Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers 1942-1994

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Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers 1942-1994

MS SC SW


Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Swarthout, Glendon Fred
Creator:	Swarthout, Kathryn
Title:	Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1942-1994
Quantity:	36 Boxes (21.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract:	This collection houses correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, scrapbook materials, typescripts, and galley proofs documenting Glendon Swarthout's literary career. Also included are screen plays for novels that were made into movies, including They Came to Cordura, Bless the Beasts and the Children, and The Shootist, (co-scripted with Miles Swarthout, Glendon Swarthout's son).
Identification:	MS SC SW
Language:	Material in English
Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!

Biographical Note

Glendon Swarthout (1918 April 8-1992 September 23) taught English at Michigan State University (1951-1959) and at Arizona State University (1959-1963). He began writing novels in the 1940's and continued until 1988. He earned numerous awards, including the playwriting Award, Theater Guild (1947); the Hopwood Award in fiction (1946); the O. Henry Prize for short stories (1960); the Gold Medal, National Society of Arts and Letters (1972); the Spur award for best western novel, Western Writers of America (1975); and the Western Writers of America Owen Wister Award (1991) given annually for writing or filmmaking about the American West.

Kathryn Swarthout (1919 January 8-) taught elementary school, worked as a columnist for Women's Day Magazine, and co-authored books for children with her husband. The couple sponsored an annual "Swarthout Award", a cash prize in fiction and poetry, that is conferred through ASU's English Department. They had one child, Miles.

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, scrapbook materials, typescripts, and galley proofs documenting Glendon Swarthout's literary career. Also included are screen plays for novels that were made into movies, including They Came to Cordura, Bless the Beasts and the Children, and The Shootist, (co-scripted with Miles Swarthout, Glendon Swarthout's son).

Boxes 18 through 22 house research materials and manuscripts showing the children's books that Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout co-authored.

Arrangement

This collection consists of thirty-six boxes divided into six series:

Series I: Novels
Series II: Short Stories
Series III: Scrapbooks
Series IV: Ephemera
Series V: Materials Held in the Columbia University Library
Series VI: Oversized Materials

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of Distinctive Collections, Arizona State University Library. Requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.

Related Material

Separated Materials

Over one hundred monographs have been removed from the collection and cataloged separately. They can be found by searching the catalog for local call numbers beginning in "SPEC SW-".

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Swarthout, Glendon Fred -- Archives.

Swarthout, Glendon Fred -- Manuscripts.

Swarthout, Kathryn -- Archives.

Swarthout, Miles Hood.

Subject(s)

American fiction -- Film adaptations.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.

Children's literature, American.

Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.

Women journalists -- United States -- Archives.

Title(s)

Bless the beasts and the children (Motion picture).

Melodeon.

Shootist (Motion picture).

They came to Cordura (Motion picture).

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers, MS SC SW, Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout donated these papers to Special Collections between 1971 and 1994 (Accession #2003-02898, 2003-02956, 2003-02960, 2003-02970, 2003-03006, 2003-03045, 2003-03046, 2003-03112, 2004-03188, 2004-03775, and 2004-03779).

Container List


Series I: Novels
Box	Folder
1	1	The Melodeon (Outline)
1	2	The Melodeon (Research Notes)
1	3	The Melodeon (Draft 1; Chapters 1-5)
1	4	The Melodeon (Draft 1; Chapters 6-12)
1	5	The Melodeon (Draft 2; Chapters 1-5)
1	6	The Melodeon (Draft 2; Chapters 6-12)
1	7	The Melodeon (Final Galley Proof)
1	8	The Melodeon (Foundry Proof)
1	9	The Melodeon (Setting Copy; Chapters 1-5)
1	10	The Melodeon (Setting Copy; Chapters 6-12)
Box	Folder
3	1	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Notes)
3	2	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Draft 1; Chapters 1-9)
3	3	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Draft 1; Chapters 10-20)
3	4	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Draft 2; Chapters 1-9)
3	5	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Draft 2; Chapters 10-20)
3	6	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Setting Copy; Chapters 1-9)
3	7	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Setting Copy; Chapters 10-20)
3	8	The Beasts in Their Sorrow and the Children in Their Tenderness (Galley Proof)
3	9	Bless the Beasts and Children (Screenplay by Mac Benhoff)
3	10	Bless the Beasts and Children (Factsheet for Screenplay)
Box	Folder
3A	1	Bless the Beasts and Children, 1970 June 18 (Bound Screen Play; Final Draft)
			Inscribed by Stanley Kramer.

3A	2	Sample Cover for 25th Anniversary Edition of Bless the Beasts and Children
Box	Folder
4	1	The Last Cowboy (The Cadillac Cowboy) (Notes)
4	2	The Last Cowboy (The Cadillac Cowboy) (Draft; 1 of 3)
4	3	The Last Cowboy (The Cadillac Cowboy) (Draft; 2 of 3)
4	4	The Last Cowboy (The Cadillac Cowboy) (Draft; 3 of 3)
4	5	"The Cadillac Cowboy and Other Gents": Screenplay Adapted by Janet G. Elsea
4	6	"The Cadillac Cowboy and Other Gents": ASU Publicity Flyer
4	7	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (The Germans and the Indians) (Draft 1; Part I)
4	8	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (The Germans and the Indians) (Draft 1; Part II)
4	9	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (The Germans and the Indians) (Draft 1; Part II-III)
Box	Folder
5	1	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (Draft 2; Part I)
5	2	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (Draft 2; Part II)
5	3	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (Draft 2; Part II-III)
5	4	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (Setting Copy; Part I)
5	5	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (Setting Copy; Part II)
5	6	The Eagle and the Iron Cross (Setting Copy; Part II-III)
Box	Folder
6	1	Loveland (Draft 1; Chapters 1-9)
6	2	Loveland (Draft 1; Chapters 10-16)
6	3	Loveland (Draft 1; Chapters 17-22)
6	4	Loveland (Draft 2; Chapters 1-9)
6	5	Loveland (Draft 2; Chapters 10-17)
6	6	Loveland (Draft 2; Chapters 18-24)
Box	Folder
7	1	Loveland and Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Setting Copy; Chapters 1-13)
7	2	Loveland and Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Setting Copy; Chapters 14-20)
7	3	Loveland and Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Setting Copy; Chapters 21-28)
7	4	Loveland and Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Galley Proof)
7	5	Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Outline)
7	6	Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Draft 1; Chapters 1-12)
7	7	Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Draft 1; Chapters 13-24)
7	8	Luck and Pluck (Blue Corn Dance) (Partial Draft; Pages 24-94)
Box	Folder
8	1	Luck and Pluck (Draft 2; Chapters 1-10)
8	2	Luck and Pluck (Draft 2; Chapters 11-16)
8	3	Luck and Pluck (Draft 2; Chapters 17-24)
8	4	Luck and Pluck (Setting Copy; Chapters 1-11)
8	5	Luck and Pluck (Setting Copy; Chapters 12-17)
8	6	Luck and Pluck (Setting Copy; Chapters 18-24)
8	7	Luck and Pluck (Galley Proof)
Box	Folder
9	1	Outline, Character Sketches, and Research Materials for The Shootist
9	2	The Shootist (Draft 1; Pages 28-142)
9	3	The Shootist (Draft 1; Pages 143-252)
9	4	The Shootist (Draft 2; Chapters 1-2)
9	5	The Shootist (Draft 2; Chapters 3-4)
9	6	The Shootist (Draft 2; Chapters 5-6)
9	7	The Shootist (Draft 3; Chapters 1-2)
9	8	The Shootist (Draft 3; Chapters 3-4)
9	9	The Shootist (Draft 3; Chapters 5-6)
Box	Folder
10	1	The Shootist (Original Draft; Chapters 1-2)
10	2	The Shootist (Original Draft; Chapters 3-4)
10	3	The Shootist (Original Draft; Chapters 5-6)
10	4	The Shootist (Setting Copy; Chapters 1-2)
10	5	The Shootist (Setting Copy; Chapters 3-4)
10	6	The Shootist (Setting Copy; Chapters 5-6)
10	7	The Shootist (Galley)
10	8	The Shootist (Screenplay by Miles Swarthout)
10	9	The Shootist (Bound Screenplay)
Box	Folder
11	1	Skeletons (Notes)
11	2	Skeletons (Time Sequence)
11	3	Skeletons (Typed Rough Draft)
11	4	Skeletons (Draft 2; Pages 1-132)
11	5	Skeletons (Draft 2; Pages 134-281)
11	6	Skeletons (Draft 2; Pages 283-392)
Box	Folder
12	1	Skeletons (Galley Proof)
12	2	Skeletons (Galley Proof)
Box	Folder
13	1	Skeletons (Setting Copy; Pages 1-134)
13	2	Skeletons (Setting Copy; Pages 135-295)
13	3	Skeletons (Setting Copy; Pages 296-401)
13	4	Skeletons (Page Proofs; Pages 1-128)
13	5	Skeletons (Page Proofs; Pages 129-250)
13	6	They Came to Cordura (Draft 1; Chapters 1-7)
13	7	They Came to Cordura (Draft 1; Chapters 8-12)
Box	Folder
14	1	They Came to Cordura (Draft 2; Chapters 1-7)
14	2	They Came to Cordura (Draft 2; Chapters 8-12)
14	3	They Came to Cordura (Setting Copy; Chapters 1-6)
14	4	They Came to Cordura (Setting Copy; Chapters 7-8)
14	5	They Came to Cordura (Setting Copy; Chapters 9-12)
14	6	They Came to Cordura (Screen Treatment by Ivan Moffat)
14	7	They Came to Cordura (Screenplay; First Estimating Draft)
14	8	They Came to Cordura (Screenplay; Revised Final Draft)
Box	Folder
15	1	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Outline)
15	2	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Draft; Chapters 1-10)
15	3	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Draft; Chapters 11-20)
15	4	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Draft; Chapters 21-31)
15	5	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Uncut Page Proofs)
15	6	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Final Galley Proof)
			Includes photocopies of the "U.S. Cavalry Journal" and photocopies of newspaper articles on Mexican Revolution.

Box	Folder
16	1	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Setting Copy; Chapter 1-12)
16	2	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Setting Copy; Chapter 13-23)
16	3	The Tin Lizzie Troop (Setting Copy; Chapter 24-36)
16	4	Welcome to Thebes (Draft 1; Pages 1-150)
16	5	Welcome to Thebes (Draft 1; Pages 151-300)
16	6	Welcome to Thebes (Draft 1; Pages 301-450)
16	7	Welcome to Thebes (Draft 1; Pages 451-595)
16	8	Welcome to Thebes (Preliminary Pages)
Box	Folder
17	1	Where the Boys Are (Setting Copy; Pages 1-125)
17	2	Where the Boys Are (Setting Copy; Pages 126-251)
17	3	Where the Boys Are (Galley Proof)
17	4	Where the Boys Are (Galley Proof)
17	5	A Forward Child (Original Outline)
17	6	A Forward Child (Draft Before Title Change; Pages 1-124)
17	7	A Forward Child (Draft Before Title Change; Pages 125-235)
17	8	A Forward Child (Preliminary Pages)
Box	Folder
18	1	The Button Boat (Draft 1)
18	2	The Button Boat (Final Galley)
18	3	Whichaway (Draft 1)
18	4	Whichaway (Setting Copy)
Box	Folder
19	1	Cadbury's Coffin (Final Galley Proof)
19	2	Cadbury's Coffin (Foundry Galley Proof)
Box	Folder
20	1	Cadbury's Coffin (Outline, Notes)
20	2	Cadbury's Coffin (Research Materials)
20	3	Cadbury's Coffin (Draft 1; Chapters 1-6)
20	4	Cadbury's Coffin (Draft 1; Chapters 7-12)
20	5	Cadbury's Coffin (Partial Printer's Dummy; Setting Copy; Chapters 1-6)
20	6	Cadbury's Coffin (Setting Copy; Chapters 7-12)
20	7	Cadbury's Coffin (Style Sheets)
Box	Folder
21	1	TV Thompson (Outline)
21	2	TV Thompson (Draft 1)
21	3	TV Thompson (Final Galley Proof)
21	4	TV Thompson (Final Galley Proof)
21	5	TV Thompson (Setting Copy)
Box	Folder
22	1	Whales To See (Draft 1)
22	2	Whales To See (Draft 2)
22	3	Whales To See (Draft 3)
22	4	Whales To See (Galley Proof)
22	5	Whales To See (Setting Copy)
22	6	Whales To See (Printer's Dummy)
22		The Old Colts, Secker & Warburg, London, 1985 (Hardcover)
22		The Old Colts, Primus, Donald I. Fine, Inc. New York, 1985 (Paper)
22		The Old Colts, Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York, 1985 (Hardcover)
22		Esqueletos, Caminho de Bolson, Lisboa, 1985 (Paper)
Box	Folder
23	1-2	The Old Colts (First Draft with Changes; Cover Photo)
23	3-4	The Old Colts (Copyedited Typescript)
23	5	The Old Colts (British Galleys)
23	6	The Old Colts (American Galleys)
Box	Folder
24	1	The Old Colts Research: Bat Masterson
24	2	The Old Colts Research: New York City, 1916
24	3	The Old Colts Research: New York City, 1916
24	4	The Old Colts Research: Dodge City and Miscellaneous (With Author's Notes)
24	5	The Old Colts Research: Dodge City and Miscellaneous (With Author's Notes)
24	6	The Old Colts Research: Scenes, Headings and Narrative Outlines (With Author's Notes)
24	7	Original and Final Outlines and Character Sketches Regarding The Homesman
24	8	Notes and Photocopied Reference Materials Regarding The Homesman
24	9	Notes and Photocopied Reference Materials Regarding The Homesman
24	10	Notes, Photocopied Reference Materials, and Correspondence Regarding The Homesman
24	11	Notes, Photocopied Reference Materials, and Correspondence Regarding The Homesman
Box	Folder
25	1-11	The Homesman Manuscript, 1987 February 3 (First Draft)
Box	Folder
25A	1-4	The Homesman, 1988 (Typescript with Editor's Notes)
Box	Folder
26	1-6	The Creative Crisis, 1944 (Manuscript)
			Thesis for PhD.

Box	Folder
36	1	Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming, 1994 (Typescript; Author Set)
36	2	Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming (Typescript; Master Set Labelled "Foul")
36	3	Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming (Typescript; Master Set)


Series II: Short Stories
Box	Folder
2	1	"The Ball Really Carries in the Cactus League Because the Air is Dry" in Esquire, 1978 March 1 (Pages 70-74; 2 Copies)
2	2	"The Ball Really Carries in the Cactus League Because the Air is Dry" (Galley Proof)
2	3	"The Ball Really Carries in the Cactus League Because the Air is Dry" in Cosmopolitan, 1990 April (Pages 237, 269-280)
2	4	"A Glass of Blessings" in Esquire, 1959 January
			Published in Prize Stories 1960 The O. Henry Awards, ed. Mary Stegner. Pages 257-265.

2	5	"Lion and Scholar", Undated (Unpublished Short Story)


Series III: Scrapbooks
	Processing Note
	The scrapbooks out of which this material was taken were numbered by the author. The folders have been numbered correspondingly.

Box	Folder
27	1	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Miscellaneous Items, 1942-1949
27	2	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Miscellaneous Items, 1957-1958
27	5	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Miscellaneous Items, 1949-1955
27	7	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Miscellaneous Items, 1958-1959
27	8	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Miscellaneous Items, 1956-1958
Box	Folder
28	3	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1960
28	4	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1960-1963
28	6	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1963-1966
28	18	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1971
Box	Folder
29	9	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1960-1962
29	10	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1959-1960
29	11	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1962-1963
29	12	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1961-1963
29	13	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1965-1967
Box	Folder
30	14	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1964-1965
30	15	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1968-1969
30	16	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1966-1967
30	17	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1969-1970
30	19	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1970-1971
Box	Folder
31	20	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1971-1972
31	21	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1972-1973
31	23	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1973-1974
31	24	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1974-1975
31	25	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence, 1975-1976
Box	Folder
32	27	Scrapbook Materials, 1976-1977
32	28	Scrapbook Materials, 1978-1979
32	29	Scrapbook Materials, 1979-1980
32	29A	Scrapbook Materials, 1980-1982
32	30	Scrapbook Materials, 1982-1985
Box	Folder
33	22	Scrapbook Materials: Reviews, Newspaper Clippings, etc., 1971-1973
33	26	Scrapbook Materials: Reviews, Newspaper Clippings, etc., 1973-1978
33	31	Scrapbook Materials: Reviews, Newspaper Clippings, etc., 1978-1988
Box	Folder
34	1	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence , 1985
34	2	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence , 1986
34	3	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence , 1987
34	4	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence , 1988
34	5	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence , 1989
34	6	Scrapbook Materials: Correspondence , 1990


Series IV: Ephemera
Box	Folder
A	1	Unedited Autobiography, Undated
A	2	ASU Library Associates, 1971
			Includes Ed McDowell's speech about Swarthout.

A	3	Awards
A	4	Newspaper Clippings, 1971-1979
A	5	Newspaper Clippings, 1980-1992, 1994-
			Includes obituary.


Series V: Materials Held in the Columbia University Library
Box	Folder
35	1	"Four Older Men" (Short Story; 9 Pages; Photocopy)
35	2	"Gersham and the Saber" (Short Story; 16 Pages; Photocopy)
35	3	O Captain My Captain (Novelette; 81 Pages; Photocopy)
35	4	The Germans and the Indians (Novelette; 33 Pages; Photocopy)
			354 pages in complete novel. Also included is a comment by Ed Gerenson recommending publication (1 page) and a summary of characters and plot (3 pages).

35	5	Untitled (Story Outline; 2 Pages; Photocopy)
			Appears to be a proposal for Cadillac Cowboys.

35	6	Miscellaneous Letters (Photocopy)


Series VI: Oversized Materials
Box	Folder
B	1	The Melodeon (11 Illustrations; Original Art
B	2	The Melodeon (Printer's Dummy; Chapters 1-3
B	3	The Melodeon (Printer's Dummy; Chapters 4-6
B	4	The Melodeon (Printer's Dummy; Chapters 7-9
B	5	The Melodeon (Printer's Dummy; Chapters 10-12
B	6	The Melodeon (Teleplay)
B	7	"Going to See George" in Esquire, 1965 July (Pages 72-74)
B	8	"The Attack on the Mountain" in the Saturday Evening Post, 1959 July 4 (Pages 24, 65-66)
B	9	Old Colts Research (See Also Box 23A)