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CONTAINER LIST

 

BOX ONE: "A HISTORY OF BUILDING AND LOAN IN CALIFORNIA" (1934)

 

-Building & Loan legislation, 1933

 

-Draft, pp. 1-144

 

-Draft, pp. 145-end

 

BOX TWO: BUILDING THE HEART OF AN EMPIRE--EARLY DRAFTS (1938)

 

Drafts

 

-Outline

 

-Ch. 1, early draft [pencil]

 

-Ch. 1, draft pp.

 

-Ch. 2, early draft [pencil]

 

-Ch. 2, ver. 2 [contains much unpublished material]

 

-Ch. 3, early draft [pencil]

 

-Ch. 3, draft pp.

 

-Ch. 3 [typescript, 49 l.]

 

-Ch. 4, early draft pp. [pencil]

 

-Ch. 4, 2 copies, one w/ pencil notes [typescript]

 

-Ch. 4 [typescript, 75 l.]

 

-Ch. 5 [typescript, 57 l.]

 

-Ch. 6, early draft [incl. much discarded material]

 

-Ch. 6 [typescript, 41 l.]

 

-Ch. 8: "Stockton, an industrial center" [not publ.]

 

-Ch. 9: "Stockton & vicinity as a place to live" [not publ.]

 

Notes

 

-Anza Expedition (from Bolton's publ. transl.) [pencil, 19 l.]

 

-George Yount's account of Jed Smith's gold discovery, 1831 [pencil, 3 l.]

 

-Diary of Fray Narcisco Duran (2 versions) [typescript w/ pencil corrections, 6 l.]

 

-General research notes

 

BOX THREE: BUILDING THE HEART OF AN EMPIRE--FINAL DRAFT; DRAMATIZED; CORRESPONDENCE & PERSONAL PAPERS

 

Building the heart of an empire

 

-Final draft, ch 1-3 (pp.1-150)

 

-Final draft, ch 4-6 (pp.151-329 + bibliog.)

 

-Dramatization, 1939-40

 

-Advertising maquette

 

Correspondence

 

-1929

 

-1938

 

-With Meador Publishing Co., 1938-39

 

-Re radio dramatizations of Building the heart, 1938

 

-Re dramatization for Golden Gate International Expos., 1938

 

-1939

 

-Re radio dramatizations, 1939

 

-With agents & publicists, 1940

 

-1942

 

-With Betsy [his editor] re "A man of destiny," 1949

 

-With Barbara Beckett [his editor] re "A man of destiny," 1950

 

-1950

 

Personal Papers

 

-Automotive Eqpt. Co., Stockton, Calif.--Articles of incorp., 1920

 

-Tax recpts. & other financial documents, 1923-39

 

-COP student work, 1931-35

 

-Book catalog [handwritten descriptions of what collection?]

 

-Miscellany::::::::::

 

The Freethought Press Assn. Books w/ a purpose. [bibl. of freethinker lit.]:::::::::::

 

The Black Kitten (Official bulletin of the SF Press Club) 5:2 (Feb 1950)

 

BOX FOUR: BOOK[S] ON HISTORY OF COMMERCE ON SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; OTHER LOCAL HISTORY

 

History of Commerce on San Joaquin River

 

-"Foreword"

 

-"The Sacramento-San Joaquin, Ch. 1--Early Day River Transportation"

 

-"Earliest record of boating on the upper San Joaquin"

 

-"The first steamboat that ploughed the waters..."

 

-"Early steamboating on the Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers"

 

-"Highlanders contribute to fame of San Joaquin" [West Side]

 

-"Central Pacific gains control of water traffic"

 

-"The San Joaquin below the city has been the scene of more rivalries in the carrying trade..." [2 copies]

 

-"Trading boats on the Sacramento River"

 

-"Deep water to the sea, ch. 1-3"

 

-"Stockton ship channel & steamboats, ch. 4"

 

-Draft chapters 5-9 [pencil]

 

-B.C. Allin. "The port of Stockton" (c1935); "The port of Stockton" & related notes

 

-Appendices [pencil; 8 l. + clipping]

 

-List of sailing ships in n. Calif., 1840s-50s [compl. from several sources]

 

-California Navigation & Improvement Co.--Articles of Incorp. (1889)

 

-U.S. House of Reps. 68th Congress, 2d Sess. "San Joaquin River & Stockton Channel," House Doc. #554, pt. 1

 

-Do., pt. 2

 

-Notes on San Joaquin River ("from Bancroft Library")

 

-Notes on San Joaquin River sailing ships

 

-Notes on San Joaquin River steamboats

 

Other Local History Writings

 

-"The California Indian"

 

-"Indian war on the Tule River, Calif."

 

-"Diamonds on the Feather River"

 

BOX FIVE: RADIO PROGRAMS, 1938-1939

 

Building the heart of an empire

 

-Background

 

-"The arrival at Tuleburg of much-needed supplies"

 

-"The race between the "Chrysopolis" & the "Nevada"

 

-#4: "Bobcat o' Hell's Gulch"

 

-"The Bobcat o' Hell's Gulch"--Plot synopsis; cast

 

-#6

 

-#9: "Capt. Charles M. Weber"

 

-#10 [John Marsh #1]

 

-#11 [John Marsh #2]

 

-#12 [John Marsh #3]

 

-#13 [John Marsh #4]

 

-#14 [John Marsh #6 (sic)]

 

-#15 [John Marsh #7]

 

-#17 [Jack Tone #1]

 

-#18 [Jack Tone #2]

 

-#19 [Jack Tone #3]

 

-#20 [Jack Tone #4]

 

-#21 [Jack Tone #5]

 

-#22 [Jack Tone #6]

 

-#24

 

The Romance of the Bridges

 

-#1 [Ayala's discovery of SF Bay, 1775]

 

-#2 [Founding of San Francisco, 1776]

 

-#3 [Discovery of gold, 1848]

 

-#4 [Gold Rush SF, 1849]

 

-#5 [The Chinese]

 

-#6 [Statehood]

 

-#7 [Early efforts to "bridge" the Bay]

 

-#8 [Emperor Norton]

 

-#9 [The railroad comes to SF]

 

-#10 [20th c. plans for a span]

 

-#11 [lst bridges cross the Bay, 1920s]

 

-#7-11 [pencil draft sketches]

 

Other

 

- [Constitutional Convention, 1787]

 

- [Jedidiah Smith]

 

BOX SIX: FICTION & ESSAYS; "PSYCHOANALYTIC" WRITING

 

Fiction & Essays

 

-Writing lessons [corresp. course?]

 

-"A great price to pay"

 

-"A kiss, then trouble" [aka "The eternal triangle"] [several versions]

 

-"A pass key talks" [sketches for several chapt.; dramatization]

 

-"A Santa Cruz romance"

 

-"A train marooned" [several versions]

 

-"Billy of the 'Montezuma'"

 

-"Chocolate"

 

-"Foreflushing"

 

-"From 54 degrees to 32 degrees in ten minutes"

 

-"Holdup on Dusty Bend" [several versions]

 

-"Jenny makes a decision"

 

-"Just fishing" [2 versions]

 

-"Kentucky vs. California"

 

-"Make it a double"

 

-"The romance of Land's End"

 

-"Sky pilot Bill"

 

-"Torn between two propositions"

 

-"Tragedy stalks the bridle path"

 

-"Willie & Jimmy on vacation"

 

-"'You will never be sorry' by Francois Bardot" [2 versions]

 

-[Untitled story about physician named John Doe]

 

-[Untitled story about Stockton business being robbed]

 

-"Audubon Society for Stockton"

 

-"Biography of John Ralston" [probably autobiography]

 

-"My Book: History of California, written by The Kingfish" [pencil, 6 l.]

 

-Do. [2d version; typescript, 6 l.]

 

-[Reflections on Khrushchev & the Soviet Union] [several versions]

 

-"SF Chassis course at Stockton Ordinance Automotive School"

 

-"Miracle Men" [for Stockton Ordinance?]

 

-"On the vehicle assembly line" [2 versions]

 

-"What a government job means to me" [2 versions]

 

"Psychoanalytic" Writing (1928) [daily newspaper column]

 

-Head types, body types

 

-"The inception of crime"

 

-"A criminal case" [typescript & publ. version]

 

-"A girl & a boy" [tyepscript & publ. version]

 

-"Evelyn" [typescript & publ. version]

 

-"The machinery of justice"

 

-"The law" [typecript & publ. version]

 

-[publ. versions of several topics]

 

"The dual personality"

 

"College"

 

"Fortune telling"

 

"Institutions sacred"

 

"Compensation"

 

"A wave of crime"

 

-"Character-reading Series" [submitted to Chicago Tribune, King Features Syndicate] [typescript, 7 l.; rejection notices]

 

BOX SEVEN: "A MAN OF DESTINY" [M.G. VALLEJO]--EARLY DRAFTS

 

Early Draft

 

-Ch. 1: "The Invasion"

 

-Ch. 2: "The lst school in California"

 

-Ch. 3: "Preparing three boys to become leaders"

 

-Ch. 4: "Father Viscaino begins his story"

 

-Ch. 5: "The Russians come to California"

 

-Ch. 9: "Chief Estanislao goes on the warpath"

 

-Ch. 10: "Life on the great California ranchos"

 

The intrepid Vallejo (rewrite no. 1)

 

-Ch. 4: "Father Viscaino begins his story"

 

-Ch. 6: "Social life in California"

 

-Ch. 6: "The Russians come to California"

 

-Ch. 7 [ink]

 

-Ch. 8: "The soldiers' revolt of 1829" [ink]

 

-Ch. 8: "Romance comes to Mariano"

 

-Ch. 9: "Manuel Victoria proclaims himself governor"

 

-Ch. 10: "The wedding"

 

-Ch. 11

 

-Ch. 12: "The Mission settlement is named Sonoma"

 

-Ch. 13: "Russian royalty visits California"

 

-Ch. 14: "Mariano Chico becomes governor"

 

-Ch. 15: "California becomes a free & independent nation"

 

-Ch. 16: "Commodore Jones takes possession..."

 

-Ch. 17: "Micheltorena becomes last Mexican governor"

 

-Ch. 18: "Culture & friendship among Californians"

 

-Ch. 19: "The Bear Flag Revolt"

 

-Ch. 20: "A city is named"

 

-Ch. 21: "Signing of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Peace Treaty"

 

-Ch. 22: "Back to Padre Viscaino"

 

-Ch. 23: "Setting up a state government"

 

-Ch. 24: "Platon Vallejo"

 

-Ch. 25: "The beloved name, Vallejo"

 

"A man of three loves"

 

-Preamble & Ch. 1: "The invasion"

 

-Ch. 2: "The lst school in California"

 

-Ch. 3: "Preparing three boys to become leaders"

 

-Ch. 4: "A new flag for California"

 

-Ch. 5: "The soldier's rebellion of 1829"

 

-Ch. 9: "Chief Estanislao goes on the warpath"

 

-Ch.11: "Romance comes to Mariano"

 

-Ch.12: "Manuel Victoria proclaims himself governor"

 

-Ch.13: "The wedding of Mariano G. Vallejo..."

 

-Ch.14: "M.G. Vallejo names his settlement Sonoma..."

 

-Ch.15: "Mariano Chico becomes governor"

 

-Ch.16: "California becomes a free and independent nation"

 

-Ch.17: "Alvarado becomes President of California"

 

-Ch.18: "Commodore Jones takes possession of California..."

 

-Ch.19: "Micheltorena, the last Mexican governor"

 

-Ch.20: "The Bear Flag Revolt"

 

"A Man of Destiny"

 

-Ch. 1: "Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo"

 

-Ch. 1 [version 2]

 

-Ch. 1 [version 3; pencil]

 

-Ch. 2 [2 versions; pencil]

 

-Ch. 2 [version 3; typescript]

 

-Ch. 2 [version 4; typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch. 2 [version 5; typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch. 3

 

-Ch. 4 [pencil]

 

-Ch. 4 [typescript]

 

-Ch. 5 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch. 5 [version 2; typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch. 6 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch. 7 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch. 7 [version 2; pencil]

 

-Ch. 8 [pencil]

 

-Ch. 8 [version 2; pencil]

 

-Ch. 9 [pencil]

 

-Ch.10 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch.11 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch.11 [version 2; pencil]

 

-Ch.12 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Ch.15 [pencil]

 

-Ch.17 [typescript & pencil]

 

-Appearance of characters & setting

 

-Deletions [?]

 

BOX EIGHT: "A MAN OF DESTINY"--FINAL DRAFT [All are typescript w/ pencil corrections]

 

-Ch. 1

 

-Ch. 2

 

-Ch. 3

 

-Ch. 4

 

-Ch. 5

 

-Ch. 6

 

-Ch. 7

 

-Ch. 8

 

-Ch. 9

 

-Ch.10

 

-Ch.11

 

-Ch.12

 

-Ch.13

 

-Ch.14

 

-Ch.15

 

-Ch.16

 

-Ch.17

 

-Ch.18

 

-Ch.19

 

-Ch.20

 

-Ch.21

 

-Ch.22

 

-Ch.23

 

-Ch.24

 

-Ch.25

 

-Ch.26

 

-Ch.27

 

-Ch.28

 

-Ch.29

 

-Ch.30

 

-Ch.31

 

-Ch.32

 

-Ch.33