Finding Aid for the Jim Thompson Papers, 1955-1958
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Arts and Humanities -- Literature -- Fiction
Arts and Humanities -- Journalism
Arts and Humanities -- Film, Television and Broadcasting
Geographical (By Place) -- United States (excluding California) -- New York
Geographical (By Place) -- California -- Los Angeles Area
Finding Aid for the Jim Thompson Papers, 1955-1958
Collection number: 1660
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 1998
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jim Thompson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1955-1958
Collection number: 1660
Creator: Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: James Myers Thompson (1906-1977) was a journalist for the
New York Daily News and the
Los Angeles Times Mirror. He also wrote screenplays and mystery and suspense novels. The collection consists of typescripts written by Thompson.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alberta H. Thompson, 1989-94.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jim Thompson Papers (Collection 1660). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
James Myers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma, in 1906; BA, University of Nebraska; married wife, Alberta, in 1931;
associated with the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s; journalist,
New York Daily News and
Los Angeles Times Mirror; best known for his mystery and suspense paperback books, he wrote 34 novels, including
The killer inside me (1953),
After dark, my sweet (1955),
The getaway (1959),
The grifters (1963), and
Pop. 1280 (1964); also wrote screenplays, teaming with Stanley Kubrick on
The killing (1956) and
Paths of glory (1957); several of Thompson's novels were adapted for film, including
The getaway (1972),
The killer inside me (1976),
After dark, my sweet (1990),
The kill-off (1990), and
The grifters (1990); died April 7, 1977.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of typescripts by writer Jim Thompson. Titles include:
Concrete pastures,
The expensive sky,
Kingdom come,
Very nice for framing,
The voice of murder,
Sunset and Cienega,
Mitch Allison,
The getaway,
Ironside, and
McKenzie's Raiders.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Collection arranged by title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977--Archives.
Novelists, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Detective and mystery stories--Archival resources.
Crime--Fiction--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Typescripts.
Box 1, Folder 1
n.d. Synopsis of novel.
Physical Description: 40pp. Typescript with corrections. Pages renumbered beginning with p. 20.
Scope and Content Note
Also, notes
re December 1955 publication and screen treatment.
Box 1, Folder 2
n.d.
Physical Description: 194pp. Typescript with holograph corrections.
Box 1, Folder 3
n.d. Robert Mills Limited Agency.
Physical Description: 54pp. Photocopy with corrections.
Box 1, Folder 4
n.d. Ad Schulberg [Agency].
Physical Description: 45pp. Typescript.
Box 1, Folder 5
n.d. 3 character screenplay. Ad Schulberg [Agency].
Physical Description: 39pp. Typescript.
Box 1, Folder 6
n.d. Sample novel. Ad Schulberg [Agency].
Physical Description: 44pp. Typescript
Box 1, Folder 7
n.d. Robert P. Mills [Agency].
Physical Description: 48pp. Typescript(c) with holograph corrections.
Box 1, Folder 8
n.d. Robert P. Mills [Agency].
Physical Description: 167pp. Typescript(c) with holograph corrections.
Box 1, Folder 9
n.d. Robert Mills Agency.
Physical Description: 155pp. Typescript.
Box 2, Folder 1
August 22, 1958. 10B.
Physical Description: 40pp. Mimeograph.
Box 2, Folder 2
October 6, 1958. 19B.
Physical Description: 39pp. Mimeograph.
Box 2, Folder 3
December 19, 1958. 28B.
Physical Description: 38pp. Mimeograph.
Box 2, Folder 4
December 19, 1958. 28B. Another copy.
Physical Description: 38pp. Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 5
Oceanside, [June 1957] 26pp. Typescript.
Box 2, Folder 6
July 22, 1960. First draft. Series 522, story no.21.
Physical Description: 37pp. Mimeograph.
Box 2, Folder 7
[February 5, 1964]. McIntosh, McKee & Dodds, literary representatives.
Physical Description: 211pp. Typescript(c). Acidic paper.
Box 2, Folder 8
n.d. End sample.
Physical Description: 101pp. Typescript.
