BOX ONE: "A HISTORY OF BUILDING AND LOAN IN CALIFORNIA" (1934)
-Building & Loan legislation, 1933
-Draft, pp. 1-144
-Draft, pp. 145-end
BOX TWO: BUILDING THE HEART OF AN EMPIRE--EARLY DRAFTS (1938)
Drafts
-Outline
-Ch. 1, early draft [pencil]
-Ch. 1, draft pp.
-Ch. 2, early draft [pencil]
-Ch. 2, ver. 2 [contains much unpublished material]
-Ch. 3, early draft [pencil]
-Ch. 3, draft pp.
-Ch. 3 [typescript, 49 l.]
-Ch. 4, early draft pp. [pencil]
-Ch. 4, 2 copies, one w/ pencil notes [typescript]
-Ch. 4 [typescript, 75 l.]
-Ch. 5 [typescript, 57 l.]
-Ch. 6, early draft [incl. much discarded material]
-Ch. 6 [typescript, 41 l.]
-Ch. 8: "Stockton, an industrial center" [not publ.]
-Ch. 9: "Stockton & vicinity as a place to live" [not publ.]
Notes
-Anza Expedition (from Bolton's publ. transl.) [pencil, 19 l.]
-George Yount's account of Jed Smith's gold discovery, 1831 [pencil, 3 l.]
-Diary of Fray Narcisco Duran (2 versions) [typescript w/ pencil corrections, 6 l.]
-General research notes
BOX THREE: BUILDING THE HEART OF AN EMPIRE--FINAL DRAFT; DRAMATIZED; CORRESPONDENCE & PERSONAL PAPERS
Building the heart of an empire
-Final draft, ch 1-3 (pp.1-150)
-Final draft, ch 4-6 (pp.151-329 + bibliog.)
-Dramatization, 1939-40
-Advertising maquette
Correspondence
-1929
-1938
-With Meador Publishing Co., 1938-39
-Re radio dramatizations of Building the heart, 1938
-Re dramatization for Golden Gate International Expos., 1938
-1939
-Re radio dramatizations, 1939
-With agents & publicists, 1940
-1942
-With Betsy [his editor] re "A man of destiny," 1949
-With Barbara Beckett [his editor] re "A man of destiny," 1950
-1950
Personal Papers
-Automotive Eqpt. Co., Stockton, Calif.--Articles of incorp., 1920
-Tax recpts. & other financial documents, 1923-39
-COP student work, 1931-35
-Book catalog [handwritten descriptions of what collection?]
-Miscellany::::::::::
The Freethought Press Assn. Books w/ a purpose. [bibl. of freethinker lit.]:::::::::::
The Black Kitten (Official bulletin of the SF Press Club) 5:2 (Feb 1950)
BOX FOUR: BOOK[S] ON HISTORY OF COMMERCE ON SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; OTHER LOCAL HISTORY
History of Commerce on San Joaquin River
-"Foreword"
-"The Sacramento-San Joaquin, Ch. 1--Early Day River Transportation"
-"Earliest record of boating on the upper San Joaquin"
-"The first steamboat that ploughed the waters..."
-"Early steamboating on the Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers"
-"Highlanders contribute to fame of San Joaquin" [West Side]
-"Central Pacific gains control of water traffic"
-"The San Joaquin below the city has been the scene of more rivalries in the carrying trade..." [2 copies]
-"Trading boats on the Sacramento River"
-"Deep water to the sea, ch. 1-3"
-"Stockton ship channel & steamboats, ch. 4"
-Draft chapters 5-9 [pencil]
-B.C. Allin. "The port of Stockton" (c1935); "The port of Stockton" & related notes
-Appendices [pencil; 8 l. + clipping]
-List of sailing ships in n. Calif., 1840s-50s [compl. from several sources]
-California Navigation & Improvement Co.--Articles of Incorp. (1889)
-U.S. House of Reps. 68th Congress, 2d Sess. "San Joaquin River & Stockton Channel," House Doc. #554, pt. 1
-Do., pt. 2
-Notes on San Joaquin River ("from Bancroft Library")
-Notes on San Joaquin River sailing ships
-Notes on San Joaquin River steamboats
Other Local History Writings
-"The California Indian"
-"Indian war on the Tule River, Calif."
-"Diamonds on the Feather River"
BOX FIVE: RADIO PROGRAMS, 1938-1939
Building the heart of an empire
-Background
-"The arrival at Tuleburg of much-needed supplies"
-"The race between the "Chrysopolis" & the "Nevada"
-#4: "Bobcat o' Hell's Gulch"
-"The Bobcat o' Hell's Gulch"--Plot synopsis; cast
-#6
-#9: "Capt. Charles M. Weber"
-#10 [John Marsh #1]
-#11 [John Marsh #2]
-#12 [John Marsh #3]
-#13 [John Marsh #4]
-#14 [John Marsh #6 (sic)]
-#15 [John Marsh #7]
-#17 [Jack Tone #1]
-#18 [Jack Tone #2]
-#19 [Jack Tone #3]
-#20 [Jack Tone #4]
-#21 [Jack Tone #5]
-#22 [Jack Tone #6]
-#24
The Romance of the Bridges
-#1 [Ayala's discovery of SF Bay, 1775]
-#2 [Founding of San Francisco, 1776]
-#3 [Discovery of gold, 1848]
-#4 [Gold Rush SF, 1849]
-#5 [The Chinese]
-#6 [Statehood]
-#7 [Early efforts to "bridge" the Bay]
-#8 [Emperor Norton]
-#9 [The railroad comes to SF]
-#10 [20th c. plans for a span]
-#11 [lst bridges cross the Bay, 1920s]
-#7-11 [pencil draft sketches]
Other
- [Constitutional Convention, 1787]
- [Jedidiah Smith]
BOX SIX: FICTION & ESSAYS; "PSYCHOANALYTIC" WRITING
Fiction & Essays
-Writing lessons [corresp. course?]
-"A great price to pay"
-"A kiss, then trouble" [aka "The eternal triangle"] [several versions]
-"A pass key talks" [sketches for several chapt.; dramatization]
-"A Santa Cruz romance"
-"A train marooned" [several versions]
-"Billy of the 'Montezuma'"
-"Chocolate"
-"Foreflushing"
-"From 54 degrees to 32 degrees in ten minutes"
-"Holdup on Dusty Bend" [several versions]
-"Jenny makes a decision"
-"Just fishing" [2 versions]
-"Kentucky vs. California"
-"Make it a double"
-"The romance of Land's End"
-"Sky pilot Bill"
-"Torn between two propositions"
-"Tragedy stalks the bridle path"
-"Willie & Jimmy on vacation"
-"'You will never be sorry' by Francois Bardot" [2 versions]
-[Untitled story about physician named John Doe]
-[Untitled story about Stockton business being robbed]
-"Audubon Society for Stockton"
-"Biography of John Ralston" [probably autobiography]
-"My Book: History of California, written by The Kingfish" [pencil, 6 l.]
-Do. [2d version; typescript, 6 l.]
-[Reflections on Khrushchev & the Soviet Union] [several versions]
-"SF Chassis course at Stockton Ordinance Automotive School"
-"Miracle Men" [for Stockton Ordinance?]
-"On the vehicle assembly line" [2 versions]
-"What a government job means to me" [2 versions]
"Psychoanalytic" Writing (1928) [daily newspaper column]
-Head types, body types
-"The inception of crime"
-"A criminal case" [typescript & publ. version]
-"A girl & a boy" [tyepscript & publ. version]
-"Evelyn" [typescript & publ. version]
-"The machinery of justice"
-"The law" [typecript & publ. version]
-[publ. versions of several topics]
"The dual personality"
"College"
"Fortune telling"
"Institutions sacred"
"Compensation"
"A wave of crime"
-"Character-reading Series" [submitted to Chicago Tribune, King Features Syndicate] [typescript, 7 l.; rejection notices]
BOX SEVEN: "A MAN OF DESTINY" [M.G. VALLEJO]--EARLY DRAFTS
Early Draft
-Ch. 1: "The Invasion"
-Ch. 2: "The lst school in California"
-Ch. 3: "Preparing three boys to become leaders"
-Ch. 4: "Father Viscaino begins his story"
-Ch. 5: "The Russians come to California"
-Ch. 9: "Chief Estanislao goes on the warpath"
-Ch. 10: "Life on the great California ranchos"
The intrepid Vallejo (rewrite no. 1)
-Ch. 4: "Father Viscaino begins his story"
-Ch. 6: "Social life in California"
-Ch. 6: "The Russians come to California"
-Ch. 7 [ink]
-Ch. 8: "The soldiers' revolt of 1829" [ink]
-Ch. 8: "Romance comes to Mariano"
-Ch. 9: "Manuel Victoria proclaims himself governor"
-Ch. 10: "The wedding"
-Ch. 11
-Ch. 12: "The Mission settlement is named Sonoma"
-Ch. 13: "Russian royalty visits California"
-Ch. 14: "Mariano Chico becomes governor"
-Ch. 15: "California becomes a free & independent nation"
-Ch. 16: "Commodore Jones takes possession..."
-Ch. 17: "Micheltorena becomes last Mexican governor"
-Ch. 18: "Culture & friendship among Californians"
-Ch. 19: "The Bear Flag Revolt"
-Ch. 20: "A city is named"
-Ch. 21: "Signing of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Peace Treaty"
-Ch. 22: "Back to Padre Viscaino"
-Ch. 23: "Setting up a state government"
-Ch. 24: "Platon Vallejo"
-Ch. 25: "The beloved name, Vallejo"
"A man of three loves"
-Preamble & Ch. 1: "The invasion"
-Ch. 2: "The lst school in California"
-Ch. 3: "Preparing three boys to become leaders"
-Ch. 4: "A new flag for California"
-Ch. 5: "The soldier's rebellion of 1829"
-Ch. 9: "Chief Estanislao goes on the warpath"
-Ch.11: "Romance comes to Mariano"
-Ch.12: "Manuel Victoria proclaims himself governor"
-Ch.13: "The wedding of Mariano G. Vallejo..."
-Ch.14: "M.G. Vallejo names his settlement Sonoma..."
-Ch.15: "Mariano Chico becomes governor"
-Ch.16: "California becomes a free and independent nation"
-Ch.17: "Alvarado becomes President of California"
-Ch.18: "Commodore Jones takes possession of California..."
-Ch.19: "Micheltorena, the last Mexican governor"
-Ch.20: "The Bear Flag Revolt"
"A Man of Destiny"
-Ch. 1: "Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo"
-Ch. 1 [version 2]
-Ch. 1 [version 3; pencil]
-Ch. 2 [2 versions; pencil]
-Ch. 2 [version 3; typescript]
-Ch. 2 [version 4; typescript & pencil]
-Ch. 2 [version 5; typescript & pencil]
-Ch. 3
-Ch. 4 [pencil]
-Ch. 4 [typescript]
-Ch. 5 [typescript & pencil]
-Ch. 5 [version 2; typescript & pencil]
-Ch. 6 [typescript & pencil]
-Ch. 7 [typescript & pencil]
-Ch. 7 [version 2; pencil]
-Ch. 8 [pencil]
-Ch. 8 [version 2; pencil]
-Ch. 9 [pencil]
-Ch.10 [typescript & pencil]
-Ch.11 [typescript & pencil]
-Ch.11 [version 2; pencil]
-Ch.12 [typescript & pencil]
-Ch.15 [pencil]
-Ch.17 [typescript & pencil]
-Appearance of characters & setting
-Deletions [?]
BOX EIGHT: "A MAN OF DESTINY"--FINAL DRAFT [All are typescript w/ pencil corrections]
-Ch. 1
-Ch. 2
-Ch. 3
-Ch. 4
-Ch. 5
-Ch. 6
-Ch. 7
-Ch. 8
-Ch. 9
-Ch.10
-Ch.11
-Ch.12
-Ch.13
-Ch.14
-Ch.15
-Ch.16
-Ch.17
-Ch.18
-Ch.19
-Ch.20
-Ch.21
-Ch.22
-Ch.23
-Ch.24
-Ch.25
-Ch.26
-Ch.27
-Ch.28
-Ch.29
-Ch.30
-Ch.31
-Ch.32
-Ch.33
BOX NINE: OVERSIZED MATERIALS