Jonathan Goodman papers, 1685-2008 (bulk 1965-1996).

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Goodman, Jonathan. Jonathan Goodman papers, 1685-2008 (bulk 1965-1996).

Jonathan Goodman papers, 1685-2008 (bulk 1965-1996).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780325228

The personal papers of Jonathan Goodman, including his research materials, original drafts, manuscripts, subject files, and other materials primarily on the subject of true crime. The Jonathan Goodman papers contain a wealth of primary and secondary sources from his lifetime of study and writing about true crime. Goodman was known for the thoroughness of his research and his papers reflect the multitude of sources he employed in his analysis of some of history's most infamous murders. The collection consists primarily of Goodman's research and published writings on true crime including hand-corrected drafts, manuscripts, and galley proofs. The collection also contains Jonathan Goodman's fiction, lecture materials, manuscript reviews, audiovisual materials, and a large selection of subject files on a variety of murder and non-murder related topics. In addition to Goodman's writings, the collection contains articles and reviews by dozens of his contemporaries in the genre, extensive correspondence from other true crime authors and persons of interest involved in famous murders, as well as news clippings from over a century of crime. Goodman was a collector of true crime ephemera ranging from criminal broadsides to signed letters and photographs of some of the prominent players in the cases he had researched. The materials he collected in his binder entitled "Criminous Odds and Ends" include many one-of-a-kind items of true crime lore as well as theater memorabilia from Goodman's days working in London's West End. There is a large selection of photographs chronicling his days in the theater and his personal life, and an even larger selection of photographs used in his published works. The collection also includes the professional documents of Sir William Willcox, a lecturer on forensic medicine and a leading medico-legal expert in early twentieth-century London, and include his notes, court documents, and opinions from dozens of murder and poisoning cases.

40 cubic feet (42 boxes=27.5 record storage boxes, 1 slim document case, 6 oversized boxes, 7 AV boxes).

Kent State University