Irving Wallace papers, 1935-1984.

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Irving Wallace papers, 1935-1984.

The Irving Wallace papers contain manuscripts, letters, notes interviews and other memorabilia. The collection contains over 200 editions of his own published works, including many foreign editions while the bulk of the collection consists of writing charts, research notes, drafts, publication and galley proofs concerning all of his novels and non-fiction works including "The Nympho and Other Maniacs, " "The Square Pegs," "The Sunday Gentleman," "The Fabulous Originals," "The Fabulous Showmen," "The Seven Minutes," "The Sins of Philip Fleming," and "The Writing of One Novel." Also found in the collection are a series of annotated original manuscripts by other authors such as L.T. Brentwood, William Fadiman, Paul Neimok, Sam Rolfe. Alan Caillou, Jonathan Stot, Louis Wietzenkorn, Julius and Philip Epstein, Walter Newman and John Lucas. Also found in the collection is Wallace's personal collection of autographs and a 31 page manuscript of "Impressions of a Trip to Russia" (1858) by Alexandre Dumas. The balance of the collection is composed of screenplays, stories for screenplays, war training films, newspaper clippings and articles on Irving Wallace (1933-1939), photographs of Hollywood personalities, research notes on books and plays, agreements and royalty statements (1955-1969) and transcripts for interviews (1934-1965) with Irving Berlin, Raymond Chandler, Howard A. Johnson, John Huston, Huey Long and Billy Wilkerson, as well as interviews made by Roy Newquest, the literary critic for the Chicago American. The collection also contains numerous letters from readers addressed to Significa (1981-1984) for a weekly news column of factoids edited by Wallace for Parade Magazine.

170.19 cubic ft. (245 boxes + 2 folders)

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