Millar (Philip D. Nathanson collection of Kenneth) Materials

Manuscripts 1950-1977

Physical Description: 1.09 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents

The manuscripts include drafts of novels, notebooks, book reviews, screenplays, articles, and essays; many of the manuscripts are autograph or typewritten, carbon copies with autograph corrections and additions. The manuscripts are written by Kenneth Millar unless otherwise noted; a majority are signed either Kenneth Millar or Ross Macdonald.

Box 1, Folder 1

Douglas Heyes "Archer: The Underground Man:" screenplay: final draft, with transmittal letter from Phil Parslow 1974 February 8

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With original paper covers.

Box 1, Folder 2

Autograph notes on verso of "A Special Condor Bulletin" approximately 1970

Box 1, Folder 3

Biographical project: screenplay: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1970

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. Incomplete, begins with scene 13; with autograph corrections and additions.

Box 1, Folder 4

Black Money: notebook with earlier ending: autograph, with corrections and additions 1966

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Majority of notebook is blank.

Box 1, Folder 5

Omitted pages of Black Money: typewritten and carbon copy page approximately 1966

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First page with title written in ink by Millar. With autograph corrections and additions in blue ink by Millar; suggestions, corrections and commentary in red ink in an unknown hand.

Box 1, Folder 6

Black Money (short magazine version): title page, pages 1-130: early draft: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1966

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. With extensive changes, corrections and additions; with inserted autograph pages. Original box lid removed to Ephemera.

Box 1, Folder 7

Black Money (short magazine version): pages 131-295: early draft: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1966

Box 1, Folder 8

A Collection of Contemporary Prose and Verse: "The Chicago Review Anthology" edited by D. Ray: book review: autograph and photocopy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 1, Folder 9

Contemporary French Novelists: "The New Literature" by C. Mauriac: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 1, Folder 10

Definitive Account of the Lindbergh Case: "Kidnap: The Story of the Lindbergh Case" by G. Waller: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1961

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. Also enclosed: printed clipping of review.

Box 1, Folder 11

The Demon Lover: notebook 8 A: autograph with new additions and corrections approximately 1966

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Signed: K. M. "The Demon Lover" was a condensed version of the novel "Black Money" which appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine. The majority of the notebook is blank.

Box 1, Folder 12

The Demon Lover: revisions: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1966

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. With autograph corrections and additions.

Box 1, Folder 13

Essays by the Late Virginia Woolf: "Granite and Rainbow" by Virginia Woolf: book review: autograph 1958

Box 1, Folder 14

An Experimental Collection of Short Stories: "Short Story 1" by R. Yates…: book review: autograph 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 1, Folder 15

Fable of Atlantis Guide for Moderns: article: early draft: autograph 1961

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. With photocopy of final version of article, published in Santa Barbara News-Press, April 21, 1961.

Box 1, Folder 16

The Far Side and Black Money: notebook: autograph notes, plotting, and comments 1963-1974

Box 2, Folder 1

Fathers and Sons: "Don't Shoot -- We are Your Children!" by J. A. Lucas: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1971

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. Multiple autograph drafts enclosed.

Box 2, Folder 2

Foreword: an unfinished story in an academic setting: autograph approximately 1965

Box 2, Folder 3

Frank Norris: "Frank Norris: A Bibliography" by K. A. Lohf and E. P. Sheehy: book review: autograph and photocopy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 4

The Galton Case: short version: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1959

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. With autograph corrections and additions. Original padded envelope removed to Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 5

A Preface to The Galton Case: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1959

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. With autograph corrections and additions. Original manila envelope removed to Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 6

Gide and Camus: "Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality. By Andre Gide" edited by J. O'Brien: book review: autograph and photocopy. 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. With two autograph copies; on the verso of one "Joyce and Lawrence as Critics" book review, crossed out.

Box 2, Folder 7

"Goldenrod" by Herbert Harker: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1972

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Signed: Ross Macdonald.

Box 2, Folder 8

"Graham Greene the Entertainer" by P. Wolfe: book review: autograph 1972

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Signed: Ross Macdonald.

Box 2, Folder 9

The Grand Detour: editor's questions: typewritten with Kenneth Millar's notes approximately 1960

Box 2, Folder 10

Ian McMillan and the California Condor: Two Great Native Sons: "Man and the California Condor" by Ian McMillan: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1968

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Also enclosed: printed clipping of review.

Box 2, Folder 11

The Instant Enemy: later draft: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1967

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. With autograph corrections and additions.

Box 2, Folder 12

The Instant Enemy prospective film script treatment: second draft: photocopy approximately 1968

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Original manila envelope removed to Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 13

Introduction to "Archer at Large:" typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1970

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. Marked #2, with autograph corrections and additions.

Box 2, Folder 14

Introduction to bibliography: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1970

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. With a few autograph corrections.

Box 2, Folder 15

An Introduction to "The Octopus:" college paper: photostat approximately 1950

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Signed: Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald).

Box 2, Folder 16

Joyce Cary, Novelist of Freedom: "Joyce Cary: A Preface to His Novels" by A. Wright: book review: autograph and photocopy 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 17

Leslie Fiedler Psychoanalyzes the American Novel: "Love and Death in the American Novel" by L. A. Fiedler: book review: autograph and photocopy 1960

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 18

A Life of Conrad and Two Contemporaries: "Joseph Conrad" by J. Baines, "Stephen Crane: Letters" edited by R. W. Stellman and L. Gilkes, "Frank Norris" by V. Brown: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1960

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 19

The Literary Echoes of Populism: "America's Literary Revolt" by M. Yatron: book review: autograph 1969

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 20

Literary History and Criticism -- by Scholars Who Know to Write: "Textual and Literary Criticism" by F. Bowers, "The Professional Writer in Elizabethan England" by E. H. Miller, "The Business of Criticism" by H. Gardner: book review: autograph and photocopy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 21

The Man in the Death House: "Brief Against Death" by E. Smith: book review: typewritten and photocopy 1968

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Signed: Ross Macdonald. Also enclosed: printed clipping of review.

Box 2, Folder 22

A Moral Critic on the Contemporary Novel: "Man in Modern Fiction" by E. Fuller: book review: autograph 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 23

Nelson Algren: essay: autograph and typewritten 1977

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Signed: Ross Macdonald.

Box 2, Folder 24

New Book on Conrad: "Joseph Conrad: A Study in Non-Conformity" by O. Andreas: book review: autograph and photocopy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 25

New Books on Proust and His Work: "Marcel Proust: a Biography" by R. H. Barker, "Proust Recaptured…" by P. H. Johnson: book review: autograph and photocopy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 26

New Studies in Literature, Mostly French: "Proust: The Early Years," "The Art of French Fiction," "So Be It, or the Chips are Down," "Oscar Wilde," "A Concise Study of French Literature:" book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 27

A Poet's Views on Modern Literature: "A Reviewer's ABC" by Conrad Aiken: book review: autograph and photocopy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 2, Folder 28

Proust and After: The Tragedy of France and Its Sequel: book review: autograph approximately 1960

Box 2, Folder 29

The Question of Baron Corvo: "Nicholas Crabbe: A Romance" by F. Rolfe: book review: autograph and photocopy 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 1

Sartre and Camus: "The Literature of Possibility…" by H. Barnes, "Albert Camus and the Literature of Revolt" by J. Cruickshank: book review: autograph and photocopy 1962

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 2

Strangers in Paradise: "The Dream of Arcadia" by V. W. Brooks, "Henry James: The Creative Process" by H. T. McCarthy: book review: autograph 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 3

Studies in French Literature: "Life of Proust" by G. Painter: book review: autograph 1959

Box 3, Folder 4

The Third Bronte Sister: "Anne Bronte: Her Life and Work" by A. Harrison and D. Stanford: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 5

Thoreau's Life and Letters: "The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau" edited by W. Harding and C. Bode, "A Thoreau Handbook" by W. Harding: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 6

Towards a Post-Freudian Analysis: "Existence: A New Dimension in Psychiatry and Psychology" edited by R. May, E. Engle and H. F. Ellenberger: book review: autograph and photocopy 1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 7

The Tragic Life Behind The Wind in the Willows: "Kenneth Grahame: A Biography" by P. Green: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 8

The Tragic Vision: "The Vision of Tragedy" by R. B. Sewall, "The Question of Hamlet" by H. Levin: book review: autograph and typewritten, carbon copy 1959

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 9

The Underground Man: notebook 7: later planning 1961

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Front cover only; metal spiral has been removed. Original slipcase storage box for all The Underground Man material removed to Ephemera.

Box 3, Folder 10

The Underground Man: editor's comments: autograph approximately 1970

Box 3, Folder 11

The Underground Man: editor's comments: typewritten approximately 1970

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With one autograph note by Millar.

Box 3, Folder 12

The Underground Man: title page, pages 1-160: later draft: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1971

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With autograph page of corrections. Draft with autograph corrections and additions.

Box 3, Folder 13

The Underground Man: pages 161-298: later draft: typewritten, carbon copy approximately 1971

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With autograph corrections and additions; with inserted autograph pages.

Box 3, Folder 14

Tracy K. Wynn, Lorenzo Semple, Jr., Walter Hill "The Drowning Pool:" screenplay: early draft 1975 January

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With original paper covers.

Correspondence 1945-1980

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet

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The correspondence in the collection includes both professional and personal letters written to editors, agents, work colleagues, friends, and fans. There is also one letter written to Margaret Millar in 1945 while Kenneth Millar was serving at sea during the Second World War. The letters include both originals and drafts, either autograph or author's retained typewritten copies; all the letters are written by Kenneth Millar, unless otherwise noted. Of the letters that are signed, the majority are signed Ken or Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 15

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., contract for "The Far Side of the Dollar" by Ross Macdonald 1964 April 24

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Signed, original contract, author's copy; also enclosed: typewritten transmittal letter from Harold Ober Associates, May 5, 1964.

Box 3, Folder 16

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., contract for "The Instant Enemy" by Ross Macdonald approximately 1967

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Signed, original contract, author's copy.

Box 3, Folder 17

Robert R. Kirsch letter to Kenneth Millar; letter to Robert R. Kirsch 1966 February-March

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 18

Letter to H. C. Branson

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With envelope.

Box 3, Folder 19

Letters to Don Freeman 1956-1957

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Two autograph letters.

Box 3, Folder 20

Letters to Don Freeman and Lydia Freeman 1957 May-June

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Two autograph letters.

Box 3, Folder 21

Letter to Marc Jaffe 1968 July 27

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 22

Letter to Arthur Kaye 1970 November 7

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. A draft letter written at the time of the cremation of Millar's daughter.

Box 3, Folder 23

Letters to Floyd Lowe 1957-1958

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Drafts of two letters.

Box 3, Folder 24

Letter to Margaret Millar 1945 February 25

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Written while at sea.

Box 3, Folder 25

Letter to Paul Nelson approximately 1989

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Autograph, draft letter.

Box 3, Folder 26

Letters to Dorothy Olding 1970-1980

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Autograph, draft letters; some are incomplete. Dorothy Olding was Millar's agent.

Box 3, Folder 27

Letter to Jack Smith 1970 August 17

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Signed: Kenneth Millar and Ross Macdonald.

Box 3, Folder 28

Letters to Frank Stiling 1955 March-April

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. Two autograph letters.

Box 3, Folder 29

Letters to Harold Norling Swanson 1966 February-April

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An autograph draft letter and typewritten author's retained copy.

Box 3, Folder 30

Letter to Mr. Yates 1955 January 10

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Signed: Kenneth Millar.

Box 3, Folder 31

Letter to Marcie 1966 April 25

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Signed: Kenneth Millar. An autograph, draft letter; sent to Millar's publisher's rep.

Box 3, Folder 32

Margaret Millar letter to Mr. Seward 1945 March 15

Ephemera

Physical Description: 0.42 Linear Feet

Box 4, Folder 1

Box lid and manila envelopes with autograph notes by Kenneth Millar before 1983

Box 4, Folder 2

Padded envelope with autograph note by Kenneth Millar approximately 1972

Box 4, Folder 3

The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald: original slipcase box undated