CORRESPONDENCE
Chronological
1949-1962
1964-1965
1966-1967
1968-1969
1970
1971
January-September, 1972
October, 1972-1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990-1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001-2002
2003-2004
Alphabetical
Brann, Helen 1982-1985
Cole, Toby - Includes correspondence concerning Pirandello plays 1984-1986
Irwin, Barry - Includes correspondence concerning sale of horse "Prevoyante" 1984-1985
Leavy, Morton L. 1979-1982
Lescher, Robert 1949-1975
Playboy (Italian version) 1970-1972
Family
William Murray to Natalia Danesi Murray 1934-1962
Correspondence sent to Natalia Danesi Murray 1943-1962
Janet Flanner to Natalia Danesi Murray 1947-1955
William Murray Sr. to and from Natalia Danesi Murray 1947
William Murray Sr. to William Murray 1948-1949
Doris Rogers to William Murray 1952-1955
WRITINGS
Books
Published Manuscripts
Fugitive Roman (1954) - Book contract 1954
Best Seller (1957) - Copyright renewal registration 1985
Sweet Ride (1967) - Correspondence and book reviews 1965-1968
Americano (1968) - Reviews and correspondence 1964-1968
Previews of Coming Attractions (1970) - Correspondence and book reviews 1970
Dream Girls (1972)
Contract and promotional materials - Includes correspondence with publishers 1971 - 1972
Publicity material and book reviews 1972
Killing Touch (1974) - Contract and book reviews and includes correspondence 1973-1974
Horse Fever (1976) - Book reviews and promotional materials and includes correspondence 1976
Stryker (1978) - Written by Chuck Scarborough, aided by William Murray - Includes correspondence and book reviews
Malibu (1979) - Book reviews - Includes promotional materials and correspondence 1979-1980
Mymidon Project (1980) - Authored with Chuck Scarborough - Includes publication contract and correspondence 1979-1980
King of the Nightcap (1989)
Book reviews 1989 - 1990
Talk, Bookworks August 23, 1989
Getaway Blues (1990)
Typescript draft
Part 1
Part 2
I'm Getting Killed Right Here (1991)
Typescript draft
Part 1
Part 2
First proof reader's set copy
Part 1 1991
Part 2
Part 2 - Second copy
Book review 1991 - 1992
Last Italian: Portrait of a People (1991) - Book reviews 1991-1993
Wrong Horse: An Odyssey through the American Racing Scene (1992)
Typescript draft with edits
Part 1
Part 2
Book reviews 1992
We're Off to See the Killer (1993)
Typescript draft
Part 1
Part 2
Book reviews - Includes draft and book cover 1993
Now You See Her, Now You Don't (1994)
Typescript draft with edits
Part 1 1994
Part 2 1994
Author's proofs
Part 1 1994
Part 2 1994
Page proof
Part 1 1994
Part 2 1994
Book reviews 1994 - 1995
Fine Italian Hand (1996)
Typescript draft
Part 1 - Partial
Part 2
City of the Soul (2002)
Master proof 2002
Rough page proofs 2002
Book reviews - Includes contact sheet 2002
Dead Heat (2005)
Handwritten manuscript
Part 1
Part 2
Typescript draft
Part 1 2005
Part 2 2005
Final draft
Part 1 - Includes outline, 2005
Part 2 2005
Fortissimo: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers (2005)
First typescript draft
Part 1
Part 2 2005
Typescript draft with edits
Part 1
Part 2
Final typescript
Part 1 2004
Part 2 2004
Author's page proof with edits
Part 1
Part 2
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
"Devil's Island" - Contract 1961
"Falcone Affair" - Correspondence - Includes chapter typescript for unpublished manuscript 1983-1986
"Grimaldis - Monaco" - Correspondence 1986-1987
Articles
THE NEW YORKER
"Slot Machines and Repose" April 29, 1950
"Action in the Desert" May 13, 1950
"Out Far-Flung Correspondents" March 27, 1954
"Mustang Buzzers - I" April 3, 1954
"Mustang Buzzers - II" April 10, 1954
"Lake of the Cui-ui Eaters - I" January 1, 1955
"Lake of the Cui-ui Eaters - II" January 8, 1955
"Lake of the Cui-ui Eaters - III" January 15, 1955
"Lake of the Cui-ui Eaters - IV" January 22, 1955
"L'Americano" March 7, 1964
"Letter from Rome" September 9, 1972
"Our Far-Flung Correspondents" September 16, 1972
"Letter from Rome" April 8, 1974
"Letter from Naples" May 1, 1974
"Letter from Selvole" October 7, 1974
"Letter from Rome" August 9, 1976
"Letter from Rome" January 16, 1978
"Letter from Rome" July 17, 1978
"Letter from Rome" September 15, 1980
"Letter from Rome" August 17, 1981
"Letter from Naples" December 14, 1981
"Sporting Scene: Forza, Italia!" August 22, 1983
"Letter from Rome" December 26, 1983
"Letter from Rome" July 22, 1985
"Letter from Venice" May 12, 1986
"Twins" December 29, 1986
"Letter from Sperlonga" March 30, 1987
"Italians in the Garden" June 1, 1987
"Letter from Monaco" October 5, 1987
"Letter from Rome" August 22, 1988
"Letter from Cassino" May 15, 1989
"To the Left of Zero" July 31, 1989
"Easy Way"
"Tonight It's Butterfly!"
NEW WEST
"Theatre" - Column 1976-1980
"Del Mar: A Summer with the Horses" July 5, 1976
"Ken Norton Could Be the First Black Middle-Class Champion" September 27, 1976
"Trapped in the Box" April 11, 1977
"How They Took Lisa's House Away" May 9, 1977
"Making It at a Celebrity Playground" July 4, 1977
"Tennis for Love and Money" August 15, 1977
"Minor Issue of Major Concern" November 7, 1977
"You Can Take a White Horse Anywhere" April 10, 1978
"Mexico: Journey Into the Yucatan" August 14, 1978
"Capobianco Con Brio!" October 9, 1978
"Tonight, Let It Be Lohengrin"
"Secrets of a Close-Up Magician" October 8, 1979
"Janet Flanner Remembered" December 3, 1979
"He Nixed Pick Six Till Tix Clicked" December 1, 1980
"San Diego" March, 1981
"Sports"
LOS ANGELES TIMES WEST MAGAZINE
"Swinging Singles" April 2, 1967
"Jack Hanson, the Man Behind the Daisy" April 16, 1967
"Bucking the Tiger in Nevada" October 8, 1967
"Won't You Come Home, Paul Getty?" October 22, 1967
"Golf is About the Only Way You Can Swing in Palm Springs" March 3, 1968
"Lake from Time Unremembered"
"Life and Luck Along the Clubhouse Turn" July 6, 1969
"Col. Griffith's Great Green Gift" August 31, 1969
"L.A. County Fair" September 7, 1969
"Genevieve Bujold: The Smell of Love" January 4, 1970
"Doc Strub's Place" March 8, 1970
"Nous Sommes en France...But First Let's Eat!" April 19, 1970
"Coming Up on the Outside" June 28, 1970
"LAX" August 9, 1970
"Whole Ball of Wax"
LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE
"Namesakes of the Rich and Famous" February 2, 1986
"Fairs of the Heart: A Fan's Notebook" September 14, 1986
"Caliente: Horse Race Heaven" January 11, 1987
"Flamboyant Foreigner" - Alternate title: "La Michoacana" February 22, 1987
"Kentucky's Best Bet" March 17, 1991
COSMOPOLITAN
"Young Widows: No Shortcuts to Mourning" August, 1971
"Uncoupling, Italian-Style" June, 1973
"Behind the Oscar" April, 1974
"Goddesses on Horseboack" June, 1974
"Genetic Engineering: Brave New Science" June, 1975
"Masters and Johnson: Their Personal Story" March, 1976
"Murder in the Bedroom" August, 1976
"That Oh-So-Capricious Male Sexual Appetite" September, 1978
"Tennis Piece" May, 1981
"Model...The Playboy...The Mob" July, 1987
"Talent Agents Make $$$ for Their Clients" - Alternate title: "10% Means Not Ever Having to Say You're Sorry"
"Women in Prison"
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
"Return of Busby Berkeley" March 12, 1969
"Porn Capital of America" January 3, 1971
"It Doesn't Matter Who You Love or How You Love, But That You Love!" April 6, 1971
"Premier Andreotti Underwhelms the Italians" November 19, 1972
"Home of the Original Surf and Turf" - Includes "Del Mar: Where Nobody's in a Hurry But the Horses" March 12, 1989
"John Mackey: The Quiet Man of the Colts"
NEW YORK TIMES
"Ryan Has the Whole Country Cryin'" March 7, 1971
"They Told You Hollywood Was Dead? Ha!" August 8, 1971
"You May Not Like What I Do But You Can't Say I'm Dull" January 16, 1972
"Ageless Ruins of Italy Are in Danger of Finally Dying" February 25, 1973
"Not Cloris Leachman Again!" February 23, 1975
"Eighty Million Important Pieces"
PLAYBOY
"Sam Peckinpah" - Interview August, 1972
"Bob Hope" - Interview December, 1973
"Francis Ford Coppola" - Interview July, 1975
"Tennis Con Amore" May, 1976
"Joe Wambaugh" - Interview 1979
"Atmosphere People"
"Chasing the Bucks"
"Foreplay" - Alternate title: "Gold's Wild Turmoil"
VENTURE
"Man on a Permanent Vacation" - Alternate title: "The Beach Look", February - March, 1966
"Big Game Hunt in Nevada" June - July, 1966
"Ghosts of Devil's Island" February - March, 1967
"Charlie Farrell's Oasis" October, 1969
"Avignon Beyond the Bridge" July - August, 1970
"Gimmie That New Time Religion"
"Plane of Fools"
HOLIDAY
"Culture Boom" March, 1966
"Europe by Night" January, 1967
"Troubled Arts" - Alternate title: "Arts in Chicago" March, 1967
"High Old Times in Nevada" March, 1968
"Go West, Young Writer" October
"Another Glance into the Back Room"
CALIFORNIA
"Gambler" October, 1981
"Those Fickle 49er Fans" January, 1982
"Last Italian" September, 1982
"There but for Grace..." March, 1991
LOS ANGELES
"Theatre" - Column 1967 - 1971
"Critique" - Column 1967 - 1973
"Sporting Scene" - Column February - September, 1973
"Boys of Summer '73" June, 1973
"On Stage" December, 1973 - April, 1975
DAILY RACING FORUM
Columns 1992 - 1997
Articles in Other Magazines
"Justice in Jersey City", The Nation January, 1953
"Letter from Rome", United Nations World February, 1953
"Italian Election Preview", United Nations World March, 1953
"Confessions of a Playwright: At War in the Theatre Jungle", Theatre Today Spring, 1969
"Kings Multiply and Conquer", McCall's November, 1969
"L.A. Free Press is Rich". Esquire June, 1970
"Season of Solitude", West Ways February, 1973
"Anne Bancroft" interview, Viva December, 1973
"Indomitable Peninsula", Diversion May, 1974
"Be a Sport", Diversion June, 1974
"Is There Sex After Lunch?", OUI - Alternate title: "Love in the Afternoon". June, 1974
"Is There Porn in the Vatican?", OUI December, 1974
"Can Italy Be Saved?", OUI October, 1975
"Milan Notebook", Architectural Digest 1976
"Venice Notebook: An Imperishable Memory", Architectural Digest 1976
"Milan: Italy's City of Sanity Amidst the Chaos", Travel and Leisure October, 1976
"Off and Running! Two Letters from a Horse Player", Western's World March - April, 1977
"Having a Terrific Time - and Scared to Death", TV Guide - Alternate title: "Will Success Spoil Chevy Chase", April 30, 1977
"Shoe-In", West Ways May, 1980
"Pavarotti Phenomenon", Observer, London December 14, 1980
"Silks and Saddles", INC April, 1981
"Muscular Milan", Traveler June, 1988
"From the Shower to La Scala", San Diego Reader November 2, 1989
"Sports", San Diego Reader - Willie Shoemaker February 5, 1990
"Sports", San Diego Reader April 19, 1990
"Lexington and Louisville: Worlds Apart", Racing Times April 27, 1991
"Preakness is the True Gem", Racing Times June 12, 1991
"My Own Private Hawaii", Buzz November, 1993
"Vegas: Now You See It, Now You Don't", Travel-Holiday 1994
"Good Cop", Buzz February, 1995
"Tow-Truck Buster", Buzz April, 1995
"Ultimate Mozzarella", Saveur March, 1997
"At Play at the Races", New West - Includes "A Day at the Races" - First version
"Derby Love, Same Time Every Year"
"Malibu Heartache", Buzz
"Oval Truth"
"Stardom Now for Gavin Mac--Who?", TV Guide
"Two Letters from a Loser"
Reviews Written by William Murray
Book reviews
1977 - 1999
Undated
Film reviews
Music reviews
Play reviews
Plays
"Ave Caesar"
Typescript draft with edits - Alternate title: "Friends and Romans"
Production materials 1966
"Dialogue for a Dead Playwright"
"Executioner" - Second draft typescript
"Good Life" - Adapted by William Murray - Typescript draft
"Henri IV" - By Luigi Pirandello, Translated by William Murray - Handwritten draft
"Killing Touch"
Bound first typescript draft
Screenplay - Lawsuit materials - Includes correspondence 1974 - 1976
"Last Time Around" - A comedy by William Murray - Based on an Italian play by Fabrizio Sarazani
"Liberation" - By Franca Danesi, translated by William Murray - Includes "A Perfect Love" by Franca Danesi
Luigi Pirandello play productions - Miscellaneous - Includes reviews and play bills 1974 - 1975
"Naked"
Adapted by William Murray - From the play "To Clothe the Naked" by Luigi Pirandello
Adapted by William Murray - Performed by UCLA, Theatre group. Includes reviews 1965
Translated by William Murray - Performed by Roundabout Theatre Company. Includes reviews and royalty correspondence and statements 1977
"Naked Masks" - Adapted and directed by William Murray - Includes contracts and play reviews 1966
"Rules of the Game" - By Luigi Pirandello - Adapted by William Murray - Typescript draft December 19, 1960
"To Clothe the Naked" - Translated and directed by - Includes production materials and reviews 1979
"Utopia, Inc." - Bound master script
"Vise", "Chee Chee", and "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth" - Three short plays by Luigi Pirandello - Translated by William Murray - Performed by Melrose Theatre. Includes reviews 1971
"Witnesses"
Typescript draft - Unannotated
Typescript draft - Includes two versions, one annotated
Correspondence and play reviews 1966 - 1970
"Women and War" - Written by George Bernard Shaw, directed by William Murray - Includes play reviews 1973
Television Scripts
"Alternative World" - Treatment and tele-play script agreements 1983 - 1984
"Listen or Laugh, Damn You!" - Television show sketch - Co-authored with Sandra de Bruin
"Territory" - Television show sketch - Co-authored with Sandra de Bruin
Essays
"Circles"
"If It Don't Swing, It Ain't It"
"It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You"
"Fugitive Romans"
"Mystery Is in Writing" - Includes correspondence with The Writer editor 1991
"Pirandello"
"Surviving as a Writer", San Diego Writers' Monthly September, 1992
"Theory and Practice of Editing", New Yorker articles
Unpublished Manuscripts
"Berlusconi - Italy"
"Best Available Engineer and Expert"
"Cesare Zavattini: A Hunger for Reality"
"Big Bucks, Thigh Horses"
"Close Call" February 18, 2003
"Concittadini (Citizens)" 1984
"Controversial Mr. Rossellini"
"David James Design - Los Angeles" 1984
"Day Among the Immortals"
"Del Mar: A Southland Saratoga"
"Digging the Action at the Sand and Beach Club"
"Going Home" - Includes handwritten draft and correspondence. 2002
"Fans"
"Fisherman's Wharf" 1990
"Frank Gehry in Panama" 1985
"Fun-Filled Days and Nights of a Hollywood Starlet"
"Gladiator"
"Golden Threats"
"Hell's Angels: A People Problem"
"Hollywood Goes to the Races"
"Hope of Young Italy"
"Horse Fever"
"I Always Used to Worry a Good Deal about The New York Times..."
"Image of the Prince"
"In the Footsteps of Tiberius"
"In This Country We Always insist on Knowing the Names..."
Interview with Michael Skinner - Typescript draft June 23, 1991
"Italian Travel Piece"
"Italians in the Garden"
"Letter from Milan" May 21, 1962
"Letter from Milan" March 17, 1973
"Letter from Milan" - Rizzoli story April 26, 1984
"Letter from Rome" January 4, 1962
"Letter from Rome" May 6, 1964
"Letter from Rome" November 4, 1974
"Letter from Rome" April 30, 1975
"Life, Not a Living" - Includes handwritten and typed drafts
"Little Fat in the Throat"
"Living in Los Angeles: Some Encounters"
"Living It Up in L.A"
"Longest Street in the World" 1981
"Man Who Makes the Line"
"Mastersingers of San Francisco"
"New Trends in Textbooks"
"North Beach"
"Open Letter to My Italian Self" January 7, 1963
"Open Season on Turks"
"Our Song"
"Philanderer" - Includes handwritten draft and correspondence 2002
"Pied Piper of Now"
"Please Don't Set Fire to My Teddy Bears"
"Portrait of a Winner"
"Private Lives: Center Stage at La Scala"
"Product is the Star"
"Rainbow's End"
"Santa Anita: An Oasis in the Desert"
"Script Writer"
"Serious Game"
"Shaking the Tree"
"Short Take: Mary Bacon"
"Single-O in Vegas"
"Sport of Schleppers"
"Sportsholic"
"Strolling, By Car, Along Wilshire"
"Subway"
"Tender Heart" - By Franca Danesi - Translated by William Murray
"They're Off"
"Tunnel of Chaos" 1984
"Until the Fat Lady Sings"
"Up in Her Place"
"Voices"
"Will Everybody Please Get off My Courts"
"With a Certain Vision Before Her"
"Zeffirelli"
Miscellaneous horse racing pieces
APPOINTMENT BOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1997
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Berlin, 2002
Footsteps of Tiberius
Horse racing notes 1991 - 2004
Horse racing notes
Louisville - Travel holiday
Right Horse - Research notes - "Cigar Week" July - August, 1995
San Diego Opera - "Don Carlo", "Fortissimo" - Postlude
San Diego Opera December, 2003 - June, 2004
San Diego Opera
Sicily and Vienna
Miscellaneous loose notes
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Photographs
Janet Flanner - Includes photographs of Natalia Danesi Murray
Francis La Grange - Artist and writer
William Murray
William Murray family
Miscellaneous photographs - Includes William Jr., Natalia, and Julia (children)
Murray family photograph album
1956 - 1964
1965 - 1971
1970 - Includes photographs of Janet Flanner
1972
Miscellaneous Materials
Articles about William Murray 1980 - 2002
Infant journal book 1926
Gilbert and Sullivan productions 1967 - 1968
Natalia Danesi Murray - Newspaper clippings 1924 - 1928
Phillips Exeter Academy
Yearbook 1942
Yearbook 1943
Savoy Hill Players
"Ruddigore" - Includes public relations materials 1969
"The Mikado" 1969
Actor and board president - Includes press material for "Trial by Jury" and "Ages Ago" 1968 - 1969
SOUND RECORDINGS
William Murray interviews Maurice Grosser - Grosser discusses his relationship with singer Janet Flanner 1985 October 18
William Murray interviews David Campbell - Campbell discusses his relationship with singer Janet Flanner 1986 November 3
William Murray interviews Doda Conrad 1986 November 7
Part 1 - Conrad discusses his relationship with singer Janet Flanner. Session includes tapes 1 & 2. November 7, 1986
Part 2 - Conrad discusses his relationship with singer Janet Flanner. Session includes tapes 1 & 2. November 7, 1986
William Murray interviews S. Bedford - Bedford discusses her relationship with singer Janet Flanner
William Murray interviews Phil Hamburger, New York - Hamburger discusses his relationship with singer Janet Flanner
William Murray's notes on Janet Flanner - Murray discusses Flanner's literary works and her relationship with his mother
William Murray Reading - UC Riverside University Faculty Club - Murray lectures on "The Making of a Writer" at UC Riverside Writer's Week 1987 February 20