Inventory of the Armed Services Editions (ASE) Paperback Collection SPC.2024.002
Tom Philo
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
January 30, 2024
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Armed Services Editions (ASE) Paperback Collection
Creator:
Armed Services Editions, Inc.
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2024.002
Physical Description:
136 items
Physical Description:
3 boxes
3 boxes (two record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1943-1946
Abstract: This collection contains a sample of the paperbacks published under by the Armed Services Editions effort during World War
II. The 129 titles comprises under ten percent of the 1322 titles published between 1943 and 1947, but it contains a representative
sample of the variety of books sent to military personnel around the world, including classic world literature, American classic
and popular fiction, mysteries, westerns, humor, history, science, and current events.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Biographical / Historical
With the 1940 passage of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Congress established the first peacetime draft in
United States history. Initially, those selected served for a period of twelve months. Following Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent
declarations of war against Japan and Germany, service was extended to last through the duration of the war (with an additional
six-month stint in the Organized Reserves). In all, between 1940-1946, over 10 million Americans would be drafted into the
armed services.
The explosive growth in number of civilians entering the service taxed a Federal Government that had not yet established the
mechanism of turning tens of thousands of civilians into effective soldiers. Miliary bases had to be built and recruits needed
to be clothed, fed, armed, and trained. The government realized that, particularly for those drafted early, morale would be
an issue unless they found some way to fill the recruits' abundant leisure time as facilities and training issues were worked
out. The military needed something that was cost-effective, portable and more versatile than sports or other team activities..
More than anything else, books seemed to be the answer.
Richard Trautman, a reserve Army lieutenant, and professionally-trained librarian, was put in charge of the Army's Library
Section. The Army's initial goal was to purchase one book per enlisted soldier, hoping to use that to build a library at each
of the dozens of military bases around the country. However, the reality was that already-large military installations (5000
or more men) received an ample budget for books, while smaller installations (1000 men or fewer) received no book budget at
all.
Without adequate funding to purchase books, Trautman turned to fellow librarians, many of whom began book collection drives
for nearby military bases. The success of these drives came to the attention of the American Library Association (ALA), who
began to envision a collection drive on a national level. Librarians across the country were enthusiastic about the idea,
and the Red Cross and United Service Organizations (USO) each donated $50,000 to cover administrative cost, and the National
Defense Book Campaign (NDBC). Trautman put noted librarian Althea Warren in charge of the program. Following Japan's attack
on Pearl Harbor and America's subsequent entry into war with the Axis powers, the NDBC was renamed the Victory Book Campaign
(VBC).
The VBC was heavily publicized, and the public responded, donating a million books in the first month; by March, 1942 four
million books had been donated. In sorting the books, however, the VBC centers noticed a lot of the books were determined
to be outdated, of little interest, or otherwise unsuitable for young soldiers (for one reason or another). The sorting centers
rejected a million and a half of the four million. Additionally, most of the donations were hardcover books. While this was
acceptable for the larger military installations, it was not tenable for those stationed overseas, particularly those who
already had to carry heavy packs in the field. While very well-intentioned, the VBC did not offer a viable means to get quality
books that were usable to all soldiers. With donations dropping in 1942, the VBC program was discontinued in 1943.
Even before the VBC was discontinued, the Army and Navy realized they couldn't build a viable book program for soldiers through
donation; they needed to purchase the titles they wanted for the soldiers. In 1942, representatives from major publishing
houses, publishers, and editors looked to aid the war effort. These representatives formed a working group called the Council
on Books in Wartime. Initially concerned with promoting specific books to the non-military public to educate them on wartime
"imperatives, the Council soon turned to their major project: finding a way to address the problem of selecting the books
for soldiers, and then making them available in lightweight, compact, paperback editions.
The editors settled on two sizes for the volumes – 5 ½ X 3 ⅝ and 6 ½ X 4 ½ , with each page containing two columns of type
per page. These sizes were determined by the size of pockets on a soldier's uniform: the larger size could fit in a pants
pocket, while the smaller size could fit in a shirt pocket. These sizes – smaller than contemporary trade paperbacks – required
special printing procedures. The Council used magazine presses, which could accommodate the thinner paper used for the paperbacks.
However, even magazine presses could not be adjusted to print items as small as needed for the ASE paperbacks. The problem
was solved by printing pages for two books at the same time on the same sheet of paper, one in the top half of the page and
the other on the bottom. After printing, the pages were sliced to create the two books.
The Council's selection committee chose a wide range of books – established classics, new classics, westerns, mysteries, biographies,
humor and art, mathematics, sciences, history, and current affairs. Beginning in September 1843, thirty ASE paperbacks were
"published" each month, numbered consecutively with each month's selections prefaced by a series letter (Series A 1-30, Series
B 31-60, Series C 61-90, and so on). In July 1944 the monthly number was increased to 32, with numbering of 1-32 each month).
In January 1945, the monthly number was increased to 40, with each month's selections still numbered 1-40. Beginning in May
1945, though each month's selections were technically a series, the volumes no longer carried a monthly series preface. From
655-1322 (in June 1947) books carried only the number.
While the ASE project was imagined and executed to benefit the war effort and the many soldiers serving in it, publishers
participating in the program had their own interests in mind as well. Many realized that the paperback was going to be a huge
part of the postwar publishing industry, and they hoped the Armed Services Editions would help prepare the public for the
coming paperback revolution. However, they also wanted to make sure the ASE volumes themselves did not have an impact on the
coming market; publishers cooperating in the program demanded there would be no stateside distribution of the paperbacks,
nor any resale of surplus books domestically after the war.
In all, the Army and Navy distributed 123 million ASE paperbacks to servicemen around the world. The books were wildly popular
among soldiers, many of whom wrote fan letters to authors whose work they found especially meaningful (Betty Smith's
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn was a special favorite, and Smith received letters of gratitude from many soldiers). The ASEs are credited with getting previous
non-readers "hooked" on books. While scholars continue to study the ASE effort, and glean societal intentions in the books
selected for the program, it remains one of the highlights of American publishing and is credited with helping create a generation
of readers.
Scope and Contents
The Armed Services Edition (ASE) Paperback Collection contains 136 items, comprising 129 individual titles (with seven duplicates).
While this is only a fraction of the 1322 titles published in the ASE effort, the collection reflects the wide variety of
titles sent to soldiers around the world. Samples of the ddifferent genres of books include world literature (Typhoon, by
Joseph Conrad), modern literature (The Grapes of Wrath. by John Steinbeck), westerns (Hunted Riders, by Max Brand), mysteries
(The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck, by Alexander Laing), biographies (Walt Whitman, by Henry Seidel Canby), humor (The Middle-Aged
Man on the Flying Trapeze, by James Thurber), mathematics (Mathematics and the Imagination, by James Newman and Edward Kasner),
science (Science Yearbook of 1944, edited by John Ratcliff), history (Combustion on Wheels, by David L. Cohn), and current
affairs (The Time for Decision, by Sumner Welles).
In the vast majority of cases, ASE paperbacks contined the entire book in its small size. Most books carry a note on the cover
"This is the complete book -- not a digest." Those that were condensed (seventy-nine out of 1322 total) were cut for length
rather than editorial content. This collection holds five of the condensed editions (Science Yearbook of 1944, edited by John
Ratcliff, Stars on the Sea, by F. Van Wyck Mason, Look Homeward Angel, by Thomas Wolfe, Boston Adventure, by Jean Stafford,
and While You Were Gone, edited by Jack Goodman). The covers on condensed versions published in 1944 and 1945 note "Condensed
for wartime reading," while the one published in postwar 1946 (While You Were Gone) declares "Slightly condensed for rapid
reading"
As the books were published to be handed around among soldiers, many of the items show signs of wear and tear, several with
covers missing or torn pages.
Bibliography
Loss, Christopher P. "Reading between Enemy Lines: Armed Services Editions and World War II." The Journal of Military History
67, no. 3 (2003): 811–34. Manning, M. G. (2014)
When books went to war : the stories that helped us win World War II. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Poole, Alex H. "'As Popular as Pin-Up Girls': The Armed Services Editions, Masculinity,
and Middlebrow Print Culture in the Mid-Twentieth-Century United States."
Information & Culture 52, no. 4 (2017): 462–86.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
1943
Scope and Contents
Books published in 1943
box 1, folder 1
"Wind, Sand, and Stars," by Antoine de Saint-Exupery A-16
September, 1943
Physical Description: Books
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 1
"My Friend Flicka," by Mary O'Hara B-49
October, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 1
"The Mind in the Making," by James Harvey Johnson C-63
November, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2
"Colonel Effingham's Raid," by Berry Fleming D-95
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2
"RFD: The Story of Farm Life," by Charles Allen Smart D-107
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2
"Country Lawyer," by Bellamy Partridge D-109
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 3
"Cross Creek," by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings D-112
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 3
"The Best American Short Stories 1942," edited by Martha Foley D-116
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 3
"Rivers of Glory," by F. van Wyck Mason D-119
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 4
"So Little Time," by John P. Marquand D-120
December, 1943
Language of Material: English.
1944
Physical Description: Books
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Books published in 1944
box 1, folder 4
"Windswept," by Mary Ellen Chase E-142
January, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 4
"Doctors on Horseback," by James Thomas Flexner E-145
January, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5
"Doctor Dogbody's Leg," by James Norman Hall F-179
February, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5
"The Fleet in the Forest," by Carl D. Dane G-205
March, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5
"East of the Giants," by George R. Stewart G-210
March, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 6
"Captain Caution," by Kenneth Roberts H-228
April, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 6
"How Green Was My Valley," by Richard Llewellyn H-239
April, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7
"Mrs. Parkington," by Louis Bromfield I-265
May, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7
"Paradise," by Esther Forbes I-269
May, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8
"A High Wind in Jamaica," by Richard Hughes J-282
June, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8
"The Wake of the Prairie Schooner: The Story of the Pioneer Trails," by Irene D, Paden J-295
June, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8
"The Noise of Their Wings," by MacKinlay Kantor K-6
July, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 9
"Winter Wheat," by Mildred Walker K21
July, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 9
"Walt Whitman: a biography," by Henry Seidel Canby K-22
July, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 9
"AP: The Story of News," by Oliver Gramling K-29
July, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10
"My Life and Hard Times," by James Thurber L-2
August, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10
"Kilgour's Mare," by Henry G. Lamond L-3
August, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10
"Science Yearbook of 1944," edited by John D. Ratcliff M-9
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11
"Call Her Rosie," by Eva Bruce M-19
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11
"With a Dutch Accent: How a Hollander Became an American," by David Cornel De Jong M-22
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11
"Four Modern American Plays" M-23
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 12
"Indigo," by Christine Wilson M-25
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 12
"Barnum," by M. R. Werner M-26
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 12
"Show Me a Land," by Clark McMeekin M-27
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 13
"Stars on the Sea," by F. van Wyck Mason M-31
September, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 13
"The Crock of Gold," by James Stephens N-5
October, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 13
"Mathematics and the Imagination," by Edward Kaster and James Newman N-25
October, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 14
"Perilous Journey," by C. M. Sublette and Harry Harrison Kroll N-30
October, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 14
"Island in the Sky," by Ernest K. Gann O-15
November, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 14
"Selected Short Stories of Adventure," by John Russell O-20
November, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 15
"Look Homeward, Angel," by thomas Wolfe O-31
November, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 15
"Botts in War. Botts in Peace," by William Hazlett Upson P-21
December, 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 15
"Yankee from Olympus: Justice Homes and his Family," by Catherine Drinker Bowen P-32
December, 1944
Language of Material: English.
1945
Physical Description: Books
Scope and Contents
Books published in 1945
box 1, folder 15
"The Story of George Gershwin," by David Ewen Q-3
January, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 16
"Man in the Saddle," by Ernest Haycox Q-16
January, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 16
"The Heritage of the Desert," by Zane Grey Q-19
January. 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 16
"Luck in All Weathers, by Donal Hamilton Haines Q-23
January, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 17
"Wild is the River," by Louis Bromfield Q-34
January, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 17
"Geography in Human Destiny," by Roderick Peattie R12
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 18
"Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," by Cornelius Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough (copy 1) R-17
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 18
"Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," by Cornelius Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough (copy 2) R-17
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 18
"Combustion on Wheels: an informal history of the Automobile Age," by David L. Cohn R-26
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 19
"Try and Stop Me," by Bennett Cerf R-31
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 19
"The Time for Decision," by Sumner Welles (copy 1) R-35
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 19
"The Time for Decision," by Sumner Welles (copy 2) R-35
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 20
"The Way Our People Lived," by W. E. Woodward (copy 1) R-38
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 20
"The Way Our People Lived," by W. E. Woodward (copy 2) R-38
February, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 20
"Dear Baby," By william Saroyan S-2
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 20
"A Pearl in Every Oyster," by Frank Sullivan S-11
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 1
"Hunted Riders," by Max Brand S-23
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 1
An Almanac for Moderns, by Donald Culross Peattie S-27
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 1
"The Great Lakes," by Harlan Hatcher S-30
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 2
"The Farm," by Louis Bromfield (copy 1) S-31
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 2
"The Farm," by Louis Bromfield (copy 12 S-31
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 2
"The Bolinvars," by Marguerite F. Bayliss S-32
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3
"The History of Rome Hanks," by Joseph Stanley Pennell S-36
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3
"Boston Adventure," Jean Stafford S-40
March, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3
"A Smattering of Ignorance," by Oscar Levant (Copy 1) T-7
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3
"A Smattering of Ignorance," by Oscar Levant (Copy 2) T-7
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 4
"The Fireside Book of Verse," selected by Louis Untermeyer T-8
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 4
"Riders on the Plains," by Max Brand T-21
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5
"Genesee Fever," by Carl Carmer (copy 1) T-30
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5
"Genesee Fever," by Carl Carmer (copy 2) T-30
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5
"Battle Report: Pearl harbor to Coral Sea," by Commander Walter Karig and Lt. Welbourn Kelley T-31
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 6
"Whistle Stop," by Maritta M. Wolff T-34
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 6
"The Loon Feather," by Iola Fuller T-35
April, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 7
The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck," by Alexander Laing (Copy 1) (U-)685
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 7
The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck," by Alexander Laing (Copy 2) (U-)685
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 7
"Great Smith," by Edison Marshall (U-)689
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 8
"The Grapes of Wrath," by John Steinbeck (U-)690
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
Exhibited Materials
Item removed from folder for permanent display in Rare Book Room.
box 2, folder 8
"Lock, Stock, and Barrel: the story of collecting," by Douglas and Elizabeth Rigby (copy 1) (U-)692
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 8
"Lock, Stock, and Barrel: the story of collecting," by Douglas and Elizabeth Rigby (copy 2) (U-)692
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 9
"Immortal Wife," by Irving Stone (U-)693
May, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 9
"The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze (V-)705
June, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 9
"South Moon Under," by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (V-)724
June, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 10
"Jazzmen," by Frederic Ramsey Jr. and Charles Edward Smith (V-)726
June, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 10
"Farewell to Sport," by Paul Gallico (V-)728
June, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 10
"Mankind So Far," by William Howells (V-)729
June, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 11
"Pipe Night," by John O'Hara (W-)741
July, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 11
"Looking for a Bluebird," by Joseph Wechsberg (W-)749
July, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 11
"Diamond River Man," by Eugene Cunningham (W-)753
July, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 12
"Adventures of Hiram Holiday," by Paul Gallico (W-)754
July, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 12
"The Eight Million," by Meyer Berger (W-)757
July, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 12
"World's Great Tales of the Sea," edited by William McFee (W-)765
July, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 13
"The Phantom Filly," by George Agnew Chamberlain (X-)783
August, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 13
"The Bruiser," by Edward McKenna (X-)788
August, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 13
"Winter's Tales," by Isak Dinesen (X-)802
August, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 14
"Men of Science in America," by Bernard Jaffe (X-)809
August, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 14
"Mrs Parkington," by Louis Bromfield (X-)811
August, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 14
"New Yorker's Baedeker" (Y-)819
September, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 15
"Payment Deferred," by C. S. Forester (Y-)829
September, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 15
"The Royal Game," by Stefan Zweig (Z-)860
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 15
"The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Z-)862
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
Exhibited Materials
Item removed from folder for permanent display in Rare Book Room.
box 2, folder 16
"My Ten Years in a Quandary," by Robert Benchley (Z-)865
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 16
"The Fallen Sparrow," by Dorothy Hughes (Z-)869
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 16
"White Sails Crowding," by Edmund Gilligan (Z-)886
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 17
"Head o'W-Hollow," by Jesse Stuart (Z-)888
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 17
"The Sky's the Limit," by B. A. Botkin (Z-)892
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 17
"The Loom of Language," by Frederick Bodmer (Z-)893
October, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 18
"Rain in the Doorway," by Thorne Smith (AA-)922
November, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 18
"Laugh It Off," edited by Marione R, Derrickson (BB-)948
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 18
"Killing the Goose, by Francis & Richard Lockridge (BB-)950
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 19
"Watch Out for Willie Carter," by Theodore Naidish (BB-)952
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 19
"The New Yorker Profiles" (BB-)955
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 19
"Winds, Blow Gently," by Ronald Kirkbride (BB-)957
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 20
"Cass Timberlake," by Sinclair Lewis (BB-)969
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 20
"The Razor's Edge," by Somerset Maugham (BB-)971
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 20
"Strange Fruit," by Lillian Smith (BB-)972
December, 1945
Language of Material: English.
Exhibited Materials
Item removed from folder for permanent display in Rare Book Room.
1946
Physical Description: Books
Scope and Contents
Books [published in 1946.
box 3, folder 1
"Sports Extra," by Stanley Frank (CC-)993
January, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 1
"Devil on his Trail," by John and Ward Hawkins (CC-)998
January, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 1
"Black Moon," by Clark McMeekin (CC-)1001
January, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 2
"Dan Sickles," by Edgcumb Pinchon (CC-)1003
January, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 2
"Liberal Education," by Mark Van Doren (DD-)1024
February, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 2
"Dreamland," by Clarence Budington Kelland (DD-)1025
February, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 3
"Big Ben," by Early Schenck (DD-)1027
February, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 3
"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," by F. Scott Fitzgerald (DD-)1043
February, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 3
"The New Yorker Reporter At Large" (EE-)1066
March, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 4
"We Took to the Woods," by Louise Dickinson Rich (EE-)1077
March, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 4
"Biography of the Earth," by George Gamow (FF-)1087
April, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 4
"Typhoon" and "End of the Tether," by Joseph Conrad (FF-)1099
April, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 5
"The Egg and I," by Betty MacDonald (FF-)1100
April, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 5
"The Manatee," by Nancy Bruff (FF-)1104
April, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 5
"Safari," by Martin Johnson (GG-)1124
May, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 6
"The Ox-Bow Incident," by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (GG-)1134
May, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 6
"Cobb's Cavalcade," edited by B. D. Zevin (HH-)1175
June, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 6
"While You Were Gone," edited by Jack Goodman (HH-)1178
June, 1946
Language of Material: English.
