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Correspondence

Scope and Contents

Most of the personal correspondence in this series consists of letters to and from Bob Wade during his service in World War II. Much of the remaining correspondence is comprised of letters to and from literary agents and publishers, rejection letters, and fan mail.
 

World War II Letters

General

The letters include correspondence to and from Bob Wade while he served in the US Air Force.
Box 1

1942 March 13 - April 30

Box 2

1942 May 01 - June 10

Box 3

1942 June 11 - August 31

Box 4

1942 September 01 - October 31

Box 5

1942 November 02 - December 23

Box 6

1943 January 02 - March 10

Box 7

1943 March 12 - April 28

Box 8

1943 May 03 - August 31

Box 9

1943 September 01 - December 30

Box 10

1944 January 01 - April 29

Box 11

1944 May 01 - August 31

Box 12

1944 September 01 - December 26

Box 13

1945 January 02 - September 02

Box 14

Undated

 

Agents

Box 15

Agents 1964-1970

Box 16

Agents 1971 - 1977

Box 17

Agents 1978 - 2004

Box 18

MacCampbell 1946 - 1953

General

MacCampbell, Donald [first literary agent]
Box 19, Folder 1-8, Box 52, Folder 1

MacCampbell 1954 - 1973

General

MacCampbell, Donald [first literary agent]
Box 35

MacCampbell: Litigation Files 1948-1956

Box 19, Folder 9-12

Wing, Willis Kingsley 1954-1957

General Note

Second literary agent.
Box 20

Wing, Willis Kingsley 1958 - 1963

General

Wing, Willis Kingsley [second literary agent]
Box 21, Folder 1-2

Duer & Taylor

General

Law firm representing Wade Miller
Box 52, Folder 2

Fan Mail 1946-1973

Scope and Contents

Letters to and from Wade Miller regarding their books and projects.
Box 22, Folder 9-12

Income and Taxes 1946-1958

General

Handwritten income and tax sheets.
Box 21, Folder 3-7

Miscellaneous 1946 - 1966

Box 22, Folder 1-6, Box 52, Folder 3

Miscellaneous 1967 - 2010

Box 35

Miscellaneous 1985-2004

Box 23

Publishers 1946 - 1955

Box 24

Publishers 1956 - 1981

Box 22, Folder 7

Radio 1947 - 1950

General

Regarding stories created for radio
Box 52, Folder 12

Rejection Letters 1941-1946

Box 38

Diaries 1946-2002

Scope and Contents

24 volumes kept by Bob Wade and Bill Miller. Though the entries are written by Wade, they describe the activities of both writers and include mentions of books worked on, business activities, and whether or not mail was received that day. The volume that spans the dates June 1960- October 1962 includes mention of Miller's death on August 21, 1961. That particular volume is the last one with a title page of "Wade Miller." All of the subsequent volumes are titled "Robert Wade."
 

Contracts

Scope and Contents

The contract agreements in this series are arranged by title of novel.
Box 25, Folder 1

All Through the Night 1955-1985

Box 52, Folder 9

Badge of Evil

Box 25, Folder 2

Big Guy, The 1952-1971

Box 25, Folder 3

Branded Woman 1952-2011

Box 25, Folder 4

Calamity Fair 1954-1993

Box 25, Folder 5

Case of the Lonely Lovers, The 1951-1956

Box 25, Folder 6

Dark Fantastic, The 1960-1973

Box 25, Folder 7

Dead Fall 1953-1973

Box 25, Folder 8

Dead, She Was Beautiful 1954-1969

Box 25, Folder 9

Deadly Weapon 1950-2010

Box 25, Folder 10

Death of Me Yet, The 1968-1978

Box 25, Folder 11

Devil May Care 1967-1992

Box 25, Folder 12

Devil on Two Sticks 1950-1980

Box 25, Folder 13

Evil Come, Evil Go 1960-1971

Box 25, Folder 14

Fatal Step 1948-1991

Box 26, Folder 1

Girl from Midnight, The 1961-1968

Box 26, Folder 2

Gravy Train, The 1970-1983

Box 26, Folder 3

Guilty Bystander 1947-1986

Box 26, Folder 4

Hammer in His Hand, A 1959-1998

Box 26, Folder 5

Hunter of the Blood 1970-1982

Box 26, Folder 6

Jungle Heat 1958-1979

Box 26, Folder 7

Killer, The 1957-2011

Box 26, Folder 8

Kiss Her Goodbye 1956-1974

Box 26, Folder 9

Kitten with a Whip 1958-1987

Box 26, Folder 10

Knave of Eagles 1968-1989

Box 26, Folder 11

Last One Kills, The 1969-1973

Box 26, Folder 12

Mad Baxter 1954-1966

Box 26, Folder 13

Man-Made Jungle, The 1980-1983

Box 26, Folder 14

Man On a Nylon String 1963-1976

Box 27, Folder 1

Man with Two Clocks, The 1974-1982

Box 52, Folder 10

Max Thursday 1994-1996

Box 27, Folder 2

Memo for Murder 1957-1967

Box 27, Folder 3

Murder Charge 1960-1992

Box 27, Folder 4

Nightmare Cruise 1959-1967

Box 27, Folder 5

Novelettes 1960-1979

Box 27, Folder 6

Officer Needs Help 1965-1969

Box 27, Folder 7

Play Like You're Dead 1967-1974

Box 27, Folder 8

Pop Goes the Queen 1947-1971

Box 27, Folder 9

Shadow in the Wild, A 1957-1964

Box 27, Folder 10

Sinner Take All 1960-1975

Box 27, Folder 11

Shoot to Kill 1960-1996

Box 27, Folder 12

Short Stories 1954-2003

Box 27, Folder 13

Slow Gallows, The 1977-2003

Box 27, Folder 14

South of the Sun 1953-1962

Box 27, Folder 15

Stolen Woman 1950-1977

Box 27, Folder 16

Stroke of Seven, The 1964-1973

Box 27, Folder 17

Tiger's Wife, The 1951-1975

Box 27, Folder 18

Tunis Dagger, The 1951-1956

Box 27, Folder 19

Undertaker Wind, The 1972-1977

Box 27, Folder 20

Uneasy Street 1949-1993

Box 27, Folder 21

Why She Cries I Do Not Know 1972-1977

 

Writing Process Files

Scope and Contents

These files consist of Wade Miller's notes and clippings pertaining to works-in-progress, as well as files and notebooks highlighting their writing process and progress. Some of the folders are titled by the actual titles of some of their novels, but many others are loosely by subject. There are several folders of "miscellaneous" or "clippings" consisting of materials which were found loose in boxes.
Box 46, Folder 1

Amusings

Box 46, Folder 2

And the Deep Blue Sea

Box 46, Folder 3

Animal Act

Box 46, Folder 4

Arabian Night

Box 46, Folder 5

[Arabs Story]

Box 46, Folder 6

Beginnings

Box 46, Folder 7

Biographical Clippings

Box 46, Folder 8

Bolin

Box 46, Folder 9

Border TV

Box 46, Folder 10

[Lew Cadogan]

Box 46, Folder 11

Chappy

Box 46, Folder 12

Clippings

Box 46, Folder 13

Disposal Man Notes

Box 46, Folder 14

Dragon Company, The

Box 46, Folder 15

Dragon Company, The -- Notes

Box 46, Folder 16

End-All

Box 60

Financial Records and Business Expenses 1951-1989

Box 46, Folder 17

Gypsy

Box 49

Hello With Pleasure

Scope and Contents

Seven envelopes of index cards which had been included in a manuscript file called "Hello With Pleasure." They consist of typed notes under such categories as "Personalities," "Furniture," etc.
Box 47, Folder 1

Kitten With a Whip

Box 47, Folder 2

Language

Box 47, Folder 3

Luthuli [Albert]

Box 47, Folder 4

Malaya

Box 47, Folder 5-6

Miscellaneous

Box 47, Folder 7

Names and Titles

Box 47, Folder 8

Narcotics

Box 47, Folder 9

Pain Killer

Box 47, Folder 10

Police

Box 48, Folder 1

Powers of Darkness

Box 48, Folder 2

Prison Ship

Box 48, Folder 3

Quake

Box 48, Folder 4

Salt

Box 48, Folder 5

Shoot to Kill

Box 48, Folder 6

Singapore

Box 48, Folder 7

Steptoe, Adam

Box 52, Folder 20

Story Notes-- Unidentified

Box 48, Folder 8

Tourist Trap

Box 48, Folder 9

TV Ideas

Box 48, Folder 10

Wade, Jeanne-- Stock

 

Manuscripts

Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of typed drafts and carbon copeis of the manuscripts of Wade Miller's works, arranged alphabetically by title. A small subseries also features the works co-authored by Robert Wade and Sheldon Campbell, another college friend with whom Wade and Miller collaborated.
Box 28

A-D

 

Afternoon of the Imp Undated

 

Ah, Sweet Mystery! Undated

 

Albert Magnum to the Rescue Undated

 

All Through the Night Undated

 

Apollo Undated

 

Bad Time of Day, A Undated

 

Between the Thunder and the Sun Undated

 

Biographies Undated

 

Brand of Circle T, The Undated

 

California Caravan - Family Theater Undated

 

Call Max Thursday Undated

 

Case of the Fugitive Nurse, The Undated

 

Case of the Spurious Sister, The Undated

 

Conquering Lion of Omaha, The Undated

Box 52, Folder 8

Dark Fantastic, The Undated

Box 29

D-H

 

Day the Widow Moved, The Undated

 

Deadly Weapon Undated

 

Devil May Care Undated

 

Devil on Two Sticks Undated

 

Down and Dirty Undated

 

Fernandina Treasure, The Undated

 

Five, The Undated

 

Fraud, Incorporated Undated

 

GFM Mystery Undated

 

Guilt Undated

 

Hello With Pleasure Undated

Box 30

H-L

 

How Lucky We Met Undated

 

I Know a Good Hand Trick Undated

 

I Won't Be Around Undated

 

If It's All the Same to You Undated

 

Invisible Box, The Undated

 

It Never Just Happens Undated

 

Jackie Undated

 

Jungle Heat Undated

 

Kiss Her Goodbye Undated

 

Knave of Eagles Undated

 

Let Me Call You Sweetheart Undated

 

Limbo Man, The Undated

Box 31

L-P

 

Little Orphan Army Undated

 

Mad Baxter - Misc Undated

Box 51, Folder 8

Mad Baxter (Photocopies)

 

Man Made Jungle Undated

 

Man on a Nylon String Undated

 

Midnight Caller Undated

 

Morning After the Night Before, The Undated

 

Most Modern Things Undated

 

Mr. Magellan Undated

 

Never Mind the Flowers Undated

 

Nicest Way Possible, The Undated

 

Not Even a Goodnight Kiss Undated

 

Pains Keep Getting Worse Undated

 

PLOOT/ Hunter of Blood Undated

Box 32

P-S

 

PLOOT/ Hunter of Blood

 

Power of Darkness, The Undated

 

Purpose for "D" Undated

 

Rescue, The Undated

 

Rock Breaks Scissors Undated

 

Seek Me in the Shadows Undated

 

Sinner's Circle Undated

 

Sister Fuzz Undated

 

Slow Gallows, The Undated

Box 51, Folder 3-4

Slow Gallows, The 1979

Scope and Contents

Two folders: Master Set, First Pass; Master Set, Second Pass
Box 33

S-T

 

So You Want to Write a Cookbook Undated

 

Stroke of Seven, The Undated

 

Suddenly It's Midnight Undated

 

Survival Squad, The Undated

 

Tijuana Undated

 

Tower of Mice, The Undated

Box 34

T-Y

 

Tunis Dagger, The Undated

 

Undertaker Wind, The Undated

 

Various Synopsis Undated

 

Voice of the Hippo Undated

 

We Shall Return Undated

 

We Were Picked as the Odd Ones Undated

 

What Happened to Timothy Owen Undated

 

Whisper Undated

 

With a Vengeance Undated

 

Women in His Life/ The Furies, The Undated

 

Young Are Lost, The Undated

 

Robert Wade and Sheldon Campbell

Scope and Contents

These files consist of manuscripts for screen and television written by Robert Wade and Sheldon Campbell, another prominent San Diego writer and president of the San Diego Zoological Society until his death in 1985.
Box 51, Folder 5

Man-Made Jungle, The (Screenplay)

Box 51, Folder 6

Montgomery Street (Story for Television)

Box 51, Folder 7

Poacher Wars, The (Manuscript)

 

Plays 1939-1945

Scope and Contents

This group of plays and notes for plays contains materials chiefly from Wade and Miller's college years at San Diego State College.
Box 52, Folder 4

Case Against Eve, The

Box 52, Folder 5

Case of the Teenage Trap-- Synopsis: Perry Mason

Box 52, Folder 7

Circle

Box 53, Folder 1

Colonel's Lady

Box 53, Folder 2

Fini

Box 53, Folder 3

Honor Among Thieves

Box 53, Folder 4

King Congo

Box 53, Folder 5

Kingdom Come

Box 53, Folder 6

Love Song

Box 53, Folder 7

Medusa

Box 52, Folder 6

[Miscellaneous] 1940s

Box 53, Folder 8

Number 77

Box 53, Folder 9

Postman's in the Closet, The

Box 53, Folder 10

Postman's in the Closet, The

Box 53, Folder 11

Shrew Loose

Box 53, Folder 12

Sky Writing: How to Be an Ether Author

Box 53, Folder 13

Sky Writing: How to Be an Ether Author

Box 53, Folder 14

Small Mirth: An Experiment in Autobiography

Box 53, Folder 15

Three-Act Plays

Box 53, Folder 16

Trouble on Kamai

Box 53, Folder 17

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Box 53, Folder 18

[Unknown Play]

Box 53, Folder 19

Whatever Turns You On

Box 53, Folder 20

Whatever Turns You On

Box 53, Folder 21

Wings of Hell, The

Box 53, Folder 22

You Take the South

 

Personal Files

Box 50, Folder 5

Campbell, Sheldon

 

H. Billy Miller

Box 51, Folder 1

Estate of Billy Miller 1961-1962

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and financial papers regarding the estate of H. Billy Miller who died in 1961.
Box 51, Folder 2

H. Billy Miller Executor Papers 1957-1966

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, contracts, last will and testament pertaining to the estate of H. Billy Miller and Robert Wade's role as executor.
Box 50, Folder 3

"Pot Shots" by Ashley Brilliant

Box 50, Folder 4

Publishers

Box 50, Folder 7

Publicity

Box 50, Folder 1

Wade Biographical Materials

Box 52, Folder 11

Wade/ Isenberg Productions

Box 65

Interviews: Bob Wade

General Note

Nord Whited, CD ROM.
Box 52, Folder 14-19

Photographs

Scope and Contents

6 folders of photographs and negatives, most unidentified but many of Bob Wade and Bill Miller. One folder contains five black-and-white prints of the pair at a gathering at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego.
 

Scrapbooks

 

Wade Miller Book Reviews 1946-1955

Scope and Contents

Nine scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (provided by a clippings service) containing reviews and comments on nine of Wade Miller's novels.
Box 54

Calamity Fair 1950

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of clippings pertaining to Wade Miller's novel Calamity Fair.
Box 54

Deadly Weapon 1946-1947

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of clippings and ephemera related to the Wade Miller novel Deadly Weapon.
Box 54

Devil on Two Sticks 1948-1950

Scope and Contents

Clippings and other ephemera pertaining to Wade Miller's novel Devil on Two Sticks.
Box 55

Fatal Step 1948-1955

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook consisting chiefly of clippings and ephemera pertaining to Wade Miller's novel Fatal Step.
Box 55

Guilty Bystander 1947-1950

Scope and Contents

Magazine and newspaper clippings, and other ephemera, primarily related to Wade Miller's book Guilty Bystander
Box 55

Murder Charge 1950-1951

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of clippings pertaining to Wade Miller's novel Murder Charge.
Box 56

Pop Goes the Queen 1947-1948

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of clippings and ephemera related to Wade Miller's book Pop Goes the Queen.
Box 56

Shoot to Kill 1951-1953

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of magazine and newspaper clippings, plus small periodicals with articles and reviews pertaining to Wade Miller's book Shoot to Kill.
Box 56

Uneasy Street 1948-1949

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of clippings and other ephemera regarding Wade Miller's novel Uneasy Streeet.
 

Spadework 1977-2004

Scope and Contents

Seven scrapbooks comprised of the weekly column that Robert Wade wrote for the San Diego Union under the title "Spadework." The column reviewed several new detective and mystery books each week featuring well-known authors such as P.D. James, Sue Grafton, and Kinky Friedman; but also new and lesser-known writers in the genre. All of the albums are organized chronologically.
Box 57

1977-1981

Box 57

1981-1982

Box 57

1983-1986

Box 58

1986-1990

Box 58

1991-1994

Box 58

1994-1998

Box 59

1998-2004

 

Ephemera

Box 51, Folder 9

Adventure of Lady Ursula, The (Anthony Hope) 1898

Box 61, Folder 1

Beau Geste 1940

Scope and Contents

Two fragile copies of a broadside printed for Bob Wade and H. Billy Miller's film production of Beau Geste which was sponsored by Sigma Lambda fraternity and consisted of three showings. The reason was that permission had had to be granted by Paramount Studios who had the rights to the original Beau Gestestarring Gary Cooper. The fraternity was allowed to show the Wade Miller version under the condition that the negative would be turned over to Paramount Studios to be destroyed after three showings. The headline at the top of the broadside reads in large letters, SEE IT BEFORE IT'S BURNED.
Box 59

Branded Woman 2005

Scope and Contents

Flyer announcing the re-publication of the 1950s novel Branded Womanby Wade Miller, and featuring a photograph of the original book cover and a short synopsis of the story.
 

Book Jackets

Scope and Contents

Several boxes of book jackets for Wade Miller's books, many mounted on cardboard and taped into glass frames for hanging. Boxes 39 through 44 contain the glass-mounted book jackets; Box 45 contains paper only.
Box 39, Folder 1

All Through the Night

Box 39, Folder 2

Badge of Evil

Box 39, Folder 3-4

Big Guy, The

Box 39, Folder 5-6

Branded Woman

Box 39, Folder 7-10

Calamity Fair

Box 39, Folder 11

Cry in the Night, A

Box 39, Folder 12-13

Dark Fantastic, The

Box 39, Folder 14-15

Dead Fall

Box 39, Folder 16

Dead, She Was Beautiful

Box 39, Folder 17-18

Deadly Weapon

Box 40, Folder 1-2

Deadly Weapon

Box 40, Folder 3-4

Death of Me Yet, The

Box 40, Folder 5-8

Devil May Care

Box 40, Folder 9

Devil on Two Sticks

Box 40, Folder 10-11

Evil Come, Evil Go

Box 40, Folder 12-15

Fatal Step

Box 40, Folder 16-17

Girl from Midnight, The

Box 40, Folder 18

Gravy Train, The

Box 41, Folder 1

Great Train Hijack, The

Box 41, Folder 2-7

Guilty Bystander

Box 41, Folder 8-9

Hammer in His Hand, A

Box 41, Folder 10

Hunter of the Blood

Box 41, Folder 11

Jungle Heat

Box 41, Folder 12-14

Killer, The

Box 41, Folder 15-17

Killer's Choice

Box 41, Folder 18-20

Kiss Her Goodbye

Box 42, Folder 1

Kitten with a Whip

Box 42, Folder 2

Knaves of Eagles

Box 42, Folder 3

Last One Kills, The

Box 42, Folder 4

Lonely Lovers, Case of the

Box 42, Folder 5

Mad Baxter

Box 42, Folder 6-7

Man On a Nylon String

Box 42, Folder 8-9

Man with Two Clocks, The

Box 42, Folder 10

Memo for Murder

Box 42, Folder 11-14

Murder Charge

Box 42, Folder 15

Murder Queen High

Box 42, Folder 16

Play Like You're Dead

Box 42, Folder 17

Pop Goes the Weasel

Box 42, Folder 18

711-Officer Needs Help

Box 43, Folder 1

Shadow in the Wild, A

Box 43, Folder 2-6

Shoot to Kill

Box 43, Folder 7

Sinner Take All

Box 43, Folder 8

Slow Gallows, The

Box 43, Folder 9-10

South of the Sun

Box 43, Folder 11-13

Stolen Woman

Box 43, Folder 14

Stroke of Seven, The

Box 43, Folder 15-16

Tiger's Wife, The

Box 43, Folder 17

Touch of Evil

Box 44, Folder 1

Undertaker Wind, The

Box 44, Folder 2-5

Uneasy Street

Box 44, Folder 6

Warning Shot

Box 44, Folder 7

Why She Cries, I Do Not Know

Box 45

711-Officer Needs Help (2)

Box 45

All Through the Night (2)

Box 45

Badge of Evil (2)

Box 45

Calamity Fair

Box 45

Dark Fantastic, The (2)

Box 45

Dead, She Was Beautiful

Box 45

Death of Me Yet, The (2)

Box 45

Evil Come, Evil Go

Box 45

Gravy Train, The

Box 45

Hammer in His Hand, A (2)

Box 45

Hunter of the Blood (2)

Box 45

Knave of Eagles

Box 45

Last One Kills, The

Box 45

Man on a Nylon String, The (2)

Box 45

Man With Two Clocks, The (2)

Box 45

Murder Charge (2)

Box 45

Play Like You're Dead (2)

Box 45

Pop Goes the Queen

Box 45

Shadow in the Wild, A

Box 45

Shoot to Kill (2)

Box 45

Slow Gallows, The

Box 45

Stroke of Seven, The (3)

Box 45

Touch of Evil

Box 45

Undertaker Wind, The

Box 45

Why She Cries, I Do Not Know

Box 45

[Book jacket fragments and endflaps]

Box 50, Folder 8-9

Business Cards and Addresses

 

Clippings

Box 61, Folder 2

College Years 1940s

Box 50, Folder 10

Miscellaneous

Box 61, Folder 3

Miscellaneous 1940s-1950s

Box 59

Dead Fall 1956

Scope and Contents

Two copies of a broadside advertising the sale of Wade Miller's new novel Dead Fall with the name "Dale Wilmer" in parentheses.
Box 59

Fatal Step 1998 October 1

Scope and Contents

Full page of the San Diego Weekly Reader featuring the beginning of Chapter 1 from Wade Miller's Fatal Step and including a photo of the book cover. Page is framed in glass.
Box 51, Folder 10

Hands Up! (John K. Stafford) 1928

Box 59

King Congo Circa 1942

Scope and Contents

Small poster for a college film production of King Congo produced by Bob Wade and H. Billy Miller, and featuring their colleague Sheldon Campbell (among others). Framed under glass.
Box 52, Folder 13

Miscellaneous 1961-2003

Box 50, Folder 11

Postcards 1942

 

Posters

Scope and Contents

The large framed posters in the map-case are color posters of Wade Miller's novels. The smaller rolls in Box 62 are actually black and white copies of negatives showing scenes from the books or a photo of Wade and Miller that was used in newspapers.
Box 62

Deadly Weapon (6 versions)

Map-case 8, drawer 4, Folder 2

Deadly Weapon (8 items)

Box 62

Guilty Bystander (2 Versions)

Map-case 8, drawer 4, Folder 1

Guilty Bystander (3 items)

Map-case 8, drawer 4

Kitten with a Whip 1964

Description

Large framed (under glass) movie poster with picture of Ann-Margret. The film also featured actor John Forsythe, among others.
Map-case 8, drawer 4, Folder 1

Wade and Miller

Box 62

Wade Miller Writing Team Photo

Map-case 8, drawer 2

Yellow Canary, The 1963

Description

Large framed poster of the film "The Yellow Canary" starring Pat Boone and Barbara Eden. Based on the novel by Whit Masterson.
Box 50, Folder 12

Royalty Checks 1963-1986

Box 50, Folder 13

San Diego State College Handbooks and Directories 1938-1942

Box 50, Folder 14

Theatre Programs and Commencement Programs 1934-1941

Box 50, Folder 15

Tickets 1936-1942

 

Audiovisual Materials

Scope and Contents

All of the items in this series are videotapes except for the 1987 version of A Touch of Evil which is on a laserdisk.
Box 59

Touch of Evil 1987

Scope and Contents

Laser Videodisc of Orson Welles' original Touch of Evil from 1958. Complete uncut restored version.
Box 65

Touch of Evil 1958

Box 65

Wade Miller's Beau Geste

Box 65

Warning Shot

Box 65

Kitten With a Whip 1964

 

Publications 1947-1999

Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of magazines, newspapers, and clippings containing stories and short novels by Wade Miller aka Whit Masterson (later Bob Wade); as well as articles about the authors. Included also are all the newsletters and other materials from the Writers Guild of America. The series is arranged alphabetically by publication title (when known).
Box 36, Folder 1

Adam

Box 37, Folder 1

Adam [fragile]

Box 36, Folder 2

Argosy 1965-1969

Box 36, Folder 3

Cavalier 1954-1955

Box 36, Folder 4

Cosmopolitan 1955-1959

Box 36, Folder 5

Deadly Weapon

Box 64

Ellery Queen 1955 July

Box 64

Ellery Queen 1955 December

Box 64

Ellery Queen (British) 1956 September

Box 64

Ellery Queen 1956 September

Box 37, Folder 11

Ellery Queen 1958 January

Box 64

Ellery Queen (2) 1958 January

Box 64

Ellery Queen (British) 1958 January

Box 64

Ellery Queen 1958 June

Box 64

Ellery Queen 1960 March

Box 64

Ellery Queen 1980 March

Box 50, Folder 2

Farrar, Strauss and Company, Inc. 1950

Box 36, Folder 6

Gent 1960 April

Box 64

Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The 1959 November

Box 64

Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The 1960 October

Box 36, Folder 7

Manhunt 1958 January

Box 36, Folder 8

Men 1956-1964

Box 37, Folder 2

Mystery Book Magazine [fragile]

Box 61, Folder 4

North County's [San Diego] Weekly Reader (Deadly Weapon) 1999 September 23

Box 36, Folder 9

Playboy 1962 August

Box 37, Folder 3

Roanoke Times & World News [fragile] 1991 October 18

Box 64

Saint Mystery Magazine, The 1960 July

Box 36, Folder 10

San Diego Union 1989

Box 37, Folder 4

San Diego 1961 May

Box 37, Folder 5

San Diego 1963 January

Box 37, Folder 6

San Diego Magazine 1949 November

Box 37, Folder 7

San Diego Union [fragile] 1946 September 29

Box 61, Folder 5

San Diego Weekly Reader (Fatal Step) 1998 October 1

Box 61, Folder 6

San Diego Weekly Reader (Wade Miller's Hard-Boiled Fiction) 1993 February 25

Box 61, Folder 7

See 1947 September

Box 37, Folder 8

Star Weekly 1948-1970

Box 36, Folder 11

Swagger 1951 January

Box 37, Folder 9

Tribune-Sun 1946 July 19

Box 37, Folder 10

Varsity 1947 August

Box 50, Folder 6

Writers Guild of America 1982-1999

Box 59

Writers Guild of America 1990-1991

Scope and Contents

Handbook for the Writers Guild of America West, including membership information, staff directory, pension plan and other benefits, history of the organization, etc.
 

Artifacts

Box 62

Desk Plaque: Mr. W.R. Wade

Box 62

Engraving Plate for Newspaper Photo of Bob Wade and Bill Miller (2 parts)

Box 62

Pen Set (Namiki) in Case with Robert Wade's Name

Box 62

Plaque: Judge Robert Wade, Essay Contest 1999

Box 62

Plaque to Robert Wade from Private Eye Writers of America 1988 October

Box 62

Trophy--One-Act Play Tournament 1939-1941

 

Books

Scope and Contents

All books were authored by Wade Miller unless otherwise noted. Pseudonyms for Wade Miller include Will Daemer, Dale Wilmer, and Whit Masterson. After H. Billy Miller's death, Bob Wade continued to write under his own name, usually Robert Wade.
A numeral in parentheses after the title indicates the number of copies of that title in that particular box, irrespective of publication date or cover art. In particular, the paperpack books often had many different versions of cover art for the same title.
 

Hardback Books

Box 63

All Through the Night

Box 66

All Through the Night

Box 66

Badge of Evil

Box 63

Badge of Evil

Box 63

Calamity Fair

Box 63

Dark Fantastic, The

Box 66

Dark Fantastic, The

Box 66

Dead Fall

Box 63

Dead, She Was Beautiful

Box 66

Dead, She Was Beautiful

Box 63

Deadly Weapon

Box 63

Death of Me Yet, The

Box 66

Death of Me Yet, The

Box 63

Devil on Two Sticks

Box 63

Evil Come, Evil Go

Box 66

Evil Come, Evil Go

Box 63

Fatal Step

Box 63

Gravy Train, The

Box 66

Gravy Train, The

Box 63

Hammer in His Hand, A (2)

Box 66

Hammer in His Hand, A

Box 63

Hunter of the Blood

Box 66

Hunter of the Blood

Box 63

Killer with a Badge

Box 63

Kiss Her Goodbye

Box 66

Knave of Eagles (2)

Box 63

Last One Kills, The

Box 66

Last One Kills, The

Box 66

Man On a Nylon String, The (2)

Box 63

Man With Two Clocks, The

Box 66

Man With Two Clocks, The

Box 63

Murder Queen High

Box 63

Play Like You're Dead

Box 66

Play Like You're Dead

Box 63

Sargasso People, The

Box 63

Shadow in the Wild, A

Box 66

Shadow in the Wild, A

Box 63

Shoot to Kill (2)

Box 63

Slow Gallows, The

Box 66

Slow Gallows, The

Box 66

Stroke of Seven, The (2)

Box 66

Undertaker Wind, The

Box 63

Uneasy Street (2)

Box 63

Why She Cries, I Do Not Know

Box 66

Why She Cries, I Do Not Know

 

Paperback Books

Box 64

Branded Woman

Box 64

Case of the Lonely Lovers, The

Box 64

Cr y in the Night, A (2)

Box 64

Dark Fantastic, The (2)

Box 64

Dead Fall

Box 64

Dead, She Was Beautiful (2)

Box 64

Deadly Weapon (6)

Box 64

Death of Me Yet, The

Box 64

Devil May Care (2)

Box 64

Evil Come, Evil Go

Box 64

Fatal Step (3)

Box 64

Great Train Hijack, The

Box 64

Guilty Bystander

Box 64

Hammer in His Hand, A (2)

Box 64

Hard-Boiled Dicks (2)

Box 64

Jungle Heat (4)

Box 64

Killer With a Badge

Box 64

Killer, The (2)

Box 64

Killer's Choice (2)

Box 64

Kiss Her Goodbye

Box 64

Man on a Nylon String (3)

Box 64

Man With Two Clocks, The

Box 64

Memo for Murder (2)

Box 64

Murder Bait

Box 64

Murder Charge

Box 64

Murder Queen High

Box 64

Shadow in the Wild, A (2)

Box 64

Sinner Take All

Box 64

Stolen Woman (2)

Box 64

Tiger's Wife, The

Box 64

Warning Shot

Box 65

Branded Woman (3)

Box 65

Calamity Fair (3)

Box 65

Crime and Suspense (Playboy, ed.)

Box 65

Deadly Weapon

Box 65

Devil May Care (3)

Box 65

Girl from Midnight, The

Box 65

Guilty Bystander (4)

Box 65

Jungle Heat

Box 65

Killer, The (2)

Box 65

Killer, The/ Devil on Two Sticks

Box 65

Killer's Choice (3)

Box 65

Kiss Her Goodbye (4)

Box 65

Kitten With a Whip

Box 65

Mad Baxter (2)

Box 65

Murder Charge (4)

Box 65

Murder Queen High

Box 65

Mystery of the Dead Police (Philip MacDonald)

Box 65

Nightmare Cruise

Box 65

Shoot to Kill (4)

Box 65

Sinner Take All

Box 65

South of the Sun (3)

Box 65

Stolen Woman (2)

Box 65

Stroke of Seven, The

Box 65

The Big Guy (2)

Box 65

Tiger's Wife, The (2)

Box 65

Touch of Evil, Orson Welles, Director (Terry Comito, ed.)

Box 65

Tunis Dagger, The

Box 65

Uneasy Street (4)