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Box 2

 Container

Contains 73 Results:

Plots and story ideas, related articles, 1944-1946

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 139
Identifier: Folder 139
Scope and Contents

Folder 6. 12pp.

Dates: Created: 1944-1946

"Prosecutor for the Defense: Homer Cummings and the Dahme Murder Case", 1957

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 116
Identifier: Folder 116
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Correspondence, notes, outlines, and drafts. 63pp.

Dates: Created: 1957

"Prosecutor for the Defense: Homer Cummings and the Dahme Murder Case", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 117
Identifier: Folder 117
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Additional drafts and revisions. 64pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Saga of Cole Younger", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 118
Identifier: Folder 118
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Notes and drafts. 42pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Saga of Cole Younger", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 119
Identifier: Folder 119
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Second part of draft. 29pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"We'll Die before We'll Run: The Saga of the Unconquerable Seminoles", 1961

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 120
Identifier: Folder 120
Scope and Contents

Drafts, notes, and newspaper clippings. 56pp.

Dates: Created: 1961

LONG WORKS, 27 folders

 Series — Box: 2
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents

1947-1966

Dates: Created: 27 folders

"Carny Man", September 1956

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 94
Identifier: Folder 94
Scope and Contents

Drafts, notes, and related correspondence. 42pp.

Dates: Created: September 1956

"The Day they got Two-Gun Crowley", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 95
Identifier: Folder 95
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Draft of the work, pp. 1-11, 11-A, 12-47. 48pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Day they got Two-Gun Crowley", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 96
Identifier: Folder 96
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Notes and outlines. 24pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Deadliest Gangster", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 97
Identifier: Folder 97
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Heavily annotated drafts. 67pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Deadliest Gangster", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 98
Identifier: Folder 98
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Notes. 33pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Follow the Drinking Gourd", 1956

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 99
Identifier: Folder 99
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Short drafts and music. 42pp.

Dates: Created: 1956

"Follow the Drinking Gourd", ca. 1947

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 100
Identifier: Folder 100
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Long drafts. 54pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1947

NOTES, 1927-2006

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and Contents

19 folders

Dates: Created: 1927-2006

Miscellaneous items, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 121
Identifier: Folder 121
Scope and Contents

15pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Handwritten and a few typed notes for "Article Ideas" with various newspaper clippings, 1954-1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 122
Identifier: Folder 122
Scope and Contents

35pp.

Dates: Created: 1954-1955

"Frankie the Priest", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 101
Identifier: Folder 101
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Small spiral notebook and loose leaves of    various notes. 66pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Frankie the Priest", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 102
Identifier: Folder 102
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Prologue drafts. 46pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Frankie the Priest", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 103
Identifier: Folder 103
Scope and Contents

Folder 3. Chapter drafts. 50pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Greatest Athlete: Jim Thorpe", ca. 1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 104
Identifier: Folder 104
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Draft and notes. 54pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1958

Biographical miscellany, 1927-2006

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 123
Identifier: Folder 123
Scope and Contents

17pp.

Dates: Created: 1927-2006

"EGRI's Three Dimensional Outline" and related notes, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 124
Identifier: Folder 124
Scope and Contents

Scientology references. 8pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Freaks" (human anomalies) notes and related articles, 1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 125
Identifier: Folder 125
Scope and Contents

13pp.

Dates: Created: 1955

I Ching notes seeking personal direction, 1952-May 1961

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 126
Identifier: Folder 126
Scope and Contents

35pp.

Dates: Created: 1952-May 1961

I Ching notes, continued, June 1961-July 1961

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 127
Identifier: Folder 127
Scope and Contents

78pp.

Dates: Created: June 1961-July 1961

I Ching notes, continued, August-October 1961

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 128
Identifier: Folder 128
Scope and Contents

45pp.

Dates: Created: August-October 1961

I Ching notes, continued, November 1961-1962

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 129
Identifier: Folder 129
Scope and Contents

35pp.

Dates: Created: November 1961-1962

Interview technique notes and questions, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 130
Identifier: Folder 130
Scope and Contents

10pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Lecture outlines and related publications, 1960

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 131
Identifier: Folder 131
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Created: 1960

"The Greatest Athlete: Jim Thorpe", 1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 105
Identifier: Folder 105
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Additional draft. 40pp.

Dates: Created: 1958

"Her Steps took Hold on Hell", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 106
Identifier: Folder 106
Scope and Contents

48pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Lecture-related materials, 1954-1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 132
Identifier: Folder 132
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Rinehart Publishers, Columbia Lecture Bureau, and the Miami Public Library (Helga Eason). 25pp.

Dates: Created: 1954-1955

Notes and publications on writing construction, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 133
Identifier: Folder 133
Scope and Contents

12pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Plots and story ideas, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 134
Identifier: Folder 134
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Includes a photocopy from the original folder these materials were stored in by Bill Gresham. 22pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Killer in the Cave", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 108
Identifier: Folder 108
Scope and Contents

Draft. 38pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Knight of the Twisted Pool Cue: W.C. Fields", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 109
Identifier: Folder 109
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. 68pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Knight of the Twisted Pool Cue: W.C. Fields", 1957

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 110
Identifier: Folder 110
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. 68pp.

Dates: Created: 1957

"Last of the Border Helliones: 'Black Jack' Tom Ketchum", 1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 111
Identifier: Folder 111
Scope and Contents

35pp.

Dates: Created: 1958

William Lindsay Gresham Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-86 through A-91
Abstract

This archive contains the personal papers of William Lindsay Gresham including: correspondence, and many of the works and research materials from his writing career.

Dates: Created: 1913-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1962

Plots and story ideas, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 135
Identifier: Folder 135
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. 36pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Plots and story ideas, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 136
Identifier: Folder 136
Scope and Contents

Folder 3. 28pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Plots and story ideas, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 137
Identifier: Folder 137
Scope and Contents

Folder 4. 29pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Plots and story ideas, n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 138
Identifier: Folder 138
Scope and Contents

Folder 5. 48pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Master of Murder Island: Jacob Housman", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 112
Identifier: Folder 112
Scope and Contents

Drafts and notes. 47pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Pancho Villa - Bandit King of Mexico", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 113
Identifier: Folder 113
Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Draft. 66pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Pancho Villa - Bandit King of Mexico", n.d.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 114
Identifier: Folder 114
Scope and Contents

Folder 2. Handwritten notes. 60pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Pirate King of the Carribean: Henry Morgan and the Sack of Panama", 1960-1966

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 115
Identifier: Folder 115
Scope and Contents

Drafts and related correspondence. 76pp.

Dates: Created: 1960-1966

Last names beginning with M-Mi, including Jasper (Jay) Marshall, 1955-1962

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 71
Identifier: Folder 71
Scope and Contents

47pp.

Dates: Created: 1955-1962