Box 307
Destination Moon #1, 2, 3
1949-1950
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Photographs and clippings from the filming of
Destination
Moon
Box 308
[Assorted]
1942-1955
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Annapolis reunion, misc. artwork, nudes, clippings
Box 309-310
[Round the World]
1953-1954
Box 309
#1
1953-1954
Scope and Contents
Subjects: South America, ephemera, menus, photographs, postcards, cruise
schedules & events
Box 309
#2
1953-1954
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Africa, Mauritius, Singapore, South Africa; Folies-Bergere programs,
Australian Science Fiction Society ephemera, brochures, maps, postcards, menus
Box 310
#3
1954
Scope and Contents
Subjects: New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, San Francisco; brochures, letters,
tickets, photographs
Box 311
#1
1955
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Azores, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Russia,
Switzerland; postcards, brochures, letters, photographs
Box 311
#2
1955
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden,
brochures, postcards
Box 312
#3
1955
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria
Box 312
#4
1955
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Austria, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, New York, Germany, The
Netherlands
Box 313
[Chicago & Arizona]
1957
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Trip ephemera from lecture at University of Chicago's Science Fiction
Club; Trip to Arizona; artwork, brochures, clippings, postcards
Box 314
[Second "Round the World" #1, #2]
1957-1958
Scope and Contents
Subjects: President Cruise Lines; trip ephemera including: menus, postcards, travel
documents; Hawaii, Japan, China, Thailand, India, Ceylon, Malaysia, Italy, New
York
Box 315
[U.S. Naval Academy Reception]
ca. 1970-1988
Scope and Contents
Photographs: Naval officers, Heinlein Crater, James Cunningham, Yoji Kondo, Amy
Baxter, Eleanor Wood et al.
box-folder 316-329
Photographs Subseries 8
ca.
1906-1989
Physical Description: 13
boxes
Scope and Content Summary
This subseries includes color and black and white photographs, color transparencies,
stereo slides and negatives.
Subjects include: the Heinlein and Gerstenfeld families, Heinlein's Navy years,
science fiction conventions and blood drives, artwork, friends and fans, publicity
photos, homes, property and the Heinleins' travel adventures.
For a complete subject listing of the photographs, negatives and slides [pdf] go to
"
Additional collection guides" and click on the link.
Arrangement
Photographs are arranged first by size and then chronologically. Slides and negatives
are arranged separately by format.
Box 323-325
35mm color slides - World trips, Europe, Italy, Grand Canyon, Family,
Bonny Doon, Artwork, Blood Drive, MidAmericon, Nudes, Virginia skating, Robert,
cats
undated
ca. 1950-1976
box-folder 326
Stereo color slides - Europe - #1-389, mixed numbers; 3D Pan-O-Scope
stereo viewer
ca. 1950-1976
box-folder 327
Stereo color slides - Europe; Virginia, Colorado Springs; Virginia, Bonny
Doon; Robert & Virginia; 3D Pan-O-Scope stereo viewer
1958-1976
box-folder 328
Micro Tele-Vue Slide Viewer; Argus Pre-Viewer II slide viewer;
Stereo-tach 35mm Transparency Viewer; Zadiix 35mm Slide Strip Viewer; Minox
miniature film canisters; 4mm; color; Camera & accessory manuals w/Heinlein's
notes
ca. 1950-1960
Box 330-331
Media Subseries 9
ca.
1917-2003
Physical Description: 2
boxes
Scope and Content Summary
Media includes 78 rpm records and cassette tapes. The tapes contain the interview
with Robert by Neil Schulman.
Arrangement
Media is arranged by format.
box-folder 330:1
"Begin the Beguine"/"September Song" - 78rpm record
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 330:2
"Black Lace"/"The Cry of the Wild Goose" - 78rpm record
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 330:3
"The Cool Green Hills of Earth"/"Ready to Ride" - 45rpm, 2
records
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 330:4
"Cool Water"/"Pennsylvania Pal" - 78rpm
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 330:5
"Rodger Young"/"The Army Air Corps" - 78 rpm record
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 330:6
"September Song"/"Lost in the Stars" - 78 rpm record
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 330:7
"Song of India"/"Coq D'Or" - 78 rpm record
ca. 1917-2003
box-folder 331
Neil Schulman interview with RAH - 4 cassette tapes
July 2, 1973
Box 332-346, 365
Realia Subseries 10
ca.
1917-1989
Physical Description: 16
boxes
Scope and Content Summary
This subseries includes 3D objects such as awards (Hugo, Grand Master Nebula),
globes, personal items, plaques, pins, typewriter, furniture, framed pieces.
Arrangement
Realia is arranged and boxed by format and size.
Box 332
Small items
ca. 1917-1989
Box 333
Leadership Club plaque
ca. 1917-1989
Box 334
Stereo Realist Viewer in wood case; teak carved letter opener; ivory carved
letter opener; blade letter opener in wood scabbard
ca. 1950-1989
Box 335
Epaulets & tri-corner hat in custom metal box; drafting box with tools;
spyglass
ca. 1917-1989
Box 338
The Man Who Sold the Moon
1951
Box 340
Stranger in a Strange Land
1961
Box 341
Grand Master Nebula Award for Lifetime Achievement
ca. 1950-1989
Box 342
World Globe w/base
ca. 1950-1989
Box 343
Lunar Globe w/base
ca. 1950-1989
Box 344
World Globe, 25", w/base
ca. 1950-1989
Box 345
Mars Globe w/base
ca. 1950-1989
Box 346
Celestial Globe w/base
ca. 1950-1989
Virginia G. Heinlein Series II
ca. 1916-2003
Physical Description: 26
boxes
Scope and Content Summary
This series documents the life and work of Virginia G. Heinlein, wife & muse of
science fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein. Materials in the collection include naval
records, personal documents, love letters, diaries, journals, correspondence, art work,
photographs, and realia.
Access Restrictions
Collection open for research. Digital files from the Digital Media sub-series of the
Virginia Heinlein series are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives
reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files.
Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view
access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to
digital files.
box-folder 16:5; 347:1-8; 348
Biographical Subseries 1
1916-2002
Scope and Contents
This subseries will includes Virginia Heinlein's correspondence, fragments from her
personal journal, awards, certificates, medical and naval records, and writings.
box-folder 16:5
Awards, certificates & memberships
1937-1984
box-folder 347:1
Certificates & personal documents
1916-2003
box-folder 347:4-5
Naval certificate & documents
April 6, 1946
1943-1955
box-folder 347:6
Florida property documents
1990-1991
box-folder 347:7-8
Travel documents
1953-1994
box-folder 348
Personal notes - house & garden, reminders, friend's
birthdays
ca. 1940-2002
box-folder 348-363, 366
Correspondence Subseries 2
1930-2003
Physical Description: 17
boxes
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes love notes and letters between Robert and Virginia, and
correspondence between Virginia and others.
box-folder 348
Love notes and "Ticky & Wuzzums" drawings
ca. 1945-1989
box-folder 349:1-11
Love letters from Robert
1945-1988
undated
box-folder 350:1-4
Biggle, Lloyd & Hegwig
1976-2001
box-folder 350:5-6; 351:1
box-folder 351:2
Cunningham, James
1988-1991
box-folder 351:8
Hoequist, Charles
1982-1990
box-folder 352:1
Needham, Arthur
1989-1990
box-folder 353:1-5
Patterson, Bill
1974-2000
box-folder 353:6-8; 354:1-2
box-folder 366:1-2
Van Bibber, Lachlan and Mel
1988-1999
box-folder 354:4-8
Vincinanzo, Ralph
1981-2001
box-folder 354:9-11; 355:1-4
box-folder 355:5-10; 356:1-7
box-folder 358:1-9; 359:1-9; 360:1-3
box-folder 360:4
Correspondence re: Listserve
May 8-19, 1988
box-folder 360:5-13; 361:1-9
box-folder 362:10-16; 363:1-9
box-folder 364:1-4
Manuscripts Subseries 3
1943-1993
Physical Description: 4
folders
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes notes and drafts for a biography on Robert Heinlein as well
as introductions to stories, and other writings by Virginia Heinlein.
box-folder 364:1
Background materials
1953-1990
box-folder 364:3
"Ginny's Gems" - diary entries
1977-1993
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Antarctica, building the Bonny Doon house, cats, nutrition, Robert's
health, Oct. 1977; Virginia's move from Bonny Doon to Carmel, Aug 1987; Heinlein
Retrospective trip report, 1988; Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1989; Baltic trip, 1993
box-folder 364:4
Notes, ideas, musings - probably written for Virginia's biography of
Robert's life
ca. 1943-1993
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Background; Notes; Life in Kansas City; The Years at the Naval Academy;
Naval Officier, Chapter II; Civilian Life; Science Fiction and John W. Campbell Jr.;
The Years in Colorado; Making
Destination Moon;
Tramp
Royale
Preface; Relationships, The Bonny Doon Years; Record Keeping;
[untitled - re: world cruise, cats, classical music]; Last Chapter; Preface to
Stranger in a Strange Land; The Northwest Passage to the Orient;
Entotic; >Entotic Addendum ; 1 Ice; The Ship; Genesis; Six unsent postcards from
Heidelberg, Germany
box-folder 364:5-8
Business Subseries 4
1989-1999
Physical Description: 4
folders
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes business papers relating to the creation of the Heinlein
Trust, Library Foundation and Chair in Aerospace Engineering.
box-folder 364:5
Robert Anson Heinlein Chair in Aerospace Engineering
1990
box-folder 364:6
Robert A. Heinlein Prize Trust
1990-1993
box-folder 364:7
The Robert A. & Virginia Heinlein Library Foundation
1993-1999
box-folder 364:8
Taxes and Appraisals
1989
box-folder 16:6
Artwork Subseries 5
1930-2003
Physical Description: 1
folder
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes artwork by Virginia.
box-folder 16:6
Ink & brush paintings
ca. 1960-1002
box-folder 318, 319, 321:1-4, 322:7-8; 329:17-19
Photographs Subseries 6
1916-2003
Physical Description: 5
boxes
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes album images, loose photographs and negatives.
For a complete subject listing of the photographs, negatives and slides [pdf] go to
"Additional collection guides" and click on the link.
box-folder 318-319, 321:1-4, 322:7-8
Box 331
Digital Media Subseries 7
1994-2002
Physical Description: .016
GB795 digital files
Access Restrictions
Collection open for research. Digital files from the Digital Media sub-series of the
Virginia Heinlein series are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives
reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed.
Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some
digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must
request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to
request access to digital files.
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes digital correspondence, instant messaging transcripts,
photographs, and biographical notes on Robert Heinlein. Much of the correspondece
relates to activities of the Heinlein Society, which Virginia Heinlein founded. The
majority of the files were created in WordPerfect.
Processing Information
This subseries was processed by Kate Dundon in 2021. Digital files were received on
45 floppy disks. Files were copied off physical media in 2021. Duplicate and out of
scope files were not retained. Files were not reformatted, and file names are original
to the creator. Original disks were retained and are included in the collection.
Denis 1 ms0095_med_0002
1999 December 16
Denis 2 ms0095_med_0003
undated
Pigeon to Ginny ms0095_med_0006
undated
RAH Cover by Bill P ms0095_med_0007
2001 May 14
September ms0095_med_0008
undated
RAH Chronology Feb 2000 ms0095_med_0009
undated
chron 38 to 01 (7 floppy disks) ms0095_med_0010-0016
undated
Letters (25 floppy disks) ms0095_med_0017-0041
1996-2002
Letters, Heinlein Society minutes ms0095_med_0045
2001
Box 332
Realia Subseries 8
1916-2003
Physical Description: 1
box
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes items from Virginia's childhood, a "Ticky" doll made by
Robert and an honorary life member name tag from the USS Lexington.
box-folder 332
Virginia's baby bonnet & gloves
ca. 1916-1925
box-folder 332
Virginia Heinlein honorary life member USS Lexington name tag
ca. 1945-2003
box-folder 332
"Ticky" cardboard doll
ca. 1945-1988
