Guide to the B. Traven Collection, 1917-1989 M0570

Series I. Correspondence 492927

Scope and Contents note

This is arranged chronologically within each subsection: correspondence with B. Traven; with Traven's widow and publishers; and with Traven scholars, libraries, Klein's attorney, newspapers.

Series II. Klein's manuscripts and notes for projects 492925

Series III. Subject Files 492923

Scope and Contents note

This section has material on Traven arranged first by year (pre-1920-1985) and then alphabetically by subject.

Series IV. Photos and audio tapes 492921

Series V. Books and play 492919

Scope and Contents note

This section includes a paperback by Traven, a dissertation on Traven, and a play about Traven.

Series VI. Serials 492917

Scope and Contents note

Most of these periodicals have at least one article on Traven.

Series VII. Addendum 492915

Scope and Contents note

This is a list of serials dispersed throughout the collection.

Series I. Correspondence (arranged chronologically within subsection) 492827

With B. Traven 492895

Box 1, folder 1

General index of Klein's letters to and from Traven 492913

Box 1, folder 2

Traven-Klein letters, originals 492911 1933

Box 1, folder 3

Traven-Klein letters, originals 492909 1934

Box 1, folder 4

Original Klein letter to Traven, 492907 5/28/35

Box 1, folder 5

Original Klein letter to Traven, 492905 7/2/35

Box 1, folder 6

Originals of material sent by Traven, 492903 7/16/35

Box 1, folder 7

Klein letter to Traven, 492901 8/1/35

Box 1, folder 8

Original Klein letter to Traven, 492899 10/1/35

Box 1, folder 9

Traven-Klein letters, 492897 1933-35

With Traven's widow and publishers 492871

Box 2, folder 1

Rosa Elena Lujan (Traven's widow), 492893 1967-78

Box 2, folder 2

Correspondence, British publishers, 492891 1936-59

Box 2, folder 3

Lawrence Hill & Co., Hill & Wang, Inc., 492889 1966-70

Box 2, folder 4

Lawrence Hill & Co., 492887 1971-73

Box 2, folder 5

Lawrence Hill & Co., 492885 1974

Box 2, folder 6

Lawrence Hill & Co., 492883 1975

Box 2, folder 7

Lawrence Hill & Co., 492881 1976-80

Box 2, folder 8

Contracts and royalty reports from L. Hill, 492879 1975-79

Box 2, folder 9

Penn State Press, 492877 1976

Box 2, folder 10

Allison and Busby, 492875 1979

Box 2, folder 11

Ken Saunders, 492873 1980

With Traven scholars, libraries, Klein's attorney, newspapers 492829

Box 3, folder 1

E.R. Hagemann, 492869 1959-60

Box 3, folder 2

Phil Stevenson, (also has letters from Traven to Stevenson) 492867 1961-73

Box 3, folder 3

Grad student, 492865 1975

Box 3, folder 4

Judy Stone, (also notes on her book) 492863 1975

Box 3, folder 5

Jonah Raskin, 492861 1975-79

Box 3, folder 6

Rectification letters, UCLA Special Collections, 492859 1976

Box 3, folder 7

William Weber Johnson, 492857 1976

Box 3, folder 8

Paul Kohner, 492855 1976

Box 3, folder 9

George Hanson, 492853 1976-78

Box 3, folder 10

Michael Baumann, 492851 1976-1982

Box 3, folder 11

Tino Ballio, 492849 1977

Box 3, folder 12

Ernst Schürer, 492847 1982

Box 3, folder 13

Traven Conference correspondence, 492845 1982

Box 3, folder 14

Rolf Recknagel, 492843 1976-[82?]

Box 3, folder 15

Karl Guthke, 492841 1982-3

Box 3, folder 16

Peter Küpfer, 492839 1982-3

Box 3, folder 17

Martha Müller, 492837 1989

Box 3, folder 18

Klein's attorney Lauri Provencher, 492835 1979

Box 3, folder 19

NY Review of Books, 492833 June 1970

Box 3, folder 20

LA Times, 492831 1982

Series II. Klein's manuscripts and notes for projects 492647

Kleins' work on Traven stories 492819

Box 4, folder 1

Editing notecards for Traven tales 492825

Box 4, folder 2

Special materials on Jungle or Mahogany novels (book jackets, correspondence with publishers, translations that later appeared in Kleins' book) 492823

Box 4, folder 3

Master file, The Kidnapped Saint 492821

(Primarily first drafts of translations for The Kidnapped Saint) 492783

Box 4, folder 4

The Kidnapped Saint 492817

Box 4, folder 5

Submission 492815

Box 4, folder 6

Story of a Bomb 492813

Box 4, folder 7

Diplomat 492811

Box 4, folder 8

Frustration 492809

Box 4, folder 9

Reviving the Dead 492807

Box 4, folder 10

Accomplices 492805

Box 4, folder 11

Indian Dance in the Jungle 492803

Box 4, folder 12

Introduction, In the Freest State in the World 492801

Box 4, folder 13

In the Freest State in the World (text) 492799

Box 4, folder 14

In the Freest State in the World (endnotes) 492797

Box 4, folder 15

Rejected stories: Burro Trading #6 492795

Box 4, folder 16

Rejected stories: Unexpected Solution #12 [original missing] 492793

Box 4, folder 17

Rejected stories: Welfare Hospital #13 492791

Box 4, folder 18

Rejected stories: Foreign Correspondent #14 492789

Box 4, folder 19

Rejected stories: Dynamite #15 492787

Box 4, folder 20

Rejected stories: The Guard #16 492785

Primarily second drafts of translations for The Kidnapped Saint 492751

Box 5, folder 1

Submission #2 492781

Box 5, folder 2

Diplomats #3 492779

Box 5, folder 3

In the Freest State in the World #4 (1974 final typing) 492777

Box 5, folder 4

In the Freest State in the World #4 (1974 preliminary drafts) 492775

Box 5, folder 5

In the Freest State in the World #4 (notes by Kleins) 492773

Box 5, folder 6

Frustration #5 492771

Box 5, folder 7

Burro Trading #6 492769

Box 5, folder 8

Saint in Pain #7, corrections to Michigan Quarterly Review version of The Kidnapped Saint 492767

Box 5, folder 9

Auferweckung des Toten #9 492765

Box 5, folder 10

Indian Dance in the Jungle #10 492763

Box 5, folder 11

Accomplices #11 492761

Box 5, folder 12

Unexpected Solutions #12, rewritten Short Stories version, 492759 June 1957

Box 5, folder 13

Welfare Establishment #13 492757

Box 5, folder 14

Foreign Correspondent 492755

Box 5, folder 15

Dynamite #15 492753

Primarily second drafts, German versions of Traven stories 492733

Box 6, folder 1

Der fremde Soldat 492749

Box 6, folder 2

The Guard, in English translation by Klein 492747

Box 6, folder 3

Mutter Beleke 492745

Box 6, folder 4

Untitled 492743

Box 6, folder 5

Khundar 492741

Box 6, folder 6

Was in Frankreich alles geschehen kann 492739

Box 6, folder 7

Erzählungen 492737

Box 6, folder 8

Rejects: Traven stories in U.S. magazines, 492735 1956-7

(Materials for book production) 492713

Box 6, folder 9

list of materials received from L. Hill, 492731 1973

Box 6, folder 10

Critiques from Hill et al. 492729

Box 6, folder 11

Table of contents and plans for Hill book 492727

Box 6, folder 12

Im Freiesten Staat der Welt 492725

Box 6, folder 13

Intro I (draft of introduction) 492723

Box 6, folder 14

Questions on German translations, 492721 1974

Box 6, folder 15

Notes: Diaz regime and Mexico City sanitation 492719

Box 6, folder 16

4 stories added in Cassell book, Night Visitor 492717 1967

Box 6, folder 17

White Rose #1 (excerpt) 492715

Klein's final drafts for The Kidnapped Saint 492675

Box 7, folder 1

Submission #2 492711

Box 7, folder 2

Diplomats #3 492709

Box 7, folder 3

In the Freest State in the World #4 492707

Box 7, folder 4

Frustration #5 492705

Box 7, folder 5

Burro Trading #6 492703

Box 7, folder 6

The Kidnapped Saint [draft lacks title page] 492701

Box 7, folder 7

Tin Can #8 492699

Box 7, folder 8

The Revival of a Dead Man #9 492697

Box 7, folder 9

Indian Dance in the Jungle #10 492695

Box 7, folder 10

Accomplices #11 492693

Box 7, folder 11

Unexpected Solution #12 492691

Box 7, folder 12

The Welfare Hospital 492689

Box 7, folder 13

Foreign Correspondent #14 492687

Box 7, folder 14

Dynamite #15 492685

Box 7, folder 15

The Guard #16 492683

Box 8, folder 1

First 43 galleys, The Kidnapped Saint 492681

Box 8, folder 2

Proofs, The Kidnapped Saint 492679

Box 8, folder 3

Master proofs of The Kidnapped Saint 492677

Klein's writings and notes on Traven, chronologically ordered 492649

Box 9, folder 1

Klein drafts of Traven reviews, 492673 1930s

Box 9, folder 2

New Republic review by Klein, 492671 1934

Box 9, folder 3

New Masses review by Klein, 492669 1934

Box 9, folder 4

British Library: Traven material, etc. 492667 1973,

Box 9, folder 5

Büchergilde Gutenberg [Traven publishers], 492665 1926-

Box 9, folder 6

Introduction to The Freest State in the World, 492663 1979

Box 9, folder 7

Additional biographical material for Freest State 492661

Box 9, folder 8

Alphabetical guide to Traven material, 492659 1976

Box 9, folder 9

Titles for tentative Traven book 492657

Box 9, folder 10

Book on Traven 492655

Box 9, folder 11

Misc. Traven notes, 492653 1982

Box 9, folder 12

Klein-Traven letters analyzed 492651

Series III. Subject files 492461

Klein's chronological files with notes and/or material on Traven that appeared in each year: periodical articles, BT Mitteilungen, notes from UCLA Special Collections material on Traven. with some omissions 492495 Pre-1920 to 1985,

Box 10, folder 1

Undated file in UCLA Special Collections 492645

Box 10, folder 2

492643 Pre-1920

Box 10, folder 3

492641 1926

Box 10, folder 4

492639 1927

Box 10, folder 5

492637 1928

Box 10, folder 6

492635 1929

Box 10, folder 7

492633 1930

Box 10, folder 8

492631 1931

Box 10, folder 9

492629 1932

Box 10, folder 10

492627 1933

Box 10, folder 11

492625 1934

Box 10, folder 12

492623 1935

Box 10, folder 13

492621 1936

Box 10, folder 14

492619 1937

Box 10, folder 15

492617 1938

Box 10, folder 16

492615 1939

Box 10, folder 17

492613 1940

Box 10, folder 18

492611 1942

Box 10, folder 19

492609 1943

Box 10, folder 20

492607 1944

Box 10, folder 21

492605 1945

Box 10, folder 22

492603 1946

Box 10, folder 23

492601 1947

Box 10, folder 24

492599 1948

Box 10, folder 25

492597 1949

Box 10, folder 26

492595 1950

Box 10, folder 27

492593 1951

Box 10, folder 28

492591 1952

Box 10, folder 29

492589 1953

Box 10, folder 30

492587 1954

Box 10, folder 31

492585 1955

Box 10, folder 32

492583 1956

Box 11, folder 1

492581 1957

Box 11, folder 2

492579 1958

Box 11, folder 3

492577 1959

Box 11, folder 4

492575 1960

Box 11, folder 5

492573 1961

Box 11, folder 6

492571 1963

Box 11, folder 7

492569 1966

Box 11, folder 8

492567 1967

Box 11, folder 9

492565 1969

Box 11, folder 10

492563 1970

Box 11, folder 11

492561 1971

Box 11, folder 12

492559 1972

Box 11, folder 13

492557 1973

Box 11, folder 14

492555 1974

Box 11, folder 15

492553 1975

Box 11, folder 16

492551 1976

Box 11, folder 17

492549 1977

Box 11, folder 18

492547 1978-80

Box 11, folder 19

492545 1985

Box 12, folder 1

Bang, Herman, influence on Traven 492543

Box 12, folder 2

Bek-Gray, Robert 492541

Box 12, folder 3

Cheuse, Alan 492539

Box 12, folder 4

Communist press critics of Traven 492537

Box 12, folder 5

Huston, John on Traven 492535

Box 12, folder 6

Land des Frühlings, notes and analysis 492533

Box 12, folder 7

Library of Congress, notes on Traven holdings 492531

Box 12, folder 8

Lopez Mateos, Esperanza 492529

Box 12, folder 9

Manana and Luis Spota 492527

Box 12, folder 10

The Marut-Traven connection 492525

Box 12, folder 11

Marut (Traven) and earlier 492523 1922

Box 12, folder 12

Powell, L.C. and Traven, 492521 Aug-76

Box 12, folder 13

Recknagel, Rolf, checklist of articles on Traven 492519

Box 12, folder 14

Revolution, German, notes 492517

Box 12, folder 15

Sex, women, and Traven 492515

Box 12, folder 16

Socialism in Germany, notes 492513

Box 12, folder 17

Spanish language sources on Traven 492511

Box 12, folder 18

Special materials, Universitas-Verlag 492509

Box 12, folder 19

UCLA Special Collections, MCK file 492507

Box 12, folder 20

Wieder, Josef 492505

Box 12, folder 21

Der Ziegelbrenner, copies and analysis 492503 1917-22,

Box 12, folder 22

Der Ziegelbrenner, notes from British Museum, 492501 1973

Box 12, folder 23

Der Ziegelbrenner, notes from Recknagel 492499

Box 13, folder 1

Transcriptions of Marut [Traven] writings by Rolf Recknagel, 492497 1969

Printed materials about Traven, chronologically ordered 492471

Box 14, folder 1

Articles by Michael Baumann, 492493 1975-77

Box 14, folder 2

Notes from Das B. Traven Buch, 492491 1976

Box 14, folder 3

Serial material on Traven, 492489 Aug-76

Box 14, folder 4

Periodical pieces on BT, 492487 1977

Box 14, folder 5

LA Times, 492485 1978

Box 14, folder 6

Reviews of Will Wyatt's book, 492483 1979-80

Box 14, folder 7

Traven material, 492481 July 1983

Box 14, folder 8

Traven seminar, USC, 492479 12-Nov-77

Box 14, folder 9

Materials on Canadian production, 492477 1976-77

Box 14, folder 10

Materials on BBC production, 492475 1977-78

Box 14, folder 11

Films, Traven 492473

(Miscellany) 492463

Box 14, folder 12

Traven mat'l to sort and file 492469

Box 14, folder 13

German publications of BT books, misc. material 492467

Box 14, folder 14

Newspaper articles about Mexico, 492465 1982

Series IV. Photos and Audio Tapes 492451

Box 15, folder 1

Rosa Elena Lujan, Mexico City, 492459 Jan-73

Box 15, folder 2

Photos from BBC documentary, 492457 1977

Box 15, folder 3

Conference photo, 492455 1982

Box 15, folder 4

2 cassettes on P. APC [Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, daughter organization of the MLA] B. Traven Seminar, Los Angeles, (2.5 hours). Presentations by panelists (Judy Stone, Michael Baumann, Charles Humphrey, Robert Goss, et al.), followed by open discussion moderated by Robert Olafson. The Kleins attended. 492453 12-Nov-77

Series V. Books and Play 492443

Box 16, folder --

B. Traven, Stories by the Man Nobody Knows (Regency: Evanston, Annotated paperback. 492449 1961

Box 16, folder --

Peter Küpfer, Aufklären und Erzählen. Das literarische Frühwerk B. Travens (Diss., Zurich, [With dedication to Herbert Arthur Klein] 492447 1981

Box 16, folder 1

Robert B. Olafson, The Great Traven Hunt or Erica's Dream. A Play in Three Acts Copy is lightly annotated. 492445 1977

Series VI. Serials 492431

Box 17, folder 1

BT Mitteilungen [subject folder; for location of issues see Addendum] No. 2-11 ed. by Esperanza Lopez Mateos and Josef Wieder (Zurich); no. 12-33 ed. by Josef Wieder (Zurich); no. 24-36 ed. by Rosa Elena Lujan (Mexico City) and Josef Wieder (Zurich). 492441

Box 17, folder 2

The B. Traven Newsletter. Vol. 1 no. 1 and 2 ed. by Terrence Ponick, University of South Carolina. [The file includes correspondence with Ponick.] 492439 (Autumn-winter 1976) (summer 1976)

Box 17, folder 3

Frente a Frente. Organ Central de la Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios LEAR Sección Mexicana. Mexico City. Ed. Fernando Gamboa. [Hoover Library has other issues] 3 (Ma). 492437 1936:

Box 17, folder 4

Smithsonian. 492435 Mar-83

Box 17, folder --

Jewish Currents. New York. [SUL has other issues] (2 copies); (2 copies); (2 copies) 492433 1961 Sep 1975 Oct Nov Dec 1976 Jan; Feb ; Mar ; Apr ; May ; Jun ; Jul-Aug ; Sep ; Oct ; Nov ; Dec 1977 Feb

Series VII. Addendum 492385

Serials dispersed throughout the collection: 492387

- BT Mitteilungen [subject folder in box 17; SUL has other issues] 492409

missing p. 1-5); 492429 1951: 2 (F, 3 (Ap); 4 (Jun); 5 (Au)

492427 1952: 6 (Mar); 7 (May); 8 (Jul); 9 (Oct)

[incomplete] 492425 1953: 10 (May); 11 (Aug); 12 (Dec)

492423 1954: 13 (F); 14 (Ap); 15 (Jul); 16 (S); 17 (D)

[incomplete] 492421 1955: 18 (Au); 19 (D)

492419 1956: 20 (F); 21 (Jun); 22 (Au); 23 (N)

492417 1957: 24 (Ja); 25 (Ap); 26 (Jul); 27 (Au); 28 (Au)

492415 1958: 29 (Ma); 30 (Au); 31 (Nov); 32 (D)

492413 1959: 33 (Mar); 34 (May); 35 (N)

Box [boxes 10-11]

492411 1960: 36 (Ap)

Box [box 12]

- Der Ziegelbrenner, [SUL has other issues] 492407 1917-22

Box [boxes 10-11]

- Büchergilde. Monatsschrift der Büchergilde Gutenberg. Zurich. 492393

492405 1929: 10 (Oct)

492403 1934: 5 (May)

492401 1936: 1 (Ja); 4 (Ap)

492399 1939: 6 (Jun); 9 (Se) 11 (N)

492397 1940: 1 (Ja)

492395 1959: 5 (May); 6 (Jun); 7 (Jul)

- Der Bücherfreund. Mitteilungsblatt des Vereins Schweizer Bücherfreunde. Zurich. 492389

Box [box 10]

492391 1939: 14 (Se); 15 (Oc); 16 (N)