Elleston Trevor Papers
1961-1994
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Elleston Trevor Papers
1961-1994
MS SC TR Creator: Trevor, Elleston Title: Elleston Trevor Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1961-1994 Quantity:
40 Boxes
(18.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: This collection houses manuscripts, typescript drafts, first notes, outlines, synopses, correspondence, galley proofs, plays and screenplays, and short stories that Elleston Trevor wrote under his own name and under such pseudonyms as Adam Hall, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Simon Rattray, and Warrick Scott. Also included are honors and master's theses by Jonquil Burgess Trevor and published works by Chaille Groom Trevor. Identification: MS SC TR Language:
Material in English
Repository: Arizona State University Library. Rare Books and ManuscriptsQuestions? Ask An Archivist!
English-born writer of mystery, suspense and historical novels Elleston Trevor (1920-1995) wrote under his own name and under the pseudonyms Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Simon Rattray, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith, Howard North, Jack Tango, and Adam Hall. Under this last pen name he began a series of spy thrillers featuring Quiller, who is now known worldwide. The themes of adventure, espionage, and war are prevalent in Trevor's works and he is considered a master of mystery and suspense.
Elleston Trevor was born Trevor Dudley-Smith in 1920 in England. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1939 to 1946, during which time he began writing. He became a full time writer after 1946.
In 1947, Elleston Trevor married Jonquil (born Iris) Burgess, who served as a WAAF in England during World II. Jonquil Trevor had been a literary manager and after their marriage she became her husband's agent. They lived in London until 1958 when they relocated to the South of France and resided on the French Riviera for fifteen years. The Trevors had one son, Peregrine Scott, who changed his name to Jean-Pierre after the family left England and went to France. Jean-Pierre Trevor is an accomplished artist who has created cover art for some of his father's books.
Elleston Trevor came to Arizona in the summer of 1965 to work as technical director on the filming of his novel The Flight of the Phoenix . He was quickly enchanted by Americans, the Arizona desert, and the Southwestern way of life. Moving from the French Riviera, Trevor felt as though he had "come home" to the Arizona desert in 1973. Once settled in the Valley just 30 miles from Phoenix, Jonquil Trevor returned to school. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from Arizona State University and had plans to study for her Ph.D. when she died in October of 1986.
Among Elleston Trevor's awards and honors is the Edgar award, presented by his fellow professionals in the Mystery Writers Association of America for The Quiller Memorandum , which he wrote under the pen name Adam Hall. Many of Trevor's titles have been translated into over a dozen foreign languages.
Elleston Trevor contributed generously to Arizona State University and was presented with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the A.S.U. College of Liberal Arts in 1983 in recognition of his service. Trevor died on July 21, 1995 in Arizona.
Chaille Groom Trevor (d. 1995), Elleston Trevor's second wife, was a national champion on horseback who also trained Arabian horses. She brought the Arabian horse to life on canvas and in sketchbooks and had notable exhibits of her paintings in local galleries.
This collection houses manuscripts, typescript drafts, first notes, outlines, synopses, correspondence, galley proofs, plays and screenplays, and short stories that Elleston Trevor wrote under his own name and under such pseudonyms as Adam Hall, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Simon Rattray, and Warrick Scott. Also included are honors and master's theses by Jonquil Burgess Trevor and published works by Chaille Groom Trevor.
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Separated Materials Published monographs have been removed from this collection and cataloged separately.
Personal Name(s) Trevor, Elleston -- Archives.
Trevor, Jonquil (Jonquil Burgess), 1917-1986 -- Archives.
Subject(s) Authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- Manuscripts.
Literary agents -- Arizona -- Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elleston Trevor Papers, MS SC TR, Arizona State University Library.
Provenance
Elleston Trevor donated these papers to Special Collections between 1980 and 1994.
Container List Series I: Elleston Trevor Box Folder 1 1 1 2 1 3 See also EF7. 1 4 Arizona Republic ,
1977 September 18 1 5 1 6 Arizona Magazine ,
1982 June 27 1 7 Fighting Stars Magazine ,
1982 October 1 7 Espionage Magazine ,
1987 September Includes published version of "Why Spy". See also EF3. 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 Jackets taken from books in the stacks. 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 Includes an invitation to a private memorial and Barn Party on 1995 September 9 and remarks of Chaille Groom Trevor.
Series II: Jonquil Trevor Box Folder 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 Arizona Republic ,
1985 November 8 1 22 Arizona Republic ,
1986 November 1 Box Folder 2 1 Exit Two Kings, Discrowned: The Tragical History of Shakespeare's Richard II and Marlowe's Edward II ,
1981 2 2 Ben Jonson and the Comic Grimace ,
1983 2 3 Box 3 3 3 3 3 Box 4 4 4
Series III: Jean-Pierre Trevor Box Folder 1 23 Face on flyleaf on TR-23 Damocles Sword is that of Jean-Pierre. Website URL, 2001 March 21. 1 24 See also Box 1, Folder 18. Jean-Pierre Trevor. "The Final Chapter: A Chronicle of Quiller's last days" in the Arizona Republic , 1995 July 30. 1 25 Originally located at http://www.quiller.net/trevor/mylife.html (URL now removed).
Series IV: Chaille Groom Trevor See also Map Case Drawer 14 for enlarged photographs of paintings. Box Folder 5 1 Brusally Arabians ,
Undated 5 2 Between Beings . Scottsdale: Brusally Pageant of Fine Arts,
1978 5 3 A Gift of Joy . Scottsdale: Brusally Pageant of Fine Arts,
1980 5 4 Being , Scottsdale: Pageant of the Fine Arts,
1982 5 5 Arizona Horse Connection ,
1992 5 6
Series V: Short Stories and Plays Box Folder 6 1 Arizona Magazine 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 5a 6 6 Espionage Magazine 6 7 French's Acting Edition )This, Trevor's first stage play, opened at Globe Theatre in London at the end of 1972. 6 8 Arizona Magazine (Short Story)6 9 Karate Magazine 6 10 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 6 15 6 16 6 17 6 18 6 19 6 20 Box Folder 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5
Series VI: Other Titles Box Folder 8 1 A Blaze of Arms (First Notes)8 2 The Burning Shore (First Notes)"Began research August 8, 1960". 8 2a TBS Film Synopsis (Skeleton) (First Draft; Typescript with Changes)Alternate title: The Pasang Run . 8 2b TBS Film Synopsis (Final; Typescript)8 2c TBS Preliminary Notes for Film Treatment (Typescript; p.c.)8 3 The Volcanoes of San Domingo (Printed Screenplay)8 4 The Flight of the Phoenix (20th Century Fox),
1966 (5 Movie Stills)Box Folder 9 1 The Billboard Madonna (Author's Notes for Screen Adaptation) (Typed)9 2 Expressway (Film Treatment) (Carbon Copy)9 3 Freebooter ,
circa 1967 (First Notes)9 4 A Place for the Wicked (First Notes)9 5 The Shoot ,
circa 1966 (First Notes)9 6 Siren Song ,
1983 (Daily Work Sheets)9 7 The Striker Portfolio : First Notes (circa 1969) and Book Cover (1993),
circa 1969, 1993 9 8 The Warsaw Document : First Notes (circa 1971) and Book Cover (1993),
circa 1971, 1993 9 9 Quiller Cover, HarperPaperbacks,
1994
Series VII: Novels Sub-Series A: The River Bandit Box Folder 10 1 10 2 Sub-Series B: The Quiller Memorandum Box Folder 11 1 11 2 11 2A 11 3 11 4 The Quiller Memorandum Published unabridged in Complete Bestsellers magazine, Volume 2, No. 10. 11 5 Lists "Quiller Chiller" drink. 11 6 For a photograph of the marquee sign, see Box 37, Folder 2. 11 7 Quiller Memorandum (20th Century Fox) Movie Stills,
1966 (6 Items)11 8 The Quiller Memorandum Movie, "Wednesday's Child" (2 Copies)Sub-Series C: The 9th Directive: Quiller in Bangkok Box Folder 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 12 6 Quiller: The Ninth Directive ,
1994 Sub-Series D: The Tango Briefing Box Folder 13 1 13 2 13 3 13 4 Sub-Series E: Night Stop (The Paragon ) Box Folder 14 1 The Paragon : First Notes 14 2 The Paragon : Correspondence 14 3 Night Stop : Page-by-Page Breakdowns (Typed with Author's Notes)14 4 Night Stop : Screenplay (First Draft; p.c.)14 5 Night Stop : Screenplay (Final Draft; Carbon Copy)Sub-Series F: The Mandarin Cypher and The Kobra Manifesto Box Folder 15 1 Mandarin : First Notes 15 2 Kobra : Format with Mandarin Synopsis (Typescript; Carbon Copy)15 3 The Mandarin Cypher ; Book Cover (Typescript)15 4 Kobra and Synopsis: The Mandarin Cypher (Typescript)15 5 Kobra : First Notes 15 6 Kobra (Typescript)Sub-Series G: Blue Jay Summer Box Folder 16 1 16 2 Includes lists of characters, players, scenes, sets, props, and picture budget detail. 16 3 16 4 16 5 16 6 16 7 16 8 Sub-Series H: The Theta Syndrome Box Folder 17 1 17 2 17 2a 17 2b 17 2c 17 3 Sub-Series I: The Scorpion Signal Box Folder 18 1 18 2 18 3 18 4 18 5 18 6 18 7 18 8 Sub-Series J: The Sibling Box Folder 19 1 19 2 19 3 19 3a 19 3b 19 4 19 5 19 5a 19 6 19 7 19 7a 19 7b Sub-Series K: The Damocles Sword Box Folder 20 1 20 2 20 3 20 4 20 5 20 6 20 7 20 8 20 8a 20 8b 20 8c Box Folder 21 1 21 2 21 3 Face on flyleaf (TR-23) is that of Jean-Pierre Trevor. Sub-Series L: The Peking Target Box Folder 22 1 22 2 22 3 22 3a 22 3b 22 4 22 5 22 6 22 7 22 8 22 9 Sub-Series M: The Penthouse Box Folder 23 1 23 2 23 3 Used as master copy from which the xerox copies were taken for multiple submissions to New York publishers. 23 4 23 5 Box Folder 24 1 24 2 24 3 Sub-Series N: Deathwatch Box Folder 25 1 25 2 25 3 25 4 25 4a 25 5 25 6 25 7 25 8 25 9 TR-152. Mouse pictured on cover was obtained from a laboratory supply house by Trevor, and was tranquilized. Jean-Pierre Trevor took photograph. Sub-Series O: Northlight The British edition of this work was titled Northlight ; the American edition was titled Quiller . Box Folder 26 1 26 2 Quiller : Story Base (Northlight ) 26 3 26 4 26 5 Quiller : Jove Floor Display Promo 26 6 Northlight : Cover Mock-Ups, STARR Paperback Cover 26 7 26 8 Northlight Notebook (Handwritten)Sub-Series P: Quiller's Run Box Folder 27 1 Originally titled Quiller: Kiss of Shoda . 27 2 27 3 27 4 Quiller: Kiss of Shoda Written in the 3rd Person 27 5 27 6 Sub-Series Q: Quiller KGB Box Folder 28 1 28 2 28 3 28 4 28 5 28 6 28 7 Box Folder 29 1 29 2 29 3 29 4 29 5 Sub-Series R: Quiller Barracuda Box Folder 30 1 30 2 30 3 30 4 30 5 30 6 30 7 30 8 Barracuda Revisions Note on inside cover: "These pages were extracted from the script sent back to me and are now married into the master script ..." 30 9 Box Folder 31 1 31 2 31 3 31 4 Sub-Series S: Quiller Bamboo Box Folder 32 1 32 2 Quiller Bamboo and Quiller Barracuda 32 3 32 4 32 5 32 6 32 7 32 8 32 9 32 10 32 11 Sub-Series T: Quiller Solitaire Box Folder 33 1 33 2 33 3 33 4 33 5 33 6 33 7 Box Folder 34 1 34 2 Sub-Series U: Quiller Meridian Box Folder 35 1 35 2 35 3 35 4 35 5 Sub-Series V: Other Manuscripts Box Folder 36 1 36 2 Sabre Dance : Synopsis Note at end: Discontinued August 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait. 36 3 The Sister : Plot Book (Photocopy)36 4 The Sister : Outline (Master)36 5 The Sister : Handwritten Notes 36 6 The Sister : Queries on,
1993 July 36 7 The Sister : Flap Copy,
1993 July 36 8 The Sister : Jacket Design 36 9 Flycatcher : Daily Work Sheet,
1993 July Sequel to The Sibling . 36 10 Flycatcher : Report by Matthew R. Bradley,
1993 September Sub-Series W: Photographs Box Folder 37 1 Flight of the Phoenix : World Premiere Marquee Sign (8" x 10")37 2 Quiller : Marquee Sign, Odeon (8" x 10")37 3 Includes an image of Trevor and Marilyn Wurzburger at a book signing at the Poisoned Pen, 1995 March. Sub-Series X: Correspondence Includes correspondence between Trevor and literary agents, editors, publishers, movie agents, fans, etc. Box Folder 38 1 38 2 38 3 38 4 38 5 38 6 Folder includes names and identification of frequent correspondents. 38 7 Includes references to United Artists developing "Quiller" series for the big screen (Gary Lucchesi Productions). 38 8 See Box 1, Folder 10 for announcement in 1994 February 9 Variety of United Artists/Gary Lucchesi in Quiller deal. 38 9 Sub-Series Y: Quiller Salamander Box Folder 39 1 39 2 39 3 39 4 39 5 Sub-Series Z: Reviews Box Folder 40 1 Quiller Series,
1988-1993 40 2 Quiller Salamander (1994); Otto Penzler Book Catalog,
1994 Fall (2 Items)Contains review, excerpt of Quiller Salamander , and profile of "Quiller" by Adam Hall.
Series VIII: Books on Tape Badger's Wood The Burning Shore Deathwatch The Freebooters
The Kobra Manifesto (Adam Hall) The Mandarin Cypher (Adam Hall) A Place For The Wicked The Shoot The Sibling Squadron Airborne The V.I.P.
Series XIX: Videos TRVC-1 Safe Hands A self-defense course for women created by Jean-Pierre Trevor and produced by Picturemakers. TRVC-2 Flight of the Phoenix (Key Video, 1966; CBS/FOX, circa 1988),
1966, circa 1988 (Copy)A movie based on the book by Elleston Trevor. TRVC-3 Flight of the Phoenix (Key Video, 1966; CBS/FOX, circa 1988),
1966, circa 1988 (Original)A movie based on the book by Elleston Trevor. TRVC-4 Quiller Memorandum ,
1966 (Copy)A movie based on the book by Trevor. TRVC-5 The Big Pick-Up ,
Undated (Copy)A movie based on the book by Trevor about Dunkirk.
Series X: Oversized Materials Box 1/OV Map Folder Drawer 14 1 Drawer 14 2 Quiller Memorandum Movie Poster; Cover Art: Original Illustration on Cover Markings, Color Xerox Over Markings, Dust Jacket Drawer 14 3 Peking Target Cover Proof with Author's Notes Drawer 14 4 Drawer 14 5 The Kobra Manifesto Cover Art (Original)Drawer 14 6 Quiller's Run (3' 4" x 6')Drawer 14 7 Includes jockey on horse, pastoral scene, and a horse's head. Drawer 14 8 Quiller Convention at ASU Special Collections. Jon Peralez. Artifacts Insulated beverage holder. "The Unofficial Quiller Web Site". Jon Peralez. 2001 October 6, presented at Quiller Convention.
