Box 2
Contains 73 Results:
Plots and story ideas, related articles, 1944-1946
Folder 6. 12pp.
"Prosecutor for the Defense: Homer Cummings and the Dahme Murder Case", 1957
Folder 1. Correspondence, notes, outlines, and drafts. 63pp.
"Prosecutor for the Defense: Homer Cummings and the Dahme Murder Case", n.d.
Folder 2. Additional drafts and revisions. 64pp.
"The Saga of Cole Younger", n.d.
Folder 1. Notes and drafts. 42pp.
"The Saga of Cole Younger", n.d.
Folder 2. Second part of draft. 29pp.
"We'll Die before We'll Run: The Saga of the Unconquerable Seminoles", 1961
Drafts, notes, and newspaper clippings. 56pp.
LONG WORKS, 27 folders
1947-1966
"Carny Man", September 1956
Drafts, notes, and related correspondence. 42pp.
"The Day they got Two-Gun Crowley", n.d.
Folder 1. Draft of the work, pp. 1-11, 11-A, 12-47. 48pp.
"The Day they got Two-Gun Crowley", n.d.
Folder 2. Notes and outlines. 24pp.
"The Deadliest Gangster", n.d.
Folder 1. Heavily annotated drafts. 67pp.
"The Deadliest Gangster", n.d.
Folder 2. Notes. 33pp.
"Follow the Drinking Gourd", 1956
Folder 1. Short drafts and music. 42pp.
"Follow the Drinking Gourd", ca. 1947
Folder 2. Long drafts. 54pp.
NOTES, 1927-2006
19 folders
Miscellaneous items, n.d.
15pp.
Handwritten and a few typed notes for "Article Ideas" with various newspaper clippings, 1954-1955
35pp.
"Frankie the Priest", n.d.
Folder 1. Small spiral notebook and loose leaves of various notes. 66pp.
"Frankie the Priest", n.d.
Folder 2. Prologue drafts. 46pp.
"Frankie the Priest", n.d.
Folder 3. Chapter drafts. 50pp.
"The Greatest Athlete: Jim Thorpe", ca. 1958
Folder 1. Draft and notes. 54pp.
Biographical miscellany, 1927-2006
17pp.
"EGRI's Three Dimensional Outline" and related notes, n.d.
Scientology references. 8pp.
"Freaks" (human anomalies) notes and related articles, 1955
13pp.
I Ching notes seeking personal direction, 1952-May 1961
35pp.
I Ching notes, continued, June 1961-July 1961
78pp.
I Ching notes, continued, August-October 1961
45pp.
I Ching notes, continued, November 1961-1962
35pp.
Interview technique notes and questions, n.d.
10pp.
Lecture outlines and related publications, 1960
See also: Correspondence folder "Last names beginning with E" and Helga Eason correspondence. Includes: small spiral notebook labeled "Fire Lecture," "Anything for a Story," "Not a Game of Chance," "My Friends the Freaks," and various articles and handwritten notes. 33pp.
"The Greatest Athlete: Jim Thorpe", 1958
Folder 2. Additional draft. 40pp.
"Her Steps took Hold on Hell", n.d.
48pp.
"I was a Bogus Miracle Man: Exposing the 'Rag-Head Racket' of Occult Fraud by Jefferson Hall", n.d.
55pp.
Lecture-related materials, 1954-1955
Correspondence with Rinehart Publishers, Columbia Lecture Bureau, and the Miami Public Library (Helga Eason). 25pp.
Notes and publications on writing construction, n.d.
12pp.
Plots and story ideas, n.d.
Folder 1. Includes a photocopy from the original folder these materials were stored in by Bill Gresham. 22pp.
"Killer in the Cave", n.d.
Draft. 38pp.
"Knight of the Twisted Pool Cue: W.C. Fields", n.d.
Folder 1. 68pp.
"Knight of the Twisted Pool Cue: W.C. Fields", 1957
Folder 2. 68pp.
"Last of the Border Helliones: 'Black Jack' Tom Ketchum", 1958
35pp.
William Lindsay Gresham Papers
This archive contains the personal papers of William Lindsay Gresham including: correspondence, and many of the works and research materials from his writing career.
Plots and story ideas, n.d.
Folder 2. 36pp.
Plots and story ideas, n.d.
Folder 3. 28pp.
Plots and story ideas, n.d.
Folder 4. 29pp.
Plots and story ideas, n.d.
Folder 5. 48pp.
"Master of Murder Island: Jacob Housman", n.d.
Drafts and notes. 47pp.
"Pancho Villa - Bandit King of Mexico", n.d.
Folder 1. Draft. 66pp.
"Pancho Villa - Bandit King of Mexico", n.d.
Folder 2. Handwritten notes. 60pp.
"Pirate King of the Carribean: Henry Morgan and the Sack of Panama", 1960-1966
Drafts and related correspondence. 76pp.
Last names beginning with M-Mi, including Jasper (Jay) Marshall, 1955-1962
47pp.