The bulk of this collection is articles from newspapers and
magazines gathered by Richardson in the process of researching materials for his
numerous published works. Also included are a few first drafts of articles, some
reference books, and an edited manuscript of the Navajo Trader as well as several
thousand photographic images. This collection is widely accessed for its Western lore
and ephemera. Date ranges for this collection, ca. 1925 to 1980. For a complete item
[container] list of materials in the Richardson Collection (AHS #48), contact the
reference department at Northern Arizona University, Cline Library Special Collections
and Archives, or contact the Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archivist.
Collection Number:
AHS-ND 48
Language:
English
Repository:
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives
PO Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 774 1596
Email: ahsnad@infomagic.net
Biographical Note
Gladwell Toney Richardson was born in Alvarado, Texas, September 4, 1903. He came from a
family which owned and operated trading posts throughout the American Southwest
(surnames: Smith, McAdams, and Richardson). His father, Samuel I. Richardson, began his
career as a trader in Arizona, 1896 (also owned cattle ranches in Oklahoma and Arizona).
Gladwell Richardson began his own trading post career at sixteen years old with a job in
Houck, New Mexico,. After a stint in the Navy, 1921-1924, (later serving from 1942-45,
and 1946 through the Korean conflict, ca. 1952) he worked at the Shonto Trading Post,
Arizona (1925). He also began his writing career in 1925. His first published works were
sea adventures (Street and Smith's Sea Stories magazine). However, the bulk of
Richardson's work is western novels and magazine series, some 300 publications totaling
an estimated sixty million published words. Despite an active writing career, Richardson
continued to work as a trader at the Two Guns Trading Post, east of Flagstaff, while
maintaining a house in Flagstaff, Arizona for himself and family, wife Millicent,
daughters Cecile [Cobb] and Toni [Davis].
Besides his own name, Richardson wrote under numerous pen names including: Maurice
Kildare (and Kildaresen), Ormand Clarkson (and Klarkson), Cary James, Pete Kent, Calico
Jones, George Blacksnake, Frank Warner, John "R. Winslowe (and Winslow), Warren O'Riley,
Sinclair Bower, Buck Coleman, Jeff Corner, Robert Davis, Stuart Flag, M.I. Ford, John S.
Haines, Lolliard (?), Jack Lowence, Charles McAdams, Grant Maxwell, Higgs Meador,
Asdzani Noodi Naalte, Earl Price, "Toney" Richardson (as he was often called), John
Robert Ringo, and Don Teton. A sample of book titles includes: The Trail to Nowhere,
Arizona Guns, Cowboy Joe, Rio Guns, Gun Thunder, The Rattlesnake Range, The Boothill
Kid, Night Riders, War Horse Range and The River of the Lone Rope.
Richardson died in 1980 after a short stay at the Fort Whipple Veterans Administration
Center, Prescott, Arizona.
For a complete item [container] list of materials in the Richardson Collection (AHS
#48), contact the reference department at Northern Arizona University, Cline Library
Special Collections and Archives, or contact the Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff
Archivist.
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of this collection is articles from newspapers and magazines gathered by
Richardson in the process of researching materials for his numerous published works.
Also included are first drafts of articles; an unpublished manuscript with photographs
regarding the Navajo "anti-witchcraft" cult, ca. 1941; some reference books; as well as
published magazine articles and an edited manuscript of the "Navajo Trader." This
collection is widely accessed for its Western lore as well as the wide range of
information gathered regarding personal and professional interests. Date ranges for this
collection are ca. 1925 to 1980.
For a complete item [container] list of materials in the Richardson Collection (AHS
#48), contact the reference department at Northern Arizona University, Cline Library
Special Collections and Archives, or contact the Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff,
Archivist.
Organization
3 Series: I. Publications; II. Research Files; III. Photographs
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University and the
Arizona Historical Society, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
20 linear feet. Publications by Gladwell Richardson in the form of books and
magazines; some manuscript drafts. Publications collected by Richardson of other
western genre writers
Box-folder
1
Western and Detective genre books by Gladwell Richardson and other
writers,
ca. 1940-1960
Box-folder
1-A
Photocopies of Gladwell Richardson published stories and articles,
ca. 1940-1970
Box-folder
1-B
Photocopies of Gladwell Richardson published stories and articles,
ca. 1940-1970
Box-folder
1-C
Photocopies of Gladwell Richardson published stories and articles,
ca. 1940-1970
Box-folder
2
Western and Detective genre books by Gladwell Richardson and other
writers,
ca. 1940-1970
Box-folder
3
Magazine: "The New Mexico Lawman",
1965-1967
The official publication of the New Mexico law enforcement department. Articles
by Gladwell Richardson, often under the alias, Maurice Kildare.
Box-folder
4
Magazine: "The New Mexico Lawman",
1968-1970
The official publication of the New Mexico law enforcement department. Articles
by Gladwell Richardson, often under the alias, Maurice Kildare.
Box-folder
5
Magazine: "The New Mexico Lawman",
1971-1973
The official publication of the New Mexico law enforcement department. Articles
by Gladwell Richardson, often under the alias, Maurice Kildare.
Box-folder
6
Magazines,
1947-1980
Articles by Gladwell Richardson, often under aliases.
Box-folder
7
Magazines,
1939-1990
Articles by Gladwell Richardson, often under aliases.
Box-folder
8
Miscellaneous printed material,
ca. 1925-1974
Indian Claims Commission Reports; U.S. Navy Publications; Department of
Interior Annual Report, 1939; Western apparel catalogs; various other
magazines, ca. 1939-1960.
Box-folder
9
Miscellaneous printed material,
ca. 1917-1973
National Geographic(s) with Arizona articles (1917-1947, not inclusive); Sunset
Magazines regarding Alaska and Baja California (Mexico); University of Arizona
Bulletin regarding Hopi culture (1939); books; Senate Subcommittee hearing
bulletin regarding the Hopi and Navajo (1948); etc.
Box-folder
77
Manuscript: "Navajo Trader",
ca. 1985
Book manuscript by Gladwell Richardson.
Box-folder
78
Photocopies of Gladwell Richardson published stories and articles
(A-J),
ca. 1940-1970
Includes list of books Richardson is known to have written and articles about
Richardson.
Box-folder
79
Photocopies of Gladwell Richardson published stories and articles
(L-S),
ca. 1940-1970
Box-folder
80
Report on "Navajo Anti-Witchcraft Cult",
ca. 1941
An unpublished report by Gladwell Richardson on a Navajo anti-witchcraft cult.
Includes photographs of the groups activities.
Box-folder
81
Indices of Gladwell Richardson Collection materials,
ca.
1930-1970
These are the indices to the collection itself; also available in the reference
area of the NAU Cline Library SCA.
86 linear feet. Research materials and topics of interest. These materials are in
alphabetic order. For a complete item [container] list of materials in the
Richardson Collection (AHS #48), contact the reference department at Northern
Arizona University, Cline Library Special Collections and Archives, or contact the
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archivist.
Box-folder
10-76
Research materials and topics of interest,
ca. 1925-1980
These materials are in alphabetic order by subject. For a complete item
[container] list of materials in the Richardson Collection (AHS #48), contact
the reference department at Northern Arizona University, Cline Library Special
Collections and Archives, or contact the Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff
Archivist.
