Guide to the Eric Temple Bell Papers

Series 1 Manuscripts, 1918-1961

Physical Description: 8 boxes

Scope and Content Note

This series contains fragments, manuscripts and typescripts of many of Bell's science fiction writings, published under his pen name, John Taine.

Arrangement

The material is arranged by title.

Box-folder 1:1

A California Valley by John Taine, corrected typescript, [1920]

Box-folder 1:2

Called back: a novel by John Taine, corrected typescript, Mar. 1928

Box-folder 1:3

The Devil's funeral : an elegy John Taine, holograph (i-29 pp.), [1920]

Box-folder 1:4

Diophantus, notes from Diophantus of Alexandria by Sir Thomas L. Heath, 2nd ed.

Box 1:5-10

The Enlightened Doctor, [also Gold], Spring 1948

Scope and Content Note

Author's note: "The story was written in February 1916 at Seattle. It was suggested by a medieval account, which I chanced to read, of the action in the Cathedral in which 14 phoesus participated. That begot my interest in Ramon. In spite of its historical basis, the story is not intended in any sense to be a history. It is merely a story." E.T. Bell, Pasadena, California, January 15, 1948.

Box-folder 1:5

typescript draft

Box-folder 1:6

revision, holographs and typescripts

Box-folder 1:7

p.i-134, corrected typescript, Jan. 1948

Box-folder 1:8

p.135-237, Jan. 1948

Box-folder 1:9

additional short pieces, not included

Box-folder 1:10

final typescript, Spring 1948

Box-folder 2:1-28, 3:1-15

The Last Problem

Box-folder 2:1-28, 3:1-15

Chapter 1

Box-folder 2:1

holograph, Jun. 1950

Box-folder 2:2

corrected typescript, (draft 1), Mar. 1956

Box-folder 2:3

uncorrected typescript, (draft 2)

Box-folder 2:4

corrected typescript, (draft 3)

Box-folder 2:5

final typescript

Box-folder 2:6-10

Chapter 2

Box-folder 2:6

holograph, Jun. 1949

Box-folder 2:7

"The Bablylon & Egypt", corrected typescript

Box-folder 2:8

"I Babylon", final typescript, Oct. 1955

Box-folder 2:9-10

"II Egypt", holograph and typescript

Box-folder 2:11-15

Chapter 3

Box-folder 2:11

holograph

Box-folder 2:12-14

corrected typescript, (draft 1-3)

Box-folder 2:15

typescript

Box-folder 2:16-19

Chapter 4

Box-folder 2:16

holograph

Box-folder 2:17-18

corrected typescript, (draft 1-2)

Box-folder 2:19

typescript

Box-folder 2:20-23

Chapter 5

Box-folder 2:20

holograph

Box-folder 2:21-22

corrected typescripts

Box-folder 2:23

final typescripts

Chapter 6

Box-folder 2:24

holograph, Aug. 1950

Box-folder 2:25-26

corrected typescripts

Box-folder 2:27

uncorrected typescript (draft)

Box-folder 2:28

typescript

Chapter 8

Box-folder 3:1

"Bachet", holograph, Apr. 1950

Box-folder 3:2

"The Last Euclidia", holograph, Sep. 1950

Box-folder 3:3

corrected typescripts

Chapter 10

Box-folder 3:4

corrected typescript

Box-folder 3:5

typescript

Box-folder 3:6

Chapter 11, typescript

Box-folder 3:7

Chapter 12, typescript

Chapter 13

Box-folder 3:8

corrected typescript

Box-folder 3:9

typescript

Chapter 14

Box-folder 3:10

holograph, Jul. 1952

Box-folder 3:11

corrected typescript, (drafts 1-3), Jun. 1954

Box-folder 3:12

corrected typescript

Box-folder 3:13

typescript

Chapter 15: Aftermath [not included in final manuscript]

Box-folder 3:14

holograph

Box-folder 3:15

typescript

Box-folder 4:1

Full typescript, 1961

Box-folder 3:16

Nothing but the truth : an account of what philosophers and others have believed about mathematics, typescript, 1941

Postcripts, 1947

Note

Note: Addenda to the 1947 ed. of The Search for Truth.

Box-folder 3:17

"Not for you nor I", typescript

Box-folder 3:17

"Bouquets, brickbats and boomerangs", typescript

Box-folder 3:17

"What can be proved?", typescript

The Prince

Scope and Content Note

Author's note: "The time of this story is the 15th century. It was written at Seattle in May 1915. This superseded The Singer and lacks certain passages in that poem. The other manuscript was mislaid in Hollywood." E.T. Bell

Box-folder 4:2

original typescript, Aug. 1957

Box-folder 4:3

corrected typescript, Aug. 1957

Box 4:4

Red and yellow, original typescript, [1920]

Box 4:5

Remembered worlds, typescript, [1920]

Box 5:1

Satans Daughter, typescript, [1920]

Box 5-6, 10

Scarlet Night

1st movement

Box-folder 5:2

p. 1-93, corrected typescript, Jan. 1948

Box-folder 10:1

p. i-iv, p. 1-108, typescript copy - includes titlepage, preface, table of contents, 1st movement Jan. 1948

Box-folder 5:3

Insert for p. 24, holograph, May 1945

2nd movement

Box-folder 5:4

p. 89-132, corrected typescript, Jun. 1946

Box-folder 5:5

p.1-24,typescript

Box-folder 10:2

p.109-151, typescript

3rd movement

Box-folder 5:6

p. 1-97, holograph, Jun. 1946

Box-folder 5:7

p. 133-212, corrected typescript, Jan. 1948

Box-folder 5:8

p. 1-74, 78-96, typescript

Box-folder 10:3

p. 152-220, typescript copy

4th movement

Box-folder 5:9

p. 307-338, holograph

Box-folder 5:10

p. 213-288, corrected typescript, Jun. 1946

Box-folder 5:11

"Dawn", p. 290-306, corrected typescript, Jul. 1946

Box-folder 5:12

p. 307-341, corrected typescript, Aug. 1946

Box-folder 5:13

p. 1-61, typescript

Box-folder 10:4

p. 221-288, typescript copy

5th movement

Box-folder 5:14

p. 339-428, holograph, Jun. 1946

Box-folder 10:5

p. 289-393 typescript copy

Box-folder 5:15

"These Dark Things", holograph

6th movement

Box-folder 10:6

p. 394-478, typescript copy

7th movement

Box-folder 5:16

p. 166-225, and inserts I-II, holograph, Jun. 1946

Box-folder 5:17

inserts I-II, typescript

Box-folder 10:7

p. 479-518, typescript copy

Box-folder 6:1, 10:8

8th movement

Box-folder 6:1

8th movement, p. 1-165, holograph

Box-folder 10:8

p. 519-733, typescript copy

Box-folder 6:2, 10:9

9th movement

Box-folder 6:2

p. 768-781, corrected typescript

Box-folder 10:9

p. 734-756, typescript copy

Box-folder 6:3-4

"To the Reader", holograph and typescript

Box-folder 6:5-14

Full typescript

Box-folder 10:1-9

Full typescript, photocopied version

Box-folder 6:15-16

Discards, revisions and notes, Sep. 1948

Box-folder 6:17

Lady B's revision suggestions

A weekend in Hell : in the year of hope

Box-folder 7:1

title page and contents, holograph, Spring 1919

Box-folder 7:2

full holographic script, Aug. 1918

Box-folder 7:3

p. 1-20, holograph, Mar. 1920

Box-folder 7:4

typescript

Box 7:5

Misc. poetry, holographs and typescripts, , Mar.-Nov. 1920

Series 2: Published Materials, 1937-1991

Physical Description: 2 cartons,

Scope and Content Note

This series contains books authored by Bell and published in various languages (French, Finnish, German, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yugoslavian); books from Bell's personal reference library; and books authored by contemporary science fiction writers and inscribed to Bell. See also materials Cataloged Separately for additional publications or editions.

Arrangement

Books authored by E.T. Bell, or John Taine are arranged by title, other material is arranged by author.

Authored by Eric T. Bell:

Box 9

Matematika - Kraljica I ropkinja Nauke. Beograd: Vuk Karadzic, 1967.

Box 8

Büyük Matematikçiler. Instanbul: Milli Egitim Basimevi, 1937.

Box 8

The Development of Mathematics. New York: Dover Publications, 1992.

Box 8

Die grossen Mathematiker.Dusseldorf: Econ-Verlag,1967.

Series title: Das moderne Sachbuch, 59.

Box 8-9

I Grandi Matematici. Traduzione di Dina Aduni. Firenze: Sansoni, 1950, 1966 & 1990.

Box 8

Historia de las Matematicas. Mexico: D.F., Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1949.

Box 9

La Magia dei Numeri. Milano: Longanesi & C., 1949.

Box 8

La Magie des Nombres. Traduction de Simone Fabre et Pierre Goyard. Paris:Payot,1952. Series title: Bibliotheque scientifique.

Box Spec Col.

The Last Problem. London: Gollancz, 1961.

Box 8

Matematikens Män. Helsingborg, Sweden: Bokforlaget Natur och Kultur, 1940.

Box 8

La Mathematique, Reine et Servante des Sciences. Paris:Payot,1953. Series title: Bibliotheque scientifique

Box Lost

La Reina de las Ciencias. Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1944.

Note

NOTE: Listed on the original finding-aid. Not found at last scrutiny, 2002.

Box 8-9

Les Grands Mathematiciens. Paris: Payot, 1939 & 1961.

Box 8

Los Grandes Matematicos (desde Zenon a Poincare)su vida y sus obras. Buenos Aires: Losada, 1948.

Box 9

L'Uomo Che Visse nel Futuro.Verona:Amoldo Mondadori Editore,1954. Biblioteca economica mondadori; 6.

Box 9

The Magic of Numbers. New York: Dover Publications, 1991.

Box 8

Matematiikan miehiä. Helkaja Klaus Vala. Porvoo: W. Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1963.

Box 8

Matematikens Maend. Axel Sandal C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1944.

Box 8

Mathematics - Queen & Servant of Science. Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 1987.

Box 9

Racconti di Fantascienza Scritti dagli Scienziati. Milano:Rizzoli,1965. p.49-86

Note

NOTE: Featured E.T. Bell on pp. 49-86, "L'ultimo catalizzatore".

Box 8

Veliki Matematicari. Zagreb: Nakladni Zavod Znanje, 1972.

Authored under pseudonym John Taine:

Box 9

Germes de Vie. France: Gallimard, 1953.

Box 9

L'uomo che Visse nel Futuro. Verona: 1954.

Research material:

Box 9

Jaffe, Bernard. Outpost of Science. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1935.

Note

NOTE: Inscribed by a publisher to E.T. Bell.

Box 9

Enfield, William. History of Philosophy. London.1819. (vol. 1-2)

Box 9

Gilson, Etienne. La Philosophie au Moyen Age. Paris: Payot, 1930.

Box 9

Poquelin, Jean Baptiste. De Moliere. Paris: Chez Gennequin, 1857.

Box 9

Powell, Baden. Natural Philosophy: an historical view of the progress of the physical & mathematical sciences. London 1834.

Science fictitons and other works signed by author to E.T. Bell:

Box 9

Blake, William. The World is Mine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1938.

Box 9

Dunham, David. The Two Orphans of Marrakech and other Dramatic Spots. New York: The Morrill Press, 1935.

Note

NOTE: Inscribed to E.T. Bell, and autographed by the author (David Dunham, pseudonym for David Eugene Smith) on the free endpaper; also, autographed (as David Eugene Smith) by the author on the title page.

Box 9

Kahn, Gordon. Hollywood on Trial. New York: Boni & Baer, 1948.

Box 9

Repp, Ed Earl. The Radium Pool. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publications, 1949.

Box 9

Smith, Edward E. Spacehounds of IPC: a tale of the inter-planetary corporation. Penn.: Fantasy Press, 1947.

Box 9

Williamson, Jack. The Legion of Space. Penn.: Fantasy Press, 1947.

Box 9

Russell, Eric Frank. Sinister Barrier. Penn.: Fantasy Press, 1948.

Box 9

Camp, L. Sprague de. The Wheels of IF: and other Science-Fictions. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948.

Series 3: Hodgepodge, 1925-1960

Physical Description: 1 flat box,

Scope and Content Note

This series contains an original manuscript given to E.T. Bell by J. Ouspenski, a group of annotated envelopes and containers that the manuscripts were donated in, and a set of metal cuts of mathematic formulae.

Box 8

Annotated envelopes, a cardboard box, and a manuscript cover

Box 8

Metal illustration cuts for Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science, 1951

Box 8

Class Number Forumlas, by J. Ouspenski, an original unpublished manuscript, 1925

Note

Note: Inscribed by author, to E.T. Bell, "Chicago, July 1925", on the free endpaper.

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