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Series 1: Personal Correspondence, 1915-1944

Physical Description: Box 1, folders 1-13

Scope and Contents

Contains primarily outgoing correspondence, with some incoming correspondence interfiled.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically.
box 1, folder 1

Miscellaneous, A-Z, including 1916-1940

 

George W. Barnes

 

George A. Smithson

 

H. Morse Stephens

box 1, folder 2

Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942 1917

box 1, folder 3

Downey, Thomas 1915

box 1, folder 4-5

Flandreau, Grace 1942

box 1, folder 6

Greely, Florence 1932-1935

box 1, folder 7

Hart, Walter Morris, 1872- 1931-1941

box 1, folder 8

McLean, Pinckney 1939-1944

box 1, folder 9

Myers, Alice Lee 1933

box 1, folder 10

Norton, Daniel Silas, 1908-1951 1934-1940

box 1, folder 11

Rooney, Harvey 1918-1934

box 1, folder 12

Saxton, Gene, and Canfield, Cass, 1897- 1940

box 1, folder 13

Tillson, Adele Downey 1924

 

Series 2: Family Correspondence 1918-1944

Physical Description: Box 1, folders 14-21; Boxes 2-3

Scope and Contents

Letters sent consist of those written by Faust to his wife, Dorothy. Letters received are from Faust's son-in-law, Robert Olney Easton.

Arrangement

Divided into two sub-series: letters sent and letters received.
 

Letters Sent, 1918-1944

box 1, folder 14-21

Letters to Dorothy 1918-1919

box 2, folder 1-4

Letters to Dorothy 1921

box 2, folder 5-16

Letters to Dorothy 1928-1933

box 2, folder 17-21

Letters to Dorothy 1936-1937

box 3, folder 1-6

Letters to Dorothy 1938-1939

box 3, folder 7-8

Letters to Dorothy 1941

box 3, folder 9-12

Letters to Dorothy 1944

box 3, folder 13

Letters to Dorothy approximately 1918-1930

Physical Description: [typed transcripts]
box 3, folder 14

Letters to John Faust 1933-1941

box 3, folder 15-16

Letters to Jane Faust and Robert Easton 1939-1943

 

Letters Received, 1941-1942

box 3, folder 17

Letters from Robert Olney Easton 1941-1942

 

Series 3: Writings, approximately 1910-1974

Physical Description: Carton 1; Carton 2, folders 1-16

Scope and Contents

Contains copies of published materials as well as materials in typescript or draft form.

Arrangement

Divided into three sub-series: Prose, Poetry, and Plays and Screenplays; arranged alphabetically by title.
 

Prose

carton 1, folder 1

After April June 10, 1944

Physical Description: title: Saturday Evening Post
carton 1, folder 2

Casanova Undated

Physical Description: (sketch for film studio)
carton 1, folder 3

The Collector Undated

Physical Description: (typescript of article)
carton 1, folder 4

Explaining Margot December 1933

Physical Description: title: Corner Magazine
carton 1, folder 5

The Fate of Llewellyn Cadmon June 1911

Physical Description: (photocopy)
carton 1, folder 6

I am the Emperor June 1911

Physical Description: (photocopy)
carton 1, folder 7

John Ovington July 1974

General

(published in Argosy )
carton 1, folder 8

The King is Dead 1910

Physical Description: (photocopy of typescript)
carton 1, folder 9

The King is Dead 1910

Physical Description: (photocopy of published form)
carton 1, folder 10-11

Some Doubted Undated

Physical Description: (typescript)
carton 1, folder 12-13

The Squadron approximately 1943-1944

Physical Description: (typescript)
carton 1, folder 14

We Are Going Home 1940

Physical Description: (photocopy from 25th Reunion, Class of 1915, University of California)
carton 1, folder 15

Wycherly (Civil War) Undated

Physical Description: (typescript)
 

Poetry

carton 1, folder 16

Balin 1922

carton 1, folder 17

Briaereis Undated

carton 1, folder 18

Dionysus in Hades 1933

Physical Description: (mock-up and reviews)
carton 1, folder 19

Gethsemane Undated

carton 1, folder 20

Heaven on Earth Undated

carton 1, folder 21

Sapho Undated

carton 1, folder 22

St. Francis Undated

carton 1, folder 23

Tristan and Iseult Undated

Physical Description: (typescript)
carton 1, folder 24

The Wonderful Maid 1916

General

(published in The Bang )
carton 1, folder 25-26

Miscellaneous poems, A-Z Undated

carton 2, folder 1-3

Drafts of poems Undated

Physical Description: (untitled)
carton 2, folder 4

The Sycamore June 1911

carton 2, folder 5-12

The Occident 1913-1914

carton 2, folder 13

Poems published in The Occident approximately 1916

Physical Description: [copyprints]
 

Plays and Screenplays

carton 2, folder 14

The Conspirators June 7, 1943

Physical Description: (screenplay)
carton 2, folder 15

The Prophet Undated

Physical Description: (typescript)
carton 2, folder 16

Rimini Undated

Physical Description: (typescript)
 

Series 4: Notes and Notebooks, 1934-1944 & Undated

Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 17-26; Carton 3, folders 1-4; Box 4

Scope and Contents

Working notes relating to various topics and projects. Several notebooks contain dialogue and vocabulary notes, with typed notecards and small pocket notebooks in Box 4.
carton 1, folder 17

Notes on The Tempest May 1942

carton 1, folder 18

War notes approximately 1942-1944

carton 1, folder 19-21

Notes - miscellany Undated

carton 1, folder 22

Notebook: dialogue Undated

carton 1, folder 23

Notebook: Early California, Dogs, and The Lost San Saba Mines Undated

carton 1, folder 24

Notebook: Gypsies, Hoboes, and Montana Undated

carton 1, folder 25

Notebook: Silk, Woolen and Worsted Glossary, Weaves, Lace and Embroidery, and Printing Undated

carton 1, folder 26

Notebook: [story sketches] Undated

box 4, folder 1-12

Notecards Undated

box 4, folder 13

Notes Undated

box 4, folder 14-22

Notebooks Undated

carton 3, folder 1-4

Notebooks 1934

 

Series 5: Biographical Material, 1915-1992

Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 5-27

Scope and Contents

Contains bibliographies, articles and reviews, fanzines, and biographies, as well as correspondence, notes, and reminiscences collected by Faust's biographers, John Schoolcraft and Robert Olney Easton.
carton 3, folder 5

Bibliographies approximately 1948

carton 3, folder 6

Collected Reviews 1919-1992

carton 3, folder 7-8

Magazine articles and reviews 1915-1987

carton 3, folder 9-12

The Fabulous Faust fanzines 1948-1951

Physical Description: (annotated mockups)

General

(Vol. 1, Nos. 1-3 ; Vol. 2, No. 1)
carton 3, folder 13-16

The Fabulous Faust: His Life and Letters by John Schoolcraft approximately 1955

Physical Description: (typescript)
carton 3, folder 17

Robert Olney Easton, Unforgettable 'Max Brand' 1982-1985

carton 3, folder 18

Letters sent to John Schoolcraft and Leonard Bacon, including 1916-1950

 

R. H. Davis

 

Pinckney McLean

carton 3, folder 19

Correspondence between John Schoolcraft and Leonard Bacon 1944-1951

carton 3, folder 20

Correspondence between John Schoolcraft and Robert Easton 1944-1975

carton 3, folder 21

Letters sent to Robert Easton, including 1944-1975

 

Brandt Brandt

 

John A. Cooper

 

Thomas B. Costain

 

Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Mamie Dowd Eisenhower

 

W. R. Hearst, Jr.

 

Archibald McLeish

 

Gene Tunney

 

Thornton Wilder

carton 3, folder 22

Reminiscences sent to John Schoolcraft and Leonard Bacon, including approximately 1944-1951

 

F. E. Blackwell

 

John A. Cooper, M.D.

 

Grace Flandreau

 

Ben Knapp

 

Pinckney McLean

 

Kenneth Perkins

 

Harvey Roney

carton 3, folder 23

Reminiscences, miscellaneous, including 1944-1949

 

Carl Brandt

 

Cass Canfield

 

Dana Burnet

carton 3, folder 24

Reviews of Robert Olney Easton's Max Brand, The Big "Westerner" 1970

carton 3, folder 25

Max Brand stories made into film 1918-1959

carton 3, folder 26

Magazine articles, clippings re television shows 1963-1977

carton 3, folder 27

Robert Olney Easton's notes for Max Brand 1965-1968

 

Series 6: Personal and Family Papers, 1915-1992

Physical Description: Box 5

Scope and Contents

Letters of condolence and reminiscences sent to Dorothy Faust and other family members. Also contains a small group of Faust's personal papers, including a diary, letters of introduction, and military, wedding, and obituary documents. Personal papers of Dorothy Faust, 1932-1952, include family letters to George Winthrop "Dixie" Fish, correspondence with Faust's publishers, and a personal miscellany.
box 5, folder 1

Reminiscences and letters of condolence to Dorothy, including 1944-1949

 

Carl Brandt

 

Cass Canfield

 

Walter Morris Hart

 

Grace Flandreau

box 5, folder 2

Reminiscences and letters of condolence to family members, including 1944-1992

 

Jane Easton

 

Robert Easton

 

George Winthrop "Dixie" Fish

box 5, folder 3

Diary 1925-1926

box 5, folder 4

Military service records 1915-1916

box 5, folder 5

Wedding announcement and marriage license 1917

box 5, folder 6

Letters of introduction, including 1944

 

Henry M. Snevily, North American Newspaper Alliance

 

Richard Aldington

 

Robert A. Lovett [to Cass Canfield]

box 5, folder 7

Biographical miscellany 1918-1944

box 5, folder 8

Obituaries 1944

box 5, folder 9-13

Letters to George Winthrop "Dixie" Fish from John, Jane, and Dorothy 1932-1945

box 5, folder 14

Dorothy Faust correspondence with publishers 1944-1952

box 5, folder 15

The Cruise of the "Afros" in the Southern Aegean, April-May 1931 by Dino Spranger, with letter of transmittal to Dorothy Faust 1951

box 5, folder 16

Dorothy Faust personal miscellany approximately 1940