note
Purchase[?].
Box 9, Folder 1
Complete script with cast of characters. #2915. Hollywood.
September 25, 1943
Physical Description: (117 leaves, mimeograph, Unbound).
Note
Gift of Billy Wilder, 1961.
Box 12, Folder 11
Double Indemnity - Post production material. Hollywood.
March 15, 1945
Physical Description: (8pp. program).
Scope and Content Note
Nomination for Best Written Screenplay [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences program].
Box 9, Folder 3
Backfire - Story for the screen. Los Angeles.
1946
Physical Description: (1 p.l., 8 leaves, mimeograph).
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript.
Gift of Edgar N. Carter of, H.N. Swanson, Incorporated, December 1959.
Box 9, Folder 4
The Big Sleep - Production material. Hollywood.
1946
Physical Description: (3 items: 1 leaf, 2 leaves, 3 leaves, mimeograph).
Scope and Content Note
Cast and credits, synopsis, production notes. Cast and credits, August 21, 1946. Synopsis, January 29, 1946. Production notes,
February 20, 1946.
Box 12, Folder 13
The Blue Dahlia - Post production material. Hollywood.
1946
Box 12, Folder 13
List of eligible releases for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences writing awards. Hollywood.
1946
Physical Description: (16pp., brochure).
Scope and Content Note
Films eligible for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences writing awards for 1946.
Box 12, Folder 13
Program for awards ceremony. Los Angeles.
March 13, 1947
Physical Description: (8pp.).
Scope and Content Note
Nomination for Best Original Screenplay for 1946. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards program.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Lady in the Lake - Production material. Culver City.
1946
Physical Description: (3 items: 1 leaf, 1 leaf, 1 leaf, mimeograph).
Scope and Content Note
Press release, press release, cast and crew. Press release, March 28, 1946. Press release May 29, 1946. Cast and crew, November
21, 1946.
Box 9, Folder 8
Playback - Screenplay. Universal City.
September 30, 1947
Physical Description: (224pp., typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
First draft continuity.
Box 9, Folders 9-11
Strangers on a Train - Screenplay. n.p.
1950
Box 9, Folder 9
Treatment by Cook Whitfield. n.p.
June 20, 1950
Physical Description: (65pp., typescript carbon with pencil notations).
Note
Purchase.
Box 9, Folder 10
Revised treatment (1st). n.p.
July 18-19, 1950
Physical Description: (41pp., typescript).
Scope and Content Note
“Alfred Hitchcock copy.”
Note
Purchase.
Box 9, Folder 11
Revised treatment. La Jolla.
July 28, 1950
Physical Description: (108pp., typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
With Chandler's address stamped on the last page.
Note
Purchase.
Box 13, Folders 7-8
Backfire - Story for the screen. Santa Barbara.
1984
Box 13, Folder 7
Publication. Santa Barbara.
1984
Physical Description: (3 items).
Scope and Content Note
Print samples, hardbound, paperback, and unbound signatures.
Note
Gift of James Pepper, 1984[?].
Box 13, Folder 8
Publication material. Santa Barbara.
circa 1984
Physical Description: (17 items, print and photocopy).
Scope and Content Note
Cover design samples.
With notes by James Pepper, publisher.
Box 12, Folder 14
The Long Good-bye; The Critics - Manuscript. London.
1953[?]
Physical Description: (2 items: 5 leaves, 1 leaf - mimeograph).
Scope and Content Note
Commentary by Malcolm Muggeridge. With “compliments” card from Helga Greene.
Writings By and About Raymond Chandler
Boxes 9-12
Raymond Chandler speaking. v.p.
1959
Box 9, Folder 12
Correspondence. New York.
1959
Box 9, Folder 12
Letters between Dorothy Gardiner and James Sandoe.
Physical Description: (3 items: 1 leaf, 2 leaves, 2 leaves - 2 typescripts signed and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Letter from Dorothy Gardiner to James Sandoe and Sandoe's undated reply. With 2pp. of a bibliography of Frederick Anderson.
Boxes 10-12
Manuscripts. n.p. and New York.
1960
Box 10, Folder 1
Letters from Dorothy Gardiner to Paul Brooks and outlines.
September 14, 1960
Physical Description: (2 items: 4 and 36 leaves, typescript).
Scope and Content Note
Also, 36pp. of text.
Box 10, Folder 2
pp.1-224. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 of 3.
Box 10, Folder 3
pp.225-399. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 2 of 3.
Box 10, Folder 4
pp.400-543. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 3 of 3.
Box 10, Folder 5
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (65 items: ca. 80 leaves, typecript and typescript carbon).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 of 8.
Box 10, Folder 6
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (140 items: ca. 170 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Folder 2 of 8.
Box 10, Folder 7
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (145 items: ca. 180 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Folder 3 of 8.
Box 11, Folder 1
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (140 items: ca. 180 leaves, typescript, typescript carbon and photostatic copies).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Folder 4 of 8.
Box 11, Folder 2
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (60 items: ca. 70 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Houghton Mifflin correspondence.
Folder 5 of 8.
Box 11, Folder 3
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (45 items: ca. 50 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Hamish Hamilton correspondence.
Folder 6 of 8.
Box 11, Folder 4
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (40 items: ca. 50 leaves, typescript carbon and photostatic copies).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Chandler / Charles Morton /
Atlantic Monthly correspondence.
Folder 7 of 8.
Box 11, Folder 5
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (100 items: ca. 150 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Physical Description: Item count approximate..
Scope and Content Note
Folder 8 of 8.
Box 11, Folder 6
Page proofs and “Chandlerisms.” n.p.
1962
Physical Description: (2 items: 264pp. and 1 leaf, typescript).
Box 11, Folder 7
Title page-p.259. n.p.
1960
Physical Description: (Typescript).
Scope and Content Note
With note “Finish script.”
Folder 1 of 3.
Box 11, Folder 8
pp.260-450. n.p.
1960
Physical Description: (Typescript).
Scope and Content Note
Folder 2 of 3.
Box 12, Folder 1
Appendix. n.p.
1960
Physical Description: (5 items: ca. 90 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
With 4 notes from Dorothy Gardiner.
Folder 3 of 3.
Box 12, Folder 2
Excerpts with subject notes attached. n.p.
1960
Physical Description: (26 items: ca. 125 leaves, typescript and typescript carbon).
Box 12, Folder 3
Copies of Raymond Chandler letters. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 items: 17 leaves, 1 leaf, typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Group of letters borrowed by Philip Durham with letter of transmittal returning them, 1966.
Boxes 9, 12
Research material. v.p. and La Jolla.
March 26, 1957
Box 9, Folder 13
Letters between Raymond Chandler and William Campbell Gault.
1954 (circa) 1958
Physical Description: (12 items: 11 letters and 1 original letter - typed transcripts and typescript signed).
Box 9, Folder 14
Letter from Raymond Chandler to Mr. Howard.
March 26, 1957
Physical Description: (4 leaves [4pp.], photostatic copy of typescript signed).
Box 9, Folder 15
Letter from Raymond Chandler to Edgar N. Carter, and letter of transmittal from Philip Durham to Edgard N. Carter returning
the original letter.
June 3, 1956
Physical Description: (4 items: 2 leaves, 2 leaves, 2 leaves, 1 leaf - typescript signed [2 copies] - typescript, typescript carbon, 2 photostatic
copies and typed transcript).
Box 9, Folder 16
Raymond Chandler - Robert Campigny Correspondence. London.
April 19, 1958
Physical Description: (3 items: each 1 leaf, typescript carbon, typescript and typescript carbon).
Scope and Content Note
Letter from Raymond Chandler to Robert Campigny. Carbon of Raymond Chandler's reply in French, on the back of Ritz Hotel writing
paper.
With 2 transcripts in English.
Box 12, Folder 4
Letters to Wilbur Jordan Smith, UCLA. v.p.
v.d.
Physical Description: (5 items: 1 leaf, 1 leaf, 2 leaves, 1 leaf, 1 leaf - typescript signed, photstatic copies and duplicate copies of letters).
Scope and Content Note
Copy of October 16, 1958 letter has notes by Dorothy Gardiner.
Box 12, Folders 7-9, Box 14, Folder 4
Reviews, essays, advertisements, etc.
re Publication. v.p.
v.d.
Physical Description: (Various clippings and photostatic copies).
Box 12, Folder 10
Articles about Raymond Chandler, including obituaries - Biographical. v.p.
v.d.
Physical Description: (6 items, Various, clippings).
Box 12, Folder 5
Down These Mean Streets by Philip Durham - Research material. La Plata, Missouri.
October 27, 1958
Physical Description: (2 items: each 3 leaves, typescript signed, photostatic copy).
Scope and Content Note
Letter from Lester Dent to Durham. Letter
re Cap Shaw and
Black Mask.
Box 12, Folder 6
Down these mean streets by Philip Durham - Research material. v.p.
1960
Physical Description: (4 items, 1 leaf, 1 leaf, 1 leaf, 4 leaves - typescript signed, holograph, typescript).
Scope and Content Note
Letters and transcripts.
Includes 3 notes and letters, and transcripts of Chandler letters and article.
Writings About Raymond Chandler
Box 12, Folders 15-25
Raymond Chandler speaking - Production material. London.
1962
Box 12, Folder 15
Letters from Helga Greene to Julian Symons. London, (Letters dated April 12 and June 18).
Physical Description: (2 items: 1 leaf, 1 leaf, typescript signed).
Box 12, Folder 16
Letter from Hamish Hamilton to Julian Symons. London.
May 2, 1962
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Note
Ex libris Julian Symons.
Dealer purchase[?].
Box 12, Folder 17
Radio broadcast by Julian Symons. London.
1962
Physical Description: (13 leaves, mimeograph, typescript with corrections).
Note
Broadcast July 4, 1962
Ex libris Julian Symons.
Box 12, Folder 18
Letter from J.B. Priestley to Julian Symons. Starford.
April 13, 1962
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Box 12, Folder 19
Letter from Robert Popock to Julian Symons. London,
June 6, 1962.
Physical Description: (Typescript signed).
Scope and Content Note
Letter is signed “Brenda,” secretary to Robert Popock.
Box 12, Folder 20
Raymond Chandler speaking by Julian Symons. n.p.
circa 1962
Physical Description: (5 leaves, holograph).
Box 12, Folder 21
Raymond Chandler by J.B. Priestley. n.p.
circa 1962
Physical Description: (2 leaves, mimeograph).
Box 12, Folder 22
Raymond Chandler by F.J. Francis. n.p.
circa 1962
Physical Description: (4 leaves, mimeograph).
Box 12, Folder 23
[
Raymond Chandler] by Frank Norman. n.p.
May 31, 1962
Physical Description: (3 leaves, mimeograph).
Box 12, Folder 24
Extract of interview between Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler. n.p.
n.d.
Physical Description: (1 leaf, mimeograph).
Box 12, Folder 25
Raymond Chandler by Michael Gilbert. n.p.
May 16, 1962
Physical Description: (7 leaves, mimeograph).
Box 12, Folder 26
Who is Raymond Chandler - Production material. n.p.
June 30, 1975
Physical Description: (12 leaves, mimeograph).
Scope and Content Note
Australian radio broadcast.
