Miscellaneous 1951-1968
Biographical data on Wilson
Printers' notices and reviews
The Nine Brides and Granny Hite
Items on the origins of the story and research
Early notes
Royalty statements and miscellaneous business letters
Deepdown River
Items on the origins of the novel and research
Two early typescript versions of Chapter 32, originally a short story entitled, “The Calling Of Link Yawkey.”
Reviews and letters from readers 1964-1965
Items on copyright search, including “note by Wilson on the Importance of Obtaining a Copyright On Assignment Upon Publication of a Magazine Story.”
Galleon Bay
Items on the origins, research, planning, and copyrights of the book 1960-1967
Galleon Bay
Reviews and letters from readers 1968
Galleon Bay
Data on the proposed Pacific Gas and Electric nuclear power plant at Bodega Bay. Used as research material for this novel
Galleon Bay
Pacific Gas and Electric, Preliminary Hazards Summary Report, Bodega Bay Atomic Park, Unit Number 1, Used as research material for the novel 28-December-1968
Galleon Bay
Pacific Gas and Electric, Statement with Respect To Its Proposed Bodega Bay Atomic Park, Unit Number 1, Used as research material for the novel 23-October-1964
Galleon Bay
First drafts
Galleon Bay
Final copy with publisher's over-editings, as sent to printer
Galleon Bay
Printer's galley-proofs, with copyreader's and author's corrections
The Feuding Postmasters
Items on the origins and planning of the novel
Partial typescript work draft
Copyright material
The Feuding Postmasters
Typescript final draft
Business correspondence and letters from readers. (To be added)
The Feuding Postmasters
Printer's working copy
The Feuding Postmasters
Printer's copy read proofs
“St. John of Bohemia,” Bohemian Grove Play 1969
Original typescript
Final script, photocopy
Binder # 13, containing newstand editions, or photocopies, and copyright documents of the following short stories, which were subsequently brought together as seven of the fourteen chapters of The Nine Brides and Granny Hite: (dates refer to the issue of The Saturday Evening Post in which they appeared)
“Mountain Woman” January 17, 1948
“The Devil's Daughter” April 16, 1949
“Granny Hite vs. The United States” March 25, 1950
“Do You Take This Woman?” May 13, 1950
“Granny Hite and the Angry Mob” December 23, 1950
“The Bashful Daughter” February 24, 1951
“Granny Hite and the Spirit Of `76” March 8, 1952
Binder # 14, containing newstand editions, or photocopies, and copyright documents of the following short stories, which were subsequently brought together as elements of the novel, Deepdown River
“The Red-Centered Quilt” Liberty March 23, 1946
“He Loves Me” Colliers June 15, 1946
“Moment Of Peril” Saturday Evening Post October 12, 1946
“Stranger On the River” Saturday Evening Post September 12, 1959
“The Real Champion” Country Gentleman October 1962
“The Bugles and Gideon Lee” Colliers May 22, 1948
“Deadline For Dynamite” Saturday Evening Post February 24, 1962
“The Wolf She Howl” Blue Book January 1952
“Whistle Across the Valley” Liberty November 11, 1944
“The Dancing Steamboat” Saturday Evening Post January 4, 1947
Binder # 15, containing newstand editions and photocopies, and copyright documents of the following short stories, which subsequently were contributing elements to the novels Galleon Bay and The Feuding Postmasters
“The Skiff Beneath the Alder” Saturday Evening Post April 29, 1961
“The Unveiling of Ad Dabner” Saturday Evening Post March 9, 1946
“The Lady In the Doorway” Saturday Evening Post August 10, 1946
“Ovid Rings the Bell” Saturday Evening Post March 22, 1947
“Sea-gull Express” This Week (San Francisco Chronicle) July 30, 1944
Works Of Neill C. Wilson
The Nine Brides and Granny Hite, William Morrow and Co., inscribed by the author “All the affection in the world to Elsie and Clarence, Neill C. Wilson.” 1952
Here Is the Golden Gate, William Morrow and Co. 1962
Deepdown River, William Morrow and Co. 1964
Galleon Bay, William Morrow and Co. 1968
The Feuding Postmasters, William Morrow and Co. 1969
“St. John Of Bohemia”, Bohemian Club 1969