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Richard A. Summers papers, 1915-1994 (bulk 1930-1960)

MS 494


Collection Summary

Creator: Summers, Richard, 1906-
Collection Name:Richard A. Summers papers,
Inclusive Dates: 1915-1994
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1930-1960)
Physical Description: 40 Linear Feet
Abstract:Richard A. Summers was a prolific writer of young adult and adult novels, short stories, and plays, as well as a professor of English at the University of Arizona and a city councilman. This collection is mainly comprised of drafts of Richard Summers' writings, from hand-annotated proofs to galley copies, stage, screen and radio plays. Correspondence of a professional and personal nature, his school papers and some biographical and family-related papers can also be found.
Collection Number:MS 494
Language:
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Richard A. Summers was a prolific writer of young adult and adult novels, short stories, and plays, as well as a professor of English at the University of Arizona and a city councilman. Born in Wisconsin in 1906, he moved to Tucson as a teenager because of his father's career as a professor at the University of Arizona. Summers graduated from Tucson High School and then from the University of Arizona at the age 19. After graduation he became a principal of a local school. He returned to the University of Arizona to teach English in 1928 and that same year he married Anna Louise McKee, with whom he had three children: Sanford, Anne, and Amo.

He began his prolific writing career in the late 1920s, and is most well-known for his 1937 novel Dark Madonna which dealt with the Latino community in 1930s Tucson and was hailed as a minor classic by critics. His fiction work was adapted to screenplays, including the 1951 movie The San Francisco Story, which was adapted from his novel Vigilante. His radio plays were used across the country by the Junior League and were often retellings of American Indian stories and myths. His works also include a few textbooks like College Composition with David Patrick and later Craft of the Short Story, which became a popular creative writing textbook during the time.

Summers was elected onto the Tucson City Council and served one term before he returned to teaching at the University following his leave of absence. He continued writing and editing work by other writers, along with teaching. He died in 1969 of complications from emphysema.


Scope and Content Note

Documents, manuscripts, a few photographs and oversize materials 1915-1993, (bulk 1930-1960). This collection is comprised of authored works, correspondence, professional materials and personal information created during the life or Richard A. Summers. His novels and numerous drafts, including Dark Madonna and Vigilante, make up the bulk of the material present: there are over forty novels in either partial or completed drafts in this collection, including some undated and untitled manuscripts. The collection other types of young adult writings such as plays (both for stage and radio), short stories and textbooks like Craft of the Short Story. The collection also contains correspondence with publishers, agents in the publishing industry and personal acquaintances. Throughout his time as a professor at the University of Arizona, beginning in 1928, he accumulated materials such as student papers and administrative records, which have only been kept without student grades and information.


Organization

This collection is organized into 4 series.
Series I: Writings, 1926-1971
Subseries 1: Novels
Subseries 2: Textbooks and nonfiction manuscripts
Subseries 3: Academic papers and articles
Subseries 4: Short stories and poems
Subseries 5: Radio, stage and screenplays
Subseries 6: Writings with and by others
Subseries 7: Research and notes
Series II: Correspondence, 1915-1990
Subseries 1: Professional
Subseries 2: Personal
Series III: University of Arizona files, 1926-1969
Subseries 1: Student writings
Subseries 2: Teaching and administrative records
Series IV: Personal/biographical files and memorabilia, 1939-1993
Series V: Oversize materials, 1925-1960

Restrictions

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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 the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Geographic Name(s)
Arizona -- Fiction

Subject(s)
American authors -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Fiction
Authors, American -- Juvenile literature


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Richard A. Summers papers (MS 494). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Processing History

This collection is combined with manuscript collections: AZ 180, AZ 436, and AZ 560.


Container List

Series I: Writings, 1926-1971
Scope and Contents
This series contains different works created by Summers, arranged alphabetically by final title, then chronologically as needed.
Subseries 1: Novel Manuscripts,
boxfolder
11 And Whisper Dead, partial/miscellaneous, Undated
12 Aztec Gold , 1926
13 The Grand Swindle (Baca Float), 1st Draft, 1949
14 The Grand Swindle (Baca Float), 1st Draft with edits, 1949
15 Baca Float Swindle , 1949
16 Baca Float Swindle, 3rd draft with miscellaneous pages, 1949
17 Gringo Pitcher (Ball-shy Pitcher) draft, 1969
18 Ball Shy Pitcher, Letter from book editor, 1969 Nov. 10
19 Ball shy Pitcher, Galley Proof, 1969, Dec. 4
110 Ball Shy Pitcher, Background information, original dedication, 1969
111 Ball Shy Pitcher, Steck-Vaughn Catalogs, 1971
112 Ball Shy Pitcher, Clipping from Arizona Daily Star, 1970 Dec. 13
113 Battle of the Sierras, book jacket (photocopies), 1942
114 Goldfield (The Big Chance), Original First draft, 1948
115 Goldfield (The Big Chance), Carbon of First draft without corrections, 1948
116 The Big Chance, 2nd Draft, 1948
117 The Big Chance, pp 1-138, 1948
118 The Big Chance, pp 139-264, 1948
119 The Big Chance, Third Draft; partial, 1948
120 The Big Chance, 4th Draft, pp 1-138, 1948
121 The Big Chance, 4th Draft, 139-264, 1948
boxfolder
21 The Big Chance, 4th Draft (remnants), 1948
22 The Big Chance, Miscellaneous pages, 1948
23 The Big Chance, Partial draft, 1948
24 The Big Chance, Remnants with edits, 1948
25 Sun Goes Down (Big Man), original 1st draft, p. 1-166, Circa 1930-1937
26 Sun Goes Down (Big Man), p 167-278, Circa 1930-1937
27 Big Man, 1st Draft, p 1-119, 1937
28 Big Man, 1st Draft, p 120-250 plus misc, 1937
29 Black Dean , 1929
210 Black Dean, p 1-154, 1929
211 Black Dean, p 155-254, 1929
212 Blood in the Dust (Bound), 1929
213 Blood in the Dust, p 1-117, with handwritten edits, 1929
214 Blood in the Dust p 118-250, with handwritten edits, 1929
215 The Blue Fly (Bound), 1926
216 Cavalcade to California, 1st draft, 1936
217 Cavalcade to California, book jacket, photocopy, 1941
218 Conquerors of the River, 1st Draft, 1937
219 Conquerors of the River, condensed version for high school textbook, 1960, 1966
boxfolder
31 Conquerors of the River, book jacket, photocopy, 1939
32 Conquerors of the River, reviews, 1929 April, 1939, July 9 1939
33 Conquerors of the River, fan letter, 1959
34 Cow by the Tail, deletions and omitted appendix, 1942
35 Cow by the Tail, galley proof pages with handwritten notes, 1942
36 Cow by the Tail/Hoofbeats and moccasins, misc pages and letters, 1945
37 Cow by the Tail/Hoofbeats and moccasins, misc pages, 1945
38 Cow by the Tail/Hoofbeats and moccasins, misc pages, 1945
39 Cow by the Tail, part 1 Frontier Times, November 1964
310 Cow by the Tail, galley proof Frontier Times, 1964-1969
311 Cow by the Tail, Frontier Times dye proof and letter, 1964, 7 April 1969
312 Dark Madonna, letter from R. Summers to UA Library, 3 April 1961
313 Dark Madonna, notes, 1965
314 Dark Madonna, original draft, 1935
315 Dark Madonna, draft, 1935
316 Dark Madonna, 4th draft, 1935
317 Dark Madonna, accepted draft/9th draft, 1935
318 Dark Madonna, accepted draft/9th draft (incomplete), 1935
319 Dark Madonna, fragments, 1935
320 Dark Madonna, fragments, 1935
321 Dark Madonna, fragments, 1935
322 Dark Madonna, fragments, 1935
323 Dark Madonna, Caxton Publicity, August 1, Nov 1, 1937
324 Dark Madonna, reviews, 1937
325 Dark Madonna, excerpts from reviews, 1937
326 Dark Madonna, review, undated
327 Dark Madonna, Westways Article mention, June 1973
328 Dark Madonna, Article Arizona Daily Star, 1985 Aug 13
329 Devil's Highway, 1st Draft, 1931
330 Devil's Highway, book jacket, photocopy, undated
331 Devil's Highway Reviews, 1937-1938
332 Dude Ranch Murders (As Rex Quinn), draft, 1940
boxfolder
41 Dude Ranch Murders, beginning of revision, 1940
42 Dude Ranch Murders, notes and misc pages, 1940
43 Dusty Desert Tails, 1st Draft, circa 1932-1941
44 Dusty Desert Tails, 2nd Draft, circa 1932-1941
45 Dusty Desert Tails, pages from published book, 1941
46 Dusty Desert Tails, review and publicity, 1941
47 Dusty Desert Tails, reviews, 1941-1943
48 Over the Hill and Far (Earth Not Satisfied) 1st Draft, p 1-182, 1940
49 Over the Hill and Far (Earth Not Satisfied) 1st Draft, p 183-263, with notes, 1940
410 Patterns of Sunlight (Earth Not Satisfied) 3rd Draft, circa 1940-1941
411 Earth Not Satisfied, draft, p 1-155, circa 1940-1941
412 Earth Not Satisfied, draft, p 156-294, circa 1940-1941
413 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
414 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
415 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
416 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
417 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
418 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
419 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
420 Earth Not Satisfied, partial draft, circa 1940-1941
421 Earth Not Satisfied, misc pages, circa 1940-1941
422 Fizzy's Gold Piece, draft, 1932
423 Fizzy's Gold Piece, draft (revision) p 1-128, 1932
424 Fizzy's Gold Piece, draft (revision) p 129-249, 1932
425 Grand Canyon Melody, summary, undated
426 In Old Arizona, draft, 1931
boxfolder
51 Island of the Dreadful Swamp, draft through page 112, 1940
52 Island of the Dreadful Swamp, p 113-232, 1940
53 Jenny and the Radio Imp , 1943
54 Jenny and the Radio Imp , 1943
55 Only Four Years (John Sims College) draft, 1935
56 John Sims College ,
57 John Sims College, misc pages, 1935
58 John Sims College, misc pages, 1935
59 John Sims College, misc pages, 1935
510 John Sims College, misc pages, 1935
511 Kamehameha's Spear, draft, 1923
512 Pork Leans (Kidnapped into Mexico)1st draft through page 119, 1925
513 Pork Leans (Kidnapped into Mexico) 1st draft p 120-257, 1925
514 Pork Leans (Kidnapped into Mexico) draft, 1925
515 Kidnapped into Mexico, draft through page 103, 1936
516 Kidnapped into Mexico, draft, p 105-226, 1936
517 Kidnapped into Mexico, draft through page 113, 1937
518 Kidnapped into Mexico, draft p 114-220, 1937
519 Kidnapped into Mexico, notes and partial draft, circa 1925-1937
520 Kidnapped into Mexico, sequel, 1952
boxfolder
61 Sequel, Misc pages, 1952
62 Land Beyond the Sunset, Summer/Spring, 1926
63 Land of the Blue Evening (partial manuscript, Undated
64 Less Than Gods, Summary, 1965
65 Less Than Gods, 2nd draft though p 101, Summer, 1965
66 Less Than Gods, 2nd Draft p 102-211, Summer, 1965
67 Less Than Gods, Feedback from Rev. Gene A. Fisher, 1965
68 Less Than Gods, Carbon of Final Draft though p 108, 1965
69 Less Than Gods, Carbon of final draft p 109-209, 1965
610 Less Than Gods, "Notes for the Contemplative Reader", 1965
611 Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality , 1944
612 Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality with handwritten edits, 1944
613 Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality (partial, with handwritten edits), 1944
614 Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality (partial with handwritten edits), 1944
615 Mysterious Arizona, Outline, 1949
616 Mysterious Arizona, draft, 1949
617 Mysterious Arizona, Critical Feedback, 1949
618 Mysterious Arizona, "The Arizona of Today", 1949
619 Naked , 1930
620 Naked (different draft) Through p 127, 1930
621 Naked (different draft) 128-260, 1930
622 No Place for the Ladies , 1936
623 Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 1st draft, Circa 1945-1946
624 Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy)summary, 1950, January 2
625 Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) George Landy Agency Copy, July 25, 1951
boxfolder
71 Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 2nd Draft?, 1951
72 Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 3rd Draft? Comments by Maryse Rutlege though p 124, 1951
73 Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 3rd Draft? Comments by Maryse Rutlege p 125-230, Circa 1951-1952
74 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), 3rd Draft, Circa 1951-1952
75 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), 3rd Draft (continued), Circa 1951-1952
76 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), 4th Draft (final), Circa 1951-1952
77 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), 4th Draft (final) continued, Circa 1951-1952
78 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), Misc pages, Circa 1951-1952
79 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), misc pages, Circa 1951-1952
710 Abalone (Ocean Heavy), misc pages, Circa 1951-1952
711 Oceans Heavy, 8th Draft with letter from summers to Maryse Rutledge, p 1-114, 1952
712 Oceans Heavy, 8th Draft (continued) p 115-228, 1952
713 Of Thee I Sing , 1952
714 Of Thee I Sing, Notes/Research/Outline/Miscellaneous Pages, 1952
715 Our Arizona Gang, 1st Draft, 1922
716 Our Arizona Gang, 2nd Draft, 1923
717 La Placita (The Little Park) Beginning/partial draft, 1958
718 La Placita (The Little Park) 1st Draft, p 1-119, 1964
boxfolder
81 La Placita (The Little Park) 1st draft, p 120-236, 1964
82 La Placita (The Little Park) 1st draft with edits (first half), 1964
83 La Placita (The Little Park) 1st draft with edits (second half), 1964
84 La Placita (The Little Park) later draft, p 1-136, 1964
85 La Placita (The Little Park) later draft, p 137-268, 1964
86 La Placita (The Little Park) residue from final draft, 1964
87 La Placita (The Little Park) notes, 1964
88 Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers) 1st Draft, p 1-102, 1942
89 Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers) 1st Draft p 103-207, 1942
810 Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers)partial draft, Circa 1940-1948
811 Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers) partial draft, Circa 1940-1948
812 Spanish Treasure Seekers, 2nd Draft, 1948
813 Spanish Treasure Seekers, 2nd draft with edits, 1948
814 Spanish Treasure Seekers, misc pages, Circa 1940-1948
815 Squads of Ten, Research/Early Beginnings, 1939
816 In Squads of Ten (Squads of Ten) 1st draft through page 109, 1939
817 In Squads of Ten (Squads of Ten) 1st draft 110-225, 1939
818 Squads of Ten, 2nd draft through page 123, 1940
819 Squads of Ten, 2nd draft 124-240, 1940
820 Squads of Ten, 3rd draft, (partial), Circa 1940-1943
821 Less Than Gods (Squads of Ten) 4th Draft through page 135, Circa 1940-1943
822 Less Than Gods (Squads of Ten) 4th Draft p 136-264, Circa 1940-1943
823 Less Than Gods (Squads of Ten) 4th Draft, Circa 1940-1943
824 Squads of Ten (also Less Than Gods) p 1-121, Circa 1940-1943
boxfolder
91 Squads of Ten (also Less Than Gods) p 122-232, Circa 1940-1943
92 Squads of Ten, 5th Draft through page 110, June, 1943
93 Squads of Ten, 5th Draft, p 111-212, June, 1943
94 Squads of Ten, 5th and 6th drafts (partial), 1943
95 Squads of Ten, 6th Draft through p 101, 1943
96 Squads of Ten, 6th Draft 102-212, 1943
97 Squads of Ten (also titled Less Than Gods), 7th draft, p 1-102, Circa 1940-1943
98 Squads of Ten (also titled Less Than Gods), 7th draft, 103-205, Circa 1940-1943
99 Squads of Ten (also titled Less Than Gods), 8th draft (partial), Circa 1940-1943
910 Squads of Ten, remnants, Circa 1940-1943
911 A Time to Live (Squads of Ten) p155-311, 1969
912 A Time to Live (Squads of Ten) draft through p 154, 1969
913 A Time to Live (Squads of Ten), 10th draft through page 164 with notes, 1967
914 A Time to Live (Squads of Ten), 10th draft, p 165-311, 1967
915 Squads of Ten, remnants of various drafts, Circa 1925-1967
916 Squads of Ten, remnants with edits, Circa 1925-1967
917 Squads of Ten, History of rejections, 1947
918 Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little Dinkuses), 1st Draft, p 1-135, Circa 1942
919 Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little Dinkuses), 1st draft, p 136-279, Circa 1942
920 Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little Dinkuses), 2nd draft, p 1-150, Circa 1942
921 Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little Dinkuses), 2nd draft p 151-303, Circa 1942
boxfolder
101 His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little Dinkuses) 3rd draft, p 1-120, Circa 1940-1953
102 His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little Dinkuses) 3rd draft, p 121-236, Circa 1940-1953
103 His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little Dinkuses) draft, p1-119, 1953
104 His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little Dinkuses) draft 120-231, 1953
105 Stars are Little Dinkuses, p 1-107, Circa 1950-1959
106 Stars are Little Dinkuses, p 108-225, 1950-1959
107 Summer Madhouse, chapters 1 and 2, Undated
108 Sun in the Plaza, p 1-104, Undated
109 Sun in the Plaza, 105-197, Undated
1010 Tales of the Arizona Wonderland , Undated
1011 Itinerant Teacher (Teacher on the Run) , 1964
1012 Itinerant Teacher (Teacher on the Run) with additional edits, 1964
1013 Teacher on the Run, partial draft with edits (photocopy), 1964
1014 Itinerant Teacher (Teacher on the Run), 1-21 with edits, 1964
1015 Those We Love So Dear (Teacher on the Run) p 1-105, 1964
1016 Those We Love So Dear (Teacher on the Run) p 106-203, 1964
1017 Teacher on the Run, 4th draft, p 1-99, 1964
1018 Teacher on the Run, 4th draft, p 100-203, 1964
1019 That Boy! , 1945
1020 That Boy! Final chapters, 1945
1021 This Hour to Live, 1st Draft, Undated
1022 This Hour to Live , Undated
1023 This Job for Free, 1st draft, 1951
boxfolder
111 This Job for Free , 1951
112 This job for Free, with handwritten edits, 1951
113 To the Tall Grass, p 1-98, 1934
114 To the Tall Grass, p 99-196, 1934
115 Trail of the Mountain Riders, partial draft, 1939
116 Trial of the Mountain Riders, full draft with handwritten edits, 1939
117 Treasure to South , Undated
118 Vacation Madhouse, Chapter 1 and beginning of chapter 2, Undated
119 Vigilante, Early draft (partial), Undated
1110 Southern Fantasy (Vigilante) , Undated
1111 Seeds of Glory (Vigilante) 1st draft, 1946
1112 Vigilante, draft with handwritten edits, 1946
1113 Vigilante, News Clippings/Reviews, 1949
1114 Vigilante, news clippings about San Francisco Story, 1952
1115 Young Diego's Prize, Early draft, 1942
1116 Young Diego's Prize, draft with handwritten edits, 1942
1117 Western Novelettes: Slugger Gulch, Lucky Thirteen, Scar Valley , 1930
1118 Adolescence is Hard on a Girl (With Extreme Emotion), miscellaneous, Undated
1119 Adolescence is Hard on a Girl (With Extreme Emotion) , Undated
1120 Adolescence is Hard on a Girl (With Extreme Emotion), miscellaneous, Undated
1121 With Extreme Emotion, with illustrations by Anna Louise Summers, Undated
1122 With Extreme Emotion, Short story as Kathleen O'Malley, AZ Quarterly, Winter, 1946
1123 With Extreme Emotion/Mother's Interesting Stomach, as Kathleen O'Malley, AZ Quarterly , Autumn, 1948
boxfolder
121 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
122 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
123 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
124 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
125 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
126 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
127 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
128 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
129 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
1210 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated
1211 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated
1212 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated
1213 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated
1214 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated
1215 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated
1216 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated
1217 Miscellaneous Manuscript pages, Undated
1218 Untitled Chapter 1, Undated
1219 Untitled Chapter 1, Undated
1220 Untitled, Chapter 1: Dangerous Landing, Undated
1221 Manuscript Draft Lists and dates, 1920-1969
1222 Book covers, various, original, 1937-1970
boxfolder
261 Abalone (3rd carbon), undated
262 Abalone (4th carbon), undated
263 Adolescence (copy), undated
264 Adolescence notebook, undated
265 The Big Chance (4th draft), undated
266 Goldfield (3rd draft), undated
267 Goldfield (4th draft), undated
268 In Old Arizona , 1931
269 Less than Gold (partial), undated
2610 Less than Gold (7th draft), undated
2611 Less than Gold (9th draft), undated
2612 Manuscript illustrations, undated
2613 Ocean Heavy, Ocean High (2nd carbon), undated
2614 Sea Change: a Modern Novel (8th draft), undated
boxfolder
271 With Extreme Emotion, or, Adolescence is Hard on a Girl , undated
272 Untitled manuscript, undated
273 Earth not Satisfied (partial), undated
274 Gringo Pitcher (1st draft), undated
275 Untitled manuscript #2, undated
276 Untitled manuscript #3, undated
277 Unidentified chapters (partial), undated
278 Unidentified pieces of work, undated
279 Untitled manuscript #4, undated
2710 Untitled manuscript #5, undated
2711 Those We Love So Dear (partial), undated
2718 Prints and illustrations for books, undated
2719 Photographs (for books), undated
Subseries 2: Texbooks and Nonfiction Manuscripts,
boxfolder
1223 Chili on the Mortar Board, Summary/Outline, Undated
1224 College Composition, Draft (partial), 1946
1225 College Composition, Partial draft, 1946
1226 Progressive Proofreading (College Composition), 1946
1227 College Composition, Publicity, 1946
1228 Craft of the Short Story, Outline, 1948
1229 Craft of the Short Story (partial), Circa 1945-1948
1230 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
1231 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
1232 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
1233 Craft of the Short Story, through page 110, Circa 1945-1948
1234 Craft of the Short Story, through page 110 with edits, Circa 1945-1948
1235 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
1236 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
boxfolder
131 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
132 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
133 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
134 Craft of the Short Story, Part III, Circa 1945-1948
135 Craft of the Short Story, Part III with edits, Circa 1945-1948
136 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948
137 Craft of the Short Story, analysis pages (partial), Circa 1945-1948
138 Craft of the Short Story, press release, 1948
139 Craft of the Short Story, copy of book jacket text, 1948
1310 Craft of the Short Story, Reviews, 1948-1949
1311 Craft of the Short Story and Current English Composition, Catalog, 1951
1312 Current English Composition, Publicity, 1951
1313 Current English Composition, Publicity, 1951
1314 For Writing, outline, Circa 1963-1964
1315 For Writings, partial draft, Circa 1963-1964
1316 For Writings, partial draft, Circa 1963-1964
1317 Minimum Essentials, 1st Draft, Circa 1940-1949
1318 Minimum Essentials, draft, Circa 1940-1949
1319 Minimum Essentials, partial draft, Circa 1940-1949
1320 Minimum Essentials, partial draft, Circa 1940-1949
1321 Minimum Essentials, partial draft, Circa 1940-1949
1322 Minimum Essentials, p 122-281, Circa 1940-1949
1323 Minimum Essentials, Part III, Circa 1940-1949
1324 Minimum Essentials, Final Draft without exercises, Circa 1940-1949
1325 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949
1326 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949
1327 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949
1328 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949
1329 Minimum Essentials, Answer Sheets, Circa 1940-1949
1330 Pattern for Peace, remnants, 1943
boxfolder
141 Pattern for Peace Afterward, 1943
142 Pattern for Peace Afterward with edits, 1943
143 Preface to World Peace, 1943
144 Preview for College Composition, 1st Draft, Circa 1940-1949
145 Preview for College Composition, Circa 1940-1949
146 Preview for College Composition, Circa 1940-1949
147 Projects for Writing, outline, 1963-1964
148 Ten Writing Projects, outline, Undated
149 Test Your Spelling, Undated
1410 Test Your Spellings, Undated
1411 Watch Your English!, 1939
1412 Exercises and Tests, Undated
1413 Exercises and Tests, Undated
1414 Exercises and Tests, Undated
1415 Exercises and Tests, Undated
1416 Exercises and Tests, Undated
1417 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, Notes/Research, 1967
1418 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, Summary, 1967
1419 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, partial draft, 1967
1420 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, draft, 1967
1421 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, draft with edits, 1967
1422 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, draft, 1967
1423 Untitled Textbook pages (short stories), Undated
1424 Untitled Manuscript on Visual Art, Undated
Subseries 3: Academic Papers and Articles,
boxfolder
1425 The Curse of School Grades, Circa 1940-1949
boxfolder
151 Darkness and Light (graduate paper), 1936
152 The Impracticality of Merit Raises, Undated
153 The Influence of John Stuart Mill on John Morley (graduate thesis), 1936
154 Letter to Editor on University Education for Blacks, Undated
155 A Nation of Illiterates, Circa 1951-1969
156 The Psychology of School Grades, Undated
157 Thinking of College, Circa 1950-1959
158 This New College Illiteracy, Undated
159 Male Housewife, Undated
1510 Plan for World Political Organization, 1944
1511 U.S. Headed for disaster, Undated
1512 Where's the Red Men Now?, 1941
1513 Your G.I.s New College, 1946
Subseries 4: Short Stories and Poems,
boxfolder
1514 List of Short Stories for Aley, 1950-1953
1515 Beer Bottle Boogie, 1950
1516 Border Ground Hog, Circa 1950-1953
1517 Border Ground Hog, Circa 1950-1953
1518 Border Ground Hog, Circa 1950-1953
1519 Bumped Out, Circa 1950-1953
1520 Bumped Out, Circa 1950-1953
1521 Calf Love, Circa 1950-1953
1522 Calf Love, final version, 1950-1953
1523 Cold Trail, 1949
1524 Cold Trail, Draft and July 15, 1949
1525 Cold Trail draft and letters from Aley, Circa 1949-1952
1526 Collected Poetry, 1920-1925
1527 Collection of Early Poems, Undated
1528 Collection of Poems, Undated
1529 College Husband, Undated
1530 Cookies and Cribbage, Undated
1531 Cowboy Husband, Undated
1532 Darkness in the Afternoon, Undated
1533 Days of the Horse, Undated
1534 Dead Man's ashes, Undated
1535 Decision after Dark, Circa 1950-1953
1536 Decision after Dark, Circa 1950-1953
1537 Desert Derby, Undated
1538 Desert Derby, Undated
1539 Desert Derby, Undated
1540 Early Prose Material, 1921-1929
1541 Early Short Stories, 1925, 1928, 1933
1542 Desert Honeymoon, 1st beginning, 1949
1543 Desert Honeymoon, 1949
1544 Desert Honeymoon, 1949
1545 Desert Honeymoon, 2nd beginning, 1949
1546 Desert Honeymoon, final version, 1949
1547 A Dozen Narcissus Bulbs, Undated
1548 Dream Boat, Circa 1950-1953
1549 End of the Rainbow, Undated
1550 First Bite, Undated
1551 First Stone, Circa 1950-1953
1552 First Stone, Circa 1950-1953
1553 Flash Flood!, Undated
1554 For Us, The Living, Undated
1555 For Us, The Living, Undated
1556 Forever Mine, Undated
1557 Forever Mine, Undated
1558 Friends, Undated
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161 Give the Time for It, 1950
162 Give the Time for It, Arizona Quarterly, Summer, 1951
163 Gloomy Rounds 'Em Up, Undated
164 Grease and Ballbearings (poem), Undated
165 He Had My Permission, Undated
166 High Stakes, Circa 1950-1953
167 Hill Gas, Circa 1950-1953
168 I am a Childless Woman, Undated
169 I Live My Life Twice, Undated
1610 I Would Not Divorce My Husband, Undated
1611 I Would Not Divorce My Husband, Undated
1612 Initiation, 1930, undated
1613 Itchy and the Music Box, 1950-1953
1614 Juvenile Shorts, Articles and Radio Talks (collection), 1925-1940
1615 The Last Hand, Undated
1616 Last Hand, 2nd draft, Undated
1617 Late Serious Shorts, 1933-1940
1618 Little Angel, the Horse, Circa 1950-1953
1619 Little Old Lady, 1939
1620 Little Old Lady, Chili Bowl Vol 1 No. 1, April 1939
1621 Little Saints Whisper, Circa 1950-1953
1622 Love's Way Out, Circa 1950-1953
1623 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969
1624 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969
1625 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969
1626 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969
1627 Money Back Guarantee, Undated
1628 Moribundity (poem), Undated
1629 Mujer Back Home, Arizona Quarterly, Spring, 1949
1630 Murder on Wellington Drive, Undated
1631 Nature and Miss Parlett, Arizona Quarterly, Winter, 1947
1632 Oh Promise Me, Circa 1950-1953
1633 Obed Symphony, Undated
1634 Oldest Inhabitant, New Mexico Quarterly Review, Spring 1947
1635 One Wild Night, Undated
1636 Orientation for Ralph, Undated
1637 Over the Ruins at Casa Grande (poem), Undated
1638 Pets (poem), Undated
1639 Pig Tonic, Undated
1640 Pigs and a Little Girl, Undated
1641 Pigs and the Poy-Hoy Weed: A Dad Steele Story, Undated
1642 Pioneer Honeymoon, original version, 1945
1643 Pioneer Honeymoon, 2nd version, 1946
1644 Pioneer Honeymoon, 2nd version, 1946
1645 Reunion Afterward, Undated
1646 Saddle Sore, 1st Draft, Undated
1647 Sandy Sandman with the Hole in His Pack, Undated
1648 Sandy Sandman with the Hole in His Pack, Undated
1649 Satisfaction Guaranteed, Undated
1650 Satisfaction Guaranteed, Undated
1651 Season for Romance, 1st Draft, 1949, July 21
1652 Season for Romance, 1st Draft, 1949
1653 Season for Romance, 1949
1654 Shall I Run Away from Home? A Problem Story, Undated
1655 Signs of Age, Undated
1656 Six-Toed Pete, Circa 1950-1953
1657 Six-Toed Pete, Circa 1950-1953
1658 Spring Festival, Undated
1659 Spring Festival, Undated
1660 Staff of Life, Undated
1661 Things and Other Things, Undated
1662 To Remember One Quarter Egg, Undated
1663 Unmarried Honeymoon, Undated
1664 Was I Ready for Marriage?, Undated
1665 Wedding Fantasy, Undated
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171 Wedding Idyll, Undated
172 What Can I Do with My Wife: A Problem Story, Undated
173 Western Shorts (early), 1931
174 Western Shorts (middle), 1931
175 Western Shorts (late), 1931
176 Untitled Story, Undated
177 Untitled Story, Undated
Subseries 5: Radio, Stage, and Screenplays,
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178 Radio - The Adventures of Coyote, Undated
179 Radio – A Place for All, Undated
1710 Radio – Children of the Sun, Undated
1711 Radio – Creation Story, Undated
1712 Radio – Eagle Maintain, Undated
1713 Radio – Is This College?, Undated
1714 Radio – Jack and the Beanstalk, 1940
1715 Radio – List of plays, Undated
1716 Radio – Lure of the Flute, Undated
1717 Radio – Pima Story of creation, Undated
1718 Radio – Spider Woman and the Monster, Undated
1719 Radio – Radio Stories with Music, Undated
1720 Radio – Untitled Visiting Indians, Undated
1721 Screenplays – A Place for All, 1952
1722 Screenplays – Chief Joseph, American, 1952
1723 Screenplays – The Baited Trap, Undated
1724 Screenplays – Baron of Arizona, Undated
1725 Screenplays – College Story, Undated
1726 Screenplays – Desert Terror, Undated
1727 Screenplays – Everybody's Secret, Undated
1728 Screenplays – Frontier, Undated
1729 Screenplays – Outpost on the Santa Cruz, 1952
1730 Screenplays – The Professor and the Musical, Undated
1731 Screenplays – Three Men on a Bus, Undated
1732 Screenplays – Three Men on a Bus, Six on a Bus, Flash Flood Island, The Bus Bound West, Undated
1733 Screenplays – West Bound Bus, Three Men on a Bus, Undated
1734 Screenplays – West Bound Bus, Undated
1735 Stage – Fairy Tale Scripts, Undated
1736 Stage – Jack and the Beanstalk, Undated
1737 Stage – The Last Stand of the Nez Perces, Undated
1738 Stage – Marooned, Undated
1739 Stage – Southwestern Indian Series, Undated
1740 Stage – Two Yuma Girls, Undated
1741 Stage – Untitled, Undated
1742 Stage – Unmarried Honeymoon, Undated
Subseries 6: Writings With and by Others,
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181 Calhoun, Reno – Branded Logs and Timber Rustlers, Undated
182 Calhoun, Reno – Roll Up and Roll Out, 1 of 2, Undated
183 Calhoun, Reno – Roll Up and Roll Out, 2 of 2, Undated
184 Calhoun, Reno – Trouble Shooter, Undated
185 Coburn, Walt – Boots, Chaps and Fleas, 1955
186 Coburn, Walt – Freeze out, Undated
187 Coburn, Walt – La Jornada, Undated
188 Coburn, Walt – Long Time, No See, Undated
189 Coburn, Walt – Stirrup High, remnants, Undated
1810 Connelly, Marc – Sing Me to Sleep, Undated
1811 Harari, Robert – The Man from Pravda, Undated
1812 Dad Ingles material, September, 1949
1813 Dad Ingles – Dad Ingles Materials, Undated
1814 Guy, Edwin – The Worlds Around, 1939
1815 McKee, Louise – Astronomy, Undated
1816 Astronomy writing, Undated
1817 McKee, Louise – The Worlds Around, 1939
1818 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, part 1 of 3, 1958
1819 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, part 2 of 3, Undated
1820 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, part 3 of 3, Undated
1821 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, untitled, Undated
1822 Pearce, Joe – Manhunt, 1939
1823 Pearce, Joe – Manhunter, 1978
1824 R., Louis – The Sweet Taste of Freedom, Undated
1825 Snyder, Jay – Letters to Washington, Undated
1826 Summers, Anna – Poems, 1940
1827 Summers, James – Smiling Jim Rides to Scatterhorse, Undated
1828 Vadnay, Laslo & Ingster, Boris – Born to Sing, 1952
1828 Williamson, Thames – The Lady from New Orleans, Undated
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191 Arizona Quarterly, 1945, 1940
192 The Journal of Arizona History, Autumn 1978
193 Racing Issue of the quarter Horse Journal, 1953
194 The Southwest Review, 1947
195 Arizona Quarterly, 1945
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2723 True West , October 1962
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196 True West, October 1968
197 True West, November-December 1968
198 True West, December 1968
199 True West, February 1969
1910 True West, April 1969
1911 True West, June 1969
1912 True West, August 1969
1913 True West, October 1969
1914 True West, 1970-1971
1915 True West (See also Box 25 Galley Proof – Loomb, Charlie, The Glacier Mystery), April 1974, November 1976
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2724 Frontier Times , November 1964
2725 Frontier Times , January 1965
2726 Frontier Times , March 1965
2727 Frontier Times , May 1965
Subseries 7: Research and Notes,
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1916 Around the World, 1964
1917 Index, Undated
1918 List of Books, Undated
1919 List of ideas, books and revisions, Undated
1920 Neo Classical reviews, notes, Undated
1921 Notebook, 1954
1922 Notebook, Undated
1923 Notecards, Undated
1924 Notecards, Undated
1925 Notecards, Undated
1926 Notecards, Undated
1927 Notecards, Undated
1928 Notecards, Undated
1929 Notecards, Undated
1930 Plot ideas, Undated
1931 Preliminary notes, Undated
1932 Questionnaires, Undated
1933 Reviews and notes, handwritten, Undated
1934 Screenplay research, Undated
1935 Shaw, Bernard, Undated
1936 Summers' notebook, Undated
Series II: Correspondence, 1915-1990
Scope and Contents
This series contains letters and memos, including many rejection letters and notes to agents, sent by or to Summers in his personal and professional life as an author. It is arranged chronologically with a few divisions in subject.
Subseries 1: Professional,
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2728 Correspondence, publisher, 1903-1917
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201 Sanford Inheritance Case, 1922
202 1925-1936,
203 1925-1935,
204 Rejection letters, 1925-1937
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2729 Correspondence, publisher, 1930s
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205 Dark Madonna, 1936
206 1936-1938,
207 1937-1938,
208 1937-1938,
209 Rejection letters, 1 of 3, 1937-1938
2010 Rejection letters, 2 of 3, 1937-1938
2011 Rejection letters, 3 of 3, 1937-1938
2012 The Worlds Around, 1937-1938
2013 Kidnapped into Mexico, 1937-1938
2014 1938,
2015 Oh, Oh Your English, 1938
2016 1938-1941,
2017 Royalty, 1939-1951
2018 1940s,
2019 1940-1949,
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2730 Correspondence, publisher, 1940s
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2020 1941-1943,
2021 1941-1949,
2022 1942, 1947,
2023 1942-1944,
2024 1943,
2025 Rejection letters, 1943
2026 1943-1944,
2027 Hollywood, 1943-1944
2028 1943-1945,
2029 1943-1945,
2030 1943-1945,
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211 Rejection letters, 1943-1946
212 1943-1946,
213 1943-1947,
214 1943-1949,
215 1944-1945,
216 1945-1946,
217 1946-1949,
218 Rejection letters, 1942-1956
219 1947,
2110 1947,
2111 1947,
2112 1947-1948,
2113 Rejection Letters, 1947-1948
2114 1949,
2115 1949,
2116 1949,
2117 Volume Index, 1949
2118 1949-1950,
2119 1949-1955,
2120 1950s,
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2731 Correspondence, publisher, 1950s
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2121 1950,
2122 1950-1952,
2123 1950-1959,
2124 1951-1952,
2125 Royalties, 1951-1952
2126 1952,
2127 Kidnapped Into Mexico, 1952
2128 Young Diego Prize, 1957-1962
2129 1960s,
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2732 Correspondence, publisher, 1960s
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2130 1961-1967,
2131 1967-1968,
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2733 Correspondence, publisher, 1970
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2132 1971-1990,
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2734 Correspondence, publisher, 1980s
2735 Correspondence, publisher, 1990s
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2133 Submission, Undated
2134 Undated,
Subseries 2: Personal,
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221 Washington Loan and Trust Company, 1915-1925
222 Facsimile, 1920s
223 1924-1926,
224 1943-1947,
225 1947,
226 From Cash, 1949
227 1950,
228 1950-1956,
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2736 Correspondence, personal, circa 1950-1999
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229 Washington Loan and Trust, 1952
2210 To Bill, 1961
2211 To Stew, 1961
2212 1961-1969,
2213 1965-1968,
2214 1968-1969,
2215 1969-1970,
2216 Louise Summers, 1977-1985
2217 Undated,
2218 Harry Dubin, Undated
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2737 Copyright paperwork, 1943-1971
Series III: University of Arizona Files, mostly undated, 1922-1960
Scope and Contents
This series contains examples of student writings as well as records used by Summers during his time as a professor at the University of Arizona. It is arranged alphabetically
Subseries 1: Student Writings,
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2219 Arizona Quarterly, Winter, 1950
2220 Baird Contest, 1949
2221 Vallentine, Ann – M.A. Thesis, Teeth of the Harrow, Undated
2222 undated,
2223 undated,
2224 undated,
2225 undated,
2226 undated,
2227 undated,
Subseries 2: Teaching and Administrative records,
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2228 Alumnus Magazine, 1967, 1969
2229 Correspondence, 1950, 1969
2230 Miscellaneous, Undated
2231 Examinations, Undated
2232 Exams, AZ Daily Star Vocabulary Contest, Undated
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231 Outlines, Lectures, notes, Undated
Series IV: Personal/Biographical Files and Memorabilia, 1939-1993
Scope and Contents
This series contains a few biographies on Summers as well as personal notes and clippings about his life. It is arranged alphabetically by subject.
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232 Architectural Notes, Undated
233 Buus, D. – Richard A. Summers: A Bio-bibliography and Literary Checklist, 1973
234 Cross Country Road Trip, Undated
235 Death articles and statements, Undated
236 Family Letters, 1985
237 J.E. Reynolds Book Catalog, 1996
238 List of Books, Undated
239 List of works, Undated
2310 Newspaper clippings, Undated
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2720 Newspaper clippings, 1980s
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2311 Personal Calendar, 1939
2312 Register of Books, undated
2313 Rollings, N.B. – Richard A. Summers' Bold Life with a Pen, 1993
2314 Summers, Anna Papers, Undated
2315 Miscellaneous, Undated
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2721 Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Arizona, 1926
2722 Maricopa and Yuma escrows, 1973-1974
2712 "Richard A. Summer's Life with a Bold Pen" by Nancy Bell Rollings, 1993
2713 Response to Rollings from Anna Summers, 1993
2714 Literary collection, book lists, circa 1980s
2715 Agents, 1946-1952
2716 Bio-bibliography, undated
2717 Personal biography, 1969
Series V: Oversize Material, 1925-1960
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24 Personal/Biographical Files and Memorabilia, letters, photographs, scrapbook, and diploma, Undated
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25 Writings with and by others - Loomb, Charlie - The Glacier Mystery; Galley Proofs of The Devils Highway; and The Craft of the Short Story, Undated
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281 Newspaper clippings, 1985
282 Illustrations and photographs for manuscripts, undated