Richard A. Summers papers, 1915-1994
(bulk 1930-1960)
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Richard A. Summers papers, 1915-1994
(bulk 1930-1960)
MS 494 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 NoteRichard 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 NoteDocuments, 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.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 TermsGeographic Name(s) Arizona -- Fiction
Subject(s) American authors -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Fiction
Authors, American -- Juvenile literature
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, box folder 1 1
And Whisper Dead ,
partial/miscellaneous, Undated 1 2
Aztec Gold , 1926 1 3
The Grand Swindle (Baca Float) , 1st
Draft, 1949 1 4
The Grand Swindle (Baca Float) , 1st Draft
with edits, 1949 1 5
Baca Float Swindle , 1949 1 6
Baca Float Swindle , 3rd draft with
miscellaneous pages, 1949 1 7
Gringo Pitcher (Ball-shy Pitcher)
draft, 1969 1 8
Ball Shy Pitcher , Letter from book
editor, 1969 Nov. 10 1 9
Ball shy Pitcher , Galley Proof, 1969, Dec. 4 1 10
Ball Shy Pitcher , Background information,
original dedication, 1969 1 11
Ball Shy Pitcher , Steck-Vaughn
Catalogs, 1971 1 12
Ball Shy Pitcher , Clipping from Arizona Daily
Star, 1970 Dec. 13 1 13
Battle of the Sierras , book jacket
(photocopies), 1942 1 14
Goldfield (The Big Chance) , Original First
draft, 1948 1 15
Goldfield (The Big Chance) , Carbon of First
draft without corrections, 1948 1 16
The Big Chance , 2nd Draft, 1948 1 17
The Big Chance , pp 1-138, 1948 1 18
The Big Chance , pp 139-264, 1948 1 19
The Big Chance , Third Draft;
partial, 1948 1 20
The Big Chance , 4th Draft, pp
1-138, 1948 1 21
The Big Chance , 4th Draft,
139-264, 1948 box folder 2 1
The Big Chance , 4th Draft
(remnants), 1948 2 2
The Big Chance , Miscellaneous
pages, 1948 2 3
The Big Chance , Partial draft, 1948 2 4
The Big Chance , Remnants with
edits, 1948 2 5
Sun Goes Down (Big Man) , original 1st draft,
p. 1-166, Circa 1930-1937 2 6
Sun Goes Down (Big Man) , p
167-278, Circa 1930-1937 2 7
Big Man , 1st Draft, p 1-119, 1937 2 8 Big Man, 1st Draft, p 120-250 plus misc, 1937 2 9
Black Dean , 1929 2 10
Black Dean , p 1-154, 1929 2 11
Black Dean , p 155-254, 1929 2 12
Blood in the Dust (Bound), 1929 2 13
Blood in the Dust , p 1-117, with handwritten
edits, 1929 2 14
Blood in the Dust p 118-250, with handwritten
edits, 1929 2 15
The Blue Fly (Bound), 1926 2 16
Cavalcade to California , 1st
draft, 1936 2 17
Cavalcade to California , book jacket,
photocopy, 1941 2 18
Conquerors of the River , 1st
Draft, 1937 2 19
Conquerors of the River , condensed version
for high school textbook, 1960, 1966 box folder 3 1
Conquerors of the River , book jacket,
photocopy, 1939 3 2
Conquerors of the River , reviews, 1929 April, 1939, July 9 1939 3 3
Conquerors of the River , fan
letter, 1959 3 4
Cow by the Tail , deletions and omitted
appendix, 1942 3 5
Cow by the Tail , galley proof pages with
handwritten notes, 1942 3 6
Cow by the Tail/Hoofbeats and moccasins , misc
pages and letters, 1945 3 7
Cow by the Tail/Hoofbeats and moccasins , misc
pages, 1945 3 8
Cow by the Tail/Hoofbeats and moccasins , misc
pages, 1945 3 9
Cow by the Tail , part 1 Frontier
Times, November 1964 3 10
Cow by the Tail , galley proof Frontier
Times, 1964-1969 3 11
Cow by the Tail , Frontier Times dye proof and
letter, 1964, 7 April 1969 3 12
Dark Madonna , letter from R. Summers to UA
Library, 3 April 1961 3 13
Dark Madonna , notes, 1965 3 14
Dark Madonna , original draft, 1935 3 15
Dark Madonna , draft, 1935 3 16
Dark Madonna , 4th draft, 1935 3 17
Dark Madonna , accepted draft/9th
draft, 1935 3 18
Dark Madonna , accepted draft/9th draft
(incomplete), 1935 3 19
Dark Madonna , fragments, 1935 3 20
Dark Madonna , fragments, 1935 3 21
Dark Madonna , fragments, 1935 3 22
Dark Madonna , fragments, 1935 3 23
Dark Madonna , Caxton Publicity, August 1, Nov 1, 1937 3 24
Dark Madonna , reviews, 1937 3 25
Dark Madonna , excerpts from
reviews, 1937 3 26
Dark Madonna , review, undated 3 27 Dark Madonna, Westways Article mention, June 1973 3 28
Dark Madonna , Article Arizona Daily
Star, 1985 Aug 13 3 29
Devil's Highway , 1st Draft, 1931 3 30
Devil's Highway , book jacket,
photocopy, undated 3 31
Devil's Highway Reviews, 1937-1938 3 32
Dude Ranch Murders (As Rex Quinn),
draft, 1940 box folder 4 1
Dude Ranch Murders , beginning of
revision, 1940 4 2
Dude Ranch Murders , notes and misc
pages, 1940 4 3
Dusty Desert Tails , 1st Draft, circa 1932-1941 4 4
Dusty Desert Tails , 2nd Draft, circa 1932-1941 4 5
Dusty Desert Tails , pages from published
book, 1941 4 6
Dusty Desert Tails , review and
publicity, 1941 4 7
Dusty Desert Tails , reviews, 1941-1943 4 8
Over the Hill and Far (Earth Not Satisfied)
1st Draft, p 1-182, 1940 4 9
Over the Hill and Far (Earth Not Satisfied)
1st Draft, p 183-263, with notes, 1940 4 10
Patterns of Sunlight (Earth Not Satisfied)
3rd Draft, circa 1940-1941 4 11
Earth Not Satisfied , draft, p
1-155, circa 1940-1941 4 12
Earth Not Satisfied , draft, p
156-294, circa 1940-1941 4 13
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 14
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 15
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 16
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 17
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 18
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 19
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 20
Earth Not Satisfied , partial
draft, circa 1940-1941 4 21
Earth Not Satisfied , misc pages, circa 1940-1941 4 22
Fizzy's Gold Piece , draft, 1932 4 23
Fizzy's Gold Piece , draft (revision) p
1-128, 1932 4 24
Fizzy's Gold Piece , draft (revision) p
129-249, 1932 4 25
Grand Canyon Melody , summary, undated 4 26
In Old Arizona , draft, 1931 box folder 5 1
Island of the Dreadful Swamp , draft through
page 112, 1940 5 2
Island of the Dreadful Swamp , p
113-232, 1940 5 3
Jenny and the Radio Imp , 1943 5 4
Jenny and the Radio Imp , 1943 5 5
Only Four Years (John Sims College)
draft, 1935 5 6
John Sims College , 5 7
John Sims College , misc pages, 1935 5 8
John Sims College , misc pages, 1935 5 9
John Sims College , misc pages, 1935 5 10
John Sims College , misc pages, 1935 5 11
Kamehameha's Spear , draft, 1923 5 12
Pork Leans (Kidnapped into Mexico) 1st draft
through page 119, 1925 5 13
Pork Leans (Kidnapped into Mexico) 1st draft
p 120-257, 1925 5 14
Pork Leans (Kidnapped into Mexico)
draft, 1925 5 15
Kidnapped into Mexico , draft through page
103, 1936 5 16
Kidnapped into Mexico, draft , p
105-226, 1936 5 17
Kidnapped into Mexico , draft through page
113, 1937 5 18
Kidnapped into Mexico , draft p
114-220, 1937 5 19
Kidnapped into Mexico , notes and partial
draft, circa 1925-1937 5 20
Kidnapped into Mexico , sequel, 1952 box folder 6 1 Sequel, Misc pages, 1952 6 2
Land Beyond the Sunset ,
Summer/Spring, 1926 6 3
Land of the Blue Evening (partial
manuscript, Undated 6 4
Less Than Gods , Summary, 1965 6 5
Less Than Gods , 2nd draft though p
101, Summer, 1965 6 6
Less Than Gods , 2nd Draft p
102-211, Summer, 1965 6 7
Less Than Gods , Feedback from Rev. Gene A.
Fisher, 1965 6 8
Less Than Gods , Carbon of Final Draft though
p 108, 1965 6 9 Less Than Gods, Carbon of final draft p 109-209, 1965 6 10
Less Than Gods , "Notes for the Contemplative
Reader", 1965 6 11
Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality
, 1944 6 12
Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality with
handwritten edits, 1944 6 13
Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality (partial,
with handwritten edits), 1944 6 14
Mr. Sylvester's Split Personality (partial
with handwritten edits), 1944 6 15
Mysterious Arizona , Outline, 1949 6 16
Mysterious Arizona , draft, 1949 6 17
Mysterious Arizona , Critical
Feedback, 1949 6 18
Mysterious Arizona , "The Arizona of
Today", 1949 6 19
Naked , 1930 6 20
Naked (different draft) Through p
127, 1930 6 21
Naked (different draft) 128-260, 1930 6 22
No Place for the Ladies , 1936 6 23
Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 1st
draft, Circa 1945-1946 6 24
Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean
Heavy) summary, 1950, January 2 6 25
Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) George
Landy Agency Copy, July 25, 1951 box folder 7 1
Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 2nd
Draft?, 1951 7 2
Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 3rd
Draft? Comments by Maryse Rutlege though p 124, 1951 7 3
Ocean High, Ocean Heavy (Ocean Heavy) 3rd
Draft? Comments by Maryse Rutlege p 125-230, Circa 1951-1952 7 4
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , 3rd Draft, Circa 1951-1952 7 5
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , 3rd Draft
(continued), Circa 1951-1952 7 6
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , 4th Draft
(final), Circa 1951-1952 7 7
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , 4th Draft (final)
continued, Circa 1951-1952 7 8
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , Misc
pages, Circa 1951-1952 7 9
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , misc
pages, Circa 1951-1952 7 10
Abalone (Ocean Heavy) , misc
pages, Circa 1951-1952 7 11
Oceans Heavy , 8th Draft with letter from
summers to Maryse Rutledge, p 1-114, 1952 7 12
Oceans Heavy , 8th Draft (continued) p
115-228, 1952 7 13
Of Thee I Sing , 1952 7 14
Of Thee I Sing ,
Notes/Research/Outline/Miscellaneous Pages, 1952 7 15 Our Arizona Gang, 1st Draft, 1922 7 16
Our Arizona Gang , 2nd Draft, 1923 7 17
La Placita (The Little Park)
Beginning/partial draft, 1958 7 18
La Placita (The Little Park) 1st Draft, p
1-119, 1964 box folder 8 1
La Placita (The Little Park) 1st draft, p
120-236, 1964 8 2
La Placita (The Little Park) 1st draft with
edits (first half), 1964 8 3
La Placita (The Little Park) 1st draft with
edits (second half), 1964 8 4
La Placita (The Little Park) later draft, p
1-136, 1964 8 5
La Placita (The Little Park) later draft, p
137-268, 1964 8 6
La Placita (The Little Park) residue from
final draft, 1964 8 7
La Placita (The Little Park)
notes, 1964 8 8
Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers)
1st Draft, p 1-102, 1942 8 9
Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers)
1st Draft p 103-207, 1942 8 10
Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure
Seekers) partial draft, Circa 1940-1948 8 11
Treasure Seekers (Spanish Treasure Seekers)
partial draft, Circa 1940-1948 8 12
Spanish Treasure Seekers , 2nd
Draft, 1948 8 13
Spanish Treasure Seekers , 2nd draft with
edits, 1948 8 14
Spanish Treasure Seekers , misc
pages, Circa 1940-1948 8 15
Squads of Ten , Research/Early
Beginnings, 1939 8 16
In Squads of Ten (Squads of Ten) 1st draft
through page 109, 1939 8 17
In Squads of Ten (Squads of Ten) 1st draft
110-225, 1939 8 18
Squads of Ten , 2nd draft through page
123, 1940 8 19
Squads of Ten , 2nd draft 124-240, 1940 8 20 Squads of Ten, 3rd draft, (partial), Circa 1940-1943 8 21
Less Than Gods (Squads of Ten) 4th Draft
through page 135, Circa 1940-1943 8 22
Less Than Gods (Squads of Ten) 4th Draft p
136-264, Circa 1940-1943 8 23
Less Than Gods (Squads of Ten) 4th
Draft, Circa 1940-1943 8 24
Squads of Ten (also Less Than Gods) p
1-121, Circa 1940-1943 box folder 9 1
Squads of Ten (also Less Than Gods) p
122-232, Circa 1940-1943 9 2
Squads of Ten , 5th Draft through page
110, June, 1943 9 3
Squads of Ten , 5th Draft, p
111-212, June, 1943 9 4
Squads of Ten , 5th and 6th drafts
(partial), 1943 9 5
Squads of Ten , 6th Draft through p
101, 1943 9 6
Squads of Ten , 6th Draft 102-212, 1943 9 7
Squads of Ten (also titled Less Than Gods) ,
7th draft, p 1-102, Circa 1940-1943 9 8
Squads of Ten (also titled Less Than Gods) ,
7th draft, 103-205, Circa 1940-1943 9 9
Squads of Ten (also titled Less Than Gods) ,
8th draft (partial), Circa 1940-1943 9 10
Squads of Ten , remnants, Circa 1940-1943 9 11
A Time to Live (Squads of Ten)
p155-311, 1969 9 12
A Time to Live (Squads of Ten) draft through
p 154, 1969 9 13
A Time to Live (Squads of Ten) , 10th draft
through page 164 with notes, 1967 9 14
A Time to Live (Squads of Ten) , 10th draft, p
165-311, 1967 9 15
Squads of Ten , remnants of various
drafts, Circa 1925-1967 9 16
Squads of Ten , remnants with
edits, Circa 1925-1967 9 17
Squads of Ten , History of
rejections, 1947 9 18
Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little
Dinkuses) , 1st Draft, p 1-135, Circa 1942 9 19
Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little
Dinkuses ), 1st draft, p 136-279, Circa 1942 9 20
Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little
Dinkuses) , 2nd draft, p 1-150, Circa 1942 9 21
Here Gave Their Lives (Starts are Little
Dinkuses) , 2nd draft p 151-303, Circa 1942 box folder 10 1
His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little
Dinkuses) 3rd draft, p 1-120, Circa 1940-1953 10 2
His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little
Dinkuses) 3rd draft, p 121-236, Circa 1940-1953 10 3
His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little
Dinkuses) draft, p1-119, 1953 10 4
His Brother's Keeper (Stars are Little
Dinkuses) draft 120-231, 1953 10 5
Stars are Little Dinkuses , p
1-107, Circa 1950-1959 10 6
Stars are Little Dinkuses , p
108-225, 1950-1959 10 7
Summer Madhouse , chapters 1 and
2, Undated 10 8
Sun in the Plaza , p 1-104, Undated 10 9
Sun in the Plaza , 105-197, Undated 10 10
Tales of the Arizona Wonderland , Undated 10 11
Itinerant Teacher (Teacher on the Run)
, 1964 10 12
Itinerant Teacher (Teacher on the Run) with
additional edits, 1964 10 13
Teacher on the Run , partial draft with edits
(photocopy), 1964 10 14
Itinerant Teacher (Teacher on the Run) , 1-21
with edits, 1964 10 15
Those We Love So Dear (Teacher on the Run) p
1-105, 1964 10 16
Those We Love So Dear (Teacher on the Run) p
106-203, 1964 10 17
Teacher on the Run , 4th draft, p
1-99, 1964 10 18
Teacher on the Run , 4th draft, p
100-203, 1964 10 19
That Boy! , 1945 10 20
That Boy! Final chapters, 1945 10 21
This Hour to Live , 1st Draft, Undated 10 22 This Hour to Live , Undated 10 23
This Job for Free , 1st draft, 1951 box folder 11 1
This Job for Free , 1951 11 2
This job for Free , with handwritten
edits, 1951 11 3
To the Tall Grass , p 1-98, 1934 11 4
To the Tall Grass , p 99-196, 1934 11 5
Trail of the Mountain Riders , partial
draft, 1939 11 6
Trial of the Mountain Riders , full draft with
handwritten edits, 1939 11 7
Treasure to South , Undated 11 8
Vacation Madhouse , Chapter 1 and beginning of
chapter 2, Undated 11 9
Vigilante , Early draft (partial), Undated 11 10
Southern Fantasy (Vigilante) , Undated 11 11
Seeds of Glory (Vigilante) 1st
draft, 1946 11 12
Vigilante , draft with handwritten
edits, 1946 11 13
Vigilante , News
Clippings/Reviews, 1949 11 14
Vigilante , news clippings about San Francisco
Story, 1952 11 15
Young Diego's Prize , Early draft, 1942 11 16
Young Diego's Prize , draft with handwritten
edits, 1942 11 17
Western Novelettes: Slugger Gulch, Lucky Thirteen,
Scar Valley , 1930 11 18
Adolescence is Hard on a Girl (With Extreme
Emotion) , miscellaneous, Undated 11 19
Adolescence is Hard on a Girl (With Extreme
Emotion) , Undated 11 20
Adolescence is Hard on a Girl (With Extreme
Emotion) , miscellaneous, Undated 11 21
With Extreme Emotion , with illustrations by
Anna Louise Summers, Undated 11 22
With Extreme Emotion , Short story as Kathleen
O'Malley, AZ Quarterly, Winter, 1946 11 23
With Extreme Emotion/Mother's Interesting Stomach, as
Kathleen O'Malley, AZ Quarterly , Autumn, 1948 box folder 12 1 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 2 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 3 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 4 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 5 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 6 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 7 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 8 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 9 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 10 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated 12 11 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated 12 12 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated 12 13 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated 12 14 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated 12 15 Untitled Manuscript pages, Undated 12 16 Untitled Manuscript pages (partial), Undated 12 17 Miscellaneous Manuscript pages, Undated 12 18 Untitled Chapter 1, Undated 12 19 Untitled Chapter 1, Undated 12 20 Untitled, Chapter 1: Dangerous Landing, Undated 12 21 Manuscript Draft Lists and dates, 1920-1969 12 22 Book covers, various, original, 1937-1970 box folder 26 1
Abalone (3rd carbon), undated 26 2
Abalone (4th carbon), undated 26 3
Adolescence (copy), undated 26 4
Adolescence notebook, undated 26 5
The Big Chance (4th draft), undated 26 6
Goldfield (3rd draft), undated 26 7
Goldfield (4th draft), undated 26 8
In Old Arizona , 1931 26 9
Less than Gold (partial), undated 26 10
Less than Gold (7th draft), undated 26 11
Less than Gold (9th draft), undated 26 12 Manuscript illustrations, undated 26 13
Ocean Heavy, Ocean High (2nd carbon), undated 26 14
Sea Change: a Modern Novel (8th draft), undated box folder 27 1
With Extreme Emotion, or, Adolescence is Hard on a Girl , undated 27 2 Untitled manuscript, undated 27 3
Earth not Satisfied (partial), undated 27 4
Gringo Pitcher (1st draft), undated 27 5 Untitled manuscript #2, undated 27 6 Untitled manuscript #3, undated 27 7 Unidentified chapters (partial), undated 27 8 Unidentified pieces of work, undated 27 9 Untitled manuscript #4, undated 27 10 Untitled manuscript #5, undated 27 11
Those We Love So Dear (partial), undated 27 18 Prints and illustrations for books, undated 27 19 Photographs (for books), undated Subseries 2: Texbooks and Nonfiction Manuscripts, box folder 12 23 Chili on the Mortar Board, Summary/Outline, Undated 12 24 College Composition, Draft (partial), 1946 12 25 College Composition, Partial draft, 1946 12 26 Progressive Proofreading (College Composition), 1946 12 27 College Composition, Publicity, 1946 12 28 Craft of the Short Story, Outline, 1948 12 29 Craft of the Short Story (partial), Circa 1945-1948 12 30 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 12 31 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 12 32 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 12 33 Craft of the Short Story, through page 110, Circa 1945-1948 12 34 Craft of the Short Story, through page 110 with edits, Circa 1945-1948 12 35 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 12 36 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 box folder 13 1 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 13 2 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 13 3 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 13 4 Craft of the Short Story, Part III, Circa 1945-1948 13 5 Craft of the Short Story, Part III with edits, Circa 1945-1948 13 6 Craft of the Short Story, partial draft, Circa 1945-1948 13 7 Craft of the Short Story, analysis pages (partial), Circa 1945-1948 13 8 Craft of the Short Story, press release, 1948 13 9 Craft of the Short Story, copy of book jacket text, 1948 13 10 Craft of the Short Story, Reviews, 1948-1949 13 11 Craft of the Short Story and Current English Composition,
Catalog, 1951 13 12 Current English Composition, Publicity, 1951 13 13 Current English Composition, Publicity, 1951 13 14 For Writing, outline, Circa 1963-1964 13 15 For Writings, partial draft, Circa 1963-1964 13 16 For Writings, partial draft, Circa 1963-1964 13 17 Minimum Essentials, 1st Draft, Circa 1940-1949 13 18 Minimum Essentials, draft, Circa 1940-1949 13 19 Minimum Essentials, partial draft, Circa 1940-1949 13 20 Minimum Essentials, partial draft, Circa 1940-1949 13 21 Minimum Essentials, partial draft, Circa 1940-1949 13 22 Minimum Essentials, p 122-281, Circa 1940-1949 13 23 Minimum Essentials, Part III, Circa 1940-1949 13 24 Minimum Essentials, Final Draft without exercises, Circa 1940-1949 13 25 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949 13 26 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949 13 27 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949 13 28 Minimum Essentials, Exercises and Tests, Circa 1940-1949 13 29 Minimum Essentials, Answer Sheets, Circa 1940-1949 13 30 Pattern for Peace, remnants, 1943 box folder 14 1 Pattern for Peace Afterward, 1943 14 2 Pattern for Peace Afterward with edits, 1943 14 3 Preface to World Peace, 1943 14 4 Preview for College Composition, 1st Draft, Circa 1940-1949 14 5 Preview for College Composition, Circa 1940-1949 14 6 Preview for College Composition, Circa 1940-1949 14 7 Projects for Writing, outline, 1963-1964 14 8 Ten Writing Projects, outline, Undated 14 9 Test Your Spelling, Undated 14 10 Test Your Spellings, Undated 14 11 Watch Your English!, 1939 14 12 Exercises and Tests, Undated 14 13 Exercises and Tests, Undated 14 14 Exercises and Tests, Undated 14 15 Exercises and Tests, Undated 14 16 Exercises and Tests, Undated 14 17 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, Notes/Research, 1967 14 18 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, Summary, 1967 14 19 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, partial draft, 1967 14 20 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, draft, 1967 14 21 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, draft with edits, 1967 14 22 Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Scotch, draft, 1967 14 23 Untitled Textbook pages (short stories), Undated 14 24 Untitled Manuscript on Visual Art, Undated Subseries 3: Academic Papers and Articles, box folder 14 25 The Curse of School Grades, Circa 1940-1949 box folder 15 1 Darkness and Light (graduate paper), 1936 15 2 The Impracticality of Merit Raises, Undated 15 3 The Influence of John Stuart Mill on John Morley (graduate
thesis), 1936 15 4 Letter to Editor on University Education for Blacks, Undated 15 5 A Nation of Illiterates, Circa 1951-1969 15 6 The Psychology of School Grades, Undated 15 7 Thinking of College, Circa 1950-1959 15 8 This New College Illiteracy, Undated 15 9 Male Housewife, Undated 15 10 Plan for World Political Organization, 1944 15 11 U.S. Headed for disaster, Undated 15 12 Where's the Red Men Now?, 1941 15 13 Your G.I.s New College, 1946 Subseries 4: Short Stories and Poems, box folder 15 14 List of Short Stories for Aley, 1950-1953 15 15 Beer Bottle Boogie, 1950 15 16 Border Ground Hog, Circa 1950-1953 15 17 Border Ground Hog, Circa 1950-1953 15 18 Border Ground Hog, Circa 1950-1953 15 19 Bumped Out, Circa 1950-1953 15 20 Bumped Out, Circa 1950-1953 15 21 Calf Love, Circa 1950-1953 15 22 Calf Love, final version, 1950-1953 15 23 Cold Trail, 1949 15 24 Cold Trail, Draft and July 15, 1949 15 25 Cold Trail draft and letters from Aley, Circa 1949-1952 15 26 Collected Poetry, 1920-1925 15 27 Collection of Early Poems, Undated 15 28 Collection of Poems, Undated 15 29 College Husband, Undated 15 30 Cookies and Cribbage, Undated 15 31 Cowboy Husband, Undated 15 32 Darkness in the Afternoon, Undated 15 33 Days of the Horse, Undated 15 34 Dead Man's ashes, Undated 15 35 Decision after Dark, Circa 1950-1953 15 36 Decision after Dark, Circa 1950-1953 15 37 Desert Derby, Undated 15 38 Desert Derby, Undated 15 39 Desert Derby, Undated 15 40 Early Prose Material, 1921-1929 15 41 Early Short Stories, 1925, 1928, 1933 15 42 Desert Honeymoon, 1st beginning, 1949 15 43 Desert Honeymoon, 1949 15 44 Desert Honeymoon, 1949 15 45 Desert Honeymoon, 2nd beginning, 1949 15 46 Desert Honeymoon, final version, 1949 15 47 A Dozen Narcissus Bulbs, Undated 15 48 Dream Boat, Circa 1950-1953 15 49 End of the Rainbow, Undated 15 50 First Bite, Undated 15 51 First Stone, Circa 1950-1953 15 52 First Stone, Circa 1950-1953 15 53 Flash Flood!, Undated 15 54 For Us, The Living, Undated 15 55 For Us, The Living, Undated 15 56 Forever Mine, Undated 15 57 Forever Mine, Undated 15 58 Friends, Undated box folder 16 1 Give the Time for It, 1950 16 2 Give the Time for It, Arizona Quarterly, Summer, 1951 16 3 Gloomy Rounds 'Em Up, Undated 16 4 Grease and Ballbearings (poem), Undated 16 5 He Had My Permission, Undated 16 6 High Stakes, Circa 1950-1953 16 7 Hill Gas, Circa 1950-1953 16 8 I am a Childless Woman, Undated 16 9 I Live My Life Twice, Undated 16 10 I Would Not Divorce My Husband, Undated 16 11 I Would Not Divorce My Husband, Undated 16 12 Initiation, 1930, undated 16 13 Itchy and the Music Box, 1950-1953 16 14 Juvenile Shorts, Articles and Radio Talks (collection), 1925-1940 16 15 The Last Hand, Undated 16 16 Last Hand, 2nd draft, Undated 16 17 Late Serious Shorts, 1933-1940 16 18 Little Angel, the Horse, Circa 1950-1953 16 19 Little Old Lady, 1939 16 20 Little Old Lady, Chili Bowl Vol 1 No. 1, April 1939 16 21 Little Saints Whisper, Circa 1950-1953 16 22 Love's Way Out, Circa 1950-1953 16 23 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969 16 24 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969 16 25 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969 16 26 Mixed Up Kangaroo Rat, 1969 16 27 Money Back Guarantee, Undated 16 28 Moribundity (poem), Undated 16 29 Mujer Back Home, Arizona Quarterly, Spring, 1949 16 30 Murder on Wellington Drive, Undated 16 31 Nature and Miss Parlett, Arizona Quarterly, Winter, 1947 16 32 Oh Promise Me, Circa 1950-1953 16 33 Obed Symphony, Undated 16 34 Oldest Inhabitant, New Mexico Quarterly Review, Spring 1947 16 35 One Wild Night, Undated 16 36 Orientation for Ralph, Undated 16 37 Over the Ruins at Casa Grande (poem), Undated 16 38 Pets (poem), Undated 16 39 Pig Tonic, Undated 16 40 Pigs and a Little Girl, Undated 16 41 Pigs and the Poy-Hoy Weed: A Dad Steele Story, Undated 16 42 Pioneer Honeymoon, original version, 1945 16 43 Pioneer Honeymoon, 2nd version, 1946 16 44 Pioneer Honeymoon, 2nd version, 1946 16 45 Reunion Afterward, Undated 16 46 Saddle Sore, 1st Draft, Undated 16 47 Sandy Sandman with the Hole in His Pack, Undated 16 48 Sandy Sandman with the Hole in His Pack, Undated 16 49 Satisfaction Guaranteed, Undated 16 50 Satisfaction Guaranteed, Undated 16 51 Season for Romance, 1st Draft, 1949, July 21 16 52 Season for Romance, 1st Draft, 1949 16 53 Season for Romance, 1949 16 54 Shall I Run Away from Home? A Problem Story, Undated 16 55 Signs of Age, Undated 16 56 Six-Toed Pete, Circa 1950-1953 16 57 Six-Toed Pete, Circa 1950-1953 16 58 Spring Festival, Undated 16 59 Spring Festival, Undated 16 60 Staff of Life, Undated 16 61 Things and Other Things, Undated 16 62 To Remember One Quarter Egg, Undated 16 63 Unmarried Honeymoon, Undated 16 64 Was I Ready for Marriage?, Undated 16 65 Wedding Fantasy, Undated box folder 17 1 Wedding Idyll, Undated 17 2 What Can I Do with My Wife: A Problem Story, Undated 17 3 Western Shorts (early), 1931 17 4 Western Shorts (middle), 1931 17 5 Western Shorts (late), 1931 17 6 Untitled Story, Undated 17 7 Untitled Story, Undated Subseries 5: Radio, Stage, and Screenplays, box folder 17 8 Radio - The Adventures of Coyote, Undated 17 9 Radio – A Place for All, Undated 17 10 Radio – Children of the Sun, Undated 17 11 Radio – Creation Story, Undated 17 12 Radio – Eagle Maintain, Undated 17 13 Radio – Is This College?, Undated 17 14 Radio – Jack and the Beanstalk, 1940 17 15 Radio – List of plays, Undated 17 16 Radio – Lure of the Flute, Undated 17 17 Radio – Pima Story of creation, Undated 17 18 Radio – Spider Woman and the Monster, Undated 17 19 Radio – Radio Stories with Music, Undated 17 20 Radio – Untitled Visiting Indians, Undated 17 21 Screenplays – A Place for All, 1952 17 22 Screenplays – Chief Joseph, American, 1952 17 23 Screenplays – The Baited Trap, Undated 17 24 Screenplays – Baron of Arizona, Undated 17 25 Screenplays – College Story, Undated 17 26 Screenplays – Desert Terror, Undated 17 27 Screenplays – Everybody's Secret, Undated 17 28 Screenplays – Frontier, Undated 17 29 Screenplays – Outpost on the Santa Cruz, 1952 17 30 Screenplays – The Professor and the Musical, Undated 17 31 Screenplays – Three Men on a Bus, Undated 17 32 Screenplays – Three Men on a Bus, Six on a Bus, Flash Flood Island,
The Bus Bound West, Undated 17 33 Screenplays – West Bound Bus, Three Men on a Bus, Undated 17 34 Screenplays – West Bound Bus, Undated 17 35 Stage – Fairy Tale Scripts, Undated 17 36 Stage – Jack and the Beanstalk, Undated 17 37 Stage – The Last Stand of the Nez Perces, Undated 17 38 Stage – Marooned, Undated 17 39 Stage – Southwestern Indian Series, Undated 17 40 Stage – Two Yuma Girls, Undated 17 41 Stage – Untitled, Undated 17 42 Stage – Unmarried Honeymoon, Undated Subseries 6: Writings With and by Others, box folder 18 1 Calhoun, Reno – Branded Logs and Timber Rustlers, Undated 18 2 Calhoun, Reno – Roll Up and Roll Out, 1 of 2, Undated 18 3 Calhoun, Reno – Roll Up and Roll Out, 2 of 2, Undated 18 4 Calhoun, Reno – Trouble Shooter, Undated 18 5 Coburn, Walt – Boots, Chaps and Fleas, 1955 18 6 Coburn, Walt – Freeze out, Undated 18 7 Coburn, Walt – La Jornada, Undated 18 8 Coburn, Walt – Long Time, No See, Undated 18 9 Coburn, Walt – Stirrup High, remnants, Undated 18 10 Connelly, Marc – Sing Me to Sleep, Undated 18 11 Harari, Robert – The Man from Pravda, Undated 18 12 Dad Ingles material, September, 1949 18 13 Dad Ingles – Dad Ingles Materials, Undated 18 14 Guy, Edwin – The Worlds Around, 1939 18 15 McKee, Louise – Astronomy, Undated 18 16 Astronomy writing, Undated 18 17 McKee, Louise – The Worlds Around, 1939 18 18 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, part 1 of 3, 1958 18 19 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, part 2 of 3, Undated 18 20 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, part 3 of 3, Undated 18 21 Pearce, Joe – Line Rider, untitled, Undated 18 22 Pearce, Joe – Manhunt, 1939 18 23 Pearce, Joe – Manhunter, 1978 18 24 R., Louis – The Sweet Taste of Freedom, Undated 18 25 Snyder, Jay – Letters to Washington, Undated 18 26 Summers, Anna – Poems, 1940 18 27 Summers, James – Smiling Jim Rides to Scatterhorse, Undated 18 28 Vadnay, Laslo & Ingster, Boris – Born to Sing, 1952 18 28 Williamson, Thames – The Lady from New Orleans, Undated box folder 19 1 Arizona Quarterly, 1945, 1940 19 2 The Journal of Arizona History, Autumn 1978 19 3 Racing Issue of the quarter Horse Journal, 1953 19 4 The Southwest Review, 1947 19 5 Arizona Quarterly, 1945 box folder 27 23
True West , October 1962 box folder 19 6 True West, October 1968 19 7 True West, November-December 1968 19 8 True West, December 1968 19 9 True West, February 1969 19 10 True West, April 1969 19 11 True West, June 1969 19 12 True West, August 1969 19 13 True West, October 1969 19 14 True West, 1970-1971 19 15 True West (See also Box 25 Galley Proof – Loomb, Charlie, The
Glacier Mystery), April 1974, November 1976 box folder 27 24
Frontier Times , November 1964 27 25
Frontier Times , January 1965 27 26
Frontier Times , March 1965 27 27
Frontier Times , May 1965 Subseries 7: Research and Notes, box folder 19 16 Around the World, 1964 19 17 Index, Undated 19 18 List of Books, Undated 19 19 List of ideas, books and revisions, Undated 19 20 Neo Classical reviews, notes, Undated 19 21 Notebook, 1954 19 22 Notebook, Undated 19 23 Notecards, Undated 19 24 Notecards, Undated 19 25 Notecards, Undated 19 26 Notecards, Undated 19 27 Notecards, Undated 19 28 Notecards, Undated 19 29 Notecards, Undated 19 30 Plot ideas, Undated 19 31 Preliminary notes, Undated 19 32 Questionnaires, Undated 19 33 Reviews and notes, handwritten, Undated 19 34 Screenplay research, Undated 19 35 Shaw, Bernard, Undated 19 36 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, box folder 27 28 Correspondence, publisher, 1903-1917 box folder 20 1 Sanford Inheritance Case, 1922 20 2 1925-1936, 20 3 1925-1935, 20 4 Rejection letters, 1925-1937 box folder 27 29 Correspondence, publisher, 1930s box folder 20 5 Dark Madonna, 1936 20 6 1936-1938, 20 7 1937-1938, 20 8 1937-1938, 20 9 Rejection letters, 1 of 3, 1937-1938 20 10 Rejection letters, 2 of 3, 1937-1938 20 11 Rejection letters, 3 of 3, 1937-1938 20 12 The Worlds Around, 1937-1938 20 13 Kidnapped into Mexico, 1937-1938 20 14 1938, 20 15 Oh, Oh Your English, 1938 20 16 1938-1941, 20 17 Royalty, 1939-1951 20 18 1940s, 20 19 1940-1949, box folder 27 30 Correspondence, publisher, 1940s box folder 20 20 1941-1943, 20 21 1941-1949, 20 22 1942, 1947, 20 23 1942-1944, 20 24 1943, 20 25 Rejection letters, 1943 20 26 1943-1944, 20 27 Hollywood, 1943-1944 20 28 1943-1945, 20 29 1943-1945, 20 30 1943-1945, box folder 21 1 Rejection letters, 1943-1946 21 2 1943-1946, 21 3 1943-1947, 21 4 1943-1949, 21 5 1944-1945, 21 6 1945-1946, 21 7 1946-1949, 21 8 Rejection letters, 1942-1956 21 9 1947, 21 10 1947, 21 11 1947, 21 12 1947-1948, 21 13 Rejection Letters, 1947-1948 21 14 1949, 21 15 1949, 21 16 1949, 21 17 Volume Index, 1949 21 18 1949-1950, 21 19 1949-1955, 21 20 1950s, box folder 27 31 Correspondence, publisher, 1950s box folder 21 21 1950, 21 22 1950-1952, 21 23 1950-1959, 21 24 1951-1952, 21 25 Royalties, 1951-1952 21 26 1952, 21 27 Kidnapped Into Mexico, 1952 21 28 Young Diego Prize, 1957-1962 21 29 1960s, box folder 27 32 Correspondence, publisher, 1960s box folder 21 30 1961-1967, 21 31 1967-1968, box folder 27 33 Correspondence, publisher, 1970 box folder 21 32 1971-1990, box folder 27 34 Correspondence, publisher, 1980s 27 35 Correspondence, publisher, 1990s box folder 21 33 Submission, Undated 21 34 Undated, Subseries 2: Personal, box folder 22 1 Washington Loan and Trust Company, 1915-1925 22 2 Facsimile, 1920s 22 3 1924-1926, 22 4 1943-1947, 22 5 1947, 22 6 From Cash, 1949 22 7 1950, 22 8 1950-1956, box folder 27 36 Correspondence, personal, circa 1950-1999 box folder 22 9 Washington Loan and Trust, 1952 22 10 To Bill, 1961 22 11 To Stew, 1961 22 12 1961-1969, 22 13 1965-1968, 22 14 1968-1969, 22 15 1969-1970, 22 16 Louise Summers, 1977-1985 22 17 Undated, 22 18 Harry Dubin, Undated box folder 27 37 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, box folder 22 19 Arizona Quarterly, Winter, 1950 22 20 Baird Contest, 1949 22 21 Vallentine, Ann – M.A. Thesis, Teeth of the Harrow, Undated 22 22 undated, 22 23 undated, 22 24 undated, 22 25 undated, 22 26 undated, 22 27 undated, Subseries 2: Teaching and Administrative records, box folder 22 28 Alumnus Magazine, 1967, 1969 22 29 Correspondence, 1950, 1969 22 30 Miscellaneous, Undated 22 31 Examinations, Undated 22 32 Exams, AZ Daily Star Vocabulary Contest, Undated box folder 23 1 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. box folder 23 2 Architectural Notes, Undated 23 3 Buus, D. – Richard A. Summers: A Bio-bibliography and Literary
Checklist, 1973 23 4 Cross Country Road Trip, Undated 23 5 Death articles and statements, Undated 23 6 Family Letters, 1985 23 7 J.E. Reynolds Book Catalog, 1996 23 8 List of Books, Undated 23 9 List of works, Undated 23 10 Newspaper clippings, Undated box folder 27 20 Newspaper clippings, 1980s box folder 23 11 Personal Calendar, 1939 23 12 Register of Books, undated 23 13 Rollings, N.B. – Richard A. Summers' Bold Life with a Pen, 1993 23 14 Summers, Anna Papers, Undated 23 15 Miscellaneous, Undated box folder 27 21 Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Arizona, 1926 27 22 Maricopa and Yuma escrows, 1973-1974 27 12 "Richard A. Summer's Life with a Bold Pen" by Nancy Bell
Rollings, 1993 27 13 Response to Rollings from Anna Summers, 1993 27 14 Literary collection, book lists, circa 1980s 27 15 Agents, 1946-1952 27 16 Bio-bibliography, undated 27 17 Personal biography, 1969
Series V: Oversize Material, 1925-1960 box 24 Personal/Biographical Files and Memorabilia, letters, photographs,
scrapbook, and diploma, Undated box 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 box folder 28 1 Newspaper clippings, 1985 28 2 Illustrations and photographs for manuscripts, undated