MS 579
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Richard Wormser |
| Collection Name: | Richard Wormser Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1932-1977 |
| Bulk Dates: | (bulk 1934-1973) |
| Physical Description: | 11.3 Linear Feet |
| Abstract: | This collection contains manuscripts and published editions of short stories, novels, film and television screenplays and relevant correspondence covering the writing career of Richard Wormser who began his career as a pulp magazine story writer and ended up a novelist who wrote screenplays for Hollywood. The genres he mostly worked in were Westerns and Mysteries. |
| Collection Number: | MS 579 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| 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 |
: Richard Wormser (b. 1907, New York City) graduated from Princeton where he played on the polo team. A love of horsemanship and the Southwest runs through much of his body of work. Initially he made a living as a writer for a multitude of trade publications, newspapers and financial papers in New York. During this period, he became an editor for Street & Smith when the Depression hit, the bottom fell out of the wordsmith trade and many of the solid magazines he and others wrote for went under. While trade papers were collapsing, the pulp story magazines increased circulation. As an editor, he was keenly aware of the exact types of stories needed to complete the magazines. Usually the requirement was a simple word count such as the need for a 1200 word story to fill out the pages of a magazine. He would type up stories to the exact specifications the editor required and sell them in the office.
Subsequently he became a writer of short stories and serialized novels for a number of the better known pulp magazines of the day including Argosy, Blue Book and Detective Fiction Weekly. As Wormser became more successful, his stories were adapted as film scripts, although regular work in Hollywood eluded him, he sold many stories and fully formed scripts to the studios. Wormser colorfully describes his time with the pulp magazines in his autobiography, How to Become a Complete Nonentity.
As the US entered World War 2, Wormser moved out west where he worked as a horseback patrolman for the Forest Service in southern California while continuing to write for magazines and Hollywood during his evenings. After the war he moved in Santa Fe before finally settling in Tubac, Arizona.
Wormser was also asked by editors to produce informative text for encyclopedias and he had an interest in writing about culinary topics as well as the history of the Southwest. Richard Wormser died in 1977.
As the US entered the Second World War, Wormser moved out west where he worked as a horseback patrolman for the Forest Service in southern California while continuing to write for magazines and Hollywood during his evenings. After the war he moved in Santa Fe before finally settling in Tubac, Arizona.
Wormser was also asked by editors to produce informative text for encyclopedias and he had an interest in writing about culinary topics as well as the history, culture and topography of the American Southwest. Richard Wormser died in Tubac, Arizona in 1977.
This collection was donated by Wormser’s widow and covers most of his career (1934-1976).
Series One consists of his manuscripts. The first subseries, the bulk of the collection, is composed of titled fictional stories of various length ranging from short stories to Novelettes to Novels as well as screenplays for film and television. Many of the manuscripts are organized with published editions of the stories in pulp magazines, complete with characteristicly lurid covers and illustrations. Titles where Wormser contributed frequently include Argosy, Bluebook, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Saturday Evening Post. Many of these manuscripts are grouped with relevant correspondence between Wormser and his literary agents detailing the ins and outs of the publishing trade.
The second subseries consists of Wormser’s untitled manuscripts.
Series Two consists of Wormser’s personal and business materials. Subseries one is made up of several autobiographies written at different points in his career. Subseries two is his correspondence, mostly professional with fan letters, it is preserved in his original order.
Series three consists of Wormser’s published stories in large format magazines.
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Richard Wormser Papers (MS 579). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Processed by Doug Welch.
| Manuscripts, 1934-1975 | |||||||||||
| Folders are described by title where available, genre, format, notes (if any) and date. | |||||||||||
| Titled manuscripts of fictional works, 1934-1975 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | All Cooks are Crazy, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Amber, treatment, Typewritten MS, 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Babbling Voice, Short story, Detective Ficton Weekly, 1935 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Back to Paris, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | The Banker, TV treatment, Typewritten MS, Treatment for "Lawman" TV series, 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Beals Mountain, Short story, Argosy Magazine, correspondence in folder, 1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Beat the Drums Slowly, Novel, Typewritten MS, Damaged MS, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | The Big County, Short Story, Typewritten MS, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Bigshot From Alcatraz (1 of 2), Short story, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Bigshot From Alcatraz (2 of 2), Short story, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Birthday of a Stooge, Short story, Typewritten MS, Undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | The Blanket Indian, Short story, Typewritten MS, Folder also contains incomplete MS called "Politico", 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Blood Brother, Novel, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Blues for a Lonely Egghead (1 of 2), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Blues for a Lonely Egghead (2 of 2), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Body in the Rain, Short story, Star Detective Magazine, 1935 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | The Body Looks Familiar, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | The Body Looks Familiar (Org. The Golden Frame), Drafts, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | The Bouncing Chip, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 77 Sunset Strip, 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Brasada Story, Treatment, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | The Brass Legend, Screenplay, Shooting script, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Break in the Journey, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | The Breaks of the Humboldt (1 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, book-length MS with summary of uncompleted ending, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | The Breaks of the Humboldt (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, Later published as Slattery's Range, 1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Bring'em Back Dead, Short story, Argosy Magazine, Several drafts in folder, 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Bringing in the Bandit, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Brink of Fear, TV script, Shooting script, Sugarfoot TV series, 1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | The Burning Herd, Short story, Typewritten MS, Written during his NYC years, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Busy Day, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Buzz Saw (1 of 2), Short story, Bluebook Magazine, 1955 | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Buzz Saw (2 of 2), Correspondence and Story, 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | By Any Other Name, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Camels on the Sage, Novelette, Argosy Magazine, 1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Captain Boss-buster, Short story, Detective Action Stories, 1937 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Captain Retires, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Carnival Queen (1 of 2), Short story, Typewritten MS, SSs: Merry Go-Round Broke Down; McNally & the Executive Lion; Manhattan Quail; Gorilla Cargo, 1936 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Carnival Queen (2 of 2), Serialized Story, Argosy Magazine, 1937 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Change of Address, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Clew on the Cane, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Cold Tropic Hell, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1938 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Company Money, Short story, Saturday Evening Post, Contains several drafts as "Trouble Shooter", 1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Copper the Bet, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Count the Dead, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Counterpoint, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Country Store, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Courtship of Baptiste Brown, The, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Crime's Tax, Short story, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1936 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Dark Canyon, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | The Dark Mustanger, Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | The Dead Tycoon, Novel length work published in magazine, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Death Over the Riviera, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | The Deceptive Wife, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Dinner Date, Short story, Typewritten MS, Several drafts in folder, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Double Justice, TV script, Typewritten MS, Screenplay. Treatments and multiple drafts, 1956 | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Drought, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Drums of Doom, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | The Dumb Cowpoke (1 of 2), (TV), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | The Dumb Cowpoke (2 of 2), Novelette, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | The Election at Nopal, TV script, Typewritten MS, Episode from Cheyenne TV show, 1959 | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Drums of Doom, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Elephants to Ride Upon, Short story, Typewritten MS, Multiple drafts in folder, 1939 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | The Fearful Heart, Novellette, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1937 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Featherfingers Takes a Drink, Film Script, Typewritten MS, 1937 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Fight City Hall, Story basis for TV movie, Typewritten MS, "Two-hour TV movie, possibly a series", undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | The Finger of the Law, Short story, Black Book Detective, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | The Fire Extinguisher, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1952 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | First Crush, Short story, Liberty Magazine, 1936 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | First Gun at the Wedding, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | First Lesson, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | The First Rung, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1954 | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | Flash Flood, Short story, Cosmopolitan, 1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | The Flowering Apricot, Short story, Typewritten MS, another untitled MS in folder, 1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | Follow Your Heart, TV script, Shooting script, The High Chaparral TV show, 1968 | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 | Fool in the Rendez-Vous, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | Fort Dodge Stampede, Screenplay, Shooting script, Folder contains screenplay plus correspondence re: The Half-Breed, 1951 | |||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Four O'Clock, Short Story, Typewritten MS, B-file, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | The Framed Fish, Unfinished Novel, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1954 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | The Friend, TV script, Shooting script, The Lawman TV series, 1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Frontier Fury, treatment, Typewritten MS, Bound in Universal Pictures folder, 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | The Gang, TV script, Shooting script, The Lawman TV series, 1960 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Gentlemen's Business (Unpublished), Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Ghost Town, TV script, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | The Girl Was Bored, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | The Goats, TV Script, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, Lassie TV show, 1956 | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | The Gold Plated Years, TV show treatment, Typewritten MS, "A tale of restless retirees", undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | Gone to Texas, Novel, Typewritten MS, Draft of a Novel, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 11 | The Graves at Brian's Bench, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | Gunslick, Short story, Typewritten MS, Originally titled "Johnny Ride the Prairie," Correspondence in folder, 1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 13 | The Hair of Brother, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | Havoc on the Hudson, Short story, Liberty Magazine, 1935 | |||||||||
| 6 | 15 | Home from the Hills, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, 1955 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | The Honeypot, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1972 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | The Honeypot (1 of 2) Novel, Typewritten MS, 1972 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | The Honeypot (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, 1972 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Hong Kong Caper, TV script, Shooting script, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, 1959 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Honky-Tonk Street, Novelette, Typewritten MS, 1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Honour, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | A Horse at Heart, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Horse Money, Novelette, Bluebook Magazine, MS also in folder, 1938 | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | Hosteen Yazzie, Synopsis for juvenile story, Typewritten MS, 1963 | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | Hot Enough, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 11 | House of Clay, Outline, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 12 | How Good a Detective are You?, Prose puzzles, Detective Fiction Weekly, Puzzle of the Cornered Bandits & Puzzle of the Dead Sheriff, 1935-1936 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Hunch Player, Short story, Detective Story Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | The Hunter, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1957 | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | I Sell Strikes, Short Novel, Detective Fiction Weekly, Correspondence in folder, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | I'll Show You the Town, Short story, Typewritten MS, Two drafts in folder, 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | I'm No Sucker, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | The Isle of Yellow Girls, Short story, Argosy Magazine, 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | It Takes an Artist, Short story, Typewritten MS, circa 1945-1950 | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Jack O' Diamonds, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1954 | |||||||||
| 8 | 9 | Jeff Duane & The Lady, TV script, Typewritten MS, Script for Zane Grey Theater TV show, 1955 | |||||||||
| 8 | 10 | Joe Cafferty, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 11 | John Gay Makes a Killing, Short story, Cavalcade, Three MSs for John Gay Stories in folder also includes: John Gay Dons the Hood and John Gay Sells a Frame, 1937 | |||||||||
| 8 | 12 | Johnny Ride the Prairie, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 13 | Junk's Worth Money, Short Story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 14 | The Killer's Pawn, Short story, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1934 | |||||||||
| 8 | 15 | King of the Mountain, Novel, Typewritten MS undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | Kingdom by the Sea, Novel, Bluebook Magazine, 1934 | |||||||||
| 8 | 17 | The Lady from Hooliganville, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 18 | Last Stage West, Film treatment, Typewritten MS, circa 1950 | |||||||||
| 8 | 19 | Let the Young Men Smoke, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1943 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | Life Follows Art, Short story, Typewritten MS, circa 1945-1950 | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Life of Vernon Hathaway, Short story, Typewritten MS, circa 1945-1950 | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | Live Cargo, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 4 | Locker 911, Novelette, Manhunt Magazine, Org. Title: Fresh Start, 1957 | |||||||||
| 9 | 5 | Loco Killer, The, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 6 | Lonely Lady, Pity Me, TV script, Shooting script, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, 1958 | |||||||||
| 9 | 7 | Long Ago and Far Away, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 8 | The Long Twilight, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | Low Pockets, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 10 | Lucky McNally, Short story, Argosy Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| 9 | 11 | The Mabra Pinch, Short story, Black Book Detective, 1936 | |||||||||
| 9 | 12 | Macbeth, Screenplay, Shooting script, Screenplay for Orson Welle's production of Macbeth, 1947 | |||||||||
| 9 | 13 | The Madrona Tree, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 14 | Magoffin, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1967 | |||||||||
| 9 | 15 | Make Your Bet, Short story, Typewritten MS, B-file, 1943 | |||||||||
| 9 | 16 | Man Power, Short story, Typewritten MS, B-file, 1944 | |||||||||
| 9 | 17 | Man With a Shiv, Novelette, Manhunt Magazine, Correspondence in folder, 1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 18 | The Manbuster, Short story, This Week, 1957 | |||||||||
| 9 | 19 | Man-Eater, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 9 | 20 | McGlusky's Lucky Day, Novelette, Argosy Magazine, 1937 | |||||||||
| 9 | 21 | McNally, I'm Afraid, Novelette, Argosy Magazine, 1941 | |||||||||
| 9 | 22 | McSmith Was Right, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, 1941 | |||||||||
| 9 | 23 | The Meanest Racket, Short story, Typewritten MS, "for Detective Fiction magazine", undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | Medals for McNally, Short story, Argosy Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Medicine Man, TV script, Shooting script, Steve Donovan- Western Marshal TV series, 1955 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | Melody Morgan, Short story, Typewritten MS, three drafts in folder, 1938 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Microphone Masquerade, Serialized Story, Radio Mirror, Novel serialized over four issues, 1936 | |||||||||
| 10 | 5 | Mister Murder Goes to Town, Novel, Detective Tales, 1949 | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Money into Thin Air, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1964 | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Mountain Doctor, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 10 | 8 | The Mountains, the Plains and the Time (1 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 9 | The Mountains, the Plains and the Time (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | My Friend Flicka, TV script treatment, Typewritten MS, Writer's Brief included in folder, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | Navajo Country, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1964 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Needle Nose Mac, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1964 | |||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Neurotic, The, Novel, Typewritten MS, a.k.a. The Expanse of Fear, Novel by Mrs. Wormser/Judith Gordon, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | The New Spurs, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, Correspondence in folder, 1954 | |||||||||
| 11 | 5 | Nick Carter Magazine (1 of 2), Pulp Magazine edited by Wormser, circa 1934 | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 | Nick Carter Magazine (2 of 2), Pulp Magazine edited by Wormser, circa 1934 | |||||||||
| 11 | 7 | The Night Beals Mountain Burned, Short story, Argosy Magazine, 1962 | |||||||||
| 11 | 8 | Night Call, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, Correspondence in folder, 1956 | |||||||||
| 11 | 9 | No Dogs Allowed, Short story, Typewritten MS, B-file, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Old Country, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1953 | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Old Pumprop (1 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 12 | Old Pumprop (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Once and Again, Short story, Typewritten MS, B-file, undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | The Outlandish Mountain, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1953 | |||||||||
| 12 | 3 | Outside the Law, Short story, Argosy Magazine, Correspondence in folder 1954 | |||||||||
| 12 | 4 | The Paper World, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 5 | The Paper World, (Copy- Fragile), Novel, Typewritten MS, 1952 | |||||||||
| 12 | 6 | Paradise for a Dime, TV script, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 12 | 7 | Paradise for a Dime (teleplay), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 12 | 8 | Parson From Boot Hill, Short story, Adventure Magazine, 1957 | |||||||||
| 12 | 9 | Pass Through Manhattan (1 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, 1940 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Pass Through Manhattan (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, 1940 | |||||||||
| 13 | 2 | Patrol (a.k.a. Man Hunt), Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 13 | 3 | The Peace in Anderson, Screenplay, Shooting Script, 1955 | |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | The Peaceful Countryside, Mystery Novelette, Typewritten MS, B-file, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 5 | The Pillroller, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 6 | A Pinch From the Grave, Short story, Black Book Detective, 1936 | |||||||||
| 13 | 7 | Procession, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, 1955 | |||||||||
| 13 | 8 | Programmed for Death, TV script, Shooting script, Green Hornet TV show, 1966 | |||||||||
| 13 | 9 | The Proud Sheriff, TV script, Typewritten MS, Episode from Cheyenne TV show, 1959 | |||||||||
| 13 | 10 | Push Your Luck, Short story, Typewritten MS, Formerly titled "Pigeon Money", undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 11 | The Quest of Willie Hunter, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 13 | 12 | The Quiet Guys, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1944 | |||||||||
| 13 | 13 | The Racket Smashers, (Parts 1, 2, and 4), Serialized Story, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1936 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | The Racket Smashers, (Parts 5, 6, 7 and 8), Serialized Story, Detective Fiction Weekly, correspodence in folder 1936 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 | The Racket Smashers, (Parts 5, 6, 7 and 8), Serialized Story, Detective Fiction Weekly, correspodence in folder 1936 | |||||||||
| 14 | 3 | The Ranch by the Sea, (short story), Short story, Typewritten MS, Includes published version as "Kingdom by the Sea" 1970 | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | The Ranch by the Sea (1 of 2), Short story, Typewritten MS, 1970 | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | Ranch by the Sea (2 of 2), Galley draft, Typewritten MS, 1970 | |||||||||
| 14 | 6 | The Rare Wines of Manhattan, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1957 | |||||||||
| 14 | 7 | The Red Pony, Screenplay, Shooting script, 1949 | |||||||||
| 14 | 8 | Red Skies of Montana, Screenplay, Shooting script, 1950 | |||||||||
| 14 | 9 | Reporter at Large, Short Novel, Bluebook Magazine, 1941 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | The Riddle of the Redhead, Novelette, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1936 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2 | Ride a Northbound Horse, Novel, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1964 | |||||||||
| 15 | 3 | Riot at Arroyo Seco, TV script, Typewritten MS, Episode from Cheyenne TV show, aired Feb. 1, 1960, 1959 | |||||||||
| 15 | 4 | The Road to Carmichael's, treatment, Typewritten MS, 1947 | |||||||||
| 15 | 5 | The Road to Riches, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 6 | The Rough Hand, Novelette, Argosy Magazine, 1937 | |||||||||
| 15 | 7 | The Royal Bodyguard, Novelette, All Star Adventure Fiction, 1936 | |||||||||
| 15 | 8 | Rustlers on Horseback, Film treatment, Typewritten MS, 1950 | |||||||||
| 15 | 9 | The Sagebrush Quarter, Novel, Typewritten MS, Published as "The Lonesome Quarter", 1951 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | The Scalphunters, Novel, Typewritten MS, MS is severely damaged, 1967 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2 | Second Wind, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1961 | |||||||||
| 16 | 3 | Sewed Up, Short Novel, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1935 | |||||||||
| 16 | 4 | Shadow in Blood, Short story, Star Detective Magazine, 1936 | |||||||||
| 16 | 5 | Shadow of a Man (Screenplay), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1950 | |||||||||
| 16 | 6 | Shadow of a Man, Script, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 16 | 7 | Shadowed, Short story, Manhunt Magazine, 1957 | |||||||||
| 16 | 8 | She May Pass Me By, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1955 | |||||||||
| 16 | 9 | She Was No Fat Lady, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1954 | |||||||||
| 16 | 10 | The Sheriff Takes a Walk, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1959 | |||||||||
| 16 | 11 | The She-Stock Drive, (1 of 2) Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 16 | 12 | The She-Stock Drive (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 1 | The She-Stock Drive, unpublished, Rough Draft, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 2 | The Ship of Old Men, Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | Shirt Tail Rancher, Script, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | Showdown Creek, Screenplay, Shooting script, undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 5 | The Silent Arrow, Treatment, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 6 | Silver Dollar, TV Script, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 17 | 7 | The Singing Cats of Siam, Short story, Argosy Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| 17 | 8 | Six Superior Skirts, TV Script, final draft and working drafts, 77 Sunset Strip, 1959 | |||||||||
| 17 | 9 | Slattery's Range, Novel, Typewritten MS, Originally written as "The Breaks of the Humboldt", 1955 | |||||||||
| 17 | 10 | Smart Sucker, Short story, Manhunt Magazine, Correspondence in folder, 1957 | |||||||||
| 17 | 11 | So Hard to Find, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 12 | Sodom and Gomorrah (1 of 2), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1961 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | Sodom and Gomorrah (2 of 2), Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1961 | |||||||||
| 18 | 2 | Sonny Boy, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 18 | 3 | South for a Killer, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | Spider on the Trail, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1956 | |||||||||
| 18 | 5 | Spirit of '76, The, Short Story, Typewritten MS, 1956 | |||||||||
| 18 | 6 | A Square Gets Around, Novel, Typewritten MS, Partial draft with correspondence, 1957 | |||||||||
| 18 | 7 | A Square Gets Around, (fragment), Novel, Typewritten MS, 1961 | |||||||||
| 18 | 8 | State Monument, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| 18 | 9 | The Stones Cry Out, Novel, Typewritten MS, Filmed as "Let Them Live", 1937 | |||||||||
| 18 | 10 | Story in the Stars, Short story, Typewritten MS, B-file, undated | |||||||||
| 18 | 11 | Sunup, Treatment, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1952 | |||||||||
| 18 | 12 | Sure Shot, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1957 | |||||||||
| 18 | 13 | Surtee, TV script, Shooting script, The High Chaparral TV show, 1958 | |||||||||
| 18 | 14 | Suspicion 480, Short story, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1952 | |||||||||
| 18 | 15 | The Sweet Horns of Mexico, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 18 | 16 | The Tattooed Sheep, Short Story, Argosy Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| 18 | 17 | Ten Dollars, Short story, Liberty Magazine, 1935 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | Ten Little Indians, TV script, Shooting script, The High Chaparral TV show, 1968 | |||||||||
| 19 | 2 | Tequila, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1952 | |||||||||
| 19 | 3 | The Texas Ranger Story, Screenplay, Shooting script, undated | |||||||||
| 19 | 4 | There's an Art in It, Short story, Typewritten MS, 1941 | |||||||||
| 19 | 5 | The Thief of Bagdad, Screenplay, Shooting script, 1940 | |||||||||
| 19 | 6 | Thunder, treatment, Typewritten MS, Treatment and script, Thunder TV show episode "Summer Pasture", undated | |||||||||
| 19 | 7 | Time to Do Business, Novel, Typewritten MS, 1953 | |||||||||
| 19 | 8 | To Make a Ploughshare, Short story, Typewritten MS, Two versions in this folder, undated | |||||||||
| 19 | 9 | Tornado Frances, TV script, Shooting script, The High Chaparral TV show, 1968 | |||||||||
| 19 | 10 | Turntable, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 19 | 11 | Twisted, Short story, Detective Fiction Weekly, 1935 | |||||||||
| 19 | 12 | Two Pairs to Beat, Short story, Liberty Magazine, 1935 | |||||||||
| 19 | 13 | Two Strangers Meet, Short story, Lariat Story magazine, 1934 | |||||||||
| 19 | 14 | Under the Crooked Cross, Short story, Bluebook Magazine, 1940 | |||||||||
| 19 | 15 | Undercover, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 19 | 16 | The Valley of Magic Men, Short story, Typewritten MS, Argosy Magazine, 1937 | |||||||||
| 19 | 17 | Vigilante Hideout, Short story, Comic Book, circa 1950 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | The Voodoo Eagle, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Walk Your Own Path, Novel, Typewritten MS, "Navajo Boy's Book", 1972 | |||||||||
| 20 | 3 | Walk Your Own Road (Unpublished), Novel, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 4 | Wasteland, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 5 | The Web, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 6 | Where Time Means Nothing, Short story, Typewritten MS, Two versions in this folder, 1944 | |||||||||
| 20 | 7 | Wild, Wild West, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, incomplete screenplay, folder includes a 77 Sunset Strip script fragment, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 8 | Window in the Night, A, Short story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 9 | Wrap Up the Town (Screenplay), Short Story, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 20 | 10 | Wrap Up the Town (1 of 2), Novel, Completed MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 21 | 1 | Wrap Up the Town (2 of 2), Novel, Completed MS, undated | |||||||||
| 21 | 2 | Wyoming, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, Also contains character sketch in folder, 1949 | |||||||||
| 21 | 3 | You Have to Learn Sometime, Long Novellette, Argosy Magazine, 1935 | |||||||||
| 21 | 4 | You're in the Circus Now, Serialized Story, Argosy Magazine, 1938 | |||||||||
| Untitled manuscripts, Undated | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 22 | 1 | No Title, Novel, Typewritten MS, Interesting introduction, undated | |||||||||
| 22 | 2 | No Title (337 p., incomplete) (1 of 2), book length MS, Typewritten MS, 1962 | |||||||||
| 22 | 3 | No Title (337 p., incomplete) (2 of 2), book length MS, Typewritten MS, 1962 | |||||||||
| 22 | 4 | Title Unknown A, Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 22 | 5 | Title Unknown B, Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 22 | 6 | Title Unknown (1 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 22 | 7 | Title Unknown (2 of 2), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 22 | 8 | Title Unknown (possibly Southwest: the Restless Sleeper), Novel, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 23 | 1 | Untitled (Border Book), nonfiction, Typewritten MS, This is a draft of a Southwest history book, undated | |||||||||
| 23 | 2 | Boys' Book (Untitled), Juvenile Novel, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, undated | |||||||||
| 23 | 3 | MS Fragments, fragments, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 23 | 4 | Miscellaneous, Short story, Typewritten MS, Contains "Cooking with a Yunnan Steamer" and two other stories, undated | |||||||||
| 23 | 5 | Two Untitled Copies (1 Incomplete), Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 23 | 6 | TV Misc., TV scripts, Typewritten MS, Scripts from Rawhide and Death Valley Days, undated | |||||||||
| Nonfiction manuscripts, 1955-1975 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 24 | 1 | Almanac Confederates, Research material, Photocopied material, research material on Confederate fugitives for the People's Almanac, circa 1975 | |||||||||
| 24 | 2 | Canyons for McGraw Hill, Encyclopedia articles, Typewritten MS, 1964 | |||||||||
| 24 | 3 | Handbook of Horses, Encyclopedia articles, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1958 | |||||||||
| 24 | 4 | How to Enjoy an Art Museum or Gallery, Essay, Typewritten MS, Correspondence in folder, 1957 | |||||||||
| 24 | 5 | Mormon Colonies in Mexico, Encyclopedia articles, Typewritten MS, research material on Mormon settlers for the People's Almanac. Some bio info on Junius Romney, circa 1975 | |||||||||
| 24 | 6 | New Mexico, Article, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 24 | 7 | Outlines (states), Encyclopedia articles, Typewritten MS, Outlines for encyclopedia articles about California and New Mexico, 1961 | |||||||||
| 24 | 8 | Southwest: The Restless Sleeper (1 of 3), Monograph, Typewritten MS, 1967 | |||||||||
| 24 | 9 | Southwest: The Restless Sleeper (2 of 3), Monograph, Typewritten MS, 1967 | |||||||||
| 24 | 10 | Southwest: The Restless Sleeper (3 of 3), Monograph, Typewritten MS, 1967 | |||||||||
| 24 | 11 | Trip to the Magic Rugs, Article, Typewritten MS, 1962 | |||||||||
| 24 | 12 | Tubac, non-fiction book, Typewritten MS, Historical survey of Tubac, AZ undated | |||||||||
| 24 | 13 | Very West, Somewhat South, Monograph, Typewritten MS, An abbreviated version of Southwest: The Restless Sleeper, 1963 | |||||||||
| 24 | 14 | World on Your Table, The, Monograph, Typewritten MS, Treatise on aquariums, undated | |||||||||
| Manuscripts on Cooking, 1955-1969 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 25 | 1 | Cooking With a Silver Spoon, Cook book, Typewritten MS, "by Rosalea," 1955 | |||||||||
| 25 | 2 | How to Cook a Running Dinner, Short story, Typewritten MS, Sold to Ford Times, 1955 | |||||||||
| 25 | 3 | Southwest Cookery, Cook book, Typewritten MS, Other drafts in folder, undated | |||||||||
| 25 | 4 | Southwest Cookery, or At Home on the Range, Cook book, Typewritten MS, possibly gallery drafts, 1969 | |||||||||
| 25 | 5 | Use Pluck in the Kitchen, Cooking article, Typewritten MS, submission to Gourmet Magazine, 1955 | |||||||||
| 25 | 6 | You Gotta Have Gout, Cooking article, Typewritten MS, 1955 | |||||||||
| Personal and Business Materials, 1951-1977 | |||||||||||
| These are the personal and business papers of Richard Wormser. They comprise his autobiographical material and his business correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Autobiographical material, 1957-1967 | |||||||||||
| This subseries is a group of autobiographies Wormser wrote at different points in his career as well as a few attempts at longer forms of autobiography. Among the latter are "How to become a Complete Nonentity" and "Worlds" which give a vivid portrait of life in upper Manhattan's Jewish community in the early 20th Century and a colorful portrayal of what it was like working in magazine trade during the Great Depression. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 26 | 1 | Autobiography, Autobiography, Typewritten MS, 1957 | |||||||||
| 26 | 2 | Biography, Autobiography, Typewritten MS, circa 1967 | |||||||||
| 26 | 3 | How to Become a Complete Nonentity, Autobiography, Typewritten MS, undated | |||||||||
| 26 | 4 | One of My Lost Worlds, Autobiography, Typewritten MS, material about his childhood in NYC. An additional story is grouped into this folder, undated | |||||||||
| 26 | 5 | Worlds, Autobiography, Typewritten MS, three drafts of part of an autobiography, undated | |||||||||
| Correspondence, 1951-1977 | |||||||||||
| While most of the correspondence relating to individual manuscripts was grouped along with the manuscripts in question, Mr. Wormser himself separated out the larger collections of business and fan letters into their own folders. They are labeled by the name of the story they to which they pertain. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | Correspondence/Contracts, 1954-1977 | |||||||||
| 26 | 7 | Border Book Correspondence, 1967 | |||||||||
| 26 | 8 | Cavalcade- Indians, Correspondence, 1956 | |||||||||
| 26 | 9 | The Lonesome Quarter, Correspondence, 1950-1955 | |||||||||
| 26 | 10 | Mapleson's Memoirs, Correspondence, 1965 | |||||||||
| 26 | 11 | Mapleson's Memoirs, Correspondence, 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 26 | 12 | No Bad Peace Correspondence, 1967 | |||||||||
| 26 | 13 | Ride a Northbound Horse Correspondence, 1964 | |||||||||
| Oversized Materials, 1936-1955 | |||||||||||
| These are stories published in larger format magazines and manuscripts written on legal-sized paper. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 27 | 1 | The Blackbird, Short story, Saturday Evening Post, 1942 | |||||||||
| 27 | 2 | Come Home Not Marching, Short story, Collier's, 1948 | |||||||||
| 27 | 3 | The Courtship of Baptiste Brown, Short Story, Saturday Evening Post, 1941 | |||||||||
| 27 | 4 | Golden Tide, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1952 | |||||||||
| 27 | 5 | High Iron, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1953 | |||||||||
| 27 | 6 | Let the Young Men Smoke, Short Story, Saturday Evening Post, 1943 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 28 | 1 | Red Horizon, Screenplay, Typewritten MS, 1953 | |||||||||
| 28 | 2 | The Road to Carmichael's, Novel, Saturday Evening Post, 1953 | |||||||||
| 28 | 3 | Sleep All Winter, Screenplay (1 of 2), 1949 | |||||||||
| 28 | 5 | Sleep All Winter (2 of 2), Novel, Esquire Magazine, 1949 | |||||||||
| 28 | 6 | With Dignity, Short Story, Collier's 1936 | |||||||||